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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-031528"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001802546"
company_name: "KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T00:08:40.308641+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kona Gold Beverage auditor resigns; Q2 filing deficient without audit review

## Summary
- Weinberg & Company resigned as independent auditor on August 21, 2023, effective immediately.
- Prior audit reports for 2021 and 2022 contained no adverse opinions or modifications.
- Company's June 30, 2023 10-Q was not reviewed by auditor, making it deficient under Exchange Act Section 13.
- Company states no current plan to remedy deficiency; will file amended report when reviewed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-031528
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001802546
- company_name: KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802546/000149315223031528/0001493152-23-031528-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802546/000149315223031528/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-031528
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-031528.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-031528.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Weinberg & Company, P.A. resigned as auditor of KONA GOLD BEVERAGE, INC..
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: Weinberg & Company, P.A.
  source text: On August 21, 2023, Kona Gold Beverages, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Audit Committee (the “Committee”) was notified by Weinberg & Company, P.A. (“Weinberg”) of its resignation as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802546/000149315223031528/0001493152-23-031528-index.htm

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