President & Chief Executive Officer · ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (ABG)

David Hult

A named executive officer of ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$10,735,903

FY2024: $8,999,130

1st of 5 named executive officers at Asbury Automotive by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 24, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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David Hult compensation by year

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$745,182$750,000$1,000,000$1,000,000$931,731$1,190,566$1,292,308$1,300,000$1,300,000$1,300,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$3,000,008$999,981$2,750,001$2,749,974$2,750,034$2,999,979$3,749,834$4,999,895$6,000,045$6,999,971
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$690,000$675,000$1,212,500$1,687,500$2,750,000$3,240,000$3,510,000$1,807,650$1,667,250$2,404,350
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$23,061$20,915$20,915$21,834$22,235$22,350$30,503$31,082$31,835$31,582
Total$4,458,251$2,445,896$4,983,416$5,459,308$6,454,000$7,452,895$8,582,645$8,138,627$8,999,130$10,735,903

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC DEF 14A filed March 24, 2026, accession 0001144980-26-000070, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC filed document, accession 0001144980-26-000070. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 24, 2026.

$4.5M
$2.4M
$5.0M
$5.5M
$6.5M
$7.5M
$8.6M
$8.1M
$9.0M
$10.7M
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FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU21,392$4,974,282—
RSU16,230$3,773,962—
RSU9,508$2,210,895—
RSU6,962$1,618,874—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
David Hult · this pagePresident & Chief Executive Officer$10,735,903
Daniel ClaraChief Operating Officer$3,251,100
Michael WelchSenior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer$3,040,163
Dean CallowaySenior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary$2,471,164
Jed MilsteinSenior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer$2,423,782

Board service

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE pays directors a $55,000 cash retainer and $210,000 in Common Stock. As stated in ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE's FY2025 proxy.

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