Miscellaneous

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Division of Motor Vehicles
Headquarter Orlando, LLC d/b/a Headquarter Honda

Notice of Publication for a New Point

Franchise Motor Vehicle Dealer in a County of Less

than 300,000 Population

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, this is to notify you that American Honda Motor Co, Inc. (“American Honda”) intends to permit the establishment of an additional dealership for the sale and service of Honda cars and trucks at the following specific location, which is approximately 1000 feet west of the intersection of Lake Boulevard and State Road 50, on the south side of State Road 50, in Clermont, Lake County, Florida, as more particularly described as: Lots 1 through 9 and Tract A in Johns Lake Plaza, recorded in Plat Book 55, pages 51 AND 52, of the Public Records of Lake County, Florida.

The dealership to be established is Headquarter Orlando, LLC d/b/a Headquarter Honda a Florida limited liability company. The proposed dealership will open on or after June 1, 2008.

The name and address of the dealer operators of the proposed dealership are: Jeronimo M. Esteve, 1000 South Pointe Drive, Unit 1101, Miami Beach, FL 33139, and Peter Salgado, 9556 S. W. 222nd Lane, Cutler Bay, FL 33190. The names of the principal investors of Headquarter Orlando, LLC d/b/a Headquarter Honda are: Headquarter Orlando Holding, Inc. and PS Automotive, Inc. The address of both of these entities is: 5895 N. W. 167th Street, Hialeah, FL 33105. The principal investor of Headquarter Orlando Holding, Inc. is Jeronimo M. Esteve, 1000 South Pointe Drive, Unit 1101, Miami Beach, FL 33139. The principal investor of PS Automotive, Inc. is Peter Salgado, 9556 S. W. 222nd Lane, Cutler Bay, FL 33190.

The notice indicates an intent to establish the dealership at a location in a county of less than 300,000 population, according to the latest population estimates of the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research.

Certain dealerships of the same line-make may have standing, pursuant to Section 320.642, Florida Statutes, to file a petition or complaint protesting the application.

Written petitions or complaints must be received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice and must be submitted to: Nalini Vinayak, Dealer License Section, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Room A-312, Neil Kirkman Building, 2900 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0635.

A copy of such petition or complaint must also be sent by mail to: Bill Green, Market Planning Manager, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., 1919 Torrance Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90501.

If no petition or complaints are received within 30 days of the date of publication, a final order will be issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles approving the establishment of the dealership, subject to the applicant’s compliance with the provisions of Chapter 320, Florida Statutes.