Explanatory Statement
This Amendment on Form 8-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 21, 2021 (the “Initial Form 8-K”). The Initial Form 8-K described, among other matters, the completion of the acquisition of the North American operations of RE/MAX INTEGRA, the sub-franchisor of the RE/MAX brand in five Canadian provinces and nine U.S. states (collectively, the “Acquisition”). This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Initial Form 8-K, which provides a description of the Acquisition.
The Company stated in the Initial Form 8-K that the financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K and the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K with respect to the Acquisition would be filed by amendment to the Initial Form 8-K not later than 71 calendar days after the date on which the Initial Form 8-K was required to be filed, as required pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.
The Company is filing the financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K as exhibits to this Amendment. Although the Company has completed a substantial portion of the work required in order to file the financial information required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K with respect to the Acquisition, the Company is still completing certain items that are necessary in order to provide such financial information. Accordingly, the Company will not be able to file such financial information within the required 71-day period for the reasons described below.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
In analyzing the purchase accounting with respect to the Acquisition, the Company has reached a preliminary conclusion that it will need to allocate a portion of the Acquisition’s purchase price to a loss on the settlement of the pre-existing master franchise agreements in which the pre-acquisition royalty rates paid by RE/MAX INTEGRA were below the current market rate. This is in contrast to prior independent region acquisitions, where the Company allocated the entire purchase price to acquired assets, primarily goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets.
The Company also believes this same conclusion may apply to certain of its other independent regions acquired between 2007 and 2017 where the region paid a royalty rate below the current market rate prior to the acquisition. In these circumstances, the Company’s goodwill and identifiable intangible assets balances may be overstated, resulting in overstated levels of intangible asset amortization expense subsequent to acquisition.
The Company is evaluating the materiality of this change to the purchase accounting for certain independent regions acquired between 2007 and 2017 and does not believe that it would affect previously reported revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Earnings Per Share, accounts receivables or cash balances. In connection with its ongoing review of these matters, the Company is also evaluating whether a possible restatement of any historical financial statements would be required. The Company is not currently able to predict when this evaluation will be complete and when the Company will be able to file an additional amendment to the Initial Form 8-K in order to include the required pro forma financial information in connection with the Acquisition.
The Company intends to file an additional amendment to the Initial Form 8-K to provide the required pro forma financial information as soon as the Company completes its evaluation of these matters.
(a) Consolidated Financial Statements of Acquired Businesses
The audited consolidated financial statements of Polzler & Schneider Holdings Corporation as of and for the years ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, and the notes thereto, and the audited consolidated financial statements of RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada, Inc. as of and for the years ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, and the notes thereto, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively to this Form 8-K/A.
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Polzler & Schneider Holdings Corporation and RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada, Inc. as of and for the six months ended April 30, 2021 are filed herewith as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4, respectively.
Polzler & Schneider Holdings Corporation and RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada, Inc. constitute the North American operations of RE/MAX INTEGRA acquired by the Company.
(b) Unaudited Pro-Forma Financial Information
The Company is not filing the unaudited pro-forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K at this time as a result of the aforementioned review of its historical purchase accounting for acquisitions of certain independent regions that occurred between 2007 and 2017.
(d) Exhibits.
The following documents have been filed as exhibits to this report and are incorporated by reference herein as described above.