Hobson Gillian A. 4

What Happened
Gillian A. Hobson, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Group 1 Automotive (GPI), disposed of 126 shares on February 14, 2026 to cover tax liabilities associated with equity compensation. The shares were recorded at $333.15 each, for a total value of $41,977. This transaction code (F) indicates the shares were surrendered for tax withholding rather than an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-14
• Transaction type/code: F — payment of exercise price or tax liability (surrender/withholding)
• Shares disposed: 126 at $333.15 per share; total value $41,977
• Filing date (SEC): 2026-02-17 — appears timely given the transaction date and the intervening weekend/holiday
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the information provided
• No 10b5-1 plan or other footnotes were noted in the summary provided

Context
Code F transactions typically reflect automatic withholding or share surrender to satisfy taxes from a grant, vesting, or option exercise (a routine administrative step), and do not necessarily indicate a discretionary sale by the insider. For retail investors, purchases and voluntary open-market sales can be more informative of sentiment; tax-withholding disposals are generally administrative.