8-K

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): January 2, 2013

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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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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On January 2, 2013, the Board of Directors of LKQ Corporation (the “Company”) elected Guhan Subramanian as a member of the Board of Directors. A copy of a press release relating to this matter is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits 

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
99.1	LKQ Corporation Press Release dated January 8, 2013.

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: January 8, 2013

LKQ CORPORATION
By:	/s/ VICTOR M. CASINI
	Victor M. Casini
	Senior Vice President and General Counsel

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

LKQ Corporation Appoints Guhan Subramanian to the Board of Directors

Chicago, IL-(January 8, 2013) – LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ: LKQ) announced that it has appointed Guhan Subramanian to its Board of Directors effective January 2, 2013.

Joseph M. Holsten, Chairman of LKQ Corporation, stated, “We are very pleased to have Guhan join us. We expect him to be a major contributor on LKQ's Board. I am confident that Guhan's significant knowledge of mergers and acquisitions, business law, and corporate governance will help guide our Board and will be a tremendous resource for our management team.”

Mr. Subramanian is currently the Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and the H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School. He is the first person in the history of Harvard University to hold tenured appointments at both the Harvard Law School and the Harvard Business School. At the Harvard Law School he teaches courses in negotiations and corporate law. At the Harvard Business School he teaches several executive education programs including Strategic Negotiations, Changing the Game, and Making Corporate Boards More Effective. He is the faculty chair for the JD/MBA program at Harvard University and the Vice Chair for Research at the Harvard Program on Negotiation. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty Mr. Subramanian spent three years at McKinsey & Company in their New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. offices.

About LKQ Corporation

LKQ Corporation is the largest nationwide provider of aftermarket, recycled, and refurbished collision replacement parts, and a leading provider of mechanical replacement parts including remanufactured engines, all in connection with the repair of automobiles and other vehicles. LKQ also has operations in the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico and Central America. LKQ operates more than 480 facilities, offering its customers a broad range of replacement systems, components and parts to repair automobiles and light, medium and heavy-duty trucks.

Contact:

Joseph P. Boutross

LKQ Corporation

Director, Investor Relations

(312) 621-2793