0000893877-17-000013.txt : 20170420 0000893877-17-000013.hdr.sgml : 20170420 20170420200341 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893877-17-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170419 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170420 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170420 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LITHIA MOTORS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001023128 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500] IRS NUMBER: 930572810 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 NORTH BARTLETT STREET CITY: MEDFORD STATE: OR ZIP: 97501 BUSINESS PHONE: 541-776-6401 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 NORTH BARTLETT STREET CITY: MEDFORD STATE: OR ZIP: 97501 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEBOER BRYAN B CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001170767 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14733 FILM NUMBER: 17773972 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 N. BARTLETT STREET CITY: MEDFORD STATE: OR ZIP: 97501 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2017-04-19 0001023128 LITHIA MOTORS INC LAD 0001170767 DEBOER BRYAN B 150 N. BARTLETT MEDFORD OR 97501 1 1 0 0 Chief Executive Officer Class A Common Stock 2017-04-19 4 J 0 6557 93.48 A 126336 D Class A Common Stock 2017-04-19 4 J 0 356 93.48 A 1547 I by Daughter Class A Common Stock 2017-04-19 4 J 0 356 93.48 A 1547 I by Son Distribution from DeBoer Family LLC to certain members of DeBoer Family LLC, including the reporting person and the reporting person's daughter and son. DeBoer Family LLC distributed shares of the issuer's Class A Common Stock to certain members of DeBoer Family LLC, including the reporting person and the reporting person's daughter and son. The price shown is the value of one share of the issuer's Class A Common Stock at the closing of the New York Stock Exchange on April 19, 2017. Reporting person is the custodian for the reporting person's son under the Oregon Uniform Transfer to Minors Act. /s/ Kevin Cundick, Attorney-in-Fact 2017-04-20 EX-24 2 bdpoa.htm LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY



Section 16 Reporting



 The undersigned, an officer, director or shareholder of Lithia Motors, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin Cundick, Edward Impert, John North and Tina Miller, and any one of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to:



       1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or shareholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder;



       2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that are necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendments thereto and timely file such forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including, without limitation, the execution and filing of a Form ID and any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the undersigned to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 electronically with the SEC;



       3. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and



       4. take any other action in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.



       The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



 This Limited Power of Attorney revokes all prior powers of attorney relating to reporting under Section 16 with respect to equity securities of the Company and shall remain in effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company.



DATED: April 19, 2017

       By:  /s/ Bryan DeBoer

       Name:  Bryan DeBoer