16. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Engine—On February 17, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of all voting interest in Even Financial Inc., which was subsequently renamed to Engine, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Company, Epsilon Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Even Financial Inc. and Fortis Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, solely in its capacity as representative of the equityholders of Even Financial Inc. Engine powers the leading embedded finance marketplace solutions MoneyLion offers to its Enterprise Partners through which consumers are connected and matched with real-time, personalized financial product and service recommendations. For the over 1,100 Enterprise Partners in MoneyLion's network who integrate MoneyLion's software platform onto their properties, MoneyLion enables a more simple and efficient system of customer acquisition and also provides value-added data analytics and reporting services to enable them to better understand the performance of their marketplace programs and optimize their business over time. The Engine Acquisition expanded MoneyLion's addressable market, extended the reach of its own products and services and diversified its revenue mix.

At the closing of the Engine Acquisition, the Company (i) issued to the equityholders of Even Financial Inc. an aggregate of 28,164,811 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, along with an additional 529,120 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to advisors of Even Financial Inc. for transaction expenses, valued at $193,721, (ii) paid to certain Even Financial Inc. management equityholders approximately $14,514 in cash and (iii) exchanged 8,883,228 options to acquire Even Financial Inc. common stock for 196,728 options to acquire Class A Common Stock, of which the vested portion at the acquisition date was valued at $8,960. In addition, certain recipients of options to acquire shares of the Company’s Class A common stock were entitled to receive dividend equivalents in lieu of receiving Series A Preferred Stock, subject to certain conditions (the “Preferred Stock Equivalents”). The total purchase price was approximately $271,096, subject to customary purchase price adjustments for working capital and inclusive of amounts used to repay approximately $5,703 of existing indebtedness of Even Financial Inc. and pay $2,868 of seller transaction costs.

Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 17, 2022, governing the Engine Acquisition, the equityholders and advisors of Even Financial Inc. were entitled to receive an additional payment from the Company of up to an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, based on the attributed revenue of Engine’s business during the 13-month period commencing January 1, 2022 (the “Earnout”). On May 22, 2023, in connection with Engine's partial achievement of the Earnout, the Company issued 4,354,092 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and, in lieu of fractional shares and with respect to recipients otherwise ineligible to receive shares, approximately $459 in cash to the former equityholders and advisors of Even Financial Inc., as described further below.

The goodwill related to the Engine Acquisition was not tax deductible and was comprised of expected synergies from combining operations and the value of intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition.

The Earnout and Preferred Stock Equivalents were valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model as of December 31, 2022, which is calculated using Level 3 inputs. The primary unobservable inputs utilized in determining the fair value of the Earnout and Preferred Stock Equivalents are the expected volatility of the Class A Common Stock and the revenue levels of Engine.

In May 2023, the Earnout was settled through the issuance of 4,354,092 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, with cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Cash payments relating to the settlement of the Earnout were $459.

In June 2023, the Preferred Stock Equivalents were settled through the issuance of 23,453 shares of Class A Common Stock, with cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares of Class A Common Stock. Cash payments relating to the settlement of the Preferred Stock Equivalents were $307. Upon the Automatic Conversion Event, the MoneyLion Inc. Preferred Share Dividend Replacement Program governing the Preferred Stock Equivalents immediately and automatically terminated in accordance with its terms, following which all Preferred Stock Equivalents were forfeited.

The unaudited pro forma financial information above is not necessarily indicative of what the Company’s consolidated results actually would have been if the Engine Acquisition had been completed at January 1, 2022. In addition, the unaudited pro forma information above does not attempt to project the Company’s future results.

MALKA—On November 15, 2021, MoneyLion completed the MALKA Acquisition. MALKA is a creator network and content platform that provides digital media and content production services to us and to its own clients in entertainment, sports, gaming, live streaming and other sectors.

The unsettled restricted shares payable relating to the MALKA Acquisition earnout and the related make-whole were valued at $2,444 as of December 31, 2022 and were settled during the first quarter of 2023. The $180 decline and $15,417 increase in fair value for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, was included on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of the change in fair value of contingent consideration from mergers and acquisitions. The restricted shares payable based on 2021 and 2022 operating performance were valued based on the Class A Common Stock price per share as of December 31, 2022.