Blade Air Mobility Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 4.01 - Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
(a) Resignation of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On March 19, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of Blade Air Mobility, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) dismissed Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Marcum had served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm from October 20, 2020 through March 18, 2024.
Marcum’s audit reports on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K: (1) there were no “disagreements” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) with Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreements in connection with its reports on the financial statements for such years, and (2) there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except for the disclosure of the material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as disclosed in Part II, Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
The Company provided Marcum with a copy of this report prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and requested that Marcum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether Marcum agrees with the statements made by the Company in this report and, if not, stating the respects, if any, in which Marcum does not agree with such statements. A copy of the letter from Marcum is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
(b) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On March 20, 2024, the Audit Committee approved the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as its new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, subject to execution of an engagement letter. The Company has authorized Marcum to respond fully to the inquiries of Deloitte, as the successor independent registered accounting firm.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, neither the Company, nor anyone acting on its behalf, consulted Deloitte regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered with respect to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company by Deloitte that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K or a reportable event within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
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104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BLADE AIR MOBILITY, INC. | |||||||||||||||||
| Date: March 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ William A. Heyburn | |||||||||||||||
Name: | William A. Heyburn | ||||||||||||||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||||