Sec Form 13D Filing - Impactive Capital LP filing for ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (ABG) - 2022-09-30

	1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
				Impactive Capital LLC
	2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP															(a) ☐
																		(b) ☐
	3		SEC USE ONLY
	4		SOURCE OF FUNDS
				AF
	5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)															☐
	6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
				Delaware
NUMBER OF				7		SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY							- 0 -
OWNED BY				8		SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING							2,202,898
PERSON WITH				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
							2,202,898
	11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				2,202,898
	12		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES															☐
	13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
				9.95%
	14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
				OO

  

 

	1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
				Lauren Taylor Wolfe
	2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP															(a) ☐
																		(b) ☐
	3		SEC USE ONLY
	4		SOURCE OF FUNDS
				AF
	5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)															☐
	6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
				United States of America
NUMBER OF				7		SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY							- 0 -
OWNED BY				8		SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING							2,202,898
PERSON WITH				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
							2,202,898
	11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				2,202,898
	12		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES															☐
	13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
				9.95%
	14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
				IN

  

 

	1		NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
				Christian Asmar
	2		CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP															(a) ☐
																		(b) ☐
	3		SEC USE ONLY
	4		SOURCE OF FUNDS
				AF
	5		CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e)															☐
	6		CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
				United States of America
NUMBER OF				7		SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY							- 0 -
OWNED BY				8		SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING							2,202,898
PERSON WITH				9		SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
							- 0 -
				10		SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
							2,202,898
	11		AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
				2,202,898
	12		CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES															☐
	13		PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
				9.95%
	14		TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
				IN

   

  

The following constitutes Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (“Amendment No. 3”). This Amendment No. 3 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

Item 3 is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

The 2,202,898 Shares beneficially owned by the Impactive Funds were purchased with working capital (which may, at any given time, include margin loans made by brokerage firms in the ordinary course of business) in open market purchases. The aggregate purchase price of the 2,202,898 Shares beneficially owned by the Impactive Funds is approximately $313,983,358, including brokerage commissions.

 

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

Items 5(a) – (c) are hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by each person named herein is based upon 22,131,513 Shares outstanding as of July 27, 2022, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on July 28, 2022.

 

A.

Impactive Capital

 

(a)

As of the close of business on September 29, 2022, Impactive Capital beneficially owned 2,202,898 Shares held by the Impactive Funds.

 

Percentage: Approximately 9.95%

 

(b)

1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 2,202,898 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 2,202,898

 

(c)

Impactive Capital through the Impactive Funds has not entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty days.

 

B.

Impactive Capital GP

 

(a)

As the general partner of Impactive Capital, Impactive Capital GP may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,202,898 Shares held by the Impactive Funds.

 

Percentage: Approximately 9.95%

 

(b)

1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 2,202,898 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 2,202,898

 

(c)

Impactive Capital GP has not entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty days. Impactive Capital through the Impactive Funds has not entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty days.

  

 

C.

Ms. Taylor Wolfe and Mr. Asmar

 

(a)

Each of Ms. Taylor Wolfe and Mr. Asmar, as Managing Members of Impactive Capital GP, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,202,898 Shares held by the Impactive Funds.

 

Percentage: Approximately 9.95%

 

(b)

1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0 2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 2,202,898 3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 2,202,898

 

(c)

Each of Ms. Taylor Wolfe and Mr. Asmar have not entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty days. Impactive Capital through the Impactive Funds has not entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty days.

  

Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following:

 

Impactive Capital has entered into certain cash-settled total return swap agreements with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS”) as the counterparty (the “Swap Agreements”). The swaps with MS constitute economic exposure to an aggregate of 223,000 notional Shares, representing approximately 1.01% of the outstanding Shares, which swaps have a maturity date of September 27, 2027 and a weighted average reference price of $148.0727¹ per Share. The Swap Agreements provide Impactive Capital with economic results that are comparable to the economic results of ownership but do not provide it with the power to vote or direct the voting or dispose of or direct the disposition of the Shares that are the subject of the Swap Agreements. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the Shares that are the subject of the Swap Agreements.

 

 

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¹ The reference price reported for these swaps is a weighted average price. These swaps were entered into at reference prices ranging from $146.1986 to $150.7997 per Share. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer or the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of notional shares at each separate reference price for each swap within the range set forth in this footnote 1.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: September 30, 2022

 

	Impactive Capital LP
	By:	Impactive Capital LLC
		its General Partner
	By:	/s/ Lauren Taylor Wolfe
		Name:	Lauren Taylor Wolfe
		Title:	Managing Member

 

	Impactive Capital LLC
	By:	/s/ Lauren Taylor Wolfe
		Name:	Lauren Taylor Wolfe
		Title:	Managing Member

 

	/s/ Lauren Taylor Wolfe
	Lauren Taylor Wolfe

 

	/s/ Christian Asmar
	Christian Asmar

 

 

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