Washburn Shelley 4

What Happened

• Shelley Washburn, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Group 1 Automotive (GPI), acquired 743 shares reported on Form 4 as an award/acquisition (transaction code A) on February 10, 2026. The filing lists an acquisition price of $0.00 per share and a total reported value of $0.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-10; Form 4 filed: 2026-02-12 (filed within the normal two-business-day window, i.e., timely).
• Shares acquired: 743; Price per share shown on form: $0.00 (as reported).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the information provided in this summary.
• Footnote: The filing states these include shares purchased in the Group 1 Automotive Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), which offers a 15% discount calculated using the lower of the stock’s closing price on the first or last day of the quarter.
• Filing code: A (award/acquisition). No 10b5-1 plan, tax withholding, cashless exercise, or gift notation was reported.

Context

• The $0.00 price on the Form 4 typically reflects an award or reporting convention; here the footnote clarifies the transaction includes ESPP purchases at a 15% discount, so cash was likely paid under the plan terms even though the form shows $0. This is a routine insider purchase/acquisition under an employee benefit plan and not a sale; purchases are often viewed as a stronger signal of insider confidence than sales, but no motives should be inferred from the filing alone.