IACC ION Acquisition Corp 3 Ltd

Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

The management of ION Acquisition Corp 3 Ltd. (the “Company”) has re-evaluated the Company’s application of ASC 480-10-S99-3A to its accounting classification of the redeemable Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares”), issued in the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) on May 4, 2021. Historically, a portion of the Public Shares were classified as permanent equity to maintain stockholders’ equity greater than $5 million on the basis that the Company will not redeem its Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001, as described in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Charter”). Pursuant to such re-evaluation, the Company’s management has determined that the Public Shares include certain provisions that require classification of all of the Public Shares as temporary equity regardless of the net tangible assets redemption limitation contained in the Charter. In addition, in connection with the change in presentation for the Public Shares, the Company also revised its net loss per ordinary share calculation.

Therefore, on December 9, 2021, the Company’s management, together with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Audit Committee”), concluded that the Company’s previously issued (i) audited balance sheet as of May 4, 2021, as filed in Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 10, 2021 and (ii) unaudited interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and for the period from February 4, 2021 (Inception) through June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on August 11, 2021 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), should be restated to report all Public Shares as temporary equity and should no longer be relied upon. As such, the Company is restating its financial statements for the Affected Periods in an Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, to be filed with the SEC (the “Q3 Form 10-Q/A”).

The restatement does not have an impact on the Company’s cash position.

The Company’s management has concluded that in light of the classification error described above, a material weakness exists in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting 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/A.

The Company’s management and the Audit Committee have discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to this Item 4.02 with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.