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VERRA MOBILITY Corp

For the period ended Mar 31, 2024. Filed May 2, 2024.

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Mar 31, 2024 · Filed May 2, 2024

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Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

  1. Description of Business

Verra Mobility Corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Verra Mobility”) offers integrated technology solutions and services to its customers who are located throughout the world, primarily within the United States, Australia, Canada and Europe. The Company is organized into three operating segments: Commercial Services, Government Solutions and Parking Solutions (see Note 14, Segment Reporting).

The Commercial Services segment offers automated toll and violations management and title and registration solutions to rental car companies (“RACs”), direct commercial fleet owner-operators (“Direct Fleets”) and fleet management companies (“FMCs”) and other large fleet owners in North America. Through its established relationships with individual tolling authorities throughout the United States, the segment provides an automated and outsourced administrative solution for its customers while also providing a value-added convenience for vehicle drivers and benefits to tolling and issuing authorities. The toll and violations management solutions help ensure timely payment of tolls and violations incurred by the customers’ vehicles and perform timely transfers of liability on the customers’ behalf, and driver billing and collections, as applicable. It also manages regional toll transponder installation and vehicle association—a critical and highly complex process for RAC, Direct Fleet and FMC customers—to ensure that the transponders (and corresponding toll transactions) are associated with the correct vehicle. In Europe, the Commercial Services segment provides violations processing through Euro Parking Collection plc and consumer tolling services through Pagatelia S.L.U.

The Government Solutions segment offers photo enforcement solutions and services to its customers. The Government Solutions segment provides complete, end-to-end speed, red-light, school bus stop arm and bus lane enforcement solutions within the United States and Canada. These programs are designed to reduce traffic violations and resulting collisions, injuries and fatalities. The Company implements and administers traffic safety programs for municipalities, counties, school districts and law enforcement agencies of all sizes. The international operations for this segment primarily involve the sale of traffic enforcement products and related maintenance services.

The Parking Solutions segment offers an integrated suite of parking software, transaction processing and hardware solutions to its customers, which include universities, municipalities, healthcare facilities and commercial parking operators. This segment develops specialized hardware and parking management software that provides a platform for the issuance of parking permits, enforcement, gateless vehicle counting, event parking and citation services. It also produces and markets its proprietary software as a service to its customers throughout the United States and Canada.

  1. Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are normal and recurring in nature, necessary for fair financial statement presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. There have been no material changes in the Company's significant accounting policies from those disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Management believes that its estimates and assumptions are reasonable in the circumstances; however, actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Significant customers are those which represent more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue or accounts receivable, net. Revenue from the single Government Solutions customer exceeding 10% of total revenue is presented below:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20242023
City of New York Department of Transportation16.6%17.8%

The City of New York Department of Transportation (“NYCDOT”) represe nted 14% and 18% of total accounts receivable, net as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. There is no material reserve related to NYCDOT open receivables as amounts are deemed collectible based on current conditions and expectations. No other Government Solutions customer exceeded 10% of total accounts receivable, net as of any period presented.

Significant customer revenues generated through the Company’s Commercial Services partners as a percent of total revenue are presented below:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20242023
Hertz Corporation11.8%11.2%
Avis Budget Group, Inc.13.1%12.7%
Enterprise Mobility11.5%10.1%

No Commercial Services customer exceeded 10% of total accounts receivable, net as of any period presented.

There wereno significant customer concentrations that exceeded 10% of total revenue or accounts receivable, net for the Parking Solutions segment as of or for any period presented.

Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company reviews historical credit losses and customer payment trends on receivables and develops loss rate estimates as of the balance sheet date, which includes adjustments for current and future expectations using probability-weighted assumptions about potential outcomes. Receivables are written off against the allowance for credit losses when it is probable that amounts will not be collected based on the terms of the customer contracts, and subsequent recoveries reverse the previous write-off and apply to the receivable in the period recovered. No interest or late fees are charged on delinquent accounts. The Company evaluates the adequacy of its allowance for expected credit losses by comparing its actual write-offs to its previously recorded estimates and adjusts appropriately.

The Company identified portfolio segments based on the type of business, industry in which the customer operates and historical credit loss patterns. The following presents the activity in the allowance for credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively:

($ in thousands)Commercial Services(Driver-billed) (1)Commercial Services (All other)Government SolutionsParking SolutionsTotal
Balance at January 1, 2024$13,726$1,935$2,426$426$18,513
Credit loss expense (income)5,077145106(81)5,247
Write-offs, net of recoveries(2,776)(398)(2)(9)(3,185)
Balance at March 31, 2024$16,027$1,682$2,530$336$20,575
($ in thousands)Commercial Services(Driver-billed) (1)Commercial Services (All other)Government SolutionsParking SolutionsTotal
Balance at January 1, 2023$9,600$1,577$4,573$157$15,907
Credit loss expense (income)3,033(467)(839)(30)1,697
Write-offs, net of recoveries(972)5—(168)(1,135)
Balance at March 31, 2023$11,661$1,115$3,734$(41)$16,469

(1)

Driver-billed consists of receivables from drivers of rental cars for which the Company bills on behalf of its customers. Receivables not collected from drivers within a defined number of days are transferred to customers subject to applicable bad debt sharing agreements.

Remaining Performance Obligations

Deferred revenue represents amounts that have been invoiced in advance and are expected to be recognized as revenue in future periods, and it primarily relates to Government Solutions and Parking Solutions customers. The Company had approximately $11.7 million and $13.1 million of deferred revenue in the Government Solutions segment as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $3.0 million and $1.5 million, respectively, of revenue excluding exchange rate impact related to amounts that were included in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company had approximately $17.6 million and $19.7 million of deferred revenue in the Parking Solutions segment as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company recognized $8.6 million and $8.7 million of revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, related to amounts that were included in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations includes deferred revenue above and unbilled amounts that are expected to be recognized as revenue in future periods. As of March 31, 2024, total transaction price allocated to performance obligations in the Government Solutions segment that were unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied was $310.5 million, of which $179.7 million is expected to be recognized as revenue in the next twelve months and the rest over the remaining performance obligation period. The Company elected the practical expedients to omit disclosure for the amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations with original expected contract length of one year or less and the amount that relates to variable consideration allocated to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation to transfer a distinct good or service within a series of distinct goods or services that form a single performance obligation.

Interest Rate Swap

In December 2022, the Company entered into a cancellable interest rate swap agreement to hedge its exposure to interest rate fluctuations associated with the LIBOR (now transitioned to Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate, “SOFR”) portion of the variable interest rate on its 2021 Term Loan. Under the interest rate swap agreement, the Company pays a fixed rate of 5.17% and the counterparty pays a variable interest rate. The Company entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement with the counterparty which provides for the net settlement of all, or a specified group, of derivative transactions through a single payment. The notional amount on the interest rate swap is $675.0 million. The Company has the option to effectively terminate the interest rate swap agreement starting in December 2023, and monthly thereafter until December 2025. The Company is treating the interest rate swap as an economic hedge for accounting purposes and any changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument (including accrued interest) and related cash payments are recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations within the (gain) loss on interest rate swap line item.

The Company recorded a $0.4 million gain during the three months ended March 31, 2024, of which $0.1 million is associated with the derivative instrument re-measured to fair value at the end of the reporting period, and $0.3 million of monthly cash proceeds received. The Company recorded a $2.8 million loss during the three months ended March 31, 2023, of which approximately $1.6 million is associated with the derivative instrument re-measured to fair value at the end of the reporting period and $1.2 million relates to the monthly cash payments made. The effect of remeasurement to fair value is recorded within the operating activities section and the monthly cash proceeds received or payments made are recorded within the investing activities section in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. See Note 7, Fair Value of Financial Instruments, for further discussion on the fair value measurement of the interest rate swap, and Note 6, Long-term Debt, for additional information on the Company's mix of fixed and variable debt.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standard Adopted

On June 30, 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions. The ASU clarifies that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. It also requires entities with investments in equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions to disclose certain qualitative and quantitative information about such securities. The Company adopted this standard as of January 1, 2024. The adoption of this standard did not have an impact on the Company's financial statements or disclosures.

