---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-024717"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMI"
cik: "0000102729"
company_name: "VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T18:30:38.819906+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valmont dismisses Deloitte, appoints KPMG as auditor for FY2026

## Summary
- Deloitte & Touche dismissed as independent auditor effective March 3, 2026.
- KPMG appointed subject to completion of client acceptance and engagement letter.
- No disagreements or reportable events with Deloitte during fiscal 2024 or 2025.
- Deloitte's audit reports for 2024 and 2025 were unqualified, no adverse opinions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-024717
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMI
- cik: 0000102729
- company_name: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926024717/0001104659-26-024717-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926024717/tm267996d1_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3dd8ea7004f5e9c3308bb7473b4654b91fad4064
  claim: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: ̈ Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant (a) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On March 3, 2026, following the conclusion of a process managed by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Valmont Industries, Inc. (“the Company”), the Audit Committee approved the appointment of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm beginning with the year ending December 26, 2026 and related interim periods, subject to the completion of KPMG’s customary client acceptance procedures and the execution of an engagement letter. During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 27,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926024717/0001104659-26-024717-index.htm
- claim_id: ace17e042977dea888078a26930a68aaa6b9f99e
  claim: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: (b) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On March 3, 2026, the Audit Committee dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926024717/0001104659-26-024717-index.htm

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