Form 8-K/A
ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC true 0001144980 0001144980 2020-08-24 2020-08-24

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2020 (August 24, 2020)

 

 

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-31262   01-0609375

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2905 Premiere Parkway NW Suite 300

Duluth, GA

  30097
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

770-418-8200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, Par Value $0.01   ABG   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 2.01

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On August 24, 2020, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to report the completion of the acquisition by Asbury Automotive Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, of all of the assets of, and leases of the real property related to, 12 new vehicle dealership franchises (3 Mercedes-Benz, 3 Sprinter, 2 Lexus, 1 Jaguar, 1 Land Rover, 1 Porsche, and 1 Volvo), 2 collision centers and an auto auction comprising the Park Place Dealership group (collectively, the “Acquisition”) in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) entered into with certain members of the Park Place Dealership group, Park Place Mid-Cities, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, and the identified principal. In order to comply with the financial statement requirements related to registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, the Company hereby amends Item 9.01 of our Initial Report for the purpose of filing the financial statements of Park Place and the related pro forma financial information in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, which were not previously filed with the Initial Form 8-K and are permitted to be filed by amendment no later than 71 calendar days after the date the Initial Form 8-K was required to be filed with the SEC.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

The audited combined and consolidated financial statements of Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities as of December 31, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2019, together with the notes thereto and the independent auditors’ report thereon are filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited combined and consolidated financial statements of Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 and for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, together with the notes thereto, are filed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2020, and unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of income of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019 are filed as Exhibit 99.3 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
23.1    Consent of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
99.1    Audited combined and consolidated financial statements of Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities as of December 31, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2019 (with independent auditors’ report thereon)
99.2    Unaudited combined and consolidated financial statements of Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 and for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019
99.3    Unaudited pro forma combined and consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2020, and unaudited pro forma combined and consolidated statements of income of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
Date: September 30, 2020     By:  

/s/ Patrick J. Guido

    Name:  

Patrick J. Guido

    Title:  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-231518, 333-221146, 333-165136, 333-105450, 333-115402 and 333-84646) and Form S-3 (No. 333-123505) of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. of our report dated August 26, 2020, with respect to the combined and consolidated financial statements of Park Place Dealerships – Selected Entities as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019, which report appears in the Form 8-K of Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. dated September 30, 2020.

/s/ Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP

Fort Worth, Texas

September 30, 2020

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Independent Auditors’ Report

Partners and Members

Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities

Dallas, Texas

We have audited the accompanying combined and consolidated financial statements of Park Place Dealerships—Selected Entities (the “Company”), which comprise the combined and consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019, and the related combined and consolidated statements of operations, changes in partners’ capital and members’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes to the combined and consolidated financial statements.

Management’s Responsibility for the Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the combined and consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and for designing, implementing, and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the combined and consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement whether due to fraud or error.

Accountants’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these combined and consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the combined and consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the combined and consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the combined and consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the combined and consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the combined and consolidated financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the combined and consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects, the combined and consolidated balance sheet of Park Place Dealerships—Selected Entities as of December 31, 2019, and the results of its operations, changes in partners’ capital and members’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

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LOGO

 

Emphasis of Matters

As discussed in Notes 1 and 16 to the combined and consolidated financial statement, the Company changed its method of accounting for leases as of January 1, 2019 due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), and the related amendments. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

/s/ Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP

Fort Worth, Texas

August 26, 2020

 

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Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements:

Park Place Dealerships – Selected Entities

Combined and Consolidated Balance Sheet

December 31, 2019

 

ASSETS

  

Current assets:

  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 41,143,434  

Contracts in transit

     26,843,135  

Receivables, net

     43,095,422  

Inventories

     185,269,967  

Prepaid expenses

     5,713,475  

Courtesy vehicles, net

     63,736,626  
  

 

 

 

Total current assets

     365,802,059  
  

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     71,845,068  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     59,048,825  

Long-term finance commission receivables, less current portion

     3,695,928  

Franchise rights

     10,709,468  

Goodwill

     300,000  

Other assets

     1,108,103  
  

 

 

 
     146,707,392  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 512,509,451  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY

 

Current liabilities:

  

Floor plan notes payable

   $ 135,291,447  

Floor plan notes payable, other

     86,332,150  

Accounts payable

     21,261,096  

Accrued expenses

     25,301,741  

Current portion of allowance for contingent charges

     2,937,911  

Current portion of long-term debt

     1,751,282  

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

     17,985,215  

Current portion of finance lease obligation

     2,483,303  
  

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     293,344,145  
  

 

 

 

Allowance for contingent charges, less current portion

     1,492,089  

Long-term debt, less current portion

     37,571,840  

Operating lease liabilities, less current portion

     41,092,037  

Finance lease obligation, less current portion

     1,073,724  

Deferred compensation

     1,908,128  

Profits interest retirement obligation

     2,768,555  
  

 

 

 
     85,906,373  
  

 

 

 

Partners’ capital and members’ equity

     133,258,933  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and partners’ capital and members’ equity

   $ 512,509,451  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Park Place Dealerships – Selected Entities

Combined and Consolidated Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

Sales

   $ 1,676,943,438  

Cost of sales

     1,428,051,693  
  

 

 

 

Gross profit from sales

     248,891,745  

Financing, insurance, service contract and other income, net

     28,863,960  
  

 

 

 

Gross profit

     277,755,705  
  

 

 

 

Expenses:

  

Variable selling

     23,390,168  

Advertising

     6,717,850  

Floor plan interest

     8,240,620  

Personnel

     91,805,097  

Semi-fixed

     42,905,043  

Fixed

     48,835,436  
  

 

 

 
     221,894,214  
  

 

 

 

Income from operations

     55,861,491  
  

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

  

Interest expense, other than floor plan

     (2,052,500

Interest income

     2,054,756  

Management fees

     (717,355

Deferred compensation expense

     (655,024

Profits interest obligation

     433,220  

Other

     82,899  
  

 

 

 
     (854,004
  

 

 

 

Income before state income tax expense

     55,007,487  

State income tax expense

     999,396  
  

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 54,008,091  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities

Combined and Consolidated Statement of Changes in Partners’ Capital and Members’ Equity

Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

     Partners’ Capital     Members’ Equity     Total  

January 1, 2019

   $ 114,882,041     $ 18,531,499     $ 133,413,540  

Partner and member withdrawals

     (48,590,563     (6,572,135     (55,162,698

Capital contributions

     —         1,000,000       1,000,000  

Net income

     47,304,476       6,703,615       54,008,091  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

   $ 113,595,954     $ 19,662,979     $ 133,258,933  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities

Combined and Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

  

Net income

   $ 54,008,091  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

  

Provision for bad debt

     175,855  

Depreciation and amortization

     18,660,579  

Gain on disposal of property and equipment

     (63,585

Allowance for contingent charges

     1,490,000  

Deferred compensation

     655,024  

Profits interest retirement obligations

     (433,220

Change in assets and liabilities:

  

Contracts in transit

     11,271,231  

Receivables

     1,250,864  

Inventories

     60,159,460  

Prepaid expenses

     (1,096,059

Courtesy vehicles

     (7,905,409

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     17,170,616  

Finance commission receivables

     806,335  

Other assets

     42,695  

Floor plan notes payable

     (33,789,725

Accounts payable

     (4,868,771

Accrued expenses

     2,011,621  

Operating lease liabilities

     (17,170,735
  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     102,374,867  
  

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

  

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

     100,508  

Purchase of property and equipment

     (2,446,532
  

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (2,346,024
  

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

  

Change in floor plan notes payable, other, net

     (22,949,949

Partner and member withdrawals

     (55,162,698

Capital contributions

     1,000,000  

Principal payments on long-term debt

     (2,843,146

Principal payments on finance lease obligation

     (2,356,562

Payments on deferred compensation

     (589,965
  

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     (82,902,320
  

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     17,126,523  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

     24,016,911  
  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

   $ 41,143,434  
  

 

 

 

See supplemental disclosures of cash flow information (Note 12 and 14).

See accompanying notes.

 

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LOGO

Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities

Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization and nature of business

The accompanying combined and consolidated financial statements include the combined and consolidated operations of Park Place Motorcars, Ltd., Park Place Motorcars Fort Worth, Ltd., PPDV, Ltd., Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd., PPP, LP, PPJ, LLC, PPMB Arlington, LLC, PPM Auction, LP, PPMBA Realty, LP, and PP Real Estate, Ltd. (referred to collectively as “Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities” or the “Company”). The combined and consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the combination and consolidation.

The Company is a franchised dealer of Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC; Porsche Cars North America, Inc.; Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.; Volvo Cars of North America; Jaguar Cars Limited; and Land Rover North America, Inc. (referred to collectively as “the manufacturers”) under dealer agreements. Through these dealer agreements, the Company markets new vehicles, replacement parts, service, and financing and leasing. In addition, it also retails and wholesales used vehicles. The dealer agreements specify the location of the dealerships and designate the specific market areas in which the dealer may operate; however, there is no guarantee of exclusivity within these market areas. The specified market area for the Company is the greater Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan area.

Combined affiliates:

 

Legal Entity

  

Primary

Operations

  

Manufacturer

Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.

   Dealership    Mercedes Benz USA, LLC

Park Place Motorcars Fort Worth, Ltd.

   Dealership    Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

PPDV, Ltd.

   Dealership    Volvo Cars of North America

Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.

   Dealership    Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc

PPP, LP

   Dealership    Porsche Cars North America, Inc

PPJ, LLC

   Dealership    Jaguar Cars Limited; Land Rover North America, Inc.

PPMB Arlington, LLC

   Dealership    Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

PPM Auction, LP

   Auction   

Variable interest entity of PPMB Arlington, LLC:

 

Legal Entity

  

Primary Operations

PPMBA Realty, LP

   Real Estate

Variable interest entity of Park Place Motorcars Fort Worth, Ltd.:

 

Legal Entity

  

Primary Operations

PP Real Estate, Ltd.

   Real Estate

Park Place Auto Auction facilitates used vehicle wholesale purchases and sales and collects auction fees from customers related to each transaction.

 

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Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments that have remaining maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase.

Contracts in transit

Contracts in transit represent amounts due for customer contracts sold to financial institutions. These contracts are typically collected within 15 days.

Receivables

Receivables consist primarily of amounts due from other dealerships and auto auctions as a result of vehicle sales; amounts due from third parties for parts sold or services provided; and amounts due from manufacturers for incentives and warranty reimbursements. Receivables also include commissions due on aftermarket products. Receivables resulting from vehicle sales are secured by the related vehicles. Receivables arising from the sale of parts and service which are due under normal trade terms require payment within 30 days from the invoice date.

The carrying amount of receivables is reduced by an allowance that reflects management’s best estimate of the amounts that will not be collected. Management reviews each receivable balance that exceeds a set number of days from the invoice date, and, based on historical bad debt experience and management’s evaluation of customer credit worthiness, estimates that portion, if any, of the balance that will not be collected. No interest is charged on delinquent receivables.

Inventories

All inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The cost of new and used vehicles is determined using the specific identification method. The cost of all other inventories is determined using the most recent cost, which approximates first-in, first-out (FIFO).

Courtesy vehicles

The Company purchases new vehicles from the manufacturers in connection with programs whereby the Company utilizes the vehicles, typically for twelve months or less, as loan vehicles for customers’ use while their vehicles are being serviced by the dealership. The Company usually receives a subsidy, or discount, off of the manufacturers’ invoice price and records depreciation on the vehicles. Courtesy vehicles are stated at cost, net of the subsidy, if any, and depreciation, which is computed using the straight-line method. The related liability is included in floor plan notes payable and floor plan notes payable, other.

Property and equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged to expense as incurred. Major renewals and betterments are capitalized. Depreciation and amortization are provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets or the length of the related lease, if shorter. The useful lives of property and equipment for purposes of computing depreciation and amortization are as follows:

 

Buildings

  

39.5 years or underlying lease terms

Equipment

  

5 - 10 years

Furniture and fixtures

  

7 years

Computer equipment

  

3 years

Vehicles

  

3 - 5 years

Leasehold improvements

  

Lesser of 10 - 30 years or underlying lease terms

 

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Franchise rights and goodwill

In connection with business acquisitions, the Company assigned fair values to franchise rights and goodwill. Franchise rights and goodwill have indefinite lives and therefore are not amortized but are reviewed for possible impairment at least annually. Management has determined that franchise rights and goodwill are not impaired at December 31, 2019.

Long-lived assets

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations when events and circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets. There were no indicators of impairment at December 31, 2019.

Other assets

Other assets consisted of deposits on various contracts and other miscellaneous assets.

Factory incentives

The Company receives various incentive payments from the manufacturers. These incentive payments are typically received on new vehicle retail sales. The incentives are reported as reductions of cost of sales in the accompanying combined and consolidated statement of operations.

Factory assistance

The Company receives various assistance from certain manufactures. The Company accounts for the assistance as purchase discounts on the cost of the vehicles. The assistance is first reflected as a reduction in inventory cost on the combined and consolidated balance sheets and then reflected as a reduction to cost of sales in the combined and consolidated statement of operations as the respective vehicles are sold. At December 31, 2019, inventory cost had been reduced by $2,170,913, for assistance received from the manufacturers. Cost of sales has been reduced by $19,321,395, for assistance received from the manufacturers related to vehicles sold for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Floor plan notes payable

The Company classifies borrowings and repayments on floor plan notes payable for inventory purchased from a manufacturer that has a controlling interest in the respective floor plan lender (floor plan notes payable on the combined and consolidated balance sheet) as an operating activity on the combined and consolidated statement of cash flows. Borrowings and repayments on floor plan notes payable for inventory purchased from a manufacturer that does not have a controlling interest in the respective floor plan lender (floor plan notes payable, other on the combined and consolidated balance sheet) have been classified as a net financing activity on the combined and consolidated statement of cash flows.

