UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 1, 2021
EXECUTIVE NETWORK PARTNERING
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-39521 | 85-1669324 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
137 Newbury Street, 7th Floor Boston, Massachusetts |
02116 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (857) 362-9205
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 |
Name of each exchange | ||
CAPS, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant | ENPC.U | The New York Stock Exchange | ||
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | ENPC | The New York Stock Exchange | ||
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | ENPC WS | 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.
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Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
On April 12, 2021, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) released a public statement entitled Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) (the Public Statement). In the Public Statement, the SEC staff expressed its view that certain terms and conditions common to SPAC warrants may require the warrants to be classified as liabilities on the SPACs balance sheet as opposed to equity. Executive Network Partnering Corporation (the Company or ENPC) had previously classified its previously issued warrants (collectively, the warrants) as equity. For a full description of the Companys warrants, please refer to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, which was originally filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021 (the 10-K).
On June 1, 2021, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (Audit Committee), based on the recommendation of and after consulting with the Companys management, determined that the Companys financial statements for the period from June 22, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, and for the unaudited interim periods ended September 30, 2020 (together, the Affected Financial Statements) should no longer be relied upon due to changes required to reclassify the warrants as liabilities to align with the guidance set forth in the Public Statement. Similarly, investor presentations or other communications describing the Affected Financial Statements should no longer be relied upon. Following consideration of the guidance in the Public Statement, the Company concluded that the warrants do not meet the conditions to be classified in equity and instead, the warrants meet the definition of a derivative under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Subtopic 815-40, pursuant to which the Company should record the warrants as liabilities on its 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 the 10-K, reflecting this reclassification of the warrants (the Amended 10-K). The Company has engaged an independent valuation expert to perform a valuation of the warrants and will be filing the Amended 10-K concurrently with this Current Report.
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: June 1, 2021
EXECUTIVE NETWORK PARTNERING CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Alex J. Dunn | |
Name: Alex J. Dunn | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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