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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

 

December 20, 2021

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

British Virgin Islands   001-40309   n/a
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

6/F Unit B,

Central 88, 88-98 Des Voeux Road,

Central, Hong Kong

  n/a
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +852 9086 7042

 

N/A

(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:

 

  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act 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 Ordinary Share, par value $0.001 per share, and one Redeemable Warrant entitling the holder to receive one Ordinary Share   ACBAU   NASDAQ Capital Market
Ordinary Shares   ACBA   NASDAQ Capital Market
Warrants   ACBAW   NASDAQ Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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 Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Report.

 

On April 12, 2021, the Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and Acting Chief Accountant of the SEC together issued a statement regarding the accounting and reporting considerations for warrants issued by special purpose acquisition companies entitled “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”)” (the “SEC Statement”). Specifically, the SEC Statement focused on certain provisions that provided for potential changes to the settlement amounts dependent upon the characteristics of the holder of the warrant, which terms are similar to those contained in the warrant agreement governing the warrants of Ace Global Business Acquisition Limited (the “Company”). As a result of the SEC Statement, on December 20, 2021, the Company reevaluated the accounting treatment of the 4,600,000 warrants that were issued to the Company’s public shareholders in the Company’s Initial Public Offering (the “Public Warrants”). The Company previously accounted for the Public Warrants as components of liabilities. The Company should have classified the Public Warrants as components of equity in its previously issued financial statements.

 

The Company’s accounting for the Public Warrants as components of equity instead of as derivative liabilities did not have any effect on the Company’s previously reported operating expenses or cash.

 

In addition, in accordance with the SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (ASC 480), paragraph 10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require ordinary shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. The Company had previously classified a portion of its ordinary shares in permanent equity. Although the Company did not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its charter provides that currently, the Company will not redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. On December 20, 2021, the Company determined that the threshold would not change the nature of the underlying shares as redeemable and thus would be required to be disclosed outside equity.

 

As a result, the Company’s previously issued (i) audited balance sheet as of April 9, 2021 included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on May 19, 2021, (ii) unaudited interim financial statements as of June 30, 2021 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 16, 2021 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), in each case, should be corrected to classify public warrants as equity and all of the public shares as temporary equity and should no longer be relied upon.

 

In connection with the restatement, the Company’s management reassessed the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures for the periods affected by the restatement. As a result of that reassessment, the Company’s management determined that its disclosure controls and procedures for such periods were not effective due to a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting related to the classification of the Company’s warrants as components of equity instead of as derivative liabilities and the allocation and treatment of the initial transaction costs of the initial public offering. For more information, see Item 9A included in this Annual Report on Form 10- Q/A.

 

The Company has reflected these corrections in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, filed with SEC on November 16, 2021, and in this amended Annual Report on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended September 30, 2021. The Company does not expect the changes described above to have any impact on its cash position or the balance held in the trust account. The Company has not amended its previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K for the period affected by the restatement. The financial information that has been previously filed or otherwise reported for these periods is superseded by the information in this interim Report on Form 10-Q/A, and the financial statements and related financial information contained in such previously filed reports should no longer be relied upon. 

 

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 Friedman LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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  
     
ACE GLOBAL BUSINESS ACQUISITION LIMITED  
     
By: /s/ Eugene Wong  
Name: Eugene Wong  
Title: Chief Executive Officer