Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABG) (the “Company”), one of the largest automotive retail and service companies in the U.S., announced the completed sale of ten dealerships across Indiana, Missouri and South Carolina as part of capital allocation and portfolio optimization efforts.

Asbury received approximately $210 million in net proceeds from the sale of the dealerships. The proceeds are net of mortgage payoffs for the real estate and estimated taxes. The annualized revenue from these ten dealerships was approximately $610 million.

In addition, the Company today announced that its board of directors approved an increase in the authorization of the share repurchase plan for the Company of $424 million. Year to date, the Company has spent $100M repurchasing 441,000 shares. As of February 25, 2026, the Company had $76 million of remaining availability to repurchase shares of common stock under its existing stock repurchase program. As a result, with the increase in authorization announced today, the total availability under the authorization is $500 million as of such date.

“The sale of these stores was the right decision for Asbury to ensure capital is being used for its highest return to shareholders,” said David Hult, Asbury’s president & chief executive officer. “The proceeds are expected to be invested in the Company to accelerate reduction of leverage ratio to below 3.0x and continue deploying capital to share repurchases. Additionally, the increased share authorization emphasizes our commitment to our shareholders and gives us confidence in the execution of our strategy and the outlook for our business.”

Under the amended stock repurchase program, the shares of common stock of the Company may be purchased from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or in other manners as permitted by federal securities laws and other legal and contractual requirements. The share repurchases could include purchases pursuant to a written trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which allows companies to repurchase shares of stock at times when they might otherwise be prevented from doing so by securities laws or under self-imposed trading blackout periods. The extent to which the Company repurchases its shares, the number of shares and the timing of any repurchase will depend on such factors as Asbury’s stock price, general economic and market conditions, the potential impact on its capital structure, the expected return on competing uses of capital such as strategic dealership acquisitions and capital investments and other considerations. The program does not require the Company to repurchase any specific number of shares, and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time without further notice.