UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~June~~August 157, 2023

FINANCIAL STRATEGIES ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-41133

85-1792560

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

7503 Maribeth Drive

Dallas, Texas

75252

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 560-4815

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	FXCO	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to acquire one share of Class A Common Stock	FXCOW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights to acquire one-tenth of one share of Class A Common Stock	FXCOR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company x

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. ¨

Item 2 4.~~03. Creation~~01 ofChanges ain ~~Direct~~Registrant’s ~~Financial~~Certifying ~~Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement or a Registrant~~Accountant.

~~As previously~~Independent ~~disclosed,~~Registered on December 9, 2022, Financial Strategies Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $600,000 (the “Promissory Note”) to an affiliate of its co-sponsors, Temmelig Investor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Lender agreed to loan to the Company up to $600,000 in connection with the extension of the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination (“Business Combination”). The Promissory Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of a Business Combination and (b) the Company’s liquidation. The principal of the Promissory Note may be drawn down from time to time in up to 12 equal amounts of $50,000, such amount representing approximately $0.081 per unredeemed Public ~~Share (as defined below). In the event that the Company does not consummate a Business Combination, the Promissory~~Accounting ~~Note~~Firm ~~will~~Discontinues be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the trust account (the “Trust Account”) established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”), if any. Upon the consummation of a Business Combination, the Lender may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the Promissory Note into private units of the Company (each, a “Private Unit”), each Private Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock and one right to receive one-tenth of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation of a Business Combination, at a conversion price of $10.00 per Private Unit. Such Private Units will be identical to the private placement units issued to the Company’s co-sponsors at the time of the IPO.Engagement

On ~~June~~August 137, 2023, ~~the~~Financial ~~Company~~Strategies ~~effected~~Acquisition the seventh drawdown of $50,000 under the Promissory Note and caused the Lender to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from June 14, 2023 to July 14, 2023Corp. ~~Such~~ ~~amounts will be distributed either to:~~ (~~i) all of~~ the ~~holders of shares of Common Stock issued as part of the units sold in the IPO (~~“~~Public Shares~~Company”) ~~upon~~received ~~the~~notice ~~Company’s~~that ~~liquidation~~MaloneBailey, orLLP (ii“MaloneBailey”) has ~~holders~~decided ofto ~~Public~~discontinue ~~Shares~~its ~~who~~engagement ~~elect~~as toindependent ~~have~~registered ~~their~~public ~~shares~~accounting ~~redeemed in~~firm ~~connection~~ with ~~the~~Financial ~~consummation~~Strategies ofAcquisition ~~a Business Combination~~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
99.1		Press Release, issued June 12, 2023 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.03).
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: ~~June~~August 1511, 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

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