Amended Annual Report (10-k/a)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K/A

Amendment No. 1

 

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022

 

OR

 

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

 

Commission File Number: 001-41162

 

Ahren Acquisition Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Cayman Islands		98-1594455
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Boundary Hall, Cricket Square Grand Cayman		KY1-1102
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant		AHRNU		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 par value		AHRN		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		AHRNW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
Emerging growth company	☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

 

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

As of June 30, 2022 the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the closing price of the registrant’s Class A common stock was $9.92 and the closing price of the registrant’s Units was $10.00. The aggregate market value of units outstanding, other than shares held by persons who may be deemed affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing price of the Units on June 30, 2022, as reported on Nasdaq was $299,998,000.

 

As of May 12, 2023, there were 29,999,800 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001, issued and outstanding, and 7,499,950 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, issued and outstanding.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None.

 

Auditor Firm ID: 243

Auditor Name: BDO USA, LLP

 

Auditor Location: New York, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Ahren Acquisition Corp. (the “Company,” or “we”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Amendment No. 1”) to amend its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the “Original 10-K”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on April 7, 2023.

 

We are filing this Amendment No. 1 solely to amend and restate the Section 302 certifications set forth in Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2, to include paragraph 4(b) referring to internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, each in their respective capacities as Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer have provided new certifications dated as of the date of this filing in connection with this Amendment No. 1 (Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2).

 

Except as described above, no other information included in the Original 10-K is being amended or updated by this Amendment No. 1 and, other than as described herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not purport to reflect any information or events subsequent to the Original 10-K. This Amendment No. 1 continues to describe the conditions as of the date of the Original 10-K and, except as expressly contained herein, we have not updated, modified or supplemented the disclosures contained in the Original 10-K. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original 10-K.

 

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PART IV

 

Item 15. Exhibits (RESTATED)

  

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report on Amendment No. 1 Form 10-K/A. 

 

Exhibit Number		Description
31.1*		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
31.2*		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
101.INS		Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document contained in Exhibit 101

 

*	Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this this Annual Report on Amendment No. 1 Form 10-K/A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 12, 2023	AHREN ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:	/s/ Alice Newcombe-Ellis
		Name:	Alice Newcombe-Ellis
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal executive officer)

 

	By:	/s/ Elliot Richmond
		Name:	Elliot Richmond
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

 

 

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