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BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
12 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

NOTE 1. BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Description of Business

 

Parks! America, Inc. (“Parks!” or the “Company”) owns and operates through wholly owned subsidiaries three regional safari parks and is in the business of acquiring, developing and operating local and regional entertainment assets and attractions in the United States. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries are Wild Animal Safari, Inc. a Georgia corporation (“Wild Animal – Georgia”), Wild Animal, Inc., a Missouri corporation (“Wild Animal – Missouri”), and Aggieland-Parks, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Aggieland Wild Animal – Texas”). Wild Animal – Georgia owns and operates the Wild Animal Safari Pine Mountain located in Pine Mountain, Georgia (the “Georgia Park”). Wild Animal – Missouri owns and operates the Wild Animal Safari Springfield located in Strafford, Missouri (the “Missouri Park”). Aggieland Wild Animal – Texas owns and operates the Aggieland Safari located near Bryan/College Station, Texas (the “Texas Park”).

 

Terms that are commonly used in the Company’s Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements are defined as follows:

 

  ● “2020 Term Loan” – Term loan credit agreement, dated as of April 27, 2020, between the Company and First Financial Bank.
     
  ● “2021 Term Loan” – Term loan credit agreement, dated as of June 18, 2021, between the Company and Synovus Bank.
     
  ● “2025 Term Loan” – Term loan credit agreement, dated as of September 30, 2024, between the Company and Cendera Bank N.A.
     
  ● “Adjusted EBITDA” – Net income (loss) appearing on the Consolidated Statements of Operations net of Income tax expense/(benefit), Interest expense, Depreciation and amortization and other significant items.
     
  ● “Adjusted net income (loss)” – Net income (loss) appearing on the Consolidated Statements of Operations excluding significant non-recurring or non-operational items. Adjusted net income (loss) is also presented on a diluted per share basis.
     
  ● “EPS” – Earnings per share.
     
  ● “Fiscal 2026” – The 52 weeks ending September 27, 2026.
     
  ● “Fiscal 2025” – The 52 weeks ended September 28, 2025.
     
  ● “Fiscal 2024” – The 52 weeks ended September 29, 2024.
     
  ● “GAAP” – Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
     
  ● “Reverse/Forward Stock Split” – 1-for-500 reverse stock split immediately followed by 5-for-1 forward stock split effective on April 30, 2025.
     
  ● “SEC” – The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

In 2005, the Company entered its current business with the purchase of an animal attraction located in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Parks! America is domiciled in the state of Nevada and its headquarters is in Pine Mountain, Georgia. In 2008, the Company adopted its current name “Parks! America” and its current stock symbol “PRKA.”

 

Prior to and on May 1, 2025, the Company’s common stock traded on the OTC Pink Market. Effective May 2, 2025, the Company’s common stock began and continues to be traded on the OTCQX Market. As a result of the Reverse/Forward Stock Split, effective on April 30, 2025, the Company’s common stock was traded on a post-split basis under the symbol “PRKAD” for 20 trading days, including the effective date, after which it reverted to “PRKA.”

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Parks! America, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (Wild Animal – Georgia, Wild Animal – Missouri and Aggieland Wild Animal – Texas). All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

 

The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. In the opinion of management, all material adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the results have been reflected for the periods presented. In the opinion of management, all disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

 

Change in Capital Structure

 

As described fully in Note 7, Stockholders Equity, effective April 30, 2025, the Company effected a 1-for-500 reverse stock split of the shares of the Company’s common stock, followed immediately by a 5-for-1 forward stock split of the shares of the Company’s common stock, herein referred to as the Reverse/Forward Stock Split. All prior period share and per share amounts presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes, including, but not limited to, shares issued and outstanding, dollar amounts of common stock, capital in excess of par, and earnings/(loss) per share, have been retroactively adjusted for all periods presented in order to reflect this change in capital structure. There were no changes to the total number of authorized shares of common stock or their respective par values per share as a result of this change.