Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
For accounting purposes, the Transactions are treated as a reverse acquisition and, as such, the historical financial statements of the accounting acquirer, Owlet, which have been audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, will become the historical financial statements of the Company. In a reverse acquisition, a change of accountants is presumed to have occurred unless the same accountant audited the pre-transaction financial statements of
both the legal acquirer and the accounting acquirer, and such change is generally presumed to occur on the date the reverse acquisition is completed.
(a) Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm.
On July 15, 2021, the Audit Committee of the Board dismissed WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”), SBG’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to the business combination, as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective following completion of the Company’s review of the quarter ended June 30, 2021, which consists only of the accounts of the pre-Business Combination special purpose acquisition
company, SBG.
The report of Withum on SBG’s, the Company’s legal predecessor, balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and the statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the
period from June 23, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the period from June 23, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020 and subsequent interim period through July 15, 2021, there were no disagreements between the Company and Withum on any
matter of accounting principles or practices, financial disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Withum, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements
in its reports on SBG’s financial statements for such period.
During the period from June 23, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020 and subsequent interim period through July 15, 2021, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).
The Company has provided Withum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Withum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the
statements made by the Company set forth above. A copy of Withum’s letter, dated July 21, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.
(b) Disclosures regarding the new independent auditor.
On July 15, 2021, the Board approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated
financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2021. PwC served as independent registered public accounting firm of Old Owlet prior to the Business Combination. During the period from June 23, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020 and
subsequent interim period through July 15, 2021, neither the Company nor anyone on the Company’s behalf consulted with PwC with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, the type
of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to us that PwC concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or
financial reporting issue, or (ii) any other matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event (each as defined above).