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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 25, 2019
 
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LKQ CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
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Delaware
 
000-50404
 
36-4215970
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
500 West Madison Street, Suite 2800
Chicago, IL
 
60661
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 621-1950
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 8.01
Other Events.

In 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of LKQ Corporation (the "Compensation Committee") began discussions regarding possible changes to the executive officer compensation program to better align the performance measures of the incentive compensation components with our business objectives. The Compensation Committee engaged Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc., an independent executive compensation advisor, to review our executive officer compensation program, benchmark it against our peer group and offer any recommendations for changes. On February 25, 2019, the Compensation Committee approved the following modifications to the executive officer compensation program commencing with 2019 compensation:

Changed the performance measures for the annual bonus opportunity to (i) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), (ii) EBITDA as a percent of revenue, and (iii) Free Cash Flow;
Changed the performance measures of the three-year cash long term incentive award to (i) organic revenue growth percentage, (ii) Adjusted earnings per share, and (iii) return on invested capital; and
Established a new performance-based three-year restricted stock unit program with the performance measures being the same as the revised three-year cash incentive award, and allocated 50% of each executive officer’s three-year incentive award to this equity-based component and 50% to the three-year cash incentive award.






SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 27, 2019
 
 
LKQ CORPORATION
 
 
By: 
/s/ Varun Laroyia
 
Varun Laroyia
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer