Stemming from SEC Guidance Concerning Balance Sheet Treatment of Warrants, Accelerate Acquisition Corp. Announces Receipt of NYSE Continued Listing Standard Notice

SHORT HILLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accelerate Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: AAQC) (the “Company”) today announced that it received a formal notice of non-compliance on May 25, 2021 from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) relating to the Company’s failure to timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 (the “Form 10-Q”).

On April 12, 2021, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”),” clarifying the accounting guidance for warrants with terms that are common for SPACs (the “Statement”). The immediacy of the effective date of the new guidance set forth in the Statement has resulted in a significant number of SPACs re-evaluating the accounting treatment for their warrants with their professional advisors, including auditors and other advisors responsible for assisting SPACs in the preparation of financial statements. This, in turn, resulted in the Company’s delay in preparing and finalizing its financial statements as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and filing its Form 10-Q with the SEC by the prescribed deadline. Since receiving the non-compliance notice, the Company has filed its Form 10-Q with the SEC on May 26, 2021 and is in compliance with all other NYSE continued listing requirements.

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