# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001794621
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-041204
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 7361
**Document Hash:** ca7831cbe4b37f72e47ed7b002686b0d
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-041204.hdr.sgml**: 20230216

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-041204

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 19

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230210

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230216

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230216

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Quanergy Systems, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001794621
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39222
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23639477

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 433 LAKESIDE DRIVE
- **CITY:** SUNNYVALE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94085
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (408) 245-9500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 433 LAKESIDE DRIVE
- **CITY:** SUNNYVALE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94085

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20191119

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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### FORM 8-K

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#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

#### of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 10, 2023

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## Quanergy Systems, Inc.

#### (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-39222** | **88-0535845** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |

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| **433 Lakeside Drive<br>Sunnyvale, California** | **94085** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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#### Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 408 245-9500

#### Not Applicable

#### (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange<br>on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | QNGY | New York Stock Exchange |
| Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $230.00 per share | QNGY WS | 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).

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. ☐

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| **Item 4.01.** | **Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.**  |

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(a) Resignation of Independent Registered Accounting Firm.

On February 10, 2023, Grant Thornton LLP ("GT") resigned as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

During the period of time from February 8, 2022, when GT was appointed, through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K ("Report"): (i) there were no disagreements (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) between the Company and GT on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to GT's satisfaction, would have caused GT to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports; and (ii) there were no reportable events (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).

The reports of GT on the Company's consolidated balance sheets for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, or were qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except for an explanatory paragraph in the report for the year ended December 31, 2021 expressing substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

The Company provided GT with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and requested GT furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether GT agrees with the statements made by the Company in this Report and, if not, stating the respects in which GT does not agree. A copy of the letter has been filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.

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| **Item 9.01.** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.**  |

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(d) *Exhibits*

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| **Exhibit<br>Number** | **Description** |
| 16.1 | [Letter dated February 16, 2023, from Grant Thornton LLP.](d454354dex161.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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#### 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.

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|  |  | **QUANERGY SYSTEMS, INC.** |
| Dated: February 16, 2023 | By: | /s/ Patrick Archambault |
|  |  | Patrick Archambault <br>Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 16.1

**Exhibit 16.1** 

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| ![LOGO](g454354snap1.jpg) <br>|  |
| ![LOGO](g454354snap2.jpg) |  |
| **GRANT THORNTON LLP** | February 16, 2023 |
| 2555 East Camelback Road, Suite 500 |  |
| Phoenix, AZ, 85016 |  |
|  | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| **D** +1 602 474 3400 | Office of the Chief Accountant |
| **F** +1 602 474 3421 | 100 F Street, NE |
|  | Washington, DC 20549 |
|  | Re: Quanergy Systems, Inc. |
|  | File No. 001-39222 |
|  | Dear Sir or Madam: |
|  | We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K of Quanergy Systems, Inc. dated February 16, 2023, and agree with the statements concerning our Firm contained therein. |
|  | Very truly yours, |
|  | ![LOGO](g454354snap3.jpg) |
| ![LOGO](g454354snap4.jpg) | ![LOGO](g454354snap5.jpg) <br> Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL). GTIL and each of its member firms are separate legal entities and are not a worldwide partnership.  |

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