---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001023128-25-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAD"
cik: "0001023128"
company_name: "LITHIA MOTORS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T16:42:46.000130+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director David J. Robino will not stand for reelection; board to shrink to seven members

## Summary
- David J. Robino informed Lithia Motors of his decision not to stand for reelection at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
- The Board intends to reduce its size from eight to seven members effective after the meeting.
- No replacement director named; the departure is described as a voluntary decision by Mr. Robino.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001023128-25-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAD
- cik: 0001023128
- company_name: LITHIA MOTORS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000029/0001023128-25-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000029/lad-20250227.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000029
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000029.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000029.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David J. Robino departed as Director at LITHIA MOTORS INC.
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 27, 2025, David J. Robino informed Lithia Motors, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to not stand for reelection to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000029/0001023128-25-000029-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.