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accession: "0001104659-23-126869"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001657312"
company_name: "Verona Pharma plc"
filed_at: "2023-12-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T11:19:41.503970+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verona Pharma dismisses PwC, appoints EY as auditor subject to 2024 AGM vote

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed PwC on Dec 14, 2023; approved EY engagement for FY 2024 subject to shareholder appointment at 2024 AGM.
- No disagreements or reportable events between Verona and PwC during FY 2021-2022 and interim period through Dec 14, 2023.
- PwC's reports on FY 2022 and FY 2021 financial statements were unqualified, containing no adverse opinion or modification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-126869
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001657312
- company_name: Verona Pharma plc
- filed_at: 2023-12-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1657312/000110465923126869/0001104659-23-126869-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1657312/000110465923126869/tm2333000d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-126869.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Verona Pharma plc engaged Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  source text: approved the engagement of Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1657312/000110465923126869/0001104659-23-126869-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Verona Pharma plc dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  - Successor: Ernst & Young LLP
  source text: dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") and approved the engagement of Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1657312/000110465923126869/0001104659-23-126869-index.htm

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