Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 1999
Securities Act Registration No. 333-69167
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Post Effective Amendment No. 1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LITHIA MOTORS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Oregon 93-0572810
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
360 E. Jackson St., Medford, Oregon 97501
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
LITHIA MOTORS, INC. 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK BONUS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Sidney B. DeBoer, Chief Executive Officer
360 E. Jackson St.
Medford, Oregon 97501
(541) 776-6899
(Name, address and telephone number
of agent for service)
Copies to:
Kenneth E. Roberts, Esq.
Foster Pepper & Shefelman
101 S.W. Main St., 15th Fl.
Portland, Oregon 97204
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The 1998 Employee Stock Bonus Plan of Lithia Motors, Inc. has been
completed in accordance with its terms and terminated. All shares of Class A
Common stock required to be issued in accordance with the Plan have been duly
issued. The purpose of this Post Effective Amendment No. 1 is to remove from
registration 254 shares of Class A Common Stock previously registered under
this Plan that remained unsold upon termination of the Plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Medford, State of
Oregon, on the 13th day of August, 1999.
LITHIA MOTORS, INC.
By: /s/ Brian R. Neill *
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M.L. Dick Heimann
President and Chief Operating Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
By: /s/ Brian R. Neill * Date: August 13, 1999
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Sidney B. DeBoer
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
By: /s/ Brian R. Neill * Date: August 13, 1999
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M.L. Dick Heimann
President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
By: /s/ Brian R. Neill * Date: August 13, 1999
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R. Bradford Gray, Director
By: /s/ Brian R. Neill * Date: August 13, 1999
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Thomas Becker, Director
By: /s/ Brian R. Neill * Date: August 13, 1999
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William Young, Director
By: Date: August 13, 1999
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W. Douglas Moreland, Director
By: /s/ Brian R. Neill Date: August 13, 1999
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Brian R. Neill
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Chief Accounting and Financial Officer)
*Executed by Brian R. Neill, as Attorney-in-Fact for each director and
officer pursuant to a Power of Attorney contained in the original filing.
