---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065696-24-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKQ"
cik: "0001065696"
company_name: "LKQ CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:22:26.061645+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LKQ director Joseph M. Holsten to retire, not stand for re-election at May 7 annual meeting

## Summary
- Joseph M. Holsten will retire from the Board effective at the 2024 annual meeting on May 7, 2024.
- He will not stand for re-election but remains a director and Regulatory Advisory Committee member until the meeting.
- After retirement, Holsten will serve as a non-voting Board observer in an advisory capacity.
- Retirement is not due to any disagreement with the Company over operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065696-24-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKQ
- cik: 0001065696
- company_name: LKQ CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000032/0001065696-24-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000032/lkq-20240304.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-24-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-24-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-24-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph M. Holsten departed as member of the Board at LKQ CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: Joseph M. Holsten informed the Company of his intention to retire from his position as a member of the Board and to not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, which is expected to take place on May 7, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000032/0001065696-24-000032-index.htm

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