ACRES Commercial Realty Corp 8-K, filed Apr 26, 2024
ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. (ACR)
About this 8-K
ACRES Commercial Realty Corp filed this 8-K on April 26, 2024, reporting on events of April 23, 2024.
Items reported
- Item 4.01: Change of auditor
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
(a) Dismissal of Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On April 23, 2024, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. (the “Company”) determined to dismiss Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon filing the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The dismissal is not related to any disagreements with Grant Thornton on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure.
The reports of Grant Thornton on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, as well as the subsequent interim periods through the date of this report, there were no disagreements within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K between the Company and Grant Thornton on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, any of which, if not resolved to Grant Thornton’s satisfaction, would have caused Grant Thornton to make reference thereto in their reports. Additionally, during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, as well as the subsequent interim periods through the date of this report, there were no “reportable events” (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
The Company provided Grant Thornton with a copy of the disclosures it is making in this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that Grant Thornton furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made herein and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of such letter provided by Grant Thornton, dated April 26, 2024, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto.
(b) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On April 23, 2024, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, effective upon filing the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, as well as the subsequent interim periods through the date of this report, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with EY regarding any of the matters described in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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ACRES COMMERCIAL REALTY CORP. |
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April 26, 2024 |
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/s/ Eldron C. Blackwell |
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Eldron C. Blackwell |
April 26, 2024
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of the Chief Accountant
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Re: ACRES Commercial Realty Corp.
File No. 001-32733
Dear Sir or Madam:
We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K of ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. dated April 26, 2024, and agree with the statements concerning our Firm contained therein.
Very truly yours,
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP