secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Certara, Inc. (CERT)
CIK:        0001827090
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-22-004739
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 4.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Certara dismisses auditor CohnReznick, engages RSM after adverse internal control opinion for FY2021
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- Audit Committee approved dismissal of CohnReznick effective upon filing Q1 2022 10-Q; RSM engaged for FY2022 subject to acceptance.
- CohnReznick's audit reports for FY2021 and FY2020 were unqualified except for change in lease accounting (ASC 842).
- Reportable event: CohnReznick issued adverse opinion on internal control over financial reporting for FY2021 due to material weakness.
- Material weakness involved IT general controls over cloud-based software for project setup and customer time submissions.
- No disagreements on accounting principles or audit scope; material weakness was discussed with Audit Committee.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000155837022004739/0001558370-22-004739-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827090/000155837022004739/cert-20220324x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-004739

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