Forward Industries Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On March 28, 2025, the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Forward Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), approved the dismissal of CohnReznick LLP (“CohnReznick”), as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, effective immediately. The Company subsequently notified CohnReznick of the dismissal.
The reports of CohnReznick on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 did not contain any adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle, except that the report on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024 contained an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, which contemplated, among other things, the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 and the subsequent interim period through March 28, 2025, the effective date of CohnReznick’s dismissal, there were (i) no disagreements (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and CohnReznick on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of CohnReznick would have caused CohnReznick to make reference thereto in its reports on the financial statements of the Company for such years, and (ii) no “reportable events” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
The Company provided CohnReznick with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that CohnReznick furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not CohnReznick agrees with the above disclosures. A copy of CohnReznick’s letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
(b) Engagement of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On March 28, 2025, following approval by the Company’s Board of Directors and Audit Committee, the Company appointed CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ”) as the new independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.
During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 and the subsequent interim period through March 28, 2025, the effective date of CBIZ’s appointment, neither the Company, nor any party on behalf of the Company, consulted with CBIZ with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of the audit opinion that might be rendered with respect to the Company’s financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by CBIZ that was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was subject to any disagreement (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 16.1 | Letter from CohnReznick LLP | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
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.
| FORWARD INDUSTRIES, INC. | |||
| Date: March 31, 2025 | By: | /s/ Kathleen Weisberg | |
| Name: Kathleen Weisberg | |||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
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