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

 

July 19, 2023

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

Momentus Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

(650) 564-7820

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:

 

 

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. ☐

 

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On July 19, 2023, Momentus Inc. (the “Company”) was notified by Armanino LLP (“Armanino”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, of its decision to resign as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the interim period ending September 30, 2023. Armanino advised the Company that its decision not to stand for re-appointment was due to Armanino’s transition away from providing financial statement audit services to public companies. Armanino will remain engaged by the Company to complete its review of the Company’s interim financial statements for the interim period ended September 30, 2023.

Armanino is not required to and did not seek the Company’s consent to its decision to resign as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. As a result, neither the Company’s Board of Directors nor the Company’s Audit Committee took part in Armanino’s decision to resign.  The Company is in the process of selecting a new independent registered public accounting firm.

Armanino audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. The reports of Armanino on the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and through the interim period ended March 31, 2023, there were no disagreements between the Company and Armanino on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Armanino, would have caused Armanino to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its audit reports on the Company’s financial statements. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the interim period ended March 31, 2023, Armanino did not advise the Company of any “reportable events” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K with respect to the Company.

The Company provided Armanino with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K in accordance with Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K prior to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and requested that Armanino furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements and, if it does not agree, the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of the letter from Armanino is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto.

 

On July 19, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a first amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective immediately, to modify Article I, Section 1.5 to decrease the quorum requirement for the transaction of business at meetings of stockholders from the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, to the holders of one-third (1/3rd) of the voting power of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy.

(d) Exhibits

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.

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