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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000095953-23-000025"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "ACNT"
cik: "0000095953"
company_name: "ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO."
filed_at: "2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T17:47:16.145564+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascent Industries appoints Moss Adams as new independent auditor for FY 2023

## Summary
- Audit Committee selected Moss Adams LLP on May 22, 2023, replacing BDO USA, LLP.
- BDO had resigned on April 4, 2023, after declining to participate in competitive selection.
- No prior consultations with Moss Adams on accounting principles or disagreements.
- Appointment covers the year ending December 31, 2023 and related interim periods.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000095953-23-000025
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: ACNT
- cik: 0000095953
- company_name: ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
- filed_at: 2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000025/0000095953-23-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000025/acnt-20230522.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. engaged Moss Adams LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Moss Adams LLP
  source text: on May 22, 2023, the Audit Committee selected Moss Adams LLP (“Moss Adams”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023, and the related interim periods, replacing BDO USA, LLP
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000025/0000095953-23-000025-index.htm

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