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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828852-23-000104"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001828852"
company_name: "Mondee Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T11:13:18.070488+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mondee dismisses KNAV as auditor, appoints Deloitte; discloses material weaknesses in internal controls

## Summary
- Auditor changed from KNAV P.A. to Deloitte & Touche LLP effective July 6, 2023.
- Material weaknesses identified: improper segregation of duties, inadequate IT controls, and accounting for complex financial instruments.
- No disagreements with KNAV; prior financial statements for 2022 were unqualified.
- KNAV's letter to SEC regarding the dismissal is attached as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828852-23-000104
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001828852
- company_name: Mondee Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828852/000182885223000104/0001828852-23-000104-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828852/000182885223000104/mond-20230706.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Mondee Holdings, Inc. engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
  source text: On July 6, 2023, the Audit Committee approved, and the Board ratified, the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP (the “ New Auditor ”) and appointed the New Auditor as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm as of July 6, 2023 to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828852/000182885223000104/0001828852-23-000104-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Mondee Holdings, Inc. dismissed KNAV P.A. as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: KNAV P.A.
  - Successor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
  source text: (a) Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm. On July 6, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “ Audit Committee ”) of Mondee Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the " Company ") approved, and the Board of Directors of the Company (the " Board ") ratified, the dismissal of KNAV P.A. (the “ Former Auditor ”) as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828852/000182885223000104/0001828852-23-000104-index.htm

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