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EX-99.1 - 2018 1ST QUARTER 8-K EXHIBIT 99.1 - GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INCexhibit991-1stqtr2018.htm


 


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): April 26, 2018
  
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
  
Delaware
 
1-13461
 
76-0506313
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
800 Gessner, Suite 500
Houston, Texas 77024
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(713) 647-5700
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)
 
 
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:
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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 that 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. ¨






Item 2.02     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 26, 2018, Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation, issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2018. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
As provided in General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 2.02 (including the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference in this Item 2.02) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

99.1        Press release of Group 1 Automotive, Inc., dated as of April 26, 2018.







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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
 
 
 
April 26, 2018
 
By:
 
/s/ John C. Rickel
Date
 
 
 
John C. Rickel, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer







INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 

99.1         Press release of Group 1 Automotive, Inc., dated as of April 26, 2018.