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The ASU intends to enhance disclosure related to significant segment expenses regularly provided to the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), amounts presented as “other” within segment profit (loss), require that all annual disclosures are also reported for interim periods, further define the CODM and how they use segment profit (loss) to allocate resources, and require that entities with only a single reportable segment provide all required segment disclosures. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its financial statements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The ASU requires companies to disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation, provide additional disclosure for reconciling items that exceed proscribed thresholds, and enhance disclosure regarding income taxes paid and sources of income (loss) from continuing operations including the tax expense (or benefit) disaggregated by federal, state and foreign taxes. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its financial statements.

  1. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following at:

($ in thousands)March 31,2024December 31,2023
Prepaid services$11,114$10,496
Prepaid tolls7,5129,174
Prepaid computer maintenance7,3346,775
Costs to fulfill a customer contract5,5015,852
Prepaid income taxes4,8519,830
Prepaid insurance2,7381,755
Deposits2,4052,322
Other1,317757
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets$42,772$46,961
  1. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The following table presents the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment:

Commercial · Government · Parking
($ in thousands)ServicesSolutionsSolutionsTotal
Balance at December 31, 2023$422,091$214,602$199,142$835,835
Foreign currency translation adjustment(691)(553)—(1,244)
Balance at March 31, 2024$421,400$214,049$199,142$834,591

Intangible assets consist of the following as of the respective period-ends:

March 31, 2024 · December 31, 2023
Weighted · Weighted
Average · Gross · Average · Gross
Remaining · Carrying · Accumulated · Remaining · Carrying · Accumulated
($ in thousands) · Useful Life · Amount · Amortization · Useful Life · Amount · Amortization
Trademarks (a)5.9 years$4,740$1,5980.3 years$36,190$32,882
Patent4.6 years500424.8 years50017
Non-compete agreements (a)——0.0 years62,54062,540
Customer relationships4.3 years558,713303,3724.5 years558,801288,065
Developed technology (a)4.6 years39,67715,2060.8 years201,657175,159
Gross carrying value of intangible assets603,630$320,218859,688$558,663
Less: accumulated amortization(320,218)(558,663)
Intangible assets, net$283,412$301,025

(a)

Certain fully amortized intangible assets were removed as of March 31, 2024 as compared to the amounts reported in the December 31, 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, resulting in an increase in the weighted average remaining useful lives compared to the prior year which relates to the remaining intangible assets that are being amortized.

Amortization expense was $16.7 million and$22.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense in future years is expected to be:

($ in thousands)
Remainder of 2024$50,237
202564,285
202657,316
202728,403
202822,474
Thereafter60,697
Total$283,412
  1. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consist of the following at:

($ in thousands)March 31,2024December 31,2023
Accrued salaries and wages$14,518$27,905
Accrued interest payable9,3664,594
Current deferred tax liabilities7,5937,574
Current portion of operating lease liabilities6,6657,133
Payroll liabilities4,8943,214
Restricted cash due to customers3,1482,835
Advanced deposits2,9642,308
Income taxes payable1,8691,780
Accrued legal settlement—31,500
Other3,0504,276
Total accrued liabilities$54,067$93,119
  1. Long-term Debt

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s long-term debt at:

($ in thousands)March 31,2024December 31,2023
2021 Term Loan, due 2028$702,332$704,587
Senior Notes, due 2029350,000350,000
Less: original issue discounts(3,173)(3,646)
Less: unamortized deferred financing costs(11,459)(12,809)
Total long-term debt1,037,7001,038,132
Less: current portion of long-term debt—(9,019)
Total long-term debt, net of current portion$1,037,700$1,029,113

2021 Term Loan

In March 2021, VM Consolidated, Inc. (“VM Consolidated”), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an Amendment and Restatement Agreement No.1 to the First Lien Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “2021 Term Loan”) with a syndicate of lenders. The 2021 Term Loan has an aggregate borrowing of $900.0 million, maturing on March 24, 2028, which includes the incremental borrowing of $250.0 million in December 2021 as a result of exercising the accordion feature available under the agreement. In connection with the 2021 Term Loan borrowings, the Company had $4.6 million of offering discount costs and $4.5 million in deferred financing costs, both of which were capitalized and are being amortized over the remaining life of the 2021 Term Loan.

