Katapult Holdings, Inc. current report, 26 April 2021

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Filing Summary

Business Context and Reporting Period

FinServ Acquisition Corp., the SPAC associated with Katapult Holdings, Inc., filed this Form 8-K on April 26, 2021, with the report signed April 30, 2021. The filing addresses revised accounting for its warrants and the resulting restatement of previously issued financial statements.

Financial Metrics and Accounting Impact

  • The company had not generated operating revenue and expected no operating revenue until completion of its initial business combination, at the earliest.
  • The filing does not provide clear values for revenue, net income, cash flow, margins, debt, cash, or liquidity.
  • The 12,500,000 public warrants and 332,500 private-placement warrants were reclassified from equity to derivative liabilities measured at fair value.
  • Changes in warrant fair value will be reported in earnings as a non-cash charge, potentially causing material volatility in reported results.

Material Changes Versus Prior Periods

Management and the Audit Committee concluded that the financial statements for the periods ended November 5, 2019, December 31, 2019, March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020, and December 31, 2020 should be restated in response to the SEC’s April 12, 2021 statement on SPAC warrant accounting.

The previously issued financial statements for those periods, as well as the related audit reports in the company’s 2019 and 2020 annual reports, should no longer be relied upon.

Outlook, Risks, and Unusual Items

  • The company planned to amend its 2020 Form 10-K to include restated audited financial statements.
  • Unless the warrant agreement is amended, management expects to continue classifying the warrants as liabilities.
  • Recurring fair-value measurement requirements will create additional costs and may adversely affect reported results of operations.
  • The accounting change is non-cash but may produce significant period-to-period earnings volatility.

Investor Verification Points

  1. Review the amended 2020 Form 10-K and restated financial statements when filed.
  2. Verify the revised fair values, balance-sheet classification, and earnings impact of the warrants for each affected period.
  3. Confirm whether the warrant agreement was subsequently amended and whether liability classification continued.
  4. Assess any effects of the restatement on merger accounting, equity balances, accumulated losses, and reported earnings.