Shift (SFTGQ) Form 4 SHIFT / George Arison ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Arison George

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

2525 16TH STREET, SUITE 316

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [ SFT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
See Remarks

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/13/2020

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	10/13/2020		A		743,542	A	(1)	743,542(2)	D
Class A Common Stock	10/13/2020		A		132,473	A	(3)	132,473(4)	I	Held by IGA Holdings, LLC
Class A Common Stock	10/13/2020		A		204,769	A	(5)	204,769(6)	I	Held by Irakly George LLC

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$0.3	10/13/2020		A		336,042		(7)	07/30/2029	Class A Common Stock	336,042	(8)	336,042	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Received in exchange for 6,897,543 shares of common stock of Shift Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Former Shift"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 29, 2020, by and among Insurance Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation ("IAC"), Former Shift, and IAC Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAC ("Merger Sub") (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 19, 2020, the "Merger").

2. Includes 106,086 shares held in escrow ("Additional Shares"). If the reported closing sale price of the company's common stock does not exceed $12.00 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days during the first 12 months following the closing of the Merger, which we refer to as the First Threshold, then fifty percent (50%) of the Additional Shares will be returned to the company (and either placed into treasury or retired, in the discretion of the company). If the First Threshold is reached, such Additional Shares will be released from escrow. If the reported closing sale price of our common stock does not exceed $15.00 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days during the first 30 months following the closing of the Merger, which we refer to as the Second Threshold, then fifty percent (50%) of the Additional Shares will be returned to the company (and either placed into treasury or retired, in the discretion of the company). If the Second Threshold is reached, such Additional Shares will be released from escrow.

3. Received in exchange for 1,228,888 shares of Former Shift common stock pursuant to the Merger.

4. Includes 18,901 Additional Shares. If the reported closing sale price of the company's common stock does not exceed $12.00 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days during the first 12 months following the closing of the Merger, which we refer to as the First Threshold, then fifty percent (50%) of the Additional Shares will be returned to the company (and either placed into treasury or retired, in the discretion of the company). If the First Threshold is reached, such Additional Shares will be released from escrow. If the reported closing sale price of our common stock does not exceed $15.00 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days during the first 30 months following the closing of the Merger, which we refer to as the Second Threshold, then fifty percent (50%) of the Additional Shares will be returned to the company (and either placed into treasury or retired, in the discretion of the company). If the Second Threshold is reached, such Additional Shares will be released from escrow.

5. Received in exchange for 1,899,550 shares of Former Shift common stock pursuant to the Merger.

6. Includes 29,216 Additional Shares. If the reported closing sale price of the company's common stock does not exceed $12.00 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days during the first 12 months following the closing of the Merger, which we refer to as the First Threshold, then fifty percent (50%) of the Additional Shares will be returned to the company (and either placed into treasury or retired, in the discretion of the company). If the First Threshold is reached, such Additional Shares will be released from escrow. If the reported closing sale price of our common stock does not exceed $15.00 per share for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days during the first 30 months following the closing of the Merger, which we refer to as the Second Threshold, then fifty percent (50%) of the Additional Shares will be returned to the company (and either placed into treasury or retired, in the discretion of the company). If the Second Threshold is reached, such Additional Shares will be released from escrow.

7. The options were granted on July 31, 2019. 166,606 options have vested. The remaining 169,436 options will be eligible to vest from November 1, 2020 through December 1, 2022 with respect to service, in nineteen (19) substantially equal installments, and with respect to performance, subject to the Board's annual determination that performance criteria were satisfied for certain of the options to vest each year.

8. Received pursuant to the Merger in exchange for an option to purchase 5,222,253 shares of Former Shift common stock.

Remarks:

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.

	/s/ Amanda Bradley, attorney-in-fact for George Arison	10/15/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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