0001031203-13-000006.txt : 20130501 0001031203-13-000006.hdr.sgml : 20130501 20130430191110 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001031203-13-000006 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130430 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130501 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130430 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001031203 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500] IRS NUMBER: 760506313 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13461 FILM NUMBER: 13799896 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 GESSNER STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 BUSINESS PHONE: 713-647-5700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 GESSNER STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77024 8-K 1 form8-k.htm 8-K Form 8-K


 

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 30, 2013
  
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:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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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 40.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 






Item 8.01    Other Events

On February 20, 2013, Group 1 Automotive (the "Company") filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (the "2012 Form 10-K"). The consent of Ernst & Young LLP, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, filed as Exhibit 23.1 to the 2012 Form 10-K (the "Consent") inadvertently omitted the electronic signature of Ernst & Young LLP. To correct this inadvertent clerical error, an executed copy of the Consent is attached hereto as Exhibit 23.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibits

23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP dated February 19, 2013





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 30, 2013
 
By:
 
/s/ John C. Rickel
Date
 
 
 
John C. Rickel, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer






INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 

23.1         Consent of Ernst & Young LLP dated February 19, 2013


EX-23.1 2 exhibit231.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Exhibit 23.1
Exhibit 23.1


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:        

(1)
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-179468) of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and related Prospectus,
(2)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-161324) pertaining to the 1998 Employees' Savings Plan of Group 1 Automotive, Inc.,
(3)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-145034) pertaining to the Deferred Compensation Plan and 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan of Group 1 Automotive, Inc., and
(4)
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-168365) pertaining to the 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan of Group 1 Automotive, Inc.;

of our reports dated February 19, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and subsidiaries included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2012.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP    

Houston, Texas
February 19, 2013