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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Discontinues Engagement
On August 7, 2023, Financial Strategies Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) received notice that MaloneBailey, LLP (“MaloneBailey”) has decided to discontinue its engagement as independent registered public accounting firm with Financial Strategies Acquisition Corp.
During the period from July 1, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the fiscal year ended December 2022 and the subsequent interim period through August 7, 2023, there were no disagreements with MaloneBailey 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 MaloneBailey, would have caused MaloneBailey to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such periods. Also during this time, there were no “reportable events,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. MaloneBailey has not issued any report for Financial Strategies Acquisition Corp. during its engagement as independent registered public accounting firm, starting December 8, 2022 through August 7, 2023.
The Company provided MaloneBailey with a copy of the above disclosures and requested that MaloneBailey furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the statements made above. A copy of MaloneBailey’s letter, dated August 11, 2023, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 16.1. | Letter from MaloneBailey LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission, August 11, 2023. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
Dated: August 11, 2023
| FINANCIAL STRATEGIES ACQUISITION CORP. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Alexander V. Schinzing | By: | /s/ Horst Rzepka | |
| Name: | Alexander V. Schinzing | Name: | Horst Rzepka | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |