04/28/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/28/2026 15:05
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
On April 27, 2026, in connection with the closing of the previously announced merger between Corvex, Inc. (formerly known as Movano Inc.) (the "Company"), Thor Merger Sub Inc. and Corvex Legacy Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Corvex, Inc.) on March 19, 2026 (the "Merger"), the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the dismissal of RBSM LLP ("RBSM") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm and approved the engagement of BDO USA, P.C. ("BDO") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
The audit report of RBSM on the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except that such report included an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. During the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and the subsequent interim period through the effective date of the change in the Company's independent accountant, there were no (a) disagreements with RBSM on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to RBSM's satisfaction, would have caused RBSM to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in its reports on the Company's financial statements, or (b) reportable events requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K except for the material weaknesses previously disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under "Item 9A. Controls and Procedures," (the "Form 10-K") as described below. RBSM was not the Company's independent accountant for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and did not issue an audit report in respect of such fiscal year.
As described in the Form 10-K, the Company previously identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting stemming from control deficiencies relating to an ineffective control environment. The disclosure in the Form 10-K noted that the Company has an insufficient number of personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge and experience to create the proper environment for effective internal control over financial reporting, and did not maintain the other components of the COSO framework, including appropriate risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring activities components, relating to (i) sufficiency of processes related to identifying and analyzing risks to the achievement of objectives, including technology, across the entity, (ii) developing general control activities over technology to support the achievement of objectives across the entity, (iii) sufficiency of selecting and developing control activities that contribute to the mitigation of risks to the achievement of objectives to acceptable levels and (iv) sufficiency of monitoring activities to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning.
This reportable event was discussed among the Company's management, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, and RBSM. RBSM has been authorized by the Company and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to respond fully to the inquiries of BDO, the Company's successor independent registered public accounting firm as further described below, concerning this reportable event or other matters.
The Company provided RBSM with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and requested that RBSM furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of RBSM's letter, dated April 28, 2026, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
During the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 and the subsequent interim period through April 27, 2026, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with BDO 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 by BDO to the Company that BDO 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 the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K). Prior to the Merger, BDO served as Corvex Legacy Holdings, Inc.'s independent auditor.