---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-012921"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NEXT"
cik: "0001612720"
company_name: "NextDecade Corp"
filed_at: "2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T08:29:15.952289+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NextDecade dismisses Grant Thornton as auditor, appoints KPMG; prior reports included going concern note

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed Grant Thornton LLP on March 20, 2024 and appointed KPMG LLP for fiscal 2024.
- Grant Thornton had been auditor since 2018; 2023 and 2022 reports contained going concern explanatory paragraph due to recurring losses and negative cash flows.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred during the two most recent fiscal years and subsequent interim period.
- Grant Thornton’s response letter (Exhibit 16.1) is filed with the SEC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-012921
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NEXT
- cik: 0001612720
- company_name: NextDecade Corp
- filed_at: 2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000162828024012921/0001628280-24-012921-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000162828024012921/next-20240320.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-012921.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  NextDecade Corp engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  source text: On March 20, 2024, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of NextDecade Corporation (the “Company”) appointed KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, and on the same day voted to approve the dismissal of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as its independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000162828024012921/0001628280-24-012921-index.htm

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