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| Item 1.01. | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On January 19, 2024, Vroom, Inc. (“Vroom,” the “Company,” “us,” “we” and “our”), its wholly-owned subsidiary Vroom Automotive, LLC (“Vroom Automotive” and, together with the Company, the “Borrower”) and Ally Bank and Ally Financial Inc. (together, “Ally”) entered into an amendment to the Amended and Restated Inventory Financing and Security Agreement dated November 4, 2022, as amended (the “IFSA Amendment”), pursuant to which the Borrower will amend certain financing and other accommodations, as set forth in the IFSA Amendment. As a result of the IFSA Amendment, the credit line is being suspended for future vehicle purchases and the Company must maintain 40% of its outstanding borrowings in cash. In addition, all other financial covenants were eliminated.
| Item 2.05. | Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. |
On January 19, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Vroom approved a value maximization plan, pursuant to which the Company is discontinuing its ecommerce operations and winding down its used vehicle dealership business in order to preserve liquidity and enable the Company to maximize stakeholder value through its remaining businesses (the “Value Maximization Plan”). Under the Value Maximization Plan, the Company is suspending transactions through vroom.com, planning to sell its current used vehicle inventory through wholesale channels, halting purchases of additional vehicles, and executing a reduction-in-force commensurate with its reduced operations. The Company anticipates the Value Maximization Plan to be substantially implemented by March 31, 2024.
The Company also owns and operates United Auto Credit Corporation (“UACC”), an automotive finance company, and CarStory, an artificial intelligence-powered analytics and digital services platform for automotive retail. The UACC and CarStory businesses will continue to serve their third-party customers, with their operations unaffected by Vroom’s ecommerce wind-down.
As part of a planned reduction-in-force under the Value Maximization Plan, the Company anticipates that approximately 800 employees will be impacted upon substantial implementation of the Value Maximization Plan, resulting in a reduction of approximately 90% of the employees not engaged in UACC’s or CarStory’s operations.
At this time, the Company is unable in good faith to make a determination of an estimate of the costs associated with the Value Maximization Plan, partly due to the uncertainty of the liquidation process of its used vehicle inventory, the Company’s ongoing obligations under its contractual and lease agreements, and ongoing assessment of severance and retention costs. The Company intends to amend this Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days of when it is able to estimate these costs.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On January 22, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the Value Maximization Plan. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information contained or incorporated in this Item 7.01, including the press release furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding the potential impacts of the Company’s amendment to the Amended and Restated Inventory Financing and Security Agreement; execution of and the expected benefits and cost-savings, if any, from our Value Maximization Plan, any anticipated costs and charges related to the Value Maximization Plan and the anticipated timeline of such costs, charges, implementation or completion of the Value Maximization Plan, our expectations regarding United Auto Credit Corporation and
CarStory; our ability to successfully wind down and halt our ecommerce operations, liquidate our used vehicle inventory in an efficient manner and implement the reduction-in-force; and future results of operations and financial position of our remaining businesses. These statements are based on management’s current assumptions and are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. For other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, please see the risks and uncertainties identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as updated by the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, each of which is available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at ir.vroom.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release dated January 22, 2024. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
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.
| VROOM, INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ Robert R. Krakowiak | ||||
| Robert R. Krakowiak | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Exhibit 99.1
Vroom Announces Wind-Down of Ecommerce Used Vehicle Operations
HOUSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE) –January 22, 2024—Vroom, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRM) (Vroom, or the Company), a leading ecommerce platform for buying and selling used vehicles, today announced that it is discontinuing its ecommerce operations and winding down its used vehicle dealership business in order to preserve liquidity and enable the Company to maximize stakeholder value through its remaining businesses. Vroom owns and operates United Auto Credit Corporation (UACC), a leading automotive finance company, and CarStory, a leader in AI-powered analytics and digital services for automotive retail. UACC and CarStory will continue to serve their third-party customers and focus on growing those businesses.
Under the Value Maximization Plan approved by Vroom’s Board of Directors, the Company is suspending transactions through vroom.com, planning to sell its current used vehicle inventory through wholesale channels, halting purchases of additional vehicles, and executing a reduction-in-force commensurate with its reduced operations.
Thomas Shortt, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, said “As we previously disclosed, we intended to raise additional capital to fund our operations and support the extension of our vehicle floorplan facility beyond its current expiration date of March 31, 2024. Despite significant efforts to do so, we ultimately were unable to raise the necessary capital in the current market. Obviously, we are very disappointed with this outcome. Two years ago, we set out to build a well-oiled machine, improve unit economics and dramatically improve our customer experience and I believe we achieved those goals. I want to thank our dedicated Vroommates, customers and business partners, as well as our Board of Directors and investors, all of whom have supported us over the years.”
Robert Mylod, Independent Executive Chair of the Board, said “Although we were unable to raise the capital necessary to achieve profitability in our ecommerce operations, we are committed to responsibly managing our remaining businesses and prudently deploying our capital as we seek to maximize value for all of our stakeholders.”
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding the execution of and the expected benefits from our Value Maximization Plan, including anticipated benefits or cost-savings, our expectations regarding our ability to maximize stakeholder value through United Auto Credit Corporation and CarStory, our ability to successfully halt our ecommerce operations, sell our used vehicle inventory in an efficient manner and implement the reduction-in-force, and future results of operations and financial position of these remaining businesses. These statements are based on management’s current assumptions and are neither promises nor guarantees, but
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. For factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, please see the risks and uncertainties identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as updated by our Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2023, each of which is available on our Investor Relations website at ir.vroom.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements reflect our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.
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