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accession: "0001642545-24-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001642545"
company_name: "Shockwave Medical, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:35:58.380614+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shockwave Medical dismisses EY as auditor, appoints PwC for FY2024

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed Ernst & Young as independent auditor on Feb 27, 2024; no accounting disagreements noted.
- Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as successor auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2024, subject to client acceptance.
- Dismissal related to previously reported material weakness in internal controls over acquisition of Neovasc Inc.
- EY's letter agreeing with disclosures filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001642545-24-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001642545
- company_name: Shockwave Medical, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1642545/000164254524000071/0001642545-24-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642545/000164254524000071/gnw-20240227.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Shockwave Medical, Inc. engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  source text: On February 27, 2024, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of PwC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, subject to the completion of PwC’s client acceptance procedures.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642545/000164254524000071/0001642545-24-000071-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Shockwave Medical, Inc. dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  - Successor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  source text: dismissed Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642545/000164254524000071/0001642545-24-000071-index.htm

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