LEGAL MATTERS
Unless the applicable prospectus supplement indicates otherwise,
the validity of the securities in respect of which this prospectus,
and any supplement thereto, is being delivered and certain legal
matters with respect to Canadian law will be passed upon by Osler,
Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Vancouver, Canada. Certain matters
in respect of U.S. securities laws may be opined upon by Cooley
LLP. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for us or any
underwriters, dealers or agents, by counsel that will be named in
the applicable prospectus supplement.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Mind Medicine (MindMed)
Inc. appearing in Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. Annual Report
(Form 10-K) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and for the
three years ended December 31, 2021, have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon included
therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements have been incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
CHANGE IN INDEPENDENT
ACCOUNTANTS
On March 28, 2022, our board of directors determined not to
reappoint the Company’s principal accountant, Ernst & Young LLP
(EY), for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The
principal accountant’s report of EY on the consolidated financial
statements of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and
for each of the two years in the period ended December 31,
2021 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion
and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope
or accounting principles.
As at December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2021 through
March 28, 2022, there were no disagreements with EY, whether
or not resolved, on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or
procedure, which if not resolved to EY’s satisfaction, would have
caused it to make a reference to the subject matter of the
disagreement in connection with any reports it would have issued.
As at December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2021 through
March 28, 2022, except as set forth below, there were no
reportable events as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K. In
connection with the preparation of our consolidated financial
statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2021, EY identified an instance of a material weakness in our
internal controls over financial reporting in connection with the
Company’s accounting for contracts. This reportable event was
discussed among the Audit Committee and EY. EY has been authorized
by the Company to respond fully to the inquiries of KPMG LLP, or
KPMG, the successor independent registered public accounting firm
to the Company, concerning this reportable event.
EY addressed a letter to the SEC stating that it concurs with the
statements made by the Company with respect to EY. A copy of such
letter was filed as Exhibit 16.1 to our Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the SEC on
March 28, 2022.
On March 28, 2022, our board of directors approved the
engagement of KPMG, as the Company’s independent registered public
accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022. The
Company’s engagement of KPMG is subject to the approval of the
Company’s shareholders at our 2022 Annual Meeting.
In connection with the Company’s appointment of KPMG as the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the
Company has not consulted with KPMG on (i) the application of
accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed
or proposed; the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on
the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report
nor oral advice was provided that KPMG concluded
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