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⚠ Material Weaknesses in Every ComponentHigh threat

Bending Spoons (BSP) — threat to the moat

Bending Spoons reports material weaknesses in all five components of its control framework, including controls over integrating the acquisitions that are its entire strategy.

Bending Spoons discloses material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting, and the scope is unusually wide. They primarily arise due to an absence of clearly defined structures, authorities, and accountability, as well as limited experience with SEC reporting and a lack of sufficient SOX and GAAP expertise1, and the company says it has not yet fully implemented components of the COSO framework, resulting in material weaknesses in the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring2, which is all five of them.

Material weaknesses and what followedControl environmentno clearly defined structures or accountabilityRisk assessmentCOSO components not fully implementedControl activitiessegregation of duties, IT general controlsInformation and communicationjournal entries, management reviewMonitoringcontrols on integration of acquired businessesQ1 2026 cash flow restatedoperating $123.7M to $75.7MBending Spoons Form 424B4, internal control disclosure and Note 16
All five components, and one restatement already.

The specifics include a lack of segregation of duties and ineffective information technology general controls3, inadequate management review controls and controls over journal entries, and a lack of controls on business integration of acquired businesses4. The last of those is the one that matters most here, because integrating acquired businesses is what the company does.

It has already produced a restatement. Bending Spoons restated the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three months ended 31 March 2026 to correct a misclassification error5: $48 million of restricted cash acquired with Eventbrite had been shown in operating rather than investing activities, taking reported operating cash flow for the quarter from $123.654 million to $75.654 million6. The restatement had no effect on the balance sheets or income statements7.

As a foreign private issuer the company also reports less often and relies on Nasdaq exemptions from the quorum requirement, from independent directors meeting in executive session, from having compensation and nomination committees composed solely of independent directors, and from shareholder approval requirements for the issuance of securities8.

Foreign private issuer status is itself temporary and tested. The company will re-test it on 30 June 20279, and says it may in the future elect to rely on exemptions with respect to additional matters10. Losing the status would bring quarterly reporting and full domestic governance requirements at the same time as the control remediation, which is a heavy load for a finance function the company describes as lacking sufficient SOX and GAAP expertise11.

Material weaknesses are normal in a newly listed company and they are fixable. Until they are fixed, every figure in this file carries more uncertainty than the same figure at a seasoned filer. The first 20-F, covering 2026, is where remediation will either be reported or will not.

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  1. ReportedThey primarily arise due to an absence of clearly defined structures, authorities, and accountability, as well as limited experience with SEC reporting and a lack of sufficient SOX and GAAP expertise, and the company says it has not yet fully implemented components of the COSO framework, resulting in material weaknesses in the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring, which is all five of them.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  2. ReportedThey primarily arise due to an absence of clearly defined structures, authorities, and accountability, as well as limited experience with SEC reporting and a lack of sufficient SOX and GAAP expertise, and the company says it has not yet fully implemented components of the COSO framework, resulting in material weaknesses in the control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring, which is all five of them.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  3. ReportedThe specifics include a lack of segregation of duties and ineffective information technology general controls, inadequate management review controls and controls over journal entries, and a lack of controls on business integration of acquired businesses.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  4. ReportedThe specifics include a lack of segregation of duties and ineffective information technology general controls, inadequate management review controls and controls over journal entries, and a lack of controls on business integration of acquired businesses.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  5. ReportedBending Spoons restated the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three months ended 31 March 2026 to correct a misclassification error: $48 million of restricted cash acquired with Eventbrite had been shown in operating rather than investing activities, taking reported operating cash flow for the quarter from $123.654 million to $75.654 million.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  6. ReportedBending Spoons restated the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three months ended 31 March 2026 to correct a misclassification error: $48 million of restricted cash acquired with Eventbrite had been shown in operating rather than investing activities, taking reported operating cash flow for the quarter from $123.654 million to $75.654 million.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  7. ReportedThe restatement had no effect on the balance sheets or income statements.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the audited consolidated financial statements, the Q1 2026 interim and the MD&A on results of operations and tax. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  8. ReportedAs a foreign private issuer the company also reports less often and relies on Nasdaq exemptions from the quorum requirement, from independent directors meeting in executive session, from having compensation and nomination committees composed solely of independent directors, and from shareholder approval requirements for the issuance of securities.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  9. ReportedThe company will re-test it on 30 June 2027, and says it may in the future elect to rely on exemptions with respect to additional matters.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  10. ReportedThe company will re-test it on 30 June 2027, and says it may in the future elect to rely on exemptions with respect to additional matters.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
  11. ReportedLosing the status would bring quarterly reporting and full domestic governance requirements at the same time as the control remediation, which is a heavy load for a finance function the company describes as lacking sufficient SOX and GAAP expertise.
    Bending Spoons S.p.A. Form 424B4, the final initial-public-offering prospectus dated 30 June 2026 - the master document, covering the business, the Playbook, the Platform, the audited financial statements for 2023-2025, the Q1 2026 interim, the acquisitions, customers, risk factors and legal proceedings - the principal shareholders, management and description-of-share-capital sections and the internal-control disclosure. — FY2023-Q1 2026 · publ. 1 July 2026 · source ↗
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