UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): ~~December~~ 20January 5, ~~2023~~2024

Near Intelligence, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-39843		85-3187857
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 W Walnut St., Suite A-4 Pasadena, California		91124
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (628) 889-7680

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

Title of each class

Trading symbol(s)⁽¹⁾

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock par Value $0.0001 per Share

NIRLQ

N/A

Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Common Stock for $11.50 per share

NIRWQ

N/A

(1) On December 19, 2023, our common stock and warrants were suspended from trading on the Nasdaq Global Market and the Nasdaq Capital Market, respectively. On December 19, 2023, our common stock and warrants began trading on the OTC Pink Marketplace maintained by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. under the symbol “NIRLQ” and “NIRWQ”, respectively. On December 27, 2023, Nasdaq Stock Market LLC filed a Form 25 delisting our common stock and warrants from trading on Nasdaq, which delisting will become effective ten days thereafter. In accordance with Rule 12d2-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the de-registration of our common stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act will become effective 90 days from the date of the Form 25 filing.

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 Exchange Act (§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 47.01 ~~Change~~Regulation inFD ~~Registrants Certifying Accountant.~~Disclosure

OnAs previously disclosed, on December 208, 2023, Near Intelligence, Inc. (the “~~Resignation Date~~Company”), and certain of its subsidiaries (such subsidiaries being Near Intelligence LLC, Near North America, Inc. and Near Intelligence Pte. Ltd.) (collectively, the “~~Company~~Debtors”) filed ~~received~~voluntary ~~notice~~petitions ~~from~~under ~~UHY~~Chapter ~~LLP~~11 (of the ~~“Former~~United ~~Auditor”)~~States ~~that it~~Bankruptcy ~~resigned~~Code asin the ~~Company’s~~United ~~independent~~States ~~registered~~Bankruptcy ~~public~~Court ~~accounting~~for ~~firm~~the ~~effective~~District of asDelaware of(such court, the ~~Resignation~~“Court” ~~Date~~and such cases, the “Cases”).

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the subsequent interim periods through the Resignation Date, there were no (i) disagreements between the Company and the Former Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the Former Auditor’s satisfaction, would have caused the Former Auditor to make reference thereto in their reports on the Company’s financial statements for such periods or (ii) “reportable events,” as described in Item 3.04(a)(1)(v) of Regulation SNon-~~K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.~~Debtor Report

~~The~~On January ~~reports~~5, of2024, the ~~Former~~Company ~~Auditor~~filed onwith the ~~Company’s financial~~Court ~~statements~~a ~~for~~periodic ~~the~~report ~~years~~in ~~ended~~accordance ~~December~~with ~~31,~~Rule ~~2022~~2015.3 ~~and~~of ~~2021~~the ~~did~~Federal ~~not~~Rules ~~contain~~of ~~any~~Bankruptcy Procedure ~~adverse~~(the ~~opinion~~“Non-Debtor Report”) orregarding ~~disclaimer~~the ofvalue, ~~opinion~~operations, profitability and certain other financial ~~such~~information ~~reports~~of ~~were~~certain ~~not~~non-debtor ~~qualified~~subsidiaries orof ~~modified~~the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto as toExhibit ~~uncertainty,~~99. ~~audit~~1 ~~scope,~~and oris ~~accounting~~incorporated herein ~~principle~~by reference.

The Company ~~provided~~expects ato ~~copy~~file ofin ~~this disclosure to~~ the ~~Former~~future ~~Auditor~~similar reports and ~~has~~other ~~requested~~documents ~~that~~with the ~~Former~~Court ~~Auditor~~while ~~furnish~~ the ~~Company~~Cases ~~with~~remain apending. ~~letter~~The ~~addressed~~filing toof such ~~the~~reports ~~Securities~~ and ~~Exchange Commission~~other ~~stating~~documents ~~whether~~may itnot ~~agrees~~be ~~with~~accompanied ~~the~~by ~~above~~a ~~statements~~Form 8-K filing. AThese ~~copy~~reports and other documents will also be available for review free of charge at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/near/. Investors should review this ~~letter~~website isfor ~~attached~~additional information asregarding ~~Exhibit~~the ~~16.1~~Debtors ~~hereto~~and the Cases.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Non-Debtor Reports and Other Documents

The Company cautions investors and potential investors not to place undue reliance upon the information contained in the Non-Debtor Report or any similar reports or other documents that have been or in the future are filed with the Court and that such reports are not prepared for the purpose of providing the basis for an investment decision relating to any of the securities of the Company. The Non-Debtor Report and any other reports or documents that have been or in the future are filed with the Court are limited in scope, cover a limited time period, and are prepared solely for the purpose of complying with the reporting requirements of the Court. The Non-Debtor Report and any similar reports or other documents that have been or in the future are filed with the Court are not audited or reviewed by independent accountants, are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and therefore may exclude items required by GAAP, such as certain reclassifications, eliminations, accruals, valuations and disclosures, are in a format prescribed by applicable bankruptcy laws or rules, and are subject to future adjustment and reconciliation. There can be no assurance that, from the perspective of an investor or potential investor in the Company’s securities, the Non-Debtor Report and any similar reports or other documents that have been or in the future are filed with the Court are complete. Results and projections set forth in the Non-Debtor Report or any similar reports or other documents that have been or in the future are filed with the Court should not be viewed as indicative of future results.

Limitation on Incorporation by Reference

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 is being furnished for informational purposes only and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing. The filing of this current report (including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto) will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

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Cautionary Statements Regarding Trading in the Company’s Securities.

The Company’s securityholders are cautioned that trading in the Company’s securities during the pendency of ~~its~~the ~~bankruptcy~~Cases ~~cases~~ is highly speculative and poses substantial risks. Trading prices for the Company’s securities may bear little or no relationship to the actual recovery, if any, by holders thereof in the ~~cases~~Cases. The Company currently does not expect that holders of the Company’s ~~common~~ common stock or other equity securities will receive any payment or other distribution on account of those securities in the ~~cases~~Cases given ~~the~~ the expected sales proceeds (which is currently under the Asset Purchase Agreement consists of a credit bid) and the amount of the Debtors’ liabilities to more senior creditors. Accordingly, the Company urges extreme caution with respect to existing and future investments in in its securities.

~~Item~~Cautionary Note ~~9.01~~Regarding ~~Financial~~Forward-Looking Statements ~~and Exhibits.~~

This Form 8-K includes statements that are, or may be deemed, “forward-looking statements.” In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “could,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “approximately” or, in each case, their negative or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These forward-looking statements reflect the current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity and the development of the industry in which we operate may differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein. Any forward-looking statements that we make in this Form 8-K speak only as of the date of such statement, and we undertake no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 8-K or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. The Company’s forward-looking statements in this Form 8-K include, but are not limited to, statements about the Company’s plans to sell its assets pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the timing of such sales and ability to satisfy closing conditions; the lack of distributions to equity securityholders in the Cases; and other statements regarding the Company’s strategy and future operations, performance and prospects among others. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (dsome of which are beyond the Company’s control) ~~Exhibits~~or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks associated with the potential adverse impact of the Chapter 11 filings on the Company’s liquidity and results of operations; changes in the Company’s ability to meet its financial obligations during the Chapter 11 process and to maintain contracts that are critical to its operations; the outcome and timing of the Chapter 11 process and any potential asset sale; the effect of the Chapter 11 filings and any potential asset sale on the Company’s relationships with vendors, regulatory authorities, employees and other third parties; possible proceedings that may be brought by third parties in connection with the Chapter 11 process or the potential asset sale; uncertainty regarding obtaining Court approval of a sale of the Company’s assets or other conditions to the potential asset sale; and the timing or amount of any distributions, if any, to the Company’s stakeholders.

Exhibit No		Description
16.1		Letter of UHY LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated December 27, 2023
104		The cover page from Near Intelligence, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K is formatted in iXBRL.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

1(d) Exhibits:

SIGNATURE

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Non-Debtor Report, dated January 5, 2024.
104		The cover page from Near Intelligence, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K is formatted in iXBRL.

~~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.~~-2-

~~NEAR INTELLIGENCE, INC.~~SIGNATURE

Date: December 27, 2023	By:	/s/ John Faieta
		John Faieta
		Chief Financial Officer

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.

	NEAR INTELLIGENCE, INC.

Date: January 5, 2024	By:	/s/ John Faieta
		John Faieta
		Chief Financial Officer

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