Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
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Upon review of the Staff Statement, the Company's management further evaluated the warrants issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Subtopic 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity's Own Equity. ASC Section 815-40-15 addresses equity versus liability treatment and classification of equity-linked financial instruments, including warrants, and states that a warrant may be classified as a component of equity only if, among other things, the warrant is indexed to the issuer's common stock. Based on the Company's management's evaluation, the audit committee of the Company's board of directors (the "Audit Committee"), in consultation with the Company's management and the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that the Company's warrants are not indexed to the Company's common stock in the manner contemplated by ASC Section 815-40-15.
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As a result, the Company today is announcing that it will restate its balance
sheet as of
The Company's prior accounting for the warrants as components of equity instead of as derivative liabilities did not have any effect on the Company's previously reported cash or funds held in the trust account.
The Audit Committee and the Company's management have discussed the matters disclosed pursuant to this Item 4.02(a) with the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Certain of such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "assumes," "may," "should," "will," "seeks" or other similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's intent to restate certain historical financial statements and the timing and impact of the Restatement. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ significantly. The Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as the result of new developments or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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