BLNG Belong Acquisition Corporation

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

(a) In connection with the preparation of Belong Acquisition Corp.’s (the “Company”) financial statements as of September 30, 2021, the Company’s management, in consultation with its advisors, identified an error made in certain of its previously issued financial statements, arising from the manner in which, as of the closing of the Company’s initial public offering, the Company valued its Class A common stock subject to possible redemption. The Company previously determined the value of such Class A common stock  to be equal to the redemption value of such shares of Class A common stock, after taking into consideration the terms of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, under which a redemption cannot result in net tangible assets being less than $5,000,001. Management has now determined, after consultation with its advisors, that the shares of Class A common stock underlying the units issued during the initial public offering can be redeemed or become redeemable subject to the occurrence of future events considered to be outside the Company’s control.  Therefore, management has concluded that the redemption value of its shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption should reflect the possible redemption of all shares of Class A common stock. As a result, management has noted a reclassification error related to temporary equity and permanent equity. This has resulted in a restatement of the initial carrying value of the shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, with the offset recorded to additional paid-in capital (to the extent available), accumulated deficit and shares of Class A common stock. In addition, in connection with the change in presentation for the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, the Company has determined it should restate its income (loss) per share calculation to allocate net income (loss) pro rata between the two classes of its common stock. This presentation contemplates a business combination as the most likely outcome, in which case, both classes of common stock share pro rata in the income (loss) of the Company.

On December 8, 2021, the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company (the “Audit Committee”), based on the recommendation of and after consultation with management, concluded that the Company’s (i) audited balance sheet as of July 27, 2021 filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 2, 2021, and (ii) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 filed with the SEC on November 15, 2021, should no longer be relied upon due to the error described above. Similarly, the related press releases, stockholder communications, investor presentations or other communications describing relevant portions of the Company’s financial statements for these periods, should no longer be relied upon.

The Company does not expect the changes described above to have any impact on its cash position or the balance held in the trust account.

The Company’s management has concluded that in light of the error and restatement described above, a material weakness exists in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective. The Company’s remediation plan with respect to such material weakness will be described in more detail in an amendment to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021.

The Audit Committee and management have discussed the matters disclosed pursuant to this Item 4.02(a) with the Company’s independent accountant.