---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-125824"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNOW"
cik: "0001599617"
company_name: "DNOW Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T14:23:14.292163+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DNOW appoints KPMG as auditor for FY2025, dismisses EY after competitive review

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved KPMG as independent auditor for fiscal 2025; EY dismissed effective May 21, 2025.
- No adverse opinions, disagreements, or reportable events between DNOW and EY during 2024 and 2023.
- No consultations with KPMG on accounting principles or audit scope prior to appointment.
- Change follows a competitive selection process conducted by the Audit Committee.
- EY provided a letter to the SEC dated May 22, 2025, agreeing with the company's disclosures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-125824
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNOW
- cik: 0001599617
- company_name: DNOW Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-23T23:59:59+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/1599617/000119312525125824/0001193125-25-125824-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1599617/000119312525125824/d921545d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  DNOW Inc. dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  - Successor: KPMG LLP
  source text: the Committee approved the dismissal of Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and the Company informed EY of such dismissal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1599617/000119312525125824/0001193125-25-125824-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  DNOW Inc. engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  source text: the Committee approved the appointment of KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1599617/000119312525125824/0001193125-25-125824-index.htm

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