---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065696-26-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKQ"
cik: "0001065696"
company_name: "LKQ CORP"
filed_at: "2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T18:31:29.316387+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Patrick Berard declines re-election to LKQ board

## Summary
- Patrick Berard notified LKQ on March 3, 2026, that he will not stand for re-election.
- Berard will remain a director until the 2026 Annual Meeting (expected May 2026).
- No replacement has been nominated or disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065696-26-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKQ
- cik: 0001065696
- company_name: LKQ CORP
- filed_at: 2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1065696/000106569626000015/0001065696-26-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000015/lkq-20260303.htm

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