AIRI 8-K
Air Industries Group (AIRI)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
On April 16, 2025, Air Industries Group (the “Company”) was notified by Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) that Marcum resigned as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm. On November 1 2024, CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ CPAs”) acquired the attest business of Marcum. On April 17, 2025, following the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, CBIZ CPAs was engaged, effectively immediately, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
During the two years ended December 31, 2024 and through the date Marcum informed the Company of their resignation, neither the Company nor anyone on the Company’s behalf consulted with CBIZ CPAs regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific completed or contemplated transaction or regarding the type of audit opinion that might be rendered by CBIZ CPAs on the Company’s financial statements, and CBIZ CPAs did not provide any written or oral advice that was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any such accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Marcum’s reports on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 did not contain any adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles except, the reports for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, included an explanatory paragraph relating to substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and through the date on which Marcum advised the Company of their resignation (i) there were no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K and related instructions) with Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to Marcum’s satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference thereto in their reports on the Company’s financial statements for such periods, and (ii) there were no reportable events (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) except for the material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as reported in Part II, Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025, related to the Company: (1) not designing and/or implementing primary user access controls and program change management systems over key IT systems to validate that data produced by the relevant IT systems were complete and accurate and to ensure appropriate segregation of duties to adequately restrict user and privileged access to the financially relevant systems and data to the Company’s personnel, and (2) was unable to verify and validate the effectiveness of the vendor’s control procedures when implementing changes to its IT systems, including systems affecting its financial IT applications and underlying data account records.
Prior to the filing of this Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, a copy was provided to Marcum and the Company requested that Marcum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, stating whether or not it agrees with the statements contained herein. A copy of Marcum’s letter, dated April 21, 2025, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 16.1 | Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission from Marcum LLP dated April 21, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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.
Dated: April 21, 2025
| AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP | ||
| By: | /s/ Scott Glassman | |
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Scott Glassman Chief Financial Officer | ||
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Exhibit 16.1
April 21, 2025
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Commissioners:
We have read the statements made by Air Industries Group under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated April 16, 2025. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K; we are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements of Air Industries Group contained therein.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Marcum llp
Marcum llp