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Restatement and control weaknesses disclosed by Rain Enhancement (NASDAQ: RAIN)

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Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. announced that investors should no longer rely on its previously issued unaudited financial statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025 because of an error in accounting for financed D&O insurance premiums.

The company financed $640,000 of directors and officers insurance on January 2, 2025 but failed to record a related liability and prepaid expense at that time. It believes the error understated both assets and liabilities by $380,800 in the first quarter Form 10‑Q and $217,600 in the second quarter Form 10‑Q, affecting only the balance sheets.

The company plans to present restated balance sheet line items for March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025 in its upcoming Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2025 instead of amending the prior 10‑Qs. It will also disclose material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and report that its disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2025, while describing ongoing remediation efforts.

Positive

  • None.

Negative

  • Non-reliance and restatement of prior financial statements: The company determined its unaudited balance sheets for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2025 contained errors and must be restated, meaning earlier financial information cannot be relied on.
  • Material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting: Management concluded that internal controls and disclosure controls were ineffective as of December 31, 2025, highlighting elevated financial reporting risk until remediation is completed.

Insights

Balance sheet restatement and control weaknesses signal reporting risk.

Rain Enhancement Technologies will restate prior balance sheets after misaccounting for financed D&O insurance premiums. Assets and liabilities for early 2025 were understated, though management states income, equity, and cash flow statements for those periods were unaffected.

The company will recast the March 31 and June 30, 2025 balance sheets within its forthcoming 2025 Form 10‑K instead of filing amended 10‑Qs. This consolidates corrections into one filing but underscores that historical quarterly figures will change in future presentations.

Management identified related material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and concluded disclosure controls were ineffective as of December 31, 2025. The company has begun remediation, and subsequent filings will be important to understand how quickly these weaknesses are addressed and whether any further errors are uncovered.

Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report Governance
Previously issued financial statements should no longer be relied upon due to errors or restatements.
Financed D&O premium $640,000 Premium for directors and officers insurance financed on January 2, 2025
Understated assets and liabilities Q1 2025 $380,800 Amount assets and liabilities were each understated in first quarter 2025 Form 10‑Q
Understated assets and liabilities Q2 2025 $217,600 Amount assets and liabilities were each understated in second quarter 2025 Form 10‑Q
Effective date of D&O coverage December 31, 2024 Start date of directors and officers insurance policy
Determination date of non-reliance April 11, 2026 Date audit committee concluded prior statements should not be relied upon
Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements regulatory
"Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review."
financed insurance premiums financial
"should no longer be relied upon due to an error in the accounting for financed insurance premiums."
prepaid expenses financial
"should have recorded the premium financing agreement as a liability, with an offset to prepaid expenses, upon its execution."
material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting regulatory
"The Company will report material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting related to this matter"
A material weakness in internal control over financial reporting is a significant flaw in a company’s processes that increases the likelihood its financial statements could be wrong or misleading. Think of it as a broken checkpoint in an airport security line: if it fails, errors or fraud can pass through undetected. Investors care because these weaknesses raise the risk that reported earnings, assets, or liabilities are inaccurate, which can affect valuation, trust, and investment decisions.
disclosure controls and procedures regulatory
"and will report that its disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2025."
Policies, routines and internal checks a public company uses to identify, collect and verify information that must appear in its financial reports and public filings, and to make sure that material news is disclosed accurately and on time. Investors care because effective controls increase confidence that the company’s reported numbers and disclosures are reliable and reduce the risk of surprises, much like a building’s inspection and alarm system helps occupants trust the structure’s safety.
directors and officers (“D&O”) insurance financial
"The Company obtained its liability insurance coverage for directors and officers (“D&O”) effective December 31, 2024."
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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): April 11, 2026

 

RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Massachusetts   001-42460   99-3527155
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

4851 Tamiami Trail N, Suite 200

Naples, FL 34103

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 339-222-6714

 

1659 Chinaberry Ct.

Naples, FL 34105

(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   RAIN   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50   RAINW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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

 

On April 11, 2026, the audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the board of directors of Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), in consultation with management, determined that the Company’s previously issued unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in its (i) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 15, 2025 and (ii) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2025 (the “Affected Periods”), should no longer be relied upon due to an error in the accounting for financed insurance premiums. The error affected the presentation of prepaid insurance and related liabilities on the Company’s balance sheets for the Affected Periods. Accordingly, the Company has concluded that a restatement of the financial statements for the Affected Periods is required.

