lad20160622_11k.htm

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015

 

SEC Registration No. 333-43593

 

 

 

LITHIA MOTORS, INC. SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

 

 

LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

150 N Bartlett

Medford, OR 97501

 

 
 

 

  

Report of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

and Financial Statements with

Supplemental Schedule for

 

Lithia Motors, Inc. Salary

Reduction Profit Sharing Plan

 

December 31, 2015 and 2014

 

 
 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

     
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 1

 

 

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

2

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

3

 

Notes to Financial Statements 

4-11

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2015

 

 

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (held at end of year)

12

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 13

  

 
 

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Audit Committee

Lithia Motors, Inc. Salary Reduction Profit Sharing Plan

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of the Lithia Motors, Inc. Salary Reduction Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2015. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2015, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2015 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

 

 

/s/ Plante & Moran, PLLC

 

 

Cleveland, Ohio

 

June 22, 2016

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS


 

 

   

December 31,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
                 

ASSETS

               

Participant directed investments, at fair value

               

Common collective trust funds

  $ 43,096,724     $ 56,851,642  

Interest-bearing cash

    593,312       -  

Registered investment companies

    149,796,877       131,467,352  

Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A Common Stock

    30,186,147       26,255,282  
      223,673,060       214,574,276  
                 

Receivables

               

Notes receivable from participants

    9,828,626       9,372,882  

Employer's contribution

    5,150,450       3,144,554  
      14,979,076       12,517,436  
      238,652,136       227,091,712  
                 

LIABILITIES

               

Excess participant contributions payable

    (62,526 )     (61,149 )
                 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

  $ 238,589,610     $ 227,030,563  

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements 

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS


 

 

   

Year ended

December 31, 2015

 
ADDITIONS TO NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO         

Contributions:

       

Employer's

  $ 5,150,450  

Participants'

    25,324,249  

Rollovers

    5,057,945  
         

Total Contributions

    35,532,644  
         

Investment income:

       

Interest and dividends

    6,165,900  

Net depreciation in fair value of investments

    (130,314 )
         

Total Investment income

    6,035,586  
         
         

Interest income on notes receivable from participants

    388,497  
         
         

Total additions

    41,956,727  
         

DEDUCTIONS FROM NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO

       

Benefits paid to participants

    29,740,040  

Administrative expenses

    657,640  
         

Total deductions

    30,397,680  
         
         

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

    11,559,047  
         

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

       

Beginning of year

    227,030,563  
         

End of year

  $ 238,589,610  

 

 

 See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

 

NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

 

The following description of the Lithia Motors, Inc. Salary Reduction Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

General – The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all eligible employees of Lithia Motors, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Company or Lithia) as defined in the Plan documents. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended.

 

Administration – The Company has appointed a 401(k) Plan Committee (the Committee) to manage the operation and administration of the Plan. The Company has contracted with Bank of America Merrill Lynch as the custodian and trustee and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Retirement Services, a third-party administrator, to process and maintain the records of participant data.

 

Contributions – Each year, the Company contributes to the Plan an amount determined annually by the Board of Directors. For employee contributions made in 2015, the Company contributed 47.25% on the first $2,500 of the employee contributions. The Participants must be employed on the last day of the Plan year to be eligible for this contribution. Participants may contribute, under a salary reduction agreement, the maximum allowed by the Internal Revenue Service under Code Section 402(g). Eligible employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan with a contribution of 3% of eligible compensation along with an automatic increase of 1% each year up to a maximum of 8%, unless the employee affirmatively elects otherwise. Participants may also make contributions to the Plan in the form of a rollover contribution from another qualified plan. Participants direct the investment of contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan.

 

Participant Accounts – Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and an allocation of the Company’s contribution and Plan earnings, and is charged with a per capita allocation (equal amount) of the Plan’s administrative expenses. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

 

Vesting – Participants are immediately vested in their voluntary contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the remainder of their account is based on years of continuous service. A participant is 100% vested after six years of credited service.

 

Notes Receivable from Participants – Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $500 and a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. Loan terms range up to five years or up to thirty years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans are secured by the vested balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate of Prime + 1% at the time the loan is issued. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions.

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

 

NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN (continued)

 

Payment of Benefits – Upon termination, the participants or beneficiaries may elect to leave their account balance in the Plan, or receive their total benefits in a lump sum amount or annual, semiannual, quarterly or monthly installments over a period of years equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in their account. The Plan requires the automatic distribution of participant vested account balances that do not exceed $5,000.

 

Forfeited Accounts – Forfeited non-vested accounts at December 31, 2015 and 2014 totaled $311,909 and $275,034, respectively, and are used to reduce future employer contributions. 

 

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Accounting – The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), using the accrual method of accounting.

 

Use of Estimates – The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements – In July 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-12, Plan Accounting: Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Topic 960), Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Topic 962) and Health and Welfare Benefit Plans (Topic 965): Part I - Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts, Part II - Plan Investment Disclosures and Part III - Measurement Date Practical Expedient (“ASU 2015-12”). ASU 2015-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. Upon adoption of ASU 2015-12, plans are no longer required to:

 

Measure fully benefit-responsive investment contracts at fair value;

 

Disaggregate investments by nature, risks and characteristics;

 

Disclose individual investments that represent five percent or more of net assets available for benefits; or

 

Disclose net appreciate or depreciation for investments by general type.

