Uniti Group 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 April 21, 2025, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Uniti Group Inc. (the “Company”) approved the dismissal of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The dismissal will be effective following the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (the “Effective Time”). Upon completion of KPMG's services, the Company will file an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K with the specific date of dismissal and an update to the disclosures required by Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K through that date.
KPMG’s audit reports as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, contained no adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not 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 April 21, 2025, there were (i) no “disagreements” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) between the Company and KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure that, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG, would have caused KPMG to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in its reports on the financial statements for such years, and (ii) no “reportable events” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Company identified a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting related to an insufficient complement of personnel with appropriate technical expertise to perform effective risk assessment related to determining the income tax impact of goodwill impairments.
The Company has provided KPMG with a copy of this Form 8-K and requested that KPMG furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the statements above. A copy of KPMG’s letter dated April 24, 2025 is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.
(b) Engagement of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On April 21, 2025, the Audit Committee approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm beginning with the year ending December 31, 2025. The appointment will be effective as of the Effective Time, subject to PwC’s standard client acceptance procedures and execution of an engagement letter. During the Company’s years ending December 31, 2024 and 2023 and through April 21, 2025, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted PwC regarding either: (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; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a “disagreement” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or “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 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated April 24, 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.
| UNITI GROUP INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Daniel L. Heard | |
| Name: | Daniel L. Heard | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary | |
Date: April 24, 2025