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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
    
FORM 8-K
    
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 1, 2022
    
Via Renewables, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
   
Delaware001-3655946-5453215
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
    12140 Wickchester Ln, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77079
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(713) 600-2600
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:




Title of each classTrading Symbols(s)Name of exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share
VIA
The NASDAQ Global Select Market
8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate
Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
VIASPThe NASDAQ Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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Item 4.01    Changes in a Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
On March 31, 2022, Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) advised the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Via Renewables, Inc. (the “Company”) that it had completed its standard client acceptance process, and on April 1, 2022, Grant Thornton and the Company finalized an engagement letter relating to Grant Thornton’s appointment. The Company previously announced in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2022, that the Committee had approved the appointment of Grant Thornton as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2022 and for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, subject to Grant Thornton’s completion of its standard client acceptance process and execution of an engagement letter.
During the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the interim period through April 1, 2022, the Company has not consulted with Grant Thornton on any matter relating to 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 consolidated financial statements; 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 and the related instructions) or any “reportable event” (as that term is defined in 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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: April 5, 2022
Via Renewables, Inc.
By:/s/ Mike Barajas
Name:Mike Barajas
Title:Chief Financial Officer

 

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