Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

The management of the Company has re-evaluated the Company's application of ASC 480-10-S99-3A to its accounting classification of the redeemable shares of Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class A Ordinary Shares"), issued as part of the units sold in Leo III's initial public offering (the "IPO") on March 2, 2021. Historically, a portion of the Class A Ordinary Shares was classified as permanent equity to maintain net tangible assets greater than $5,000,000 on the basis that Leo III would consummate its initial business combination only if it had net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001. Pursuant to such re-evaluation, the Company's management has determined that the Class A Ordinary Shares include certain provisions that require classification of the Class A Ordinary Shares as temporary equity regardless of the minimum net tangible assets required to complete Leo III's initial business combination.

In connection with the change in presentation for the Class A Ordinary Shares subject to redemption, the Company also restated its net income (loss) per common share calculation to allocate net income (loss) pro rata all common stock. This presentation contemplates a business combination as the most likely outcome, in which case, all shares of common stock pro rata in the income (loss) of the Company. There has been no change in the Company's total assets, liabilities or operating results.

WithumSmith+Brown, PC ("Withum") was the Company's independent registered public accounting firm during the Affected Periods (as defined below) and during the existence of Leo III.

Therefore, on December 7, 2021, the Company's management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Audit Committee") concluded that Leo III's previously issued (i) audited balance sheet as of March 2, 2021, as previously restated, as reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 8, 2021, (ii) unaudited interim financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, as reported in Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 10, 2021, (iii) unaudited interim financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, as reported in Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 16, 2021, and (iv) unaudited interim financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, as reported in Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 12, 2021 (the periods referred to in (i) - (iv), the "Affected Periods") should no longer be relied upon and should be restated to report Class A Ordinary Shares as liabilities, restate the statement of changes in shareholders' equity and restate earnings per share to allocate income and losses pro rata between the two classes of shares outstanding. Further, the Audit Committee, in consultation with management, determined that it is appropriate to restate certain of Leo III's condensed consolidated financial statements from the Affected Periods.

The historical financial statements of Legacy Local Bounti are not affected by the above changes.

The Company's management has concluded that in light of the classification error 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 has discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K with the independent registered public accounting firm of Leo III during the Affected Periods, Withum.


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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(c) List of Exhibits.




Exhibit
  No.     Description

104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

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