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 24, 2021
AF Acquisition Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | | 333-253544 | | 86-1456857 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
139 North County Road
Floor 2, Suite 35
Palm Beach, FL 33480
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 838-9494
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 |
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| Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-third of one Redeemable Warrant | | AFAQU | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | | AFAQ | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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| Warrants, each exercisable for one share Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share | | AFAQW | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
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| Item 8.01 | Other Information 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 the SPAC’s balance sheet as opposed to equity.
On March 23, 2021, AF Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 22,400,000 units, including 2,400,000 units pursuant to the exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option in full (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company (“Public Warrants”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share. On March 23, 2021, simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 4,486,667 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to AF Sponsor LLC at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant.
On March 23, 2021, both the outstanding Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants (collectively, the “Issued Warrants”) were accounted for as equity within the Company’s balance sheet, and after discussion and evaluation, including with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Marcum LLP, (“Marcum”), the Company’s management has concluded that its Issued Warrants should be presented as liabilities as of the March 23, 2021 IPO date, at fair value, with subsequent fair value changes to be recorded in its financial statements at each reporting period.
On May 24, 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 23, 2021 filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021 (the “Form 8-K”) should no longer be relied upon due to changes required to reclassify the Issued Warrants as liabilities to align with the requirements set forth in the Statement. The Company plans to reflect this reclassification of the Issued Warrants in its upcoming Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, to be filed with SEC.
The Company does not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on its cash position and cash held in the trust account.
In addition, the audit report of Marcum included in the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 29, 2021 should no longer be relied upon.
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.
| | AF Acquisition Corp. |
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| | By: | /s/ Christopher Bradley |
| | | Name: Christopher Bradley |
| | | Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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| Dated: May 24, 2021 | | |
