Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
Following a competitive request-for-proposal process during which the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors (the "Audit Committee") solicited and reviewed proposals from several accounting firms, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Crowe LLP ("Crowe") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, effective December 13, 2024.
During the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and subsequent interim period from January 1, 2024 to December 13, 2024, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted 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 on the Company's consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company 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 either the subject of a "disagreement," as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or a "reportable event," as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.