UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~Pursuant~~PURSUANT toTO ~~Section~~SECTION 13 orOR 15(dD)

ofOF ~~the~~THE ~~Securities~~SECURITIES ~~Exchange~~EXCHANGE ~~Act~~ACT ofOF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 29 4, ~~2021~~2022

Mason Industrial Technology, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in ~~its~~ charter)

Delaware	001-39955	85-2856616
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	Commission File number	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

110 E. 59th Street

New York, New York

10022

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:~~ (212) 771-1200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant	MIT.U	New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	MIT	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50	MIT.W	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

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 43.0201. ~~Non-Reliance~~Notice onof ~~Previously~~Delisting ~~Issued~~or ~~Financial~~Failure ~~Statements~~to orSatisfy a ~~Related~~Continued ~~Audit~~Listing ~~Report~~Rule or ~~Completed~~Standard; ~~Interim~~Transfer ~~Review.~~of Listing

~~The~~On ~~management~~November 4, of2022, ~~Mason~~the ~~Industrial~~New ~~Technology,~~York ~~Inc.~~Stock Exchange (the “~~Company~~NYSE”) ~~has~~notified ~~re-evaluated~~Mason ~~the~~Industrial ~~Company’s~~Technology, ~~application~~Inc., ofa ~~ASC~~Delaware ~~480-10-S99~~corporation to(the ~~its~~“Company”), ~~accounting~~and ~~classification~~publicly ofannounced, ~~its~~that ~~Class A~~the ~~common~~NYSE ~~stock~~determined ~~subject~~ to ~~possible~~commence ~~redemption~~proceedings (to delist the ~~“Public~~Company’s ~~Shares”)~~warrants, ~~issued~~each aswhole ~~part~~warrant ofexercisable ~~the~~to ~~units~~purchase ~~sold~~one inshare of the Company’s ~~initial~~Class A ~~public~~common ~~offering~~stock, ~~(the~~par ~~“IPO”)~~value ~~on February 2, 2021~~$0.0001 Inper ~~accordance~~share ~~with~~ (the ~~ASC~~“Class A ~~480-10-S99~~Common Stock”), ~~redemption~~at ~~provisions~~a ~~not~~price ~~solely within the control~~ of ~~the~~$11.50 ~~Company~~per ~~require~~share, ~~shares~~and ~~subject~~listed to ~~redemption~~trade toon beNYSE ~~classified~~under ~~outside~~the ofsymbol ~~permanent equity~~“MIT.W” ~~The~~(the ~~Company~~“Warrants”), ~~had~~from ~~previously~~the ~~classified~~NYSE aand ~~portion~~that oftrading ~~its Class A ordinary shares~~ in ~~permanent~~the ~~equity,~~Warrants orwould ~~total~~be ~~shareholders’~~suspended ~~equity~~immediately, due to ~~the~~trading ~~Company’s~~price ~~requirement~~levels pursuant to ~~maintain~~Section 802.01D atof ~~least~~the ~~$5,000,001~~NYSE ofListed ~~tangible~~Company ~~net assets~~Manual. ~~Pursuant~~Trading toin ~~this re-evaluation,~~ the Company’s ~~management~~Class A ~~determined~~Common ~~that~~Stock ~~all~~and ~~Public~~units ~~Shares~~will ~~subject~~continue toon ~~redemption include provisions that require classification of~~ the ~~Public Shares as temporary equity~~NYSE.

Therefore, on November 29, 2021, the Company’s management and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (the “Audit Committee”) concluded that the Company’s previously issued (i) audited balance sheet as of February 2, 2021 (the “Audited Balance Sheet”), as previously restated in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on May 24, 2021 (the “Q1 Form 10-Q”), (ii) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Q1 Form 10-Q and (iii) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on July 29, 2021 (the “Q2 Form 10-Q”, and collectively, the “Affected Prior Periods”), should be restated to report all Class A common stock subject to redemption as temporary equity and should no longer be relied upon.

Similarly, other communications with respect to the Company’s financial statements and related financial information covering the Affected Prior Periods should no longer be relied upon. In addition, the audit report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), included in the Company’s Audited Balance Sheet, should no longer be relied upon.

The unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2021 (the “Q3 Form 10-Q”), incorporated these changes as of September 30, 2021; however, the Q3 Form 10-Q described these changes for the Affected Prior Periods as a revision rather than a restatement. Therefore, the Q3 Form 10-Q will be restated to reflect that these periods are restated.

The Company does not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on the Company’s cash position and cash held in the trust account established in connection with the IPO.

After re-evaluation, the Company’s management has concluded that in light of the classification error described above, a material weakness existed in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Affected Periods 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 the Q3 Form 10-Q, as amended.

The Audit Committee has discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to this Item 4.02 with Marcum LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Marcum was provided with a copy of the disclosures made herein and was given the opportunity, no later than the day of the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K, to review these disclosures.

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “seeks,” or other similar expressions. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s intent to restate certain historical financial statements and the timing and impact of the restatement. These statements are based on current expectations on the date of this Form 8-K and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ significantly. The Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as the result of new developments or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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.

Date: December 1, 2021

MASON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. By: /s/ Edward A. Rose III Name: Edward A. Rose III Title: Chief Executive Officer

Mason Industrial Technology, Inc.

Date: November 4, 2022

/s/ Michael G. Cutini

Michael G. Cutini

General Counsel

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