Long-Term Obligations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Obligations

Long-Term Obligations

Long-term obligations consist of the following (in millions):

		September 30, 2024					December 31, 2023
	Maturity Date	Interest Rate			Amount		Interest Rate			Amount
Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement:
Term loan payable	January 2026	6.32	%		$	500	6.83	%		$	500
Revolving credit facilities	January 2028	6.33	%	(1)	713		6.25	%	(1)	914
Senior Unsecured Term Loan Agreement:
Term loan payable	July 2026	5.92	%		518		6.82	%		529
Unsecured Senior Notes:
U.S. Notes (2028)	June 2028	5.75	%		800		5.75	%		800
U.S. Notes (2033)	June 2033	6.25	%		600		6.25	%		600
Euro Notes (2024)	April 2024	—	%		—		3.88	%		552
Euro Notes (2028)	April 2028	4.13	%		278		4.13	%		276
Euro Notes (2031)	March 2031	4.13	%		835		—	%		—
Notes payable	Various through October 2030	3.34	%	(1)	19		3.85	%	(1)	16
Finance lease obligations		5.09	%	(1)	106		4.83	%	(1)	83
Other debt		6.38	%	(1)	2		2.16	%	(1)	11
Total debt					4,371					4,281
Less: long-term debt issuance costs and unamortized bond discounts					(35)					(30)
Total debt, net of debt issuance costs and unamortized bond discounts					4,336					4,251
Less: current maturities, net of debt issuance costs					(44)					(596)
Long-term debt, net of debt issuance costs and unamortized bond discounts					$	4,292				$	3,655

(1) Interest rate derived via a weighted average

Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement

Our Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement consists of (i) an unsecured revolving credit facility of up to a U.S. Dollar equivalent of $2.0 billion, which includes a $150 million sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit and a $150 million sublimit for swing line loans and (ii) an unsecured term loan facility of up to $500 million. Borrowings under the agreement bear interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus the applicable spread or other risk-free interest rates that are applicable for the specified currency plus a spread based on the Company's debt rating and total leverage ratio. On June 5, 2024, we entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement which replaced the Canadian Dollar Offer Rate ("CDOR") with the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average ("CORRA") for CAD denominated borrowings.

Senior Unsecured Term Loan Credit Agreement

The Senior Unsecured Term Loan Credit Agreement ("CAD Note") established an unsecured term loan facility of up to CAD 700 million maturing in July 2026. On June 12, 2024, we entered into Amendment No. 1 to the CAD Note which replaced CDOR with CORRA. The variable interest rate applicable to the CAD Note may be (i) a forward-looking term rate based on CORRA for an interest period chosen by the Company of one or three months or (ii) the Canadian Prime Rate (as defined in the CAD Note), plus in each case a spread based on the Company’s debt rating and total leverage ratio.

Unsecured Senior Notes

On March 13, 2024, LKQ, together with its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, LKQ Dutch Bond B.V., a private company with limited liability, completed an offering and sale of €750 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.125% Notes due March 13, 2031 (“Euro Notes (2031)”).

The Euro Notes (2031) bear interest at a rate of 4.125% per year. Interest on the Euro Notes (2031) is payable annually on each March 13, commencing on March 13, 2025. The Euro Notes (2031) will be initially fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis (the “Guarantees”) by the Company and each of its wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries that are guarantors under our Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement and our CAD Note. The Euro Notes (2031) will also be guaranteed by each of the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries that in the future agrees to guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Senior Unsecured Credit Agreement, the CAD Note, any other Credit Facility Debt or any Capital Markets Debt (both as defined in the Company’s preliminary prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on February 28, 2024).

Prior to December 13, 2030 (the "Par Call Date"), the Euro Notes (2031) are redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: (1)(a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming that the Euro Notes (2031) matured on the Par Call Date) on an annual (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) basis at a rate equal to the Comparable Government Bond Rate (as defined in the Indenture, dated March 13, 2024 (the "Euro Notes (2031) Indenture")) plus 30 basis points, less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption; and (2) 100% of the principal amount of the Euro Notes (2031) to be redeemed; plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date. On or after the Par Call Date, we may redeem the Euro Notes (2031), in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Euro Notes (2031) being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

The Euro Notes (2031) and the Guarantees have been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-277267) filed by the Company with the SEC on February 22, 2024, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the SEC on March 1, 2024. In April 2024, the Euro Notes (2031) were approved for listing and registration on the Nasdaq.

Related to the offering and sale of the Euro Notes (2031) in March 2024, we incurred $7 million of fees, which were capitalized as an offset to Long-Term Obligations and are amortized over the term of the Euro Notes (2031).

We used the net proceeds from this offering to (i) pay outstanding indebtedness, including all of the outstanding €500 million aggregate principal amount of the 3.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Euro Notes (2024)”) issued by the Company’s indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, LKQ Italia Bondco di LKQ Italia Bondco GP S.r.l e C.S.A.P.A. (f/k/a LKQ Italia Bondco S.p.A.), and (ii) pay accrued interest and related fees, premiums and expenses. The Euro Notes (2031) are governed by the Euro Notes (2031) Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2024.

Interest on the U.S. Notes (2028/33) is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2023. Interest on our 4.13% senior notes due April 2028 (the "Euro Notes (2028)") is payable in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year.