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SEC Company Response from ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (ABG) (CIK 0001144980) (ABG) — Mar 11, 2016

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (ABG) (CIK 0001144980)
Date: March 11, 2016 · CIK: 0001144980 · Accession: 0001193125-16-501658

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

Date
March 11, 2016
Author
/s/ George A. Villasana
Form
CORRESP
Company
ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC (ABG) (CIK 0001144980)

Letter

Re:

[ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE LETTERHEAD]

March 11, 2016

VIA EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Attached for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) is a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to the offer by Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) its 6.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 and related guarantees (together, the “Exchange Notes”) for an equal principal amount of its 6.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 and related guarantees (together, the “Original Notes”). On October 28, 2015, the Company issued $200,00,000 aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes. All of the Original Notes are outstanding on the date hereof.

The total filing fee of $20,140 was wired on or about March 10, 2016 to the Commission’s account at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549.

In accordance with the Commission’s position set forth in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and its progeny, the Company makes the following representations to the Commission:

(1) The Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and, to the best of the Company’s information and belief, each person participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer.

(2) The Company will make each participant in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus or otherwise) that if such person is participating in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes to be acquired in the Exchange Offer, such person (a) cannot rely on the position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation or interpretive letters to similar effect and (b) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) in connection with a secondary resale transaction. The Company acknowledges that such a secondary resale transaction by such person participating in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling stockholder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

(3) The Company will include in the transmittal letter, or similar documentation to be executed by the exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer, representations to the effect that (a) the exchange offeree is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business, (b) by accepting the Exchange Offer, the exchange offeree represents to the Company that it is not engaged in, does not intend to engage in and does not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes, and (c) the exchange offeree is not an affiliate of the Company.

The Company further represents that, with respect to any broker-dealer that participates in the Exchange Offer with respect to outstanding notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, each such broker-dealer must confirm that it has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with the Company or an affiliate of the Company to distribute the Exchange Notes. Additionally, the Company will make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware that any broker-dealer who holds outstanding notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and who receives Exchange Notes in exchange for such outstanding notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, may be a statutory underwriter.

Please contact the undersigned at (770) 418-8246, or Joel May at (404) 581-8967, if you have any questions concerning the filing.

Sincerely,
/s/ George A. Villasana

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CORRESP

 [ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE LETTERHEAD]

March 11, 2016

 VIA EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE

 Securities and Exchange Commission

 100 F Street, NE

 Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

 Ladies and Gentlemen:

Attached for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) is a Registration Statement on Form S-4
relating to the offer by Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) its 6.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 and related guarantees (together, the
“Exchange Notes”) for an equal principal amount of its 6.0% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2024 and related guarantees (together, the “Original Notes”). On October 28, 2015, the Company issued $200,00,000
aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes. All of the Original Notes are outstanding on the date hereof.

 The total filing fee
of $20,140 was wired on or about March 10, 2016 to the Commission’s account at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549.

 In
accordance with the Commission’s position set forth in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and its progeny, the Company makes the following representations to the Commission:

(1)
The Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and, to the best of the Company’s information and belief, each
person participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be received in the
Exchange Offer.

(2)
The Company will make each participant in the Exchange Offer aware (through the Exchange Offer prospectus or otherwise) that if such person is participating in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the
Exchange Notes to be acquired in the Exchange Offer, such person (a) cannot rely on the position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation or interpretive letters to similar effect and (b) must comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) in connection with a secondary resale transaction. The Company acknowledges that such a secondary resale transaction by such person participating in the Exchange
Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling stockholder information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

(3)
The Company will include in the transmittal letter, or similar documentation to be executed by the exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer, representations to the effect that (a) the exchange
offeree is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business, (b) by accepting the Exchange Offer, the exchange offeree represents to the Company that it is not engaged in, does not intend to engage in and does not have an
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes, and (c) the exchange offeree is not an affiliate of the Company.

The Company further represents that, with respect to any broker-dealer that participates in the Exchange Offer with respect to outstanding
notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, each such broker-dealer must confirm that it has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with the Company or an affiliate of the
Company to distribute the Exchange Notes. Additionally, the Company will make each person participating in the Exchange Offer aware that any broker-dealer who holds outstanding notes acquired for its own account as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities, and who receives Exchange Notes in exchange for such outstanding notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, may be a statutory underwriter.

Please contact the undersigned at (770) 418-8246, or Joel May at (404) 581-8967, if you have any questions concerning the filing.

Sincerely,

 /s/ George A. Villasana

George A. Villasana

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 Attachment

 cc: Joel May,
Jones Day