---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001462120-24-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOB"
cik: "0001462120"
company_name: "Live Oak Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T10:22:16.772469+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Oak Bancshares appoints KPMG as auditor, replacing Forvis Mazars

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved KPMG as independent auditor for 2024 on August 6, 2024.
- Forvis Mazars was dismissed same day; no disagreements or reportable events in prior audits.
- Forvis Mazars' 2023 and 2022 audit reports were unqualified and not modified.
- No prior consultation with KPMG on accounting principles or audit matters.
- Forvis Mazars agreed with the 8-K disclosures via letter filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001462120-24-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOB
- cik: 0001462120
- company_name: Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1462120/000146212024000056/0001462120-24-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1462120/000146212024000056/lob-20240806.htm

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