ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC

Consistent with the approach in prior years, payouts for 2025 were intended to reward a number of significant achievements, particularly in light of our overall, and each individual officer’s, performance, in successfully executing on the Company's success and progress of integrating acquisitions, the advancement of the Company’s strategic initiatives, and the Company's operating margin relative to automotive retail peers. In addition, the following results and achievements in 2025 impacted actual payouts and the overall compensation of our executive officers under our incentive compensation programs for 2025:

–our Adjusted EBITDA was $1,005.6 million, an increase of 2.6% over 2024;

–our adjusted diluted EPS was $28.10, an increase of 3.2% over 2024; and

–our adjusted operating margin was 5.6%, which is the highest amongst the Automotive Peer Group.

For an explanation of non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation to GAAP, please see Appendix A.

In determining the applicable payouts, the Committee considered each of the results above in light of the 2025 seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) level, which impacted gross profits from new vehicle sales.