secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC (ESE)
CIK:        0000866706
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-21-143568
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 4.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ESCO Technologies dismisses KPMG as auditor, appoints Grant Thornton for FY2022
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- Dismissed KPMG effective after completion of FY2021 audit; no disagreements on accounting principles.
- Appointed Grant Thornton as new independent auditor for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.
- KPMG's reports on FY2019 and FY2020 had explanatory paragraphs on adoption of ASC 606 and ASC 842.
- Material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2021 continued through Sept 30, 2021.
- Audit Committee approved change after competitive proposal process.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465921143568/0001104659-21-143568-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866706/000110465921143568/tm2133884d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-143568

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