LKQ Corporation Announces Filing of Registration Statement

CHICAGO--Sept. 7, 2005--LKQ Corporation announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a public offering of 2,750,000 shares of its common stock. The common stock to be offered will consist of 2,000,000 shares to be issued and sold by LKQ and 750,000 shares to be sold by certain selling stockholders of LKQ. LKQ will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders. LKQ expects to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to 412,500 additional shares of common stock solely to cover over-allotments, if any.

The offering is being made through an underwriting group led by Robert W. Baird & Co., Raymond James, Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., and Barrington Research.

A copy of the prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, from the office of Robert W. Baird & Co, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, 28th Floor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5391.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About LKQ Corporation

LKQ Corporation is the largest nationwide provider of recycled OEM products and related services and the second largest nationwide provider of aftermarket collision replacement products, operating over 95 facilities focused on serving its customers with a broad range of replacement systems, components, and parts to repair light vehicles.