UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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):

November 19, 2021

FREEDOM ACQUISITION I CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Cayman Islands	001-40117	N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

14 Wall Street, 20th Floor New York, NY	10005
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 618-1798

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
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	FACT	The New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50	FACT WS	The New York Stock Exchange
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant	FACT.U	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.

Freedom Acquisition I Corp. (the “Company”) previously presented a portion of its Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption (the “Class A Shares”) as permanent equity because the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association does not permit redemptions of Class A Shares that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. After discussion and evaluation, including with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), the Company has concluded that all Class A Shares should be classified as temporary equity because such shares can be redeemed or become redeemable subject to the occurrence of events outside the Company’s sole control.

On November 19, 2021, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company concluded, after discussion with the Company’s management, that (i) the Company’s audited balance sheet as of March 2, 2021 filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 28, 2021, (ii) the unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on May 24, 2021 (the “Q1 Quarterly Report”) and (iii) the unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on August 16, 2021 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), should no longer be relied upon due to changes required to classification of temporary equity and permanent equity described above. The Company has reflected this reclassification of equity and restated its financial statements for the Affected Periods in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 filed with the SEC and plans to amend Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 28, 2021 to file the revised audited balance sheet as of March 2, 2021.

The Company’s management has concluded that in light of the restatement caused by the classification error described above as well as the prior restatement of the Company’s financial statements made to reclassify the warrants as liabilities, as previously reported in the Q1 Quarterly Report, 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 does not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on its cash position and cash held in the trust account.

In addition, the audit report of Marcum included in Exhibit 99.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 28, 2021 should no longer be relied upon.

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 impact of the Company’s restatement of certain historical financial statements, the Company’s cash position and cash held in the trust account and any proposed remediation measures with respect to identified material weaknesses. These statements are based on current expectations on the date of this Current Report on 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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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.

Date: November 19, 2021

FREEDOM ACQUISITION I CORP.
By:	/s/ Adam Gishen
	Adam Gishen
	Chief Executive Officer

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