In February 2024, VM Consolidated entered into a third amendment to the 2021 Term Loan (the “Third Amendment”) to refinance the 2021 Term Loan (the “Refinancing Transaction”). Pursuant to the Third Amendment, the interest rate was reduced by 0.50% to SOFR plus 2.75% from SOFR plus 3.25% with the SOFR floor unchanged at 0.00%. The credit spread adjustment, ranging from 0.11448% to 0.71513%, was eliminated. In addition, the 2021 Term Loan no longer contains a provision for principal repayments which were previously required to be paid in quarterly installments. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company made an early repayment of approximately $2.3 million on the 2021 Term Loan and as a result, the total principal outstanding was $702.3 million as of March 31, 2024.

The Company evaluated the Refinancing Transaction on a lender-by-lender basis and accounted accordingly for debt extinguishment costs and debt modification costs (for the portion of the transaction that did not meet the accounting criteria for debt extinguishment). The Company recorded a $0.6 million loss on extinguishment of debt during the three months ended March 31, 2024 related to the write-off of pre-existing deferred financing costs and discounts in connection with the Refinancing Transaction. The Company recorded a $1.3 million loss on extinguishment of debt during the three months ended March 31, 2023 related to the write-off of pre-existing deferred financing costs and discounts in connection with the early repayments of $62.5 million on the 2021 Term Loan.

The 2021 Term Loan now bears interest based at the Company’s option, on either (i) Term SOFR plus an applicable margin of 2.75% per annum, or (ii) an alternate base rate plus an applicable margin of 1.75% per annum. As of March 31, 2024, the interest rate on the 2021 Term Loan was 8.1%.

In addition, the 2021 Term Loan requires mandatory prepayments equal to the product of the excess cash flows of the Company (as defined in the 2021 Term Loan agreement) and the applicable prepayment percentages (calculated as of the last day of the fiscal year), as set forth in the following table:

Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio (As Defined by the 2021 Term Loan Agreement)ApplicablePrepaymentPercentage
> 3.70:1.0050%
< 3.70:1.00 and > 3.20:1.0025%
< 3.20:1.000%

Senior Notes

In March 2021, VM Consolidated issued an aggregate principal amount of $350.0 million in Senior Unsecured Notes (the “Senior Notes”), due on April 15, 2029. In connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, the Company incurred $5.7 millionin lender and third-party costs, which were capitalized as deferred financing costs and are being amortized over the remaining life of the Senior Notes.

Interest on the Senior Notes is fixed at 5.50% per annum and is payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Company may redeem all or a portion of the Senior Notes at the redemption prices set forth below in percentages by year, plus accrued and unpaid interest:

YearPercentage
2024102.750%
2025101.375%
2026 and thereafter100.000%

The Revolver

The Company has a Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Revolver”) with a commitment of up to $75.0 million available for loans and letters of credit. The Revolver matures on December 18, 2026. Borrowing eligibility under the Revolver is subject to a monthly borrowing base calculation based on (i) certain percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventory, less (ii) certain reserve items, including outstanding letters of credit and other reserves. The Revolver bears interest on either (1) Term SOFR plus an applicable margin, or (2) an alternate base rate, plus an applicable margin. The margin percentage applied to (1) Term SOFR is either 1.25%,1.50%, or 1.75%, or (2) the base rate is either 0.25%,0.50%, or 0.75%, depending on the Company’s average availability to borrow under the commitment. There is a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% for a one-month duration,0.15% for a three-month duration, and 0.25% for a six-month duration, in addition to Term SOFR and the applicable margin percentages. There areno outstanding borrowings on the Revolver as of March 31, 2024 or December 31, 2023. The availability to borrow was $74.6 million, net of $0.4 million of outstanding letters of credit at March 31, 2024.