Revenue recognition

The Company satisfies its performance obligations with customers by transferring a good or service to the customer, as detailed below.

Revenues from vehicle and parts sales and from service operations are recognized at the time the vehicle or parts are delivered to the customer or the service is complete. Revenues from auction transactions are recognized at the time the transaction occurs.

The Company arranges financing for customers through various financial institutions and receives financing fees based on the difference between loan rates charged to customers and predetermined financing rates set by the financial institutions. The Company recognizes income from finance and insurance commissions as the contracts are sold and recognizes an allowance for anticipated losses of finance and insurance commission income resulting from early payoffs of customer loans and repossessions. The provision is based on management’s

 

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evaluation of industry trends and historical experience. The Company also receives commissions from the sale of non-recourse third-party extended service contracts to customers. Under these contracts, the third-party warranty company is directly liable for all warranties provided. Commission revenue is recorded net of estimated chargebacks. Commission expense related to the sale of warranties is charged to expense upon recognition of revenue.

The following table summarizes revenue from contracts with customers for the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

New vehicle

   $ 817,666,024  

Used vehicle

     585,682,918  

Parts, service and body shop

     265,377,321  

Other

     8,217,175  
  

 

 

 
   $ 1,676,943,438  
  

 

 

 

Advertising costs

The Company expenses advertising costs in the periods in which they are incurred.

Presentation of certain taxes

The Company collects various taxes from customers and remits these amounts to applicable taxing authorities. The Company’s accounting policy is to exclude these taxes from sales and costs of sales.

Accounting for income taxes

The Company is not a federal income tax paying entity. Income and losses of the Company are reported by the partners or members in their individual federal tax returns. The Company is, however, liable for margin taxes in accordance with Texas statutes.

While the Company is a combination of Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, consideration is given to the recognition and measurement of tax positions that meet a “more-likely-than-not” threshold. A tax position is a position taken in a previously filed tax return or a position expected to be taken in a future tax return that is reflected in measuring current or deferred income tax assets and liabilities. Tax positions include the Company’s status as pass-through entities. The recognition and measurement of tax positions taken for various jurisdictions consider the amounts and probabilities of outcomes that could be realized upon settlement using the facts, circumstances, and information available at the reporting date. The Company has determined that it did not have any material unrecognized tax benefits or obligations as of December 31, 2019.

Use of estimates

The preparation of combined and consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the combined and consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recently issued accounting standards

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new lease accounting guidance in Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASC 842”). See Note 14 “Leases” within the accompanying combined and consolidated financial statements.

 

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Evaluation of subsequent events

The Company has evaluated the effect subsequent events would have on the combined and consolidated financial statements through August 26, 2020, which is the date the combined and consolidated financial statements were available to be issued.

2. Receivables

Receivables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2019:

 

Factory

   $ 20,659,240  

Customers

     6,716,368  

Vehicles

     10,503,181  

Finance commissions

     3,804,373  

Employees and others

     17,043  

Related Party receivables

     2,077,091  
  

 

 

 
     43,778,106  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (682,684
  

 

 

 
   $ 43,095,422  
  

 

 

 

3. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following as of December 31, 2019:

 

New vehicles

   $ 127,746,659  

Used vehicles

     46,365,292  

Parts, accessories and other

     11,158,016  
  

 

 

 
   $ 185,269,967  
  

 

 

 

4. Courtesy Vehicles

Courtesy vehicles consisted of the following as of December 31, 2019:

 

Courtesy vehicles at cost

   $ 66,411,476  

Accumulated depreciation

     (2,674,850
  

 

 

 
   $ 63,736,626  
  

 

 

 

Depreciation expense on courtesy vehicles, included as a component of semi-fixed expenses, totaled $6,953,851 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

5. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following as of December 31, 2019:

 

Land

   $ 14,839,337  

Buildings

     67,362,877  

Equipment

     19,191,265  

Furniture and fixtures

     18,549,066  

Computer equipment

     16,717,985  

Vehicles

     1,106,464  

Leasehold improvements

     24,509,723  

Construction in progress

     81,172  
  

 

 

 
     162,357,889  

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (90,512,821
  

 

 

 
   $ 71,845,068  
  

 

 

 

 

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Depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment, included as a component of fixed expenses, totaled $11,704,365 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

6. Finance Commission Receivables

The Company has an agreement with Lexus Financial Services whereby finance commission income on leases is paid throughout the duration of individual customers’ leases. Management has estimated the current and long-term portions of these finance commission receivables. Current and long-term finance commission receivables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2019:

 

Current portion (included in finance commissions receivable in Note 2)

   $ 3,207,793  

Long-term portion

     3,695,928  
  

 

 

 
   $ 6,903,721  
  

 

 

 

7. Floor Plan Notes Payable and Floor Plan Notes Payable, Other

The Company finances its new vehicles, courtesy vehicles, and a portion of its pre-owned vehicle purchases through floor plan notes payable to credit corporations. The Company has floor plan financing agreements for the purchase of new, pre-owned, and courtesy vehicles with Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, Chase Bank, and Bank of America, N.A. (collectively the “Floor Plan Lenders”). The agreements are collateralized by all property and equipment, inventories, and all other accounts, contract rights, chattel paper and general intangibles and proceeds of any and all of the foregoing, whether owned now or hereafter acquired by the Company. These agreements may be cancelled with thirty days’ written notice by either party.

The aggregate borrowing limits for the floor plan lines of credit are as follows at December 31, 2019:

 

Floor Plan Lender

   Vehicle Type      Borrowing Limit  

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

     New Vehicles      $ 156,425,000  

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

     Used Vehicles        58,500,000  

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

     Courtesy Vehicles        57,000,000  

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

     New Vehicles        76,000,000  

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

     Used Vehicles        15,500,000  

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

     Courtesy Vehicles        24,840,000  

Chase Bank

     Courtesy Vehicles        5,150,000  

Bank of America, N.A.

     New Vehicles        12,000,000  

Bank of America, N.A.

     Used Vehicles        4,000,000  

Bank of America, N.A.

     Courtesy Vehicles        4,000,000  
     

 

 

 

Total borrowing limit

      $ 413,415,000  
     

 

 

 

Interest rates on floor plan lines of credit are as follows:

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services:

 

Vehicle Type

   Rate Calculation     Rate at
December 31, 2019
 

New Vehicles

     30 day LIBOR + 1.70     3.44

Used Vehicles

     30 day LIBOR + 1.70     3.44

Courtesy Vehicles

     30 day LIBOR + 1.70     3.44

 

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Toyota Motor Credit Corporation:

 

Vehicle Type

   Rate Calculation   Rate at
December 31, 2019

New Vehicles

   3 month LIBOR + 1.25%   3.16%

Used Vehicles

   3 month LIBOR + 1.25%   3.16%

Courtesy Vehicles

   Fixed   4.00 – 4.75%

Chase Bank:

 

Vehicle Type

   Rate Calculation   Rate at
December 31, 2019

Courtesy Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 2.00%   3.74%

Bank of America:

 

Vehicle Type

   Rate Calculation   Rate at
December 31, 2019

New Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.25%   2.99%

Used Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.25%   2.99%

Courtesy Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.25%   2.99%

Floor plan notes payable and floor plan notes payable, other include notes payable for courtesy vehicles financed with the Floor Plan Lenders. Interest expense on courtesy vehicle notes payable, included as a component of semifixed expenses, totaled $2,686,010 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Included in floor plan notes payable, other are all used vehicles floored with Mercedes-Benz Financial, any Porsche, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover new and courtesy vehicles floored with Mercedes-Benz Financial, Lexus courtesy vehicles floored with Chase Bank and any vehicles floored with Bank of America, N.A.

The Floor Plan Lenders allow the Company to deposit funds in a cash management account which earns interest at the floor plan interest rate. These funds, which totaled $31,212,969 at December 31, 2019 are reflected as a reduction in floor plan notes payable and floor plan notes payable, other in the accompanying combined and consolidated and consolidated balance sheet.

8. Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following December 31, 2019:

 

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

   $ 39,328,695  

Less: debt issuance costs

     (5,573
  

 

 

 

Long-term debt, including current portion

     39,323,122  

Less: current portion, net of current portion of debt issuance costs

     (1,751,282
  

 

 

 

Long-term debt

   $ 37,571,840  
  

 

 

 

Amortization expense on debt issuance costs, included as a component of other expense, totaled $2,363 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

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Mercedes-Benz Financial Services granted long-term debt payment deferrals for the three-month period from May through July 2020. These payment deferrals are reflected in the aggregate maturities of long-term debt as presented below.

The aggregate maturities of long-term debt as of December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

2020

   $ 1,751,282  

2021

     20,906,309  

2022

     1,729,069  

2023

     2,945,933  

2024

     6,982,871  

Thereafter

     5,013,231  
  

 

 

 

Total maturities of long-term debt

   $ 39,328,695  
  

 

 

 

Real estate term loans and promissory notes

The Company has multiple real estate term loan and promissory note agreements with Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had total notes payable outstanding of $39.3 million, which are collateralized by the associated real estate. The term loans and promissory notes were established under various terms, as seen below:

 

Lender

   Debt Type    Rate Type    Interest Rate
at December 31,
2019
  Maturity Date

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

   Promissory Note &
Term Loan
   Fixed    4.00% - 5.44%   Various dates 2021-
2025

9. Deferred Compensation

Dealership value participation agreement

The Company has a Dealership Value Participation Agreement with a current member of management which is payable upon certain triggering events including separation of employment for any reason other than cause, death or disability or a change in control event. The terms of the agreement provide for vesting over a period of 7 years of continuous employment. Upon a change in control event, the member of management is deemed to be fully vested. The member of management forfeits the award upon termination of employment from the Company for cause. The value of the award, which is payable in a cash settlement over a 5-year period from the date of the triggering event, is dependent on the fair value of PPJ, LLC. In the event of the member of management’s separation of employment for any reason other than cause, death, or disability, the settlement payment would be no more than six times the EBITDA of PPJ, LLC. In the event of a change in control, the settlement payment would be equal to a percentage of the net sales proceeds after return of members’ capital contributions, including a 9.00% preferred return, compounded annually on any unpaid capital contributions. As of December 31, 2019, the member of management was 62.50% vested in the agreement. The Company’s accrued liability for the Dealership Value Participation Agreement was $1,710,201 at December 31, 2019. The expense related to this agreement was $583,265 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Profit participation agreements

The Company had a Profit Participation Agreement with a former member of management. On May 15, 2015, a triggering event occurred whereby obligating the Company to make an initial payment equal to 20.00% of the fully vested balance for the former employee in August 2015, and the remaining balance is being paid in equal annual payments through 2019. The amount paid on this agreement was $589,965 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

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The Company has a Profit Participation Agreement with a current member of management which is payable upon certain triggering events including separation of employment for any reason other than cause, death or disability or a change in control event. The terms of the agreement provide for vesting over a period of 10 years of continuous employment. Upon a change in control event, the member of management is deemed to be fully vested. The member of management forfeits the award upon termination of employment from the Company for cause. The value of the award, which is payable in a cash settlement over a 5-year period from the date of the triggering event, is dependent on earnings of the Company from the most recently completed calendar year before the triggering event occurs. As of December 31, 2019, the member of management was 40.00% vested in the agreement. The Company’s accrued liability for the Profit Participation Agreement was $197,927 at December 31, 2019. The expense related to this agreement was $71,759 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Capital transaction bonuses

The Company executed a Bonus and Deferred Compensation agreement with three members of management which contain a provision that provides for cash payments to the named members of management upon the occurrence of a Capital Transaction. A Capital Transaction is defined as a sale, exchange or disposition event which results in Company entities ceasing to be entities of the Company, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of a Company entity in a single transaction. The terms of the agreement provide for time based vesting over a period of 5 years of continuous employment. The members of management forfeit the awards upon termination of employment from the Company for cause. The value of the award is based on the net book value of the Company immediately preceding the event, less tangible net worth and less winding up costs. The award is payable in a lump sum cash settlement 90 days after a Capital Transaction. As of December 31, 2019, the members of management were not vested in the agreements.

Retirement compensation agreements

The Company has Retirement Compensation Agreements with three members of management which are payable upon the member’s death, disability or separation from service for any reason other than cause. The terms of the agreement provide for vesting over a period of 5 years of continuous employment. The members of management forfeit the awards upon termination of employment from the Company for cause. The value of the award, which is payable in a cash settlement over a 5-year period from the date of a triggering event, is dependent on several factors including earnings or the fair value of the Company. In the event of the member of management’s death, disability or separation from service prior to the tenth anniversary of the agreement, the amount payable is equal to their vested percentage in two times the prior twelve months’ consolidated net income multiplied by 0.35%. In the event of the member of management’s death, disability or separation from service after the tenth anniversary of the agreement, the amount payable is equal the lesser of 0.35% of the Company’s fair market value or six times the prior twelve months’ consolidated net income multiplied by 0.35%. As of December 31, 2019, the members of management were not vested in the agreements.

10. Profits Interest Retirement Obligation

The Company has a profits interest agreement with a limited partner whereby the Company will pay, upon certain triggering events, the limited partner’s vested percentage of the dealership value, which is based on pre-defined terms. The vested percentage increases ratably; however, the maximum percentage would be paid upon the death or disability of the individual. The limited partner was fully vested at December 31, 2019. The limited partner may, at any time, demand payment on the profits interest agreement. The payment due to the limited partner if demanded is determined by a defined calculation based primarily on the previous operating results and tax basis net asset value of the Company. Subsequent to year-end, the Company settled this obligation with the limited partner as discussed in Note 19.

11. Related Party Transactions

The Company has engaged in transactions with affiliates controlled by common related parties. These affiliates are engaged in the various activities associated with the selling, financing, and servicing of automobiles for the retail and wholesale markets. The Company sells to and purchases from these affiliates automobiles, parts and accessories.

 

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Under a management agreement with a related party, the Company is required to pay a management fee in return for management and consulting services. The fees paid under this management agreement were $717,355 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The Company exchanges vehicles and parts with affiliates at cost. Related party accounts payable included in the accompanying combined and consolidated balance sheets represent amounts due to a related partnership for certain operating expenses paid on behalf of the dealership. Other information regarding related party transactions is included in Notes 2, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, and 18.

The following is a summary of transactions with related parties for the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Purchases from affiliates

   $ 14,878,509  
  

 

 

 

Sales to affiliates

   $ 20,822,455  
  

 

 

 

The following is a summary of balances with related parties as of December 31, 2019:

 

Due from affiliates (included in receivables in the accompanying combined and consolidated balance sheets)

   $ 2,077,901  
  

 

 

 

Due to affiliates (included in accounts payable in the accompanying combined and consolidated balance sheets)

   $ 27,453  
  

 

 

 

12. Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

Supplemental schedule of cash paid during the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Interest

   $ 13,259,410  
  

 

 

 

State income taxes

   $ 1,058,732  
  

 

 

 

13. Defined Contribution 401(k) Plan

The Company participates in a defined contribution 401(k) plan. All employees who meet certain age and length of service requirements are eligible to participate in the plan. Matching contributions are made on a discretionary basis by the Company. The plan also allows the Company, at management’s discretion, to make a profit sharing contribution. Retirement expense for the year ended December 31, 2019, totaled $1,683,271.

14. Leases

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new lease accounting guidance in ASC 842. The new standard establishes a right-of-use (“ROU”) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms in excess of 12 months. Leases are classified as either finance or operating, with classification impacting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.

The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted in ASC 842. Accordingly, the Company accounted for its existing operating leases as an operating lease under the new guidance, without reassessing (a) whether the contract contains a lease under ASC 842, (b) whether classification of the operating lease would be different in accordance with ASC 842, or (c) whether the unamortized initial direct costs before transition adjustments (as of December 31, 2018) would have met the definition of initial direct costs in ASC 842 at lease commencement. In addition, the Company opted for the transition relief method specified in Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-11, which allowed for the effective date of the new leases standard as the date of initial application on transition. As a result of this election the Company (a) did not adjust comparative period financial information for the effects of ASC 842; (b) made the new required lease disclosures for periods after the effective date; and (c) carried forward our ASC 840 disclosures for comparative periods. As a result of the adoption of ASC 842, the Company recorded a right-of-use asset of approximately $76.2 million, which represents the lease liability reduced for deferred rent amounts of $28,546 and a lease liability of approximately $76.3 million, which represents the present value of remaining lease payments, discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rates based on the remaining lease terms.

 

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The Company leases a portion of its Park Place Motorcars, Ltd. facilities from an unrelated party under a noncancelable operating lease requiring monthly rental payments of $140,140 through May 2021. The lease has one 10-year and one 5-year renewal options. The lease stipulates annual base rent increases based on changes in CPI, which are included in the future minimum lease payments and variable lease payments adjustment below.

The Company leases a portion of its PPJ, LLC facility from unrelated an unrelated party under a non-cancelable operating lease requiring monthly rental payments ranging from $19,661 to $25,531 through March 2023. The lease has two 5-year renewal options.

The Company leases its facilities from various related parties under non-cancellable operating leases. The leases stipulate annual base rent increases based on changes in CPI, which are included in the future minimum lease payments and variable lease payments adjustment below. Monthly payments in effect as of December 31, 2019 and lease expiration dates are outlined below:

 

Lessor Related Party

   Lessee    Monthly
Payment
     Expiration

PPM Realty, Ltd.

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.    $ 93,708      December 2022

PPM Realty, Ltd.

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      23,001      December 2022

Kings Road Realty, Ltd.

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      74,625      December 2025

350 Phelps Realty, LP

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      40,464      December 2022

PPA Realty, Ltd.

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      80,759      December 2025

Kings Road Realty, Ltd.

   PPDV, Ltd.      63,891      December 2022

Kings Road Realty, Ltd.

   PPDV, Ltd.      18,145      October 2023

PPA Realty, Ltd.

   PPDV, Ltd.      21,468      December 2022

PPA Realty, Ltd.

   PPDV, Ltd.      18,102      December 2022

Park Place LX Land Co. No. 1, Ltd.

   Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.      357,792      December 2022

Park Place LX Land Co. No. 1 Ltd.

   Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.      455,728      December 2022

DKK West, Ltd.

   Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.      22,396      July 2023

PPJ Land, LLC

   PPJ, LLC      180,439      December 2022

DKK West, Ltd.

   PPJ, LLC      1,749      August 2023

PPJ Land, LLC

   PPM Auction, LP      65,780      December 2022

The Company also leases a portion of its PPJ, LLC facility from PPJ Land, LLC, a related party, under a month-to-month lease arrangement. Monthly payment under this arrangement was $49,491 for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Escalation clauses, lease payments dependent on existing rates/indexes, renewal options, and purchase options are included within the determination of lease payments when appropriate. The Company has elected the practical expedient not to separate lease and non-lease components for all leases that qualify, except for information technology assets that are embedded within service agreements (such as software license arrangements).

When available, the implicit rate is utilized to discount lease payments to present value; however, substantially all of the Company’s leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. An incremental borrowing rate was used to discount the lease payments based on information available at lease commencement.

Balance sheet presentation

 

Leases

  

Classification

   December 31, 2019  

Assets:

     

Finance

  

Property and equipment, net

   $ 2,572,229  

Operating

  

Operating lease right-of-use  assets

     59,048,825  
     

 

 

 

Total right-of-use assets

      $ 61,621,054  

 

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Leases

  

Classification

   December 31, 2019  

Liabilities:

     

Current:

     

Finance

  

Current portion of finance lease obligation

   $ 2,483,303  

Operating

  

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

     17,985,215  

Non-current:

     

Finance

  

Finance lease obligation, less current portion

     1,073,724  

Operating

  

Operating lease liabilities, less current portion

     41,092,037  
     

 

 

 

Total lease liabilities

      $ 62,634,279  
     

 

 

 

Lease term and discount rate

 

     December 31, 2019  

Weighted average lease term – finance lease

     1.42 years  

Weighted average lease term – operating leases

     3.6 years  

Weighted average discount rate – finance lease

     5.25%  

Weighted average discount rate – operating leases

     4.50%  

Lease costs

The following table provides certain information related to the lease costs for finance and operating leases during the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Finance lease cost:

  

Interest

   $ 254,295  

Depreciation

     1,815,691  

Operating lease cost

     20,292,300  

Variable lease cost

     4,319,757  
   $ 26,682,043  
  

 

 

 

Operating lease cost includes approximately $18,170,000 in payments made to related parties for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Supplemental cash flow information

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information for leases during the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurements of lease liabilities:

  

Operating cash flows from finance lease

   $ 2,069,986  

Operating cash flows from operating leases

     21,701,907  

Financing cash flows from finance lease

     2,356,562  

Undiscounted cash flow

The table below reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total of the remaining years to the finance lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2019:

 

     Finance      Operating  

2020

   $ 3,364,886      $ 20,334,171  

2021

     1,402,036        19,259,468  

2022

     —          18,493,193  

2023

     —          2,266,017  

2024

     —          1,837,748  

Thereafter

     —          1,837,748  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total minimum lease payments

     4,766,922        64,028,345  

 

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Less: amount representing interest

     (141,688      (4,825,278

Less: amount representing variable payments

     (1,068,207      (125,815
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Present value of future minimum lease payments

     3,557,027        59,077,252  

Less: current obligations under leases

     (2,483,303      (17,985,215
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term lease obligations

   $ 1,073,724      $ 41,092,037  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

15. Contingencies and Uncertainties

The Company sells customer installment contracts to financial institutions and extended warranties without recourse. Some buyers of the contracts and warranties retain portions of the commissions as reserves against early payoffs. These amounts are normally recorded on the combined and consolidated balance sheets as finance commission receivables. The accrual for contingent charges totaled $4,430,000 at December 31, 2019.

The Company maintains a self-insurance program for its employees’ health care costs. The Company is liable for losses on individual claims up to $250,000 per claim and $1,000,000 in aggregate claims for the year. The Company maintains third-party insurance coverage for any losses in excess of such amounts. Self-insurance costs are accrued based on claims reported as of the balance sheet dates as well as an estimated liability for claims incurred but not reported. The total accrued liability for self-insurance costs was $2,294,829 as of December 31, 2019.

The Company’s facilities are subject to federal, state, and local provisions regulating the discharge of materials into the environment. Compliance with these provisions has not had, nor does the Company expect such compliance to have, any material effect upon the capital expenditures, net income, financial condition, or competitive position of the Company. Management believes that its current practices and procedures for the control and disposition of such materials comply with the applicable federal and state requirements.

The Company purchases substantially all of its new vehicles and parts from the manufacturers at the prevailing prices charged to all franchised dealers. The Company’s sales volume could be adversely impacted by the manufacturers’ inability to supply it with an adequate supply of vehicles and/or parts due to unforeseen circumstances or as a result of an unfavorable allocation of vehicles. As part of the Company’s relationship with the manufacturers, it participates in various programs with regard to vehicle allocation, advertising, and other incentive programs. These programs are generally on a “turn-to-earn” basis, which rewards new vehicle volume, and are subject to change by the manufacturers at any time. In addition, the manufacturers’ franchise agreements contain provisions which generally limit, without consent of the manufacturers, changes in dealership management, ownership, and location; place certain financial restrictions; and provide for termination of the franchise agreement by the manufacturers in certain instances.

The Company is involved in certain legal matters that it considers incidental to its business. In management’s opinion, none of these legal matters will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or the results of operations.

The Company has available $4,000,000 in draft facility agreements with banks. These lines of credit allow the Company to receive immediate credit for any drafts deposited from the sale of motor vehicles. The Company also has available a $1,500,000 commercial credit card line with a bank.

The Company has entered into a risk retention insurance program for garage liability. As part of the risk retention agreement, the Company pledged a letter of credit in the amount of $300,000, which is the maximum potential liability for claims. Management does not believe the letter of credit will be drawn upon nor will it incur additional liability for claims.

The Company has outstanding guarantees of indebtedness of related parties, through common ownership, of $77,402,694 as of December 31, 2019.

 

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A detail of the guarantees is as follows:

 

Type of Loan Guarantee

   Guarantee
Extends Through
     Guaranteed By      Amount of
Loan Guarantee
 

Real Estate Loan

     September 2021        Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.      $ 18,512,804  

Real Estate Loan

     June 2022        Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.        2,815,063  

Real Estate Loan

     September 2022        Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.        2,143,015  

Real Estate Loan

     January 2023        PPJ, LLC        17,143,944  

Real Estate Loan

     January 2023        PPDV, Ltd.        5,233,162  

Real Estate Loan

     August 2026        PPDV, Ltd.        5,072,613  

Real Estate Loan

     August 2028        Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.        26,482,094  
        

 

 

 
         $ 77,402,695  
        

 

 

 

The real estate loans with affiliates were used to finance the acquisitions of dealership properties and to finance the acquisitions of real estate for potential future expansion of the Company’s dealership operations. The loans are collateralized by the related real estate and substantially all of the assets of the related party.

Non-payment would result in the requirement of the guarantor to perform; however, these loans have multiple guarantors associated with them. Additionally, the value of the collateral on these loans is in excess of the outstanding loan balances at December 31, 2019. Based on the financial condition of the related parties, the sufficiency of the collateral supporting the loans and the multiple guarantors associated with the loans, management believes that the probability that the Company would have to perform upon any of these guarantees is remote.

16. Concentrations of Credit Risk

The Company sells to individuals and commercial businesses located primarily in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. Receivables resulting from vehicle sales are secured by the related vehicles. Receivables resulting from all other sales are unsecured open accounts. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of receivables, contracts in transit, and cash deposits in excess of federally insured limits. The concentration of credit risk with respect to contracts in transit is limited primarily to financial institutions. The Company’s bank balances usually exceed federally insured limits.

17. Partnership/Member Agreement

The general partner holds a 0.50% interest in Park Place Motorcars, Ltd., Park Place Motorcars Fort Worth, Ltd., PPP, LP, and Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd., a 0.10% interest in PPDV, Ltd. and a 0.00% interest in PPM Auction, LP while the limited partners hold the remaining interests. Partnership profits are to be allocated first to the general partner until the cumulative profits allocated equals the cumulative amount of losses allocated for prior years, then to each partner according to their ownership interests. Any Partnership losses are to be allocated first to the partners in the ratio and to the extent of the positive capital accounts of the limited partners, then any remaining losses are to be allocated to the general partner.

The general partner holds a 0.50% interest in PPMBA Realty, LP and PP Real Estate, Ltd. while the limited partners hold the remaining interests. Partnership profits are to be allocated first to the general partner until the cumulative profits allocated equals the cumulative amount of losses allocated for prior years, then to each partner according to their ownership interests. Any Partnership losses are to be allocated first to the partners in the ratio and to the extent of the positive capital accounts of the limited partners, then any remaining losses are to be allocated to the general partner.

