---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-076898"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZDGE"
cik: "0001667313"
company_name: "Zedge, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T10:56:58.772457+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zedge replaces auditor Friedman LLP with Marcum LLP after Friedman's merger into Marcum; no disagreements reported

## Summary
- Effective Nov 28, 2022, Zedge engaged Marcum LLP as independent auditor for FY ending July 31, 2023, replacing Friedman LLP.
- Friedman had been appointed Jan 25, 2022 and ceased after its combination with Marcum (effective Sep 1, 2022).
- No adverse opinions or disagreements existed during Friedman's tenure; reports were unqualified.
- No consultations with Marcum on accounting issues prior to engagement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-076898
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZDGE
- cik: 0001667313
- company_name: Zedge, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1667313/000121390022076898/0001213900-22-076898-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1667313/000121390022076898/ea169514-8k_zedgeinc.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Zedge, Inc. dismissed Friedman LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Friedman LLP
  - Successor: Marcum LLP
  source text: n Registrant’s Certifying Accountant (a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Based on information provided by Friedman LLP (“Friedman”), the independent registered public accounting firm of Zedge, Inc. (the “Company”), effective September 1, 2022, Friedman combined with Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) and continued to operate as an independent registered public accounting firm as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marcum. Friedman was appointed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm on January 25, 2022, and continued to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm through November 28, 2022. On November 28, 2022, at the recommendation of the Company’s Audit Committee, Marcum was engaged to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023, effectiv
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1667313/000121390022076898/0001213900-22-076898-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Zedge, Inc. engaged Marcum LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Marcum LLP
  source text: On November 28, 2022, at the recommendation of the Company’s Audit Committee, Marcum was engaged to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1667313/000121390022076898/0001213900-22-076898-index.htm

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