Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related
Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
On December 2, 2021, KludeIn I Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") filed a Current
Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"),
disclosing errors detected in the accounting for complex financial instruments
issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering (the "IPO").
Those errors were corrected in the notes to condensed financial statements
included in the Company's Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report for the
quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 on Form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on
December 8, 2021 (the "Q3/A Report").
On April 11, 2022, due to the previously undetected error described below, the
audit committee of the board of directors (the "Audit Committee") and management
of the Company concluded that the following previously filed unaudited condensed
financial statements of the Company should not be relied upon:
(i) the Company's unaudited condensed interim financial statements for the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, contained in the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, originally filed with the SEC on May 24, 2021 (the "Q1
Report"), and subsequently amended in the notes to condensed financial
statements included in the Q3/A Report;
(ii) the Company's unaudited condensed interim financial statements for the
quarterly period ended June 30, 2021, contained in the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, originally filed with the SEC on August 13, 2021 (the "Q2
Report"), and subsequently amended in the notes to condensed financial
statements included in the Q3/A Report; and
(iii) the Company's unaudited condensed interim financial statements for the
quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, contained in the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, originally filed with the SEC on November 9, 2021 (the "Q3
Report", which along with the Q1 Report, Q2 Report and Q3/A Report are referred
to herein as the "Reports"), and subsequently amended in the notes to condensed
financial statements included in the Q3/A Report.
Similarly, other communications with respect to the Company's financial
statements and related financial information covering the Reports should no
longer be relied upon.
In connection with the preparation of the Company's audited financial statements
as of December 31, 2021, pursuant to inquiries from Marcum LLP, the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm ("Marcum"), on certain anchor
investor transactions (in connection with the IPO closed on January 11, 2021)
disclosed in the Company's Reports, management investigated whether the fair
value of the Company's shares of Class B common stock that KludeIn Prime LLC,
the sponsor of the Company, has agreed to distribute to certain anchor investors
of the Company in connection with the Company's initial business combination
(the "Founder Shares") were properly recorded. Management concluded and notified
the Audit Committee that the Company, pursuant to U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles, should have recorded the fair value of the Founder Shares
as an offering cost on the date of the IPO (which should have been allocated
among the shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption and the
warrant liabilities), with a corresponding credit to additional paid-in capital.
In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A and Topic 5T, the offering
costs should be allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the
IPO using the with-or-without method, compared to total proceeds received. The
Company does not expect that the correction of the above error will have any
impact on its cash position and cash held in the trust account established in
connection with the IPO.
The Audit Committee determined that it would be appropriate to restate its
unaudited condensed interim financial statements included in the notes to
condensed financial statements included in the Q3/A Report reflecting the fair
value of the Founder Shares as an offering cost for the applicable Reports as
soon as practicable. The Company will initially report the restatement for all
the unaudited condensed interim financial statements of the Reports in the notes
to financial statements included in the Company's audited financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2021 in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K, which will be filed with the SEC as soon as practicable.
The Company previously reported a material weakness in internal control over
financial reporting related to the accounting for complex financial instruments
in the Q3/A Report and this previously undetected error related to the Founder
Shares resulted from the previously disclosed material weakness. To address this
material weakness, management has devoted, and plans to continue to devote,
significant effort and resources to the remediation and improvement of the
Company's internal control over financial reporting. While the Company has
processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting
requirements, the Company's management plans to enhance these processes to
better evaluate its research and understanding of the nuances of the complex
accounting standards that apply to its financial statements. The Company plans
to provide enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials and
documents to its accounting personnel and third-party professionals with whom it
consults regarding accounting matters, and to increase communication regarding
accounting matters.
The Audit Committee and management of the Company discussed the matters
described in this Item 4.02 with representatives of Marcum.
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