Interest on the unused portion of the Revolver is payable quarterly at 0.375% and the Company is also required to pay participation and fronting fees at 1.38% on $0.4 million ofoutstanding letters of credit as of March 31, 2024.

All borrowings and other extensions of credits under the 2021 Term Loan, Senior Notes and the Revolver are subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions and restrictive covenants including absence of defaults and accuracy in material respects of representations and warranties. Substantially all of the Company’s assets are pledged as collateral to secure the Company’s indebtedness under the 2021 Term Loan. At March 31, 2024, the Company was compliant with all debt covenants.

Interest Expense, Net

The Company recorded interest expense, including amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts, of $19.6 million and $22.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The weighted average effective interest rates on the Company’s outstanding borrowings were 7.2% and 7.7% at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

See Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, for additional information on the interest rate swap entered into in December 2022 to hedge the Company's exposure against rising interest rates.

  1. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, includes a single definition of fair value to be used for financial reporting purposes, provides a framework for applying this definition and for measuring fair value under GAAP, and establishes a fair value hierarchy that categorizes into three levels the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are summarized as follows:

Level 1 –Fair value is based on observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 – Fair value is determined using quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active or inputs other than quoted prices that are directly or indirectly observable.

Level 3 – Fair value is determined using one or more significant inputs that are unobservable in active markets at the measurement date, such as a pricing model, discounted cash flow, or similar technique.

The carrying amounts reported in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets for cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to the immediate to short-term maturity of these financial instruments. The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term debt was calculated based upon available market information. The carrying value and the estimated fair value of long-term debt are as follows:

Level in · March 31, 2024 · December 31, 2023
Fair Value · Carrying · Estimated · Carrying · Estimated
($ in thousands) · Hierarchy · Amount · Fair Value · Amount · Fair Value
2021 Term Loan2$691,220$707,600$691,821$709,872
Senior Notes2346,480337,750346,311335,125

The Company had issued Private Placement Warrants (as defined below) in connection with the initial public offering (“IPO”) to acquire shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock which had a five-year term and expired in October 2023. During fiscal year 2023, all Private Placement Warrants were exercised by the warrant holders. The following summarizes the change in fair value of Private Placement Warrant liabilities included in net income which consists of adjustments related to the Private Placement Warrants liabilities re-measured to fair value at the end of the reporting period:

($ in thousands)Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
Beginning balance$24,066
Change in fair value of private placement warrants14,601
Ending balance$38,667

The Company has an equity investment measured at cost with a carrying value of $1.9 million and $2.1 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and is only adjusted to fair value if there are identified events that would indicate a need for an upward or downward adjustment or changes in circumstances that may indicate impairment. The estimation of fair value requires the use of significant unobservable inputs, such as voting rights and obligations in the securities held, and is therefore classified within level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. There were no identified events that required a fair value adjustment during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The recurring fair value measurement of the interest rate swap was valued based on observable inputs for similar assets and liabilities including swaption values and other observable inputs for interest rates and yield curves and is classified within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following presents the changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap in the gross balances within the below line items for the respective periods:

($ in thousands)Three Months Ended March 31, 2024Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Beginning balance$689$—
Change in fair value of interest rate swap152—
Ending balance$841$—
Other non-current assets
Beginning balance$627$1,973
Change in fair value of interest rate swap(50)(1,116)
Ending balance$577$857
Accrued liabilities
Beginning balance$—$977
Change in fair value of interest rate swap—436
Ending balance$—$1,413

The Company separately classifies the current and non-current components based on the value of settlements due within 12 months (current) and greater than 12 months (non-current). For additional information on the interest rate swap, refer to Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies.

