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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Account
New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
As part of the ongoing process to reduce cost of operations and optimize third-party support services for Renalytix plc (the “Company”), the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company recently conducted a selection process to determine the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. The Committee invited several public accounting firms to participate in the process and on June 19, 2024, the Committee approved the engagement of CohnReznick LLP (“CohnReznick”), to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 with such appointment to be effective as of June 19, 2024.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, as well as the subsequent interim periods through the date of this Current Report, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with CohnReznick regarding any of the matters described in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.
Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On June 21, 2024, Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) was informed that the Committee approved Ernst & Young’s dismissal as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm with such dismissal to be effective as of June 18, 2024.
Ernst & Young’s reports on the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2022 and 2021 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except for an explanatory paragraph regarding the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern included in Ernst & Young’s report on the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 30, 2023.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended June 30, 2023, 2022 and 2021, and the subsequent interim period through the date of this Current Report: (i) there were no disagreements between the Company and Ernst & Young on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to Ernst & Young’s satisfaction, would have caused Ernst & Young to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports on the financial statements for such years and (ii) there were no reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K except for a material weakness in the design of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting reported in Item 15 on Form 20-F for the fiscal year end June 30, 2022 related to stock-based compensation, which was remediated as of June 30, 2023.
We have provided Ernst & Young with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and have requested that Ernst & Young furnish us with a letter addressed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission stating that it agrees with the above disclosures. Attached as Exhibit 16.1 is a copy of that letter, dated June 24, 2024.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Dated: June 24, 2024 |
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/s/ James McCullough |
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James McCullough |
Exhibit 16.1
June 24, 2024
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Commissioners:
We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K dated June 19, 2024, of Renalytix plc and are in agreement with the statements contained in the first, second, third and fourth paragraphs under the heading (b) Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on page 3 therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP