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CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 4.01. | Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant. |
Resignation of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On April 1, 2025, in conjunction with its exit from providing audit services to publicly traded companies, Assurance Dimensions, LLC, also doing business as McNamara and Associates, LLC (“Assurance Dimensions”) resigned from its role as independent registered public accounting firm for PetVivo Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”).
Assurance Dimensions’ reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 and the subsequent interim period through December 31, 2024, (i) there were no disagreements within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, between the Company and Assurance Dimensions on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, any of which that, if not resolved to Assurance Dimensions’ satisfaction, would have caused Assurance Dimensions to make reference to the subject matter of any such disagreement in connection with its reports for such years and interim period, and (ii) there were no reportable events within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The Company provided Assurance Dimensions with a copy of the above disclosures and requested that Assurance Dimensions furnish a letter addressed to the Audit Committee of the Company stating whether it agrees with the statements made herein. A copy of Assurance Dimensions’ letter dated April 1, 2025 is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Newly Engaged Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On April 7, 2025, the Company engaged Stephano Slack LLC (“Stephano Slack”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 and the subsequent interim period through December 31, 2024, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with Stephano Slack regarding (i) 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 neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Stephano Slack concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue, (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or (iii) any reportable event within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits – The following exhibits are filed as part of this report: |
| 16.1 | Letter from Assurance Dimensions, LLC addressed to the Audit Committee of the Company dated April 1, 2025 |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized
| PETVIVO HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| Date: April 7, 2025 | By: | /s/ John Lai |
| Name: | John Lai | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |