UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): November
10, 2022
CarLotz, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
001-38818 |
83-2456129 |
(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
3301 W. Moore St.
Richmond, Virginia 23230
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip
code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code: (804)
510-0744
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last
report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Title of Each Class |
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
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LOTZ |
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The Nasdaq Global Market |
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for Class A common stock at an
exercise price of $11.50 per share |
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LOTZW |
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The Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this
chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act. ☐
Item 2.05. Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities.
On November 10, 2022, CarLotz, Inc. (the “Company,” “CarLotz,” “we”
or “us”) announced the closure of three dealership stores, or
“hubs.” The Company is closing these three hubs for retail sales on
November 10, 2022 with all hub closing activities to be completed
by December 2, 2022.
The following hubs are being closed: Chesapeake, VA; Denver, CO;
and Huntsville, AL.
The Company expects to incur 1) one-time severance costs of
approximately $100,000, 2) one-time non-cash charges of $300,000 to
$800,000 associated with the impairment of lease assets, and 3)
one-time non-cash charges of $1.0 million to $1.3 million
associated with the impairment of other fixed assets. The Company
has not yet completed its analysis of additional charges associated
with implementation of the workforce reduction and hub closures,
and therefore is not able to make a good faith determination of an
estimate of the amount, or range of amounts, of any additional
charges, such as contract termination costs. The Company will
provide additional disclosure through an amendment to this Current
Report on Form 8-K once it makes a determination of an estimate or
range of estimates of such charges, if any.
The Company will continue to evaluate its business plan as
necessary to address trends in the marketplace and macroeconomic
factors.
Item 2.06. Material Impairments.
To the extent required, the information contained in Item 2.05 of
this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference
herein.
Item 8.01. Other Events
The following disclosure updates and supplements the joint proxy
statement/prospectus dated November 8, 2022 (the “Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus”). Shift Technologies, Inc. filed the Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as part of a registration statement on Form S-4
(Registration No. 333-267601) and the Company filed the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus as a definitive proxy statement.
CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF CARLOTZ COMMON STOCK
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to
the beneficial ownership of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001
per share, of CarLotz (“CarLotz Common Stock”) as of October 27,
2022 (the “CarLotz Record Date”), of: (1) each person or entity who
beneficially owns more than 5% of any class of CarLotz’s voting
securities of which 119,703,273 shares of CarLotz Common Stock were
outstanding as of October 27, 2022; (2) each CarLotz director,
named executive officer and Messrs. Kaya and Kovshilovsky; and (3)
all of the CarLotz directors and executive officers as a group.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of
the SEC. To CarLotz’s knowledge, each CarLotz stockholder has sole
voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated as
beneficially owned, unless otherwise indicated in a footnote to the
following table. The percentage calculations below are based on
119,703,273 shares of CarLotz Common Stock outstanding as of
October 27, 2022, rather than the percentages set forth in any
CarLotz stockholder’s Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G filing. Unless
otherwise indicated in a footnote, the business address of each
person is CarLotz’s corporate address, c/o CarLotz, Inc., 3301 W.
Moore Street, Richmond, Virginia 23230.
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Name of Beneficial Owner
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Shares Beneficially Owned
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Number of
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Percent of
Class(2)
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5% Beneficial Owners
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TRP(3)
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21,799,776
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18.2%
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Tremblant Capital Group(4)
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7,516,338
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6.3%
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Named Executive Officers, Directors and Certain Executive
Officers
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Nanxi Liu(5)
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Lev Peker(6)
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3,206,549
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2.7%
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David R. Mitchell(3)
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21,799,776
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18.2%
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Steven G. Carrel(3)
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21,799,776
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18.2%
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Luis Solorzano(7)
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6,223,803
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5.1%
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James E. Skinner(8)
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40,049
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Linda B. Abraham(9)
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30,049
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Ozan Kaya(10)
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1,100,000
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Eugene Kovshilovsky(11)
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600,000
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Kimberly H. Sheehy(12)
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30,049
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Michael W. Bor(13)
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5,356,261
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4.4%
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John W. Foley II(14)
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875,785
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Daniel A. Valerian(15)
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622,101
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All executive officers and directors as a group (12
persons)(16)
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33,733,256
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27.7%
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(1) |
The number of shares includes restricted stock units subject to
vesting requirements and options exercisable within 60 days of
October 27, 2022. |
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Shares subject to restricted stock units vesting and options
exercisable within 60 days of October 27, 2022 are considered
outstanding for the purpose of determining the percent of the class
held by the holder of such restricted stock units or options but
not for the purpose of computing the percentage held by
others. |
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Does not include 2,287,420 CarLotz Earnout Shares; and does not
include an aggregate of 435,330 shares of CarLotz Common Stock
underlying restricted stock units granted to Messrs. Mitchell and
Carrel that do not vest within 60 days of October 27, 2022. TRP
Capital Management, LLC (“TRP Capital”) is the general partner of
TRP. Each of David R. Mitchell, Steven G. Carrel, Michael A.
DiRienzo and James A. Hislop have shared voting and investment
power over CarLotz securities held by TRP. TRP Capital and each of
Messrs. Mitchell, Carrel, DiRienzo and Hislop may be deemed to own
all of the outstanding shares of CarLotz common stock held by TRP.
Each of TRP Capital and Messrs. Mitchell, Carrel, DiRienzo and
Hislop disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares except to the
extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The business address of
TRP Capital Partners, LP is 380 N. Old Woodward Ave., Suite 205,
Birmingham, Michigan 48009. |
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(4) |
This information is based solely on a Schedule 13G filed with the
SEC on February 14, 2022 by Tremblant Capital Group, which reports
sole and dispositive voting power with respect to 7,516,338 shares
of CarLotz Common Stock. The address of the principle business
office of Tremblant Capital Group is 767 Fifth Avenue, New York,
New York 10153. |
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(5) |
Does not include 259,787 shares of CarLotz Common Stock underlying
restricted stock units that do not vest within 60 days of October
27, 2022. |
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Consists of 289,521 shares of CarLotz Common Stock held directly
and 2,917,028 restricted shares of CarLotz Common Stock. Does not
include 3,500,000 shares of CarLotz Common Stock underlying
restricted stock units that do not vest within 60 days of October
27, 2022. |
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Includes 1,266,884 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants
that are currently exercisable held by Acamar Sponsor, 3,819,665
shares held by Acamar Sponsor and 1,137,254 shares held directly.
Does not include 217,665 shares of CarLotz Common Stock underlying
restricted stock units that do not vest within 60 days of October
27, 2022. Each of Juan Carlos Torres Carretero, Luis Ignacio
Solorzano Aizpuru, Raffaele R. Vitale, Joseba Asier Picaza Ucar and
Juan Duarte Hinterholzer is a managing member of Acamar Sponsor.
Each such person may thus be deemed to have beneficial ownership of
the securities held directly by Acamar Sponsor. Each such person
disclaims any beneficial ownership of the reported shares other
than to the extent of any pecuniary interest he may have therein.
The business address of Acamar Sponsor is 1450 Brickell Avenue,
Suite 2130, Miami, Florida 33131. |
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(8) |
Does not include securities held by Acamar Sponsor in which Mr.
Skinner has an indirect pecuniary interest but over which Mr.
Skinner does not have voting or dispositive control or 217,665
shares of CarLotz Common Stock underlying restricted stock units
that do not vest within 60 days of October 27, 2022. |
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Does not include 217,665 shares of CarLotz Common Stock underlying
restricted stock units that do not vest within 60 days of October
27, 2022. |
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(10) |
Reflects 1,100,000 restricted shares of CarLotz Common
Stock. |
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(11) |
Reflects 600,000 restricted shares of CarLotz Common
Stock. |
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Does not include 217,665 shares of CarLotz Common Stock underlying
restricted stock units that do not vest within 60 days of October
27, 2022. |
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Based solely on Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC by Mr. Bor on
June 27, 2022. Consists of 2,927,958 shares of CarLotz Common Stock
held directly and 1,123,117 shares of CarLotz Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of options held directly, 952,593 shares of CarLotz
Common Stock held in trust by Katherine G. Bor, Trustee of the
Michael W. Bor 2020 Irrevocable Family Trust dated October 16, 2020
and 352,593 shares of CarLotz Common Stock held in trust by Michael
W. Bor, Trustee of the Michael W. Bor 2020 Qualified Grantor
Retained Annuity Trust dated October 16, 2020. Mr. Bor’s last date
of employment was on March 16, 2022. |
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Consists of 7,773 shares of CarLotz Common Stock reported as held
by Mr. Foley in his Form 4 filed with the SEC on March 21, 2022 and
868,012 shares of CarLotz Common Stock issuable pursuant to options
exercisable within 60 days of October 27, 2022. Mr. Foley’s last
date of employment was on April 8, 2022. |
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Consists of 5,441 shares of CarLotz Common Stock reported as held
by Mr. Valerian in his Form 4 filed with the SEC on February 2,
2022 and 616,660 shares of CarLotz Common Stock issuable pursuant
to options exercisable within 60 days of October 27, 2022. Does not
include 40,923 shares of CarLotz Common Stock issued upon the
exercise of 101,928 options by Mr. Valerian after his last day of
employment (after the cancellation of shares of CarLotz Common
Stock to satisfy applicable withholding taxes) as Mr. Valerian was
not subject to ownership reporting at the time of these option
exercises. Mr. Valerian’s last date of employment was on April 15,
2022. |
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Includes 672,988 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to
options exercisable within 60 days of October 27, 2022, 17,083
shares of common stock underlying restricted stock units that vest
within 60 days of October 27, 2022, and 1,266,884 shares of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants that are currently
exercisable. Does not include 41,888 shares of CarLotz Common Stock
underlying Earnout RSUs, 2,287,420 Earnout Shares, 5,343,658 shares
of CarLotz Common Stock underlying restricted stock units and
604,352 shares of common stock underlying options that do not vest
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As of October 27, 2022, the CarLotz Record Date, CarLotz directors
and executive officers and their affiliates, as a group,
beneficially owned and were entitled to vote 31,776,301 shares of
CarLotz Common Stock, which represented approximately 26.6% of
CarLotz Common Stock issued and outstanding on the CarLotz Record
Date.
As of October 27, 2022, the Supporting Stockholders (as defined in
the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus) subject to the CarLotz
Support Agreements (as defined in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus) beneficially owned and were entitled to vote
in the aggregate approximately 22.4% of the issued and outstanding
shares of CarLotz Common Stock.
Important Additional Information
In connection with the pending transaction between CarLotz and
Shift Technologies, Inc. (“Shift”) (the “Shift Merger”), Shift has
filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), that includes a joint proxy
statement of Shift and CarLotz, that also constitutes a prospectus
of Shift (the “joint proxy statement/prospectus”), which has become
effective. Security holders of Shift and CarLotz are urged to
carefully read the entire registration statement and joint proxy
statement/prospectus and other relevant documents filed or to be
filed with the SEC when they become available, because they will
contain important information. A definitive joint proxy
statement/prospectus has been sent to Shift’s stockholders and to
CarLotz’ stockholders. Security holders may obtain the registration
statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus from the SEC’s
website or from Shift or CarLotz as described in the paragraph
below.
The documents filed by Shift with the SEC may be obtained free of
charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These documents may
also be obtained free of charge from Shift by requesting them by
mail at 290 Division Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, California
94103. The documents filed by CarLotz with the SEC may be obtained
free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These documents
may also be obtained free of charge from CarLotz by requesting them
by mail at 3301 W. Moore St., Richmond, Virginia
23230.
Participants in the Solicitation
Shift, CarLotz and certain of their directors, executive officers
and employees may be deemed participants in the solicitation of
proxies in connection with the pending Shift Merger. Information
regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be
deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection
with the pending Shift Merger, including a description of their
direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is
set forth in the joint proxy statement/prospectus filed with the
SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of
CarLotz is set forth in the definitive proxy statement for CarLotz’
2022 annual meeting of stockholders, as previously filed with the
SEC on April 29, 2022 and in CarLotz’ Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March
15, 2022, as supplemented by CarLotz’ subsequent filings with the
SEC. Information about the directors and executive officers of
Shift and their ownership of Shift shares is set forth in the
definitive proxy statement for Shift’s 2022 annual meeting of
stockholders, as previously filed with the SEC on June 26, 2022, as
supplemented by Shift’s subsequent filings with the SEC. Free
copies of these documents may be obtained as described in the
paragraph above.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities
shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and otherwise in accordance with applicable
law.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 regarding, among other things, the plans, strategies and
prospects, both business and financial, of the Company. These
statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our
management team. Although we believe our plans, intentions and
expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking
statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will
achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations.
Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not
historical facts, including statements concerning possible or
assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results of
operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be
preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes,”
“estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,”
“should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates,” “intends”
or similar expressions. These forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,
including our ability to satisfy the conditions to closing and
complete the proposed merger with Shift Technologies, Inc.
(“Shift”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Shift
Merger Agreement”) with Shift and Shift Remarketing Operations,
Inc. (“Shift Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Shift Merger Sub will
be merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as
the surviving corporation and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Shift
(the “Shift Merger”); the timing of the Shift Merger and the
occurrence of any event, change, or other circumstances that could
delay or prevent completion of the proposed Shift Merger or give
rise to the termination of the Shift Merger Agreement; the impact
of the Shift Merger on the business and future financial and
operating results of the Company and Shift; our ability to manage
our business through and following the COVID-19 pandemic and the
related semi-conductor chip and labor shortages, including to
achieve the anticipated benefits from the announced closure of
certain hub locations; our ability to achieve revenue growth and
profitability in the future; our ability to innovate and expand our
technological capabilities; our ability to effectively optimize our
reconditioning operations; our ability to grow existing vehicle
sourcing accounts and key vehicle channels; our ability to add new
corporate vehicle sourcing accounts and increase consumer sourcing;
our ability to have sufficient and suitable inventory for resale;
our ability to increase our service offerings and price
optimization; our ability to effectively promote our brand and
increase brand awareness; our ability to expand our product
offerings and introduce additional products and services; our
ability to improve future operating and financial results; our
ability to obtain financing in the future; our ability to acquire
and protect intellectual property; our ability to attract, train
and retain key personnel, including sales and customer service
personnel; our ability to acquire and integrate other companies and
technologies; our ability to remediate material weaknesses in
internal control over financial reporting; our ability to comply
with laws and regulations applicable to our business; our ability
to successfully defend litigation; and our ability to successfully
deploy the proceeds from the merger pursuant to that certain
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 21, 2020 (as
amended by Amendment No. 1, dated December 16, 2020), by and among
CarLotz, Inc. (f/k/a Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp.), Acamar
Partners Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CarLotz, Inc., and
CarLotz Group, Inc. (f/k/a CarLotz, Inc.) (“Former CarLotz”),
pursuant to which Acamar Partners Sub, Inc. merged with and into
Former CarLotz, with Former CarLotz surviving as the surviving
company and as a wholly owned subsidiary of CarLotz, Inc., and
those factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in
our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 9, 2022 and November 8, 2022
and Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 15,
2022, and those described from time to time in our future reports
filed with the SEC. Many of these risk factors are outside of our
control, and as such, they involve risks which are not currently
known that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those discussed or implied herein. The forward-looking statements
in this Current Report are made as of the date on which they are
made and we do not undertake to update our forward-looking
statements.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated
by reference herein.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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CARLOTZ, INC. |
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Dated: November 10, 2022 |
By: |
/s/ Lev Peker |
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Lev Peker |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
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