---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001065696-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LKQ"
cik: "0001065696"
company_name: "LKQ CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T19:40:06.446066+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LKQ stockholders approve 25% special meeting right; all director nominees elected

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Charter Amendment granting holders of ≥25% common stock the right to request a special meeting (232,193,525 for, 258,607 against).
- Eight director nominees elected to terms ending 2027; Andrew C. Clarke received most votes (229,151,803 for). Deloitte ratified as auditor.
- Advisory vote on 2025 named executive officer compensation approved (225,721,561 for, 6,644,195 against).
- Charter Amendment filed with Delaware Secretary of State on May 8, 2026; Amended and Restated Bylaws also effective same day.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001065696-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LKQ
- cik: 0001065696
- company_name: LKQ CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000036/0001065696-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000036/lkq-20260506.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001065696-26-000036.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 63937c78d7b4a91ca4d751f4ecd2fd0df8c2e113
  claim: LKQ CORP: Amended restated certificate of incorporation to provide stockholders holding a combined 25% or more of common stock with the right to request a special meeting of stockholders (effective 2026-05-08).
  evidence_excerpt: the Company’s stockholders, upon the recommendation of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), approved an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide stockholders holding a combined 25% or more of the Company’s common stock with the right to request a special meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000036/0001065696-26-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: 77d6b2eb728f146a2374c87d0df7a690f3882f15
  claim: LKQ CORP: Amended and restated bylaws to amend Section 3 of Article II to provide ownership and procedural requirements relating to the right of stockholders to request a special meeting (effective 2026-05-08).
  evidence_excerpt: the Board approved Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company reflecting an amendment of Section 3 of Article II to provide for certain ownership and procedural requirements relating to the right of the requisite stockholders to request in writing that the Board call and hold a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders, as summarized in Proposal No. 4 and as set forth in the Charter Amendment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1065696/000106569626000036/0001065696-26-000036-index.htm

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