Company: RILYN
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-001398
Chunk: 104

Company: B. Riley Financial, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
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 the Closing Date. The Great American NewCo LLCA sets forth distribution mechanics pursuant to which Great American NewCo will make distributions in cash and payment-in-kind at any time the board of directors may authorize, with the Class A Preferred Units having priority in any such distribution over Class B Preferred Units. In addition, the Great American NewCo LLCA will contain certain transfer restrictions and other transfer rights and obligations that apply to BR Financial, the Investors and other unitholders, as applicable, in certain circumstances. Upon closing the Equity Purchase Agreement on November 15, 2024, B. Riley will record a gain of approximately $235,000 and the operations of Great American NewCo will be deconsolidated since B. Riley will no longer have control and will a non-controlling equity investment ownership interest of 44.2% of the common units along with the Preferred B units described above. Wealth ManagementOn October 31, 2024, the Company signed a definitive agreement to sell a portion of the Company’s traditional (W-2) Wealth Management business to Stifel for estimated net consideration of $27,000 to $35,000 in cash. Subject to the terms of the agreement, the final consideration will be based on the number of advisors that join Stifel at closing, among other things. The transaction is expected to include up to 15% of the wealth management advisors, along with the associated customer accounts. The accounts managed by these advisors represents up to $4.5 billion total assets under management (AUM) as of September 30, 2024. The transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and is subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. It is expected to close early in the second quarter of 2025.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “future,” “intend,” “seek,” “likely,” “potential” or “continue,” the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable