UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 25, 2010
KAR Auction Services, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34568 | 20-8744739 | ||
| (State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
13085 Hamilton Crossing Boulevard
Carmel, Indiana 46032
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(800) 923-3725
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On March 25, 2010, KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE: KAR) attended the Barclays High Yield Bond and Syndicated Loan Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference included a presentation by Eric Loughmiller, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of KAR Auction Services, Inc. The Company issued a press release announcing the conference on March 18, 2010. The presentation visuals for the March 25, 2010 Conference are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Within the presentation visuals, the Company makes reference to certain non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures include the following: EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. The Company has presented reconciling information along with the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for each of the above non-GAAP financial measures in the presentation visuals. In addition, the Company’s reasons for presenting these non-GAAP financial measures are discussed below.
The Company believes that these measures represent important internal measures of performance. Accordingly, where these non-GAAP measures are provided, it is done so that investors have the same financial data that management uses with the belief that it will assist the investment community in properly assessing the underlying performance of the Company on a year-over-year and quarter-sequential basis. Investors should consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. The specific reasons, in addition to the reasons described above, why the Company’s management believes that the presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors regarding the Company’s results of operations are as follows:
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA – The Company’s management believes that EBITDA is a useful supplement and meaningful indicator of earnings performance to be used by its investors, financial analysts and others to analyze the Company’s financial performance and results of operations over time. Management believes that the inclusion of supplementary adjustments to EBITDA applied in presenting Adjusted EBITDA is appropriate to provide additional information to investors about one of the principal internal measures of performance used by the Company. Management uses the Adjusted EBITDA measure to evaluate the performance of the Company and to evaluate results relative to incentive compensation targets. Adjusted EBITDA is also used by the Company’s creditors in assessing debt covenant compliance and management believes its inclusion is appropriate to provide additional information to investors about certain covenants required pursuant to the Company’s senior secured credit facility and the notes. The most directly comparable financial performance measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP is net income (loss). A reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is contained in the appendix to the presentation visuals.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
| EXHIBIT |
DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT | |
| 99.1 | Barclay’s 2010 High Yield Bond and Loan Conference March 25, 2010 | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: March 25, 2010 | KAR Auction Services, Inc. | |||
| /s/ ERIC M. LOUGHMILLER | ||||
| Eric M. Loughmiller | ||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||