Monro’s acquisitions are strategic moves in our plan to fill in and expand our presence in our existing and contiguous markets, expand into new markets and leverage fixed operating costs such as advertising and administration. Acquisitions in this footnote include acquisitions of five or more locations as well as acquisitions of one to four locations that are part of our greenfield store growth strategy.

During 2023, we acquired the following businesses for an aggregate purchase price of $6.4 million. The acquisitions were financed through our Credit Facility, as defined in Note 6. The results of operations for these acquisitions are included in our financial results from the respective acquisition dates. On February 19, 2023, we acquired five retail tire and automotive repair stores located in Iowa and Illinois from Hawkeye Mufflers Inc. These stores are operating under the Car-X name. On December 4, 2022, we acquired one retail tire and automotive repair store operating as a Car-X franchise location in Wisconsin from Spinler’s Service Systems, Inc. This store operates under the Car-X name.

The acquisitions resulted in goodwill related to, among other things, growth opportunities, synergies and economies of scale expected from combining the businesses with ours, as well as unidentifiable intangible assets. All of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

We expensed all costs related to the acquisitions during 2023. The total costs related to the completed acquisitions were immaterial to the Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income and these costs are included primarily under OSG&A expenses.

Sales and net income related to the completed acquisitions totaled $0.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively for the period from acquisition date through March 25, 2023. The net income of $0.1 million includes an allocation of certain traditional corporate related items, including vendor rebates, interest expense, and income taxes.

Supplemental pro forma information for the current or prior reporting periods has not been presented due to the impracticability of obtaining detailed, accurate or reliable data for the periods the acquired entities were not owned by Monro.

We accounted for each 2023 acquisition as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with the FASB ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations.” As a result of the updated purchase price allocation for the 2023 acquisitions, certain of the fair value amounts previously estimated were adjusted during the measurement period. These measurement period adjustments resulted from updated valuation reports and appraisals received from our external valuation specialists, as well as revisions to internal estimates. The measurement period adjustments were not material to the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 30, 2024 and March 25, 2023 and the Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income for 2024 and 2023.

The assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded at their assigned acquisition-date fair values and were consolidated with those of the Company as of the acquisition date. The consideration transferred over the net identifiable assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.



2023 Acquisition-date Fair Values Assigned
(thousands)
Inventory	$	108
Other current assets		80
Property and equipment		82
Operating lease assets		5,310
Intangible assets		153
Long-term deferred income tax assets		88
Total assets acquired		5,821
Current portion of operating lease liabilities		448
Other current liabilities		4
Long-term operating lease liabilities		5,202
Total liabilities assumed		5,654
Total net identifiable assets acquired	$	167
Total consideration transferred	$	6,425
Less: total net identifiable assets acquired		167
Goodwill	$	6,258

We have recorded customer list intangible assets with a useful life of seven years at their estimated fair value of approximately $0.2 million to amortizable intangible assets. We have recorded acquired ROU assets at the present value of remaining lease payments adjusted to reflect unfavorable market terms of the lease.

Divestitures

2023

On June 17, 2022, we completed the divestiture of assets relating to our wholesale tire operations (seven locations) and internal tire distribution operations to American Tire Distributors, Inc. (“ATD”). We received $62 million from ATD at the closing of the transaction, of which approximately $5 million was held in escrow and subsequently paid in December 2023. The remaining $40 million (“Earnout”) of the total consideration of $102 million will be paid quarterly over approximately three years based on our tire purchases from or through ATD pursuant to a distribution and fulfillment agreement with ATD. We received $16.0 million of the Earnout during fiscal 2024, $8.7 million of the Earnout was received during fiscal 2023 and $15.3 million of the Earnout is outstanding as of March 30, 2024. Under a distribution agreement between us and ATD, ATD agreed to supply and sell tires to retail locations we own.

After ATD satisfies the Earnout payments, our company-owned retail stores will be required to purchase at least 90 percent of their forecasted requirements for certain passenger car tires, light truck replacement tires, and medium truck tires from or through ATD. Any tires that ATD is unable to supply or fulfill from those categories will be excluded from the calculation of our requirements for tires. The initial term of the distribution agreement is five years after the completion of the Earnout Period, with automatic 12-month renewal periods thereafter. The divestiture enables us to focus our resources on our core retail business operations. The divestiture did not meet the criteria to be reported as discontinued operations in our consolidated financial statements as our decision to divest this business did not represent a strategic shift that would have a major effect on our operations and financial results.

In connection with this transaction in fiscal 2023, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $2.4 million within OSG&A expenses. We also recognized a gain of $1.1 million on the subsequent sale of related warehouses, net of associated closing costs, within OSG&A expenses. Additionally, we incurred $1.3 million in costs in connection with restructuring and elimination of certain executive management positions upon completion of the divestiture in the year ended March 25, 2023.

For additional information regarding discrete tax impacts because of the divestiture, see Note 8.