---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-005363"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECBK"
cik: "0001914605"
company_name: "ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/"
filed_at: "2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T22:08:46.631492+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ECB Bancorp's auditor BNN declines re-appointment for FY2024; no disagreement

## Summary
- BNN informed ECB on Jan 16, 2024 it will not stand for re-appointment as auditor for FY2024 due to exiting banking public company audit practice.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred in FY2022, FY2023, or through Jan 16, 2024.
- BNN will complete the FY2023 audit; ECB will engage a new independent auditor for FY2024.
- BNN provided a letter agreeing with ECB's disclosures, filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-005363
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECBK
- cik: 0001914605
- company_name: ECB Bancorp, Inc. /MD/
- filed_at: 2024-01-18T23:59:59+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/1914605/000095017024005363/0000950170-24-005363-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1914605/000095017024005363/ecbk-20240116.htm

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