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
Chunk 80
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 first anniversary of the preceding year’s Annual Meeting, a shareholder’s notice regarding the nominees for the new positions created by the increase will be considered timely if it is delivered to our Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which the public announcement is first made.

For each individual that a shareholder proposes to nominate as a director or propose other business (other than through Rule 14a-8) at the 2026 Annual Meeting, the shareholder’s written notice to our Corporate Secretary must include the information required by and meet the detailed requirements set forth in our Bylaws. From time to time, the GCR Committee may request additional information from the nominee or the shareholder.

Any shareholder who intends to solicit proxies in support of any director nominees must comply with the content requirements of SEC Rule 14a-19 (the SEC’s universal proxy rule) at the time it complies with the earlier deadlines in the advance notice provisions of our Bylaws. Thus, if a shareholder intends to solicit proxies in support of any director nominees submitted under the advance notice provisions of our Bylaws for the 2026 Annual Meeting, then such shareholder must also provide proper written notice that sets forth all the information required by SEC Rule 14a-19 to the Corporate Secretary between January 13, 2026, and February 12, 2026; provided, however, that if (a) next year’s annual meeting is called for a date that is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after the anniversary date of the preceding year’s Annual Meeting, the shareholder notice must be delivered not earlier than 120 days prior to such Annual Meeting and not later than 90 days prior to such Annual Meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such Annual Meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such Annual Meeting, the 10 th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such Annual Meeting is first made by the Company; or (b) next year’s annual meeting is called for a date that is more than 30 days but less than 60 days after the first anniversary date of the preceding year’s Annual Meeting, the shareholder notice must be delivered no later than the close of business on the later of 60 days prior to the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting or the 10 th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made by the Company