This Current Report on Form 8-K is filed by EJF Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), in connection with the matters described herein.
| Item 4.02 | Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statement and Related Audit Report. |
On April 12, 2021, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a public statement entitled “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”)” (the “Statement”). In the 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 SPACs’ balance sheets as opposed to equity. At issuance on March 1, 2021, the outstanding warrants (“Warrants”) of the Company to purchase its Class A ordinary shares were accounted for as equity within its balance sheet, and after discussion and evaluation, the Company has concluded that its Warrants should be presented as liabilities as of the IPO date, reported at fair value with subsequent fair value changes to be recorded in its financial statements at each reporting period. Management discussed this evaluation and conclusion with its independent registered public accounting firm, Marcum LLP, (“Marcum”).
On May 13, 2021, the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company concluded, after discussion with the Company’s management, that the Company’s audited balance sheet as of March 1, 2021 filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 5, 2021 (the “Form 8-K”) 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 Statement. The Company has reflected this reclassification of the Warrants in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on May 18, 2021.
The Company does not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on its cash position or cash held in its trust account.
In addition, the audit report of Marcum included in the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 5, 2021 should no longer be relied upon.
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 U.S. 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 cash position and cash held in its trust account. 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.
