---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000842162-22-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEA"
cik: "0000842162"
company_name: "LEAR CORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T10:24:33.748143+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lear Q4 revenue $4.9B (-7% YoY), adj EPS $1.22; FY adj EPS $7.94; dividend $0.77/sh; $700M notes for acquisition

## Summary
- Q4 2021 sales $4.88B, net income $21.5M, adjusted EPS $1.22 vs $3.66 YoY.
- Full year 2021 sales $19.26B (+13% YoY), net income $373.9M, adjusted EPS $7.94 vs $5.33.
- Seating share rose to 25%; $3.3B new business backlog for 2022-2024.
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.77/sh, returning to pre-pandemic level.
- Issued $700M senior notes to fund pending Kongsberg Interior Comfort acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000842162-22-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEA
- cik: 0000842162
- company_name: LEAR CORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216222000005/0000842162-22-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842162/000084216222000005/lear-20220208.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000842162-22-000005.txt

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