---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-013358"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FATAQ"
cik: "0001705012"
company_name: "Fat Brands, Inc"
filed_at: "2023-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T19:06:06.566153+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FAT Brands' auditor Baker Tilly declines re-election for FY 2023; no disagreements reported

## Summary
- Baker Tilly will not stand for re-election for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2023.
- Baker Tilly's reports for FY 2022 and 2021 were unqualified; no adverse opinion.
- No disagreements or reportable events during the two most recent fiscal years and interim period.
- Successor auditor not yet named; audit committee to engage a new firm.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-013358
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FATAQ
- cik: 0001705012
- company_name: Fat Brands, Inc
- filed_at: 2023-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223013358/0001493152-23-013358-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223013358/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-013358.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Baker Tilly US, LLP resigned as auditor of Fat Brands, Inc.
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: Baker Tilly US, LLP
  source text: On April 18, 2023, Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker Tilly”) informed FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”) that Baker Tilly would not stand for re-election as the Company’s certifying accountant for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705012/000149315223013358/0001493152-23-013358-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.