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Issuer:     GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC (GPI)
CIK:        0001031203
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001031203-25-000063
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

GPI increases buyback auth to $500M, declares $0.50 dividend.
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- Board increased share repurchase authorization by $457M to $500M.
- YTD 2025, GPI repurchased 1,038,797 shares (8% of outstanding) at avg $417.38 for $434M.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share declared, payable Dec 15 to holders of record Dec 1.
- Dividend consistent with 6% annualized increase from $1.88 to $2.00 per share in 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120325000063/0001031203-25-000063-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120325000063/gpi-20251111.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001031203-25-000063

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