{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001493152-23-042295","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"DFLI","cik":"0001847986","company_name":"Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp.","filed_at":"2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:31.020168+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-07T22:51:15.241077+00:00","sec_items":["4.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.7,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.7,"confidence":"high","headline":"Dragonfly Energy dismisses auditor BDO, appoints Marcum; BDO flagged going concern","bullets":["Audit Committee dismissed BDO as independent auditor on November 15, 2023.","BDO's audit report for FY 2022 included an explanatory paragraph about substantial doubt on going concern.","Company had previously disclosed material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting.","Marcum LLP appointed as new independent auditor for FY 2023, subject to client acceptance."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-042295","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-042295.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-042295.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-042295.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847986/000149315223042295/0001493152-23-042295-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847986/000149315223042295/form8-k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-07T22:51:15.241077+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"3060e1c60457959d345638c7347987db747bd701","claim":"Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. dismissed BDO USA, LLP (n/k/a BDO USA, P.C.) as its auditor.","evidence_excerpt":"ismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On November 15, 2023, the Audit Committee (the “ Audit Committee ”) of the Board of Directors of Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (the “ Company ”) dismissed BDO USA, LLP (n/k/a BDO USA, P.C.) (“ BDO ”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. BDO had served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm from October 7, 2022 through the period ended September 30, 2023. BDO’s audit report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for the years then ended did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except for BDO’s report for the year ended December 31, 2022, which contained an explanatory paragraph regarding the substantial doubt about the C","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 4.01/4.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847986/000149315223042295/0001493152-23-042295-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Auditor Changes","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"dismissal"},{"label":"Auditor","value":"BDO USA, LLP (n/k/a BDO USA, P.C.)"},{"label":"Successor","value":"Marcum LLP"}],"fact_type":"auditor_change"},{"claim_id":"3b82aabb6d4cc2eae32ca8b44f4f01b16831a7c5","claim":"Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. engaged Marcum LLP as its auditor.","evidence_excerpt":"upervise and review the work completed by specialist engaged by the Company; (iv) designing and implementing controls to ensure the accuracy of period-end inventory count procedures to ensure proper financial reporting; and (v) designing and implementing control procedures to ensure the accuracy of the financial statements to the underlying accounting records and ensure the completeness of required disclosure. This reportable event was discussed among the Company’s management, the Audit Committee and BDO. BDO has been authorized by the Company to respond fully to the inquiries of Marcum LLP (“ Marcum ”), the successor accountant, including concerning this reportable event. The Company provided BDO with a copy of this report prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) and requested that BDO furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating wh","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 4.01/4.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847986/000149315223042295/0001493152-23-042295-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Auditor Changes","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"engagement"},{"label":"Auditor","value":"Marcum LLP"}],"fact_type":"auditor_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}