{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001023128-25-000118","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"LAD","cik":"0001023128","company_name":"LITHIA MOTORS INC","filed_at":"2025-10-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:38.571348+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T04:53:10.726295+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"Lithia Motors elects Heidi O'Neill and Richard Bailey to board, expanding to nine directors","bullets":["Board expanded from 7 to 9; O'Neill (ex-Nike President) and Bailey (SOU President) elected effective Oct 1, 2025.","O'Neill served as Nike President of Consumer, Product, and Brand until May 2025; Bailey has led Southern Oregon University since 2022.","Each director receives $100,000 annual retainer plus RSUs valued at ~$113,750, vesting quarterly over the service year.","Both will serve on the audit committee; indemnity agreements entered into.","Company donated ~$666,000 to SOU Foundation in 2025 and ~$833,000 in 2024 under a 10-year commitment."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000118","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000118.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000118.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-25-000118.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000118/0001023128-25-000118-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312825000118/lad-20251001.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T04:53:10.726295+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}