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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-024531"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001063537"
company_name: "RiceBran Technologies"
filed_at: "2023-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T04:38:00.200353+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RiceBran Technologies dismisses RSM US, appoints Withum as auditor

## Summary
- Appointed Withum Smith+Brown as new independent auditor on August 21, 2023.
- Dismissed RSM US LLP as auditor effective August 21, 2023; no disagreements or adverse reports in prior years.
- RSM served as auditor for fiscal years 2021 and 2022; no reportable events occurred through June 30, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-024531
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001063537
- company_name: RiceBran Technologies
- filed_at: 2023-08-23T23:59:59+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/1063537/000143774923024531/0001437749-23-024531-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063537/000143774923024531/ribt20230823_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024531
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024531.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-024531.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  RiceBran Technologies dismissed RSM US LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: RSM US LLP
  - Successor: Withum Smith+Brown, PC
  source text: Simultaneously with the appointment of Withum, on August 21, 2023, RSM US LLP ("RSM") was dismissed as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063537/000143774923024531/0001437749-23-024531-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  RiceBran Technologies engaged Withum Smith+Brown, PC as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Withum Smith+Brown, PC
  source text: On August 21, 2023, Withum Smith+Brown, PC ("Withum") was appointed as the new independent registered public accounting firm for RiceBran Technologies (the "Company").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1063537/000143774923024531/0001437749-23-024531-index.htm

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