Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statement or Related Audit
Report or Completed Interim Review.
On December 28, 2021, the audit committee of board of directors (the "Audit
Committee") of Sarissa Capital Acquisition Corp. (the "Company"), and management
of the Company, concluded that the Company's previously issued (i) audited
balance sheet as of October 23, 2020 included in the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on
October 29, 2020 (the "Post IPO Balance Sheet"), (ii) audited financial
statements as of and for the period from August 17, 2020 (inception) through
December 31, 2020 included in Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the SEC July 9, 2021 ("Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K"),
(iii) unaudited interim financial statements as of and for the three months
ended March 31, 2021 included in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021, (iv) unaudited interim financial
statements as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 included
in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 23,
2021 and (v) certain of the unaudited interim financial statements as of and for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 included in the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021
(collectively, the "Affected Periods"), in each case, should no longer be relied
upon due to a reclassification of the Company's temporary and permanent equity
and resulting restatement of the initial carrying value of the Company's Class A
ordinary shares subject to possible redemption (and related changes). The
reclassification has resulted from a determination by the Company's management
that the Class A ordinary shares issued in connection with its initial public
offering ("Initial Public Offering") can be redeemed or become redeemable
subject to the occurrence of future events considered to be outside of the
Company's control. Therefore, the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible
redemption should be valued at $10.00 per share and should not take into account
the fact that a redemption of Class A ordinary shares cannot result in net
tangible assets being less than $5,000,001.
As such, the Company will restate its financial statements for the Affected
Periods (i) for the Post IPO Balance Sheet and the audited financial statements
included in Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K in an amendment No. 2 to Form 10-K/A
("Amendment No. 2 to Form 10-K/A") and (ii) for the unaudited interim financial
statements for the periods ended March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021 and September 30,
2021 in an Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission ("Amendment No. 1 to Q3 Form 10-Q"). The Company does
not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on its cash position
and cash held in the trust account established in connection with the Initial
Public Offering.
The Company's management has concluded that in light of the misclassification
described above a material weakness exists in the Company's internal control
over financial reporting and that the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective. The Company's remediation plan with respect to
such material weakness will be described in more detail in Amendment No. 1 to Q3
Form 10-Q to be filed with the SEC.
The Audit Committee and management have discussed the matters disclosed pursuant
to this Item 4.02(a) with Withum, the Company's independent accountant.
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 United States 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 intent to restate certain historical
financial statements and the timing and impact of the restatement and the filing
of Amendment No. 2 to Form 10-K/A and Amendment No. 1 to Q3 Form 10-Q. 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.
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