{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0001883984/10-k/2026/item-9","section_key":"item-9","section_title":"Item 9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-06-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883984/0001437749-26-020545-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-020545","cik":"0001883984","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"Alternus Clean Energy, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1883984/0001437749-26-020545-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001883984","primary_entity_name":"Alternus Clean Energy, Inc."},"word_count":261,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures** \n\n \n\nOn November 5, 2024, the Company’s Audit Committee dismissed Forvis Mazars, LLP (“Forvis Mazars”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Also on November 5, 2024, the Company’s Audit Committee approved, and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) ratified, the engagement of Kreit & Chiu CPA LLP (the “New Auditor”), and appointed the New Auditor as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm as of November 5, 2024.\n\n \n\nPrior to the New Auditor’s appointment, on November 5, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Company dismissed Forvis Mazars as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. From June 1, 2024 through November 5, 2024, the period during which Forvis Mazars was engaged as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, there were no disagreements with Forvis Mazars on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Forvis Mazars, would have caused Forvis Mazars to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements as defined in Item 304 of Regulation S-K in connection with any reports it would have issued, and there were no “reportable events” as such term is described in Item 304 of Regulation S-K. Forvis Mazars did not issue any reports on the Company’s financial consolidated statements during the period which Forvis Mazars was engaged as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.\n\n \n\nThe Company has not had any disagreements with its accountants on accounting and financial statements."}