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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-291670"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBRX"
cik: "0001419041"
company_name: "Forte Biosciences, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:30:32.533877+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forte Biosciences appoints KPMG as new independent auditor for FY2023

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2023.
- Prior auditor Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. (MHM) declined reappointment on July 31, 2023.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred during previous fiscal years or interim period through Dec 4, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-291670
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBRX
- cik: 0001419041
- company_name: Forte Biosciences, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-08T23:59:59+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/1419041/000119312523291670/0001193125-23-291670-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419041/000119312523291670/d590309d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-291670.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Forte Biosciences, Inc. engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  source text: On December 4, 2023, the Audit Committee approved the appointment of KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1419041/000119312523291670/0001193125-23-291670-index.htm

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