Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Business Combination
As disclosed under the sections entitled "Proposal No. 1-The Business
Combination Proposal," "The Business Combination" and "The Merger Agreement"
beginning on pages 85, 187 and 215, respectively, of the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus (the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus") filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by FWAA on August 6, 2021, FWAA
entered into a Merger Agreement dated April 21, 2021 (as amended by Amendment
No. 1 to Merger Agreement, dated July 23, 2021, the "Merger Agreement"), with
Einstein Merger Corp. I., a wholly-owned subsidiary of FWAA ("Merger Sub"), and
SmartRent.com, Inc., now known as SmartRent Technologies, Inc. ("Legacy
SmartRent"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub was merged with and
into Legacy SmartRent, with Legacy SmartRent surviving the merger as a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Business Combination" and, together with
the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the
"Transactions").
On August 23, 2021, FWAA held a special meeting of stockholders (the "Special
Meeting"), at which the FWAA stockholders considered and adopted, among other
matters, a proposal to approve the Business Combination, including (a) adopting
the Merger Agreement and (b) approving the other transactions contemplated by
the Merger Agreement and related agreements described in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus.
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger
Agreement, following the Special Meeting, on August 24, 2021 (the "Closing
Date"), the Transactions were consummated (the "Closing").
Item 2.01 of this Report discusses the consummation of the Transactions and the
entry into agreements relating thereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement
On August 24, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Business
Combination and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, SmartRent, Fifth Wall
Acquisition Sponsor, LLC ("Sponsor") and certain stockholders of Legacy
SmartRent entered into that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement"). The material terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 233 entitled "Other
Agreements-Registration Rights Agreement." Such description is qualified in its
entirety by the text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is included as
Exhibit 10.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
As described above, on August 23, 2021, FWAA held the Special Meeting, at which
the FWAA stockholders considered and adopted, among other matters, a proposal to
approve the Merger Agreement and the Transactions. On August 24, 2021, the
parties consummated the Business Combination. In connection with the Closing,
the Company changed its name from Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp. I to SmartRent,
Inc.
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Holders of 246 shares of FWAA's Class A common stock sold in its initial public
offering (the "Initial Shares") properly exercised their right to have such
shares redeemed for a full pro rata portion of the trust account holding the
proceeds from FWAA's initial public offering, calculated as of two business days
prior to the consummation of the Business Combination. Each such share was
redeemed for approximately $10.00 per share, or $2,460 in the aggregate.
As a result of the Business Combination, each share of Legacy SmartRent common
stock was converted into the right to receive approximately 4.8846 shares of the
Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock").
Additionally, the shares of FWAA Class B common stock held by Sponsor and FWAA's
independent directors automatically converted to 8,625,000 shares of Common
Stock.
Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into in connection with the Merger
Agreement (collectively, the "Subscription Agreements"), certain investors
agreed to subscribe for an aggregate of 15,500,000 newly-issued shares of Common
Stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of
$155,000,000 (the "PIPE Investment"). At the Closing, the Company consummated
the PIPE Investment.
After giving effect to the Transactions, the redemption of Initial Shares as
described above, and the consummation of the PIPE Investment there are currently
193,716,196 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.
The Common Stock commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE")
under the symbol "SMRT" on August 25, 2021.
As noted above, an aggregate of $2,460 was paid from the Company's trust account
to holders that properly exercised their right to have Initial Shares redeemed,
and the remaining balance immediately prior to the Closing of approximately
$345.0 million remained in the trust account. The remaining amount in the trust
account was used to fund the Business Combination.
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On August 30, 2021, the Company issued a press release reporting second quarter
results for fiscal 2021. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit
99.4 to this Report and is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by reference.
The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.4, shall not be deemed
"filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), except as shall be expressly set forth in such filing.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
At the Closing, the Company consummated the PIPE Investment. The disclosure
under Item 2.01 of this Report relating to the PIPE Investment is incorporated
into this Item 3.02 by reference.
The Company issued the foregoing securities under Section 4(a)(2) of the
Securities Act, and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
Act, as a transaction not requiring registration under Section 5 of the
Securities Act. The parties receiving the securities represented their
intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to
or for sale in connection with any distribution, and appropriate restrictive
legends were affixed to the certificates representing the securities (or
reflected in restricted book entry with the Company's transfer agent). The
parties also had adequate access, through business or other relationships, to
information about the Company.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
The information set forth in Item 5.03 to this Report is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
(a) Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm.
On August 24, 2021, the Audit Committee dismissed WithumSmith+Brown, PC, FWAA's
independent registered public accounting firm prior to the Business Combination,
as the Company' independent registered public accounting firm.
The report of WithumSmith+Brown, PC on the financial statements of FWAA as of
December 31, 2020, and for the period from November 23, 2020 (inception) through
December 31, 2020 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion,
and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting
principles.
During the period from November 23, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020
and the subsequent interim period through June 30, 2021, there were no
disagreements between FWAA and WithumSmith+Brown, PC on any matter of accounting
principles or practices, financial disclosure or auditing scope or procedure,
which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of WithumSmith+Brown,
PC, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the
disagreements in its reports on FWAA's financial statements for such period.
During the period from November 23, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020
and the subsequent interim period through June 30, 2021, there were no
"reportable events" (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the
Exchange Act).
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The Company has provided WithumSmith+Brown, PC with a copy of the foregoing
disclosures and has requested that WithumSmith+Brown, PC furnish the Company
with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements
made by the Company set forth above. A copy of WithumSmith+Brown, PC's letter,
dated August 27, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.
(b) Disclosures regarding the new independent registered public accounting
firm.
On August 24, 2021, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Deloitte &
Touche LLP ("Deloitte") as the Company's independent registered public
accounting firm to audit the Company's consolidated financial statements as of
and for the year ending December 31, 2021 subject to Deloitte's completion of
its standard client acceptance procedures. Deloitte served as the independent
registered public accounting firm of Legacy SmartRent. During the years ended
December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and the subsequent interim period
through June 30, 2021, the Company did not consult with Deloitte with respect to
(i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either
completed or proposed, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our
financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided
to us by Deloitte that was an important factor considered by us in reaching a
decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or
(ii) any other matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a "reportable
event."
Item 5.01. Changes in Control of the Registrant.
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 and Item 2.01 of this Report is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
The information set forth above in the sections entitled "Directors and
Officers," "Executive Compensation," "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions" and "Indemnification of Directors and Officers" in Item 2.01 to
this Report is incorporated herein by reference.
As previously disclosed, at the Special Meeting, the stockholders of FWAA
considered and approved the Equity Incentive Plan and ESPP which became
effective immediately upon the Closing. Descriptions of the Equity Incentive
Plan and the ESPP are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections
entitled "Proposal No. 6-The Equity Incentive Plan Proposal" beginning on
page 95 thereof and "Proposal No. 7-The Employee Stock Purchase Plan Proposal"
beginning on page 105 thereof, which are incorporated herein by reference.
The foregoing description of the Equity Incentive Plan and ESPP is qualified in
its entirety by the full text of the Equity Incentive Plan and the ESPP and the
related forms of award agreements under the Equity Incentive Plan, which are
attached hereto as Exhibits 10.9 and 10.10, respectively, and incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On August 24, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, the
Company amended and restated its second amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, effective as of the Closing (the "A&R Charter"), and amended and
restated its bylaws (as amended, the "A&R Bylaws") effective as of the Closing.
Copies of the A&R Charter and the A&R Bylaws are attached as Exhibit 3.1 and
Exhibit 3.2 to this Report, respectively, and are incorporated herein by
reference.
The material terms of each of the A&R Charter and the A&R Bylaws and the general
effect upon the rights of holders of the Company's capital stock are included in
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the sections entitled "Proposal No. 2-The
Charter Proposal," "Proposal No. 3-The
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Governance Proposal," "Comparison of Stockholders' Rights" and "Description of
Capital Stock of the Post-Combination Company" beginning on pages 86, 89, 243,
and 270 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, respectively, which are incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 5.06 Change in Shell Company Status.
As a result of the Business Combination, the Company ceased being a shell
company. Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
in the section entitled "Proposal No. 1-The Business Combination Proposal"
beginning on page 85 thereof, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further
reference is made to the information contained in Item 2.01 of this Report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
The audited consolidated financial statements of Legacy SmartRent as of and for
the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the unaudited consolidated
financial statements of Legacy SmartRent as of and for the three months ended
March 31, 2021 and the related notes are included in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-30 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus,
which is incorporated herein by reference.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Legacy SmartRent as
of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 are set forth in Exhibit
99.1 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company
as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 and as of and for the three
months ended March 31, 2021 is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the
section entitled "Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information"
beginning on page 65 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated
herein by reference.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company
for the six months ended June 30, 2021 are set forth in Exhibit 99.2 hereto and
are incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Exhibits.
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