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Description of Business
6 Months Ended
Jun. 26, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
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Description of Business
Driven Brands Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), is a Delaware corporation and is the parent holding company of Driven Brands, Inc. and Shine Holdco (UK) Limited (collectively, “Driven Brands”). Driven Brands is the largest automotive services company in North America with a growing and highly-franchised base of more than 4,300 franchised, independently-operated, and company-operated locations across 49 U.S. states and 14 other countries. The Company has a portfolio of highly recognized brands, including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, MAACO®, CARSTAR®, and 1-800-Radiator & A/C® that compete in the automotive services industry. Approximately 82% of the Company’s locations are franchised or independently-operated.

Initial Public Offering
On January 14, 2021, the Company completed an initial public offering (the “IPO”) of approximately 32 million shares of common stock at $22 per share. On February 10, 2021, the Company’s underwriters exercised their over-allotment option to purchase approximately 5 million additional shares of common stock. The Company received total proceeds of $761 million from these transactions, net of the underwriting discounts and commissions.

The Company used the proceeds from the IPO, along with cash on hand, to fully repay the First Lien Term Loan, Second Lien Term Loan, and revolving credit facility assumed as part of the acquisition of International Car Wash Group (“ICWG”) in 2020 (collectively, the “Car Wash Senior Credit Facilities”), which totaled $725 million with interest and fees. The Company recognized a $46 million loss on debt extinguishment related to this settlement, primarily related to the write-off of unamortized discount. The Company cancelled the interest rate and cross currency swaps associated with these debt agreements as part of the settlement. The Company also used $43 million in proceeds to purchase approximately 2 million shares of common stock from certain of our existing shareholders.

Income Tax Receivable Agreement
The Company expects to be able to utilize certain tax benefits which are related to periods prior to the effective date of the Company’s IPO and are attributed to current and former shareholders. The Company previously entered into an income tax receivable agreement which provides our pre-IPO shareholders with the right to receive payment of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. and Canadian federal, state, local and provincial income tax that the Company will actually realize. The income tax receivable agreement is effective as of the date of the Company’s IPO, and the Company has recorded a liability of $156 million as of June 26, 2021, which is recorded under long-term liabilities as the income tax receivable liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Stock Split
On January 14, 2021, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation (the "Amendment") to effect an implied 88,990-for-one stock split of shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock. In addition, the Amendment increased the number of authorized shares of the Company's stock from 10,000 shares to 1 billion shares (900 million shares of common stock and 100 million shares of preferred stock). All share and per-share data in the condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split for all periods presented. The Company does not have any shares of preferred stock outstanding.