---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001023128-24-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAD"
cik: "0001023128"
company_name: "LITHIA MOTORS INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T09:11:49.417883+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lithia Motors shareholders elect all 7 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG as auditor

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected; David J. Robino received most votes against at 3,219,471.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 20,092,168 for (4,682,769 against).
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for 2024 passed with 24,432,893 for (2,152,066 against).
- Broker non-votes totaled 1,808,054 on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001023128-24-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAD
- cik: 0001023128
- company_name: LITHIA MOTORS INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312824000054/0001023128-24-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312824000054/lad-20240423.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LITHIA MOTORS INC shareholders approved Approval by Advisory Vote, of Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 2: Approval by Advisory Vote, of Executive Compensation FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 20,092,168 4,682,769 16,778 1,808,054
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312824000054/0001023128-24-000054-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LITHIA MOTORS INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 3: Ratification of Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2024 FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 24,432,893 2,152,066 14,810 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312824000054/0001023128-24-000054-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LITHIA MOTORS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors DIRECTOR FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES Sidney B. DeBoer 23,985,189 790,775 15,751 1,808,054 Bryan B. DeBoer 24,763,968 16,706 11,041 1,808,054 James E. Lentz 24,672,853 107,830 11,032 1,808,054 Stacy C. Loretz-Congdon 24,553,144 226,868 11,703 1,808,054 Shauna F. McIntyre 24,672,430 108,323 10,962 1,808,054 Louis P. Miramontes 23,198,492 1,559,683 33,540 1,808,054 David J. Robino 21,560,871 3,219,471 11,373 1,808,054
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312824000054/0001023128-24-000054-index.htm

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