---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001865107-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKA"
cik: "0001865107"
company_name: "A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP."
filed_at: "2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T21:43:58.809345+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# a.k.a. Brands replaces PwC Australia with PwC USA as auditor; material weaknesses previously disclosed

## Summary
- PwC Australia resigned as independent auditor effective March 11, 2024; no adverse opinions or disagreements in prior reports.
- Company engaged PwC USA as new auditor on March 14, 2024, approved by Audit Committee.
- Material weaknesses in internal controls (entity-level design and segregation of duties) previously reported remain; remediation ongoing.
- No consultations with PwC USA prior to engagement regarding accounting principles or audit opinions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001865107-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKA
- cik: 0001865107
- company_name: A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP.
- filed_at: 2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510724000014/0001865107-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510724000014/aka-20240311.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP. engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a Delaware limited partnership ("PwC USA") as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a Delaware limited partnership ("PwC USA")
  source text: On March 14, 2024, the Company engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a Delaware limited partnership (“PwC USA”), as its new independent registered public accounting firm upon the approval of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through March 14, 2024, the effective date of the Company’s engagement of PwC USA, the Company did not consult with PwC USA regarding the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements, or any of the matters or events s
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510724000014/0001865107-24-000014-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  PricewaterhouseCoopers, an Australian partnership ("PwC Australia") resigned as auditor of A.K.A. BRANDS HOLDING CORP..
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers, an Australian partnership ("PwC Australia")
  - Successor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a Delaware limited partnership ("PwC USA")
  source text: On March 11, 2024 (the "Resignation Date"), PricewaterhouseCoopers, an Australian partnership ("PwC Australia"), informed a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (the "Company") of PwC Australia’s resignation as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865107/000186510724000014/0001865107-24-000014-index.htm

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