  1. Net Income Per Share

Basic net income per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average shares outstanding during the period, without consideration of common stock equivalents. Diluted net income per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted average shares outstanding for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents outstanding for the period, determined using the treasury-stock method.

The components of basic and diluted net income per share are as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except per share data)20242023
Numerator:
Net income$29,149$4,577
Denominator:
Weighted average shares - basic166,241149,165
Common stock equivalents2,4853,964
Weighted average shares - diluted168,726153,129
Net income per share - basic$0.18$0.03
Net income per share - diluted$0.17$0.03
Antidilutive shares excluded from diluted net income per share:
Contingently issuable shares—5,000
Private placement warrants—6,667
Non-qualified stock options241,141
Performance share units297110
Restricted stock units1369
Total antidilutive shares excluded32213,287
  1. Income Taxes

The Company’s interim income tax provision is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items arising in that period. The estimated annual effective tax rate requires judgment and is dependent upon several factors. The Company provides for income taxes under the liability method. This approach requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of differences between the tax basis of assets or liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements.

The Company provides a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that these items will expire before the Company is able to realize their benefit. The Company calculates the valuation allowance in accordance with the authoritative guidance relating to income taxes, which requires an assessment of both positive and negative evidence regarding the realizability of these deferred tax assets, when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. Significant judgment is required in determining any valuation allowance against deferred tax assets.

The Company’s effective income tax rate was 25.2% and 63.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The primary driver for the effective tax rate variance is the permanent difference related to the mark-to-market adjustments on the Private Placement Warrants that impacted the rate in the prior year without a comparable impact in the current period.

  1. Stockholders’ Equity

Warrants

As of March 31, 2023, there were 18,092,120 warrants outstanding to acquire shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, including warrants originally issued to Gores Sponsor II, LLC in a private placement in connection with the IPO (the “Private Placement Warrants”) and the remaining warrants issued in connection with the IPO (the “Public Warrants” and, together with the Private Placement Warrants, the “Warrants”). As of December 31, 2023, all Warrants were either exercised by the holder or redeemed by the Company.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company processed the exercise of approximately 1.9 million Public Warrants on a cashless basis in exchange for 632,745 shares of Class A Common Stock.

Share Repurchases and Retirement

In November 2022, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program for up to an aggregate amount of $100.0 million of the Company's outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock over an 18-month period in open market, accelerated share repurchase ("ASR") or privately negotiated transactions, each as permitted under applicable rules and regulations, any of which may use pre-arranged trading plans that are designed to meet the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.

The Company paid $8.1 million to repurchase 449,432 shares of its Class A Common Stock through open market transactions during fiscal year 2023, which it subsequently retired. On September 5, 2023, the Company used the remaining availability under the share repurchase program for an ASR and paid approximately $91.9 million to receive an initial delivery of 4,131,551 shares of its Class A Common Stock in accordance with an ASR agreement with a third-party financial institution. The final settlement occurred on January 12, 2024, at which time, the Company received 534,499 additional shares calculated using a volume-weighted average price over the term of the ASR agreement. In connection with the settlement, the Company reduced the par value from common stock and $1.8 million from additional paid-in capital calculated using an average share price, with an offset of $1.8 million to accumulated deficit on the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders' equity.

On October 30, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to an aggregate amount of $100.0 million of its outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock over an 18-month period in open market, ASR or privately negotiated transactions. The level at which the Company repurchases depends on a number of factors, including its financial condition, capital requirements, cash flows, results of operations, future business prospects and other factors its management may deem relevant. The timing, volume and nature of repurchases are subject to market conditions, applicable securities laws and other factors and may be amended, suspended or discontinued at any time. The Company has not yet repurchased shares under this repurchase program.

