---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001023128-26-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAD"
cik: "0001023128"
company_name: "LITHIA MOTORS INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:12:10.657193+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lithia Motors 2026 annual meeting results: all directors elected, say-on-pay passes

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with majority support (Sidney DeBoer: 20.5M for; McIntyre lowest: 19.3M for).
- Advisory vote to approve executive compensation passed: 17.3M for vs 3.6M against, 10k abstain.
- KPMG ratified as auditor for fiscal 2026 with 21.6M for vs 0.7M against.
- Shareholder proposal on board leadership structure defeated: 16.6M against vs 4.2M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001023128-26-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAD
- cik: 0001023128
- company_name: LITHIA MOTORS INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000039/0001023128-26-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000039/lad-20260430.htm

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