Company: GPI
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001031203-25-000023
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Company: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
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 by the Corporate Secretary of the Company before the voting polls close during the Annual Meeting;

• resubmitting your proxy by internet or telephone at any time prior to 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time, on May 12, 2025;

• delivering a written notice of revocation of the proxy to Corporate Secretary, Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 730 Town & Country Blvd., Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77024 no later than May 12, 2025; or

• voting in person online during the Annual Meeting.

Only your latest dated proxy that we receive prior to the Annual Meeting will be counted. Further, your attendance during the Annual Meeting will not automatically revoke your proxy.

If you are a street name shareholder you must follow the instructions of your broker, bank or other nominee to revoke your voting instructions. You may also vote in person online during the Annual Meeting if you obtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SHAREHOLDER OF RECORD AND A BENEFICIAL OWNER OR STREET NAME HOLDER?

If your shares are registered directly in your name with our registrar and transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, you are considered a shareholder of record with respect to those shares.

If your shares are held in a brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered the “beneficial owner” of those shares, and your shares are held in street name.

If you hold common stock in BOTH street name and as a shareholder of record, YOU MUST VOTE SEPARATELY for each position of common stock.

#### HOW WILL MY SHARES BE VOTED?
Each share of Group 1 common stock is entitled to one vote. Our Board has appointed Daryl A. Kenningham, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Daniel J. McHenry, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, as the management proxy holders for the Annual Meeting. If you are a shareholder of record, your shares will be voted by the management proxy holders in accordance with the instructions on the properly executed proxy card you submit by mail, or the instructions provided for any proxy properly submitted by telephone or internet, as applicable. For shareholders who have their shares voted by duly submitting a proxy by mail, telephone or internet, unless the shareholder appropriately specifies otherwise, the management proxy holders will vote all shares represented by such valid proxies as our Board recommends.

#### GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE2025 PROXY STATEMENT73
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