Amendment: PHINIA Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 12, 2026 (October 29, 2025)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Report”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 3, 2025 (the “Original 8-K”) by PHINIA Inc. (the “Company”) disclosing, among other things, that on October 29, 2025, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved (i) the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, subject to D&T’s customary client acceptance procedures; and (ii) the dismissal of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon completion by PwC of its procedures on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 and the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
This Report is being filed to disclose the specific date of PwC’s dismissal and to update the disclosures required by Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K through that date.
Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
On February 12, 2026, the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, PwC completed its procedures on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and the dismissal of PwC was effective thereon. PwC’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and the subsequent interim period through February 12, 2026, there were no (i) “disagreements,” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, between the Company and PwC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, any of which, if not resolved to PwC’s satisfaction, would have caused PwC to make reference to the subject matter of any such disagreements in its reports, or (ii) “reportable events,” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The Company provided PwC with a copy of this Report and requested that PwC furnish a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements contained herein. A copy of PwC’s letter, dated February 12, 2026, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.
D&T has completed its customary client acceptance procedures as referenced in the Original 8-K. During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the subsequent interim period through the date of this Report, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with D&T 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 neither a written report nor oral advice was provided by D&T to the Company that D&T 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 either the subject of a “disagreement,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or a “reportable event,” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed as part of this report.
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| 104.1 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | ||||
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.
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| Date: February 12, 2026 | By: | /s/ Robert Boyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name: Robert Boyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||