---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-020416"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLNK"
cik: "0001429764"
company_name: "Blink Charging Co."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T15:11:46.607513+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blink Charging dismisses Marcum as auditor; appoints Grant Thornton

## Summary
- Marcum LLP dismissed as independent auditor on May 14, 2024; no disagreements on accounting principles or practices.
- Marcum's report on internal controls over financial reporting as of Dec 31, 2023 contained an adverse opinion.
- Grant Thornton LLP appointed as new independent auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2024, effective May 14.
- Previous material weaknesses include change management, access controls, and management review controls over intangible assets and goodwill.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-020416
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLNK
- cik: 0001429764
- company_name: Blink Charging Co.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1429764/000149315224020416/0001493152-24-020416-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315224020416/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-020416.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Blink Charging Co. engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: On May 14, 2024, the Committee approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, effective May 14, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315224020416/0001493152-24-020416-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Blink Charging Co. dismissed Marcum LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Marcum LLP
  - Successor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: On May 14, 2024, the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the dismissal of Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective May 14, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315224020416/0001493152-24-020416-index.htm

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