Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related
Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
As previously reported, on January 21, 2021 (the "Closing Date"), Acamar
Partners Acquisition Corp. ("Acamar Partners" and, after the Merger described
herein, the "Company") consummated the previously announced transactions
contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 21, 2020
(as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated December 16, 2020), by and among CarLotz
Group, Inc. (f/k/a CarLotz, Inc., "Former CarLotz"), Acamar Partners and Acamar
Partners Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary Acamar Partners ("Merger Sub").
Merger Sub merged (the "Merger") with and into Former CarLotz, with Former
CarLotz surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (which
subsequently changed its name to "CarLotz, Inc.").
On April 12, 2021, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") released a Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for
Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies ("SPACs") (the "SEC
Statement"). The SEC Statement discussed "certain features of warrants issued in
SPAC transactions" that "may be common across many entities" and indicated that
when one or more of such features is included in a warrant, the warrant "should
be classified as a liability measured at fair value, with changes in fair value
each period reported in earnings."
In connection with the preparation of the Company's financial statements for the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2021 (the "Q1 2021 Financial Statements"), the
Company, in consultation with its accounting advisor, determined that,
considering the guidance in the SEC Statement, the Company's private placement
warrants and public warrants (collectively, the "Warrants") originally issued in
connection with Acamar Partners' initial public offering should be classified as
a liability and marked to fair value each reporting period.
The Warrants have previously been classified as equity in Acamar Partners'
financial statements for periods that ended prior to the Closing Date (the
"Acamar Partners Financial Statements"). On May 7, 2021, the Audit Committee of
the Company's Board of Directors (the "Audit Committee") determined, consistent
with the Company's determination in connection with the preparation of the Q1
2021 Financial Statements, that the Warrants were incorrectly classified as
equity in the Acamar Partners Financial Statements and should have been
classified as a liability and marked to fair value each reporting period. As a
result, on May 7, 2021, the Audit Committee concluded that, due to this improper
classification, the previously issued audited financial statements of Acamar
Partners as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and for the two years in the period
ended December 31, 2020 should not be relied upon.
The historical audited financial statements of Former CarLotz included as
Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on
March 15, 2021, which replace the Acamar Partners Financial Statements (as
predecessor of the Company) in future Company filings, are not affected by the
SEC Statement.
The Audit Committee or an authorized officer has discussed the matters disclosed
in this Item 4.02(a) filed on Form 8-K with the Company's current and former
independent registered public accounting firms.
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