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accession: "0001213900-24-034540"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001811109"
company_name: "Applied UV, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T16:36:09.455053+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied UV auditor Mazars to resign effective Q1 10-Q filing; going concern noted

## Summary
- Mazars notified Applied UV on April 17, 2024, will cease as auditor by May 31, 2024.
- Company expects to engage new independent auditor before the resignation effective date.
- No disagreements or reportable events with Mazars during fiscal 2022 and 2023.
- Mazars' audit reports for 2022 and 2023 included a going concern explanatory paragraph.
- Letter from Mazars agreeing with disclosures filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-034540
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001811109
- company_name: Applied UV, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811109/000121390024034540/0001213900-24-034540-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811109/000121390024034540/ea0204313-8k_applieduv.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Mazars USA LLP resigned as auditor of Applied UV, Inc..
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: Mazars USA LLP
  source text: ccountant On April 17, 2024, Mazars USA LLP (“Mazars”) advised Applied UV, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), that Mazars will cease to act as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective with the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2024 and no later than May 31, 2024. The Company expects to engage a new independent registered public accounting firm prior to the effective date of the Mazars resignation. Mazars’ audit reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 did not contain an adverse
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811109/000121390024034540/0001213900-24-034540-index.htm

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