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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 In the event there are not sufficient votes for a quorum or to approve the foregoing proposals at the time of the Annual Meeting, the Annual Meeting may be adjourned in order to permit further solicitation of proxies.

#### GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE2025 PROXY STATEMENT71
WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE OR DURING THE MEETING?

Shareholders who wish to submit a question in advance may do so either by emailing Investor Relations at ir@group1auto.com by 5:00 p.m. Central Daylight Saving Time, Monday, May 12, 2025, or visiting our Annual Meeting website, www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GPI2025 . Shareholders also may submit questions live during the meeting. We plan to reserve some time for shareholder questions to be read and answered by Company personnel during the meeting. In submitting questions, please note that we will only address questions that are germane to the matters being voted on at our Annual Meeting.

WHAT IF I HAVE TROUBLE LOGGING INTO THE ANNUAL MEETING?

If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting during the check-in or course of the Annual Meeting, a phone number will be posted on the website to connect you to technical support.

WHAT IS THE QUORUM REQUIREMENT FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING?

There must be a quorum for the Annual Meeting to be held. A quorum will be present if the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote are present in person, online or represented by proxy during the Annual Meeting. Our independent inspector of election, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), will determine whether or not a quorum is present. Proxies received but marked as abstentions or broker non-votes will be included in the calculation of votes considered to be present during the Annual Meeting.

If less than a quorum is represented at the meeting, the Chair of the meeting or a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, and the persons named as proxies will vote the proxies they have been authorized during the Annual Meeting in favor of such an adjournment.

In the event a quorum is present during the Annual Meeting but sufficient votes to approve any of the items proposed by our Board have not been received, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. A shareholder vote