Fenix Parts Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Offer from Upstate Shredding, LLC


WESTCHESTER, Ill., Feb. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fenix Parts, Inc. (Pink Sheets:FENX), a leading recycler and reseller of original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) automotive products, today confirmed that it has received an unsolicited, non-binding offer from Upstate Shredding, LLC to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Fenix Parts. The non-binding offer was received outside of the Company’s previously announced strategic alternatives process, which is being managed by Stifel.

Fenix Parts said its Board of Directors would continue to work with its financial and legal advisors to pursue a strategic or financial transaction that it believes is in the best interest of the Company and Fenix Parts shareholders. The Company said that it does not expect to provide further updates on the progress of this process until it deems appropriate and cautioned its stockholders not to assume that the aforementioned non-binding offer, or any other transaction with Upstate Shredding or any other party, will be completed. 

About Fenix Parts
Fenix Parts is a leading recycler and reseller of original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) automotive products.  The company’s primary business is auto recycling, which is the recovery and resale of OEM parts, components and systems reclaimed from damaged, totaled or low value vehicles.  Customers include collision repair shops (body shops), mechanical repair shops, auto dealerships and individual retail customers. Fenix provides its customers with high-quality recycled OEM products, extensive inventory and product availability, responsive customer service and fast delivery.

Fenix was founded in 2014 to create a network that offers sales, fulfillment and distribution in key regional markets in the United States and Canada.  The Fenix companies have been in business an average of more than 25 years and currently operate from 16 locations throughout the Eastern U.S. and in Ontario, Canada.

Forward-Looking Statements
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We caution that it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and it is impossible for us to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results.  All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this press release in the context of the risks and uncertainties included in the 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which include, among other things:

  • Lack of liquidity materially adversely affecting our ability to continue as a going concern if we are unable to execute on the development of a strategic alternative to improve liquidity;
  • Our relatively short operating history and our ability to successfully integrate our operating subsidiaries ("Subsidiaries"), and those subsidiaries we may acquire;
  • Reduced liquidity and market price of our stock due to trading on Pink Sheets, instead of being listed on a national securities exchange;
  • Our ability to satisfy our debt obligations and to operate in compliance with our financing agreements;
  • Our ability to successfully locate and acquire additional businesses that provide recycled OEM automotive products and our ability to successfully integrate acquired companies with our business;
  • Our ability to acquire additional businesses that may require financing that we are unable to obtain on acceptable terms, or at all;
  • Our success in managing internal growth;
  • Variations in the number of vehicles sold, vehicle accident rates, miles driven and the age of vehicles in accidents;
  • Competition from vehicle replacement part companies, including but not limited to those that provide recycled parts;
  • Our ability to maintain our relationships with auto body shops, insurers, other customers and with auction companies from which we purchase our salvage vehicles;
  • Our compliance and our Subsidiaries' past compliance with environmental laws and regulations and federal, state and local operating and permitting requirements;
  • Known environmental liabilities at the facility we have been leasing in Toronto, Ontario since 2015, associated with groundwater and surface water contamination as a result of historical releases and a petroleum hydrocarbon spill in November 2010, which liability we did not assume;
  • Potential for significant impairment of goodwill and intangibles;
  • Fluctuations in the prices of scrap metal and other metals;
  • Changes in the exchange rate for the Canadian Dollar;
  • Changes in the national, provincial or state laws and regulations affecting our business;
  • Disruptions in the information technology systems on which our business relies;
  • Damage to our business and reputation in the event of an unfavorable outcome to an ongoing SEC inquiry which commenced in September 2016;
  • Securities class action litigation filed in 2017 due to the decline in our stock price;
  • The impact of a fire in April 2017 at our Toronto facility; and
  • Material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.

We caution you that the important factors referenced above may not contain all of the factors that are important to you.  In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results or developments we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the consequences we anticipate or affect us or our operations in the way we expect.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof.  We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.  If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be made that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.  We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

At Fenix Parts:
Scott Pettit
Chief Financial Officer
scottpettit@fenixparts.com

Investor and Media Inquiries:
Chris Kettmann
773-497-7575
ckettmann@lincolnchurchilladvisors.com