  1. Stock-Based Compensation

The following details the components of stock-based compensation for the respective periods:

Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)20242023
Operating expenses$1,066$332
Selling, general and administrative expenses4,4923,046
Total stock-based compensation expense$5,558$3,378
  1. Tax Receivable Agreement

In October 2018, the Company entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement (“TRA”) with PE Greenlight Holdings, LLC. On August 3, 2022, PE Greenlight Holdings, LLC sold and transferred to Lakeside Smart Holdco L.P (“Lakeside”), all of its rights, remaining interests and obligations as of that date under the TRA. The TRA provides for the payment to Lakeside of 50.0% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax that the Company actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) under the TRA. The Company generally retains the benefit of the remaining 50.0% of these cash savings. The Company estimated the potential maximum benefit to be paid will be approximately $70.0 million, and recorded an initial liability and corresponding charge to equity at the inception of the TRA.

At March 31, 2024, the TRA liability was approximately $53.5 million of which $5.1 million was the current portion and $48.4 million was the non-current portion, both of which are included in the respective tax receivable agreement liability line items on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

  1. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company had $1.8 million of bank guarantees at March 31, 2024 required to support bids and contracts with certain international customers.

The Company has non-cancelable purchase commitments to certain vendors. The aggregate non-cancelable purchase commitments outstanding at March 31, 2024 were $25.3 million. The majority of these outstanding commitments are expected to be incurred in the next twelve months, and approximately $0.6 million is expected to be incurred subsequent to March 31, 2025.

The Company is subject to tax audits in the normal course of business and does not have material contingencies recorded related to such audits.

The Company accrues for claims and contingencies when losses become probable and reasonably estimable. As of the end of each applicable reporting period, the Company reviews each of its matters and, where it is probable that a liability has been or will be incurred, the Company accrues for all probable and reasonably estimable losses. Where the Company can reasonably estimate a range of loss it may incur regarding such a matter, the Company records an accrual for the amount within the range that constitutes its best estimate. If the Company can reasonably estimate a range but no amount within the range appears to be a better estimate than any other, the Company uses the amount that is the low end of such range.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is subject to legal and regulatory actions that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. The Company records a liability when it believes it is probable a loss will be incurred, and the amount of loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. The assessment as to whether a loss is probable, reasonably possible or remote, and as to whether a loss or a range of such loss is estimable, often involves significant judgment about future events. Other than the PlusPass matter discussed below, the Company has determined that resolution of the remaining pending matters is not probable to have a material adverse impact on its consolidated results of operations, cash flows, or financial position.

Brantley v. City of Gretna is a class action lawsuit filed in the 24th Judicial District Court of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana against the City of Gretna (the “City”) and its safety camera vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. in April 2016. The Company acquired Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. as part of its June 2021 purchase of Redflex Holdings Limited. The plaintiff class, which was certified on March 30, 2021, alleges that the City’s safety camera program was implemented and operated in violation of local ordinances and the state constitution, including that the City’s hearing process violated the plaintiffs’ due process rights for lack of a “neutral” arbiter of liability for traffic infractions. Plaintiffs seek recovery of traffic infraction fines paid. The City and Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. appealed the trial court’s ruling granting class certification, which was denied and their petition for discretionary review of the certification ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court was declined. Merits discovery in the trial court is underway. Trial is expected to occur in mid- to late 2025. Based on the information available to the Company at present, the Company is unable to estimate a reasonably possible range of loss for this action and, accordingly, it has not accrued any liability associated with this action.

PlusPass Inc. (“PlusPass”) v. Verra Mobility Corporation, et al. is a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court, Central District of California, against Verra Mobility, The Gores Group LLC, Platinum Equity LLC and ATS Processing Services, Inc., in November 2020. In February 2024, Verra Mobility and PlusPass entered into a confidential business arrangement pursuant to which Verra Mobility (i) acquired certain assets from PlusPass and (ii) fully and finally resolved all litigation and disputes between the parties. Verra Mobility accrued $31.5 million for this matter at December 31, 2023 which was presented within selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations, and payment was made during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

  1. Segment Reporting

The Company hasthree operating and reportable segments: Commercial Services, Government Solutions and Parking Solutions. Commercial Services offers toll and violation management solutions and title and registration services to RACs, Direct Fleets, FMCs and violation-issuing authorities. Government Solutions implements and administers traffic safety programs and products for municipalities and government agen cies of all sizes. Parking Solutions provides an integrated suite of parking software and hardware solutions to its customers. The Company’s CODM function is comprised of the Company’s CEO and certain defined representatives of the Company’s executive management team. The Company’s CODM monitors operating performance, allocates resources and deploys capital based on these three segments.

