0001209191-11-045566.txt : 20110825
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-11-045566
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110817
FILED AS OF DATE: 20110825
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110825
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Barnhill Ronald W
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001528625
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 3
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13461
FILM NUMBER: 111056041
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77024
ISSUER:
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
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
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doc3.xml
FORM 3 SUBMISSION
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2011-08-17
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0001031203
GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
GPI
0001528625
Barnhill Ronald W
800 GESSNER, SUITE 500
HOUSTON
TX
77024
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1
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Vice President - Taxes
Common Stock
18415.468
D
/s/Beth Sibley, attorney-in-fact for Ronald W. Barnhill
2011-08-25
EX-24.3_389991
2
poa.txt
POA DOCUMENT
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Be it known, that the undersigned, Ronald W. Barnhill (the "Reporting Person"),
hereby constitutes and appoints Beth Sibley as the Reporting Person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person in the Reporting Person's
capacity as an officer or director of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting Person
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person.
The Reporting Person hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting Person
might or could do if personally present, with full power of Substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by the virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting
Person, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the Reporting
Person's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
Reporting Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the Reporting Person's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 25th day of August, 2011.
/s/Ronald W. Barnhill
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARRIS
On this 25th day of August, 2011, Ronald W. Barnhill personally appeared before
me, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
Denise M Gordon
Notary Public