---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001031203-26-000157"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPI"
cik: "0001031203"
company_name: "GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC"
filed_at: "2026-11-10T22:21:34+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-10T22:24:04.943983+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Group 1 Automotive promotes DeLongchamps to President-U.S. Operations, declares $0.55 dividend

## Summary
- Peter C. DeLongchamps, age 65, named President – U.S. Operations effective November 10, 2026; base salary rises to $750,000 with 90% target incentive
- Board declared quarterly cash dividend of $0.55 per share, payable December 15, 2026 to holders of record December 1, 2026
- Dividend consistent with 10% annualized rate increase from $2.00 per share in 2025 to $2.20 per share in 2026
- Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws adopted, raising special-meeting threshold to 25% Net Long Beneficial Ownership and revising advance notice rules
- Group 1 operates 255 dealerships, 318 franchises and 33 collision centers across the U.S. and U.K., representing 38 brands

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001031203-26-000157
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPI
- cik: 0001031203
- company_name: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
- filed_at: 2026-11-10T22:21:34+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120326000157/0001031203-26-000157-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120326000157/gpi-20261110.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001031203-26-000157.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter C. DeLongchamps changed role as President – U.S. Operations at GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC.
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: President – U.S. Operations
  source text: On November 10, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, appointed Peter C. DeLongchamps, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President, Manufacturer Relations, Financial Services and Corporate Development, as President – U.S. Operations of the Company, effective November 10, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031203/000103120326000157/0001031203-26-000157-index.htm

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