Company: GPI
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001031203-25-000018
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Company: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: PRE 14A
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#### 76GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE2025 PROXY STATEMENT
HOW DO I CONTACT THE CORPORATE SECRETARY’S OFFICE?

Shareholders may contact Group 1’s Corporate Secretary’s Office by writing a letter to:

<div align='center'>c/o Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
730 Town & Country Blvd., Suite 500
Houston, Texas 77024
Attn: Corporate Secretary</div>

#### FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Proxy Material contains “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. The forward-looking statements may include statements regarding the business or financial performance. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those projected. Group 1 undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Forward-looking statements should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect Group 1’s business, particularly those mentioned in the risk factors and cautionary statements in Item 1A of Group 1’s Annual Report on Form 10- K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and in its periodic reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, if any, which we incorporate by reference.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INFORMATION AND HOW TO CONTACT THE BOARD

Our key governance documents, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines and committee charters, are available on the Corporate Governance section of our website at www.group1auto.com and shareholders may obtain a printed copy, free of charge, by sending a written request to the Corporate Secretary.

Our Board welcomes communications from our shareholders and other interested parties. Shareholders and any other interested parties may send communications to our Board, to any committee of our Board, to the independent Board Chair (who presides over the executive sessions of our independent and non-management directors), or to any director in particular, to:

<div align='center'>c/o Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
730 Town & Country Blvd., Suite 500
Houston, Texas 77024
Attn: Chair of the Board</div>

Any appropriate correspondence addressed to our Board, to any committee of our Board, to the independent Board Chair, or to any one of the directors in care of our offices will be forwarded to the addres