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Significant Accounting Policies and Practices (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries, and Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") in which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany profits, transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including the current environment.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of the Company's Canadian operations is the Canadian dollar. Accordingly, assets and liabilities of the Company's Canadian operations are translated from the Canadian dollar into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect on the balance sheet date while income and expenses are translated at the weighted-average exchange rates for the year. Adjustments resulting from the translations of Canadian dollar financial statements are accumulated and classified as a separate component of stockholders' equity.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents represent funds temporarily invested in money market instruments with maturities of three months or less. Cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates fair value. Cash and cash equivalents that are restricted as to withdrawal or use under the terms of certain contractual agreements were $0.3 million and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are included within Cash and cash equivalents within the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable, net of the allowance for doubtful accounts, represents the Company's estimate of the amount that ultimately will be realized in cash. Management reviews the adequacy of its allowance for doubtful accounts on an ongoing basis, primarily using a review of specific accounts, as well as historical collection trends and aging of receivables, and makes adjustments to the allowance as necessary. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances could have an impact on the collection of existing receivable balances or future allowance considerations. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company's allowance for doubtful accounts was $5.1 million and $1.9 million, respectively.

Transactions affecting the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

(millions)	December 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Beginning Balance	$	1.9		$	1.0
Provision for credit losses		6.4			1.1
Write offs and other		(3.2	)		(0.2	)
Ending Balance	$	5.1		$	1.9

Leasehold Improvements, Equipment and Construction in Progress, net

Leasehold improvements, equipment, software, vehicles, and other fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Equipment is depreciated on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives ranging from 1 to 10 years. Expenditures for major renewals and improvements that extend the useful life of property and equipment are capitalized. Leasehold improvements are amortized on the straight-line basis over the terms of the respective leases or the service lives of the improvements, whichever is shorter (weighted average remaining life of approximately 4.3 years).

Certain costs associated with directly obtaining, developing or upgrading internal-use software are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of software.

Cost of Contracts

Cost of contracts represents the cost of obtaining contractual rights associated with a managed type or lease-type contract. Cost of parking contracts are amortized over the estimated life of the contracts, including anticipated renewals and terminations. Estimated lives are based on the contract life or anticipated life of the contract. Effective January 1, 2019, cost of contracts associated with leases within the scope of ASU No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) are included in the right-of-use (“ROU”) assets balance.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price paid over the fair value of net assets acquired. In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") authoritative accounting guidance on goodwill, the Company evaluates goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances change that could cause goodwill to become impaired. The Company has elected to assess the impairment of goodwill annually on October 1 or at an interim date if there is an event or change in circumstances indicating the carrying value may not be recoverable. The goodwill impairment test is performed at the reporting unit level; the Company's reporting units represent its operating segments, consisting of Commercial and Aviation. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant under-performance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results, significant changes in the use of acquired assets or its business strategy, and significant negative industry or economic trends.

The Company may perform a qualitative, rather than quantitative, assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. As of January 1, 2020, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-04, which eliminated the two step approach from the current goodwill impairment test and allows impairment to be calculated based on the quantitative assessment. The determination of fair value of a reporting unit utilizes cash flow projections that assume certain future revenue and cost levels, comparable marketplace data, assumed discount rates based upon current market conditions and other valuation factors, all of which involve the use of significant judgement and estimates. The Company also assesses critical areas that may impact its business including economic conditions, market related exposures, competition, changes in service offerings and changes in key personnel.

Beginning in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic (“COVID-19”) and the resulting stay at home orders issued by local governments were beginning to impact certain of the Company’s businesses. These factors have significantly impacted the hospitality and travel industries, as well as overall consumer discretionary spending.

Due to the impacts of COVID-19, revenues for certain markets in which the Company operates have dropped significantly as compared to the expectations as of the October 1, 2019 annual impairment test. The Company does not know how long the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects will continue to impact the results of the Company. In addition, certain Aviation contracts were terminated in August 2020. The termination of these contracts and the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on the Company’s expected future operating cash flows triggered the Company to complete a quantitative goodwill impairment analysis for the Aviation reporting unit as of August 31, 2020. Based on the quantitative analysis, the Company determined that estimated carrying value exceeded implied fair value for the Aviation reporting unit and goodwill was impaired. See Note 11. Goodwill for further discussion.

Other Intangible Assets, net

Other intangible assets with finite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The Company evaluates the remaining useful life of other intangible assets on a periodic basis to determine whether events or circumstances warrant a revision to their remaining useful lives. In addition, other intangible assets are reviewed for impairment when circumstances change that would indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. Assumptions and estimates about future values and remaining useful lives of intangible are complex and subjective. They can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, internal factors, such as changes in the Company’s business strategy and internal forecasts. Although management believes the historical assumptions and estimates are reasonable and appropriate, difference assumptions and estimates could materially impact reported financial results.

As a result of the impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s expected future operating cash flows, the Company determined certain impairment triggers had occurred related to a proprietary know how intangible assets within the Aviation segment as of June 30, 2020. Accordingly, the Company analyzed undiscounted cash flows for the proprietary know how intangible asset as of June 30, 2020. Based on the undiscounted cash flow analysis, the Company determined that the estimated net carrying value for the proprietary know how intangible asset exceeded its undiscounted future cash flows and therefore, as of June 30, 2020, the asset was impaired.

Additionally, as a result of the termination of certain contracts within the Aviation reporting unit during August 2020 and the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s expected future operating cash flows, the Company determined certain impairment testing triggers had occurred related to the Company’s customer relationships and trade names and trademarks intangible assets. Accordingly, the Company analyzed undiscounted cash flows for certain intangible assets as of August 31, 2020. Based on the undiscounted cash flow analysis, the Company determined that estimated net carrying values exceeded undiscounted future cash flows for certain intangible assets and therefore, as of August 31, 2020, certain intangible assets were impaired.

The impairments recognized were measured by the amount by which the carrying value of the intangible assets exceed their fair value. See Note 10. Other Intangible Assets, net for further discussion.

For both goodwill and intangible assets, future events may indicate differences from management’s judgements and estimates which could, in turn, result in impairment charges. Future events that may result in impairment charges include extended unfavorable economic impacts of COVID-19, increases in interest rates, which would impact discount rates, or other factors which could decreases revenues and profitability of existing locations and changes in the cost structure of existing facilities.

Long-Lived Assets

The Company evaluates long-lived assets, including ROU assets, leasehold improvements, equipment and construction in progress, for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. The Company groups assets at the lowest level for which cash flows are separately identified in order to measure an impairment. Events or circumstances that would result in an impairment review include a significant change in the use of an asset, the planned sale or disposal of an asset, or a projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset group. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset to future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset group. If it is determined to be impaired, the impairment recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its fair value.

As a result of the impact of COVID-19 on the Company's expected future operating cash flows, the Company’s management determined impairment testing triggers had occurred for ROU assets associated with certain asset groups. Accordingly, the Company analyzed undiscounted cash flows for these ROU assets during the year ended December 31, 2020. Based on the undiscounted cash flow analysis, the Company determined that estimated net carrying values exceeded undiscounted cash flows for ROU assets associated with certain asset groups and therefore for the year ended December 31, 2020, certain ROU assets were impaired. The impairment recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying value of the ROU asset exceeded its fair value. See Note 2. Leases for further discussion.

Assumptions and estimates used to determine cash flows in the evaluation of impairment and the fair values used to determine the impairment are subject to a degree of judgment and complexity. Any future changes to the assumptions and estimates resulting from changes in actual results or market conditions from those anticipated may affect the carrying value of long-lived assets and could result in additional impairment charges. Future events that may result in impairment charges include extended unfavorable economic impacts of COVID-19, or other factors which could decrease revenues and profitability of existing locations and changes in the cost structure of existing facilities.

Accrued and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued and other current liabilities

Components of accrued and other current liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

(millions)	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Accrued rent	$	17.3	$	18.1
Compensation and payroll withholdings		32.0		28.7
Property, payroll and other taxes		4.8		6.8
Accrued insurance		20.1		19.2
Accrued expenses		38.5		48.6
Accrued and other current liabilities	$	112.7	$	121.4

Financial Instruments

The carrying values of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments. Book overdrafts of $23.2 million and $29.3 million are included within Accounts payable within the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020, and 2019, respectively. Long-term debt has a carrying value that approximates fair value because the instruments bear interest at variable market rates.

