UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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): July 12, 2024

 

 

Better Choice Company Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-40477		83-4284557
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

12400 Race Track Road

Tampa, Florida 33626

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): (212) 896-1254

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value share		BTTR		NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 4.01 Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

On July 9, 2024, the Company notified BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”) that it was being dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. On July 12, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company, upon the recommendation of the audit committee, approved the dismissal of BDO as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and approved and ratified the engagement of Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

 

With the exception of a “going concern” qualification, BDO’s report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 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. Furthermore, during the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and through July 12, 2024, there were (i) no disagreements (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and BDO on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to BDO’s satisfaction, would have caused BDO to make reference thereto in their reports on the financial statements for such years, and (ii) no “reportable events” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, other than the material weaknesses reported by management in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 12, 2024 related to (i) failure to maintain controls over the operating effectiveness of cybersecurity and IT general controls; (ii) insufficient policies and procedures to review, analyze, account for and disclose complex transactions; (iii) failure to design and maintain controls over the operating effectiveness of revenue recognition controls. The material weakness related to the failure to maintain controls over the operating effectiveness of cybersecurity and IT general controls was remediated as of March 31, 2024.

 

The Company provided BDO with a copy of the above disclosures and requested that BDO furnish a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements. A copy of BDO’s letter is filed hereto as Exhibit 16.1.

 

During the two most recent fiscal years and any subsequent interim periods prior to the engagement of Marcum, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf, has consulted with Marcum regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements or the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Marcum 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.

 

Exhibits		Description
16.1		Letter of BDO USA, P.C., dated July 12, 2024
104		Cover Page Interactive Data file (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

July 12, 2024	Better Choice Company Inc.
	By:	/s/ Carolina Martinez
	Name:	Carolina Martinez
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer