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accession: "0001104659-24-037365"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001413837"
company_name: "First Foundation Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T09:47:30.945645+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Foundation appoints Crowe LLP as new auditor for FY 2024

## Summary
- Crowe LLP appointed as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
- Prior auditor Eide Bailly declined reappointment, citing exit from financial institution audit practice.
- No consultations with Crowe prior to appointment regarding matters required under Item 304(a)(2) of Regulation S-K.
- Eide Bailly will continue to review the Company's interim financial statements for the quarter ending March 31, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-037365
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001413837
- company_name: First Foundation Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413837/000110465924037365/0001104659-24-037365-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413837/000110465924037365/tm249403d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-037365.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  First Foundation Inc. engaged Crowe LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Crowe LLP
  source text: On March 19, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of First Foundation Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1413837/000110465924037365/0001104659-24-037365-index.htm

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