# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001031203
**File Stem:** 0001031203-25-000063
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
**Character Count:** 9643
**Document Hash:** b7bc56a00674628036209f4637c1bd52
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001031203-25-000063.hdr.sgml**: 20251112

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001031203-25-000063

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251111

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251112

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251112

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001031203
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 760506313
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-13461
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251472194

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 730 TOWN & COUNTRY BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 500
- **CITY:** HOUSTON
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 77024
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 713-647-5700

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 730 TOWN & COUNTRY BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 500
- **CITY:** HOUSTON
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 77024

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF**

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 11, 2025**

**Group 1 Automotive, Inc.**

**(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **1-13461** | **76-0506313** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)** | **(Commission<br>File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)** |

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**730 Town and Country Blvd, Suite 500** 

**Houston, Texas 77024** 

**(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)**

**Registrant's telephone number, including area code (713) 647-5700** 

**N/A**

**(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 40.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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| Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: |
| Title of each class | Ticker symbol(s) | Name of exchange on which registered |
| **Common stock, par value $0.01 per share** | **GPI** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.◻

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**Item 8.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events.**

On November 11, 2025, Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), announced that its Board of Directors increased the Company's common stock share repurchase authorization by $457 million to $500 million. Purchases may be made from time to time, based on market conditions, legal requirements, and other corporate considerations, in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The Company also provided an update on its year-to-date share repurchase activity.

In addition, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.50 per share, payable on December 15, 2025, to stockholders of record as of December 1, 2025.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) Exhibits.

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| <u>[99.1](exhibit991-111125.htm)</u> | Press release of Group 1 Automotive, Inc., dated as of November 11, 2025. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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| **Group 1 Automotive, Inc.** | **Group 1 Automotive, Inc.** | **Group 1 Automotive, Inc.** | **Group 1 Automotive, Inc.** |
| Date: | November 12, 2025 | By: | /s/ Gillian A. Hobson |
|  |  |  | *Name: Gillian A. Hobson* |
|  |  |  | *Title: Senior Vice President* |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![gpilogo.jpg](gpilogo.jpg)

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

**Group 1 Automotive Board Approves New Share Repurchase Authorization & Declares Quarterly Dividend**

**HOUSTON, TX, November 11, 2025 — <u>Group 1 Automotive, Inc.</u> (NYSE: GPI)** ("Group 1" or the "Company"), a Fortune 250 automotive retailer with 259 dealerships located in the U.S. and U.K., today announced its board of directors approved a new share repurchase authorization of $500 million, and also declared a quarterly dividend.

• **Share Repurchase Authorization Increase**

The Company announced that its board of directors increased the Company's common share repurchase authorization by $457 million to $500 million. Year-to-date 2025, the Company repurchased 1,038,797 shares representing approximately 8% of the Company's outstanding common shares at January 1, 2025, at an average price per common share of $417.38, for a total of $434 million. Purchases may be made from time to time, based on market conditions, legal requirements, and other corporate considerations, in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The Company expects that any repurchase of shares will be funded by cash from operations. Repurchased shares will be held in treasury.

**• Quarterly Dividend** 

Group 1's board of directors also declared a $0.50 dividend per share that will be payable on December 15, 2025, to stockholders of record as of December 1, 2025. The dividend is consistent with the Company's previously announced increase of 6% in its annualized dividend rate from $1.88 per share in 2024 to $2.00 per share in 2025.

***<u>ABOUT GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.</u>*** 

*Group 1 owns and operates* ***259*** *automotive dealerships,* ***324*** *franchises, and* ***35*** *collision centers in the United States and the United Kingdom that offer* ***36*** *brands of automobiles. Through its dealerships and omni-channel platform, the Company sells new and used cars and light trucks; arranges related vehicle financing; sells service and insurance contracts; provides automotive maintenance and repair services; and sells vehicle parts.* 

*Group 1 discloses additional information about the Company, its business, and its results of operations at www.group1corp.com, www.group1auto.com, www.group1collision.com, www.acceleride.com, and www.facebook.com/group1auto.*

***<u>FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</u>*** 

*All statements in this press release related to future, not past, events are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future conditions. While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we anticipate. Any such forward-looking statements are not assurances of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. For additional information regarding known material factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our projected results, please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.*

SOURCE: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

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**Investor contacts:**

Terry Bratton

Manager, Investor Relations

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

ir@group1auto.com

**Media contacts:**

Pete DeLongchamps

Senior Vice President, Financial Services and Manufacturer Relations

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

pdelongchamps@group1auto.com

Kimberly Barta

Head of Marketing and Communications

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

kbarta@group1auto.com

or

Jude Gorman / Clayton Erwin

Collected Strategies

Group1-CS@collectedstrategies.com

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