Serve Robotics Inc 8-K, filed Mar 6, 2025
Serve Robotics Inc. (SERV)
About this 8-K
Serve Robotics Inc filed this 8-K on March 6, 2025, reporting on events of March 4, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 1.02: Ended a material agreement
- Item 4.01: Change of auditor
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 1.02. Termination of Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 5, 2025, Serve Robotics Inc. (the “Company”) terminated the Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2024 (the “Prior Sale Agreement”), by and among the Company, Northland Securities, Inc., B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (the “Agents”).
The termination of the Prior Sale Agreement was effective on March 5, 2025. As previously reported, pursuant to the terms of the Prior Sale Agreement and the related prospectus filed with the SEC on November 7, 2024, the Company could offer and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $100 million from time to time through the Agents. The Company is not subject to any termination penalties related to the termination of the Prior Sale Agreement. The Company sold 5,698,992 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $80.0 million pursuant to the Prior Sale Agreement through the termination date of such agreement. The Company will not make any further sales of shares of its common stock under the Prior Sale Agreement and the related prospectus supplement.
Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountants.
(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On March 4, 2025, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the decision to change its independent registered public accounting firm and dismissed dbbmckennon (“dbb”) as its independent registered public accounting firm, to be effective upon the completion of dbb’s audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
The audit report of dbb on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim period through March 4, 2025, there were no (i) “disagreements” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and dbb 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 dbb, would have caused dbb to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in their reports on the financial statements for such years, or (ii) “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), other than the material weaknesses identified by dbb as disclosed in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K filed on February 29, 2024 and on March 6, 2025.
In accordance with Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Company has provided dbb with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that dbb furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Committee stating whether dbb agrees with the statements made by the Company set forth above. A copy of dbb’s letter, dated March 6, 2025, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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(b) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On March 4, 2025, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as its new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, to be effective immediately following the completion by dbb of the audit for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as described above. This decision was made pursuant to the authority of the Audit Committee as specified in its charter.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim period through March 4, 2025 neither the Company, nor any party on behalf of the Company, consulted with PwC with respect to either (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 financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by PwC that PwC concluded 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) or a “reportable event” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are included in this report:
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| 16.1 | Letter from dbbmckennon | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL) |
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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.
| Serve Robotics Inc. | |
| Dated: March 6, 2025 | /s/ Brian Read |
| Brian Read | |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 16.1
March 6, 2025
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Commissioners:
We have read Item 4.01(a) of Form 8-K dated March 6, 2025, of Serve Robotics Inc. and are in agreement with the statements contained therein concerning our firm. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein.
/s/ dbbmckennon
dbbmckennon
Newport Beach, California