AKUMIN INC.: auditor change — Akumin dismisses EY, appoints Deloitte as auditor effective Aug 9, 2023

(the “Company”) dismissed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. EY audited the Company’s financial statements for each of the past two fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and EY’s reports did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the subsequent interim periods through to the date of EY’s dismissal, there were no (i) “disagreements” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K between the Company and EY on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of EY, would have caused EY to make reference to the subje

The Audit Committee approved the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) to be engaged as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of August 9, 2023, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.