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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-033866"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001316517"
company_name: "Kandi Technologies Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T06:17:40.483436+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kandi Technologies replaces auditor Kreit & Chiu with ARK Pro CPA & Co.

## Summary
- Audit committee terminated Kreit & Chiu CPA LLP on April 24, 2023; no adverse opinions or disagreements in FY2021-2022.
- Engagement of ARK Pro CPA & Co. as new independent registered public accounting firm approved same day.
- No prior consultations with ARK on accounting principles or reportable events in the past two fiscal years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-033866
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001316517
- company_name: Kandi Technologies Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+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/1316517/000121390023033866/0001213900-23-033866-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1316517/000121390023033866/ea177585-8k_kanditechno.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. dismissed Kreit & Chiu CPA LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Kreit & Chiu CPA LLP
  - Successor: ARK Pro CPA & Co.
  source text: he engagement of Kreit & Chiu CPA LLP (“ K&C ”) (formerly known as Paris, Kreit & Chiu CPA LLP) serving as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The termination of the engagement of K&C was approved by the Company’s audit committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1316517/000121390023033866/0001213900-23-033866-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. engaged ARK Pro CPA & Co. as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: ARK Pro CPA & Co.
  source text: udit committee approved the engagement of ARK Pro CPA & Co. (“ARK”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1316517/000121390023033866/0001213900-23-033866-index.htm

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