Lithia & Driveway (LAD) Announces Share Repurchase Authorization Increase

MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) announced today an increase to its share repurchase authorization by its Board of Directors of $750 million, bringing total repurchase capacity to $1.08 billion.

"Today's increase underscores our long-term conviction in LAD's strategy and the cash generation of our omnichannel model," said Bryan DeBoer, Lithia & Driveway President and CEO. "With the strength of our business and our shares trading below intrinsic value, repurchases are an attractive and value-accretive complement to our continued investments in growth, all guided by disciplined return on invested capital and our commitment to maximizing shareholder returns."

In the third quarter to date, LAD has invested $242 million to repurchase approximately 812,000 shares at a weighted average price of $298 per share. Total repurchases in 2025 of $492 million represent 6.1% of shares outstanding.

About Lithia & Driveway (LAD)

Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) is the largest global automotive retailer providing a wide array of products and services throughout the vehicle ownership lifecycle. Simple, convenient, and transparent experiences are offered through our comprehensive network of physical locations, e-commerce platforms, captive finance solutions, fleet management offerings, and other synergistic adjacencies. We deliver consistent, profitable growth in a massive and unconsolidated industry. Our highly diversified and competitively differentiated design provides us the flexibility and scale to pursue our vision to modernize personal transportation solutions wherever, whenever and however consumers desire.

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Forward-Looking Statements

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• Acceleration of the profitability of our strategy, earnings growth, and our momentum and market share
• Future market conditions, including anticipated car and other sales and gross profit levels and the supply of inventory
• Our business strategy and plans, including our achieving our long-term financial targets
• The growth, expansion, make-up and success of our network, including our finding accretive acquisitions that meet our target valuations and acquiring additional stores
• Annualized revenues from acquired stores or achieving target returns
• The growth and performance of our Driveway e-commerce home solution and Driveway Finance Corporation (DFC), their synergies and other impacts on our business and our ability to meet Driveway and DFC-related targets
• The impact of sustainable vehicles and other market and regulatory changes on our business, including evolving vehicle distribution models
• Our capital allocations and uses and levels of capital expenditures in the future
• Expected operating results, such as improved store performance, continued improvement of selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of gross profit and any projections
• Our anticipated financial condition and liquidity, including from our cash and the future availability of our credit facilities, unfinanced real estate and other financing sources
• Our continuing to purchase shares under our share repurchase program
• Our compliance with financial and restrictive covenants in our credit facilities and other debt agreements
• Our programs and initiatives for team member recruitment, training, and retention
• Our strategies and targets for customer retention, growth, market position, operations, financial results and risk management

Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity and development of the industry in which we operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this presentation. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimated or projected results include, without limitation:

• Future national and local economic and financial conditions, including as a result of inflation, governmental programs and spending, and public health issues
• The market for dealerships, including the availability of stores to us for an acceptable price
• Changes in customer demand and the electric vehicle landscape and the impact of evolving digital technologies
• Changes in our relationship with, and the financial and operational stability of, OEMs and other suppliers, and vehicle delivery models
• Changes in the competitive landscape, including through technology and our ability to deliver new products, services and customer experiences and a portfolio of in-demand and available vehicles
• Risks associated with our indebtedness, including available borrowing capacity, interest rates, compliance with financial covenants and ability to refinance or repay indebtedness on favorable terms
• The adequacy of our cash flows and other conditions which may affect our ability to fund capital expenditures, obtain favorable financing and pay our quarterly dividend at planned levels
• Disruptions to our technology network including computer systems, as well as natural events such as severe weather or man-made or other disruptions of our operating systems, facilities or equipment
• Government regulations and legislation
• The risks set forth throughout "Part II, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in "Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors" of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in "Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors" of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and from time to time in our other filings with the SEC.

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