Access to all of the Group 1 websites you are accustomed to using is now consolidated in one convenient location. There may even be some valuable resources you were not aware of listed on the left. If you are unable to enter any of the sites and feel you should have access, please feel free to email the Corporate IT department at cray@group1auto.com

In the event of an emergency, there is only one address for you and your fellow employees to remember in order to stay in touch with your company - www.group1home.com.

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Meet Group 1's Regional F&I Directros Tues August 31, 2010, 2:20pm CST

This past week Group 1’s Regional Finance Directors attended meetings at the Corporate Office in Houston.  Pictured left to right below are Kelly Paul, John Garay, David Frazier, Troy Ward, Dan Hinic, Eric Schimmels and Tim Lewis. 

These are the go to guys for F&I which is an extremely important service we provide our customers. Thanks to all 7 guys for all of your hard work and many nights of travel in order to provide industry leading results for Group 1.

Mercedes-Benz of Beverly Hills Celebrates with Grand Opening Party Thurs August 25, 2010, 1:00pm CST

This past week Mercedes-Benz of Beverly Hills celebrated the completion of their Autohaus upgrades with a Grand Opening party.  Bruce Schulman is shown below accepting a limited edition sculpture from Mercedes-Benz CEO, Ernst Leib, to commemorate their accomplishments.  Click HERE to read more about the festivities from the Beverly Hills Courier.

Congratulations are in Order! Wed August 18, 2010, 2:00pm CST

This hardworking, young professional is none other than Beth Sibley, our new Corporate Secretary for Group 1 Automotive. Beth has been with Group 1 since April 2001 and singlehandedly managed the Legal Department during our formative years. Beth’s full-time job as director of legal services is to oversee many of the public reporting activities to ensure our compliance with various legislative /governmental requirements associated with being a publicly-traded company- and she is the best. Beth is pictured here performing one of her favorite tasks – taking minutes during our August Board meeting in Houston. Please join us in congratulating Beth for all of her hard work!

Fidelity Investments: Group 1's New ESPP Administrator Effective 8/2/2010 Fri, June 25 2010, 2:00pm CST

We are pleased to announce that Group 1 Automotive has selected Fidelity Investments as the recordkeeper and administrative services provider for our 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) replacing Merrill Lynch and ComputerShare.

For the purpose of transferring the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) to Fidelity, there will be a transition period to ensure that your plan assets and account history are accurately set up at Fidelity.  This transition period is scheduled to begin on July 9, 2010 and end on August 2, 2010, during which no plan-related transactions will be permitted.  Please make sure to complete any plan-related transitions before the transition period begins on July 9, 2010.   We will notify you if the timing of the transition period changes

 For more information please CLICK HERE to read the complete memo.

Regions - Please feel free to submit suggestions to your RVP and Pete DeLongchamps for consideration.

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