---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001116463-23-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OSUR"
cik: "0001116463"
company_name: "ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T17:43:32.073127+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OraSure replaces KPMG with Grant Thornton as auditor; discloses material weakness

## Summary
- KPMG dismissed after 2023 audit completion; Grant Thornton appointed for FY2024, effective upon dismissal.
- No disagreements with KPMG on accounting principles; only reportable event is a material weakness in customer pricing/internal control over revenue recognition.
- Material weakness identified in Q3 2023; financial statements for nine months ended Sept 30, 2023 not misstated.
- KPMG authorized to respond to Grant Thornton inquiries regarding the material weakness.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001116463-23-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OSUR
- cik: 0001116463
- company_name: ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1116463/000111646323000028/0001116463-23-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1116463/000111646323000028/osur-20231129.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES INC dismissed KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  - Successor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: As a result of this process, on November 29, 2023, the Company notified KPMG that it will dismiss KPMG, which is currently serving as the Company's independent auditors, upon completion of their audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, and the issuance of their reports thereon.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1116463/000111646323000028/0001116463-23-000028-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES INC engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: The Committee and the Board approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP (" GT ") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, which will become effective immediately upon the dismissal of KPMG.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1116463/000111646323000028/0001116463-23-000028-index.htm

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