DIVESTITURES
Discontinued operations are related to stores that were sold or terminated, that we have entered into an agreement to sell or terminate, or for which we otherwise deem a proposed sales transaction or termination to be probable, with no material changes expected. Generally, the sale of a store is completed within 60 to 90 days after the date of a sale agreement. We have accounted for a store that either has been disposed of or is classified as held for sale as a discontinued operation if (a) the operations and cash flows of the store were eliminated from our ongoing operations and (b) we had no significant continuing involvement in the operations of the store after the disposal transaction.
In evaluating whether a store’s cash flows were eliminated from our ongoing operations, we considered whether we expected to continue to generate revenues or incur expenses from the sale of similar products or services to customers of the disposed store in the same geographic market. If we believed that a significant portion of the cash flows previously generated by the disposed store had migrated to our other operating stores, we did not treat the disposition as a discontinued operation.
We received proceeds (net of cash relinquished) of $10.1 million during 2013, $6.8 million during 2012, and $4.9 million during 2011 related to discontinued operations.
We had a loss from discontinued operations totaling $0.9 million in 2013, net of income taxes, primarily related to carrying costs for real estate we have not yet sold associated with stores that have been closed and other adjustments related to disposed operations, partially offset by a gain on disposal of a store during the second quarter of 2013.
We had a loss from discontinued operations totaling $0.9 million in 2012, net of income taxes, primarily related to carrying costs for real estate we have not yet sold associated with stores that have been closed.
We had a loss from discontinued operations totaling $2.8 million in 2011, net of income taxes, primarily related to carrying costs for real estate not yet sold related to stores that had been closed, as well as expected losses on real estate to be sold.
We had assets held for sale in discontinued operations of $36.7 million at December 31, 2013 and $45.4 million at December 31, 2012, primarily related to real estate we have not yet sold associated with stores that have been closed. Assets and liabilities of discontinued operations are reported in the “Corporate and other” category of our segment information in Note 20 below.
During the first quarter of 2014, we divested our customer lead distribution business, the operations of which we reported in the “Corporate and other” category of our segment information. We received cash and other consideration of approximately $11 million and recorded a gain of approximately $8 million ($5 million after-tax), which will be included in our results for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
