---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001031203-26-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPI"
cik: "0001031203"
company_name: "GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:12:11.236071+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Group 1 Automotive raises 2026 annual dividend by 10% to $2.20 per share

## Summary
- Board approved 2026 annual dividend rate of $2.20 per share, a 10% increase from $2.00 in 2025.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.55 per share declared, payable March 16, 2026, to holders of record March 2, 2026.
- Year-over-year dividend increase of $0.20 per share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001031203-26-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPI
- cik: 0001031203
- company_name: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120326000043/0001031203-26-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120326000043/gpi-20260211.htm

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