Filed by InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp.
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Subject Company: Getaround, Inc.
Commission File No. 001-40152
Date: October 27, 2022
The below is a transcript of an interview of Sam Zaid on Boardroom Alphas Know Who Drives Return podcast that was made available on October 27, 2022.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Welcome back to Know Who Drives Return. Im your host, David Drapkin. Today, its my pleasure to be joined by Sam Zaid. Sam is the founder and CEO of peer to peer car sharing company Getaround. Getaround, as many of you may know is in the process of entering the public markets via SPAC transaction with Interprivate II Acquisition Corp, excited to talk to Sam about car sharing his SPAC transaction, his background and everything under the under the roof. So, Sam, first of all, thanks for thanks for joining today. Really, really excited to talk to you.
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Thanks for having me. Im excited to be here.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Awesome. So, before we get into Getaround specifically, you have an interesting background. So how about a bit of an introduction to you where you come from maybe a little bit about your history?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, sure. Happy, happy to talk about that. So yeah, look, I mean, my background, Ive you know, been a technology entrepreneur for most of my career, I had a short stint as a as a photonics engineer for a time back in back in the day, and it was great. It was great fun. But long time ago now I have a background in in engineering physics, and Ive been doing startups. I dont want to say almost 20 years, but lets say 15 years, something like that. And yeah, roundabout, it started getting around just over, you know, 10 years ago. And have really been working on that ever since. And youre happy to talk a little bit more about the mission problem there if that makes sense.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Yeah. So, what led to the founding of Getaround? What was what was the big idea?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, no, I mean, thats, thats what motivates that motivates us every day. And yeah, we started as I mentioned, just over 10 years ago, really, because we have a world problem right at the time, we call that problem, car overpopulation. Because simply just have too many cars. And we dont use them that are used, you know, 5% or less every single day. So, something like 1.2 million 1.2 billion cars globally, we waste 30 billion car hours daily. And car ownerships not cheap, you know, costs about 27% of average household income for the average American household, and actually is becoming cars has become increasingly expensive direction around 11% More expensive than just a year ago. And of course, you know, now with remote work, hybrid work, people are commuting a lot less so than the business case for car ownership, and certainly for multi car households, dinner a lot more pressure. You know, we started getting around back in launch back in 2011. We just felt strongly that people would share cars more, and you wouldnt necessarily keep them for your reserved them for exclusive use. If, like many things before it is technology just made that easier. And for for us what that meant was like really creating a digital a fully digital experience where you can book a car instantly be gone in 60 seconds. And that meant developing technology, IoT technology that could go in the car. So, you didnt have to meet anybody to get a physical key, your phone really becomes your car key. And then really leveraging the power of the internet and data connectivity to automate and streamline that experience so youre not doing like no need to return a car, traditional car rental. And people are like logging fuel and mileage and doing all these things manually. Like dont get rid of that, do it through technology, and really streamline that experience. So, you can create that sort of that that wow moment in the eyes of the customer. And so thats what we set out to build. I mean, today we are a digital marketplace, we develop that patented technology, which powers our marketplace. got millions of users sharing 10s of 1000s of cars across countries in North, North America and Europe.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
I think I read in your in your materials that something like cars are parked for 95% of the time of their life. And so, are you finding that the uptake from users to rent other cars, you know, has been you know, appetite for them? Its a way for them to make more money right for, you know, basically leasing an unused asset.
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, most people are not using their cars that much and using them less today than probably pre-pandemic. So, you know, I thats 5% That was like, a pre-pandemic is that I dont know what the status post pandemic is less. You know, but its already so small that like, you know, you cant get much more than 5% so thats exactly right. I mean, you know, if your car can make money for you get your car for free. It just takes that you know, typically just second biggest expense load off of the expense ledger every month. And, you know, it just gives you that much more, you know, just gives you more freedom as somebody who lives without a car, you dont need to own one you can use someone elses. And of course, if you do own a car, its not something thats burdening you every month in terms of all the expenses and costs.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Its interesting how you brought up COVID. Obviously, you said you were founded 10 years ago. So that was even pre COVID. But it seems, as were many businesses may have taken a hit, you know, in the physical world, it feels like something like Getaround makes more sense. It was maybe COVID could have been even a little bit of a tailwind. As you mentioned, with the work from home in a hybrid environment with people commuting less. Have you found that to be not COVID as a positive, but have you found at least some positive tailwinds from the change in peoples behaviors? Post the pandemic?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, no. I mean, its so COVID itself, especially the early part was extremely tough, because obviously away from people moving around to NOC but, you know, in terms of in terms of, yeah, like, as a, as youre pointing out the secular long-term trends. I mean, you know, definitely, most people own cars, because they were commuting five days a week. And so certainly, theres a now, a lot of people who dont feel the need to own a car or own as many cars and households can get away with that. So thats one shift. Certainly, people are more, you know, weve just seen the general behavior shift in terms of how people use cars, how frequently used cars, how long they booked them for. And, and, you know, and of course, traveling by plane, as you know, was and continues to get more arduous. And so, you can make it easy, if youre getting a car as easy as tapping, you know, a couple taps on an app on your phone that, you know, that starts to become a very attractive alternative for, obviously, not for cross country trips, but for more local and nearby trips.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Right. Right. So, I want to get into the hosts a little bit. So, you have, so you have a host you they have one car, they rent that car out, but I was reading it seems to get these so-called Power hosts, which you know, that maybe they have a fleet of cars, you know, 1015 and maybe run a side hustle or maybe its their full-time business. Can you talk about the difference between maybe the single host versus the power host? And, you know, which is more, you know, a bigger customer base for you guys.
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, yeah. So, on the supply side? Yeah, look, the majority of our, if you count the number of unique hosts, its dominated by individual consumers, right, theyre their consumers going to share one or two cars, the sharing part time offset in cost of ownership, making some extra money. You know, the model works really well for that use case. And what weve found over the past few years is then you have power posts, who are really entrepreneurs. And now theyre a smaller cohort in terms of the individuals privacy, they provide more cars, so they actually make up the majority of vehicles. And theyre really entrepreneurs. And, you know, people tend to think of powerhouse maybe as these like, big, you know, big corporate companies and things theyre not, theyre really, theyre really sole proprietors, solopreneurs, or micro businesses micro printer. So, its sort of that same DNA you find on you can find in E commerce, like a lot of micro brands and things like that. And so, on average, they share about 12 cars. But for us, its really exciting segments a growing segment. Although its a very different segment than your traditional car rental business. Because you know, the digital nature of our tech and our product needs, you know, its more about them owning the asset and making it available and keeping it service than trying to run all of the front office customer service, sort of like lot operations that you typically find in a more logistics heavy car rental business. A lot of thats automated away through the technology.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Do you think you mentioned rising leased vehicle costs currently, do you think that is, you know, a bit of a headwind for that business in the near term?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Um, you know, we havent we havent found that. Certainly, if you start looking at the extremities and people who are who are trying to buy a lot of cars, thats challenging. But, again, most of these are, are, are smaller operations, theyre 12 cars average. So theyre still very much like people who are doing this, you know, you know, either on the side or, you know, alongside other things, and theyre pretty scrappy, and they can find, you know, you can still find deals on 12345 cars, its just harder to go like if youre an enterprise or Avis to go buy like 300,000 cars and not you know, he has really hit with some of the supply demand dynamics in the market right now. But, you know, what we find is our hosts tend to be pretty scrappy, and a lot of them either have cars or they have friends who have cars. And so, theres the ways that they can get access to that supply.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
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Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, so were a marketplace model. So, its very much like in Airbnb. So, you know, we manage the payments and the booking and the payments themselves consistent the actual reservation price, which is what really cost to get the car in that that split, where we take 40% and 60% goes to the actual host, we of course, provide all the customer service, the insurance, the technology around that, thats our cost. And then on top of that, theres a small booking fee thats charged to the guests themselves, that something really caught coverage for the different dynamics of a particular trip and the risk associated with it. And thats something that was unique to us. And so, you end up with a net to gross profile, its somewhere between 45 to 50%. To the company, with the balance going to have the host supplying the vehicles.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
And then your technology, you mentioned that the technology is really the bread and butter of the Getaround service to Getaround connect. So, you use your phone to unlock the door, everything is seamless. How do you? You know, presumably Id say about a car 10 years ago, its not you know, connected? How do you get every car, you know, onto the network, so to speak?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, yeah. So, youre right. I mean, for us that thats the sort of secret sauce, so to speak, that weve been weve been making since we started. And its really what makes gettering unique visa vie the competition is that digital experience thats really powered by that patented software and hardware technology, which we call our Getaround. Connect cloud platform. And let me just say what that means. And then how we do it, how we get cars done. So, what does it mean? It means like cars are fully connected. So, theyre, theyre always communicating digitally with our cloud system. So, you get a lot more real time information about the car, you know, otherwise, someones renting your car, and youre like, I dont know where it is, I dont know what theyre doing with it. I know nothing, right. And so, theres a lot more real time information, which allows you to actually streamline the experience that really powers our what we call our God in 60 seconds experience. So, you can book a car walk or walk up to it open to Getaround that type of button, unlock and drive, right. And thats meant to make it you know, as easy as having the fob in your pocket, instead of pulling out the 5g plug in to Getaround. As you mentioned, we have to equip cars with the IoT technology. So that provides for remote lock unlock, you get real time GPS location, real time sensor data. So, readouts like engine lights, fuel mileage, stuff like that, which obviously makes it a lot easier to manage managing a car or a set of cars. And the way we do that is also asset light is through a third-party network of installers that we you know, we build up across
the country in the markets where we operate, they do online certification and in virtual training, and then basically, they become a certified installer of ours. So that tends to be mostly you know, individual car electronic shops, and you know, thats most of what that industry is, but then we also have larger partners like Car Toys and Best Buy geek squad that also are the same but obviously bit more professionalized in that regard, of course scale. And, you know, the big thing there obviously, is once you have this technology as the person sharing the car, you no longer have to meet, you know the guests or the renter to give them a key. You dont have to coordinate the pickup and return at the car. You dont have to be physically there so you can be at work. Youre currently making money for you. And you can manage things remotely from your laptop or phone.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Who deals with like repairs and cleaning, and all those little nuisances?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, yeah. So those are those are still. Yeah. I mean, we automate, were automating progressively more and more, we havent automated everything yet. So, you know, mine, you still got to clean your car and search your car, but you have to do it every time. And so like, you know, that stuff, you can obviously schedule, it is something were working on in terms of building ecosystem partnerships, so that, you know, we can help, you know, help identify and integrate partners that allow you to then also do yes, remotely, because the fundamental advantage you have, obviously, with the technology in your car is, you know where it is, and you can get access to it remotely. And so, you know, if you have someone whos youve contracted with the Queens cars, they can still do that without you having to be physically there, or giving them the car here, whatever. So. So, you know, a lot of our hosts do that themselves, that obviously, wed like to make that more streamlined and try to leverage, you know, some volume buying power there to make it better for them. Right, right.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
I want to see if you could touch on, you have some high-profile partnerships with the like, likes of Uber, I believe you just announced them with kayak the other day, and you have some OEMs in the pipeline. How have you thought about, you know, those partnerships? And what are those bring to the table?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, you know, its interesting, because, you know, in our business is really a direct to consumer business, and that we, you know, we attract both the host and the guests directly. But then partner, you know, because of the technology platform, theres a lot of interesting opportunities to work with partners and help partners deliver that same magic experience to their customers. So, Uber is very interesting, you know, we have an integration where a driver can dynamically link their Uber Getaround accounts, they can instantly book a car on Getaround, from a subset of hosts who enabled it support drive with Uber, and then everything is magically synchronized. So, then they see, you know, their Getaround trip inside their Uber driver app. From there, they can start driving and earning immediately. So thats really transformative, right? You essentially, you can become an Uber driver in a matter of minutes without owning your car, right? Thats not normal. And typically, you want to rent a car some other way. Its much more manual and lengthy process, just getting the car and getting certified and all that stuff. So thats really interesting. We, you know, weve seen a lot of growth in that this year. So, were excited for next year. And Kayak is actually part of our push to expand our value proposition outside of urban dwellers into the hands of travelers or people who can use Getaround at a destination. And its something weve actually had life in Europe for some time, and more recently, now, weve just announced it in the US. And weve been rolling out more and more inventory in cities, and were happy with the progress there. You know, mediums are important partners, I think you mentioned those also, you know, weve been working with many of them. For a number of years now. Theres actually a whole myriad of ways you can collaborate. But really, the current focus is getting natively integrated into the new wave of connected cars and EVs. So, like just when you buy a television, you come to the Netflix app, you get a car, its Getaround ready already integrated to Getaround apps, you dont need any additional technology hardware or anything in your car.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
That would make it certainly more seamless.
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
So, you know, exactly. I mean, that is our goal, make it increasingly more and more seamless. So that, you know, this is something you can rely on, maybe you know, its going to work in easy way, and provide you an alternative to car ownership and car rental.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Right. So Getaround as a company entering capital markets. So obviously, you said 10 years old, you know, why, why today? What brings what is the impetus for wanting to go public today? You know, no secret that right now, you know, not only IPOs, but obviously stock markets little challenge. You know, so what, whats the decision making behind, you know, going public in 2022?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, so your question, I mean, you know, why not the, you know, counter trend? The No, no, no, no, I get it. I mean, its a tough time in the markets. Without a doubt, equity, equity markets are clearly challenged right now. But, you know, the first thing is, were not really playing for right now. Right? You know, we feel this transaction is more about giving us what we need to just focus on execute on our plans. To be honest, weve been operating and preparing to go public for I dont even know, probably over 18 months at this point. And so, earlier this year, we saw a great opportunity to partner with Dana private team, to really go public, which we just felt gives us a unique opportunity, especially in a challenging market to just double down on a number of growth and strategic opportunities, some of which we just talked about, you know, that we have right in front of us. And Id say that unlike you know, probably cohort of more Recent spec deals, you know, we have 175 million of committed capital that comes with the closing transaction. So, when we looked at it holistically, you know, for us it was about how do we continue to execute on our plans? What are the whats the mechanism to do that weve been preparing to be public, its just solid, like, you know, it satisfies all of our criteria. Ill be agreeing, you know, I agree, its obviously a challenging time in equity or capital markets in general,
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
I think its a, its an important point to highlight that 175 million of capital, because, as I avid followers of the stock market, on our side, you know, as you mentioned, many of the companies going public today no committed capital, you know, thy had the trust, but that goes away. So, its really just like a capital markets transaction. So, you know, thanks. Thanks for bringing that up any specific use of proceeds for that, for that capital that youre going to be adding?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, I mean, I guess the use of funds is broadly just what we talked about. So, its investments in growth and innovation. So really, predominantly, for us, its about growing, how are we growing or growing by really, not so much, by adding tons of new geographies or markets, its really more about densifying, the markets were in thats like 80% of it, you know, giving, giving more cars, more choices for the consumer, building that liquidity in the marketplace. And then, and then really about the innovation side, you know, theres also growth that comes from that from, from the continued product innovation, which is something were really excited about, because this is, you know, this is still very much an early space, its very Greenfield. And so, you know, on top of the technology weve already built, there are just a number of ways to really leverage that in terms of just building an increasingly friction free user experience, or new ways to monetize, you know, the customer or the data. So, were just, you know, we just felt like really, thats, thats just a huge opportunity area of m&a. Its just providing consumers with more and more options, so they can instantly rent, unlock and drive by together.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
And you mentioned Europe, so youre already International? What, what geography? How many? How many? Or how many countries? Are you in? Or geography stat didnt give us?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, were in. Were seven countries in Europe. So, you know, the ones youd expect? Sort of like Central Western Europe, France, UK, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, etc. Cool.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
And so, you did mention early days, at least in the in this arena, its early days, doesnt seem to be a ton of direct competition. You have churros Zipcar that are sort of in the in the realm and then your traditional rental car. Companies, how do you think about, you know, the competition in in this space?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, look, I think theres increasing more attention paid to the space because, you know, so its naturally becoming more, a little bit more competitive over time. I think thats just validating the space overall, which I mentioned. Yeah, its like, it still needs them. Its sort of like internet 20 years ago, people are now just waking up to it. And I think theres two things that differentiate this one, you know, being an asset like marketplace really differentiates us from the more traditional models, and Zipcars, we dont own the asset. And because we dont own the asset, then the cars themselves are much more distributed, given the nature of our marketplace. So, it means we offer like more choice of cars, more variety, more locations where you can get a car. And so that, you know, the asset light model really provides that value to the consumer. Or, as weve talked about our real unique differentiators the technology, which then powers our digital experience. So like summarizing that up, its really like as a consumer, you can book unlock, and drive, you do that from the Getaround app. So, you can book a car you want and 60 seconds walk to unlock from your phone drive. Thats pretty straightforward. You dont have to wait like most marketplaces for the host to prove your booking. Theres no need to meet people in person to get a key, youre not filling out paperwork or waiting at a rental counter, like you would in a more traditional car rental model. So thats really the core differentiator with Getaround versus all the competition on the demand side. And then for a host supplying the car. The main benefit is you can operate remotely, you dont have to be physically with your car or near to rent it out, or you know, be available. You can rent a car in the middle of night while youre sleeping. Right. And so, your car makes more money for you when youre away. For example, when youre at work, and then the technology really takes a lot of those manual steps out of the experience, including having to meet people arrange pickups on weekends. So, the net of it is as a host you earn more with less effort and you dont have to invest in staff for front office ops.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
So, you wont have that Seinfeld episode where they take the reservation, but they cant hold the reservation?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Right? Right. Taking and holding is the same collapsed into one instant thing. And digital.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
To wrap up, I noticed you tie yourself as an ESG friendly company. Can you talk a little bit about how and what youre bringing to on the ESG side of the world?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, no, totally, it is something thats been, you know, our mission for a long time before ESG was a buzzword. And, you know, so first, weve pledged to have only EVs on the marketplace by 2040. And then beginning 2030 will stop accepting high scars. So, so that was their first like, objective, weve gone public with which we happen to be California to the punch on that one, too. So, were, were proud of ourselves. And, and then were also working on a number of things really, to make it easier for people to purchase and finance EDS, to share and Getaround. Obviously, our objective is to have more people driving like tailpipe emission free. And then the other part that people dont always get about car sharing, its sort of the fascinating part, when you look at the data is that households that actually moved to becoming car free, actually reduced their overall driving, and consequently, obviously, their carbon footprint. That numbers about 34 to 41%. When you look at the data studied by the sustainability and Transportation Center at UC Berkeley, its ultimately moving household from ownership to sharing the more we can do that and continue to do that it means overall, less driving, less congestion, lower emissions. So, our goal is a company beyond just ease in terms of hitting the ESG impact is really just moving more people to live car free or car and shifting people away from ownership to access that just has such a massive environmental impact and benefit. Roughly alcohol on Albritton. You know, we modeled this a number of ways using the data from all these research papers, but its roughly means like a million cars shared on Getaround, eliminates about 100 billion pounds of carbon each year. So thats, you know, we were not quite a million cars yet, but were working on it.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Its great. Its good to hear. Its funny, because I forget, since Ive moved to the city, I forget Ive forgotten about car ownership. So, its, its been fun to learn about Getaround. Very interesting, looking forward to you know, following the story and good luck on the deal, the near future and we falling and thanks. Thanks again for taking the time today. Really appreciate it, Sam.
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Thank you, Dave. Its great. Good questions, enjoyed the chat and I look forward to it, I dont want to listen to myself, but hearing this anyway, when it comes out.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Oh, last question I have to ask right now its probably at the mercy of the SEC. But any sense of timing I know S4 are on file, any sense of time and when we think the transaction may close?
Sam Zaid (CEO, Getaround)
Yeah, I mean, nothing. I mean, let me say were working hard at it, but your guest is probably as good as mine.
David Drapkin (Boardroom Alpha)
Awesome. I love it. Thanks again, Sam. Appreciate it.
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This document relates to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of May 11, 2022, among InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (InterPrivate II), Getaround, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Getaround), TMPST Merger Sub I Inc. (First Merger Sub) and TMPST Merger Sub II LLC (Second Merger Sub) for a proposed transaction involving InterPrivate II and Getaround (the Proposed Transaction), but does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the Proposed Transaction and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the Proposed Transaction. In connection with the Proposed Transaction, InterPrivate II filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-266054) (as amended, the Registration Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), which includes a proxy statement with respect to the stockholder meeting of InterPrivate II to vote on the Proposed Transaction and a prospectus with respect to the combined companys securities to be issued in connection with the Proposed Transaction. When available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all InterPrivate II stockholders following effectiveness of the Registration Statement. InterPrivate II also will file other documents regarding the Proposed Transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of InterPrivate II are urged to read the Registration Statement, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the Proposed Transaction as they become available because they will contain important information about InterPrivate II, Getaround and the Proposed Transaction.
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This document contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the Proposed Transaction between Getaround and InterPrivate II, including statements regarding the benefits of the Proposed Transaction and becoming a public company, the services offered by Getaround and the markets in which it operates, the advantages of Getarounds technology, the benefits of Getarounds platform for its hosts and guests, the benefits from its strategic partnerships and expected expansion of strategic partners, the impact of Getarounds business model on reducing pollution and emissions, and Getarounds growth plans and projected future results, including the impact of global economic conditions. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words believe, project, expect, anticipate, estimate, intend, strategy, future, opportunity, plan, may, should, will, would, will be, will continue, will likely result, and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this document, including, but not limited to: (i) the risk that the Proposed Transaction and related capital raising may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; (ii) the risk that the Proposed Transaction may not be completed by InterPrivate IIs business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by InterPrivate II; (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Proposed Transaction, including the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the stockholders of InterPrivate II and Getaround, the satisfaction of the minimum trust account amount following redemptions by InterPrivate IIs public stockholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals; (iv) the lack of a third-party valuation in determining whether or not to pursue the Proposed Transaction; (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement; (vi) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the Proposed Transaction on Getarounds business relationships, performance, and business generally; (vii) risks that the Proposed Transaction disrupts Getarounds current plans and potential difficulties in Getarounds employee retention as a result; (viii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Getaround or against InterPrivate II related to the Merger Agreement or the Proposed Transaction; (ix) the ability to meet New York Stock Exchange listing standards at or following the consummation of the Proposed Transaction; (x) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Transaction, which may be affected by a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which Getaround operates, variations in performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting Getarounds business and the ability of Getaround and the post-combination company to retain its management and key employees; (xi) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the Proposed Transaction, and identify and realize additional opportunities; (xii) the risk of adverse or changing economic conditions, including the resulting effects on consumer spending, and the possibility of rapid change in the highly competitive industry in which Getaround operates; (xiii) the risk that Getaround and its current and future partners are unable to successfully develop and scale Getarounds products and offerings, or experience significant delays in doing so; (xiv) the ability of Getaround to maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting; (xv) the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Getarounds business and results of operations despite recent easing of these impacts; (xvi) the ability of Getaround to respond to general economic conditions; (xvii) the acceptance or adoption of carsharing as an alternative to car ownership in the geographies in which Getaround operates its business; (xviii) risks associated with increased competition among providers of carsharing or other modes of transportation; (xix) the ability of Getaround to manage its growth effectively; (xx) the ability of Getaround to achieve and maintain profitability in the future; and (xxi) the ability of Getaround to access sources of capital to finance operations and growth. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors section of InterPrivate IIs Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, the Registration Statement and proxy statement/prospectus discussed above and other documents filed by InterPrivate II from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Getaround and InterPrivate II assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Neither Getaround nor InterPrivate II gives any assurance that either Getaround or InterPrivate II will achieve its expectations.
No Offer or Solicitation
This document is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Proposed Transaction and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of InterPrivate II, Getaround, First Merger Sub or Second Merger Sub, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, or exemptions therefrom.