sunl-20220923

Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-39739

85-2599566

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

101 North Tryon Street, Suite 1000, Charlotte, NC 28246

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(888) 315-0822

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

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Trading Symbol(s)

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Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

SUNL

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

SUNL.WS

New York Stock Exchange

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Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc. (the “Company” or “Sunlight”) records financing receivables for advances that Sunlight remits to contractors to facilitate the installation of residential solar systems to provide such contractors with up-front working capital to pay for certain expenses in connection with the installation or the construction of solar systems and home improvements. In September 2022, the Company was informed of certain actions taken by one of its installer partners to address liquidity issues faced by the installer. As a result of this information and the Company’s analysis that these actions would likely result in an inability of the Company to collect on advances outstanding to such installer, the Company determined on September 23, 2022 that it was appropriate to impair its advance receivables. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company reviewed the Company’s determination and the Company concluded to take a non-cash advance receivables impairment charge of $30 million to $33 million during the Company’s fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2022. Although the Company does not anticipate that the impairment charges will result in future cash expenditures as the impairment is a non-cash charge, the Company expects to incur certain non-recurring expenses in connection with its facilitation of solar loans where installation may not have not been fully completed.

Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements may generally be identified by the use of words such as “could,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” "outlook," "2022 guidance," “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Sunlight disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. Sunlight cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of Sunlight. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others: risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected operating and financial information with respect to Sunlight; risks related to Sunlight’s business and the timing of expected business milestones or results; global supply chain shortages, competition for skilled labor, and permitting delays; the effects of competition and regulatory risks, and the impacts of changes in legislation or regulations on Sunlight’s future business; the expiration, renewal, modification or replacement of the federal solar investment tax credit, rebates and other incentives; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunlight’s business or future results; Sunlight’s ability to sustain profitability and to attract and retain its relationships with third parties, including Sunlight’s capital providers and solar contractors; the financial performance of Sunlight’s capital providers and contractors; the willingness of Sunlight’s capital providers to fund loans on terms desired by relevant markets and economically favorable to Sunlight; the impact of inflation and increased interest rates on Sunlight’s capital providers and the cost and availability of credit from our capital providers as well as on the demand for solar panel installation and home improvement; changes in the retail prices of traditional utility generated electricity; the availability of solar panels, batteries and other components and raw materials; and such other risks and uncertainties discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of Sunlight’s Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 29, 2022, Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022 and Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022, and other documents of Sunlight filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described herein occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Sunlight’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.


Exhibit Number						Description
99.1						Press Release dated September 28, 2022.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SUNLIGHT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC.

By:			/s/ Rodney Yoder
			Rodney Yoder
			Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer)