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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-116016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ULH"
cik: "0001308208"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:35:15.522593+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Logistics dismisses Grant Thornton as auditor; cites material weakness in internal controls

## Summary
- Dismissed Grant Thornton as independent auditor effective March 16, 2026 (10-K filing date).
- No disagreements on accounting principles during fiscal 2024 and 2025, and interim period.
- Previously disclosed material weakness in internal control over financial reporting noted as reportable event.
- Grant Thornton submitted a letter to SEC agreeing with the Company's disclosures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-116016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ULH
- cik: 0001308208
- company_name: UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1308208/000119312526116016/0001193125-26-116016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1308208/000119312526116016/ulh-20260313.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 105eae996ea3966cdedb61a25c8b5b7fba8d84c3
  claim: UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS HOLDINGS, INC. dismissed Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 13, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the dismissal of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon the Company’s filing of its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, which occurred on March 16, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1308208/000119312526116016/0001193125-26-116016-index.htm

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