{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001023128-26-000053","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"LAD","cik":"0001023128","company_name":"LITHIA MOTORS INC","filed_at":"2026-09-25T20:21:05+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-25T20:23:04.746667+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:23:32.450412+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Lithia Motors director Heidi L. O'Neill resigns from board effective Sept 25, 2026","bullets":["Heidi L. O'Neill notified Lithia Motors' board on September 25, 2026 of her resignation as a director, effective the same day.","The company said O'Neill's resignation is for personal reasons and is not the result of any disagreement over operations, policies or practices.","No successor or replacement director was named in the filing, and no committee or board-size change was disclosed.","Lithia thanked O'Neill for her service and contributions during her tenure; the filing was signed by CFO Tina Miller."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-26-000053","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-26-000053.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-26-000053.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001023128-26-000053.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000053/0001023128-26-000053-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000102312826000053/lad-20260925.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:23:32.450412+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"}