UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2021

 

Capitol Investment Corp. V

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-39754		84-1956909
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1300 17th Street North, Suite 820 Arlington, Virginia		22209
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(202) 654-7060
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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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
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant		CAP.U		The New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share		CAP		The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		CAP WS		The New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

The information set forth under Item 4.02 is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by reference.

 

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

 

On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a statement (the “Statement”) on the accounting and reporting considerations for warrants issued by special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The Statement referenced the guidance included in U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles that entities must consider in determining whether to classify contracts that may be settled in its own stock, such as warrants, as equity or as an asset or liability.

 

On May 10, 2021, the management of Capitol Investment Corp. V (the “Company”) and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (the “Audit Committee”), in response to the statement released by the SEC with respect to the balance sheet classification of certain contracts that may be settled in an entity’s stock, such as warrants, and after discussion with its independent registered public accounting firm, Marcum LLP, its valuation firm and its legal advisors, concluded that the Company should restate (i) the Company’s previously issued balance sheet, dated as of December 4, 2020, the date the Company’s initial public offering closed, that were previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 10, 2020 and (ii) the Company’s previously issued audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Impacted Filings”) to reflect the impact of this guidance by the SEC and accordingly, should no longer be relied upon. Similarly, any previously furnished or filed reports, related earnings releases, investor presentations or similar communications of the Company describing the Company’s financial results for the Impacted Filings should no longer be relied upon.

 

After considering the Statement, the Company re-evaluated its historical accounting for (i) the 11,500,000 redeemable warrants (the “Public Warrants”) that were included in the units issued by the Company in its initial public offering and (ii) the 5,833,333 redeemable warrants (together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”) that were issued to the Company’s sponsors in a private placement that closed concurrently with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering. At that time, the Warrants were presented within equity.

 

The exercise of the Warrants may be settled in cash upon the occurrence of a tender offer or exchange that involves 50% or more of the Company’s Class A shareholders. Because not all of the Company’s shareholders need to participate in such tender offer or exchange to trigger the potential cash settlement and the Company does not control the occurrence of such an event, the Company has concluded that the Warrants do not meet the conditions to be classified within equity under the Statement and should be presented as a liability and marked to fair value each reporting period. The Company intends to promptly file restated financial statements for the periods covered by the Impacted Filings on Form 10-K/A. While the Company has not generated any operating revenues to date and will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of its initial business combination, at the earliest, the change in fair value of the Warrants is a non-cash charge and will be reflected in the Company’s statement of operations.

 

The Company’s management and the Audit Committee have discussed the matters disclosed in this Item 4.02 with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Marcum LLP.

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	CAPITOL INVESTMENT CORP V.
Date: May 10, 2021	By:	/s/ Mark Ein
		Mark Ein Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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