Current Report Filing (8-k)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 3, 2023

 

EMBARK TECHNOLOGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39881	85-3343695
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

321 Alabama Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share		EMBK		The Nasdaq Global Market
Warrants to purchase 1/20th share of Class A common stock, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per warrant		EMBKW		The Nasdaq Global Market

 

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 ☒

 

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. ☐

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Item 2.05

Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.

On March 1, 2023, the Board of Directors of Embark Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a reduction in the Company’s current workforce by approximately 230 employees. The decision was based on cost-reduction initiatives intended to reduce operating expenses.

The Company currently estimates that it will incur charges of approximately $7 to $11 million in connection with the reduction in force, primarily consisting of notice period and severance payments, employee benefits, equipment costs and related costs, and noncash expenses associated with vesting of share-based awards. Additionally, the company expects to realize noncash expenses with respect to certain other share-based awards that cannot presently be estimated. The Company expects that the majority of these charges will be incurred in the first and second quarters of 2023, and that the reduction in force will be substantially complete by the end of the second quarter of 2023.

The charges the Company expects to incur are subject to assumptions, and actual charges may differ from the range disclosed above. In the future, there may also be incremental one-time charges associated with non-work force related cost savings actions.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On March 1, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved a process to explore, review and evaluate a range of potential strategic alternatives available to the Company, including, without limitation, exploring alternative uses of the Company’s assets to commercialize its technology, additional sources of financing, as well as potential dissolution or winding up of the Company and liquidation of its assets. The Board’s decision comes following an extended evaluation by the Company of alternative markets in which to commercialize its technology as well as an exploration, performed with the assistance of a financial advisor, of a potential sale of the Company.

No assurance can be given that the Company’s exploration of strategic alternatives will result in any change in strategy. The Company does not expect to make further public comment regarding these matters unless and until the Board has approved a specific alternative or otherwise concludes its review of strategic alternatives.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
104		Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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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.

 

	Embark Technology, Inc.
Date: March 3, 2023	By:	/s/ Richard Hawwa
	Name:	Richard Hawwa
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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