UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 2, 2009
LKQ CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-50404 | 36-4215970 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 120 North LaSalle Street, Suite 3300 Chicago, IL |
60602 | |
| (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 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
On December 2, 2009, representatives of LKQ Corporation will make a presentation at the J.P. Morgan SMid Cap Conference 2009, which will be held in New York City. A copy of the presentation materials will be available under Presentations in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website, www.lkqcorp.com, on the presentation date.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
The financial data contained in the presentation materials includes earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and provides a reconciliation of income from continuing operations to EBITDA. EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
We have presented EBITDA information solely as a supplemental disclosure because we believe it provides investors, security analysts and other interested parties useful information regarding our results of operations because it assists in analyzing our performance and the value of our business. EBITDA provides insight into our profitability trends, and allows management and investors to analyze our operating results with and without the impact of depreciation, amortization, interest and income tax expense. We believe EBITDA is used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in evaluating companies, many of which present EBITDA when reporting their results. EBITDA should not be construed as an alternative to operating income, net income or net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. In addition, not all companies that report EBITDA information calculate EBITDA in the same manner as we do and, accordingly, our calculation is not necessarily comparable to similarly named measures of other companies and may not be an appropriate measure for performance relative to other companies.
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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.
| LKQ Corporation | ||||
| Date: December 2, 2009 | By: | /S/ VICTOR M. CASINI | ||
| Victor M. Casini | ||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||
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