Workhorse Group Inc.
01/21/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/21/2026 15:56
Change in Certifying Accountants (Form 8-K)
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs, LLP ("BPB") served as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm prior to completion of the Merger and CBIZ served as Motiv's independent registered public accounting firm prior to the Merger. The Company has been notified that Carr, Riggs & Ingram, L.L.C. ("CRI") acquired, effective as of January 1, 2026, certain assets related to the capital markets practice of BPB.
On January 21, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company simultaneously dismissed BPB as the Company's independent registered accounting firm and approved the appointment of CRI as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
BPB's audit report on the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (the only year for which BPB issued a report on the Company's consolidated financial statements) contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except that the report on the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 included an explanatory paragraph indicating that there was substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2025 and the subsequent interim period through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, there were (i) no disagreements with BPB on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of BPB would have caused them to make reference thereto in connection with their report on the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 and (ii) no reportable events (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except that, as originally reported in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and interim period ended September 30, 2024, there were material weaknesses in the Company's internal control over financial reporting relating to the Company's (i) review of third-party valuation deliverables regarding its convertible debt and warrant liability and (ii) failure to timely issue finalized quarterly reports for two consecutive quarters due to the turnover of key accounting positions within the Company's finance organization and the ability of Company accounting personnel to identify, evaluate and address technical accounting and disclosure issues on a timely basis, respectively.
The material weaknesses did not result in any material misstatements to the Company's condensed interim consolidated financial statements. The material weaknesses remain unremediated. The Audit
Committee has discussed these matters with BPB and has authorized BPB to respond fully to any inquiries of the Company's successor independent registered public accounting firm concerning these material weaknesses.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2025 and the subsequent interim period through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company did not consult with CRI with regard to (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements, and no written report was provided to the Company or oral advice provided to the Company by CRI that CRI concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (b) any matter that was subject to any disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto) or a reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K). The Company has requested that BPB furnish it with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements. A copy of such letter, dated January 21, 2026, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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