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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): December 20, 2021

 

 

NORTHERN STAR INVESTMENT CORP. IV

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware  

001-40135

   85-4156787

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

c/o Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, NY 10174

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 818-8800

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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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-sixth of one redeemable warrant   NSTD.U   The New York Stock Exchange
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   NSTD   The New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   NSTD WS   The New York Stock Exchange

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).

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 Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

In connection with the preparation of the financial statements as of September 30, 2021 for Northern Star Investment Corp. IV (the “Company”), management identified errors made in the Company’s historical financial statements where the Company improperly classified some of its Class A common stock subject to possible redemption. The Company previously determined the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption to be equal to the redemption value of $10.00 per share of Class A common stock while also taking into consideration that a redemption cannot result in net tangible assets being less than $5,000,001 pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Management determined that the Class A common stock issued during the Company’s initial public offering can be redeemed or become redeemable subject to the occurrence of future events considered outside the Company’s control. Therefore, management concluded that temporary equity should include all shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, as opposed to only certain shares. As a result, management noted a classification error related to temporary equity and permanent equity. This resulted in a restatement to the initial carrying value of the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption with the offset recorded to additional paid-in capital (to the extent available), accumulated deficit and Class A common stock.

Based on the foregoing, on December 20, 2021, management of the Company and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company determined that the Company’s previous quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021, and the audited balance sheet as of March 4, 2021 (the date the Company consummated its initial public offering), included in Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2021 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”) should no longer be relied upon. The Company intends to include a footnote in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2021 reflecting the restatement for the Affected Periods.

The Company’s management and the Audit Committee have discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to this Item 4.02 with Marcum LLP, its 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.

 

Dated: December 21, 2021     NORTHERN STAR INVESTMENT CORP. IV  
    By:  

/s/ Joanna Coles

  
      Joanna Coles  
      Chief Executive Officer