---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001829126-24-000775"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AERT"
cik: "0001853044"
company_name: "Aeries Technology, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T07:18:01.734394+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aeries Technology dismisses Marcum as auditor, appoints KNAV effective Feb 1, 2024

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed Marcum LLP and appointed KNAV CPA LLP as independent auditor on Feb 1, 2024.
- Marcum's prior reports included a going concern explanatory paragraph for Aeries Technology.
- Change not due to any disagreement; material weakness in internal control over financial reporting previously disclosed.
- KNAV served as auditor for AARK (predecessor) and is familiar with the restatement of earnings per share disclosed in Dec 2023.
- Restatement corrected EPS and share count; driven by material weaknesses in segregation of duties and recording processes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001829126-24-000775
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AERT
- cik: 0001853044
- company_name: Aeries Technology, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-07T23:59:59+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/1853044/000182912624000775/0001829126-24-000775-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853044/000182912624000775/aeriestech_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Aeries Technology, Inc. dismissed Marcum LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Marcum LLP
  - Successor: KNAV CPA LLP
  source text: On February 1, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of Aeries Technology, Inc. (f/k/a Worldwide Webb Acquisition Corp., the “Company”) approved the dismissal of, and dismissed, Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of February 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853044/000182912624000775/0001829126-24-000775-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Aeries Technology, Inc. engaged KNAV CPA LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: KNAV CPA LLP
  source text: On February 1, 2024, the Audit Committee appointed KNAV CPA LLP (“KNAV”) as the successor independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853044/000182912624000775/0001829126-24-000775-index.htm

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