Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related


            Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

On November 19, 2021, the management and Audit Committee of Aries I Acquisition Corporation (the "Company"), after consultation with Marcum LLP, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that: (x) the Company's audited balance sheet as of May 21, 2021 filed in the Company's Form 8-K filed on May 28, 2021 and (y) the Company's unaudited financial statements as of June 30, 2021 contained in the Company's Quarterly Report filed on August 16, 2021 (collectively, the "Non-Reliance Financial Statements"), contained errors relating to (i) the classification of the $5,000,000 stockholders' equity as permanent equity, which the Company has determined should be reclassified as temporary equity; and (ii) the accounting for the sale of indirect interests in the founder shares by the Company's sponsor to certain anchor investors in connection with their participation in the Company's initial public offering, which the Company has determined should be accounted for as a non-cash offering cost. In light of these errors, it was determined that it is appropriate to restate the Company's Non-Reliance Financial Statements and that they should no longer be relied upon.

The reclassification of amounts from permanent equity to temporary equity results in non-cash financial statement corrections and will have no impact on the Company's current or previously reported cash position, operating expenses or total operating, investing or financing cash flows. Further, the additional offering costs recorded in relation to the anchor investors also result in non-cash financial statement corrections and will have no impact on the Company's current or previously reported cash position and investing or financing cash flows. The "Cash held in trust account" is correctly stated at $146,768,750 and $145,188,370 in the previously filed audited balance sheet of May 21, 2021 and Quarterly Report for the period ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

The Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon their re-evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective during the period the errors described above persisted, due to a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting in analyzing complex financial instruments. Considering this material weakness, the Company performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that the Company's unaudited interim financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company will reflect the restatements of the Company's financial statements identified above in the financial statements included in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2021 and accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in such report present fairly in all material respects the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

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