PLBY 8-K
Playboy, Inc. (PLBY)
8-K
2026-03-31
For: 2026-03-26
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April 10, 2026
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 26, 2026
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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
On March 26, 2026, Playboy, Inc. (the “Company”), following the prior approval of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Audit Committee”), notified BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”) that it had been dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as of March 26, 2026. On March 31, 2026, following the prior approval of the Audit Committee, the Company engaged RSM US LLP (“RSM”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2025 and interim period through March 26, 2026, the Company did not have any disagreement with BDO on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreement, if not resolved to BDO’s satisfaction, would have caused BDO to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in their reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In addition, during the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2025 and through March 26, 2026, there were no “reportable events” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, except for the material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting as disclosed in Part II, Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2025, related to entity-level controls, general information technology controls, documentation of formal accounting policies, procedures and controls, design and implementation of management review controls and inventory related controls. Such material weaknesses have not been remediated as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K. BDO’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2025 did not contain any adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
The Company provided BDO with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and requested that BDO furnish it with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements in this Item 4.01. A copy of BDO’s letter, dated March 26, 2026, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
RSM previously provided tax services, including general tax advisory, tax compliance and tax provision preparation services, to the Company from 2022 through the first quarter of 2025.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period preceding the engagement of RSM, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with RSM with respect to: (i) 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 consolidated financial statements, and no written or oral advice of RSM was provided to the Company that was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the 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 related thereto), or any “reportable event” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: March 31, 2026 | PLAYBOY, INC. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Chris Riley | |||||||
| Name: | Chris Riley | |||||||
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||
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March 26, 2026
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 March 26, 2026, to be filed by our former client, Playboy, Inc. We agree with the statements made in response to that Item insofar as they relate to our firm.
Very truly yours,
/s/ BDO USA, P.C.