UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 26, 2021

 

 

 

Vy Global Growth

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands 001-39588  
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

  Floor 4, Willow House, Cricket Square
    Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
KY1-9010
  (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

971 427 01 400

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
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one Warrant to acquire one-fifth of one Class A ordinary share   VYGG.U   The New York Stock Exchange
Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share   VYGG   The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50   VYGG.W   The New York Stock Exchange

 

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

 

Emerging growth company x

 

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 April 12, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released a public statement (the “Public Statement”) informing market participants that warrants issued by special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) may require classification as a liability of the entity measured at fair value, with changes in fair value each period reported in earnings. Vy Global Growth (the “Company”) has previously classified its private placement warrants and public warrants (collectively, the “warrants”) as equity. For a full description of the Company’s warrants, please refer to the Company’s final prospectus filed in connection with its initial public offering (“IPO”) on October 6, 2020 (“Final Prospectus”).

 

Management of the Company and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company determined that the Company’s previous audited balance sheet related to its IPO on October 6, 2020 filed on form 8-K with the SEC on October 13, 2020, its quarterly unaudited financial statements as of and for the period from August 18, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020 filed on Form 10-Q with the SEC on November 16, 2020, and its audited financial statements as of and for the period from August 18, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 filed on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Affected Periods”) should no longer be relied upon due to changes required for alignment with the SEC’s Public Statement. The SEC’s Public Statement discussed “certain features of warrants issued in SPAC transactions” that “may be common across many entities.” The Public Statement indicated that when one or more of such features is included in a warrant, the warrant “should be classified as a liability measured at fair value, with changes in fair value each period reported in earnings.” Following consideration of the guidance in the Public Statement, while the terms and quantum of the warrants as described in the Final Prospectus have not changed, the Company concluded the warrants do not meet the conditions to be classified in equity and instead, the warrants meet the definition of a derivative under ASC 815, under which the Company should record the warrants as liabilities on the Company’s balance sheet. The Company has discussed this approach with its independent registered public accounting firm, WithumSmith+Brown, PC, and intends to file an amendment to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021 (the “Amended 10-K”) reflecting this reclassification of the warrants for the Affected Periods. The Company has worked diligently with an independent valuation expert to finalize the valuation of the warrants and will file the Amended 10-K as soon as practicable. The adjustments to the financial statement items for the Affected Periods will be set forth through expanded disclosure in the financial statements included in the Amended 10-K, including further describing the restatement and its impact on previously reported amounts.

 

 

 

 

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 26, 2021 VY GLOBAL GROWTH
     
  By: /s/ John Hering
  Name: John Hering
  Title: Chief Executive Officer