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 14, 2021

TREBIA ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(646) 450-9187
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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

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

(a) On April 12, 2021, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a statement entitled “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies.” In the statement, the Staff, among other things, highlighted potential accounting implications of certain terms that are common in warrants issued in connection with the initial public offerings of special purpose acquisition companies such as Trebia Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”). In connection with such statement, the Company revisited its accounting for its public warrants and private placement warrants issued in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (the “Warrants”), as well as for the forward purchase agreement entered into with the Company’s anchor investor (the “FPA”), and determined that the Warrants and FPA should be treated as derivative liabilities, with changes in fair value each period reported in earnings, pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 815-40, Contracts in Entity's Own Equity, rather than as components of equity as the Company previously treated the Warrants and as a disclosed contractual obligation in the case of the FPA. The Company’s accounting for the Warrants and FPA as components of equity and a disclosed contractual obligation, respectively, rather than as derivative liabilities did not have any effect on the Company’s previously reported operating expenses, cashflows or cash.

On May 14, 2021, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of the Company, based on the recommendation of and after consultation with management, concluded that its unaudited interim financial statements for the quarterly periods ended June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020, and its audited financial statements as of and for the period ended December 31, 2020 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2020 and November 12, 2020, and Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 1, 2021, should no longer be relied upon because of the errors identified therein.

As a result, the Company today is announcing that it will restate its historical financial results for the Affected Periods, in each case to reflect the change in accounting treatment (the “Restatement”). The Company is filing its Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2020 to reflect the Restatement contemporaneously with the filing of this Form 8-K.

The Audit Committee and management have discussed the matters disclosed pursuant to this Item 4.02(a) with the Company’s independent accountant.

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. Certain of these 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 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. These statements are based on current expectations on the date of this 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.

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.