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 20, 2021
Prime Impact Acquisition I
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-39501 | 98-1554335 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
123 E San Carlos Street, Suite 12 San Jose, California |
95112 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(650) 825-6965
Registrants 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-third of one redeemable warrant | PIAI.U | The New York Stock Exchange | ||
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share | PIAI | The New York Stock Exchange | ||
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 | PIAI.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 ☒
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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 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. Prime Impact Acquisition I (the Company) has previously classified its private placement warrants and public warrants (collectively, the warrants) as equity. For a full description of the Companys warrants, please refer to the Companys final prospectus filed in connection with its initial public offering (IPO) on September 14, 2020 (Final Prospectus).
On May 20, 2021, management of the Company and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company determined that the Companys previous audited balance sheet related to its IPO on September 14, 2020 filed on Form 8-K, and its audited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2020 filed on the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K (the Affected Periods) should no longer be relied upon due to changes required for alignment with the SECs Public Statement. The SECs 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 Companys 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 21, 2021 | PRIME IMPACT ACQUISITION I | |||||
By: | /s/ Michael Cordano | |||||
Name: | Michael Cordano | |||||
Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer | |||||
By: | /s/ Mark Long | |||||
Name: | Mark Long | |||||
Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer |