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accession: "0000742112-23-000102"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000742112"
company_name: "INVACARE HOLDINGS Corp"
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T19:37:23.484021+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Invacare dismisses EY as auditor, appoints Grant Thornton after emerging from bankruptcy

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor effective Sept 7, 2023.
- Grant Thornton LLP appointed as new independent registered public accounting firm for FY2023, effective immediately.
- EY's 2022 audit report included a going-concern explanatory paragraph; no adverse opinions in 2021 or 2022.
- No disagreements or reportable events with EY during the 2021–2022 fiscal years and subsequent interim period.
- Auditor change follows Invacare's emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 5, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000742112-23-000102
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000742112
- company_name: INVACARE HOLDINGS Corp
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742112/000074211223000102/0000742112-23-000102-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742112/000074211223000102/ivc-20230907.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000742112-23-000102.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  INVACARE HOLDINGS Corp engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: On September 7, 2023, the Audit Committee appointed Grant Thornton LLP (“GT”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023, effective immediately upon the dismissal of EY.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742112/000074211223000102/0000742112-23-000102-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  INVACARE HOLDINGS Corp dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  source text: On September 7, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of Invacare Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) dismissed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/742112/000074211223000102/0000742112-23-000102-index.htm

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