Significant Judgments, Estimates and Assumptions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Significant Judgments, Estimates and Assumptions

Significant Judgments, Estimates and Assumptions

3. Significant Judgements, Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Future differences arising between actual results and the judgments, estimates and assumptions made by the Company at the reporting date, or future changes to estimates and assumptions, could necessitate adjustments to the underlying reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses in future reporting periods.

Judgments, estimates and underlying assumptions are evaluated on an ongoing basis by management and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments may change due to market changes or circumstances and such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they occur.

Significant items subject to estimates and judgments during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 related to the preliminary purchase price allocations for the acquisition of IAA.

Accounting for business combinations requires estimates with respect to the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Such estimates of fair value require valuation methods which rely on significant estimates and assumptions. In connection with the acquisition of IAA, the valuation of intangible assets required significant estimates and assumptions and included estimates regarding future cash flows, growth rates, attrition rates, royalty rates, obsolescence rates, discount rates, terminal value and forecasted period assumptions, as applicable. The Company based these estimates on historical and anticipated results, industry trends, economic analysis, and various other assumptions, including assumptions as to the occurrence of future events. In addition, the valuation of acquired property, plant, and equipment required significant estimates and assumptions regarding the valuation of leasehold improvements, acquired yard equipment and other equipment, acquired land, and operating lease right-of-use assets. The valuation of acquired property, plant, and equipment was performed using a cost approach and required significant estimates and assumptions regarding the estimate of replacement cost, adjusted by an estimated depreciation rate to account for physical deterioration and obsolescence. The fair value of the acquired land and right-of-use assets were estimated using a sales comparison approach and included significant estimates and assumptions with respect to market value or market rents, growth rates, and discount rates, as applicable.