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Issuer:     LITHIA MOTORS INC (LAD)
CIK:        0001023128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-25-034574
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lithia Motors issues $600M of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2030 to repay revolver
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- Aggregate principal $600M, interest 5.500% semi-annual, maturity Oct 1, 2030.
- Net proceeds to repay revolving credit borrowings; reborrow for acquisitions, working capital.
- Senior unsecured notes rank pari passu with existing senior debt; guaranteed by certain subsidiaries.
- Issued in private offering exempt from SEC registration under Securities Act.
- Callable on or after Oct 2027 at specified prices; earlier redemption with make-whole premium.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000114036125034574/0001140361-25-034574-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1023128/000114036125034574/ef20055382_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-034574

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