Insurance Reserves

The Company purchases comprehensive casualty insurance covering certain claims that arise in connection with its operations. In addition, the Company purchases umbrella/excess liability coverage. Under the various liability and workers' compensation insurance policies, the Company is obligated to pay directly or reimburse the insurance carrier for the deductible / retention amount of each loss covered by its general / garage liability, automobile, workers' compensation and garage keepers legal liability policies. As a result, the Company is, in effect, self-insured for all claims within the deductible / retention amount of each loss. Any loss over the deductible / retention is the responsibility of the third-party insurer. The Company applies the provisions as defined in the guidance related to accounting for contingencies, in determining the timing and amount of expense recognition associated with claims against the Company. The expense recognition is based upon the Company's determination of an unfavorable outcome of a claim being deemed as probable and capable of being reasonably estimated, as defined in the guidance related to accounting for contingencies. This determination requires the use of judgment in both the estimation of probability and the amount to be recognized as an expense. The Company utilizes historical claims experience and exposures specific to each type of insurance, along with actuarial methods performed quarterly by a third party actuarial adviser in determining the required level of insurance reserves. As of December 31, 2020, the insurance reserve for general, garage, automobile and workers’ compensation liabilities is recorded in Accrued and other current liabilities and Other noncurrent liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for short term and long term balances, respectively. Future information regarding historical loss experience may require changes to the level of insurance reserves and could result in increased expense recognition in the future.

Legal and Other Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is subject to litigation in the normal course of its business. The Company applies the provisions as defined in the guidance related to accounting for contingencies in determining the recognition and measurement of expense recognition associated with legal claims against the Company. Management uses guidance from internal and external legal counsel on the potential outcome of litigation in determining the need to record liabilities for potential losses and the disclosure for pending legal claims. See Note 19. Legal Proceedings for further discussion.

Revenue From Contract With Customer

Services Revenue

The Company's revenues are primarily derived from management type and lease type contracts; whereby the Company provides parking services, parking management, ground transportation services, baggage handling services and other ancillary services to commercial, hospitality, institutional, municipal and aviation clients. Ancillary services include on-site parking management, facility maintenance, ground transportation services, event logistics, remote airline check-in, security services, municipal meter revenue collection and enforcement services, scheduling and supervising all service personnel as well as providing customer service, marketing, and accounting and revenue control functions necessary to complete such services, payments received for exercising termination rights, consulting development fees, gains on sales of contracts, insurance (general, workers' compensation and health care) and other value-added services. In accordance with the guidance related to revenue recognition, entities are required to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The Company recognizes gross receipts (net of taxes collected from customers) as revenue from leased type contracts, and management fees for services, as the related services are provided. Ancillary services are earned from management contract properties and are recognized as revenue as those services are provided.

Reimbursed Management Type Contract Revenue and Expense

The Company recognizes both revenues and expenses, in equal amounts, that are directly reimbursed for operating expenses incurred under a management type contract. The Company has determined it is the principal in these transactions as the nature of our performance obligations is for the Company to provide the services on behalf of the customer. As the principal to these related transactions, the Company has control of the promised services before they are transferred to the customer.

Cost of Services

The Company recognizes costs for lease type contracts, non-reimbursed costs from management type contracts and reimbursed management type contract expenses as cost of services. Cost of services consists primarily of rent and payroll related costs.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based payments to employees including grants of employee stock options, restricted stock units and performance-based share units are measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and the related expense is recognized over the requisite employee service period or performance period (generally the vesting period) for awards expected to vest. The Company accounts for forfeitures of stock-based awards as they occur.

Equity Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

Equity Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

The Company has ownership interests in 29 active partnerships, joint ventures or similar arrangements that operate parking facilities, of which 24 are consolidated under the VIE or voting interest models and 5 are unconsolidated where the Company’s ownership interests range from 30-50 percent and for which there are no indicators of control. The Company accounts for such investments under the equity method of accounting, and its underlying share of each investee’s equity is included in Equity investments in unconsolidated entities within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As the operations of these entities are consistent with the Company’s underlying core business operations, the equity in earnings of these investments are included in Services revenue - lease type contracts within the Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income. The equity earnings in these related investments were $1.3 million, $3.2 million, and $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

In 2014, the Company entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture with Parkmobile USA, Inc. and contributed all of the assets and liabilities of its proprietary Click and Park parking prepayment business in exchange for a 30% interest in the newly formed legal entity called Parkmobile, LLC (“Parkmobile”). On January 3, 2018, the Company sold its entire 30% interest in Parkmobile to Parkmobile USA, Inc. for a gross sale price of $19.0 million and recognized a pre-tax gain of $10.1 million, net of closing costs. The pre-tax gain was included in Equity in (earnings) losses from investment in unconsolidated entity within the Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Company historically accounted for its investment in the Parkmobile joint venture using the equity method of accounting, and its underlying share of equity in Parkmobile was included in Equity investments in unconsolidated entities within the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The equity (earnings) losses in the Parkmobile joint venture were historically included in Equity in (earnings) losses from investment in unconsolidated entity within the Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income.

