CytoDyn Inc 8-K, filed Sep 25, 2023
CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY)
About this 8-K
CytoDyn Inc filed this 8-K on September 25, 2023, reporting on events of September 19, 2023.
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.
On September 19, 2023, CytoDyn Inc. (the "Company") received notice from the Company’s current independent registered public accounting firm, Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP (“MGO”), informing the Company that MGO declined to stand for re-election as the Company’s fiscal year 2024 registered public accounting firm. The Company’s Audit Committee had considered, but had not formally taken action regarding, a change in the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to September 19, 2023.
The audit reports of MGO on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2022 and May 31, 2023, included in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K filed on August 15, 2022, and September 14, 2023, respectively, did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except for the expression, in MGO’s audit reports dated August 15, 2022, and September 14, 2023, that there was substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. During the fiscal years ended May 31, 2022 and May 31, 2023, as well as the subsequent interim period, there have been no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K), between the Company and MGO on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of MGO, would have caused MGO to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports.
Other than the material weaknesses described in MGO’s opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting dated August 15, 2022, that was included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2022, which report concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was ineffective as of that date, and as further described in Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023, in which the Company’s management concluded that, following remediation efforts during the 2023 fiscal year, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of May 31, 2023, there were no “reportable events” under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K that occurred or were identified during the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended May 31, 2022 and May 31, 2023, or during the subsequent interim period through September 19, 2023. The material weaknesses related to the accounting treatment of certain equity transactions and the design and operating effectiveness of the Company’s information technology general controls. See Part II, Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2023, for additional information regarding the material weaknesses.
The Company provided MGO with a copy of this current report prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and requested that MGO furnish a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not MGO agrees with the statements noted above. A copy of this letter, dated September 25, 2023, from MGO is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this current report.
The Company’s Audit Committee is in the process of selecting our new independent registered public accounting firm and will disclose the selection when made.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.
Exhibit Number Description
16.1 |
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| CYTODYN INC. | |
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Date: September 25, 2023 | By | /s/ Antonio Migliarese |
| | Antonio Migliarese |
| | Chief Financial Officer and Interim President |
Exhibit 16.1
September 25, 2023
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
We have been furnished with a copy of the response to Item 4.01 of Form 8-K for the event that occurred on September 19, 2023 to be filed by our former client, CytoDyn, Inc. We agree with the statements made in response to that Item insofar as they relate to our Firm. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements made in that Item.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP