Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 11, 2021

 

Aequi Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-39715		85-2850133
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

500 West Putnam Avenue, Suite 400

Greenwich, CT 06830

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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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 share of Class A Common Stock and one-third of one Redeemable Warrant		ARBGU		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share		ARBG		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50		ARBGW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company þ

  

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. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

 

On May 11, 2021, the audit committee of the board of directors (the “Audit Committee”) and management of Aequi Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), after discussions with WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Restatement Period”), which were issued in the Company’s previously filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for such period, should no longer be relied upon and have been restated in the audited financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (the “Restated Form 10-K”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as soon as practicable.

 

On April 12, 2021, the staff of the SEC (the “SEC Staff”) issued a public statement (the “SEC Staff Statement”) entitled “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”).” In the SEC Staff Statement, the SEC Staff expressed its view that certain terms and conditions common to warrants issued by SPACs such as the Company may require the warrants to be classified as liabilities on the SPAC’s balance sheet, as opposed to equity.

 

Since the date of their issuance in connection with the Company’s initial public offering in November 2020, the Company’s public warrants and private placement warrants have been reflected as a component of equity, as opposed to liabilities, on the balance sheet. After considering the SEC Staff Statement and discussion, evaluation and consultation with Withum, the Audit Committee concluded that the Company’s audited financial statements for the Restatement Period should be restated and that the Company’s public warrants and private placement warrants should be classified as liabilities measured at fair value upon issuance, with subsequent changes in fair value reported in the statement of operations for the Restatement Period.

 

The Audit Committee has discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to this Item 4.02 with Withum. Withum was provided with a copy of the disclosures made herein and was given the opportunity to review these disclosures.

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: May 13, 2021

	AEQUI ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:	/s/ Hope S. Taitz
		Name:	Hope S. Taitz
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer