secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Horizon Kinetics Holding Corp (HKHC)
CIK:        0000088000
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-098502
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 4.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Horizon Kinetics dismisses auditor Weinberg, appoints Marcum; discloses material weaknesses
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- On Aug 13, 2024, Audit Committee dismissed Weinberg & Company as independent auditor and appointed Marcum LLP.
- Weinberg's 2023 report was unqualified; no disagreements but two material weaknesses identified.
- Material weakness: insufficient accounting staff for GAAP-complex transactions (since June 2023, still present).
- Material weakness: ineffective review of goodwill impairment assessment prepared by third party (since June 2022).
- Board appointed Daniel J. Roller as lead independent director; non-management director compensation set at $100,000/year.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88000/000095017024098502/0000950170-24-098502-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88000/000095017024098502/slgdd-20240813.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-098502

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