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): ~~January~~October 1913, 2022

Fortress ~~FORTRESS~~Value ~~VALUE~~Acquisition ~~ACQUISITION CORP~~Corp. IV

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-40219	85-3271127
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)	(CommissionFile Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)

1345 Avenue of the Americas 46th FloorNew York, NY		10105
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
New York, New York		10105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 798-6100 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbols	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-eighth of one redeemable warrant	FVIV.U	New York Stock Exchange
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-fifth of one redeemable warrant	FVIV.U	New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	FVIV	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	FVIV WS	New York Stock Exchange

☒ 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).

☐ 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.

Item 5 3.~~02 Departure~~01. Notice of ~~Directors~~Delisting or ~~Certain~~Failure ~~Officers;~~to ~~Election~~Satisfy ofa ~~Directors;~~Continued ~~Appointment~~Listing ofRule ~~Certain~~or ~~Officers~~Standard; ~~Compensatory~~Transfer ~~Arrangements~~ of ~~Certain Officers~~Listing.

OnAs ~~January~~announced on October 1912, 2022, ~~the~~Fortress ~~Board~~Value ofAcquisition ~~Directors~~Corp. IV (the “~~Board~~Company”) ofand its sponsor, Fortress Value Acquisition ~~Corp.~~Sponsor IV LLC (the “~~Company~~Sponsor”), ~~elected~~are ~~Teddy~~seeking B.approval ~~Bartley to serve as a director~~ of the Company.’s ~~The~~stockholders ~~Board~~to ~~also~~redeem ~~appointed~~its ~~Mr.~~outstanding Class ~~Bartley~~A tocommon ~~serve~~stock as(the a“Public ~~member~~Shares”) offor ~~the~~cash ~~Audit~~held ~~Committee,~~in ~~Compensation~~its ~~Committee~~trust ~~and~~account ~~Nominating~~prior ~~and~~to ~~Corporate Governance Committee~~December 31, ~~having previously determined that Mr~~2022. ~~Bartley~~ ~~satisfied~~The ~~all~~Company ~~applicable~~expires ~~requirements~~by toits ~~serve~~terms on ~~such committees~~March 18, ~~including~~2023. ~~without~~The ~~limitation~~Company ~~the~~believes ~~applicable~~that ~~independence~~consummation ~~requirements~~ of ~~the~~a ~~New~~suitable ~~York~~merger ~~Stock~~is ~~Exchange~~highly improbable, and ~~the~~because ~~Securities~~redemptions ~~Exchange~~made ~~Act~~after ~~of 1934~~December 31, as2022 ~~amended.~~may ~~Upon~~be ~~Mr. Bartley’s~~subject ~~appointment~~ to ~~the~~a ~~Audit~~1% ~~Committee,~~excise ~~Compensation~~tax ~~Committee~~included ~~and~~as ~~Nominating~~part ~~and~~of ~~Corporate~~the ~~Governance~~Inflation ~~Committee,~~Reduction ~~Joshua~~Act A.of ~~Pack~~2022, ait ~~member~~is ofin ~~those~~stockholders’ ~~respective~~best ~~committees~~interests ~~not~~to ~~meeting~~return ~~such independence requirements was removed. Following~~ the ~~appointment~~cash ofin ~~Mr. Bartley,~~trust ~~the~~within ~~Company’s~~calendar ~~Audit~~2022 ~~Committee,~~rather ~~Compensation~~than ~~Committee~~wait ~~and~~for ~~Nominating~~expiration ~~and~~in ~~Corporate~~2023. ~~Governance~~In ~~Committee~~the ~~each~~event ~~consists~~that ofstockholders ~~Claudio~~approve ~~Reyna,~~the ~~David~~proposals ~~Weinreb~~ and ~~Teddy~~the B.Public ~~Bartley.~~Shares ~~Mr. Bartley~~are ~~will~~redeemed, ~~serve until~~ the ~~second~~Company’s ~~Annual~~warrants ~~Meeting~~(NYSE: ofFVIV ~~Stockholders~~WS) orwill ~~until~~expire ~~his successor shall be elected and duly qualified~~worthless.

