---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065696-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKQ"
cik: "0001065696"
company_name: "LKQ CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T06:06:42.244650+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LKQ prices €750M 4.125% senior notes due 2031, to redeem €500M 3.875% notes due 2024

## Summary
- Issued €750M 4.125% senior unsecured notes due 2031 via subsidiary LKQ Dutch Bond B.V.
- Proceeds plus cash on hand to redeem all €500M of 3.875% senior notes due 2024.
- Notes guaranteed by LKQ Corporation and certain U.S. subsidiaries; offering expected close March 13, 2024.
- Joint book-running managers: BofA, HSBC, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, MUFG, UniCredit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065696-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKQ
- cik: 0001065696
- company_name: LKQ CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000026/0001065696-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000026/lkq-20240228.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-24-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-24-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-24-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  LKQ CORP entered into Underwriting Agreement with BofA Securities Europe S.A., HSBC Continental Europe, Wells Fargo Securities Europe S.A. and the several other underwriters named in Schedule A thereto valued at €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount (effective 2024-02-28).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: BofA Securities Europe S.A., HSBC Continental Europe, Wells Fargo Securities Europe S.A. and the several other underwriters named in Schedule A thereto
  - Value: €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Effective: 2024-02-28
  source text: On February 28, 2024, LKQ Corporation (the "Company," "we," "us," or "our"), together with its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, LKQ Dutch Bond B.V., a private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands (“LKQ Finance”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities Europe S.A., HSBC Continental Europe and Wells Fargo Securities Europe S.A. and the several other underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (the “Underwriters”) in connection with the offer and sale by LKQ Finance to the Underwriters (the “Offering”) of €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.125% Notes due 2031 (the “Offered Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000026/0001065696-24-000026-index.htm

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