Current Report (Form 8-K)

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): November 12, 2021

COLONNADE ACQUISITION CORP. II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands		001-40184		N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1400 Centrepark Blvd. Ste. 810

West Palm Beach, FL33401

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (561)712-7860

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, 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-fifthof one redeemable warrant		CLAA.U		The New York Stock Exchange
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share		CLAA		The New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		CLAA WS		The New York Stock Exchange

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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).

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Item 4.02

Non-Relianceon Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

In light of recent comment letters issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the management of Colonnade Acquisition Corp. II (the "Company") has re-evaluatedthe Company's application of ASC 480-10-S99-3Ato its accounting classification of the redeemable Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Public Shares"), issued as part of the units sold in the Company's initial public offering (the "IPO") on March 12, 2021. Historically, a portion of the Public Shares was classified as permanent equity to maintain shareholders' 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 "Articles"). 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 Articles.

Therefore, on November 12, 2021, the Company's management and the audit committee of the Company's board of directors (the "Audit Committee"), after consultation with Marcum LLP ("Marcum"), the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that the Company's previously issued (i) audited balance sheet as of March 12, 2021, as previously revised in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qfor the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on May 27, 2021 (the "Q1 Form 10-Q"),(ii) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Q1 Form 10-Qand (iii) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qfor the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on August 23, 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 intends to restate its financial statements for the Affected Periods in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qfor the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, to be filed with the SEC (the "Q3 Form 10-Q").

The Company does not expect any of the above changes will have any impact on its cash position and cash held in the trust account established in connection with the IPO (the "Trust Account").

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.

The Company's management and the Audit Committee have discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-Kpursuant to this Item 4.02 with Marcum.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-Kincludes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "assumes," "may," "should," "will," "seeks," or other similar expressions. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the impact of the Company's restatement of certain historical financial statements, the Company's cash position and cash held in the Trust Account and any proposed remediation measures with respect to identified material weaknesses. These statements are based on current expectations on the date of this Current Report on Form 8-Kand involve a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ significantly. The Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as the result of new developments or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

SIGNATURE

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.

Dated: November 19, 2021

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