 

The Company obtained its liability insurance coverage for directors and officers (“D&O”) effective December 31, 2024. On January 2, 2025, the Company executed an agreement with a financing company to finance $640,000 of the premium for the D&O insurance. On January 30, 2025, the down payment and first installment was paid. The Company should have recorded the premium financing agreement as a liability, with an offset to prepaid expenses, upon its execution. The Company believes that the impact of the error was that assets and liabilities were each understated by $380,800 in the first quarter Form 10-Q and by $217,600 in the second quarter Form 10-Q. The Company believes that the error only affected the balance sheets and had no impact on the statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, or cash flows for the Affected Periods. The error was identified as part of the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025.

 

The Company intends to present the restatement of certain affected line items of the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025 within the Company’s forthcoming Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Under this approach, the previously issued Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the Affected Periods will not be amended, however, historical amounts presented in future filings will be recast to be consistent with the restatement.

 

In addition, the Company has evaluated the impact of the identified error on its internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. The Company will report material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting related to this matter and will report that its disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2025. The Company has already commenced efforts to remediate such material weaknesses. The Company will report those material weaknesses and its remediation efforts in its forthcoming Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

 

The Audit Committee and Company’s management 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, WithumSmith+Brown, PC.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results of operations, and any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “believes,” “intends,” “will” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements include, among others, those statements regarding the Company’s plans to file the 2025 Form 10-K and the timing thereof and the ability of the Company to identify and remediate material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and related disclosure controls and procedures.

 

These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially from these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause future results to differ materially from the Company’s current expectations include, among other things, the timing and nature of the resolution of the issues discussed in this Current Report on Form 8-K, any delay in the filing of the 2025 Form 10-K, and the timing and results of the Company’s review of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and related disclosure controls and procedures. The Company does not guarantee that it will actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in its forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by its forward-looking statements, including those important factors set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2024. The Company undertakes no obligations to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 14, 2026 RAIN ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDCO, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Oanh Truong
  Name: Oanh Truong
  Title: Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

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FAQ

What did Rain Enhancement Technologies (RAIN) announce about its past financial statements?

Rain Enhancement Technologies stated that investors should no longer rely on its unaudited financial statements for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2025 due to an error in accounting for financed directors and officers insurance premiums, requiring a restatement of those balance sheets.

Which periods will Rain Enhancement Technologies (RAIN) restate and how?

The company will restate certain line items in its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025. These corrected figures will be presented within the forthcoming Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2025 rather than through amended quarterly reports.

How large was the accounting error Rain Enhancement Technologies (RAIN) identified?

The company believes the error understated both assets and liabilities by $380,800 in the first quarter 2025 Form 10‑Q and by $217,600 in the second quarter 2025 Form 10‑Q, arising from not recording a financed $640,000 D&O insurance premium correctly at inception.

Did the Rain Enhancement Technologies (RAIN) error affect profitability or cash flows?

Rain Enhancement Technologies states that the error affected only balance sheet presentation of prepaid insurance and related liabilities. It believes there was no impact on statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, or cash flows for the affected 2025 interim reporting periods.

What internal control issues did Rain Enhancement Technologies (RAIN) disclose?

The company will report material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and conclude that disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2025. It has started remediation efforts and plans to describe these weaknesses and actions in its upcoming 2025 Form 10‑K.

How did Rain Enhancement Technologies (RAIN) discover the accounting error?

The error was identified while preparing financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025. During this work, management and the audit committee determined that the financed D&O insurance premium had not been recorded correctly, prompting the decision to restate earlier 2025 balance sheets.

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