UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 14, 2021

 

GOOD WORKS ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-39126		85-1614529
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

4265 San Felipe, Suite 603

Houston, Texas

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(713) 468-2717

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share		GWAC		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share		GWACW		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

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

 

On June 14, 2021, Good Works Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) management, in consultation with its audit committee (the “Audit Committee”), concluded that it was appropriate to restate (i) the Company’s previously issued audited financial statements as of December 31, 2020, and for the period from June 24, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, which were included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, originally filed with the SEC on February 17, 2021 and as previously amended on May 7, 2021; and (ii) the Company’s previously issued unaudited financial statements as of March 31, 2021, and for the three months ended March 31, 2021, which were included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, originally filed with the SEC on May 7, 2021. Considering such restatements, the Company concluded that such previously issued financial statements should no longer be relied upon. The Company will file: (i) a second amendment to its Annual Report on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from June 24, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, and (ii) an amendment to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as of March 31, 2021 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021, each of which will include the restated audited financial statements for such periods.

 

The restatement relates to the Company’s reevaluation of the accounting treatment of the 8,500,000 redeemable warrants (the “Public Warrants”) that were included in the units issued by the Company in its initial public offering and reclassification of amounts related to redeemable shares to temporary equity. Previously, the Public Warrants were reflected as liabilities as opposed to a component of stockholders’ equity on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and as of March 31, 2021, based on the Company’s application of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging, Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815-40”). The Company is capitalized as a single class of common stock, accordingly, a qualifying cash tender offer of more than 50% of the common stock will always result in a change-in-control, and in accordance with ASC 815-40-55-3, this would not preclude permanent equity classification of the Public Warrants. Therefore, the Company is restating its financial statements to reclass its Public Warrants from liabilities classified to equity classified.

 

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

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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: June 14, 2021

 

	GOOD WORKS ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:	/s/ Fred Zeidman
	Name:	Fred Zeidman
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman

 

 

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