Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or
Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On December 1, 2021, VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. II (the "Company") received a
deficiency letter (the "Notice") from the Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq")
indicating that it is not in compliance with Section 5250(c) of the Nasdaq Rules
and Regulations (the "Rule") as a result of its failure to timely file the Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021 (the "Q3 Form 10-Q").
Recent updates in guidance relating to the accounting for founder shares issued
by special purpose acquisition companies such as the Company has resulted in the
Company's delay in preparing and finalizing its financial statements as of and
for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 and filing the Q3 Form 10-Q with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by the prescribed deadline. Under
Nasdaq rules, the Company has 60 calendar days from receipt of the Notice, or
until January 30, 2022, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Rule. If
Nasdaq accepts the Company's plan, then Nasdaq may grant an exception of up to
180 calendar days from the due date of the Q3 Form 10-Q, or until May 23, 2022,
to regain compliance. However, there can be no assurance that Nasdaq will accept
the Company's plan to regain compliance or that the Company will be able to
regain compliance within any extension period granted by Nasdaq. If Nasdaq does
not accept the Company's plan, then the Company will have the opportunity to
appeal that decision to a Nasdaq hearings panel.
Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related
Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
In light of recent comments issued by the SEC, the management of the Company has
re-evaluated the Company's application of ASC 480-10-S99-3A to its accounting
classification of its redeemable shares of Class A common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share (the "Public Shares"), issued as part of the units sold in the
Company's initial public offering (the "IPO") in January 2021. Historically, a
portion of the Public Shares was classified as permanent equity to maintain net
tangible assets greater than $5,000,000 on the basis that the Company will
consummate its initial business combination only if the Company has net tangible
assets of at least $5,000,001. Pursuant to such re-evaluation, the Company's
management has determined that the Public Shares include certain provisions that
require classification of the Public Shares as temporary equity regardless of
the minimum net tangible assets required to complete the Company's initial
business combination.
As a result of the foregoing, on December 7, 2021, the audit committee of the
Company's board of directors concluded, after discussion with the Company's
management, that the Company's previously issued (i) audited balance sheet as of
January 11, 2021, included in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the SEC on January 19, 2021, (ii) 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, and (iii) 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
9, 2021 (collectively, the "Affected Periods"), should be restated to report all
Public Shares as temporary equity and should no longer be relied upon. As such,
the Company is restating its financial statements for the Affected Periods and
has included a footnote in the Q3 Form 10-Q, reflecting the restatement for the
Affected Periods.
The Company does not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on the
amounts previously reported for its cash and cash equivalents or total assets.
The Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer conducted an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2021. Based on this evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of September 30,
2021, solely due to the events that led to the Company's restatement of its
financial statements to reclassify all redeemable equity instruments to
temporary equity from permanent equity, a material weakness existed and the
Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective. The Company's
remediation plan with respect to such material weakness is described in more
detail in the Q3 Form 10-Q.
The Company has discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form
8-K with its independent registered public accounting firm, RSM US LLP.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
As required by Nasdaq rules, on December 7, 2021, the Company issued a press
release announcing its receipt of the Notice. A copy of the press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release, dated December 7, 2021
104 Cover Page Interactive Date File, formatted in Inline XBRL
(contained in Exhibit 101)
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