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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
On February 14, 2024, the audit committee of the Board of Directors of Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the dismissal of MaloneBailey LLP (“Malone”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and approved the engagement of RBSM LLP (“RBSM”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023. Accordingly, on February 15, 2024, Malone was informed that it would be dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
The report of Malone on the Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 there have been no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except for the material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting described in Part II, Item 9A, “Controls and Procedures,” in the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively and in Part I, Item 4, “Controls and Procedures,” in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2023 filed with the SEC on May 22, 2023, August 21, 2023 and October 19, 2023, respectively. The Audit Committee has discussed the material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting with Malone and has authorized Malone to respond fully to the inquiries of RBSM, the Company’s new independent registered public accountants, concerning such weakness.
During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and through February 14, 2024, there were no disagreements between the Company and Malone on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Malone, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report covering such period.
During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and through February 14, 2024, the date the audit committee of the Board approved the engagement of RBSM as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, neither the Company nor anyone on the Company’s behalf consulted with RBSM 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 financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by the Company that the Company 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 described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.
The Company provided Malone with a copy of the foregoing disclosures prior to the filing of this Report and requested that Malone furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company set forth above. A copy of Malone’s letter, dated February 16, 2024, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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16.1 | Letter from MaloneBailey LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated February 16, 2024. |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
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.
Greenwich LifeSciences, Inc. | ||
Date: February 20, 2024 | By: | /s/ Snehal Patel |
Snehal Patel | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
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