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests represent the noncontrolling holders' percentage share of income or losses from the subsidiaries in which the Company holds a majority, but less than 100 percent, ownership interest and the results of which are consolidated and included within in our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense involves management judgment as to the ultimate resolution of any tax issues. Historically, the Company’s assessments of the ultimate resolution of tax issues have been reasonably accurate. The current open issues are not dissimilar from historical items.

Deferred income taxes are computed using the asset and liability method, such that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between US GAAP amounts and the tax basis of existing assets and liabilities based on currently enacted tax laws and tax rates in effect for the periods in which these temporary differences are expected to reverse or be settled. Income tax expense is the tax payable for the period plus the change during the period in deferred income taxes. The Company has certain state net operating loss carry forwards which expire in 2036. The Company considers a number of factors in its assessment of the recoverability of its net operating loss carryforwards including their expiration dates, the limitations imposed due to the change in ownership as well as future projections of income. Future changes in the Company's operating performance along with these considerations may significantly impact the amount of net operating losses ultimately recovered, and the Company’s assessment of their recoverability.

When evaluating the Company’s tax positions, the Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes in its Consolidated Financial Statements. The evaluation of a tax position by the Company is a two-step process, the first step being recognition. The first step is to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that a tax position will be sustained upon tax examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on only the technical merits of the position and the weight of available evidence. If a tax position does not meet the more-likely-than-not threshold, which is more than 50% likely of being realized, the benefit of that position is not recognized in the Company’s financial statements. The second step is measurement of the tax benefit. The tax position is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is more-likely-than-not of being realized, which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate resolution with a taxing authority.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “2017 Tax Act”) was signed into law. The 2017 Tax Act included significant changes to the corporate income tax system in the United States, including a federal corporate rate reduction from 35% to 21% and the transition of United States international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial tax system, and a one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (SAB 118), as issued to address the application of US GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete accounting for certain income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act. The Company completed its analysis of the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act in the fourth quarter of 2018 in accordance with SAB 118.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

ASU	Topic	Method of Adoption
2016-13	Credit Losses - Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Topic 326)	Prospective
2017-04	Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment	Prospective
2018-13	Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820)	Prospective
2018-15	Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal - Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract	Prospective
20018-17	Consolidation (Topic 810), Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities	Prospective
2018-18	Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808)	Prospective
2018-19	Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses	Prospective
2019-04	Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Financial Instruments (Topic 825)	Prospective
2019-08	Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Codification Improvements - Share-Based Consideration Payable to a Customer	Prospective
2020-02	Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326) And Leases (Topic 842)-Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 119 And Update to SEC Section On Effective Date Related to Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)	Prospective
2019-12	Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (Topic 740)	Prospective, early adopted

Accounting Pronouncements to be Adopted

Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This ASU provides optional expedient and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. In response to the concerns about structural risks of interbank offered rates (IBORs) and, particularly, risks associated with the phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), regulators in several jurisdictions around the world have undertaken reference rate reform initiatives to identify alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction based and less susceptible to manipulation. The ASU provides companies with optional guidance to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from reference rates that are expected to be discontinued. The ASU can be adopted no later than December 1, 2022 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting the standard on the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

Investments - equity securities; Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures; Derivatives and Hedging

In January 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-01, Investments-Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). The amendments in this ASU clarify the interaction between the accounting for investments in equity securities, investment in equity method and certain derivatives instruments. The ASU is expected to reduce diversity in practice and increase comparability of the accounting for these interactions. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting the standard on the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.

In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-10, Codification Improvements. This ASU addresses, a variety of topics in the Accounting Standards Codification in order to improve consistency and clarify the guidance. The FASB provided transition guidance for all of the amendments. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting the standard on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows and financial statement disclosures.