| Item 4.01. | Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant. |
(a) Resignation of independent registered public accounting firm.
On July 2, 2021, MNP LLP (“MNP”) notified Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (the “Company”) that MNP was resigning as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective July 5, 2021. As reported below, on July 5, 2021, the Company engaged Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
MNP’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 did not contain any adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and during the period from January 1, 2021 through June 14, 2021, the Company has not had any disagreement with MNP on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to MNP’s satisfaction, would have caused MNP to make reference to the subject matter of disagreement in their reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In addition, during such periods, there were no “reportable events” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The Company’s management has authorized MNP to respond fully to the inquiries of its new independent registered public accounting firm regarding all matters.
The Company provided MNP a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and requested that MNP furnish it with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements in Item 4.01(a). A copy of MNP’s letter, dated July 5, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
(b) Engagement of new independent registered public accounting firm.
On July 5, 2021, the Company engaged Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The engagement of Marcum was approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the subsequent interim period through July 5, 2021, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with Marcum regarding 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 neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Marcum 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 that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
