secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lightning eMotors, Inc. (—)
CIK:        0001802749
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001802749-24-000004
Event type: other
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 4.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lightning eMotors auditor Grant Thornton resigns after receivership and board resignation
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- Grant Thornton LLP resigned as independent auditor on Jan 5, 2024, after Lightning eMotors was placed under receivership and its board resigned on Dec 15, 2023.
- Resignation was not due to any disagreements on accounting principles, financial statement disclosure, or audit scope.
- Prior audit reports for FY2022 included an explanatory paragraph emphasizing substantial doubt about going concern due to accumulated deficit and cash used in operations.
- Company provided a copy of disclosures to Grant Thornton; a letter from the firm (Exhibit 16.1) is filed with the SEC.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274924000004/0001802749-24-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274924000004/zev-20240105.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802749-24-000004

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