Company: GPI
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001031203-25-000018
Chunk: 70

Company: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 70
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 submitted to a vote of shareholders can be approved by a simple majority of shareholders. However, our Charter currently imposes an 80% threshold to amend, alter or repeal our Bylaws or certain provisions of our Charter. For this reason, as set forth in Proposal 4, the Board has recommended that shareholders approve amendments to eliminate the supermajority voting standards within the Charter, and has adopted a resolution to remove the supermajority voting standards within the Bylaws, upon shareholder approval of Proposal 4. We believe that the Company’s Proposal 4 and the accompanying amendments to the Charter is drafted in a manner that is consistent with market practice. Proposal 4 aligns the voting standards under the Company’s governing documents to a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company voting standard, thereby making this proposal 5 redundant, unnecessary and confusing.

#### VOTE REQUIRED
Approval of this shareholder proposal requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter. An abstention is treated as present and entitled to vote on the matter and therefore has the effect of a vote against approval. Broker non-votes will have no impact on outcome.

Please note that this is only an advisory vote, and the results will not be binding on the Company or the Board. The final decision regarding this proposal remains with the Board, although the Board will consider the outcome of this vote when making its decision. Shareholders should also note that approval of this proposal would not, by itself, implement a simple majority voting standard as described in the proposal, and the Board and the Company’s shareholders would need to take subsequent action to amend the Company’s Charter and Bylaws.

#### BOARD RECOMMENDATION
The Board believes that this shareholder proposal is not in the best interests of the Company and our shareholders.

For the reasons stated above, the Board recommends a vote “ AGAINST ” approval of this shareholder proposal.

| THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTEAGAINSTTHE APPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSAL. |

#### 70GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE2025 PROXY STATEMENT
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