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accession: "0001213900-23-096911"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000914712"
company_name: "Steel Connect, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T11:02:45.080943+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Steel Connect dismisses BDO, appoints Deloitte as new auditor effective Dec 14

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed BDO USA, P.C. as principal accountant effective December 14, 2023.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred during fiscal years 2023 and 2022 or the interim period.
- Audit committee approved engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP as new auditor, subject to client acceptance.
- BDO's reports on financial statements for fiscal years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022 were unqualified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-096911
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000914712
- company_name: Steel Connect, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914712/000121390023096911/0001213900-23-096911-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914712/000121390023096911/ea190058-8k_steelcon.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Steel Connect, Inc. dismissed BDO USA, P.C. as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: BDO USA, P.C.
  source text: approved the dismissal of BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”), an independent registered public accounting firm, as its principal accountant, effective on December 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914712/000121390023096911/0001213900-23-096911-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Steel Connect, Inc. engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
  source text: the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), an independent registered public accounting firm, as its principal accountant to audit the Company’s financial statements.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/914712/000121390023096911/0001213900-23-096911-index.htm

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