~~Mr. Bartley~~Following ~~has~~such ~~served~~announcement, ason ~~the~~October 13, ~~President~~2022, ~~and~~the ~~Managing~~New ~~Member~~York ofStock ~~NRJ~~Exchange ~~Holdings~~(the ~~since~~“NYSE”) ~~September~~notified ~~2010.~~the ~~Mr. Bartley~~Company, ~~also~~and ~~recently~~publicly ~~served~~announced, asthat the ~~Chief~~NYSE ~~Executive~~determined ~~Officer,~~to ~~President~~commence ~~and~~proceedings ~~Managing~~to ~~Member~~delist ofthe ~~NRJ~~Company’s TVwarrants ~~LLC,~~from ~~which~~the ~~owns~~NYSE and ~~operates~~that ~~television~~trading ~~stations,~~in ~~from~~the ~~December~~Company’s ~~2010~~warrants ~~through~~would ~~December~~be ~~2021.~~suspended ~~Mr. Bartley~~immediately, ~~currently~~due ~~serves~~to astrading aprice ~~Trustee~~levels ~~for~~pursuant ~~the~~to ~~University~~Section 802.01D of ~~Mary~~the ~~Hardin-Baylor.~~NYSE ~~Mr. Bartley~~Listed ~~received~~Company ~~his~~Manual. ~~BBA~~As ina ~~Finance~~result ~~and~~of ~~Economics from~~ the ~~University~~expected expiration of ~~Mary~~the ~~Hardin-Baylor~~warrants ~~and~~described ~~received~~above, ~~his~~the ~~MBA from Baylor University. The~~ Company ~~believes~~does ~~Mr. Bartley~~not isintend ~~well qualified~~ to ~~serve~~appeal on the ~~Board~~NYSE’s ~~due to his management and investment experience~~determination.

~~There~~Forward-Looking ~~are~~Statements no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Bartley and any other person pursuant to which he was elected as a director of the Company, and there are no family relationships between Mr. Bartley and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers.

InCertain ~~connection~~statements ~~with~~included ~~Mr.~~in this Current Report on Form 8-K are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section ~~Bartley’s~~27A ~~appointment~~of the Securities Act of 1933, heas amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are not historical facts, including with respect to the Company’s ~~entered~~anticipated ~~into~~redemption, ~~(i) an~~liquidation ~~indemnification~~and ~~agreement~~dissolution, and ~~(ii) a~~involve ~~joinder~~risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to ~~each~~differ ofmaterially ~~the~~from ~~letter~~those ~~agreement~~expected and ~~the~~projected. ~~registration~~Words ~~rights~~such ~~agreement~~as “expect,” ~~each~~“believe,” ~~dated~~“anticipate,” as“intend,” of“estimate,” ~~March 15~~“seek,” ~~2021~~“future,” ~~entered~~“project,” ~~into~~“anticipate” byand ~~the~~variations ~~Company~~and ~~with~~similar ~~its~~words ~~directors (~~and ~~the~~expressions ~~other~~are ~~parties~~intended ~~thereto)~~to inidentify ~~connection~~such ~~with~~forward-looking ~~the~~statements. ~~Company~~Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s ~~initial~~current ~~public~~beliefs, ~~offering~~based on information currently available. ~~Each~~A number of ~~the~~factors ~~director~~could ~~indemnification~~cause ~~agreement~~actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the ~~letter~~events, ~~agreement~~performance and results discussed in the ~~registration~~forward-looking ~~rights~~statements. ~~agreement~~For ~~was~~information ~~described~~identifying ~~in,~~important factors and ~~the~~risks ~~forms~~that ofcould ~~which~~cause ~~were~~actual ~~filed~~results asto ~~exhibits~~differ ~~to,~~materially from those anticipated in the ~~Company’s~~forward-looking ~~registration~~statements, ~~statement~~please ~~relating~~refer to the Company’s Form S-1 relating to its initial public offering, ~~(File~~Annual ~~No. 333~~Report on Form 10-~~253306)~~K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC, as amended from time to time. Copies of such filings are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.

InForward-looking ~~connection~~statements ~~with~~speak ~~his~~only ~~appointment~~as of the date they are made, and the Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a ~~director~~result of ~~the~~new ~~Company~~information, Mrfuture events, or otherwise, except as required by law. ~~Bartley~~ Nothing in this Current Report on Form 8-K should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will ~~receive~~be ~~25,000~~achieved ~~founder~~or ~~shares~~that ~~from~~any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. The inclusion of any statement in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an admission by the Company’s ~~sponsor,~~or ~~Fortress~~any ~~Value~~other ~~Acquisition~~person ~~Sponsor~~that IVthe ~~LLC~~events or circumstances described in such statements are material.

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.

Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. IV

FORTRESS VALUE ACQUISITION CORP. III

Date: January 20, 2022

/s/ Alexander P. Gillette

Date: October 13, 2022

/s/ Alexander P. Gillette

Alexander P. Gillette

General Counsel and Secretary

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