Virtuoso Acquisition Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review
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Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
In light of recent comment letters issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the management of Virtuoso Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) has re-evaluated the Company’s application of ASC 480-10-S99-3A to its accounting classification of its redeemable Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares”), issued as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering on January 26, 2021. Historically, a portion of the Public Shares was classified as permanent equity to maintain net tangible assets greater than $5,000,000 on the basis that the Company will consummate its initial business combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001. Pursuant to such re-evaluation, the Company’s management has determined that the Public Shares include certain provisions that require classification of the Public Shares as temporary equity regardless of the minimum net tangible assets required to complete the Company’s initial business combination.
On November 15, 2021, the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company concluded, after discussion with the Company’s management and with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), that (i) the Company’s audited balance sheet as of January 26, 2021 filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 1, 2021, (ii) the Company’s unaudited financial statements as of March 31, 2021 contained in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on June 3, 2021, and (iii) the Company’s unaudited financial statements as of June 30, 2021 contained in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 17, 2021, should no longer be relied upon due to the reclassification of the Company’s Public Shares as temporary equity.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon their evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2021, due to a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting in analyzing complex financial instruments. In light of this material weakness, the Company performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that the Company’s unaudited interim financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company reflected the restatements in Note 2 of the financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 16, 2021 and accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in such report present fairly in all material respects the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
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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.
| Virtuoso Acquisition Corp. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jeffrey D. Warshaw | ||
| Name: | Jeffrey D. Warshaw | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: November 16, 2021 | |||
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