ClimateRock : Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Report - Form 8-K

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 for ClimateRock (the "Company") as of and for the period ended December 31, 2023, the Company's management, in consultation with its advisors, identified two classification errors made in certain of the Company's previously issued financial statements, arising from the manner in which the Company classified its cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account and the deferred underwriting commission in connection with the Company's initial public offering. The Company previously classified its cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account as current assets and the deferred underwriting commission as current liabilities, respectively. The Company's management determined, after consultation with its advisors, that the funds held in the trust account are restricted as to withdrawal and except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our income tax obligations, will not be released from the trust account until the earlier of (a) the completion of the Company's initial business combination, and (b) until needed to fund shareholder redemptions, rather than current operations of the Company. Therefore, management concluded that the Company's cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account should be classified as long-term assets for accounting purposes, rather than as current assets, and the corresponding deferred underwriter commission, which are contingent upon the completion of a business combination, should be classified as long-term liabilities, rather than current liabilities.

On March 5, 2024, the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company (the "Audit Committee") determined, after discussion with its advisors, including UHY LLP, the Company's independent accountant, that the Company's (i) audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, as previously reported in the Company's Annual Report and filed on Form 10-K with the SEC on February 17, 2023 (the "Form 10-K"), (ii) unaudited financial statements as of and for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2023 contained in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 14, 2023, (iii) unaudited financial statements as of and for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2023 contained in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2023, (iv) unaudited financial statements as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 contained in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 8, 2023, (v) unaudited financial statements as of and for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2022 contained in the Company's Amendment No.1 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A filed on December 21, 2022, (vi) unaudited financial statements as of and for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022 contained in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 11, 2022 (the aforementioned Quarterly Reports in subparts (ii) through (vi), collectively, the "Prior 10-Qs"), and (vii) audited balance sheet as of May 2, 2022 contained in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 6, 2022 (the "Prior 8-K") should no longer be relied upon due to the classification errors described above.

As a result, the Company plans to amend its Form 10-K to restate its audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022 and its Prior 10-Qs for the applicable reporting periods, which the Company intends to file as soon as practicable.

The Company does not expect the changes described above to have any impact on its cash position or the balance held in its trust account.

The Company's management has concluded that in light of the classification errors 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 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 UHY LLP, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.