First Northwest Bancorp filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2025

 

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(a) On June 3, 2025, First Northwest Bancorp, (the "Company") received notice that Moss Adams LLP ("Moss Adams"), the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, had consummated its merger with Baker Tilly US, LLP effective on June 3, 2025, and that the combined audit practices will operate as Baker Tilly US, LLP ("Baker Tilly"). In connection with the consummation of the merger, Moss Adams ceased to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm. In accordance with such action, the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the appointment of Baker Tilly, as the successor to Moss Adams, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The audit reports of Moss Adams on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and for each of the three-years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim period through June 3, 2025, there were no (a) disagreements with Moss Adams on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to Moss Adams’ satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements, or (b) reportable events requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

The Company provided the Moss Adams accountants now at Baker Tilly with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and requested that Moss Adams furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements and, if it does not agree, the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of Moss Adams’ letter to the Commission, dated June 3, 2025, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim period until the effectiveness of the merger, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted with Baker Tilly regarding: (i) either 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; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a "disagreement," as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to that item, or a "reportable event," as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.