Form 10-Q/A - Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]: [Amend]

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File No. 001-41304

VALUENCE MERGER CORP. I

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4 Orinda Way, Suite 100D

Orinda, CA 94563

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 340-0222

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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 Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant	VMCAU	Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001	VMCA	Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	VMCAW	Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

☐	Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer
☒	Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company
		☒	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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes ☒ No ☐

As of May 15, 2023 there were 22,009,963 shares of Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,502,490 shares of Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share, issued and outstanding.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Valuence Merger Corp. I (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (the “Amendment”) to amend its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 15, 2023 (the “Original Filing”) solely for the purpose of filing revised certifications by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 herewith, to correct an inadvertent omission of certain language regarding internal control over financial reporting required to be included in such certifications by Item 601(b)(31)(i) of Regulation S-K. The Amendment consists solely of the preceding cover page, this explanatory note, the signature page and paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 5 of each of the revised certifications filed as exhibits to the Amendment. Because no financial statements have been included in the Amendment, paragraph 3 of each of the certifications set forth in the exhibits has been omitted.

The Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the date of the filing of the Original Filing or modify or update any of the other disclosures contained therein in any way. Accordingly, the Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing.

PART II-OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number		Description
31.1*		Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d) to 14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*		Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d) to 14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1**		Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2**		Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS*		Inline XBRL Instance Document

101.CAL*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.SCH*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.DEF*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Extension Labels Linkbase Document

101.PRE*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104		The cover page from the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023, formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101

*		Filed herewith.

**		Previously filed.

PART III - SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

	VALUENCE MERGER CORP. I

Date: July 21, 2023	By:	/s/ Sung Yoon Woo
	Name:	Sung Yoon Woo
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: July 21, 2023	By:	/s/ Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung
	Name:	Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) AND 15(D)-14(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Sung Yoon Woo, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 of Valuence Merger Corp. I;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

	a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

	b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

	c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

	d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

	a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

	b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 21, 2023

	/s/ Sung Yoon Woo
	Sung Yoon Woo
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) AND 15(D)-14(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 of Valuence Merger Corp. I;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

	a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

	b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

	c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

	d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

	a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

	b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 21, 2023

	/s/ Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung
	Sungwoo (Andrew) Hyung
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

Cover - shares	3 Months Ended
Cover - shares	Mar. 31, 2023	May 15, 2023
Document Type	10-Q/A
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	Valuence Merger Corp. I (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (the “Amendment”) to amend its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 15, 2023 (the “Original Filing”) solely for the purpose of filing revised certifications by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 herewith, to correct an inadvertent omission of certain language regarding internal control over financial reporting required to be included in such certifications by Item 601(b)(31)(i) of Regulation S-K. The Amendment consists solely of the preceding cover page, this explanatory note, the signature page and paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 5 of each of the revised certifications filed as exhibits to the Amendment. Because no financial statements have been included in the Amendment, paragraph 3 of each of the certifications set forth in the exhibits has been omitted.
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2023
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2023
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity File Number	001-41304
Entity Registrant Name	VALUENCE MERGER CORP. I
Entity Central Index Key	0001892747
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	E9
Entity Address, Address Line One	4 Orinda Way
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Suite 100D
Entity Address, City or Town	Orinda
Entity Address, State or Province	CA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	94563
City Area Code	(415)
Local Phone Number	340-0222
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Elected Not To Use the Extended Transition Period	false
Entity Shell Company	true
Units Each Consisting Of One Class Ordinary Share [Member]
Title of 12(b) Security	Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant
Trading Symbol	VMCAU
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 [Member]
Title of 12(b) Security	Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001
Trading Symbol	VMCA
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Redeemable Warrants [Member]
Title of 12(b) Security	Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
Trading Symbol	VMCAW
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Common Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		22,009,963
Common Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		5,502,490