Company: GPI
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001031203-25-000023
Chunk: 10

Company: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 10
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 •Board Chair of the Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |     | Other Current Directorships                                           
 •Micron Technology, Inc.                                              
 •Brunswick Corporation                                                
 •Solid Power, Inc.                                                    
 Former Public Company Directorships                                   
 •Delphi Technologies                                                  
 •Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.                                      
 Degrees                                                               
 •B.A. in Economics and International Business, University of Michigan 
 •M.S. in Engineering, University of Michigan                          
 •M.B.A., Wayne State University                                       |

#### 14GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE2025 PROXY STATEMENT
| Corporate Governance |

Our Continuing Commitment to Sound Corporate Governance

Group 1 is committed to strong corporate governance practices that are designed to maintain high standards of oversight, accountability, integrity and ethics. The Board believes this commitment promotes long-term shareholder value.

#### GOVERNANCE BEST PRACTICES
Our Board has adopted robust governance practices and continuously reviews and considers these practices to enhance its effectiveness.

| Effective Board Oversight                                                           |     | Commitment to Shareholder Rights                                                    |
| •Qualified Board with a mix of perspectives and tenures                             
 •Regular Board review of strategic plans and progress executing plans               
 •Regular Board/committee review of significant risks, including cybersecurity risks 
 •Annual Board evaluation of CEO performance                                         
 •Regular CEO and senior management succession planning                              |     | •No hedging, short sales or pledging of Group 1 securities by officers or directors 
 •Rigorous stock ownership requirements for directors and senior management          |
| Board Independence                                                                  |     | Board Accountability                                                                |
| •7 out of 9 director nominees are independent                                       
 •Independent directors meet regularly without management                            
 •Fully independent Audit, CHR and GCR Committees                                    
 •Independent Chair and separation of the Chair and CEO roles                        |     | •Annual Board and committee evaluations                                             
 •Annual election of all directors                                                   
 •Majority voting for directors in uncontested elections                             
 •Ongoing consideration of Board composition and refreshment                         
 •Limits on Board member service on other public company boards                      |

#### CODE OF CONDUCT
Our Code of Conduct reinforces our values and high standards by:

• Explaining how our core values of Integrity, Respect, Teamwork, Transparency and Professionalism must inform our actions;

• Guiding employees’ conduct with each other, our business partners and our communities;

• Emphasizing the responsibility to conduct our business with uncompromising honesty and integrity consistent with our core values, and to report violations of the Code of