---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-022481"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLBY"
cik: "0001803914"
company_name: "Playboy, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:12:47.943231+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Playboy dismisses BDO as auditor, engages RSM; cites unremediated material weaknesses

## Summary
- Dismissed BDO as independent auditor on March 26, 2026; engaged RSM on March 31, 2026.
- No disagreements with BDO on accounting principles or audit scope in recent fiscal years.
- BDO reports for FY2024 and FY2025 were unqualified; no adverse opinion or disclaimer.
- Material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting remain unremediated as of filing.
- RSM previously provided tax services to Playboy from 2022 through Q1 2025; no prior audit consultations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-022481
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLBY
- cik: 0001803914
- company_name: Playboy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803914/000162828026022481/0001628280-26-022481-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803914/000162828026022481/ply-20260326.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-022481
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-022481.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-022481.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 28fa99daaba4a98a9e1bfdfa152f261b3243c819
  claim: Playboy, Inc. engaged RSM US LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 31, 2026, following the prior approval of the Audit Committee, the Company engaged RSM US LLP (“RSM”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803914/000162828026022481/0001628280-26-022481-index.htm
- claim_id: 70376a4abf285d78730afd91b92c2be7884db5e9
  claim: Playboy, Inc. dismissed BDO USA, P.C. as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 26, 2026, Playboy, Inc. (the “Company”), following the prior approval of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Audit Committee”), notified BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”) that it had been dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as of March 26, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1803914/000162828026022481/0001628280-26-022481-index.htm

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