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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001851734-22-000621"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FTLF"
cik: "0001374328"
company_name: "FITLIFE BRANDS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:54:52.112819+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FitLife Brands dismisses auditor Weaver and Tidwell; cites restatements and material weaknesses

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed Weaver and Tidwell effective Oct 14, 2022; no disagreements on accounting principles.
- Reportable event: Company restated financial statements for 2019-2021 due to errors in revenue recognition, inventory, and AR.
- Material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting were identified and disclosed in prior filings.
- Successor accountant had been engaged per a separate 8-K filed Oct 7, 2022; former auditor provided a letter to the SEC.
- Weaver and Tidwell's letter agreeing with disclosures is attached as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001851734-22-000621
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FTLF
- cik: 0001374328
- company_name: FITLIFE BRANDS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1374328/000185173422000621/0001851734-22-000621-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1374328/000185173422000621/ftlf20221017_8k.htm

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