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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001023128-21-000052
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210402
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210402

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14733
		FILM NUMBER:		21802041

	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
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="if289495a692f4859a1cc4d78b5179d67_1"></div><div style="min-height:49.5pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:167%">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:167%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:167%">Washington, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:167%">SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:167%">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:167%">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. _)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by the Registrant </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9746;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Filed by a Party other than the Registrant </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:167%">Check the appropriate box&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:83.479%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.854%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.946%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Definitive Additional Materials</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">LITHIA MOTORS, INC. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:167%">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:167%">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:167%">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box)&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:83.479%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.854%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.984%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:80.862%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">No fee required.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Per unit price or other underlying value of the transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined)&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Proposed maximum aggregate value of the transaction&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(5)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Total fee paid&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 240.0-11 and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Amount Previously Paid&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filing Party&#58;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.5pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date Filed&#58;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:49.5pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="if289495a692f4859a1cc4d78b5179d67_32"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:49.5pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#00487f;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Supplement to Definitive Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 29, 2021</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This proxy statement supplement, dated April 2, 2021 (the &#8220;Proxy Supplement&#8221;), updates and amends our definitive proxy statement (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2021, regarding the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Lithia Motors, Inc. (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;) to be held on April 29, 2021 at 8&#58;30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time virtually through an audio webcast, accessible at </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com&#47;LAD2021</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">. As a reminder, to participate in the Annual Meeting, you will need your unique control number included on your proxy card (printed in the box and marked by the arrow) or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.  </font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Except as updated or supplemented by this Proxy Supplement, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement remains unchanged and should be considered in casting your vote by proxy or in person at the Annual Meeting.</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The purpose of this Proxy Supplement is to update the Proxy Statement to inform you that the New York Stock Exchange has classified Proposal 4, the proposal to approve an amendment and restatement of our Restated Articles of Incorporation to eliminate references to our class B common stock, class A common stock and series M preferred stock, and to reclassify our class A common stock as common stock, as a &#8220;routine&#8221; matter. Page 59 of the Proxy Statement stated that brokers would not have discretionary voting authority on Proposal 4. However, as a result of the classification of the proposal as &#8220;routine&#8221; by the NYSE, you are advised that brokers will have discretionary voting authority to vote your shares on Proposal 4 without having received voting instructions from you. </font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Proxy Supplement does not change the proposals to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting, which are described in the Proxy Statement. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">If you have already submitted your proxy, you do not need to take any action unless you wish to change your vote.</font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">This supplemental information should be read in conjunction with the definitive Proxy Statement, which should be read in its entirety.</font></div><div style="height:49.5pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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