This Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A (“Amendment No. 1”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K of Investindustrial Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), filed on November 22, 2021.
Item 4.02 | Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statement and Related Audit Report. |
On November 22, 2021, the Company’s management (the “Management”) and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (the “Audit Committee”), concluded that due to a reclassification of the Company’s temporary and permanent equity, the Company’s (i) previous audited balance sheet related to its IPO dated November 23, 2020, its unaudited pro forma balance sheet dated November 27, 2020, its quarterly unaudited financial statements as of September 30, 2020 and for the period from September 7, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020 and its audited financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from September 7, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, as previously restated in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the period from September 7, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020 and as of December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on May 27, 2021 (the “Form 10-K/A”), (ii) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on June 1, 2021, (iii) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on August 13, 2021, and (iv) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), should no longer be relied upon. In addition, the audit report of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 30, 2020 and included in the Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on May 27, 2021 should no longer be relied upon. Since the Company’s IPO, the Company has considered the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to be equal to the redemption value of $10.00 per Class A ordinary share while also taking into consideration a redemption cannot result in net tangible assets being less than $5,000,001. Previously, the Company did not consider redeemable stock classified as temporary equity as part of net tangible assets. Upon further analysis, Management has determined that the Class A ordinary shares issued during the IPO and pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment can be redeemed or become redeemable subject to the occurrence of future events considered outside the Company’s control. Therefore, Management concluded that the redemption value should include all Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, resulting in the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption being equal to their redemption value.
In addition, on November 22, 2021, the Management and the Audit Committee concluded that the Company’s unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021, should no longer be relied upon due to an error in recognizing the Deal-Contingent Forward (as defined below) in such financial statements. On July 19, 2021, in conjunction with the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into a deal-contingent forward currency contract (the “Deal-Contingent Forward”) to purchase €305.0 million at set daily rates from October 13, 2021 through April 19, 2022. Previously, the Company did not recognize the Deal-Contingent Forward on the Balance Sheet or within the Statement of Operations. After discussion and evaluation, including with our Audit Committee, Management has determined that the Deal-Contingent Forward should have been recognized on the Balance Sheet at fair value with changes in fair value recognized within the Statement of Operations.
The Company does not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on its cash position and investments held in the trust account established in connection with the IPO (the “Trust Account”). The Company’s Management and the Audit Committee have discussed the matters disclosed in this Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A with Withum.
As such, the Company intends to restate the financial statements for the Affected Periods in an amendment to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021 (the “Q3 Form 10-Q”), and in an amendment to the Form 10-K/A.
Additional Information
In connection with the Business Combination, Zegna has filed amendment no. 2 to a registration statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-259139) with the SEC that includes a prospectus with respect to Zegna’s securities to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement dated as of July 18, 2021, by and among IIAC, Zegna, and EZ Cayman, a Cayman Islands exempted company (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”) and a proxy statement with respect to the shareholder meeting of IIAC to vote on the Business Combination. Shareholders of IIAC and other interested persons are urged to read the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus as well as other documents to be filed with the SEC because these documents contain important information about IIAC, Zegna and the Business Combination. After the registration statement is declared effective, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of IIAC for voting on the Business Combination. Shareholders of IIAC may also obtain a copy of the F-4, including the proxy statement/prospectus, and other documents to be filed with the SEC without charge, by directing a request to: