MARA Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On March 6, 2025, the Risk and Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of MARA Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) completed a competitive process to determine the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Following that process, on March 6, 2025, the Company informed Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) of its dismissal as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year, effective immediately.
The reports of Marcum on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 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 Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, and during the subsequent interim period through March 6, 2025, there were (1) no disagreements with Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports, and (2) no reportable events of the type listed in paragraphs (A) through (D) of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, except for the material weakness related to the ineffective design or implementation of information technology general controls or an alternative key manual control to prevent or detect material misstatements in revenue which was identified as of December 31, 2023 and remediated as of December 31, 2024.
The Company provided Marcum with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and requested that Marcum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not Marcum agrees with the above statements. The letter from Marcum is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 16.1.
Engagement of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Following the competitive process to determine the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, on March 6, 2025, the Committee appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. On March 6, 2025, the Company informed PwC of the Committee’s decision.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, and during the subsequent interim period through March 6, 2025, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, has consulted PwC with respect to (1) 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 consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor oral advice was provided to the Company that PwC concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue or (2) 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) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 16.1 | Letter of Marcum LLP to the SEC, dated March 10, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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.
| MARA HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| Date: March 10, 2025 | By: | /s/ Zabi Nowaid |
| Name: | Zabi Nowaid | |
| Title: | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |