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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-128237"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XBP"
cik: "0001839530"
company_name: "XBP Global Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T09:21:17.081477+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# XBP Europe replaces auditor Withum with UHY; terminates SVP David Jones with €50K settlement

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed WithumSmith+Brown and engaged UHY as auditor for FY2023, effective Dec 20, 2023.
- No disagreements or reportable events with Withum; prior reports included going-concern explanatory paragraph.
- David W. Jones, SVP of Business Strategy at subsidiary Exela, terminated by mutual agreement effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Jones receives one-time payment of €50,000 plus accrued unused vacation, subject to withholdings.
- Settlement includes release of claims, confidentiality, non-competition, and non-solicitation covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-128237
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XBP
- cik: 0001839530
- company_name: XBP Global Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839530/000110465923128237/0001104659-23-128237-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839530/000110465923128237/tm2333312d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  XBP Global Holdings, Inc. dismissed WithumSmith+Brown, PC as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: WithumSmith+Brown, PC
  - Successor: UHY LLP
  source text: dismissed WithumSmith+Brown, PC ("Withum") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, effective December 20, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839530/000110465923128237/0001104659-23-128237-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  XBP Global Holdings, Inc. engaged UHY LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: UHY LLP
  source text: approved the engagement of UHY LLP ("UHY") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, effective December 20, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1839530/000110465923128237/0001104659-23-128237-index.htm

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