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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001813756-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001813756"
company_name: "WeWork Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:03:39.655322+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WeWork appoints Grant Thornton as new independent auditor during Chapter 11

## Summary
- Prior auditor declined reappointment after Chapter 11 filing; no disagreements.
- Audit Committee approved Grant Thornton engagement on April 3, 2024, subject to Bankruptcy Court final approval.
- GT to audit fiscal years ended Dec 31, 2023 and 2024 effective immediately.
- WeWork operates as debtor-in-possession under jurisdiction of New Jersey Bankruptcy Court.
- No prior consultations with GT on accounting or audit matters before appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001813756-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001813756
- company_name: WeWork Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1813756/000181375624000014/0001813756-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1813756/000181375624000014/we-20240403.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001813756-24-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001813756-24-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001813756-24-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  WeWork Inc. engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: On April 03, 2024 , following approval by the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors and subject to final approval by the Bankruptcy Court, the Company engaged Grant Thornton LLP (“ GT ”) as its independent certified public accountant to perform an audit pursuant to the standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1813756/000181375624000014/0001813756-24-000014-index.htm

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