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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065696-24-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKQ"
cik: "0001065696"
company_name: "LKQ CORP"
filed_at: "2024-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:22:45.255433+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LKQ reaches two-year CBA with Verdi covering ~5,000 Germany employees, ending strikes

## Summary
- Agreement covers ~5,000 LKQ Europe employees in Germany, including 730 at Sulzbach-Rosenberg DC.
- Two-year duration expiring April 30, 2026; includes mandatory peace obligation ending all strike activity.
- Terms include collectively agreed wage increase, inflation compensation, and enhanced trainee salaries.
- CBA provides operational certainty for LKQ Europe and resolves tariff dispute with Verdi.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065696-24-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKQ
- cik: 0001065696
- company_name: LKQ CORP
- filed_at: 2024-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000097/0001065696-24-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569624000097/lkq-20240621.htm

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