UNITED STATES
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 4.01. | Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant. |
NI Holdings, Inc., (the “Company”) was notified that Mazars USA LLP (“Mazars”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, entered into a transaction with FORVIS, LLP (“FORVIS”), whereby substantially all of the partners and employees of Mazars joined FORVIS. As a result, on the effective date of June 1, 2024, FORVIS changed its name to Forvis Mazars, LLP and Mazars resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Forvis Mazars, LLP to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm effective June 1, 2024.
The audit reports of Mazars on the Company's consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 did not contain an adverse opinion or 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 December 31, 2022 and the interim period through June 1, 2024, the Company had no disagreements with Mazars on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures or audit scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Mazars, would have caused them to make reference thereto in their report on the consolidated financial statements for such years.
During the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and the interim period through June 1, 2024, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with Forvis Mazars regarding (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, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
The Company provided to Mazars a copy of the statements made in this Item 4.01. Attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K is a letter from Mazars to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated June 5, 2024, stating that they agree with these statements.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
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| 16.1 | Letter from Mazars, dated June 5, 2024. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
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.
| NI Holdings, Inc. | ||
| Date: June 5, 2024 | By: | /s/ Michael J. Alexander |
| Michael J. Alexander | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||