Item 4.01.Changes in Registrants’ Certifying Accountant.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of Saga Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) recently completed a competitive process to select a new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. On August 12, 2024, the Audit Committee appointed Crowe LLP (“Crowe”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, subject to normal and customary client engagement procedures. Contemporaneously therewith, the Audit Committee dismissed UHY LLP (“UHY”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
The reports of UHY on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. The audit reports of UHY on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 did not contain an adverse opinion, nor were they qualified or modified.
During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period from January 1, 2024 through August 12, 2024, there were no (a) disagreements within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K with UHY on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to UHY’s satisfaction, would have caused UHY to make reference to the subject matter thereof in connection with its reports for such years; or (b) “reportable events” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The Company provided UHY with a copy of the disclosures that the Company is making in this Item 4.01 on this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that UHY furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating whether it agrees with such disclosures. A copy of UHY’s letter dated August 12, 2024 regarding the above disclosures is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this report.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period from January 1, 2024 through August 12, 2024, neither the Company nor anyone on the Company’s behalf consulted with Crowe 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 with respect to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, in any case where a written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by Crowe that Crowe concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a “disagreement” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K or a “reportable event” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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