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): May 3, 2021

 

CF FINANCE ACQUISITION CORP. III
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-39699		37-1827430
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

110 East 59^th Street, New York, NY 10022

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 938-5000

 

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 share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant		CFACU		The Nasdaq Stock Market
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share		CFAC		The Nasdaq Stock Market
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		CFACW		The Nasdaq Stock Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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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 (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a public statement entitled “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies” (the “Staff Statement”). The Staff Statement, among other things, highlighted potential accounting implications of certain terms that are common in warrants issued in connection with the initial public offerings of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) such as CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III (the “Company”). The Staff Statement reflected the Staff’s view that in many cases, warrants issued by SPACs should be classified as liabilities for accounting purposes, rather than as components of equity, unless certain conditions are met.

 

On May 3, 2021, the Company's audit committee (the “Audit Committee”), based on the recommendation of, and after consultation with, the Company’s management, and as discussed with its Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, concluded that the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Non-Reliance Period”), as reported in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2021, should no longer be relied upon due to the misclassification of the Company’s outstanding warrants as components of equity instead of as liabilities. Similarly, the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated March 15, 2021 on the financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2020, and any communications describing relevant portions of the Company's financial statements for the Non-Reliance Period should no longer be relied upon.

 

As a result, the Company will restate its historical financial results for the Non-Reliance Period to reflect the classification of warrants as liabilities (the “Restatement”). The Company is filing an amendment to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 to reflect the Restatement contemporaneously with the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The Company's prior accounting treatment of the warrants as components of equity instead of as liabilities did not have any effect on the Company's previously reported operating expenses, cash flows or cash.

 

The Audit Committee and management have discussed the matters disclosed pursuant to this Item 4.02 with the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.

 

 

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.

 

	CF FINANCE ACQUISITION CORP. III
	By:	/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
		Name:	Howard W. Lutnick
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: May 4, 2021

 

 

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