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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
| (a) | Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
On March 3, 2026, following the conclusion of a process managed by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Valmont Industries, Inc. (“the Company”), the Audit Committee approved the appointment of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm beginning with the year ending December 26, 2026 and related interim periods, subject to the completion of KPMG’s customary client acceptance procedures and the execution of an engagement letter.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024 and through March 3, 2026, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted KPMG regarding either: (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 KPMG that KPMG 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 that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Regulation S-K, and the related instructions thereto, or “reportable event” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
| (b) | Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
On March 3, 2026, the Audit Committee dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
During the Company’s years ended December 27, 2025 and December 28, 2024, and the subsequent interim period through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K there were no: (1) “disagreements” with Deloitte as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and related instructions thereto, on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to their satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference in connection with their opinion to the subject matter of the disagreement, or (2) “reportable events” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The audit reports of Deloitte on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the Company’s fiscal years ended December 27, 2025, and December 28, 2024, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
The Company has provided Deloitte with a copy of this Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company requested Deloitte to furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not Deloitte agrees with the above statements, as required by Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. A copy of Deloitte’s letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 16.1 | Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, dated March 5, 2026 | |
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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.
| VALMONT INDUSTRIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /S/Thomas Liguori | |
| Name: | Thomas Liguori | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: March 6, 2026