Legacy Acquisition Corp. and Onyx Enterprises Int’l Corp. Complete Business Combination
November 20 2020 - 4:40PM
Business Wire
Combined company renamed PARTS iD, Inc. and
will trade on the NYSE American under “ID”
Legacy Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: “LGC”) (“Legacy”), a
publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and Onyx
Enterprises Int’l Corp. (“Onyx”) the owner and operator of, among
other verticals, “CARiD.com,” a leading digital commerce platform
for the automotive aftermarket, announced today that they have
completed their previously announced business combination. In
conjunction with this transaction, the combined company has been
renamed PARTS iD, Inc. (“PARTS iD”). Beginning on November 23,
2020, PARTS iD’s Class A common stock will trade on the NYSE
American under the symbol “ID.”
“We are extremely excited to begin this next chapter as a public
company,” said Antonino Ciappina, Chief Executive Officer of PARTS
iD. “With CARiD.com, we have built a true disruptor in the $400+
billion automotive aftermarket industry through our technology-led,
data-driven approach to digital commerce. Our unique model
featuring proprietary fitment data, unmatched breadth of offerings
and enhanced fulfillment capabilities provides consumers with a
rewarding and accurate discovery experience in a traditionally
complex market. We believe the business is ideally positioned to
capitalize on the surge in eCommerce adoption and this transaction
helps strengthen our foundation for growth within our core
automotive categories as well as other complex, multidimensional
parts and accessories markets.”
Edwin Rigaud, Director of PARTS iD and Chairman & Chief
Executive Officer of Legacy, “We believe PARTS iD presents a
compelling opportunity for investors and is poised for success in
the public markets. With over a decade developing its
differentiated technology, product data, and strong consumer
engagement, PARTS iD is truly a unique company with key competitive
advantages and a compelling financial profile. The business’s low
fixed cost structure and inventory efficient operating model is
highly scalable, which we believe creates a long runway for
profitable growth.”
Prashant Pathak, Chairman of PARTS iD, added, “I want to thank
the teams on both sides of this transaction for their hard work in
completing this business combination. We are excited to move
forward as one organization and leverage the combined experience
and leadership to drive profitable growth in the core business and
continued investments in the digital transformation of the
automotive and adjacent markets for industrial parts. Furthermore,
PARTS iD while becoming a public company will maintain its long
term approach to the business as it relates to strategy, capital
management, and technology development decisions and is also
committed to building on the progress Legacy’s founders have made
towards inclusive capitalism, diversity of leadership on Wall
Street and minority-led enterprise creation.”
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC served as financial advisor to
Legacy and Canaccord Genuity LLC served as exclusive financial
advisor to Onyx. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald
& Co., and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company served as capital
markets advisors to Legacy. DLA Piper LLP (US) and Graydon Head
& Ritchey LLP served as legal advisors to Legacy. Faegre
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP served as legal counsel for
Onyx.
About PARTS iD, Inc.
PARTS iD is a technology-driven, digital commerce company
focused on creating custom infrastructure and unique user
experiences within niche markets. Founded in 2008 with a vision of
creating a one-stop eCommerce destination for the automotive parts
and accessories market, PARTS iD has since become a market leader
and proven brand-builder, fueled by its commitment to delivering a
revolutionary shopping experience; comprehensive, accurate and
varied product offerings; and continued digital commerce
innovation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements made in this press release relating to future
financial or business performance, conditions, plans, prospects,
trends, or strategies and other such matters, including without
limitation, the anticipated ability to capitalize on eCommerce
demand or the potential for long term profitable growth, are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, when or if
used in this press release, the words “may,” “could,” “should,”
“anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,”
“predict,” “potential,” “look forward” and similar expressions and
their variants, as they relate to PARTS iD may identify
forward-looking statements. PARTS iD cautions that these
forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions,
risks, and uncertainties, which change over time, often quickly and
in unanticipated ways.
Important factors that may cause actual results to differ
materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements or historical experience include risks and
uncertainties, including without limitation, ability to obtain
adequate financing to advance product development and company
growth, the marketplace for online purchases of aftermarket auto
parts, ability to maintain and enforce intellectual property
rights, supply chain disruptions, unanticipated demands on cash
resources, competition risks including the entry of new competitors
and products, adverse federal, state and local government
regulation, technological obsolescence of the PARTS iD’s products,
price increases for supplies, the effects of current and future
U.S. and foreign trade policy and tariff actions, and any
disruption to its business caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Further information on the factors and risks that could cause
actual results to differ from any forward-looking statements are
contained in PARTS iD’s filings with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), which are available at https://www.sec.gov (or at https://www.partsid.com). The forward-looking
statements represent the estimates of PARTS iD as of the date
hereof only, and PARTS iD specifically disclaims any duty or
obligation to update forward-looking statements.
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