---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001031203-25-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPI"
cik: "0001031203"
company_name: "GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T07:38:34.885465+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Group 1 Automotive declares $0.50 quarterly dividend; shareholders eliminate supermajority charter provisions

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.50/share payable June 16, 2025 to record June 2, 2025; consistent with previously announced 6% annualized increase to $2.00.
- Shareholders approved eliminating 80% supermajority requirement for amending Articles FIFTH and SEVENTH; now requires majority vote.
- All nine director nominees elected with over 11M votes each; advisory say-on-pay passed with 92.8% support.
- Shareholder proposal for simple majority vote failed (5.3M for, 6.1M against).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor approved with 12.2M for, 3k against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001031203-25-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPI
- cik: 0001031203
- company_name: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120325000033/0001031203-25-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120325000033/gpi-20250513.htm

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