---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001653558-26-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRTH"
cik: "0001653558"
company_name: "Priority Technology Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T10:28:57.700031+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Priority Technology Holdings dismisses EY, appoints KPMG as new auditor; prior material weakness remediated

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed EY as independent auditor effective March 11, 2026.
- No disagreements between company and EY on accounting principles or audit scope.
- Reportable event: material weakness in internal controls over automated data transformation; subsequently remediated as of FY2025 10-K.
- KPMG engaged as new independent registered public accounting firm on March 11, 2026.
- EY's letter to SEC confirming agreement with disclosures is attached as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001653558-26-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRTH
- cik: 0001653558
- company_name: Priority Technology Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1653558/000165355826000070/0001653558-26-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653558/000165355826000070/prth-20260311.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001653558-26-000070
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001653558-26-000070.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 72b35d0798ae7f1059d9db86b68fa6050d6c0367
  claim: Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 11, 2026, KPMG LLP (“ KPMG ”) was engaged by the Audit Committee as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653558/000165355826000070/0001653558-26-000070-index.htm
- claim_id: a282e7a9217d607882ac56751b10830d8295690b
  claim: Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 11, 2026, the Audit Committee (the “ Audit Committee ”) of the Board of Directors of Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (the “ Company ”) approved the dismissal of Ernst & Young LLP (“ EY ”) as Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1653558/000165355826000070/0001653558-26-000070-index.htm

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