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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
Effective March 20, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Golden Growers Cooperative (the “Cooperative”) approved the engagement of Haynie & Company, Inc. (“Haynie & Company”) as the Cooperative’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Cooperative’s fiscal year ending
December 31, 2024. Please refer to the Form 8-K that the Cooperative filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2024 regarding the Cooperative’s previous independent registered public accounting firm, Widmer Roel PC, and its decision to decline to stand for re-appointment following the Cooperative’s fiscal 2023 audit.
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim periods through March 20, 2024, neither the Cooperative nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with Haynie & Company regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Cooperative’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Cooperative that consolidated concluded was an important factor considered by the Cooperative in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue; (ii) any matters that were the subject of a disagreement within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions; or (iii) any reportable event within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| GOLDEN GROWERS COOPERATIVE | ||||
| Dated: | March 27, 2024 | /s/ Scott Stofferahn | ||
| By: | Scott Stofferahn | |||
| Its: | Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
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