secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Stagwell Inc (STGW)
CIK:        0000876883
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-21-102265
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 4.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stagwell dismisses BDO as auditor, appoints Deloitte; Eli Samaha joins board
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- Audit Committee dismissed BDO USA as auditor and appointed Deloitte & Touche for 2021 audit.
- No disagreements with BDO except a material weakness in MDC's 2019 internal controls noted.
- Board appointed Eli Samaha (founder, Madison Avenue Partners) as director effective August 3, 2021.
- Samaha replaces Irwin Simon on Audit Committee; Rodney Slater replaces Charlene Barshefsky on Nominating Committee.
- Combination of MDC and Stagwell Media was consummated on August 2, 2021.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876883/000110465921102265/0001104659-21-102265-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876883/000110465921102265/tm2124550d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-102265

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