Denali Capital Acquisition (DECAW) 8-K Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): October 14, 2022

Denali Capital Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands	001-41351	98-1659463
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification Number)

437 Madison Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, New York	10022
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 (646) 978-5180

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(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	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one Warrant	DECAU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share	DECA	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50	DECAW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (

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230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (

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240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company.

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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.

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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

Based on information provided by Friedman LLP (“Friedman”), the independent registered public accounting firm of Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), effective September 1, 2022, Friedman combined with Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) and continued to operate as an independent registered public accounting firm. Friedman continued to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm through October 14, 2022. On October 14, 2022, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company dismissed Friedman and engaged Marcum to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2022, effective immediately. The services previously provided by Friedman will now be provided by Marcum.

Friedman’s reports on the Company’s financial statements from January 5, 2022 (inception) through February 7, 2022 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, except that the audit report on the financial statements of the Company from January 5, 2022 (inception) through February 7, 2022 contained an uncertainty about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

During the period from January 5, 2022 (inception) through February 7, 2022 and the subsequent interim period through October 14, 2022, there were no disagreements with Friedman 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 Friedman, would have caused Friedman to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such periods. Also during this time, there were no “reportable events,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided Friedman with a copy of the above disclosures and requested that Friedman furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the statements made above. A copy of Friedman’s letter, dated October 1

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, 2022, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

(b) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

On October 14, 2022, the Company engaged Marcum as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, effective immediately. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the three months ended June 30, 2022, and the interim period through October 14, 2022, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with Marcum regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to any specified transaction, either completed or proposed

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or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Marcum 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 either the subject of a “disagreement,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or a “reportable event,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibits
16.1	Letter from Friedman LLP regarding the change in the Registrant’s certifying accountant, dated October 19, 2022
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURES

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.

Denali Capital Acquisition Corp.
By:	/s/ Lei Huang
Name:	Lei Huang
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Date: October 1

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, 2022