The PPJ, LLC and PPMB Arlington, LLC Company Agreements state that all members share all profits, losses and distributions according to their membership interests.

Under a buy/sell agreement with one of the limited partners, the limited partner may, at any time, cause the Company to purchase their 3.00% interest based on the estimated fair value upon exercising the buy/sell option.

 

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18. Variable Interest Entities

Management analyzes the Company’s variable interests including loans, guarantees, and equity investments, to determine if the Company has any variable interests in variable interest entities. This analysis includes both qualitative and quantitative reviews. Qualitative analysis is based on an evaluation of the design of the entity, its organizational structure including decision making ability, and financial agreements. Quantitative analysis is based on the entity’s forecasted cash flows. Generally accepted accounting principles require a reporting entity to consolidate a variable interest entity when the reporting entity has a variable interest that provides it with a controlling financial interest in the variable interest entity. The entity that consolidates a variable interest entity is referred to as the primary beneficiary of that variable interest entity. The Company uses qualitative and quantitative analyses to determine if it is the primary beneficiary of variable interest entities.

Accordingly, the Company has determined that PP Real Estate, Ltd. and PPMBA Realty, Ltd. are VIEs for which the Company is the primary beneficiary, due primarily to the Company’s guarantee of the VIE’s debt and common ownership interests.

The following table summarizes the balance sheets for consolidated VIEs as of December 31, 2019:

 

Assets:

  

Receivables, net

   $ 1,375,872  

Property and equipment, net

     53,552,503  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 54,928,375  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities and Partners’ Capital/Members’ Equity:

  

Accrued expenses

   $ 143,066  

Long-term debt

     39,323,122  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     39,466,188  

Partners’ capital/members’ equity

     15,462,187  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and partners’ capital/members’ equity

   $ 54,928,375  
  

 

 

 

19. Subsequent Events

Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19, a novel strain of Coronavirus, a pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting supply chains and affecting production and sales across a range of industries. The extent of the impact of the outbreak on the Company’s operational and financial performance will depend on certain developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak, impact on our customers, employees and vendors, and governmental, regulatory, and private sector responses. The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments as a result of the subsequent increase in economic uncertainty.

As a result of the pandemic and a resultant decline in sales, related party lessors granted the Company rent concessions that resulted in no or reduced rental payments for the leases described in Note 14 for the three-month period from April through June 2020. Additionally, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services granted long-term debt payment deferrals for the three-month period from May through July 2020. These payment deferrals are reflected in the aggregate maturities of long-term debt as presented in Note 8.

On June 1, 2020, the Company settled the profits interest obligation as discussed in Note 11 due to the separation from service of the limited partner. The value of the agreement to the limited partner upon settlement was approximately $6,322,000. Some of the remaining partners and members also purchased the limited partner’s partnership and membership interests in Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd., PPJ, LLC and PPM Auction, LLC for total consideration of approximately $10,678,000. In association with this transaction, the Company settled a profits interest obligation with the general partner of Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd. for a value of approximately $1,580,000.

On July 6, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Asbury Automotive Group, LLC. Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company will sell substantially all of the assets of the businesses described in the Asset Purchase Agreement for a purchase price of approximately $735 million (excluding vehicle inventory), reflecting $685 million of goodwill and approximately $50 million for parts, fixed assets and leaseholds in each case subject to certain adjustments described in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

 

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EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

Park Place Dealerships – Selected Entities

Combined and Consolidated Balance Sheets

June 30, 2020 and 2019

 

ASSETS    June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Current assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 50,760,182      $ 38,693,587  

Contracts in transit

     23,968,397        21,399,072  

Receivables, net

     26,960,424        36,033,860  

Inventories

     145,591,533        243,555,081  

Prepaid expenses

     1,726,124        1,787,052  

Courtesy vehicles, net

     58,327,873        63,218,564  

Current portion of related party notes receivable

     2,512,480        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     309,847,013        404,687,216  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     67,772,557        76,398,183  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     50,159,286        67,876,344  

Long-term finance commission receivables, less current portion

     3,414,144        4,004,955  

Franchise rights

     10,709,468        10,709,468  

Goodwill

     300,000        300,000  

Related party notes receivable, less current portion

     5,024,961        —    

Other assets

     1,178,041        1,008,276  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     138,558,457        160,297,226  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 448,405,470      $ 564,984,442  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY

 

Current liabilities:

     

Floor plan notes payable

   $ 100,434,935      $ 174,312,973  

Floor plan notes payable, other

     61,983,955        103,161,509  

Accounts payable

     23,007,213        17,916,468  

Accrued expenses

     24,164,893        21,139,470  

Current portion of allowance for contingent charges

     3,424,419        2,246,937  

Current portion of deferred compensation

     —          589,965  

Current portion of long-term debt

     25,216,997        2,411,208  

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

     18,244,492        17,583,798  

Current portion of finance lease obligation

     2,331,635        2,419,103  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     258,808,539        341,781,431  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Allowance for contingent charges, less current portion

     1,444,492        1,128,063  

Long-term debt, less current portion

     26,245,921        38,352,274  

Operating lease liabilities, less current portion

     31,941,634        50,186,126  

Finance lease obligation, less current portion

     —          2,331,635  

Deferred compensation, less current portion

     2,218,713        1,253,104  

Profits interest retirement obligation

     —          3,066,286  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     61,850,760        96,317,488  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Partners’ capital and members’ equity

     127,746,171        126,885,523  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and partners’ capital and members’ equity

   $ 448,405,470      $ 564,984,442  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Park Place Dealerships – Selected Entities

Combined and Consolidated Statements of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

 

     June 30, 2020     June 30, 2019  

Sales

   $ 680,538,318     $ 807,816,928  

Cost of sales

     575,337,145       685,127,819  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit from sales

     105,201,173       122,689,109  

Financing, insurance, service contract and other income, net

     13,991,157       14,117,309  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     119,192,330       136,806,418  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

    

Variable selling

     10,300,722       11,130,570  

Advertising

     2,754,972       4,349,917  

Floor plan interest

     2,078,512       4,653,241  

Personnel

     45,706,198       45,312,847  

Semi-fixed

     19,304,823       21,310,774  

Fixed

     20,643,200       24,025,716  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     100,788,427       110,783,065  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from operations

     18,403,903       26,023,353  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

    

Interest expense, other than floor plan

     (931,405     (1,050,077

Interest income

     653,978       1,092,626  

Management fees

     (237,194     (307,239

Deferred compensation expense

     (310,585     —    

Profits interest obligation expense

     (3,553,404     135,489  

Other

     1,029,580       101,688  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (3,349,030     (27,513 ) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before state income tax expense

     15,054,873       25,995,840  

State income tax expense

     739,713       726,008  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 14,315,160     $ 25,269,832  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Park Place Dealerships – Selected Entities

Combined and Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners’ Capital and Members’ Equity

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

 

     Partners’
Capital
    Members’
Equity
    Total  

January 1, 2020

   $ 113,595,954     $ 19,662,979     $ 133,258,933  

Partners and members withdrawals

     (15,828,222     (2,419,210     (18,247,432

Profits interest retirement

     (1,580,490     —         (1,580,490

Net income

     11,776,283       2,538,877       14,315,160  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

June 30, 2020

   $ 107,963,525     $ 19,782,646     $ 127,746,171  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      
     Partners’
Capital
    Members’
Equity
    Total  

January 1, 2019

   $ 114,882,041     $ 18,531,499     $ 133,413,540  

Partners and members withdrawals

     (26,695,985     (5,101,864     (31,797,849

Net income

     21,266,333       4,003,499       25,269,832  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

   $ 109,452,389     $ 17,433,134     $ 126,885,523  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Park Place Dealerships – Selected Entities

Combined and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

 

     June 30, 2020     June 30, 2019  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income

   $ 14,315,160     $ 25,269,832  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Provision for bad debt

     19,265       71,392  

Depreciation and amortization

     9,187,727       9,497,726  

Gain on disposal of property and equipment

     (26,197     (26,449

Allowance for contingent charges

     438,911       435,000  

Deferred compensation

     310,585       —    

Profits interest retirement obligation

     3,553,404       (135,489

Change in assets and liabilities:

    

Contracts in transit

     2,874,738       16,715,294  

Receivables

     15,860,683       8,357,662  

Inventories

     39,678,434       1,874,346  

Prepaid expenses

     3,987,351       2,830,364  

Courtesy vehicles

     1,752,103       (3,977,697

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     8,889,539       8,343,097  

Finance commission receivables

     536,834       556,535  

Other assets

     (69,938     142,522  

Floor plan notes payable

     (34,856,512     5,231,801  

Accounts payable

     1,746,117       (8,213,399

Accrued expenses

     (1,136,848     (2,150,650

Operating lease obligations

     (8,891,126     (8,478,063
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     58,170,230       56,343,824  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

     83,982       38,260  

Purchase of property and equipment

     (1,515,775     (1,221,524
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (1,431,793     (1,183,264
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Change in floor plan notes payable, other, net

     (24,348,195     (6,120,590

Principal payments on long-term debt

     (976,420     (1,402,594

Principal payments on finance lease obligation

     (1,225,392     (1,162,851

Payments on profits interest retirement obligation

     (2,324,250     —    

Partner and member withdrawals

     (18,247,432     (31,797,849
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     (47,121,689     (40,483,884
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     9,616,748       14,676,676  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning

     41,143,434       24,016,911  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, ending

   $ 50,760,182     $ 38,693,587  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See supplemental disclosures of cash flow information (Note 13 and 15).

See accompanying notes.

 

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Notes to Combined and Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization and nature of business

The accompanying combined and consolidated financial statements include the combined and consolidated operations of Park Place Motorcars, Ltd., Park Place Motorcars Fort Worth, Ltd., PPDV,

Ltd., Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd., PPP, LP, PPJ, LLC, PPMB Arlington, LLC, PPM Auction, LP, PPMBA Realty, LP, and PP Real Estate, Ltd. (referred to collectively as “Park Place Dealerships - Selected Entities” or the “Company”). The combined and consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the combination and consolidation.

The Company is a franchised dealer of Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC; Porsche Cars North America, Inc.; Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.; Volvo Cars of North America; Jaguar Cars Limited; Land Rover North America, Inc., (referred to collectively as “the manufacturers”) under dealer agreements. Through these dealer agreements, the Company markets new vehicles, replacement parts, service, and financing and leasing. In addition, it also retails and wholesales used vehicles. The dealer agreements specify the location of the dealerships and designate the specific market areas in which the dealer may operate; however, there is no guarantee of exclusivity within these market areas. The specified market area for the Company is the greater Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan area.

Combined affiliates:

 

Legal Entity

  

Primary Operations

  

Manufacturer

Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.

   Dealership    Mercedes Benz USA, LLC

Park Place Motorcars Fort Worth, Ltd.

   Dealership    Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

PPDV, Ltd.

   Dealership    Volvo Cars of North America

Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.

   Dealership    Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc

PPP, LP

   Dealership    Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

PPJ, LLC

   Dealership    Jaguar Cars Limited; Land Rover North America, Inc.

PPMB Arlington, LLC

   Dealership    Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

PPM Auction, LP

   Auction   

Variable interest entity of PPMB Arlington, LLC:

 

Legal Entity

  

Primary Operations

PPMBA Realty, LP

   Real Estate

 

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Variable interest entity of Park Place Motorcars Fort Worth, Ltd.:

 

Legal Entity

  

Primary Operations

PP Real Estate, Ltd.

   Real Estate

Park Place Auto Auction facilitates used vehicle wholesale purchases and sales and collects auction fees from customers related to each transaction.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments that have remaining maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase.

Contracts in transit

Contracts in transit represent amounts due for customer contracts sold to financial institutions. These contracts are typically collected within 15 days.

Receivables

Receivables consist primarily of amounts due from other dealerships and auto auctions as a result of vehicle sales; amounts due from third parties for parts sold or services provided; and amounts due from manufacturers for incentives and warranty reimbursements. Receivables also include commissions due on aftermarket products. Receivables resulting from vehicle sales are secured by the related vehicles. Receivables arising from the sale of parts and service which are due under normal trade terms require payment within 30 days from the invoice date.

The carrying amount of receivables is reduced by an allowance that reflects management’s best estimate of the amounts that will not be collected. Management reviews each receivable balance that exceeds a set number of days from the invoice date, and, based on historical bad debt experience and management’s evaluation of customer credit worthiness, estimates that portion, if any, of the balance that will not be collected. No interest is charged on delinquent receivables.

Inventories

All inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The cost of new and used vehicles is determined using the specific identification method. The cost of all other inventories is determined using the most recent cost, which approximates first-in, first-out (FIFO).

Courtesy vehicles

The Company purchases new vehicles from the manufacturers in connection with programs whereby the Company utilizes the vehicles, typically for twelve months or less, as loan vehicles for customers’ use while their vehicles are being serviced by the dealership. The Company usually receives a subsidy, or discount, off of the manufacturers’ invoice price and records depreciation on the vehicles. Courtesy vehicles are stated at cost, net of the subsidy, if any, and depreciation, which is computed using the straight-line method. The related liability is included in floor plan notes payable and floor plan notes payable, other.

