LKQ Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
$LKQ
Motor Vehicles
Consumer Discretionary
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report
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The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 11, 2024
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | ||||
(d) On December 11, 2024, LKQ Corporation (the “Company”) announced the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Company had increased the size of the Board to eleven directors and appointed James S. Metcalf as a director, effective December 11, 2024. Mr. Metcalf will receive compensation for his service on the Board in accordance with the Company’s standard compensatory arrangements for non-employee directors, as described under the caption “Director Compensation” in the Company’s proxy statement from its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2024. Mr. Metcalf has not been appointed to any committees of the Board at this time.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Metcalf and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed to the Board, and there are no relationships between Mr. Metcalf and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
On December 11, 2024, the Company also announced that Dominick Zarcone has decided not to stand for re-election and will retire from the Board when his term expires in connection with the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting. Following the 2025 Annual Meeting, the Board will consist of ten directors, nine of whom are independent.
The Company’s press release announcing Mr. Metcalf’s appointment and Mr. Zarcone's retirement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
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| LKQ Corporation Press Release dated December 11, 2024. | ||||||||
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SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 11, 2024
| LKQ CORPORATION | |||||
| By: | /s/ Matthew J. McKay | ||||
| Matthew J. McKay | |||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||