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Item 4.01 Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
On March 23, 2025, ESG Inc. (“Company”) terminated RH CPA (“Former Auditor”) as its independent registered public accounting firm. On March 23, 2025, the Company hired Prager Metis CPAs, LLC (“New Auditor”) as its independent registered public accounting firm which was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Pursuant to applicable rules, the Company makes the following additional disclosures:
(a) The Former Auditor has not provided any audit or review work for the Company.
(b) There were no disagreements with the Former Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure. There were no events of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
(c) During the two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and through March 23, 2025, the Company did not consult with the New Auditor with respect to any matter whatsoever including without limitation with respect to any of (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; (ii) the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements; or (iii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or an event of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
On March 23, 2025, the Company provided the Former Auditor with a copy of the foregoing disclosure and requested that it furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made therein. A copy of the letter from the Former Auditor dated March 23 2025 is attached hereto as Exhibit 16.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 16.1 - Letter from RH CPA dated March 23, 2025
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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.
| /s/ Zhi Yang | |
| Zhi Yang | |
| CEO | |
| Date: March __, 2025 |
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