 

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Property and equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged to expense as incurred. Major renewals and betterments are capitalized. Depreciation and amortization are provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets or the length of the related lease, if shorter. The useful lives of property and equipment for purposes of computing depreciation and amortization are as follows:

 

Buildings

   39.5 years or underlying lease terms

Equipment

   5 - 10 years

Furniture and fixtures

   7 years

Computer equipment

   3 years

Vehicles

   3 - 5 years

Leasehold improvements

   Lesser of 10 - 30 years or underlying lease terms

Franchise rights and goodwill

In connection with business acquisitions, the Company assigned fair values to franchise rights and goodwill. Franchise rights and goodwill have indefinite lives and therefore are not amortized but are reviewed for possible impairment at least annually. Management has determined that franchise rights and goodwill are not impaired at June 30, 2020 and 2019.

Long-lived assets

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations when events and circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets. There were no indicators of impairment at June 30, 2020 and 2019.

Other assets

Other assets consisted of deposits on various contracts and other miscellaneous assets.

Factory incentives

The Company receives various incentive payments from the manufacturers. These incentive payments are typically received on new vehicle retail sales. The incentives are reported as reductions of cost of sales in the accompanying combined and consolidated statements of operations.

Factory assistance

The Company receives various assistance from certain manufactures. The Company accounts for the assistance as purchase discounts on the cost of the vehicles. The assistance is first reflected as a reduction in inventory cost on the combined and consolidated balance sheets and then reflected as a reduction to cost of sales in the combined and consolidated statements of operations as the respective vehicles are sold. At June 30, 2020 and 2019, inventory cost had been reduced by $972,353 and $2,452,031, respectively, for assistance received from the manufacturers. Cost of sales has been reduced by $7,004,926 and $8,608,650, for assistance received from the manufacturers related to vehicles sold for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

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Floor plan notes payable

The Company classifies borrowings and repayments on floor plan notes payable for inventory purchased from a manufacturer that has a controlling interest in the respective floor plan lender (floor plan notes payable on the combined and consolidated balance sheets) as an operating activity on the combined and consolidated statements of cash flows. Borrowings and repayments on floor plan notes payable for inventory purchased from a manufacturer that does not have a controlling interest in the respective floor plan lender (floor plan notes payable, other on the combined and consolidated balance sheets) have been classified as a net financing activity on the combined and consolidated statements of cash flows.

Revenue recognition

The Company satisfies its performance obligations with customers by transferring a good or service to the customer, as detailed below.

Revenues from vehicle and parts sales and from service operations are recognized at the time the vehicle or parts are delivered to the customer or the service is complete. Revenues from auction transactions are recognized at the time the transaction occurs.

The Company arranges financing for customers through various financial institutions and receives financing fees based on the difference between loan rates charged to customers and predetermined financing rates set by the financial institutions. The Company recognizes income from finance and insurance commissions as the contracts are sold and recognizes an allowance for anticipated losses of finance and insurance commission income resulting from early payoffs of customer loans and repossessions. The provision is based on management’s evaluation of industry trends and historical experience. The Company also receives commissions from the sale of non-recourse third-party extended service contracts to customers. Under these contracts, the third-party warranty company is directly liable for all warranties provided. Commission revenue is recorded net of estimated chargebacks. Commission expense related to the sale of warranties is charged to expense upon recognition of revenue.

The following table summarizes revenue from contracts with customers for the six months ended:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

New vehicle

   $ 315,381,157      $ 379,029,600  

Used vehicle

     247,885,480        293,633,345  

Parts, service and body shop

     114,533,951        131,220,922  

Other

     2,737,730        3,933,061  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 680,538,318      $ 807,816,928  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Advertising costs

The Company expenses advertising costs in the periods in which they are incurred.

 

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Presentation of certain taxes

The Company collects various taxes from customers and remits these amounts to applicable taxing authorities. The Company’s accounting policy is to exclude these taxes from sales and costs of sales.

Accounting for income taxes

The Company is not a federal income tax paying entity. Income and losses of the Company are reported by the partners or members in their individual federal tax returns. The Company is, however, liable for margin taxes in accordance with Texas statutes.

While the Company is a combination of Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, consideration is given to the recognition and measurement of tax positions that meet a “more-likely-than-not” threshold. A tax position is a position taken in a previously filed tax return or a position expected to be taken in a future tax return that is reflected in measuring current or deferred income tax assets and liabilities. Tax positions include the Company’s status as pass-through entities. The recognition and measurement of tax positions taken for various jurisdictions consider the amounts and probabilities of outcomes that could be realized upon settlement using the facts, circumstances, and information available at the reporting date. The Company has determined that it did not have any material unrecognized tax benefits or obligations as of June 30, 2020 and 2019.

Use of estimates

The preparation of combined and consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the combined and consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recently issued accounting standards

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new lease accounting guidance in Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASC 842”). See Note 15 “Leases” within the accompanying combined and consolidated financial statements.

Evaluation of subsequent events

The Company has evaluated the effect subsequent events would have on the combined and consolidated financial statements through August 26, 2020, which is the date the combined and consolidated financial statements were available to be issued.

 

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2. Receivables

Receivables consisted of the following as of:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Factory

   $  12,805,666      $  14,782,635  

Customers

     4,528,478        6,724,184  

Vehicles

     5,693,603        9,749,623  

Finance commissions

     3,450,742        3,760,295  

Employees and other

     23,471        50,219  

Related party receivables

     1,114,710        1,421,609  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     27,616,670        36,488,565  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (656,246      (454,705
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $  26,960,424      $  36,033,860  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

3. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following as of:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

New vehicles

   $ 97,990,173      $  181,691,887  

Used vehicles

     37,468,380        51,518,503  

Parts, accessories and other

     10,132,980        10,344,691  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $  145,591,533      $  243,555,081  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

4. Courtesy Vehicles

Courtesy vehicles consisted of the following as of:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Courtesy vehicles at cost

   $  61,421,923      $  65,931,064  

Accumulated depreciation

     (3,094,050      (2,712,500
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $  58,327,873      $  63,218,564  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Depreciation expense on courtesy vehicles, included as a component of semi-fixed expenses, totaled $3,656,650 and $3,544,201 the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

5. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following as of:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Land

   $ 14,839,337      $ 14,839,337  

Buildings

     67,362,877        67,362,877  

Equipment

     19,235,000        18,624,764  

Furniture and fixtures

     18,605,872        18,386,707  

Computer equipment

     16,837,214        16,452,056  

Vehicles

     1,087,130        1,115,466  

Leasehold improvements

     24,521,545        23,907,866  

Construction in progress

     1,272,216        545,024  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     163,761,191        161,234,097  

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (95,988,634      (84,835,914
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 67,772,557      $ 76,398,183  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment, included as a component of fixed expenses, totaled $5,530,501 and $5,951,354 for the six months ended June 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

6. Finance Commission Receivables

The Company has an agreement with Lexus Financial Services whereby finance commission income on leases is paid throughout the duration of individual customers’ leases. Management has estimated the current and long-term portions of these finance commission receivables. Current and long-term finance commission receivables consisted of the following as of:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Current portion (included in finance commissions receivable in Note 2)

   $  2,952,743      $  3,327,264  

Long-term portion

     3,414,144        4,004,955  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $  6,366,887      $  7,332,219  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

7. Related Party Notes Receivable

In connection with the buy-out of a limited partner and member, the Company entered into Promissory Notes with some of the remaining partners and members, dated June 1, 2020, each payable in three equal annual installments, including accrued interest of 4.25% at each payment date.

The aggregate maturities of related party notes receivable as of June 30, 2020 are as follows:

 

2021

   $  2,512,480  

2022

     2,512,480  

2023

     2,512,481  
  

 

 

 

Total maturities of related party notes receivable

   $  7,537,441  
  

 

 

 

8. Floor Plan Notes Payable and Floor Plan Notes Payable, Other

The Company finances its new vehicles, courtesy vehicles, and a portion of its pre-owned vehicle purchases through floor plan notes payable to credit corporations. The Company has floor plan financing agreements for the purchase of new, pre-owned, and courtesy vehicles with Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, Chase Bank, and Bank of America, N.A (collectively the “Floor Plan Lenders”). The agreements are collateralized by all property and equipment, inventories, and all other accounts, contract rights, chattel paper and general intangibles and proceeds of any and all of the foregoing, whether owned now or hereafter acquired by the Company. These agreements may be cancelled with thirty days’ written notice by either party.

 

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The aggregate borrowing limits for the floor plan lines of credit are as follows at June 30, 2020:

 

Floor Plan Lender

  

Vehicle Type

   Borrowing Limit  

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

   New Vehicles    $ 161,425,000  

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

   Used Vehicles      58,500,000  

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

   Courtesy Vehicles      51,500,000  

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

   New Vehicles      76,000,000  

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

   Used Vehicles      15,500,000  

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

   Courtesy Vehicles      25,070,000  

Chase Bank

   Courtesy Vehicles      7,750,000  

Bank of America, N.A.

   New Vehicles      12,000,000  

Bank of America, N.A.

   Used Vehicles      4,000,000  

Bank of America, N.A.

   Courtesy Vehicles      4,000,000  
     

 

 

 

Total borrowing limit

      $  415,745,000  
     

 

 

 

Interest rates on floor plan lines of credit are as follows:

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services:

 

Vehicle Type

  

Rate Calculation

   Rate at June 30,
2020
    Rate at June 30,
2019
 

New Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.70%      2.24     3.90

Used Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.70%      2.24     3.90

Courtesy Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.70%      2.24     3.90

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation:

 

Vehicle Type

  

Rate Calculation

   Rate at June 30,
2020
    Rate at June 30,
2019
 

New Vehicles

   3 month LIBOR + 1.25%      1.59     3.57

Used Vehicles

   3 month LIBOR + 1.25%      1.59     3.57

Courtesy Vehicles

   Fixed      2.50 - 4.75     3.50 - 4.75

Chase Bank:

 

Vehicle Type

  

Rate Calculation

   Rate at June 30,
2020
    Rate at June 30,
2019
 

Courtesy Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 2.00%      2.54 %      4.20

Bank of America:

 

Vehicle Type

  

Rate Calculation

   Rate at June 30,
2020
    Rate at June 30,
2019
 

New Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.25%      1.79     3.45

Used Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.25%      1.79     3.45

Courtesy Vehicles

   30 day LIBOR + 1.25%      1.79     3.45

 

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Floor plan notes payable and floor plan notes payable, other include notes payable for courtesy vehicles financed with the Floor Plan Lenders. Interest expense on courtesy vehicle notes payable, included as a component of semi- fixed expenses, totaled $1,063,485, and $1,395,141 for the six months ended June 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Included in floor plan notes payable, other are all used vehicles floored with Mercedes-Benz Financial, any Porsche, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover new and courtesy vehicles floored with Mercedes-Benz Financial, Lexus courtesy vehicles floored with Chase Bank and any vehicles floored with Bank of America, N.A.

The Floor Plan Lenders allow the Company to deposit funds in a cash management account which earns interest at the floor plan interest rate. These funds, which totaled $40,072,038 and $32,000,000 at June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, are reflected as a reduction in floor plan notes payable and floor plan notes payable, other in the accompanying combined and consolidated and consolidated balance sheets.

9. Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

   $ 38,352,274      $ 40,763,482  

Related party promissory notes

     13,115,640        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt

     51,467,914        40,763,482  

Less: debt issuance costs

     (4,996      —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term debt, including current portion

     51,462,918        40,763,482  

Less: current portion, net of current portion of debt issuance costs

     (25,216,997      (2,411,208
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term debt

   $ 26,245,921      $  38,352,274  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amortization expense on debt issuance costs, included as a component of other expense, totaled $576 and $2,171 for the six months ended June 30, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services granted long-term debt payment deferrals for the three-month period from May through July 2020. These payment deferrals are reflected in the aggregate maturities of long-term debt as presented below.

The aggregate maturities of long-term debt as of June 30, 2020 are as follows:

 

2020 (remaining 6 months)

   $ 774,859  

2021

     25,278,190  

2022

     6,100,949  

2023

     7,317,813  

2024

     6,982,872  

2025

     5,013,231  
  

 

 

 

Total maturities of long-term debt

   $  51,467,914  
  

 

 

 

 

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Real estate term loans and promissory notes

The Company has multiple real estate term loan and promissory note agreements with Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. As of June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company had total notes payable outstanding of $51.5 million and $40.7 million, respectively, which are collateralized by the associated real estate. The term loans and promissory notes were established under various terms, as seen below:

 

Lender

   Debt Type    Rate Type    Interest Rate at
June 30, 2020
and 2019
  Maturity Date

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

   Promissory Note
& Term Loan
   Fixed    4.00% - 5.44%   Various dates
2021-2025

Related party promissory notes

In connection with the buy-out of a limited partner and settlement of the associated profits interest obligation, the Company entered into three Promissory Notes dated June 1, 2020, each payable in three equal annual installments, including accrued interest of 4.25% at each payment date. Concurrently with this transaction, the Company settled an additional profits interest obligation with a general partner, a portion of which will be paid to the general partner through a promissory note with terms identical to those of the limited partner’s notes.

10. Deferred Compensation

Dealership value participation agreement

The Company has a Dealership Value Participation Agreement with a current member of management which is payable upon certain triggering events including separation of employment for any reason other than cause, death or disability or a change in control event. The terms of the agreement provide for vesting over a period of 7 years of continuous employment. Upon a change in control event, the member of management is deemed to be fully vested. The member of management forfeits the award upon termination of employment from the Company for cause. The value of the award, which is payable in a cash settlement over a 5-year period from the date of the triggering event, is dependent on the fair value of PPJ, LLC. In the event of the member of management’s separation of employment for any reason other than cause, death, or disability, the settlement payment would be no more than six times the EBITDA of PPJ, LLC. In the event of a change in control, the settlement payment would be equal to a percentage of the net sales proceeds after return of members’ capital contributions, including a 9.00% preferred return, compounded annually on any unpaid capital contributions. As of June 30, 2020 and 2019, the member of management was 62.50% and 50.00% vested in the agreement, respectively. The Company’s accrued liability for the Dealership Value Participation Agreement was $1,710,201 and $1,126,936 at June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. There was no expense related to this agreement for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

Profit participation agreements

The Company had a Profit Participation Agreement with a former member of management. On May 15, 2015, a triggering event occurred whereby obligating the Company to make an initial payment equal to 20.00% of the fully vested balance for the former employee in August 2015, and the remaining balance is being paid in equal annual payments through 2019. The Company’s accrued liability for the Profit Participation Agreement was $589,965 at June 30, 2019. No payments were made during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019; however, the accrued liability was paid in full during 2019.

 

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The Company has a Profit Participation Agreement with a current member of management which is payable upon certain triggering events including separation of employment for any reason other than cause, death or disability or a change in control event. The terms of the agreement provide for vesting over a period of 10 years of continuous employment. Upon a change in control event, the member of management is deemed to be fully vested. The member of management forfeits the award upon termination of employment from the Company for cause. The value of the award, which is payable in a cash settlement over a 5-year period from the date of the triggering event, is dependent on earnings of the Company from the most recently completed calendar year before the triggering event occurs. As of June 30, 2020 and 2019 the member of management was 40.00% and 30.00% vested in the agreement, respectively. The Company’s accrued liability for the Profit Participation Agreement was $197,927 and $126,168 at June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. There was no expense related to this agreement for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

Capital transaction bonuses

The Company executed Bonus and Deferred Compensation agreements with three members of management which contain a provision that provides for cash payments to the named members of management upon the occurrence of a Capital Transaction. A Capital Transaction is defined as a sale, exchange or disposition event which results in Company entities ceasing to be entities of the Company, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of a Company entity in a single transaction. The terms of the agreement provide for time based vesting over a period of 5 years of continuous employment. The members of management forfeit the awards upon termination of employment from the Company for cause. The value of the award is based on the net book value of the Company immediately preceding the event, less tangible net worth and less winding up costs. The award is payable in a lump sum cash settlement 90 days after a Capital Transaction. As of June 30, 2020, the members of management were 50% vested in the agreements, however, no accrual has been included in the combined and consolidated financial statements as the triggering event is not probable through the date in which the combined and consolidated financial statements were available to be issued.

Retirement compensation agreements

The Company has Retirement Compensation Agreements with three members of management which are payable upon the member’s death, disability or separation from service for any reason other than cause. The terms of the agreement provide for vesting over a period of 5 years of continuous employment. The members of management forfeit the awards upon termination of employment from the Company for cause. The value of the award, which is payable in a cash settlement over a 5-year period from the date of a triggering event, is dependent on several factors including earnings or the fair value of the Company. In the event of the member of management’s death, disability or separation from service prior to the tenth anniversary of the agreement, the amount payable is equal to their vested percentage in two times the prior twelve months’ consolidated net income multiplied by 0.35%. In the event of the member of management’s death, disability or separation from service after the tenth anniversary of the agreement, the amount payable is equal the lesser of 0.35% of the Company’s fair market value or six times the prior twelve months’ consolidated net income multiplied by 0.35%. As of June 30, 2020 and 2019 the members of management were 50%, and 0% vested in the agreement, respectively. An accrual and expense of $310,585 is included in the combined and consolidated financial statements at June 30, 2020.

 

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11. Profits Interest Retirement Obligation

The Company has a profits interest agreement with one limited partner whereby the Company will pay, upon certain triggering events, the limited partner’s vested percentage of the dealership value, which is based on pre-defined terms. The vested percentage increases ratably; however, the maximum percentage would be paid upon the death or disability of the individual. The limited partner was fully vested at June 30, 2020 and 2019. The limited partner may, at any time, demand payment on the profits interest agreement. The payment due to the limited partner if demanded is determined by a defined calculation based primarily on the previous operating results and tax basis net asset value of the Company.

On June 1, 2020, the Company settled the profits interest obligation as discussed above due to the separation from service of the limited partner. The value of the agreement to the limited partner upon settlement was $6,321,959, which was paid in one cash installment of $1,859,400 and execution of promissory notes as discussed in Note 8 totaling $4,462,559. Some of the remaining partners and members also purchased the limited partner’s partnership and membership interests in Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd., PPJ, LLC and PPM Auction, LLC for total consideration of $10,678,043, which was paid in one cash installment of $3,140,602 and execution of promissory notes as discussed in Note 8 totaling $7,537,441 and recorded as amounts due from partners and members, included in related party notes receivables in Note 7.

In association with this transaction, the Company settled a profits interest obligation with the general partner of Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd. for a value of $1,580,490. This transaction was treated as a distribution of profits and paid in one cash installment of $464,850 and execution of a promissory note as discussed in Note 8 totaling $1,115,640.

12. Related Party Transactions

The Company has engaged in transactions with affiliates controlled by common related parties. These affiliates are engaged in the various activities associated with the selling, financing, and servicing of automobiles for the retail and wholesale markets. The Company sells to and purchases from these affiliates automobiles, parts and accessories.

Under a management agreement with a related party, the Company is required to pay a management fee in return for management and consulting services. The fees paid under this management agreement were $237,194 and $307,239 for the six months June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company exchanges vehicles and parts with affiliates at cost. Related party accounts payable included in the accompanying combined and consolidated balance sheets represent amounts due to a related partnership for certain operating expenses paid on behalf of the dealership. Other information regarding related party transactions is included in Notes 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, and 19.

 

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The following is a summary of transactions with related parties for the six months ended:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Purchases from affiliates

   $  4,116,953      $  6,637,343  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sales to affiliates

   $ 6,992,032      $ 8,856,941  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a summary of balances with related parties as of:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Due from affiliates (included in receivables in the accompanying combined and consolidated balance sheets)

   $  1,114,710      $  1,421,609  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Due to affiliates (included in accounts payable in the accompanying combined and consolidated balance sheets)

   $ 5,256,121      $ 30,293  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

13. Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Supplemental schedule of cash paid during the six months: Interest

   $  4,440,690      $  6,842,726  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

State income taxes

   $ —        $ 1,058,732  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

14. Defined Contribution 401(k) Plan

The Company participates in a defined contribution 401(k) plan. All employees who meet certain age and length of service requirements are eligible to participate in the plan. Matching contributions are made on a discretionary basis by the Company. The plan also allows the Company, at management’s discretion, to make a profit sharing contribution. Retirement expense for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 totaled $1,030,212 and $1,032,918, respectively.

15. Leases

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new lease accounting guidance in ASC 842. The new standard establishes a right-of-use (“ROU”) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms in excess of 12 months. Leases are classified as either finance or operating, with classification impacting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.

The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted in ASC 842. Accordingly, the Company accounted for its existing operating leases as an operating lease under the new guidance, without reassessing (a) whether the contract contains a lease under ASC 842, (b) whether classification of the operating lease would be different in accordance with ASC 842, or (c) whether the unamortized initial direct costs before transition adjustments (as of December 31, 2018) would have met the definition of initial direct costs in ASC 842 at lease commencement. In addition, the Company opted for the transition relief method specified in Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-11, which allowed for the effective date of the new leases standard as the date of initial application on transition. As a result of this election the Company (a) did not adjust comparative period financial information for the effects of ASC 842;

 

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(b) made the new required lease disclosures for periods after the effective date; and (c) carried forward our ASC 840 disclosures for comparative periods. As a result of the adoption of ASC 842, the Company recorded a right-of-use asset of approximately $76.2 million and a lease liability of approximately $76.3 million, which represents the present value of remaining lease payments, discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rates based on the remaining lease terms.

The Company leases a portion of its Park Place Motorcars, Ltd. facilities from an unrelated party under a non- cancelable operating lease requiring monthly rental payments of $140,140 through May 2021. The lease has one 10-year and one 5-year renewal options. The lease stipulates annual base rent increases based on changes in CPI, which are included in the future minimum lease payments and variable lease payments adjustment below.

The Company leases a portion of its PPJ, LLC facility from unrelated an unrelated party under a non-cancelable operating lease requiring monthly rental payments ranging from $19,661 to $25,531 through March 2023. The lease has two 5-year renewal options.

The Company leases its facilities from various related parties under non-cancellable operating leases. The leases stipulate annual base rent increases based on changes in CPI, which are included in the future minimum lease payments and variable lease payments adjustment below. Monthly payments in effect as of January 1, 2020 and lease expiration dates are outlined below:

 

Lessor Related Party

  

Lessee

   Monthly
Payment
     Expiration  

PPM Realty, Ltd.

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.    $ 93,708        December 2022  

PPM Realty, Ltd.

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      23,001        December 2022  

Kings Road Realty, Ltd.

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      74,625        December 2025  

350 Phelps Realty, LP

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      40,464        December 2022  

PPA Realty, Ltd.

   Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      80,759        December 2025  

Kings Road Realty, Ltd.

   PPDV, Ltd.      63,891        December 2022  

Kings Road Realty, Ltd.

   PPDV, Ltd.      18,145        October 2023  

PPA Realty, Ltd.

   PPDV, Ltd.      21,468        December 2022  

PPA Realty, Ltd.

   PPDV, Ltd.      18,102        December 2022  

Park Place LX Land Co. No. 1, Ltd.

   Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.      357,792        December 2022  

Park Place LX Land Co. No. 1 Ltd.

   Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.      455,728        December 2022  

DKK West, Ltd.

   Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.      22,396        July 2023  

PPJ Land, LLC

   PPJ, LLC      180,439        December 2022  

DKK West, Ltd.

   PPJ, LLC      1,749        August 2023  

PPJ Land, LLC

   PPM Auction, LP      65,780        December 2022  

The Company also leases a portion of its PPJ, LLC facility from PPJ Land, LLC, a related party, under a month-to- month lease arrangement. Monthly payment under this arrangement was $49,491 for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

 

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As a result of the pandemic and a resultant decline in sales, related party lessors granted the Company rent concessions that resulted in no or reduced rental payments for the leases described above for the three-month period from April through June 2020. These rent concessions were treated as variable lease payments and reduce total rent expense paid to related parties for the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Escalation clauses, lease payments dependent on existing rates/indexes, renewal options, and purchase options are included within the determination of lease payments when appropriate. The Company has elected the practical expedient not to separate lease and non-lease components for all leases that qualify, except for information technology assets that are embedded within service agreements (such as software license arrangements).

When available, the implicit rate is utilized to discount lease payments to present value; however, substantially all of the Company’s leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. An incremental borrowing rate was used to discount the lease payments based on information available at lease commencement.

Balance sheet presentation

 

Leases

  

Classification

   June 30, 2020  

Assets:

     

Finance

   Property and equipment, net    $ 1,664,384  

Operating

   Operating lease right-of-use assets      50,159,286  
     

 

 

 

Total right-of-use assets

      $ 51,823,670  
     

 

 

 

Liabilities:

     

Current:

     

Finance

   Current portion of finance lease obligation    $ 2,331,635  

Operating

   Current portion of operating lease liabilities      18,244,492  

Non-current:

     

Operating

   Operating lease liabilities, less current portion      31,941,634  
     

 

 

 

Total lease liabilities

      $ 52,517,761  
     

 

 

 

Leases

  

Classification

   June 30, 2019  

Assets:

     

Finance

   Property and equipment, net    $ 3,480,074  

Operating

   Operating lease right-of-use assets      67,876,344  
     

 

 

 

Total right-of-use assets

      $ 71,356,418  
     

 

 

 

Liabilities:

     

Current:

     

Finance

   Current portion of finance lease obligation    $ 2,419,103  

Operating

   Current portion of operating lease liabilities      17,583,798  

Non-current:

     

Finance

   Finance lease obligation, less current portion      2,331,635  

Operating

   Operating lease liabilities, less current portion      50,186,126  
     

 

 

 

Total lease liabilities

      $  72,520,662  
     

 

 

 

 

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Lease term and discount rate

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Weighted average lease term – finance lease

     0.9 years        1.9 years  

Weighted average lease term – operating lease

     3.0 years        4.0 years  

Weighted average discount rate – finance lease

     5.25%        5.25%  

Weighted average discount rate – operating lease

     4.50%        4.50%  

Lease costs

The following table provides certain information related to the lease costs for finance and operating leases during the six months ended:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Finance lease cost - interest

   $ 80,037      $ 142,577  

Finance lease cost - depreciation

     907,846        907,846  

Operating lease cost

     10,174,298        10,150,768  

Variable lease cost

     (1,595,234      2,055,220  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 9,566,947      $  13,256,411  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating lease cost includes approximately $5,500,000 and $9,000,000 in payments made to related parties for the six-months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Supplemental cash flow information

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information for leases during the six months ended:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurements of lease liabilities:

     

Operating cash flows from finance lease

   $ 987,883      $ 1,050,423  

Operating cash flows from operating leases

     7,082,420        10,855,461  

Financing cash flows from finance lease

     1,225,391        1,162,851  

Undiscounted cash flow

The table below reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total of the remaining years to the finance lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities as of June 30, 2020:

 

     Finance      Operating  

2020 (remaining 6 months)

   $  1,720,430      $  10,321,267  

2021

     1,433,691        19,687,818  

2022

     —          18,914,564  

2023

     —          2,687,388  

2024

     —          2,259,119  

Thereafter

     —          2,259,119  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total minimum lease payments

     3,154,121        56,129,275  

 

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Less: amount representing interest

     (61,651      (3,578,518

Less: amount representing variable payments

     (760,835      (2,364,631
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Present value of future minimum lease payments

     2,331,635        50,186,126  

Less: current obligations under leases

     (2,331,635      (18,244,492
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term lease obligations

   $ —        $ 31,941,634  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

16. Contingencies and Uncertainties

The Company sells customer installment contracts to financial institutions and extended warranties without recourse. Some buyers of the contracts and warranties retain portions of the commissions as reserves against early payoffs. These amounts are normally recorded on the combined and consolidated balance sheets as finance commission receivables. The accrual for contingent charges at June 30, 2020 and 2019 totaled $4,868,911 and $3,375,000, respectively.

The Company maintains a self-insurance program for its employees’ health care costs. The Company is liable for losses on individual claims up to $250,000 per claim and $1,000,000 in aggregate claims for the year. The Company maintains third-party insurance coverage for any losses in excess of such amounts. Self-insurance costs are accrued based on claims reported as of the balance sheet dates as well as an estimated liability for claims incurred but not reported. The total accrued liability for self-insurance costs was $3,762,338 and $2,794,396 as of June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company’s facilities are subject to federal, state, and local provisions regulating the discharge of materials into the environment. Compliance with these provisions has not had, nor does the Company expect such compliance to have, any material effect upon the capital expenditures, net income, financial condition, or competitive position of the Company. Management believes that its current practices and procedures for the control and disposition of such materials comply with the applicable federal and state requirements.

The Company purchases substantially all of its new vehicles and parts from the manufacturers at the prevailing prices charged to all franchised dealers. The Company’s sales volume could be adversely impacted by the manufacturers’ inability to supply it with an adequate supply of vehicles and/or parts due to unforeseen circumstances or as a result of an unfavorable allocation of vehicles. As part of the Company’s relationship with the manufacturers, it participates in various programs with regard to vehicle allocation, advertising, and other incentive programs. These programs are generally on a “turn-to-earn” basis, which rewards new vehicle volume, and are subject to change by the manufacturers at any time. In addition, the manufacturers’ franchise agreements contain provisions which generally limit, without consent of the manufacturers, changes in dealership management, ownership, and location; place certain financial restrictions; and provide for termination of the franchise agreement by the manufacturers in certain instances.

The Company is involved in certain legal matters that it considers incidental to its business. In management’s opinion, none of these legal matters will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or the results of operations.

The Company has available $4,000,000 in draft facility agreements with banks. These lines of credit allow the Company to receive immediate credit for any drafts deposited from the sale of motor vehicles. The Company also has available a $1,500,000 commercial credit card line with a bank.

 

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The Company has entered into a risk retention insurance program for garage liability. As part of the risk retention agreement, the Company pledged a letter of credit in the amount of $300,000, which is the maximum potential liability for claims. Management does not believe the letter of credit will be drawn upon nor will it incur additional liability for claims.

The Company has outstanding guarantees of indebtedness of related parties, through common ownership, of $75,413,136 as of June 30, 2020.

A detail of the guarantees is as follows:

 

Type of Loan Guarantee

  

Guarantee Extends
Through

  

Guaranteed By

   Amount of
Loan
Guarantee
 

Real Estate Loan

   September 2021    Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.    $  17,898,054  

Real Estate Loan

   June 2022    Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      2,761,664  

Real Estate Loan

   September 2022    Park Place Motorcars, Ltd.      2,064,348  

Real Estate Loan

   January 2023    PPJ, LLC      16,816,132  

Real Estate Loan

   January 2023    PPDV, Ltd.      5,157,806  

Real Estate Loan

   August 2026    PPDV, Ltd.      4,858,437  

Real Estate Loan

   August 2028    Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd.      25,856,695  
        

 

 

 
         $  75,413,136  
        

 

 

 

The real estate loans with affiliates were used to finance the acquisitions of dealership properties and to finance the acquisitions of real estate for potential future expansion of the Company’s dealership operations. The loans are collateralized by the related real estate and substantially all of the assets of the related party.

Non-payment would result in the requirement of the guarantor to perform; however, these loans have multiple guarantors associated with them. Additionally, the value of the collateral on these loans is in excess of the outstanding loan balances at June 30, 2020. Based on the financial condition of the related parties, the sufficiency of the collateral supporting the loans and the multiple guarantors associated with the loans, management believes that the probability that the Company would have to perform upon any of these guarantees is remote.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19, a novel strain of Coronavirus, a pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting supply chains and affecting production and sales across a range of industries. The extent of the impact of the outbreak on the Company’s operational and financial performance will depend on certain developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak, impact on our customers, employees and vendors, and governmental, regulatory, and private sector responses. The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments as a result of the increase in economic uncertainty.

 

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17. Concentrations of Credit Risk

The Company sells to individuals and commercial businesses located primarily in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. Receivables resulting from vehicle sales are secured by the related vehicles. Receivables resulting from all other sales are unsecured open accounts. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of receivables, contracts in transit, and cash deposits in excess of federally insured limits. The concentration of credit risk with respect to contracts in transit is limited primarily to financial institutions. The Company’s bank balances usually exceed federally insured limits.

18. Partnership/Member Agreement

The general partner holds a 0.50% interest in Park Place Motorcars, Ltd., Park Place Motorcars Fort Worth, Ltd., PPP, LP, and Park Place LX of Texas, Ltd., a 0.10% interest in PPDV, Ltd. and a 0.00% interest in PPM Auction, LP while the limited partners hold the remaining interests. Partnership profits are to be allocated first to the general partner until the cumulative profits allocated equals the cumulative amount of losses allocated for prior years, then to each partner according to their ownership interests. Any Partnership losses are to be allocated first to the partners in the ratio and to the extent of the positive capital accounts of the limited partners, then any remaining losses are to be allocated to the general partner.

The general partner holds a 0.50% interest in PPMBA Realty, LP and PP Real Estate, Ltd. while the limited partners hold the remaining interests. Partnership profits are to be allocated first to the general partner until the cumulative profits allocated equals the cumulative amount of losses allocated for prior years, then to each partner according to their ownership interests. Any Partnership losses are to be allocated first to the partners in the ratio and to the extent of the positive capital accounts of the limited partners, then any remaining losses are to be allocated to the general partner.

The PPJ, LLC and PPMB Arlington, LLC Company Agreements state that all members share all profits, losses and distributions according to their membership interests.

Under a buy/sell agreement with one of the limited partners, the limited partner may, at any time, cause the Company to purchase their 3.00% interest based on the estimated fair value upon exercising the buy/sell option.

19. Variable Interest Entities

Management analyzes the Company’s variable interests including loans, guarantees, and equity investments, to determine if the Company has any variable interests in variable interest entities. This analysis includes both qualitative and quantitative reviews. Qualitative analysis is based on an evaluation of the design of the entity, its organizational structure including decision making ability, and financial agreements. Quantitative analysis is based on the entity’s forecasted cash flows. Generally accepted accounting principles require a reporting entity to consolidate a variable interest entity when the reporting entity has a variable interest that provides it with a controlling financial interest in the variable interest entity. The entity that consolidates a variable interest entity is referred to as the primary beneficiary of that variable interest entity. The Company uses qualitative and quantitative analyses to determine if it is the primary beneficiary of variable interest entities.

 

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Accordingly, the Company has determined that PP Real Estate, Ltd. and PPMBA Realty, Ltd. are VIEs for which the Company is the primary beneficiary, due primarily to the Company’s guarantee of the VIE’s debt and common ownership interests.

The following table summarizes the balance sheets for consolidated VIEs as of:

 

     June 30, 2020      June 30, 2019  

Assets:

     

Receivables, net

   $ 1,114,710      $ 919,095  

Property and equipment, net

     52,629,788        54,475,219  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 53,744,498      $ 55,394,314  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and Partners’ Capital:

     

Accrued expenses

   $ 423,917      $ 137,029  

Long-term debt

     38,347,278        40,763,482  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     38,771,195        40,900,511  

Partners’ capital

     14,973,303        14,493,803  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and partners’ capital

   $  53,744,498      $  55,394,314  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

20. Subsequent Event

On July 6, 2020, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Asbury Automotive Group, LLC. Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company will sell substantially all of the assets of the businesses described in the Asset Purchase Agreement for a purchase price of approximately $735 million (excluding vehicle inventory), reflecting $685 million of goodwill and approximately $50 million for parts, fixed assets and leaseholds in each case subject to certain adjustments described in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

 

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EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements presented below are derived from the historical consolidated financial statements of the Company and Park Place, as adjusted to give effect to the recently completed acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of all of the assets of, and lease of the real property related to, 12 new vehicle dealership franchises, two collision centers and an auto auction comprising the Park Place Dealership group (the acquired assets, collectively, “Park Place”) pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), dated as of July 6, 2020, among the Company, certain members of the Park Place dealership group, Park Place Mid-Cities, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, and the identified principal (collectively, the “Sellers”). These pro forma condensed financial statements also reflect the issuance of the $150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of a 4.00% promissory note due August 2021 and $50.0 million in aggregate principal amount of a 4.00% promissory note due February 2022 (collectively, the “Seller Notes”) and the drawdown of $127.5 million under the new vehicle floor plan facility under our existing credit agreement (the “New Vehicle Floor Plan Facility”) and $35.0 million under the used vehicle floor plan facility under our existing credit facility (the “Used Vehicle Floor Plan Facility”), all of which funded a portion the purchase price, together with cash on hand. All references to the “Combined Company” refer to the Company and its subsidiaries, after giving pro forma effect to the Acquisition.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2020, assumes that the Acquisition occurred on June 30, 2020.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of income for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019, assume that the Acquisition occurred on January 1, 2019.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should be read in conjunction with the following financial statements:

 

   

the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 2, 2020;

 

   

the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and the three months ended June 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 11, 2020 and July 31, 2020, respectively;

 

   

the audited combined and consolidated financial statements of Park Place as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 incorporated herein by reference, which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A; and

 

   

the unaudited combined and consolidated financial statements of Park Place as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K/A.

 

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ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

As of June 30, 2020

(In millions)

(Unaudited)

 

     Asbury
Automotive
Group, Inc.
     Park Place      Pro Forma
Adjustments
         Pro Forma
Combined
 
ASSETS              

CURRENT ASSETS:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 613.2    $ 33.2    $ (519.1   a, j    $ 127.3

Contracts-in-transit, net

     115.1    $ 24.0      (24.0   a      115.1

Accounts receivable, net

     87.7    $ 23.7      (23.7   a      87.7

Inventories, net

     636.4    $ 145.6      (28.9   a, b, j      753.1

Assets held for sale

     28.7    $ —        —            28.7

Other current assets

     110.6      65.7      (6.7   a, j, k      169.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total current assets

     1,591.7      292.2      (602.4        1,281.5

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net

     922.8      67.8      (43.3   a, c, j      947.3

OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE-ASSETS

     90.2      50.2      152.0   a, d      292.4

GOODWILL

     206.5      0.3      688.2   e, j      895.0

INTANGIBLE FRANCHISE RIGHTS

     113.2      10.7      (22.0   e, j      101.9

OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS

     10.0      9.6      (9.6   a      10.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 2,934.4    $ 430.8    $ 162.9      $ 3,528.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY              

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

             

Floor plan notes payable—trade, net

   $ 57.5    $ 41.3      (41.3   a    $ 57.5

Floor plan notes payable—non-trade, net

     468.7    $ 44.9      56.3   a, g, j      569.9

Current maturities of long-term debt

     51.4    $ 25.2      124.8   a, g      201.4

Current maturities of operating leases

     16.4    $ 18.2      (8.0   a, d      26.6

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     299.2      111.7      (46.5   a, g, j      364.4
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     893.2      241.3      85.3        1,219.8

LONG-TERM DEBT

     1,182.1      26.2      23.8   a, g      1,232.1

OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY

     77.6      31.9      159.5   a, d      269.0

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES

     24.7      —          —            24.7

OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

     43.7      3.7      (3.7   a      43.7

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

             

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

             
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     713.1      127.7      (102.0   h, j      738.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 2,934.4    $ 430.8    $ 162.9      $ 3,528.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Income

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

(In millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Asbury Automotive
Group, Inc.
    Park Place     Pro Forma
Adjustments
         Pro Forma
Combined
 
     For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
2020
    For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
2020
 

REVENUE:

           

New vehicle

   $ 1,583.9   $ 316.3   $ (16.2   j    $ 1,884.0

Used vehicle

     940.7   $ 248.6   $ (15.3   j      1,174.0

Parts and service

     390.8   $ 114.5   $ (5.1   j      500.2

Finance and insurance, net

     137.0   $ 14.0   $ (1.1   j      149.9

Other

     —         1.8   $ —          1.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL REVENUE

     3,052.4     695.2     (37.7        3,709.9

COST OF SALES:

           

New vehicle

     1,508.9     292.1   $ (15.1   j      1,785.9

Used vehicle

     872.9     232.2   $ (14.4   j      1,090.7

Parts and service

     155.4     50.8   $ (2.5   j      203.7

Other

     —         0.3   $ —          0.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL COST OF SALES

     2,537.2     575.4     (32.0        3,080.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

GROSS PROFIT

     515.2     119.8     (5.7        629.3

OPERATING EXPENSES:

           

Selling, general, and administrative

     346.9     96.2   $ (0.5   d, j      442.6

Depreciation and amortization

     19.2     5.5   $ (4.0   c, j      20.7

Franchise rights impairment

     23.0     —       $ —          23.0

Other operating (income) expense, net

     8.9     (0.3   $ 0.2   j      8.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

     117.2     18.4     (1.4        134.2

OTHER EXPENSES (INCOME):

           

Floor plan interest expense

     11.1     1.4   $ (0.8   i, j      11.7

Other interest expense, net

     28.8     2.0   $ 2.3   i, j      33.1

Loss on extinguishment of long-term debt, net

     20.6     —       $ —          20.6

Gain on divestiture

     (33.7     —       $ (25.7   j      (59.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total other expenses, net

     26.8     3.4     (24.2        6.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     90.4     15.0     22.8        128.2

Income tax expense

     21.3     0.7   $ 5.7   f, j      27.7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET INCOME

   $ 69.1   $ 14.3   $ 17.1      $ 100.5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

EARNINGS PER SHARE:

           

Basic—

           

Net income

   $ 3.60          $ 5.23
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

Diluted—

           

Net income

   $ 3.58          $ 5.21
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:

           

Basic

     19.2            19.2

Restricted stock

     —                —    

Performance share units

     0.1            0.1
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

Diluted

     19.3            19.3
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

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ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Income

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

(In millions, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Asbury Automotive
Group, Inc.
    Park Place     Pro Forma
Adjustments
         Pro Forma
Combined
 
     For the Year Ended
December 31, 2019
    For the Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 

REVENUE:

           

New vehicle

   $ 3,863.3   $ 819.8   $ (43.5   j    $ 4,639.6

Used vehicle

     2,131.6   $ 587.5     (31.4   j    $ 2,687.7

Parts and service

     899.4   $ 265.4     (10.8   j    $ 1,154.0

Finance and insurance, net

     316.0   $ 28.9     (2.3   j    $ 342.6

Other

     —       $ 4.3     —          $ 4.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL REVENUE

     7,210.3     1,705.9     (88.0        8,828.2

COST OF SALES:

           

New vehicle

     3,703.8     759.3     (40.3   j    $ 4,422.8

Used vehicle

     1,997.5     551.5     (29.4   j    $ 2,519.6

Parts and service

     340.1     116.7     (5.5   j    $ 451.3

Other

     —         0.6     —          $ 0.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL COST OF SALES

     6,041.4     1,428.1     (75.2        7,394.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

GROSS PROFIT

     1,168.9     277.8     (12.8        1,433.9

OPERATING EXPENSES:

           

Selling, general, and administrative

     799.8     200.2     (9.2   d, j    $ 990.8

Depreciation and amortization

     36.2     11.7     (8.6   c, j    $ 39.3

Franchise rights impairment

     7.1     —         —          $ 7.1

Other operating (income) expense, net

     0.8     (0.1     0.5      $ 1.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

     325.0     66.0     4.5        395.5

OTHER EXPENSES (INCOME):

           

Floor plan interest expense

     37.9     6.2     (5.1   i, j    $ 39.0

Other interest expense, net

     54.9     4.7     3.9   i, j    $ 63.5

Gain on divestiture

     (11.7     —         (25.7   j    $ (37.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total other expenses, net

     81.1     10.9     (26.9        65.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES

     243.9     55.1     31.4        330.4

Income tax expense

     59.5     1.0     7.9   f, j    $ 68.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET INCOME

   $ 184.4   $ 54.1   $ 23.5      $ 262.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

EARNINGS PER SHARE:

           

Basic—

           

Net income

   $ 9.65          $ 13.72
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

Diluted—

           

Net income

   $ 9.55          $ 13.58
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:

           

Basic

     19.1            19.1

Restricted stock

     0.1            0.1

Performance share units

     0.1            0.1
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

Diluted

     19.3            19.3
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

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1.

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information includes pro forma adjustments that are (1) directly attributable to the Acquisition, (2) factually supportable, and (3) with respect to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of income, expected to have a continuing impact on the operating results of the combined company.

The Acquisition is accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting under ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the purchase price is allocated to the underlying tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values at the date of acquisition, with any excess purchase price allocated to goodwill. To date, the Company has estimated a preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Acquisition, and will complete the allocation of such purchase price as further information becomes available. The final purchase price allocation may differ from that reflected in the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, and these differences may be material.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Combined Company gives effect to the sale of substantially all of the assets, and lease the property, of Lexus of Greenville (the “Lexus Greenville Dealership”) because it is directly attributable to the Acquisition.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020, assumes that the Acquisition and the divestiture of Lexus Greenville Dealership (the “Transactions”) occurred on June 30, 2020.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of income for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019, assume that the Transactions occurred on January 1, 2019.

The pro forma adjustments reported in these financial statements are based upon available information and certain assumptions that the Company’s management believes are reasonable. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is presented for informational purposes only and is not intended to represent or be indicative of what the results of operations or financial condition would have been had the Transactions actually occurred on the dates indicated, nor is it meant to be indicative of future results of operations or financial condition for any future period or as of any future date. The unaudited combined pro forma financial information does not reflect the realization of any expected cost savings or other synergies from the Acquisition. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Combined Company should be read in conjunction with the audited and unaudited historical financial statements and related notes of the Company and Park Place, Part I, Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors” and Part II, Item 7 entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, Part II, Item 1A entitled “Risk Factors” and Part I, Item 2 entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.

Assumptions underlying the pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes, which should be read in conjunction with the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

2.

Sources of Purchase Price

The Company acquired Park Place, including goodwill and franchise rights intangible assets, certain leasehold improvements, and parts and fixed assets, in each case subject to certain adjustments described in the Asset Purchase Agreement. The purchase price was approximately $889.9 million excluding transaction fees and expenses related to the Acquisition. The sources of preliminary purchase consideration are as follows:

 

     (In millions)  

Cash

   $ 527.4

Seller Notes

   $ 200.0

New Vehicle Floor Plan Facility

   $ 127.5

Used Vehicle Floor Plan Facility

   $ 35.0
  

 

 

 

Preliminary purchase price

   $ 889.9
  

 

 

 

 

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3.

Purchase Price Allocation

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the purchase price is allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on information currently available. The following table summarizes the allocation of the estimated purchase price based on preliminary estimates of fair value:

 

     (In millions)  

Assets Acquired and Liabilities assumed

  

Inventories

   $ 121.4

Other current assets

     61.1

Property and equipment

     24.7

Goodwill and intangible assets

     691.5

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     202.2
  

 

 

 

Total assets acquired

     1,100.9
  

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities

     (201.6

Other liabilities

     (9.4
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities assumed

     (211.0
  

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

   $ 889.9
  

 

 

 

The fair value of property, plant and equipment acquired is summarized below:

 

     Fair value
(In millions)
     Estimated useful life

Land

   $ —     

N/A

Buildings

     —        30-40 years

Leasehold improvements

     13.1    Lesser of remaining lease term or life of asset

Construction in progress

     1.7    N/A

Furniture, fixtures & equipment

     9.9    3-10 years
  

 

 

    
   $ 24.7   

The final purchase price allocation will be determined once the Company has completed the detailed valuations and necessary calculations related to the Acquisition.

The estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed were based upon preliminary analysis performed for the preparation of the pro forma financial information and are subject to the final valuations that are in the process of being completed and finalized. These estimates and assumptions are subject to change within the measurement period as additional information is obtained. A decrease in the fair value of the assets acquired or liabilities assumed in the Acquisition from the preliminary valuations presented would result in a dollar-for-dollar corresponding increase in the amount of goodwill resulting from the Acquisition. In addition, if the value of the property and equipment and other intangible assets is higher than the amount included in these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, it may result in higher depreciation and amortization expense than is presented herein. Any such increases could be material, and could result in the Company’s actual future financial condition or results of operations differing materially from that presented herein. As a result, the final purchase price allocation may differ materially from the preliminary purchase price allocation.

 

4.

Reclassifications

Upon consummation of the Acquisition, accounting policies for Park Place were conformed to those of the Company. The Company has identified preliminary adjustments to the presentation of the historical financial statements of Park Place to those of the Company based upon currently available information and assumptions management believes to be reasonable. The following reclassifications were made in order to conform with the corresponding treatment for the Company’s financial reporting:

 

   

Courtesy vehicles, net of $58.3 million and contract asset receivables of $3.2 million, as of June 30, 2020, were reclassified to other current assets. Contract asset receivables are reflected in Receivables, net in the historical financial statements of Park Place.

 

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Floor plan notes payable-trade, and floor plan notes payable-non-trade, related to courtesy vehicles, of $41.6 million and $17.1 million as of June 30, 2020, were reclassified to accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

 

   

The following amounts of sales and cost of sales are presented in the categories shown below to align with the Company’s presentation:

 

     For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
2020
     For the Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 
     (In millions)  

REVENUE:

     

New vehicle

     316.3      819.8

Used vehicle

     248.6      587.5

Parts and service

     114.5      265.4

Finance and insurance, net

     14.0      28.9

Other

     1.8      4.3

COST OF SALES:

     

New vehicle

     292.1      759.3

Used vehicle

     232.2      551.5

Parts and service

     50.8      116.7

Other

     0.3      0.6

 

   

The following line items were reclassified to selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2020, and the year ended December 31, 2019: variable selling expense, advertising expense, personnel expense, management fee expense, deferred compensation expense, profits interest obligation expense, fixed expense (excluding the amounts reclassified to depreciation and amortization described below), and semi-fixed expense (excluding the amounts reclassified to other interest expense, net described below).

 

   

Interest income on the floor plan offset facility for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019, respectively, was reclassified to floor plan interest expense.

 

   

Floor plan interest expense on courtesy vehicles of $1.1 million and $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019, respectively, was reclassified from semi-fixed expense to other interest expense, net.

 

   

$5.5 million and $11.7 million was reclassified from fixed expenses to depreciation and amortization for the six months ended June 30, 2020, and the year ended December 31, 2019, respectively.

Management of the Company is currently in the process of conducting a more detailed review of accounting policies used in the historical financial statements of Park Place to determine if differences in accounting policies require any further reclassification to conform to the Company’s accounting policies and classifications. As a result, we may identify additional differences between the accounting policies of the two companies that, when conformed, could have a material impact on these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

 

5.

Pro forma adjustments

The pro forma adjustments set forth in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information reflect the following:

 

  a.

The elimination of assets and liabilities not assumed in connection with the Acquisition.

 

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  b.

The elimination of inventory not assumed in the Acquisition and recording the preliminary fair value estimate of inventory acquired.

 

  c.

The preliminary estimated fair value of property and equipment acquired and related depreciation expense.

 

  d.

The right-of-use asset and lease liabilities for operating leases entered into and assumed in the Acquisition and related rent expense.

 

  e.

The preliminary estimate of fair value of intangible assets and goodwill arising from the Acquisition less the adjustment to remove Park Place’s historical goodwill and intangible assets.

 

  f.

The income tax effect of the pro forma adjustments reflected in the Condensed Combined Statements of Income.

 

  g.

Changes in indebtedness incurred in connection with the Acquisition. The $200.0 million Seller Notes incurred and the drawdowns of $127.5 million under the New Vehicle Floor Plan Facility and $35.0 million under the Used Vehicle Floor Plan Facility.

 

  h.

The equity impact of the elimination of historical equity balances of Park Place.

 

  i.

Changes in interest expense resulting from the $200.0 million Seller Notes issued, and the drawdowns under the New Vehicle Floor Plan Facility and Used Vehicle Floor Plan Facility, in connection with the Acquisition, and resulting interest expense not incurred on the indebtedness of Park Place not assumed by the Company in the Acquisition.

 

  j.

Adjustments related to the divestiture of the Lexus Greenville Dealership.

 

  k.

The recording of the preliminary fair value estimate of courtesy vehicles and contract assets acquired.

 

  l.

The recording of assumed accrued liabilities.

 

6.

Other Financing Transactions

On September 16, 2020, following the completion of the Acquisition, the Company issued $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of additional senior notes, consisting of (i) $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.50% senior notes due 2028 (the “Additional 2028 Notes”) pursuant to an indenture, dated February 19, 2020 (as supplemented by an officer’s certificate dated September 16, 2020) among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto (the “Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (the “Additional 2028 Notes Officer’s Certificate”), and (ii) $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.75% senior notes due 2030 (the “2030 Additional Notes” and, together with the Additional 2028 Notes, the “Additional Notes”) pursuant to an indenture, dated February 19, 2020 (as supplemented by an officer’s certificate dated September 16, 2020). The Additional 2028 Notes were priced at 101.00% plus accrued interest from and including September 1, 2020, and the Additional 2030 Notes were priced at 101.75% plus accrued interest from and including September 1, 2020. The Additional Notes of each series are part of the same issuance of, and rank equally and form a single series, respectively, with the $280.0 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.50% senior notes due 2028 and the $320.0 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.75% senior notes due 2030, which were issued on February 19, 2020. The Company used the proceeds of the offering of Additional Notes to repay the Seller Notes and approximately $50.0 million of outstanding indebtedness under the revolving credit facility under our existing credit agreement. The impact of issuing the Additional Notes and redeeming the Seller Notes and repaying $50.0 under the Company’s revolving credit facility is a decrease in the Current maturities of long-term debt of $150.0 million and an increase in long-term debt of $150.0 million. Pro forma interest expense would have been $3.3 million per annum greater if these financing transactions had been reflected in the accompanying unaudited pro forma financial information. Pro forma effect is not given to the offering of the Additional Notes or the use of proceeds therefrom in the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

 

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