---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001505155-26-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPLD"
cik: "0001505155"
company_name: "Upland Software, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T12:31:16.255890+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Upland Software dismisses EY as auditor, appoints KPMG for FY2026

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed EY effective March 9, 2026, and appointed KPMG for fiscal year 2026.
- KPMG appointment subject to completion of client acceptance procedures and engagement letter.
- No disagreements with EY on accounting principles, audit scope, or financial statement disclosure.
- EY's reports on 2024 and 2025 financial statements were unqualified and not modified as to uncertainty.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001505155-26-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPLD
- cik: 0001505155
- company_name: Upland Software, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-13T23:59:59+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/1505155/000150515526000009/0001505155-26-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1505155/000150515526000009/upld-20260309.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 91d3206fcf5d46d45acd948f7e02e776b4759247
  claim: Upland Software, Inc. engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 9, 2026, upon the completion of a comprehensive selection process, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Upland Software, Inc. (the “Company”) approved (1) the dismissal of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately, and (2) the appointment of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, and related interim periods, subject to the completion of KPMG’s customary client acceptance procedures and the execution of an engagement letter. The Company informed EY of their dismissal on March 10, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1505155/000150515526000009/0001505155-26-000009-index.htm
- claim_id: a489345705a794d45b7d7c32d36f874e1f888c21
  claim: Upland Software, Inc. dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: (the “Company”) approved (1) the dismissal of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately, and (2) the appointment of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, and related interim periods, subject to the completion of KPMG’s customary client acceptance procedures and the execution of an engagement letter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1505155/000150515526000009/0001505155-26-000009-index.htm

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