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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
(a) The Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Hanryu Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) conducted a competitive selection process to determine the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Committee invited several international public accounting firms to participate in this process, including BF Borgers CPA, PC, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s IPO. As a result of this process, the Committee appointed OneStop Assurance, PAC on January 4, 2024, as an independent registered public accounting firm for the Company.
(b) There was no disagreements with BF Borders CPA, PC on any matter of accounting principals or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resulted to BBF Borders CPA, PC’s satisfaction, would have used it to make reference to the subject matter to to disagreement(s) in connection with its report.
(c) On January 16, 2024, Board of Directors of the Company, upon satisfactory review of OneStop Assurance, PAC’s service, approved the nomination by the Committee on January 4, 2024.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number |
Exhibit Description | |
| 16.1 | ONESTOP ASSURANCE, PAC’s ENGAGEMENT LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 24, 2023 AND ACCEPTANCE BY HANRYU HOLDINGS, INC. DATED JANUARY 16, 2024. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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.
| HANRYU HOLDINGS, Inc. | ||
| January 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ Changhyuk Kang |
| Name: | Changhyuk Kang | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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