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Issuer:     AMES NATIONAL CORP (ATLO)
CIK:        0001132651
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-020342
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 4.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ames National auditor CLA to decline reappointment after 2022 audit; company to select new auditor for 2023
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- CLA informed company on Aug 8, 2022, it will not stand for reappointment after 2022 audit due to ceasing certain audit services.
- Audit committee initiated process to select a new independent auditor for the 2023 audit cycle.
- No disagreements or reportable events existed during 2020, 2021, or through Aug 8, 2022.
- CLA's audit reports for 2020 and 2021 were unqualified and not modified.
- CLA provided a letter agreeing with the disclosure, attached as Exhibit 16.1.

Source:
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-020342

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