Segment performance is based on revenues and income from operations before depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation. The measure also excludes interest expense, net, income taxes and certain other transactions and is inclusive of other income, net. The tables below refer to this measure as segment profit. The aforementioned items are not indicative of operating performance, and, as a result are not included in the measures that are reviewed by the CODM for the segments. Other income, net included in segment profit below consists primarily of credit card rebates earned on the prepayment of tolling transactions and gains or losses on foreign currency transactions, and excludes certain non-operating expenses inapplicable to segments.

The following tables set forth financial information by segment for the respective periods:

Commercial · Government · Parking · Corporate
($ in thousands)ServicesSolutionsSolutionsand OtherTotal
Service revenue$95,889$90,275$16,557$—$202,721
Product sales—3,9123,097—7,009
Total revenue95,88994,18719,654—209,730
Cost of service revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization4715593,275—4,305
Cost of product sales—2,5792,707—5,286
Operating expenses21,47943,6024,493—69,574
Selling, general and administrative expenses17,49718,2286,426—42,151
Loss on disposal of assets, net—872—89
Other income, net(4,370)(50)(33)—(4,453)
Segment profit$60,812$29,182$2,784$—$92,778
Segment profit$60,812$29,182$2,784$—$92,778
Depreciation and amortization———26,88626,886
Transaction and other related expenses———1,5281,528
Gain on interest rate swap———(396)(396)
Loss on extinguishment of debt———595595
Stock-based compensation———5,5585,558
Interest expense, net———19,63519,635
Income before income taxes$60,812$29,182$2,784$(53,806)$38,972
Commercial · Government · Parking · Corporate
($ in thousands)ServicesSolutionsSolutionsand OtherTotal
Service revenue$85,639$83,233$15,826$—$184,698
Product sales—2,6904,515—7,205
Total revenue85,63985,92320,341—191,903
Cost of service revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization4835113,236—4,230
Cost of product sales—1,7143,669—5,383
Operating expenses19,86537,6044,042—61,511
Selling, general and administrative expenses15,45214,6406,548—36,640
Loss on disposal of assets, net—24——24
Other income, net(3,717)(35)(4)—(3,756)
Segment profit$53,556$31,465$2,850$—$87,871
Segment profit$53,556$31,465$2,850$—$87,871
Depreciation and amortization———30,30930,309
Transaction and other related expenses———268268
Transformation expenses———5959
Change in fair value of private placement warrants———14,60114,601
Loss on interest rate swap———2,7982,798
Loss on extinguishment of debt———1,3491,349
Stock-based compensation———3,3783,378
Interest expense, net———22,68722,687
Income before income taxes$53,556$31,465$2,850$(75,449)$12,422

The table below details the following assets by reportable segment as of the respective period-ends:

($ in thousands)March 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Property and equipment, net
Commercials Services$9,722$9,547
Government Solutions101,93898,611
Parking Solutions13,54813,281
Corporate and other1,7671,809
Total property and equipment, net$126,975$123,248
Total assets
Commercials Services$714,191$721,192
Government Solutions486,754523,687
Parking Solutions397,897404,267
Corporate and other171,016140,837
Total assets$1,769,858$1,789,983

In addition, refer to Note 4, Goodwill and Intangible Assets for goodwill balances by segment.

The Company primarily operates within the United States, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and in various other countries in Europe and Asia. Revenues earned from goods transferred to customers at a point in time were approximately $7.0 million and $7.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The following table details the revenues from international operations for the respective periods:

Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in thousands)20242023
Australia$12,477$9,701
Canada8,0647,221
United Kingdom5,1596,736
All other667688
Total international revenues$26,367$24,346
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