---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-020146"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JSDA"
cik: "0001083522"
company_name: "JONES SODA CO."
filed_at: "2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T06:49:29.271321+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jones Soda dismisses Armanino, appoints BPB as new auditor after prior control restatement

## Summary
- On July 14, 2023, Jones Soda dismissed Armanino LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm with Audit Committee approval.
- Same day, it appointed Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs (BPB) as its new independent auditor.
- Armanino's reports for FY2022 and FY2021 were unqualified; no disagreements on accounting principles occurred.
- A reportable event: material weakness in controls over prepaid assets and short-term liabilities led to restatement of FY2021 and Q1/Q2 2022.
- Armanino furnished a letter agreeing with the Company's statements, filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-020146
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JSDA
- cik: 0001083522
- company_name: JONES SODA CO.
- filed_at: 2023-07-18T23:59:59+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/1083522/000143774923020146/0001437749-23-020146-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774923020146/jsda20230718_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  JONES SODA CO. engaged Berkowitz, Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Berkowitz, Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs
  source text: Additionally on July 14, 2023, through and with the approval of its Audit Committee, the Company appointed Berkowitz, Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs ("BPB") as its independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774923020146/0001437749-23-020146-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  JONES SODA CO. dismissed Armanino LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Armanino LLP
  source text: On July 14, 2023, through and with the approval of its Audit Committee, Jones Soda Co. (the "Company") dismissed Armanino LLP ("Armanino") as its independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1083522/000143774923020146/0001437749-23-020146-index.htm

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