---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000003545-23-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALCO"
cik: "0000003545"
company_name: "ALICO, INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T13:09:46.391641+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alico dismisses RSM as auditor, hires Grant Thornton for FY 2024; material weakness remediated

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved dismissal of RSM and engagement of Grant Thornton on Dec 8, 2023.
- RSM's reports on FY 2022 and 2023 financials were unqualified; no disagreements occurred.
- A material weakness in internal controls over income tax provision and misstatement evaluation was reported in 2022 but remediated by Sept 30, 2023.
- Grant Thornton's engagement is for FY ending Sept 30, 2024, subject to client acceptance procedures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000003545-23-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALCO
- cik: 0000003545
- company_name: ALICO, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3545/000000354523000037/0000003545-23-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3545/000000354523000037/alco-20231208.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003545-23-000037
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003545-23-000037.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003545-23-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  ALICO, INC. dismissed RSM US LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: RSM US LLP
  - Successor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: the Committee approved the dismissal of RSM US LLP (“RSM”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3545/000000354523000037/0000003545-23-000037-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  ALICO, INC. engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Alico, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the engagement of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, subject to the completion of Grant Thornton’s client acceptance procedures.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3545/000000354523000037/0000003545-23-000037-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.