September 11, 2024
Michael Welch
Chief Financial Officer
Asbury Automotive Group Inc.
2905 Premiere Parkway NW
Suite 300
Duluth, GA 30097
Re: Asbury Automotive Group Inc.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2024
Form 8-K Furnishd August 2, 2024
Dear Michael Welch:
We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements
and related
disclosures and have the following comment(s).
Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the
requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional
comments.
Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2024
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
CDK Outage, page 28
1. In Exhibit 99.1 of your Form 8-K furnished August 2, 2024 you disclosed
your estimated
earnings per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 were negatively
impacted between
$0.95 and $1.15 diluted share by the CDK Global cyber incident. This
impact appears
material to you. However, we did not note similar disclosure in this
Form 10-Q or
whether you expect any continuing impact. To the extent material, please
expand your
disclosure to quantify the impact on your historical results and whether
the incident is
expected to continue to impact your operations and results in future
periods. Refer to Item
303 of Regulation S-K.
September 11, 2024
Page 2
Form 8-K Furnished August 2, 2024
Exhibit 99.1
Supplemental Disclosures, page 14
2. You present the non-GAAP measures Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA and Pro
Forma net
leverage ratio. Please confirm to us and disclose whether these measures
are determined
in accordance with the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S-X.
Also, disclose how
these measures are used by management in managing and monitoring the
performance of
your business and the how they provide useful information to investors.
Refer to
Question 100.05 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on
Non-GAAP
Financial Measures and Item 10(e)(1)(i)(C) and (D) of Regulation S-K.
In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.
Please contact Robert Shapiro at 202-551-3273 or Doug Jones at
202-551-3309 with any
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of
Corporation Finance
Office of Trade &
Services