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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): October 6, 2021

 

 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-13461   76-0506313

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

800 Gessner, Suite 500

Houston, Texas 77024

  77024
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (713) 647-5700

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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 (see General Instructions A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   GPI   New York Stock Exchange

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 the 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 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), expects to disclose certain supplemental information concerning the Company in a preliminary offering memorandum that is being disseminated in connection with the proposed senior unsecured notes offering described in Item 8.01 below. The supplemental information included in the preliminary offering memorandum, certain of which has been previously reported, is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference, including, but not limited to, with respect to the following:

 

   

certain expected sources and uses of proceeds in connection with the Company’s previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets or equity of the Prime Automotive Group (the “Prime Acquisition”); and

 

   

certain risk factors related to the Prime Acquisition.

The information set forth in and incorporated into this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The filing of this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information herein that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events

On October 6, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing that it intends to offer for sale in a private offering an additional $200 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% senior unsecured notes due 2028. A copy of the press release is included herewith as Exhibit 99.2.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

99.1    Excerpts from Preliminary Offering Memorandum
99.2    Press Release of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. dated as of October 6, 2021.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
Date: October 6, 2021     By:  

/s/ Daniel McHenry

    Name:   Daniel McHenry
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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