Wayfair Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
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Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 28, 2025
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Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On January 28, 2025, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Wayfair Inc. (the “Company”) approved the decision to change its independent registered public accounting firm and dismissed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as its independent registered public accounting firm, to be effective upon the completion of EY’s audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and EY’s audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024.
The audit report of EY on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through January 28, 2025, there were no (i) “disagreements” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and EY on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of EY, would have caused EY to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in their reports on the financial statements for such years, or (ii) “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
In accordance with Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Company has provided EY with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that EY furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Committee stating whether EY agrees with the statements made by the Company set forth above. A copy of EY’s letter, dated January 31, 2025, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
(b) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On January 28, 2025, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as its new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, subject to completion of PwC’s standard client acceptance process to be effective immediately following the completion by EY of the audit for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as described above. This decision was made pursuant to the authority of the Audit Committee as specified in its charter.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through January 28, 2025 neither the Company, nor any party on behalf of the Company, consulted with PwC with respect to 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, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by PwC 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 (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) or a “reportable event” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WAYFAIR INC. | ||||||||
Date: January 31, 2025 | /s/ ANDREW OLIVER | |||||||
| Andrew Oliver | ||||||||
| Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary | ||||||||
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