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): December 22, 2021
TZP STRATEGIES ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-39909 | 98-1555127 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
7 Times Square, Suite 4307
New York, New York 10036
(212) 398-0300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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 Symbols | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable warrant | TZPSU | The Nasdaq Capital Market | ||
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units | TZPS | The Nasdaq Capital Market | ||
Warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 | TZPSW | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
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 ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 4.02 | Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statement and Related Audit Report. |
On December 22, 2021, management (“Management”) of TZP Strategies Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (the “Audit Committee”), concluded that due to a reclassification of the Company’s temporary and permanent equity, the Company’s previously issued (i) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on June 3, 2021, (ii) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021 and (iii) Note 2 to the unaudited interim financial statements (“Note 2”) and Item 4 of Part 1 included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), should be restated and should no longer be relied upon. In addition, the audit report of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 28, 2021 should no longer be relied upon.
From the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) through the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, the Company has considered the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to be equal to the redemption value of $10.00 per Class A ordinary share while also taking into consideration a redemption cannot result in net tangible assets being less than $5,000,001. Previously, the Company did not consider redeemable stock classified as temporary equity as part of net tangible assets. Upon further analysis, Management has determined that the Class A ordinary shares issued during the IPO and pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment can be redeemed or become redeemable subject to the occurrence of future events considered outside the Company’s control. Therefore, Management concluded that the redemption value should include all Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, resulting in the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption being equal to their redemption value.
The Company does not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on its cash position and investments held in the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. The Company’s Management and the Audit Committee have discussed the matters disclosed in this Form 8-K with Withum.
As such, the Company will restate its financial statements for the Affected Periods in future filings.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “seeks,” or other similar expressions. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s cash position and investments held in its trust account. These statements are based on current expectations on the date of this Form 8-K and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ significantly. The Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as the result of new developments or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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: December 23, 2021
TZP STRATEGIES ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Samuel Katz | |
Name: | Samuel Katz | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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