UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2021
OAKTREE ACQUISITION CORP. II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-39526 | 98-1551592 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
333 South Grand Avenue 28th Floor Los Angeles, CA | 90071 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (213) 830-6300
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, $0.0001 par value, and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant | OACB.U | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units | OACB | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 | OACB WS | 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 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. Since issuance on September 21, 2020, the outstanding warrants (“Warrants”) to purchase Class A ordinary shares of Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) were accounted for as equity within the Company’s balance sheet, and after discussion and evaluation, including with the Company’s independent auditors, the Company has concluded that the Warrants should be presented as liabilities with subsequent fair value remeasurement.
On May 12, 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 consolidated financial statements for the period from August 5, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 as included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021 (the “Original 10-K”), the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the period from August 5, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020 as included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 13, 2020 and the audited balance sheet as of September 21, 2020 as included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 25, 2020 (the “Non-Reliance Periods”) should no longer be relied upon due to a misapplication in the guidance around accounting for certain of the Company’s Warrants. Similarly, the audit report of the Company’s current independent registered public accounting firm, WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) included in the Original 10-K should no longer be relied upon. As soon as practicable after the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company will file an amendment to the Original Form 10-K reflecting the reclassification of the Warrants for the Non-Reliance Periods and restating (i) certain items on the Company’s previously issued audited balance sheet dated as of September 21, 2020, which were included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 25, 2020, (ii) the Company’s previously issued unaudited financial statements as of September 30, 2020 and for the period from August 5, 2020 (inception) to September 30, 2020, which were included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for such period filed with the SEC on November 13, 2020, and (iii) the Company’s previously issued audited financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from August 5, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, which were included in the Original 10-K.
The Audit Committee has discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to this Item 4.02 with Withum. Withum was provided with a copy of the disclosures made herein and was given the opportunity, no later than the day of the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K, to review these disclosures.
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.
OAKTREE ACQUISITION CORP. II | ||||||
Date: May 18, 2021 | By: | /s/ Zaid Pardesi | ||||
Zaid Pardesi | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer and Head of M&A |