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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q

(Mark One) 

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                  to

Commission File No. 001-38744


INSURANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware82-5325852(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission file number: 001-38839

Shift Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware82-5325852
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S.IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2929 Arch

2525 16th Street, Suite 1703

Philadelphia, PA 19104

316 San Francisco, California 94103-4234
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)principal executive offices)

(215) 701-9555
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (855) 575-6739
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:


Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per shareINSUSFTNasdaq Capital Market
Warrants to purchase one-half of one share of Class A common stockINSUWNasdaq Capital Market
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, $.0001 par value, and one-half of one WarrantINSUUNasdaq Capital Market


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”filer”, “accelerated filer,”filer”, “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


☐   
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
☒   Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
☒   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.

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. ☐


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):. Yes No


As of May 14, 2020, there were 15,490,00013, 2021 the registrant had 84,144,419 shares of Class A common stock $0.0001 par value, and 5,163,333 sharesoutstanding.


Table of Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, issued and outstanding. 

INSURANCE ACQUISITION CORP.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

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PART 1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.Financial Statements
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CondensedConsolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)Comprehensive Loss2
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CondensedConsolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited)4
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 6.21
SIGNATURES22

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CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2020  2019 
  (unaudited)    
ASSETS      
Current assets      
Cash $104,229  $406,724 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  90,708   73,934 
Total Current Assets  194,937   480,658 
         
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account  153,723,340   153,238,186 
Total Assets $153,918,277  $153,718,844 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Current liabilities        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $89,448  $214,787 
Income taxes payable  631,142   497,388 
Total Current Liabilities  720,590   712,175 
         
Deferred underwriting fee payable  6,419,000   6,419,000 
Total Liabilities  7,139,590   7,131,175 
         
Commitments        
         
Common stock subject to possible redemption, 13,833,524 and 13,856,560 shares at redemption value as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  141,778,683   141,587,667 
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding      
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 1,656,476 and 1,633,440 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 13,833,524 and 13,856,560 shares subject to possible redemption) as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively  166   163 
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 5,163,333 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019  516   516 
Additional paid-in capital  3,484,151   3,675,170 
Retained earnings  1,515,171   1,324,153 
Total Stockholders’ Equity  5,000,004   5,000,002 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $153,918,277  $153,718,844 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance, business strategies, and expectations for our business constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “approximately,” “shall”, the negative of any of these and any similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. We cannot assure you that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to:

our ability to sustain our current rate of growth;

our ability to establish our software as a platform to be used by automotive dealers;

risks relating to our inspection and reconditioning hubs;

impacts of COVID-19 and other pandemics;

our reliance on third-party carriers for transportation:

cyber-attacks or other privacy or data security incidents;

our reliance on third-party service providers to provide financing;

changes and ambiguity in the prices of new and used vehicles;

access to desirable vehicle inventory;

changes in applicable laws and regulations;
our ability to timely obtain and maintain state dealer and finance licenses necessary for our business.

access to additional debt and equity capital;

changes in technology and consumer acceptance of such changes;

our reliance on internet search engines, vehicle listing sites and social networking sites to help drive traffic to our website;

any restrictions on the sending of emails or messages or an inability to timely deliver such communications;

seasonal and other fluctuations in our quarterly results of operations;

competition in the markets in which we operate;

changes in the auto industry and conditions affecting automotive manufacturers;

natural disasters, adverse weather events and other catastrophic events;
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our dependence on key personnel;

our dependence on the continuation of key banking relationships through which auto financing is provided to our customers;

our reliance on third-party technology and information systems;

our ability to remediate the material weakness in our internal controls; and

other economic, business and/or competitive factors, risks and uncertainties, including those described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

We do not undertake, and expressly disclaim, any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. We caution you not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this filing.
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Part I - Financial Information
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
As of March 31, 2021As of December 31, 2020
ASSETS  
Current assets:  
Cash and cash equivalents$176,985 $233,936 
Accounts receivable, net21,208 8,426 
Inventory74,253 49,086 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets9,607 5,478 
Total current assets282,053 296,926 
Property and equipment, net3,440 2,123 
Capitalized website and internal use software costs, net7,207 6,542 
Restricted cash, non-current1,730 1,605 
Deferred borrowing costs1,391 2,149 
Other non-current assets2,331 2,748 
Total assets$298,152 $312,093 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$12,906 $10,675 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities25,170 22,286 
Flooring line of credit31,343 13,870 
Total current liabilities69,419 46,831 
Financial instruments liability23,077 25,230 
Other non-current liabilities3,018 2,850 
Total liabilities95,514 74,911 
Commitment and contingencies (Note 10)00
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock – par value $0.0001 per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
Common stock – par value $0.0001 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively; 84,136,987 and 83,904,182 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
Additional paid-in capital519,828 511,617 
Accumulated deficit(317,198)(274,443)
Total stockholders’ equity202,638 237,182 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$298,152 $312,093 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of thethese condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2020  2019 
       
Operating expenses $342,432  $59,556 
Loss from operations  (342,432)  (59,556)
         
Other income:        
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account  667,204   59,240 
         
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes  324,772   (316)
Provision for income taxes  (133,754)  (2,917)
Net income (loss)  191,018   (3,233)
         
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A redeemable common stock  15,065,000   15,065,000 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class A  0.03   (0.00)
         
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A and Class B non-redeemable common stock  5,588,333   5,205,833 
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class A and Class B  (0.06)  (0.00)

SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 20212020
Revenue  
Ecommerce revenue, net$88,954 $21,916 
Other revenue4,019 683 
Wholesale vehicle revenue13,031 7,354 
Total revenue106,004 29,953 
Cost of sales98,638 26,610 
Gross profit7,366 3,343 
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses50,234 13,446 
Depreciation and amortization1,101 982 
Total operating expenses51,335 14,428 
Loss from operations(43,969)(11,085)
Change in fair value of financial instruments2,153 
Interest and other expense, net(939)(1,246)
Net loss and comprehensive loss attributable to common stockholders$(42,755)$(12,331)
Net loss and comprehensive loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted$(0.55)$(3.84)
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted77,909,110 3,214,113 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unauditedthese condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

  

Class A

Common Stock

  

Class B

Common Stock

  Additional Paid-in  Accumulated  Total Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Balance – January 1, 2020  1,633,440  $163   5,163,333  $516  $3,675,170  $1,324,153  $5,000,002 
                             
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption  23,036   3         (191,019)     (191,016)
                             
Net income                 191,018   191,018 
Balance – March 31, 2020  1,656,476  $166   5,163,333  $516  $3,484,151  $1,515,171  $5,000,004 

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019

  

Class A

Common Stock

  

Class B

Common Stock

  Additional Paid-in  Accumulated  Total Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Balance – January 1, 2019    $   5,163,333  $516  $24,484  $(1,669) $23,331 
                             
Sale of 15,065,000 Units, net of underwriting discount and offering expenses  15,065,000   1,507         140,987,009      140,988,516 
                             
Sale of 425,000 Placement Units  425,000   42         4,249,958      4,250,000 
                             
Common stock subject to possible redemption  (14,015,901)  (1,402)        (140,257,210)     (140,258,612)
                             
Net loss                 (3,233)  (3,233)
Balance – March 31, 2019  1,474,099  $147   5,163,333  $516  $5,004,241  $(4,902) $5,000,002 

SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Convertible
Preferred Stock
Common StockAdditional
Paid in
Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Total Stockholders’
 SharesAmountSharesAmount
Balance at December 31, 2020$83,904,182 $$511,617 $(274,443)$237,182 
Warrant exchange— — 125,160 — (497)— (497)
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of vested options— — 107,645 — 200 — 200 
Repurchase of shares related to early exercised options— — — — 132 — 132 
Vesting of early exercised options— — — — — 
Stock-based compensation— — — — 8,375 — 8,375 
Net loss and comprehensive loss— — — — — (42,755)(42,755)
Balance at March 31, 2021$84,136,987 $$519,828 $(317,198)$202,638 

Convertible
Preferred Stock
Common StockAdditional
Paid in
Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Total Stockholders’ Equity
 SharesAmountSharesAmount
Balance at December 31, 2019255,237,101 $223,631 37,432,555 $$34,997 $(215,297)$(180,297)
Retroactive application of recapitalization(255,237,101)(223,631)(6,037,592)— 223,631 — 223,631 
Adjusted balance, beginning of period31,394,963 258,628 (215,297)43,334 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of vested options— — 38,860 — 59 — 59 
Repurchase of shares related to early exercised options— — — — 41 — 41 
Stock-based compensation— — — — 327 — 327 
Net loss and comprehensive loss— — — — — (12,331)(12,331)
Balance at March 31, 202031,433,823 259,055 (227,628)31,430 



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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 20212020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES  
Net loss$(42,755)$(12,331)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization1,173 982 
Stock-based compensation expense8,203 267 
Change in fair value of financial instruments(2,153)$
Contra-revenue associated with milestones159 159 
Amortization of debt discount1,092 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable(12,782)(618)
Inventory(25,167)(3,537)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets(4,129)(534)
Other non-current assets296 130 
Accounts payable1,760 1,309 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities3,005 2,160 
Other non-current liabilities915 (17)
Net cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash used in operating activities(71,475)(10,938)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of property and equipment(1,135)(168)
Capitalized website internal-use software costs(1,353)(1,103)
Net cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash used in investing activities(2,488)(1,271)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from flooring line of credit facility57,096 8,103 
Repayment of flooring line of credit facility(39,661)(10,380)
Exchange of warrants for cash(497)
Proceeds from stock option exercises, including from early exercised options200 59 
Repurchase of shares related to early exercised options(1)
Net cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash provided by (used in) financing activities17,137 (2,218)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash(56,826)(14,427)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period235,541 44,576 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period$178,715 $30,149 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Cash paid for interest$176 $287 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Vesting of exercised options$132 $41 
Stock-based compensation capitalized to internal-use software$172 $60 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unauditedthese condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2020  2019 
       
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net income (loss) $191,018  $(3,233)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:        
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account  (667,204)  (59,240)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  (16,774)  (155,350)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (125,339)  56,290 
Income taxes payable  133,754   2,917 
Net cash used in operating activities  (484,545)  (158,616)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:        
Investment of cash in Trust Account     (150,650,000)
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account to pay franchise taxes  182,050    
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  182,050   (150,650,000)
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid     148,030,000 
Proceeds from sale of Placement Units     4,250,000 
Advance from related party     64,231 
Repayment of advances from related party     (65,535)
Proceeds from promissory note – related party     200,000 
Repayment of promissory note – related party     (200,000)
Payment of offering costs     (576,749)
Net cash provided by financing activities     151,701,947 
         
Net Change in Cash  (302,495)  893,331 
Cash – Beginning of period  406,724   25,000 
Cash – End of period $104,229  $918,331 
         
Non-Cash investing and financing activities:        
Initial classification of common stock subject to possible redemption $  $140,260,560 
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption $191,016  $(1,948)
Deferred underwriting fee payable $  $6,419,000 
Offering costs included in accrued offering costs $  $46,032 

The accompanying notes are an integral partTable of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

NOTE

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)

1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATIONTHE BUSINESS AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Shift Platform, Inc., formerly known as Shift Technologies, Inc. (“Legacy Shift”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on December 9, 2013. The Company conducts its business through Legacy Shift and its wholly owned subsidiaries Shift Operations, LLC, and Shift Finance, LLC.
The Company is based in and operates out of San Francisco, California and operates hubs to purchase, recondition and/or sell vehicles in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Portland, and Seattle. Shift operates an innovative platform to make car purchases, car sales and ownership simple. Shift’s innovative platform, which includes proprietary pricing technology, provides consumers with a digital purchase and selling experience, and includes offerings throughout the sales cycle, including vehicle pickup and delivery at a customer’s location.
The Company currently is organized into 2 reportable segments: Retail and Wholesale. The Retail segment represents retail sales of used vehicles through the Company’s ecommerce platform and fees earned on sales of value-added products associated with those vehicles sales such as vehicle service contracts, guaranteed asset protection waiver coverage, prepaid maintenance plans, and appearance protection plans. The Wholesale segment represents sales of used vehicles through wholesale auctions or directly to a wholesaler (“DTW”).
Insurance Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”Merger
On October 13, 2020, Insurance Acquisition Corp. (“IAC”), isan entity listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trade symbol “INSU”, acquired Legacy Shift by the merger of IAC Merger Sub, Inc., a blank checkdirect wholly owned subsidiary of IAC, with and into Legacy Shift, with Legacy Shift continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of IAC (the “Merger”). The public company incorporatedresulting from the merger was renamed Shift Technologies, Inc., which we refer to as Shift, we, us, our, SFT, or the Company. Upon the consummation of the Merger, Shift received approximately $300.9 million, net of fees and expenses. See Note 2 - Merger for additional details regarding this transaction.
COVID-19
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) as a pandemic, and the Company expects its operations in Delaware on March 13, 2018.all locations to be affected as the virus continues to proliferate. The Company was formed forsaw a slowing of vehicle sales immediately following the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business transaction with one or more operating businesses or assets (a “Business Combination”).

Although the Company is not limitedshelter in place ordinances in March; however, within five weeks, weekly sales volume rebounded nearly to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, the Company intends to focus its search on businesses providing insurance or insurance related services, with particular emphasis on regulated insurance or reinsurance companies.pre-COVID-19 volumes. The Company is an early stagehas adjusted certain aspects of its operations to protect its employees and emerging growth companycustomers while still meeting customers’ needs for vital technology, including implementing contactless purchase and delivery processes and applying long-term antimicrobial surface and air protection systems for its entire inventory.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), was signed into law in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act includes several significant income tax relief provisions as such,well as the Company is subject to alldeferral of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

All activity through March 31, 2020 relates toemployer portion of the Company’s formation, its initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and identifyingsocial security payroll tax. The income tax benefits include a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating incomefavorable increase in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.

The registration statementexpense limitation under section 163(j), allowing a five-year net operating loss (“NOL”) carryback provision for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on March 19, 2019. On March 22, 2019, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 15,065,000 units (the “Units”certain NOLs, and with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option inincreasing the amount of 1,965,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $150,650,000, which is described in Note 3.

Simultaneously withNOLs corporations may use to offset income for taxable years beginning before 2021. The Company has evaluated the closingincome tax impacts of the Initial Public Offering,CARES Act and does not expect that the income tax relief provisions of the CARES Act would not significantly impact the Company, consummated the sale of 425,000 units (the “Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit in a private placement to the Company’s sponsor, Insurance Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (together with Dioptra Advisors, LLC, the “Sponsor”) and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”), generating gross proceeds of $4,250,000, which is described in Note 4.

Transaction costs amounted to $9,661,484, consisting of $2,620,000 of underwriting fees, $6,419,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $622,484 of other offering costs.since it has had taxable losses since inception. In addition, $1,048,801 of cash was held outsidethe Company has adopted the deferral of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for working capital purposes.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on March 22, 2019, an amount of $150,650,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Placement Units was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”), which will be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if it does not complete an initial Business Combination by September 22, 2020 (the “Combination Period”); or (iii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below, except that interest earned on the Trust Account can be released to pay the Company’s tax obligations, if the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or upon any earlier liquidation of the Company.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. Nasdaq rules provide that the Company must complete a Business Combination with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of signing a definitive agreement in connection with a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.


INSURANCE ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

The Company will provide its stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rataemployer portion of the amount then on deposit insocial security payroll tax. The deferral is effective from the Trust Account ($10.00 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released toenactment date through December 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2021, the Company to pay its tax obligations).had deferred $1.3 million. The per-sharedeferred amount towill be distributed to stockholders who redeem their sharespaid in two installments and the amount will not be reduced byconsidered timely paid if 50% of the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the representative (as discussed in Note 6). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.

The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder voteamount is not requiredpaid by lawDecember 31, 2021 and the Company does not decideremainder by December 31, 2022.

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Notes to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors (the “Insiders”) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), the shares of Class A common stock included in the Placement Units (the “Placement Shares”) and any Public Shares held by them in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.

The Company will also provide its stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares in connection with any stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if it does not complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then on deposit in the Trust Account ($10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable). The per-share amount to be distributed to stockholders who redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the representative (as discussed in Note 6). There will be no redemption rights with respect to the Company’s warrants in connection with such a stockholder vote to approve such an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not redeem shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. The Insiders have agreed to vote any Founder Shares, Placement Shares and any Public Shares held by them in favor of any such amendment.

The Company will have until the expiration of the Combination Period to consummate its initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including any interest earned on the Trust Account not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and; (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

The Insiders and Cantor have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Placement Shares, as applicable, (i) in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, (ii) in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if it does not complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, and (iii) if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The Insiders have also agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Public Shares held by them in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination and in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if it does not complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, the Insiders will be entitled to redemption rights with respect to Public Shares if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination or liquidates within the Combination Period. Cantor will have the same redemption rights as public stockholders with respect to any Public Shares it acquires. The representative has agreed to waive its rights to deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00). Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons will execute such agreements. Cohen & Company, LLC, the manager of the Sponsor, has agreed that it will be liable under certain circumstances to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by the Company for service rendered, contracted for or products sold to the Company. However, it may not be able to satisfy those obligations should they arise. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of its Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions in connection with its Business Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to an aggregate of 20.0% or more of the shares sold in the Initial Public Offering. However, there is no restriction on the Company’s stockholders’ ability to vote all of their shares for or against a Business Combination.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of presentation

The accompanyingPresentation

Our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
The interim condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, condensed consolidated statements of stockholders' equity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and amounts relating to the interim periods included in the accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. The unaudited interim financial informationstatements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K , and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In themanagement’s opinion, of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements includeincludes all adjustments, consisting of aonly normal recurring nature, which areadjustments, necessary for athe fair presentation of the financial position, operatingCompany’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021, and its results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and cash flows for the periods presented.

three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. The accompanying unaudited condensedresults for the three months ended March 31, 2021, are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the fiscal year or any other periods. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the SECUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 25, 2020, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2019 is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020 or for any future interim periods.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

Emerging growth company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of estimates

Estimates

The preparation of condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Making On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly fromand assumptions, including those estimates.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Common stock subject to possible redemption

The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.

Offering costs

Offering costs consist of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offeringvaluation of vehicle inventory, capitalized website and internal-use software development costs, amounting to $9,661,484 were charged to stockholders’ equity uponfair value of common stock, financial instruments, stock-based compensation and income taxes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted the completionglobal economy, as well as the Company’s operations, and the extent and duration of the Initial Public Offering.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

Income taxes

impacts remain unclear. The Company complies withCompany’s future estimates, including, but not limited to, the accountinginventory valuations, and reporting requirementsfair value measurements, may be impacted and continue to evolve as conditions change as a result of ASC Topic 740 “Income Taxes,”the COVID-19 pandemic.

Management bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reportingform the basis for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences betweenmaking judgments about the financial statement and tax basescarrying values of assets and liabilities that will resultare not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from those estimates.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in future taxable or deductible amounts,an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on enacted tax lawsassumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.
The authoritative guidance on fair value measurements establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements as follows:
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and rates applicablethat are significant to the periodsfair value of the assets or liabilities.
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(unaudited)
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified in whichtheir entirety based on the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assetslowest level of input that is significant to the amountfair value measurement. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires management to make judgments and consider factors specific to the asset or liability. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, all liability-classified financial instruments that are remeasured on a recurring basis have been valued using Level 3 inputs. The determination of the fair value of the Lithia warrants subject to remeasurement is based on the Black-Scholes valuation model, which requires significant estimates including the expected volatility of our common stock, expected dividend yield, option term and risk-free rate.
The fair value of the Escrow Shares was determined using a Monte Carlo valuation model, which requires significant estimates including the expected volatility of our common stock. The liability arising from the Escrow Shares is included in financial instruments liability in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The expected annual volatility of our common stock was estimated to be realized.

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold67.60% and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties63.93% as of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020, respectively, based on the historical volatility of comparable publicly traded companies.

The below table illustrates the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments:
(in thousands)20212020
Balance as of January 1,$25,230 $4,810 
Remeasurement of Escrow Shares liability(2,153)
Balance as of March 31,$23,077 $4,810 
All Legacy Shift warrants outstanding prior to the merger were exercised and settled via net share settlement. The number of shares issued upon the exercise of the warrants was reduced in lieu of cash payment for the exercise price of the warrants. There were 0 warrants outstanding at March 31, 2021.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This ASU requires a lessee to recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-to-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. This ASU is effective for public and private companies’ fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and December 15, 2021, respectively, with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt ASU 2016-02 under the private company transition guidance beginning January 1, 2022, and is currently evaluating the impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, and subsequent related ASUs, which amends the guidance on the impairment of financial instruments by requiring measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held. This ASU is effective for public and private companies’ fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, and December 15, 2022, respectively. The Company expects to adopt ASU 2016-13 under the private company transition guidance beginning January 1, 2023, and is currently evaluating the impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”). ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. ASU 2019-12 will be effective for public entities for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. ASU 2019-12 will be effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently not awareassessing the impact, if any, the guidance will have on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform, which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The guidance is effective for all entities during the period March 12, 2020, through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, the guidance will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
2. MERGER
On October 13, 2020, Legacy Shift and IAC consummated the Merger, with Legacy Shift surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAC, which was renamed “Shift Technologies, Inc.” Immediately prior to the closing of the Merger, all shares of outstanding redeemable convertible preferred stock of Legacy Shift were automatically converted into shares of Legacy Shift common stock, and all outstanding warrants for Legacy Shift shares were exercised. Upon the consummation of the Merger, each share of Legacy Shift common stock issued and outstanding was canceled and converted into the right to receive 0.1073 shares (the “Exchange Ratio”) of Class A common stock of IAC.
In connection with the execution of the merger agreement, IAC entered into separate subscription agreements (each, a “Subscription Agreement”) with a number of investors (each a “Subscriber”), pursuant to which the Subscribers agreed to purchase, and IAC agreed to sell to the Subscribers, an aggregate of 18,900,000 shares of common stock (the “PIPE Shares”), for a purchase price of $10 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $189.0 million, in a private placement pursuant to the subscription agreements (the “PIPE”). The PIPE investment closed simultaneously with the consummation of the Merger.
The Merger is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, IAC was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes (See Note 1 - Description of the Business and Accounting Policies). Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Merger was treated as the equivalent of Shift issuing stock for the net assets of IAC, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of IAC of $0.1 million are stated at historical cost, with 0 goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.
Escrow Shares
The former Legacy Shift stockholders are entitled to receive up to an additional 6,000,218 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Escrow Shares”). The Escrow Shares were issued to a third-party escrow agent in connection with the closing of the Merger, with each former Legacy Shift stockholder listed as beneficiary in proportion to their percentage ownership of Legacy Shift common shares immediately prior to the Merger. The Escrow Shares will be released to the beneficiaries if the following conditions are achieved following October 13, 2020, the date of the closing of the Merger:
i.if at any issues under reviewtime during the 12 months following the closing, the closing share price of the Company’s common stock is greater than $12.00 over any 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period, 50% of the Escrow Shares will be released; and
ii. if at any time during the 30 months following the closing, the closing share price of the Company’s common stock is greater than $15.00 over any 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period, 50% of the Escrow Shares will be released.
iii.If, during the 30 months following the closing, there is a change of control (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that couldwill result in significant payments, accrualsthe holders of the Company’s common stock receiving a per share price equal to or material deviationin excess of $10 per share (as equitably adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, special cash dividends, reorganizations, combinations, recapitalizations and similar transactions affecting the common stock after the date of the Merger), then all Escrow Shares shall be released to the Legacy Shift stockholders effective as of immediately prior to the consummation of such change of control.
The Escrow Shares are legally outstanding and the beneficiaries retain all voting, dividend and distribution rights applicable to the Company’s common stock while the shares are in escrow. If the conditions for the release of the Escrow Shares are not met, the shares and any dividends or distributions arising therefrom shall be returned to the Company. The Escrow Shares are not considered outstanding for accounting purposes, and as such are excluded from the calculation of basic net loss per share (see Note 12).
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
The Escrow Shares meet the accounting definition of a derivative financial instrument. As the number of Escrow Shares that will ultimately be released is partially dependent on variables (namely, the occurrence of a change in control) that are not valuation inputs to a “fixed for fixed” option or forward contract, the Escrow Shares are not considered to be indexed to the Company’s common stock and are therefore classified as a liability. The Company’s obligation to release the Escrow Shares upon achievement of the milestones was recorded to financial instruments liabilityon the condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value as of the date of the Merger. Subsequent changes in the fair value of the liability are recorded to change in fair value of financial instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. NaN Escrow Shares had been released as of March 31, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized a gain related to the change in fair value of the Escrow Shares of $2.2 million, which is included in change in fair value of financial instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property and equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):
As of March 31, 2021As of December 31, 2020
Equipment$3,420 $2,132 
Furniture and fixtures191 158 
Leasehold improvements1,695 1,408 
Total property and equipment5,306 3,698 
Less: accumulated depreciation(1,866)(1,575)
Property and equipment, net$3,440 $2,123 
Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, is included in depreciation and amortization in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
4. CAPITALIZED WEBSITE AND INTERNAL-USE SOFTWARE COSTS, NET
Capitalized website and internal use software costs, net consists of the following (in thousands):
 As of March 31, 2021As of December 31, 2020
Capitalized website domain costs – nonamortizable$385 $385 
Capitalized website and internal-use software development costs – amortizable18,857 17,308 
Less: accumulated amortization(12,035)(11,151)
Capitalized website and internal-use software development costs, net$7,207 $6,542 
Amortization of capitalized software development costs is included in depreciation and amortization in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and amounted to $0.9 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
5. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
 As of March 31, 2021As of December 31, 2020
Liability for vehicles acquired under OEM program$10,940 $11,461 
Accrued payroll related costs5,462 4,155 
Provision for DMV refunds1,049 1,093 
Accrued sales taxes3,056 1,503 
Common stock subject to repurchase liability, current379 524 
Other accrued expenses4,284 3,550 
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities$25,170 $22,286 
In November 2019, the Company entered into an arrangement with an original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) to sell vehicles sourced locally through the trade-in program of the OEM on the Company’s platform. Under the terms of the arrangement, the Company has the option to provisionally accept any trade-ins based on information provided by the OEM. The Company transports any accepted vehicles to its position.

inspection and reconditioning center where Shift inspects the vehicle and makes a final purchasing decision regarding the vehicle. Any rejected vehicles are sent to wholesale auction facilities at Shift’s expense, at which point Shift has no further obligations to the automaker for the rejected vehicle. The Company records inventory received under the arrangement with the OEM equal to the amount of the liability due to the OEM to acquire such vehicles. The liability due to the OEM provider for such acquired vehicles is equal to the OEM’s original acquisition price. The final price paid to the OEM upon sale of the vehicle includes an additional amount equal to 50% of the excess of the sales price over the original acquisition price.

6. BORROWINGS
Flooring Line of Credit
On October 11, 2018, the Company entered into a flooring line of credit facility (“FLOC”) with U.S. Bank National Association (“US Bank”), with the proceeds from such arrangement available to finance the purchase of vehicles. The FLOC initially allowed for a $30.0 million commitment of advances, whereby the Company may borrow, prepay, repay and reborrow the advances. Advances may be prepaid in part or in full at any time without charge, penalty or premium. The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal, state and city taxing authoritiesrequest a one-time increase in the areascommitment by an amount equal to $20.0 million, provided that certain conditions in the facility agreement are met. The expiration date of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timingfacility was initially September 30, 2019. Advances under the facility accrue interest at LIBOR plus 2.00% and as of March 31, 2021, LIBOR was 0.11%. The obligations under the facility are secured by substantially all of the Company’s inventory, both currently owned or acquired thereafter. Repayment of obligations under the facility are guaranteed by Lithia. Upon expiration of the facility, Lithia has guaranteed the provision of the flooring line of credit through October 11, 2021 if the Company is unable to secure an extension of the flooring line of credit facility with US Bank. With the signing of the flooring line of credit with US Bank, the Company entered into the commercial agreement for Milestone 1 and the related warrants were issued. Refer to Note 9 - Related Party Transactions for further details regarding the guarantee of the flooring line of credit, the commercial agreement and the warrants.
The loan and security agreement contained a financial covenant that required the Company to maintain a total balance of unrestricted cash and the amount of deductions,principal available to be drawn (together, the nexus“Borrower’s Liquidity”) equal to or exceeding 4 times the decrease, if any, of the cash and cash equivalents balance on the determination date compared with the balance three months prior (together calculated with the Borrower’s Liquidity, the “Liquidity Covenant”). The loan and security agreement also sets forth negative covenants that restrict indebtedness, liens, investments, sales of assets, fundamental changes, distributions and other matters.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
On February 14, 2019, the Company entered into the first amendment to the FLOC to increase the loanable amount to 100% of cost for used vehicles purchased at auction or 100% of the wholesale value of used cars determined by US Bank. The original loanable amount ranges from 50% to 100%, depending on the purchased channel and model years of each vehicle. The Company also agreed to open a commercial sweep account that reduces the principal balance outstanding. Interest income among various tax jurisdictionsis earned from the commercial sweep account.
On November 29, 2019, the loan and compliance with federal, state and city tax laws.security agreement expiration date was amended from December 31, 2019 to September 30, 2020. The Company’s management does not expect thatadvance for loan amount was reduced from 100% to 80% of the total amountwholesale value of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.used vehicles acquired. The Company is required to pay the remaining related principal portion for any used vehicle not sold at least six months after the advance/funding date. The Liquidity Covenant was further reduced to 2 times the Company’s three-month cash burn amount of January, February and March 2020, one-half times the three-month cash burn amount of April, May and June 2020, and 1 times the three-month cash burn amount of succeeding months.
On December 21, 2020, the loan and security agreement was further amended to extend the expiration date to October 11, 2021 and to increase the amount available under the FLOC to $50.0 million. The amendment also requires the Company to pay a fee of 0.40% per annum on unused availability under the FLOC.
The FLOC is subject to income tax examinationscustomary subjective acceleration clauses, effective upon a material adverse change in the Company’s business or financial condition, or a material impairment in the Company’s ability to repay the borrowing. As of March 31, 2021, the Company was not in breach of any debt covenants or subjective acceleration clauses.
Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement
Concurrent with the initial closing of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company also entered into the Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement (“DDTL”) with Lithia, whereby Lithia agreed to make up to 2 term loans (“Term Loan A” and “Term Loan B”) from November 29, 2019, to June 12, 2020 (extended by major taxing authorities since inception. 

Net income (loss)amendment to July 31, 2020), with a maximum principal amount of $12.5 million per common share

Net income (loss) per common shareterm loan. Interest accrues on the outstanding principal amount of each Term Loan at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 0.50% The terms of the DDTL include various restrictive covenants, events of default, and security interests in the Company's assets.

In December 2019, the Company drew down on Term Loan A in the amount of $12.5 million. In July 2020, the Company drew down $12.5 million to fund Term Loan B. The DDTL, including both Term Loans A and B, was repaid in full in November 2020.
SBA PPP Loan
On April 22, 2020, the Company, through Shift Platform Inc. (then named Shift Technologies, Inc.), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Shift Operations LLC, obtained loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP Loans”) with an outstanding principal amount of $6.1 million. The PPP Loans were made through Newtek Small Business Finance (the “Lender”), and the Company entered into 2 U.S. Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program Notes (the “Agreements”) with the Lender evidencing the PPP Loans. Interest accrues on the outstanding principal balances of the PPP Loans at a fixed rate of 1.0%, which is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstandingdeferred for the period. Thefirst nine months of the term of the PPP Loans.
In conjunction with closing of the Merger in October 2020, the Company has not consideredrepaid the effectoutstanding balance and accrued interest on the PPP Loans in full.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)

7. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Warrant Exchange
On December 24, 2020, the Initial Public Offering and private placementCompany announced the preliminary results of its offer to purchase 7,745,000exchange (“Offer”) 0.25 shares of Class A common stock and $1.00 in the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share, since the exercisecash, without interest, for each of the 7,532,500 outstanding publicly traded warrants are contingent uponto purchase the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.

The Company’s statement of operations includes a presentation of income (loss) per share for common shares subject to possible redemption in a manner similar to the two-class method of income per share. Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted for Class A redeemable common stock is calculated by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account, net of applicable franchise and income taxes, by the weighted average number of Class A redeemable common stock outstanding since original issuance. Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted for Class A and Class B non-redeemable common stock is calculated by dividing the net income (loss), less income attributable to Class A redeemable common stock, by the weighted average number of Class A and Class B non-redeemable common stock outstanding for the period. Class A and Class B non-redeemable common stock includes the Founder Shares and the Placement Units as these shares do not have any redemption features and do not participate in the income earned on the Trust Account.

Concentration of credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had not experienced losses on this account.

Fair value of financial instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.

Recently issued accounting standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 15,065,000 Units at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 1,965,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of onethe Company, formerly known as Insurance Acquisition Corp. (“IAC”), in connection with the initial public offering of IAC’s securities on March 22, 2019, which entitle such warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holderholders to purchase one1 share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50, (see Note 7).

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Simultaneouslysubject to adjustments (the “Public Warrants”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company’s Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed by the Company with the closing ofSecurities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 5, 2020, as amended. The Offer to exchange expired on December 23, 2020. On December 28, 2020, the Initial Public Offering, Insurance Acquisition Sponsor, LLC and Cantor purchasedCompany issued an aggregate of 425,000 Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $4,250,000. Insurance Acquisition Sponsor, LLC purchased 375,000 Placement Units and Cantor purchased 50,000 Placement Units. Each Placement Unit consists of one share1,744,088 shares of Class A common stock and one-half of one warrant (the “Placement Warrant”). Each whole Placement Warrant is exercisable$7.0 million in cash in exchange for one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The proceeds from the Placement Units were addedPublic Warrants validly tendered and accepted for exchange in accordance with the Offer.

Pursuant to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the saleterms of the Placement Units will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Placement Warrants will expire worthless. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Placement Warrants.

NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

In March 2018,Offer, on December 28, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,000 shares of common stock to Insurance Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.

On December 26, 2018, the Company filed an amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to, among other things, create two classes of common stock, Class A and Class B, and to convert the outstanding Founder Shares into shares of Class B common stock. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into53,125 shares of Class A common stock upon consummationand $0.2 million in cash to the holders of 212,500 privately placed warrants, at the same exchange ratio offered to the Public Warrant holders in the Offer (the "Private Exchange").

In connection with the Offer and the Private Exchange, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,798,203 shares of Class A common stock, representing approximately 2.1% of the shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding after such issuances. The Company subsequently issued 125,160 additional shares of Class A common stock and distributed $0.5 million in cash on January 14, 2021 in exchange for all remaining Public Warrants that were outstanding at December 31, 2020. There were 0 warrants outstanding at March 31, 2021.
8. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS
The Company’s 2014 Stock Option Plan (the “2014 Plan”) provides for the grant of restricted stock awards and incentive and non-qualified options and to purchase common stock to officers, employees, directors, and consultants. Options granted to employees and non-employees generally vest ratably over four to five years, with a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis,maximum contractual term of ten years. Outstanding awards under the 2014 Plan continue to be subject to certain adjustments, as described in Note 7. On December 26, 2018, the Company effectuatedterms and conditions of the 2014 Plan. Following the Merger, no further awards will be made under the 2014 Plan. The number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2014 Plan was reduced to the number of shares subject to awards outstanding under the 2014 Plan immediately after the Merger. Shares reserved for awards that are subsequently expired or forfeited will no longer be returned to the pool of shares authorized for issuance under the 2014 Plan.
Each Legacy Shift option from the 2014 Plan that was outstanding immediately prior to the Merger, whether vested or unvested, was converted into an option to purchase a 3,697.5-for-1 forwardnumber of shares of post-Merger common stock split(each such option, a "Converted Option") equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of its(i) the number of shares of Legacy Shift common stock. On January 30, 2019,stock subject to such Legacy Shift option immediately prior to the Company effected a stock dividend of 1.3860717 shareMerger and (ii) the equity award exchange ratio. The per share of Class B common stockexercise price for each share of Class Bpost-Merger common stock outstandingissuable upon exercise of the Converted Option is equal to the exercise price per Legacy Shift share of each Legacy Shift option immediately before the Merger, with certain adjustments necessary to preserve ISO classification of awards for income tax purposes. The mechanism of conversion resulted in the fair value of each Converted Option award equaling the fair value of the corresponding Legacy Shift option award immediately prior to the dividendconsummation of the Merger. Except as specifically provided in the Merger Agreement, following the Merger, each Converted Option continues to be governed by the same terms and on March 19, 2019,conditions (including vesting and exercisability terms) as were applicable to the Company effected a stock dividend of 1.00747961 share per share of Class B common stock for each share of Class B common stock outstandingcorresponding former Legacy Shift option immediately prior to the dividend, resulting in an aggregate of 5,163,333 shares of Class B common stock held by Insurance Acquisition Sponsor, LLC and the directorsconsummation of the Company.Merger. All share and per-share amounts have beenstock option activity was retroactively restated to reflect the Converted Options.
At the Company's special meeting of stockholders held on October 13, 2020, the stockholders approved the 2020 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the "2020 Plan"). The 2020 Plan provides for the grant of incentive and non-qualified stock dividend on the Founder Shares. The 5,163,333 Founder Shares included an aggregate of upoption, restricted stock units ("RSUs"), restricted share awards, stock appreciation awards, and cash-based awards to 655,000 shares of Class B common stock which were subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’ overallotment option was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Founder Shares would represent 25%employees, directors, and consultants of the Company’s aggregate Founder Shares, Placement Shares and issued and outstanding Public Shares afterCompany. Awards under the Initial Public Offering. As a result2020 Plan expire no more than ten years from the date of grant. The 2020 Plan became effective immediately upon the closing of the underwriters’ electionMerger.
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Notes to fully exercise their over-allotment option, 655,000 Founder Shares are no longer subjectCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)


Activity related to forfeiture.

employee and non-employee stock options issued under the 2014 Plan is set forth below:

Number of
Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(Years)
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000’s)
As of December 31, 20202,356,623 $1.80 8.40$15,230 
Granted
Exercised(107,645)1.86 
Forfeited(178,441)2.47 
Cancelled (expired)(24,847)3.30 
As of March 31, 20212,045,690$1.74 7.83$13,455 
Exercisable as of March 31, 20212,045,690$1.74 7.83$13,455 
Activity related to employee and non-employee RSU awards issued under the 2020 Plan is set forth below:
Number of
Shares
Weighted
Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(Years)
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000’s)
As of December 31, 2020$— $
Granted7,345,862 7.04 
Vested
Forfeited(7,058)8.26 
As of March 31, 20217,338,804$7.04 1.79$61,059 
The Insiders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares (except to permitted transferees) until (i) with respect to 20% of such shares, upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (ii) with respect to 20% of such shares, whenRSUs granted during three months ended March 31, 2021 include 1,702,892 RSUs that vest if the closing price of the Class ACompany's common stock exceeds $12.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading daythresholds ranging from $23 to $28 during the two year period following the consummationsecond anniversary of a Business Combination, (iii) with respect to 20% of such shares, when the closing price of the Class AMerger. The grant date fair values of awards with market-based vesting conditions were determined using a Monte Carlo valuation model, which requires significant estimates including the expected volatility of our common stock exceeds $13.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the consummation of a Business Combination, (iv) with respect to 20% of such shares, when the closing price of the Class A common stock exceeds $15.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the consummation of a Business Combination and (v) with respect to 20% of such shares, when the closing price of the Class A common stock exceeds $17.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier, in any case, if, following a Business Combination, (vi) the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the public stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

stock.

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

INSURANCE ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

Advance from Related Party

An affiliate of the Sponsor advanced the Company an aggregate of $65,535 to be used for the payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering. The advances were non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on demand. The Company repaid the $65,535 of outstanding advances upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering on March 22, 2019.

Promissory Note – Related Party

The Company issued a $500,000 promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) to an affiliate of the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Company borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $200,000. The Promissory Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of June 30, 2019 or the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Promissory Note was repaid upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering on March 22, 2019.

Administrative Services Agreement

The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on March 19, 2019 through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial support and administrative services.

For the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, the Company incurred $30,000recorded stock-based compensation expense of $8.2 million and $5,000$0.3 million, respectively, to selling, general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. In addition, the Company capitalized stock-based compensation costs of $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, to capitalized website and internal use software costs, net.
As of March 31, 2021, there was $45.9 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.45 years.
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase Related to Early Exercised Options
The Company typically allows employees to exercise options prior to vesting. Upon termination of service of an employee, the Company has the right to repurchase at the original purchase price any non-vested but issued common shares. Such an exercise is not substantive for accounting purposes. The consideration received for an exercise of an option is considered to be a deposit of the exercise price, and the related dollar amount is recorded as a liability. The liability is reclassified to additional paid in feescapital as the award vests.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company has recorded a liability of $0.6 million and $0.7 million relating to 147,659 and 294,761 options that were exercised but not vested, respectively.
9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Sales with Related Party
The Company operates a one-sided marketplace (“OSM”) program whereby the Company acquires cars from various sources in Oxnard, California and sells them directly and solely to Lithia. The Company invoices Lithia based on the purchase price of the car plus an agreed upon margin. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized approximately $2.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively, of sales from the OSM agreement with Lithia.
Accounts Receivable from Related Party
As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company has $1.3 million and $0.6 million in outstanding accounts receivable from Lithia, which is comprised of $1.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, in vehicle sales and $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, in commissions based on the number of loan contracts booked with US bank. The Company operates under Lithia’s master agreement with US Bank where the collections pass through Lithia.
Warrant and Commercial Agreements
In September 2018, the Company entered into a warrant agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) and a commercial agreement for Milestone 1 with Lithia and granted Lithia a warrant to purchase 86,661,588 shares of Legacy Shift common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share (the “Warrant Shares”). The Warrant Shares were scheduled to vest and become exercisable in 6 separate tranches of 14,443,598 shares each. Vesting and exercisability was dependent upon the achievement of the Milestones, as defined below. While the Warrant Agreement establishes general vesting terms for each of the six Milestones, each of the six Milestones contains substantive service or performance requirements, and were non-binding as neither the Company nor Lithia were obligated to perform until the commercial agreement associated with each Milestone was executed.
Two tranches of 14,443,598 Warrant Shares were scheduled to vest and become immediately exercisable upon the achievement of each of Milestone 1 and Milestone 2. The remaining four tranches of 14,443,598 Warrant Shares were scheduled to vest and become exercisable on January 12, 2020 (the “Vesting Cliff Date”), provided that Milestone 3, Milestone 4, Milestone 5 and Milestone 6 were achieved prior to such date. If such Milestone had not been achieved by the Vesting Cliff Date, such 14,443,598 Warrant Shares would vest and become immediately exercisable upon the achievement of such Milestone. With respect to any unvested Warrant Shares that had not vested by June 12, 2020 (the “Vesting Termination Date”), the Warrant would automatically terminate. All Warrant Shares became vested prior to the Vesting Termination Date and were exercised prior to the Merger.
Milestone 1 — the Company, with Lithia’s assistance, enters into acceptable credit facilities with access to asset-based used vehicle floorplan financing.
Milestone 2 — the Company and Lithia enter into a data sharing commercial agreement whereby Lithia agrees to transfer certain historical transaction and inventory data to the Company.
Milestone 3 — the Company and Lithia enter into a lease and services agreement whereby Lithia will make available at least one of its locations for the Company’s use as a storage/reconditioning/retail delivery center.
Milestone 4 — the Company and Lithia enter into a lease and services agreement whereby Lithia will make available at least three of its locations for the Company’s use as a storage/reconditioning/retail delivery center.
Milestone 5 — the Company and Lithia enter a commercial agreement whereby Lithia agrees to use commercially reasonable best efforts to help the Company secure and maintain access to finance and insurance products on par with a typical Lithia store.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)

Milestone 6 — the Company and Lithia entering into a commercial agreement where Lithia will purchase mutually-agreed upon vehicles from the Company in a minimum of three existing Lithia markets.
2018 Milestones
The commercial agreement agreed to with Lithia in September 2018 was entered into concurrently with arrangements that provide for Lithia’s guarantee of the flooring line of credit for a three-year period and the provision by Lithia for the delayed draw facility, see Note 6 - Borrowings. The Company determined that there was significant value in the terms received related to both the guarantee and delayed draw facility, for which the Company transferred the warrants identified in Milestone 1 as compensation. Accordingly, upon entering into the arrangements, the Company measured the fair value of the guarantee received at $9.1 million and the fair value of the delayed draw facility at $5.7 million.
The fair value of the guarantee is treated as a deferred borrowing cost associated with the flooring line of credit and is included within deferred borrowing costs on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and is being amortized over the three-year guarantee period, which resulted in $0.8 million and $0.9 million of interest expense during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The deferred loan commitment cost was amortized over the four-year loan commitment period and the remaining balance was written off when the DDTL was repaid on November 10, 2020. Amortization of the deferred loan commitment cost associated with the delayed draw facility resulted in total interest expense of 0 and $0.3 million during three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The warrants issued with Milestone 1 were determined to be liability classified, subject to remeasurement, and were recorded as a non-current liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2020. The warrants were exercised in connection with the Merger closing on October 13, 2020. NaN remeasurement gains or losses related to the warrants were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
2019 Milestones
In connection with the negotiations related to Milestone 5, Lithia facilitated an agreement with Automotive Warranty Services (“AWS”) to sell and market AWS’s service plans, whereby the Company receives commission rates from AWS of comparable terms to those received by Lithia. In substance the Company paid Lithia, in the form of Warrant Shares, to make an upfront payment to Company’s customers on behalf of the Company as the Company achieved favorable pricing from AWS. The benefits of this agreement were guaranteed by Lithia for an initial term of five years commencing on the signing date of the agreement. Such arrangement was the first of a number of agreements to be entered into under the terms of Milestone 5, see further discussion below. The estimated fair value of the in substance upfront payment to AWS was $2.8 million with an offsetting entry recorded to additional paid-in capital, representing a capital transaction with a related party.
Milestone 5 was met in October 2019 and the Company recorded the warrants to additional paid-in capital based on a fair value of $4.3 million. Milestone 5 was achieved after a mutual signed agreement was entered into evidencing that Lithia provided commercially best efforts to help the Company secure and maintain access to four finance and insurance products on par with a typical Lithia store. The fair value of the in substance upfront payment, other than the $2.8 million for AWS discussed above, was $0.4 million and was recorded to other non-current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The combined asset recorded of $3.2 million is subject to amortization over a five-year period expected period of benefit. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company amortized $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively of the asset as a reduction to finance and insurance sales, which is recorded within other revenue on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the remaining asset, net of amortization, was $1.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively.
Lease Agreements
On November 1, 2018 and July 10, 2019, pursuant to Milestone 3 and 4, the Company and Lithia, entered into license and services agreements that govern the Company’s access to and utilization of reconditioning, offices and parking spaces at the Concord and Portland facilities of Lithia, respectively. Both agreements expire on October 12, 2021, with automatic 12 month renewal subject to terms and conditions of the agreements. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, total costs related to these services, respectively.

Consulting Arrangements

agreements were approximately $50 thousand and $22 thousand, respectively, and were expensed to selling, general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)

Flooring Line of Credit Guarantee
In JanuaryFebruary 2019, the Company entered into consulting arrangementsa guarantee agreement with three individuals affiliated with Cohen & Company, LLC for advisory servicesLithia. The interest rate is 1.50% per annum based on a daily outstanding flooring line of credit and is payable monthly to be provided to the Company. These arrangements provide for aggregate monthly fees of $23,125.Lithia. For the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, the Company incurred $69,375recorded $31 thousand and $61,875,$52 thousand of interest and $0.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively of deferred borrowing cost amortization to interest and other expense, net on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement
The Company drew down $12.5 million on December 27, 2019, in such fees,accordance with the DDTL agreement. On July 2, 2020, an additional $12.5 million was drawn down. On November 10, 2020 the outstanding amount of which $-0- and $5,208 is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in$25.0 million was repaid. For the accompanying condensed balance sheets atthree months ended March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Related Party Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or one of its affiliates has committed to loan2020, the Company funds as may be required uprecorded 0 and $0.1 million, respectively of interest and 0 and $0.3 million, respectively of deferred borrowing cost amortization to a maximuminterest and other expense, net on the condensed consolidated statements of $750,000 (“Working Capital Loans”), which will be repaid only uponoperations and comprehensive loss. See Note 6 - Borrowings for further discussion regarding the consummation of a Business Combination. The Sponsor or one of its affiliates may also elect, in its discretion,DDTL.

Accounts Payable Due to make Working Capital Loans in excess of $750,000. If the Company does not consummate a Business Combination, the Company may use a portion of any funds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans; however, no proceeds from the Trust Account may be used for such repayment. If such funds are insufficient to repay the Working Capital Loans, the unpaid amounts would be forgiven. Up to $1,500,000 of the Working Capital Loans may be converted into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the holder. The warrants would be identical to the Placement Warrants. Related Party
As of March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2020 payables and accruals to Lithia consisted of other miscellaneous expenses of $0.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
Loan to Employees
On July 30, 2018 and April 4, 2019, there are no working capitalthe Company received partial recourse promissory notes for $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, as loans outstanding.

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Risksto an employee. The notes bear interest of 2.87% and Uncertainties

Management is currently evaluating2.59%, respectively, per year, compounded annually. The principal balance together with all accrued but unpaid interest shall be due and payable in full upon the impactearliest of the COVID-19 pandemic onday before the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable asninth anniversary of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result frompromissory note or earlier if the outcome of this uncertainty.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

Registration Rights

Pursuantemployee ceases to a registration rights agreement entered into on March 19, 2019, holders of the Founder Shares, Placement Units (including securities contained therein) and the warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Warrants or the warrants issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans) are entitled to registration rights requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to Class A common stock). The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, the holders will have “piggy-back” registration rights to include such securities in other registration statements filed by the Company and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lock-up period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cantor may not exercise its demand and “piggyback” registration rights after five (5) and seven (7) years after the effective date of the registration statement relatedprovide services to the Initial Public Offering and may not exercise its demand rights on more than one occasion. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of 2.0% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $2,620,000. In addition, the underwriters’ representative will be entitled to a deferred fee of $6,419,000. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters’ representative from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. 

NOTE 7. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Preferred Stockpromissory note. Concurrently, the Company entered into a stock pledge agreement whereby the employee granted security interest to the Company for all existing and new shares earned by the employee from the Company. The proceeds from loan the of $0.2 million were used to exercise the employee’s options and no cash was paid to the employee. The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 sharestreated the loan as an off-balance sheet transaction. The proceeds from the loan of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Class A Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 1,656,476 and 1,633,440 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 13,833,524 and 13,856,560 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, respectively.

Class B Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each common share. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 5,163,333 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

Holders of Class B common stock will vote on the election of directors prior$0.1 million was partially paid to the consummationemployee and partially used to pay off taxes resulting from exercise of options in 2018.

On January 14, 2019, the Company received a Business Combination. Holderspromissory note in exchange for a $0.1 million loan to another employee. The note bears an interest of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote2.72% per year, compounded annually. Each of stockholders except as required by law.

The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Initial Public Offering and relatedthese promissory notes was satisfied prior to the closing of the Merger via the issuance of bonuses to the employees.

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Lease Agreements
The Company is a Business Combination,tenant under various operating leases with third parties, including leases of office facilities and parking/vehicle storage locations. These lease agreements are under non-cancelable leases and expire at various dates, ranging from 2021 and extending through 2028.
The Company records rent expense on a straight-line basis over the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majorityterm of the outstanding shareslease. Rent expense was $1.8 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively and is recorded within selling, general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of Class B common stock agreeoperations and comprehensive loss. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases in effect as of March 31, 2021, were as follows (in thousands):
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Notes to waive such adjustment with respectCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
Year ended December 31,Minimum Lease Commitments
2021$5,308 
20226,090 
20235,695 
20244,467 
20253,625 
20261,444 
Thereafter1,726 
Total minimum lease payments$28,355 
Litigation
The Company may be subject to any such issuance or deemed issuance) solegal proceedings and claims that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal,arise in the aggregate,ordinary course of business. Other than the matter discussed below, Management is not currently aware of any matters that will have a material effect on an as-converted basis, 25%the financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the sumCompany.
On May 7, 2021, we were named in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. v. Shift Technologies, Inc. 21-cv-04135) by a former financial advisor, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. (“Stifel”), claiming that we are required to pay the former financial advisor certain compensation as a result of the total numberMerger. In addition, the complaint seeks punitive damages as a result of all shares of common stock issued and outstanding upon completionalleged unjust enrichment for the amount of the Initial Public Offering, including Placement Shares, plus all shares of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination). Holders of Founder Shares may also elect to convert their shares of Class B common stock into an equal number of shares of Class A common stock, subject to adjustment as provided above, at any time.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisablebenefits allegedly conferred on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) March 22, 2020. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

Shift by Stifel. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Class A common stock pursuantbelieves it has meritorious defenses against the claim, and the probable incurred losses related to the exercise for cashclaim are immaterial as of a warrant and will have no obligationMarch 31, 2021. Based on such information as is available to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement underus, the Securities Act with respectrange of additional reasonably possible losses related to the shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject toclaim does not exceed $4.0 million, excluding any punitive damages which the Company satisfying its obligations with respectcannot currently estimate. The Company believes the claim is without merit and intends to registration. No warrant willdefend itself vigorously; however, there can be exercisable andno assurances that the Company will not be obligatedsuccessful in its defense.

11. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company currently is organized into 2 reportable segments: Retail and Wholesale. The Retail segment represents retail sales of used vehicles through the Company’s ecommerce platform and fees earned on sales of value-added products associated with those vehicles sales such as vehicle service contracts, guaranteed asset protection waiver coverage, prepaid maintenance plans, and appearance protection plans. The Wholesale segment represents sales of used vehicles through wholesale auctions or directly to issue shares of Class A common stock upon exercise of a warrant unless Class A common stock issuable upon such warrant exercise haswholesaler (“DTW”).
No operating segments have been registered, qualifiedaggregated to form the reportable segments. The Company determined its operating segments based on how the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) or deemed to be exempt fromdecision-making group, reviews the registration or qualifications requirementsCompany’s operating results in assessing performance and allocating resources. The CODM is the Co-Chief Executive Officers. The CODM reviews revenue and gross profit for each of the securities lawsreportable segments. Gross profit is defined as revenue less cost of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants has not been declared effectivesales incurred by the end of 60 business days following the closing of a Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such timesegment. The CODM does not evaluate operating segments using asset information as there isthese are managed on an effective registration statement and during any period whenenterprise wide group basis. Accordingly, the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant todoes not report segment asset information. During the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC, and within 60 business days following a Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A common stock is at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but will be required to use its best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

in whole and not in part;

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder;

if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and

If, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption for cash, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants.

If the Company issues additional shares of common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors, and in the case of any such issuance to its initial stockholders or their respective affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by them, as applicable, prior to such issuance), the exercise price of the Public Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the newly issued price.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020

(Unaudited)

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

The Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Placement Warrants and the Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees. If the Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the Sponsor, Cantor or their permitted transferees, the Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Atthree months ended March 31, 2020 assets held in the Trust Account were comprised of $153,723,340 in money market funds which are invested in U.S. Treasury securities.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 20202021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

Description Level  

March 31,

2020

 
Assets:      
Marketable securities held in Trust Account – U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund 1  $153,723,340 

The Company classifies its U. S. Treasury and equivalent securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with ASC 320 “Investments - Debt and Equity Securities.” Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying balance sheets and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts.

At December 31, 2019, assets held in the Trust Account were comprised of $188,884 in cash and $153,049,302 in U.S. Treasury securities.

The gross holding losses and fair value of held-to-maturity securities at December 31, 2019 were as follows:

  Held-To-Maturity Amortized Cost  Gross
Holding
Gains
  Fair Value 
December 31, 2019 U.S. Treasury Securities (Mature on 3/26/2020) $153,049,302  $109,674  $153,158,976 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2020,

(Unaudited)

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

Level 1:Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

NOTE 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identifyhave sales to customers outside the United States. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company did not have any subsequent events thatassets located outside of the United States.

Information about the Company’s reportable segments are as follows (in thousands):
 Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
 RetailWholesaleConsolidated
Revenue from external customers$92,973 $13,031 $106,004 
Segment gross profit7,236 130 7,366 
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
 Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
 RetailWholesaleConsolidated
Revenue from external customers$22,599 $7,354 $29,953 
Segment gross profit1,887 1,456 3,343 
The reconciliation between reportable segment gross profit to net loss and comprehensive loss attributable to common stockholders is as follows (in thousands):
 Three Months Ended
March 31,
 20212020
Segment gross profit$7,366 $3,343 
Selling, general and administrative expenses(50,234)(13,446)
Depreciation and amortization(1,101)(982)
Change in fair value of financial instruments2,153 
Interest and other expense, net(939)(1,246)
Net loss and comprehensive loss attributable to common stockholders$(42,755)$(12,331)
12. NET LOSS PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of net loss and comprehensive loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted:
 Three Months Ended
March 31,
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)20212020
Net loss and comprehensive loss attributable to common stockholders$(42,755)$(12,331)
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding used to compute net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted77,909,110 3,214,113 
Net loss and comprehensive loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted$(0.55)$(3.84)
The following potentially dilutive shares were not included in the calculation of diluted shares outstanding for the periods presented as the effect would have required adjustmentbeen anti-dilutive:
 As of March 31,
 20212020
Escrow Shares6,000,218 
Stock options2,045,690 3,269,218 
Restricted stock units7,338,804 
Restricted stock awards117,209 
Contingently repurchasable early exercise shares147,659 250,013 
Total15,532,371 3,636,440 
13. INCOME TAXES
The Company did 0t record a provision or disclosure inbenefit for income taxes during the condensed financial statements.

three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance for its net U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

References

You should read the following management’s discussion and analysis together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included under Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements about Shift’s business, operations and industry that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements regarding Shift’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Shift’s future results and financial condition may differ materially from those currently anticipated by Shift as a result of the factors described in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Throughout this report (this “Quarterly Report”) to “we,”section, unless otherwise noted “we”, “us” or, “our” and the “Company” refer to Shift and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Insurance Acquisition Corp. ReferencesMerger
On October 13, 2020, Insurance Acquisition Corp. (“IAC”), an entity listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trade symbol “INSU”, acquired Shift Platform, Inc., formerly known as Shift Technologies, Inc. (“Legacy Shift”), by the merger of IAC Merger Sub, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of IAC, with and into Legacy Shift, with Legacy Shift continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of IAC (the “Merger”). The public company resulting from the merger was renamed Shift Technologies, Inc., which we refer to as Shift, we, us, our, SFT, or the Company. Upon the consummation of the Merger, Shift received approximately $300.9 million, net of fees and expenses. See Note 2 - Merger, in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details regarding this transaction. For financial reporting purposes IAC was treated as the “acquired” company and Legacy Shift was treated as the accounting acquirer.
Overview
Shift is a leading end-to-end ecommerce platform transforming the used car industry with a technology-driven, hassle-free customer experience.
Shift’s mission is to make car purchase and ownership simple — to make buying or selling a used car fun, fair, and accessible to everyone. Shift provides comprehensive, technology-driven solutions throughout the car ownership lifecycle:
finding the right car,
having a test drive brought to you before buying the car,
a seamless digitally-driven purchase transaction including financing and vehicle protection products,
an efficient, fully-digital trade-in/sale transaction,
and a vision to provide high-value support services during car ownership.
Each of these steps is powered by Shift’s software solutions, mobile transactions platform, and scalable logistics, combined with the Company’s six centralized inspection, reconditioning & storage centers, called hubs.
Shift’s vision is to provide a comprehensive experience for car owners, driven by technology at every step of the consumer lifecycle. Our continued investments in our research and discovery functionality create a platform that draws customers to engage with the Shift website and provide a seamless search experience.
There are three ways to purchase a car from Shift:
On-demand test drive: Shift conveniently brings any car to the customer’s desired location for a no-obligation, contactless test drive, usually at their home or work. If the customer chooses to purchase the vehicle, a Shift concierge staff can process the transaction on-the-spot via a mobile app.
Buy online: Customers can buy a car sight-unseen without a test drive and have it delivered to their home quickly with the same seven-day return policy as is offered on cars bought in person.
Hub test drive: Customers may come to one of Shift’s hub locations to see and test drive multiple cars. When they arrive, customers can scan a QR code on each car to immediately view all relevant details, including ownership & service history, inspection reports, vehicle history reports, and most importantly, dynamic pricing and market price comparisons. This immediate access to all relevant information — without having to rely on a salesman — puts customers in control.
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Launched in 2014, Shift currently operates six reconditioning facilities across the West Coast capable of reaching over 85%1 of the California population and a large portion of the populations of Oregon and Washington, with proven success in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Orange County, San Diego, Sacramento, Portland, and Seattle. In May 2021, the Company began selling cars in the San Antonio and Austin, Texas markets and began acquiring cars in Las Vegas. The Company plans to expand to additional metropolitan areas. Once fully launched, each region is supported by one hub location that acts as the central point for reconditioning and vehicle storage that also enables customers who prefer to browse inventory onsite. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company had $106.0 million in revenue, an increase of 254% compared to $30.0 million of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2020. By targeting urban, densely populated markets, Shift has used direct-to-consumer digital marketing and a responsive ecommerce sales approach to grow its market penetration. With current operations out of six West Coast hubs and the launch of new Texas locations, Shift has significant runway for continued expansion.
Shift’s differentiated strategy offers a wide variety of vehicles across the entire spectrum of model, price, age, and mileage to ensure that Shift has the right car for buyers regardless of interest, need, budget, or credit. Shift is the only online dealer to offer a fully omni-channel fulfillment model, led by Shift’s patented system for managing on-demand test drives brought to customers at their preferred location, such as their home.
Regardless of the approach chosen by the customer, they will be supported by friendly Shift Concierge and Advisor team members. For all buyers, Shift offers a full suite of options to consumers to finance and protect their vehicle through the only mobile point-of-sale solution on the market. Through our platform, we connect customers to various lending partners for a completely digital end-to-end process for financing and service products. A customer can also complete a short online prequalification form and immediately see a filtered view of cars that meet their budget based on the financing options for which they are, statistically speaking, able to qualify. Customers can also get approved for financing before they even test drive a car, making it much more likely that the customer will purchase a car from us.
Shift focuses on unit economics driven by direct vehicle acquisition channels, optimized inventory mix and ancillary product offerings, combined with streamlined inventory onboarding, low fulfillment costs, and centralized software. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, Shift sourced 87% of its inventory from consumer-sellers and partners driving industry-leading margins and customer acquisition cost. Our data-driven vehicle evaluations help ensure acquisition of the right inventory at the right price to reduce days to sale. We believe that a differentiated ability to purchase vehicles directly from consumer-sellers as compared to our “management”competitors, who purchase a higher percentage through the wholesale market, provides Shift access to a deeper pool of scarce, highly desirable inventory.
Sellers are able to go to Shift.com, submit information on their car, and get a quote instantly. Shift uses a proprietary algorithm for pricing that utilizes current market information about market conditions, demand and supply, and car option data, among other factors. Using proprietary pricing and Shift-built mobile diagnostic tools, Shift provides an immediate quote for a customer’s trade-in vehicle, and will schedule an on-demand evaluation at the customer’s location by a member of Shift’s concierge staff. Shift provides selling customers with information on market rates and, when a customer is ready to sell their car, we can digitally initiate e-contracting and an ACH transfer and conveniently take the car on the seller’s behalf so the seller doesn’t even have to leave his or her home to sell their car.
Over time, we will expand our “management team” refermachine learning-enabled recommendation engine to our officers and directors, referenceshelp customers find the cars best suited to them. Customer response to the “Sponsor” referShift experience is extremely positive, resulting in a 70 Net Promoter Score (“NPS”), an order of magnitude higher score than traditional auto retailers. These positive experiences allow Shift to Insurance Acquisition Sponsor, LLCserve customers over the entire lifecycle of vehicle ownership and Dioptra Advisors, LLC. The following discussionretain customers for repeat sales and analysispurchases. By continuing to invest in services that benefit the customer throughout the ownership phase of the Company’slifecycle (for example, vehicle maintenance plans), we will continue to establish a long-term customer base that will return for future transactions.

1Includes MSA’s within 60 miles of Shift hub facilities in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento
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Revenue Model
Shift’s two-sided model generates value from both the purchase and sale of vehicles along with financing and vehicle protection products. We acquire cars directly from consumers, partners, and other sources and sell vehicles through our ecommerce platform directly to consumers in a seamless end-to-end process. This model captures value from the difference in the price at which the car is acquired and sold, as well as through fees on the sale of ancillary products such as financing, vehicle protection, and services. If a car that we purchase does not meet our standards for retail sale, we generate revenue by selling through wholesale channels. These vehicles are primarily acquired from customers who trade-in their existing vehicles in connection with a purchase from us. Our revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, was $106.0 million and $30.0 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, our revenue was impacted by contra-revenue charges of $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively related to certain milestones under our agreement with Lithia (see Note 9 - Related Party Transactions in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements). We expect significant growth going forward as we expand geographically, increase market penetration, and increase ancillary product sales. Our adjusted gross profit is equal to the revenue from vehicle sales and services, exclusive of the impact of the warrants issued related to milestone achievement under our Lithia agreement, less the costs associated with acquiring and reconditioning the vehicle prior to sale. Adjusted gross profit is a non-GAAP financial measure used by our management team to assess our business and consists of gross profit adjusted for non-cash items as set forth below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
Inventory Sourcing
We source the majority of our vehicles directly from consumers and partners who use the Shift platform to resell trade-in and other vehicles. These channels provide scarce and desirable local inventory of used cars of greater quality than those typically found at auction. In addition to those primary channels, we supplement our vehicle acquisitions with purchases from auto auctions, as well as some vehicles sourced locally through the trade-in program of an original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”).
Proprietary machine learning-enabled software inputs vast quantities of data across both the supply and demand sides to optimize our vehicle acquisition strategy. As we grow volumes, we expect to improve the performance of our model to optimize our vehicle selection and disposal. To further increase our inventory, we intend to expand our current third-party relationships and enter into new partnerships that provide significant growth opportunities in a capital efficient manner.
Vehicle Reconditioning
All of the cars Shift sells undergo a rigorous 150+ point mechanical inspection and reconditioning process at one of our six regional reconditioning facilities (or at a third-party partner when additional capacity is needed, such as during the establishment of a new hub location) to help ensure that they’re safe, reliable, up to cosmetic standards, and comfortable. We have created two classifications of inventory for reconditioning — Value and Certified — to optimize the level of reconditioning for each vehicle classification. This allows us to efficiently provide each customer with the greatest value through a tailored reconditioning approach. Value cars are typically sold at a lower price point and are sought after by consumers who have different expectations and tolerances for cosmetic reconditioning standards — therefore, we focus on mechanical and safety issues for these vehicles, with less emphasis on cosmetic repair, in order to optimize reconditioning costs. This key component of our reconditioning process impacts our ability to grow profitably and is a primary factor in our decision to conduct reconditioning in-house. With a 60-mile test drive service radius from our hub to a customer’s home, each reconditioning facility is able to cover a large geographic range and service the surrounding metropolitan area. We plan to grow our reconditioning center network as we expand geographically and launch new markets.
Logistics Network
The primary component of our logistics network consists of intra-city concierge personnel and inter-city third-party carriers. Shift concierges are able to transport vehicles to and from customers, while providing a customer friendly white glove experience, including delivery, disposal, and at-home test drives. This provides the benefit of a seamless experience as well as an on-site sales support agent to guide the customer through the process. Our agreements with long distance haulers allow us to combine the nodes in our network and deliver vehicles between cities. Strategically, this provides customers with a broad set of inventory and a great speed of delivery.
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Financing and Vehicle Protection Products
We generate revenue by earning no obligation referral fees for selling ancillary products to customers that purchase vehicles through the Shift platform. Since we earn fees for the financing and vehicle protection products we sell, also referred to as finance and insurance (“F&I”), our gross profit on these items is equal to the revenue we generate for the sale of those. Our current offering consists of financing from third-party lenders, guaranteed asset protection (“GAP”) waiver, and tire and wheel protection services. We plan to offer additional third-party products to provide a greater product offering to customers and expect these products to contribute to reaching our revenue and profitability targets.
Factors Affecting our Business Performance
Various trends and other factors have affected and may continue to affect our business, financial condition and operating results, including:
Deeper Market Penetration Within Our Existing Markets
We believe that there remains a large opportunity to capture additional market share within our existing service areas. We’ve proven our ability to command a strong market share through effective marketing channels, as demonstrated by our current market share in our most established cities in the San Francisco area, where we represent over 4% of the used car sales market.3 We believe that with effective brand marketing, we will be able to reach similar market penetration in our other geographic markets.
Expansion into New Markets
We believe that a phased, capital efficient, expansion model results in the most cost-effective new market launch strategy in the industry. Our approach to market expansion is to implement controlled launches to expand our existing service territory. This approach both bolsters our existing markets (with new inventory being acquired in nearby cities), while simultaneously providing the new market with the local talent and resources required for a successful launch.
Improvements in Technology Platform
We are constantly investing in our technology platform to improve both customer experience and our business performance. We regularly implement changes to our software to help customers find the right car for them, while the machine learning component of our inventory and pricing model ensures we get the right cars at the right price. As our algorithms evolve, we are able to better monetize our inventory of vehicles through better pricing, while simultaneously customers are much more likely to purchase a car on our website, thus driving higher demand and sales volume.
Improvements in Reconditioning Processes
We learned early on from our experience in the used car sales business that to be a reliable used car resource with desirable inventory for all customer types, we needed to control our own reconditioning processes. Our reconditioning program has constantly improved over the course of our history, and we are happy with what we have achieved. Each unit of our inventory is reconditioned with a focus on safety first, while optimizing for repairs that will have the highest return on investment (“ROI”). We believe that our network of reconditioning centers and connecting logistics routes have excess capacity, which we plan to utilize as we increase retail sales volumes. Increasing capacity utilization will positively affect Adjusted GPU by reducing per unit overhead costs. Due to hiring challenges in the COVID environment, our ability to grow our reconditioning teams could not keep pace with the consumer demand in the market, and we therefore outsourced the reconditioning process for select vehicles. We believe we’ve seen significant improvements in our in house reconditioning in 2021 as our technician hiring caught up to our throughput targets. However, the higher outsourced reconditioning costs incurred in 2020 will continue to impact results in the first half of 2021 as we sell through vehicles acquired and reconditioned in 2020.
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3Represents Shift’s 2019 total unit sales for ZIP codes in which Shift currently operates from San Francisco, South San Francisco, Daly City and Brisbane, divided by the total 2019 used vehicle sales in the same area.
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Growth in Other Revenue from Existing Revenue Streams
We have made great strides over the past two years developing our “other revenue” streams, which comprise the financing and vehicle protection products that we can offer on our digital financing platform, and other ancillary products. We have invested in the technology, as well as the sales team, to increase the likelihood that consumers will purchase ancillary products in connection with the sale of a vehicle, and we see more opportunity for additional revenue within our existing channels purely from further expansion of our attach rates for our entire financing and vehicle protection product suite.
Growth in Other Revenue from Expansion of Product Offerings
We see great opportunity to further expand our other revenue streams through additional product offerings beyond the existing offerings on our platform. These incremental revenue streams will come in the form of on-boarding new lending partners to our existing loan program, as well as introducing entirely new financing and vehicle protection products to offer our customers. We intend to continue to grow this business segment to service every foreseeable need of our customers during the vehicle purchase process.
Seasonality
We expect our quarterly results of operations, shouldincluding our revenue, gross profit, profitability, if any, and cash flow to vary significantly in the future, based in part on, among other things, consumers’ car buying patterns. We have typically experienced higher revenue growth rates in the second and third quarters of the calendar year than in each of the first or fourth quarters of the calendar year. We believe these results are due to seasonal buying patterns driven in part by the timing of income tax refunds, which we believe are an important source of car buyer down payments on used vehicle purchases. We believe that continued investments in growth, including effective marketing and new market entry, will allow us to maintain sales growth through seasonality, however we recognize that in the future our revenues may be readaffected by these seasonal trends as well as cyclical trends affecting the overall economy, specifically the automotive retail industry.

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Impact of COVID-19
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic related to the rapidly growing outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19, and in conjunctionthe following weeks, shelter-in-place ordinances were put into effect in regions where Shift operates. We saw a slowing of vehicle sales immediately following the shelter-in-place ordinances in March; however, within five weeks, we were back near our pre-COVID-19 weekly sales volumes. Although the ultimate impacts of COVID-19 remain uncertain, a recent survey found that 46% of U.S. adults surveyed plan to use their cars more often and public transportation less often in the future. Additionally, the pandemic is accelerating trends of online adoption more broadly as consumers seek to avoid physical retail locations. We believe that this global pandemic will push people to look to alternative means of personal transportation, and our product is well suited to provide customers with a safe, clean means of transportation, through our contactless purchase and delivery processes. Therefore, while it remains possible that sustained or deepened impact on consumer demand resulting from COVID-19 or the financial statementsrelated economic recession could negatively impact Shift’s performance, we believe that Shift is well positioned to weather the pandemic. In 2021, pandemic-related economic stimulus and constraints in the notes thereto contained elsewheresupply of new and used vehicles have increased demand for our products, while labor shortages have abated since the initial pandemic lockdowns.
Ultimately, the magnitude and duration of the impact to Shift’s operations is impossible to predict due to:
uncertainties regarding the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and how long related disruptions will continue;
the impact of governmental orders and regulations that have been, and may in the future be, imposed;
the impact of COVID-19 wholesale auctions, state DMV titling and registration services and other third parties on which we rely;
uncertainties related to the impact of COVID-19 variants and government actions that that may be taken in response;
uncertainties as to the timing and impact of vaccination campaigns underway in key markets; and
potential deterioration of economic conditions in the United States, which could have an adverse impact on discretionary consumer spending.
Key Operating Metrics
We regularly review a number of metrics, including the following key metrics, to evaluate our business, measure our progress and make strategic decisions. Our key operating metrics measure the key drivers of our growth, including opening new hubs, increasing our brand awareness through unique site visitors and continuing to offer a full spectrum of used vehicles to service all types of customers.
Ecommerce Units Sold
We define ecommerce units sold as the number of vehicles sold to customers in a given period, net of returns. We currently have a seven-day, 200 mile return policy. The number of ecommerce units sold is the primary driver of our revenues and, indirectly, gross profit, since ecommerce unit sales enable multiple complementary revenue streams, including all financing and protection products. We view ecommerce units sold as a key measure of our growth, as growth in this Quarterly Report. Certain information containedmetric is an indicator of our ability to successfully scale our operations while maintaining product integrity and customer satisfaction.
Wholesale Units Sold
We define wholesale units sold as the number of vehicles sold through wholesale channels in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act thata given period. While wholesale units are not historical facts and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual resultsthe primary driver of revenue or gross profit, wholesale is a valuable channel as it allows us to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statementsbe able to purchase vehicles regardless of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifyingcondition, which is important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of this Quarterly Report and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview

We are a blank check company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 13, 2018 for the purpose of effectingaccepting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stocktrade-in from a customer making a vehicle purchase reorganization or similar Business Combinationfrom us, and as an online destination for consumers to sell their cars even if not selling us a car that meetings our retail standards.

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Ecommerce Average Sale Price
We define ecommerce average sale price (“ASP”) as the average price paid by a customer for an ecommerce vehicle, calculated as ecommerce revenue divided by ecommerce units. Ecommerce average sale price helps us gauge market demand in real-time and allows us to maintain a range of inventory that most accurately reflects the overall price spectrum of used vehicle sales in the market.
Wholesale Average Sale Price
We define wholesale average sale price as the average price paid by a customer for a wholesale vehicle, calculated as wholesale revenue divided by wholesale units. We believe this metric provides transparency and is comparable to our peers.
Gross Profit per Unit
We define gross profit per unit as the gross profit for ecommerce, other and wholesale each of which divided by the total number of ecommerce units sold in the period. We calculate gross profit as the revenue from vehicle sales and services less the costs associated with one or more target businesses. We intendacquiring and reconditioning the vehicle prior to effectuate our Business Combination using cash from the proceedssale. Gross profit per unit is driven by ecommerce vehicle revenue, which generates additional revenue through attachment of our Initial Public Offeringfinancing and protection products, and gross profit generated from wholesale vehicle sales. We present gross profit per unit from our three revenues streams, as Ecommerce gross profit per unit, Wholesale gross profit per unit and Other gross profit per unit.
Average Monthly Unique Visitors
We define a monthly unique visitor as an individual who has visited our website within a calendar month, based on data collected on our website. We calculate average monthly unique visitors as the sum of monthly unique visitors in a given period, divided by the number of months in that period. To classify whether a visitor is “unique”, we dedupe (a technique for eliminating duplicate copies of repeating data) each visitor based on email address and phone number, if available, and if not, we use the anonymous ID which lives in each user’s internet cookies. This practice ensures that we do not double-count individuals who visit our website multiple times within a month. We view average monthly unique visitors as a key indicator of the strength of our brand, the effectiveness of our advertising and merchandising campaigns and consumer awareness.
Average Days to Sale
We define average days to sale as the number of days between Shift’s acquisition of a vehicle and sale of that vehicle to a customer, averaged across all ecommerce units sold in a period. We view average days to sale as a useful metric in understanding the health of our inventory.
Ecommerce Vehicles Available for Sale
We define ecommerce vehicles available for sale as the number of ecommerce vehicles in inventory on the last day of a given reporting period. Until we reach an optimal pooled inventory level, we view ecommerce vehicles available for sale as a key measure of our growth. Growth in ecommerce vehicles available for sale increases the selection of vehicles available to consumers, which we believe will allow us to increase the number of vehicles we sell. Moreover, growth in ecommerce vehicles available for sale is an indicator of our ability to scale our vehicle purchasing, inspection and reconditioning operations.
Number of Regional Hubs
We define a hub as a physical location at which we recondition and store units bought and sold within a market. Because of our omni-channel fulfillment model with our on-demand delivery test drive offering, we are able to service super-regional areas covering approximately a 60-mile radius from a single hub location. This is a key metric as each hub expands our service area as our service area, reconditioning and storage capacity.
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Results of Operations
The following table presents our revenue, gross profit, and unit sales information by channel for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended March 31,
 20212020Change
 ($ in thousands, except per unit metrics)
Revenue:   
Ecommerce vehicle revenue, net$88,954 $21,916 305.9 %
Other revenue4,019 683 488.4 %
Wholesale vehicle revenue13,031 7,354 77.2 %
Total revenue$106,004 $29,953 253.9 %
Cost of sales:   
Ecommerce vehicle cost of sales$85,737 $20,712 313.9 %
Wholesale vehicle cost of sales12,901 5,898 118.7 %
Total cost of sales$98,638 $26,610 270.7 %
Gross profit:   
Ecommerce vehicle gross profit$3,217 $1,204 167.2 %
Other gross profit4,019 683 488.4 %
Wholesale vehicle gross profit130 1,456 (91.1)%
Total gross profit$7,366 $3,343 120.3 %
Unit sales information:   
Ecommerce vehicle unit sales4,452 1,421 213.3 %
Wholesale vehicle unit sales1,527 706 116.3 %
Average selling prices per unit (“ASP”):   
Ecommerce vehicles$19,981 $15,423 29.6 %
Wholesale vehicles$8,534 $10,417 (18.1)%
Gross profit per unit(1):
   
Ecommerce gross profit per unit$723 $847 (14.6)%
Other gross profit per unit$903 $481 87.7 %
Wholesale gross profit per unit$29 $1,025 (97.2)%
Total gross profit per unit$1,655 $2,353 (29.7)%
Non-financial metrics
Average monthly unique visitors709,409 219,691 222.9 %
Average days to sale47 70 (32.9)%
Ecommerce vehicles available for sale3,736 1,401 166.7 %
# of regional hubs20.0 %
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(1)Gross profit per unit is calculated as gross profit for ecommerce, other and wholesale, each of which divided by the total number of ecommerce units sold in the period.
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We present operating results down to gross profit from three distinct revenue channels:
Ecommerce Vehicles: The ecommerce channel within our Retail segment represents sales of used vehicles directly to our customers through our website.
Other: The other channel within our Retail segment represents fees earned on sales of value-added products associated with the sale of ecommerce vehicles.
Wholesale Vehicles: The Wholesale channel is the Placement Units that occurred simultaneously with the completiononly component of our Initial Public Offering,Wholesale segment and represents sales of used vehicles through wholesale auctions.
Ecommerce Vehicle Revenue, Net
Ecommerce vehicle revenue increased by $67.0 million, or 305.9%, to $89.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $21.9 million in the comparable period in 2020. This increase was primarily driven by an increase in ecommerce unit sales, as we sold 4,452 ecommerce vehicles in the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared to 1,421 ecommerce vehicles in the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase in unit sales was driven by increased investment in marketing and by increased inventory units available for sale. The increase in inventory levels was partly due to investments that increased our capital stock, debt orreconditioning throughput.
The increase in ecommerce vehicle revenue was also partly due to an increase in ecommerce ASP, which was $19,981 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared to $15,423 for the three months ended March 31, 2020. This increase in ecommerce ASP was primarily a combinationreflection of cash, stockchanges to our inventory mix, as sales of highline and debt.

The issuance of additional sharesluxury vehicles were a greater share of our stock in a Business Combination:

may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors;
may subordinate the rights of holders of common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded our common stock;
could cause a change in control if a substantial number of shares of our common stock is issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the stock ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and
may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock and/or warrants.

Similarly, if we issue debt securities, it could result in:

default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial Business Combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;

our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand and the lender demands payment;


limitations on our ability to obtain additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to incur debt;
our inability to pay dividends on our common stock due to covenants limiting or prohibiting dividends;

using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce, or possibly eliminate, the funds available for use as dividends on our common stock, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;
increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and

limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

We expect to continue to incur significant costssales than in the pursuit ofcomparable period.

Other Revenue
Other revenue increased by $3.3 million, or 488.4%, to $4.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $0.7 million in the comparable period in 2020. This increase was primarily due to strategic investments to enhance our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you thatancillary products to better monetize our plansunit sales.
Wholesale Vehicle Revenue
Wholesale vehicle revenue increased by $5.7 million, or 77.2%, to complete a Business Combination will be successful.

In$13.0 million during the three months ended March 2020,31, 2021, from $7.4 million in the COVID-19 outbreakcomparable period in 2020. The increase was declared a National Public Health Emergency that continuesprimarily due to spread throughoutan increase in wholesale unit sales as we sold 1,527 wholesale vehicles in the world and has adversely impacted global activity and contributed to significant declines and volatility in financial markets. The outbreak could have a continued material adverse impact on economic and market conditions and trigger a period of global economic slowdown. The rapid development and fluidity of this situation precludes any prediction as to the ultimate material adverse impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Nevertheless, the outbreak presents uncertainty and risk with respect to the Company and its ability to successfully complete a Business Combination.

Results of Operations

We have not generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from inception tothree months ended March 31, 2020, were organizational activities, those necessarycompared to prepare706 wholesale vehicles in the three months ended March 31, 2020. This increase in wholesale vehicle revenue was also partially offset by a 29.6% decrease in ASP. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we sold several hundred newer vehicles that had been purchased from a defunct rental car business, which resulted in abnormally high wholesale average selling prices in the comparable period.

Cost of Sales
Cost of sales increased by $72.0 million, or 270.7%, to $98.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $26.6 million in the comparable period in 2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in unit sales as we sold 5,979 total vehicles in the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared to 2,127 total vehicles in the three months ended March 31, 2020.
Ecommerce Vehicle Gross Profit
Ecommerce vehicle gross profit increased by $2.0 million, or 167.2%, to $3.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $1.2 million in the comparable period in 2020. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in ecommerce units sold, as described in “Ecommerce Vehicle Revenue, Net” above. The increase in ecommerce vehicle gross profit was partly offset by an decrease in ecommerce gross profit per unit, which shrank to $723 per unit for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and identifying a target company for a Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination. We generate non-operating incomethree months ended March 31, 2021, from $847 per unit in the form of interest income on marketable securities heldcomparable period in 2020. This decrease in ecommerce gross profit per unit was largely driven by higher average reconditioning costs for vehicles reconditioned in the Trust Account. We incurfourth quarter of 2020 and sold during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Reconditioning costs for vehicles acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2021 decreased due to decreased use of third party services and increased efficiency of internal reconditioning. The reduction in reconditioning costs will benefit future periods as the vehicles are sold.
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Other Gross Profit
Other gross profit per unit increased to $903 during the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $481 per unit in the comparable period in 2020. Other revenue consists of 100% gross margin products for which gross profit equals revenue. Therefore, changes in other gross profit and the associated drivers are identical to changes in other revenue and the associated drivers.
Wholesale Vehicle Gross Profit
Wholesale vehicle gross profit decreased by $1.3 million, or 91.1%, to $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $1.5 million in the comparable period in 2020. The decrease was primarily driven by an decrease in wholesale gross profit per unit, which shrank to $29 per unit for the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $1,025 in the comparable period in 2020. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we sold several hundred newer vehicles that had been purchased from a defunct rental car business on very favorable terms, which resulted in abnormally high wholesale gross margin the comparable period.
Components of SG&A
Three Months Ended March 31,
 20212020Change
 ($ in thousands)
Compensation and benefits(1)
$22,257 $6,577 238.4 %
Marketing expenses15,393 1,786 761.9 %
Other costs(2)
12,584 5,083 147.6 %
Total selling, general and administrative expenses$50,234 $13,446 273.6 %
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(1)Compensation and benefits includes all payroll and related costs, including benefits, payroll taxes and equity-based compensation, except those related to preparing vehicles for sale, which are included in cost of sales, and those related to the development of software products for internal use, which are capitalized to software and depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the related assets.
(2)Other costs include all other selling, general and administrative expenses such as a resulthub operating costs, vehicle shipping costs for internal purposes, corporate occupancy, professional services, registration and licensing, and IT expenses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $36.8 million, or 273.6%, to $50.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $13.4 million in the comparable period in 2020. The increase was partly due to an increase in compensation costs of $15.7 million, driven by the increase in headcount from 305 to 854. The increase was also partly due to the increase in marketing expense of $13.6 million, which resulted from continued investment in brand marketing and opportunistic discretionary spending to leverage unusually favorable conditions in the used auto market. Lastly, other costs increased by $7.5 million due primarily to increased selling costs and costs associated with being a public company (forsuch as increased accounting, compliance, and legal financial reporting, accountingcosts.
Liquidity and auditing compliance)Capital Resources
Sources of liquidity
Our main source of liquidity is cash generated from financing activities. Cash generated from financing activities through March 31, 2021 primarily includes proceeds from the Merger and PIPE financing completed in October 2020, sales of convertible preferred stock, and proceeds from our flooring line of credit facility with U.S. Bank in 2021 and 2020, which we refer to as the FLOC. Refer to Note 6 - Borrowings and Note 9 - Related Party Transactions in our “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” for additional information.
On October 13, 2020, Insurance Acquisition Corp. (“IAC”), an entity listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trade symbol “INSU”, acquired Shift Platform, Inc., formerly known as wellShift Technologies, Inc., with Shift Platform, Inc. continuing as the surviving entity. The public company resulting from the merger was renamed Shift Technologies, Inc., which we refer to as Shift, we, us, our, SFT, or the Company. Upon the consummation of the Merger, Shift received approximately $300.9 million net of fees and expenses. See Note 2 - Merger in the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementsfor additional details regarding this transaction.
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Since inception, the Company has generated recurring losses which has resulted in an accumulated deficit of $317.2 million as of March 31, 2021. Further, during the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company had negative operating cash flows of $71.5 million. In the future, we may attempt to raise additional capital through the sale of equity securities or through equity-linked or debt financing arrangements. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity or equity-linked securities, the ownership of our existing stockholders will be diluted. If we raise additional financing by incurring indebtedness, we will be subject to increased fixed payment obligations and could also be subject to restrictive covenants, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business. Any future indebtedness we incur may result in terms that could be unfavorable to equity investors.
Debt obligations
See Note 6 - Borrowings of the “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” for information regarding the Company’s debt obligations.
Cash Flows — Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020
The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended March 31,
 20212020
 ($ in thousands)
Cash Flow Data:  
Net cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash used in operating activities$(71,475)$(10,938)
Net cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash used in investing activities(2,488)(1,271)
Net cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash provided by (used in) financing activities17,137 (2,218)
Operating Activities
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, net cash used in operating activities was $71.5 million, an increase of $60.5 million from cash used in operating activities of $10.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase is primarily due diligence expensesto an increase in connection with completing a Business Combination.

net loss of $30.4 million. The increase was also partly due to an increase in accounts receivable of $12.2 million and an increase in net inventory purchases of $21.6 million.

Investing Activities
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, net cash used in investing activities of $2.5 million was primarily driven by the capitalization of website and internal-use software costs and purchases of capital equipment.
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, we had net incomecash used in investing activities of $191,018, which consisted$1.3 million was primarily driven by the capitalization of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $667,204, offset by operating costs of $342,432website and a provision for income taxes of $133,754.

internal-use software costs.

Financing Activities
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, we had a2021, net loss of $3,233, which consisted of operating costs of $59,556 and a provision for income taxes of $2,917, offsetcash provided by interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $59,240.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On March 22, 2019, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 15,065,000 Units, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 1,965,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $150,650,000. Simultaneously with the closingfinancing activities was $17.1 million, primarily due to increased utilization of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 425,000 Placement UnitsFLOC to the Sponsor and Cantor at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,250,000.

Following the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Placement Units, a total of $150,650,000 was placed in the Trust Account and we had $1,048,801 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering, and available for working capital purposes. We incurred $9,661,484 in transaction costs, related to the Initial Public Offering, including $2,620,000 of underwriting fees, $6,419,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $622,484 of other costs.

finance inventory purchases.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, net cash used in operatingfinancing activities was $484,545, which was comprisedwas$2.2 million, primarily due to sales of our net incomevehicles financed vehicles (i.e., repayments on the FLOC balance) exceeding financed purchases of $191,018, interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $667,204 and changes in operating assets and liabilities, which used $8,359 of cash for operating activities.  

inventory.

Contractual Obligations

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, cash used in operating activities was $158,616, which was comprised of our net loss of $3,233, interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $59,240 and changes in operating assets and liabilities, which used $96,143 of cash for operating activities.  

As of March 31, 2020, we had marketable securities held in2021, the Trust AccountCompany reported a liability for vehicles acquired under OEM program of $153,723,340 (including approximately $3,073,000 of interest income) consisting of U.S. Treasury securities$10.9 million. The Company records inventory received under the arrangement with a maturity of 180 days or less. Interest income on the balance inOEM equal to the Trust Account may be used by us to pay taxes. Through March 31, 2020, we withdrew $187,150 of interest earned on the Trust Account to pay our franchise and income taxes, of which $182,050 was withdrawn during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

We intend to use substantially allamount of the funds held inliability due to the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned onOEM to acquire such vehicles. The liability due to the Trust Account (less amounts releasedOEM provider for such acquired vehicles is equal to usthe OEM’s original acquisition price.

The Company has various operating leases of real estate and equipment. See Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies to pay taxes and deferred underwriting commissions) to consummate our Business Combination. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to consummate our Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operationsaccompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitionsnature and pursue our growth strategies.

At March 31, 2020, we hadtiming of cash obligations due under these leases.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We intendare not a party to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, production facilities or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

In order to fund working capital requirements or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or one of its affiliates has committed to loan us funds as may be required up to a maximum of $750,000, and may, but is not obligated to, loan us additional funds to fund our additional working capital requirements and transaction costs. If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants identical to the placement warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender.

We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required to identify and acquire a target business. However, if our estimate of the costs of undertaking due diligence investigations and negotiating a Business Combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to pursue and consummate our Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing if we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon consummation of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only obtain such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our Business Combination.

Off-balance sheet financing arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be consideredany off-balance sheet arrangements, as of March 31, 2020. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entitiesincluding guarantee contracts, retained or financial partnerships, often referred to ascontingent interests, certain derivative instruments and variable interest entities which wouldthat either have, been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. Weor are reasonably likely to have, not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debta current or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

Contractual obligations

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support to the Company. We began incurring these fees on March 19, 2019 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the Business Combination and our liquidation.

In addition, we have an agreement to pay the underwriters a deferred fee of $6,419,000. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters’ representative from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

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Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:

Common stock subject to possible redemption

We account for our common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that features redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. Our common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of our condensed balance sheets.

Net loss per common share

We apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Net income per common share, basic and diluted for Class A redeemable common stock is calculated by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account, net of applicable franchise and income taxes, by the weighted average number of Class A redeemable common stock outstanding for the period. Net loss per common share, basic and diluted for Class A and Class B non-redeemable common stock is calculated by dividing net income, less income attributable to Class A redeemable common stock, by the weighted average number of Class A and Class B non-redeemable common stock outstanding for the period presented.

Recent accounting pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
See Part II, Item 7, "Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Available Information
Our website is located at www.shift.com, and our investor relations website is located at www.investors.shift.com. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, our Proxy Statements, and any amendments to these reports, are available through our investor relations website, free of charge, after we file them with the SEC.
We webcast via our investor relations website our earnings calls and certain events we participate in or host with members of the investment community. Our investor relations website also provides notifications of news or announcements regarding our financial performance and other items of interest to our investors, including SEC filings, investor events, press and earnings releases, and blogs. Further, corporate governance information, including our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, governance guidelines, board committee charters, and code of conduct, is also available on our investor relations website. The content of our websites are not incorporated by reference into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Following the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering, including amounts in the Trust Account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Due

Not applicable to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there is no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

Smaller Reporting Companies.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

1. Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls areand procedures that(Disclosure Controls) within the meaning of Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Our Disclosure Controls are designed with the objective of ensuringto ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in ourthe reports filedwe file or submit under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’sSecurities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. Our Disclosure controlsControls are also designed with the objective of ensuringto ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our ChiefCo-Chief Executive OfficerOfficers and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Evaluation of In designing and evaluating our Disclosure Controls, management recognized that any controls and Procedures

Ourprocedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily applied its judgment in evaluating and implementing possible controls and procedures.


As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our Disclosure Controls, which was done under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Co-Chief Executive Officers and our Chief Financial Officer. Based on the evaluation of our Disclosure Controls, our Co-Chief Executive OfficerOfficers and Chief Financial Officer the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2020, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officerhave concluded that, as of March 31, 2021, our Disclosure Controls were not effective due to a material weakness in the Company's internal control over financial reporting as disclosed below.
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2. Material Weakness

During the course of preparing our financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, management identified certain deficiencies in our disclosureinternal control over financial reporting that management believes to be a material weakness. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that a reasonable possibility exists that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Specifically, a material weakness exists in the control environment as the Company does not have a process that demonstrates a commitment to attracting, developing, and retaining competent individuals in alignment with objectives. This material weakness impacted the effectiveness of our control environment, and our entity level controls. It resulted in the Company not maintaining a complement of personnel with an appropriate level of accounting knowledge, experience and training in the application of US GAAP commensurate with its financial reporting requirements and the complexity of the Company’s operations and transactions.

This material weakness could result in a misstatement of account balances or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements that may not be detected.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements or prevent or detect all error and fraud. Any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, is based upon certain assumptions, and can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that its objectives will be met. Further, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

3. Plan to Remediate Material Weakness

The Company is devoting significant time, attention, and resources to remediating the above material weakness. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had initiated the following steps intended to remediate the material weakness described above and strengthen our internal control:

Hire, train and develop experienced accounting executives and personnel with a level of accounting knowledge and experience in the application of US GAAP commensurate with our financial reporting requirements and the complexity of our operations and transactions.
Establish policies and practices for the attraction, development and retention of competent accounting personnel in alignment with objectives.

We plan to continue to devote significant time and attention to remediate the above material weakness as soon as reasonably practicable. As we continue to evaluate our controls, we will make the necessary changes to improve the organization’s demonstration of commitment to attract, develop and retain competent individuals in alignment with objectives. We believe these actions will be sufficient to remediate the identified material weakness and strengthen our internal control over financial reporting; however, there can be no guarantee that such remediation will be sufficient. We will continue to evaluate the effectiveness of our controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level and, accordingly, provided reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms..

will make any further changes management determines appropriate.


4. Changes in Internal Control Overover Financial Reporting

There


Except as described above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act)that occurred during the most recent quarter ended March 31, 2021, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART

Part II - OTHER INFORMATION

Other Information
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ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

None.

PROCEEDINGS
The Company may be subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. Other than the matter discussed below, Management is not currently aware of any matters that will have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company.
On May 7, 2021, we were named in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. v. Shift Technologies, Inc. 21-cv-04135) by a former financial advisor, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. (“Stifel”), claiming that we are required to pay the former financial advisor certain compensation as a result of the Merger. In addition, the complaint seeks punitive damages as a result of alleged unjust enrichment for the amount of the benefits allegedly conferred on Shift by Stifel. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses against the claim, and the probable incurred losses related to the claim are immaterial as of March 31, 2021. Based on such information as is available to us, the range of additional reasonably possible losses related to the claim does not exceed $4.0 million, excluding any punitive damages which the Company cannot currently estimate. The Company believes the claim is without merit and intends to defend itself vigorously; however, there can be no assurances that the Company will be successful in its defense.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

Factors that could cause our actual resultsFACTORS

There have been no material changes to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report are any of the risks describedrisk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the SEC. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the SEC, other than the risks described below:

The recent global coronavirus outbreak could harm the business prospects of the Company.

In December 2019, a coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was reported in China, and, in March 2020, the World Health Organization declared it a pandemic. Since that time, the coronavirus has spread throughout the United States. In response, many state and local governments, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, have instituted emergency restrictions that have substantially limited the operation of non-essential businesses and the activities of individuals. The ultimate effect of COVID-19 on the local or broader economy is not known nor is the ultimate length of the restrictions described and any accompanying effects. Moreover, the Federal Reserve has taken action to lower the Federal Funds rate, which may negatively affect interest income and, therefore, earnings, of the Company with respect to the Trust Account.

The effect of COVID-19 and related events, including those described above and those not yet known or knowable, could have a negative effect on the stock price and business prospects of the Company, including as a result of quarantines, market volatility, market downturns, changes in consumer behavior, business closures and disruptions of the credit and equity markets, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

The outbreak has resulted in authorities implementing numerous measures to try to contain the virus, such as quarantines and shelter in place orders. These measures may remain in place for a significant period of time and may adversely affect the business, operations and financial condition of the companies we target for a Business Combination, which may cause such companies to delay or terminate acquisition discussions in order to focus on their business operations. The spread of the virus has also caused us to modify our due diligence practices with respect to target companies (including cancellation of physical participation in meetings) in ways that may be detrimental to our business prospects (including working remotely and its attendant cybersecurity risks). We may take further actions as may be required by government authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. There is no certainty that such measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks posed by the virus or otherwise be satisfactory to government authorities.

Given the ongoing and dynamic nature of the circumstances, it is not possible to predict the ultimate impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the stock price or business prospects of the Company. Notwithstanding any actions by national, state and local governments to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 or by the Company to address the adverse impacts of COVID-19, there can be no assurance that any of the foregoing activities will be successful in mitigating or preventing significant adverse effects on the Company and its ability to successfully complete a Business Combination.

2020.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

On March 22, 2019, we sold 425,000 Placement Units in a private placement for an aggregate purchase price of $4,250,000, or $10.00 per Unit, to the Sponsor (375,000 Placement Units) and Cantor (50,000 Placement Units), pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Each Placement Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one placement warrant. The Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants included in the Units issued in the Initial Public Offering, except that, if held by Cantor, the Sponsor or their permitted transferees, (a) they are not redeemable by the Company, (b) they (including the underlying Class A common stock) may not be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days after the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions, and (c) they may be exercised on a cashless basis. In addition, for so long as the placement warrants are held by Cantor or its designees, they may not be exercised after March 19, 2024. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to the private placement. 

PROCEEDS

None.

Use of Proceeds

On March 22, 2019, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 15,065,000 Units, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 1,965,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $150,650,000. Each Unit consists of one share of our Class A common stock and one-half of one warrant, where each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.

Cantor (as representative of the underwriters) and BTIG served as the underwriters for the Initial Public Offering. The Units sold in the Initial Public Offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-229741), which was declared effective by the SEC on March 19, 2019.

We incurred a total of $9,661,484 in transaction costs related to the Initial Public Offering. We paid a total of $2,620,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions and approximately $622,484 in other costs and expenses related to the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriters agreed to defer $6,419,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions (which is currently held in the Trust Account), which will be payable only upon consummation of an initial Business Combination.

After deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions (excluding the deferred portion of up to $6,419,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions, which will be payable only upon consummation of an initial Business Combination) and the total offering expenses, the total net proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement were $151,698,801 of which $150,650,000 (or approximately $10.00 per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering) was placed in the Trust Account.

For a description of the use of the proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering, see Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

DISCLOSURES
None.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are filed as partTable of or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Contents
EXHIBIT INDEX
No.Description of Exhibit
31.1*Exhibit No.Description
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
31.1
31.2*31.2
31.3
32.1**32.1
32.2**Certification of PrincipalOfficers and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
101.INS*101.INSInline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.CAL*101.SCHInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CALInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.SCH*101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.DEF*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*101.LABInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE*101.PREInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

*Filed herewith.

**Furnished.


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(1)Portions of the exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Rule 406.
The exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(2). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request.
*Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.

INSURANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: May 14, 2020/s/ John M. ButlerOded Shein
Name:John M. ButlerOded Shein
Title:Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: May 14, 2020/s/ Paul Vernhes
Name: Paul Vernhes
Title:Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)May 14, 2021

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