 

The Plan elected to early adopt ASU 2015-12 effective December 31, 2015. As a result of adoption of ASU 2015-12, the Plan retrospectively modified its investment disclosures as described above. In May 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 2015-07, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820), Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or its Equivalent) ("ASU 2015-07"). ASU 2015-07 eliminates the requirement to categorize investments in the fair value hierarchy if their fair value is measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) using the practical expedient in FASB’s fair value measurement guidance. ASU 2015-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. The Plan elected to early adopt ASU 2015-07 effective December 31, 2015. As a result of adoption of ASU 2015-07, the Plan retrospectively modified its fair value disclosures.

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

 

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition – The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 3 for discussion of fair value measurements.

 

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on the trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The net depreciation/appreciation in fair value of investments consists of both the realized gains or losses and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of those investments.

 

Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. It is reasonably possible, given the level of risk associated with investment securities, that changes in the near term could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the financial statements.

 

Notes Receivable from Participants – Notes receivable from participants are measured at amortized cost, which represents unpaid principal balance plus accrued but unpaid interest, and are classified as notes receivable.

 

Excess Participant Contributions Payable – Excess contributions payable represent amounts refunded to participants after year end to comply with regulatory contribution limitations.

 

Payment of Benefits – Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

Change in Presentation – The presentation of the stable value common collective trust for 2014 has been changed to be consistent with the 2015 presentation. The fund is presented using Net Asset Value (NAV) per unit as a practical expedient for the fair value of the investment without presentation of contract value or the difference between fair value and contract value. This change in presentation resulted from a recent clarification from the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and had no effect on the total net assets available for benefits or the change in the net assets available for benefits.

 

 

NOTE 3 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

The framework for measuring fair value provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).

 

Level 1:

 

Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

 

NOTE 3 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

Level 2:

Inputs to the valuation methodology include:

 

Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

 

Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability;

 

Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means

 

If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

 

Level 3:

 

Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

 

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

 

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value.

 

 

Common Collective Trust Funds: The common collective trust funds are valued at net asset value per share or its equivalent of the funds, which are based on the fair value of the funds' underlying assets. There are no redemption restrictions or unfunded commitments on these investments.

 

Interest-bearing cash: Valued at fair value based on outstanding balance.

 

Registered investment companies: Valued at quoted market prices which represent the net asset value (NAV) of shares held by the Plan at year end. It is not probable that the mutual funds would be sold at amounts that differ materially from the NAV of shares held.

 

Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A Common Stock: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

 

NOTE 3 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued)

 

The following tables set forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2015 and 2014.

 

   

Balance at December 31, 2015

 
   

Investments

   

LEVEL 1

   

LEVEL 2

   

LEVEL 3

 
   

(at Fair Value)

                         

Interest-bearing cash

  $ 593,312     $ -     $ 593,312     $ -  

Registered investment companies

    149,796,877       149,796,877       -       -  

Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A Common Stock

    30,186,147       30,186,147       -       -  
            $ 179,983,024     $ 593,312     $ -  

Investments measured at NAV:

                               

Common collective trust funds

    43,096,724                          

Total investments at fair value

  $ 223,673,060                          

   

Balance at December 31, 2014

 
   

Investments

   

LEVEL 1

   

LEVEL 2

   

LEVEL 3

 
   

(at Fair Value)

                         

Registered investment companies

  $ 131,467,352     $ 131,467,352     $ -     $ -  

Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A Common Stock

    26,255,282       26,255,282       -       -  
            $ 157,722,634     $ -     $ -  

Investments measured at NAV:

                               

Common collective trust funds

    56,851,642                          

Total investments at fair value

  $ 214,574,276                          

 

The Plan also holds other assets and liabilities not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including employer’s contribution receivable and excess participant contributions payable. The fair value of these assets and liabilities is equal to the carrying amounts in the accompanying financial statements due to the short maturity of such instruments. Under the fair value hierarchy, these financial instruments are valued primarily using Level 3 inputs.

 

NOTE 4 – PLAN TERMINATION

 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants would become 100% vested in their accounts.

 

NOTE 5 – INCOME TAX STATUS

 

The Plan has adopted a prototype plan that has received an opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated March 31, 2014. The Plan has not individually sought its own determination letter. The Plan Administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and that the trust, which forms a part of the Plan, is exempt from federal taxes. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements. The Plan Administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2012.

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

 

NOTE 6 – RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO SCHEDULE H OF FORM 5500

 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to Schedule H of Form 5500:

 

   

December 31,

 
   

2015

   

2014

 
                 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

  $ 238,589,610     $ 227,030,563  
                 

Employer’s contribution receivable not accrued on Schedule H of Form 5500

    (5,150,450 )     (3,144,554 )
                 

Benefits payable accrued on Schedule H of Form 5500 but not on financial statements

    (300,812 )     (22,376 )
                 

Excess participant contributions payable not accrued on Schedule H of Form 5500

    62,526       61,149  
                 

Net assets available for benefits per Schedule H of Form 5500

  $ 233,200,874     $ 223,924,782  

  

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


  

 

NOTE 6 – RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO SCHEDULE H OF FORM 5500 (continued)

 

The following are reconciliations of employer and participant contributions and distributions per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015 to Schedule H of Form 5500:

 

   

Year ended

December 31, 2015

 

Employer contributions per the financial statements

  $ 5,150,450  
         

Plus 2014 employer contributions received by the Plan in 2015 not accrued on Schedule H of Form 5500

    3,144,554  
         

Less 2015 employer contributions received by the Plan in 2016 and not accrued on Schedule H of Form 5500

    (5,150,450 )
         

Employer contributions per Schedule H of Form 5500

  $ 3,144,554  

 

 

   

Year ended

December 31, 2015

 

Participant contributions per the financial statements

  $ 25,324,249  
         

Excess participant contributions for 2015

    62,526  
         

Participant contributions per Schedule H of Form 5500

  $ 25,386,775  

  

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


 

 

NOTE 6 – RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO SCHEDULE H OF FORM 5500 (continued)

 

   

Year ended

December 31, 2015

 

Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements

  $ 29,740,040  
         

Less benefits payable accrued for 2014

    (22,376 )
         

Benefits payable accrued for 2015 on Schedule H of Form 5500 but not on financial statements

    300,812  
         

Excess contributions during 2015 relating to 2014

    61,149  
         

Total benefits paid per Schedule H of Form 5500

  $ 30,079,625  

 

 

NOTE 7 – TRANSACTIONS WITH PARTIES-IN-INTEREST AND RELATED PARTIES

 

Transactions in shares of the Plan Sponsor’s Common Stock qualify as party-in-interest transactions under the provisions of ERISA. During 2015, the Plan purchased $3,621,811 and sold $5,112,216 of the Plan Sponsor’s Common Stock. Shares held of Company’s stock as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 totaled 282,877 and 302,792, respectively. The fair value of Common Stock as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 totaled $30,186,147 and $26,255,282, respectively.

 

Certain Plan investments were managed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the trustee of the plan. Any purchases and sales of these funds are performed in the open market at fair value. Such transactions, while considered party-in-interest transactions under ERISA regulations, are permitted under the provisions of the Plan and are specifically exempt from the prohibition of party-in-interest transactions under ERISA.

 

 
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LITHIA MOTORS, INC.

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

SCHEDULE H, LINE 4I-SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2015

EIN 93-0572810 PN 003


 

        SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

(a)

 

(b) Identity of issue, borrower, lessor, or similar party

 

(c) Description of investment including maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par, or maturity value

 

(d) Cost

   

(e) Current value

   

SSGA Russell Small/Mid CL C

 

Common/Collective Trusts

 

N/A

  $

5,459,137

   

SSGA Small Cap Class S

 

Common/Collective Trusts

 

N/A

  $

 2,931,525

   

SSGA S&P 500 Index Fund CL C

 

Common/Collective Trusts

 

N/A

  $

 34,706,062

   

American Century Inflation Adj

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 2,019,128

   

American EuroPacific Growth

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 6,894,202

   

American Smallcap World

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 7,340,636

   

Columbia Small Cap Val FD CL Y

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

442,308

   

Deutsche Alt Asset

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 324,286

   

Goldman Sachs High Yield I

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 2,966,152

   

Janus Flexible Bond FD CL I

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 1,448,512

   

John Hancock Disciplined R6

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 7,699,516

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2015

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 7,271,218

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2020

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 9,812,115

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2025

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 7,605,844

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2030

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 10,409,060

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2035

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 7,491,297

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2040

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 10,139,010

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2045

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 4,723,593

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2050

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 4,729,325

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement 2055

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 1,816,894

   

JPMorgan Smart Retirement Inc

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 3,136,169

   

MFS Total Return FD R5

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 20,073,688

   

Oppenheimer Developing Markets

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 3,610,742

   

Pimco Low Duration Fd Inst CL

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 3,890,414

   

T Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 12,973,835

   

Vanguard Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 9,189,201

   

Vanguard Selected Value FD

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 3,527,478

*

 

BIF Money Fund

 

Registered Investment Company

 

N/A

  $

 262,254

*

 

Retirement Bank Account

 

Interest-bearing Cash

 

N/A

  $

 593,312

*

 

Lithia Motors, Inc. Common Stock

 

Common Stock

 

N/A

  $

 30,186,147

*

 

Participants

 

Participant notes receivable

(4.25% to 6.00%)

 

-

  $

 9,828,626

                $

 233,501,686

   

N/A - Cost is not applicable as these are participant directed investments.

       
   

   * - Party-in-interest to the Plan

             

  

 
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SIGNATURE PAGE

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 Date: June 22, 2016

LITHIA MOTORS, INC.  

 

SALARY REDUCTION PROFIT SHARING PLAN

 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/Carla Hegler

 

 Carla Hegler

       

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit 

Description

23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

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