---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001327318-24-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001327318"
company_name: "TrueCar, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T23:16:54.800380+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TrueCar terminates Santa Monica office lease, sues landlord for constructive eviction

## Summary
- Terminated lease with Mani Brothers Portofino Plaza effective April 10, 2024 over landlord's breach.
- Filed lawsuit in LA Superior Court seeking declaratory judgment that termination was justified.
- Company plans to vacate premises at 1401 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica as soon as feasible.
- Lease originally dated July 10, 2014; material terms previously reported in 8-K and 10-Q.
- No financial impact disclosed; company does not intend to update filing on lawsuit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001327318-24-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001327318
- company_name: TrueCar, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327318/000132731824000009/0001327318-24-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327318/000132731824000009/true-20240410.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001327318-24-000009
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001327318-24-000009.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001327318-24-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  TrueCar, Inc. terminated the Lease with Mani Brothers Portofino Plaza (DE), LLC (effective 2024-04-10).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: lease
  - Counterparty: Mani Brothers Portofino Plaza (DE), LLC
  - Effective: 2024-04-10
  source text: (the “Company”) entered into an office building lease (the “Lease”) with Mani Brothers Portofino Plaza (DE), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Landlord”), pursuant to which the Company leased office space located at 1401 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California (the “Premises”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327318/000132731824000009/0001327318-24-000009-index.htm

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