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): July 8, 2021 (July 5, 2021)

 

CF ACQUISITION CORP. VIII

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-40206		85-2002883
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

110 East 59^th Street, New York, NY 10022

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 938-5000

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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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 share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant		CFFEU		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share		CFFE		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share		CFFEW		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 þ

 

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Effective July 8, 2021, the board of directors (the “Board”) of CF Acquisition Corp. VIII (the “Company”) appointed Jane Novak as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Additionally, the Board elected Steven Bisgay as a director and as a member of the audit committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”). Ms. Novak replaced Alice Chan as Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Bisgay replaced Ms. Chan as a member of the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Chan resigned as Chief Financial Officer, director and member of the Audit Committee on July 5, 2021 in order to pursue other endeavors. Ms. Chan’s resignation did not result from any disagreement with the Company concerning any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

  

Ms. Novak, age 56, joined Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. (“Cantor”) in October 2017 and since then, has served as Cantor’s Global Head of Accounting Policy. In this role, Ms. Novak provides guidance to Cantor and its affiliates on complex accounting matters, including, among other things, compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and SEC pronouncements, establishing formal accounting policies, reviewing SEC filings, leading new accounting standards implementation and monitoring standard-setting activities. Prior to joining Cantor, Ms. Novak worked for a number of financial services institutions over the prior 20 years, holding accounting policy, financial reporting and SEC reporting positions of progressive responsibility. Ms. Novak began her career in the audit practice at Deloitte’s New York office, serving financial services clients. Ms. Novak graduated summa cum laude from Brooklyn College, CUNY, with a B.S. in Accounting. Ms. Novak holds an active CPA license from the State of New York and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

 

Mr. Bisgay, age 54, is currently the Chief Financial Officer of BGC Partners, Inc. (“BGC”), a position he has held since January 2020. Mr. Bisgay joined Cantor in February 2015. From that time until August 2020, and from January 2021 to present, Mr. Bisgay served as the Chief Financial Officer of Cantor. Mr. Bisgay continues to oversee overlapping functions of BGC’s and Cantor’s businesses such as bondholder, lender, and rating agency relations. Mr. Bisgay also held various offices at and provided services to other affiliates of Cantor until December 2019, including as the Chief Financial Officer of CF Finance Acquisition Corp. (“Cantor SPAC I”) from October 2015 and as a director of Cantor SPAC I from December 2018, and as a director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of two publicly non-traded REITs, Rodin Income Trust, Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust, Inc. (formerly known as Rodin Global Property Trust, Inc.), beginning in 2016. Prior to his time at Cantor, Mr. Bisgay was Chief Financial Officer at KCG Holdings, Inc., a market-making firm focused on client trading solutions, liquidity services and market-making technologies, after serving as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Head of Business Development, Group Controller, and Director of Internal Audit at Knight Capital Group, Inc. and as a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Mr. Bisgay received a B.S. in Accounting from Binghamton University and a M.B.A. from Columbia University. Mr. Bisgay also is registered with FINRA, holds a Series 27 Financial and Operations Principal license and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

There are no family relationships between Ms. Novak or Mr. Bisgay and any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become an executive officer of the Company. There are no transactions between the Company and Ms. Novak or Mr. Bisgay that are subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

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.

 

	CF ACQUISITION CORP. VIII
	By:	/s/ Howard W. Lutnick
		Name:	Howard W. Lutnick
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: July 8, 2021

 

 

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