---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065696-24-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKQ"
cik: "0001065696"
company_name: "LKQ CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T18:45:12.230752+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LKQ subsidiary issues €750M 4.125% notes due 2031 to refinance €500M 3.875% 2024 notes

## Summary
- Issuance by indirect subsidiary LKQ Dutch Bond B.V. of €750M 4.125% senior unsecured notes due 2031.
- Proceeds and cash on hand to repay €500M 3.875% notes maturing 2024 plus accrued interest and fees.
- Notes fully guaranteed by LKQ Corp and its US subsidiaries under existing credit agreements.
- Interest payable annually on March 13, beginning 2025; par call date December 13, 2030.
- Redemption prior to par call at make-whole spread of 30 bps plus Comparable Government Bond Rate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065696-24-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKQ
- cik: 0001065696
- company_name: LKQ CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000043/0001065696-24-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000043/lkq-20240313.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-24-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  LKQ CORP incurred senior notes of €750,000,000 at 4.125% maturing due 2031.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: €750,000,000
  - Rate: 4.125%
  - Maturity: due 2031
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On March 13, 2024, 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”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of LKQ Corporation (the "Company," "we," "us," or "our"), completed an offering (the “Offering”) of €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of LKQ Finance’s 4.125% Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000043/0001065696-24-000043-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  LKQ CORP entered into Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, as paying agent valued at €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount (effective 2024-03-13).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, as paying agent
  - Value: €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Effective: 2024-03-13
  source text: On March 13, 2024, 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”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of LKQ Corporation (the "Company," "we," "us," or "our"), completed an offering (the “Offering”) of €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of LKQ Finance’s 4.125% Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000043/0001065696-24-000043-index.htm

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