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8-K filed January 21, 2026, 6:59 PM ET ticker WKHS CIK 0001425287
other material confidence high sentiment negative materiality 0.55

Workhorse Group Inc. (WKHS): auditor change — Workhorse Group dismisses auditor BPB, appoints CRI; material weaknesses in internal controls remain unremediated

Workhorse Group Inc.

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Auditor Changes SEC 8-K Item 4.01/4.02 confidence 0.9

Workhorse Group Inc. engaged Carr, Riggs & Ingram, L.L.C. as its auditor.

Action
engagement
Auditor
Carr, Riggs & Ingram, L.L.C.
Exact text from the filing
The Company has been notified that Carr, Riggs & Ingram, L.L.C. (“CRI”) acquired, effective as of January 1, 2026, certain assets related to the capital markets practice of BPB. On January 21, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company simultaneously dismissed BPB as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm and approved the appointment of CRI as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
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Auditor Changes SEC 8-K Item 4.01/4.02 confidence 0.9

Workhorse Group Inc. dismissed Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs, LLP as its auditor.

Action
dismissal
Auditor
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs, LLP
Successor
Carr, Riggs & Ingram, L.L.C.
Exact text from the filing
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs, LLP (“BPB”) served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to completion of the Merger and CBIZ served as Motiv’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to the Merger. The Company has been notified that Carr, Riggs & Ingram, L.L.C. (“CRI”) acquired, effective as of January 1, 2026, certain assets related to the capital markets practice of BPB. On January 21, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company simultaneously dismissed BPB as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm and approved the appointment of CRI as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
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