{"url_path":"/sec/hlp/10-k/2026/item-16f","section_key":"item-16f","section_title":"Item 16F CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"20-F","doc_date":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855557/0001213900-26-055737-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-055737","cik":"0001855557","ticker":"HLP","issuer_name":"Hongli Group Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1855557/0001213900-26-055737-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001855557","primary_entity_name":"Hongli Group Inc."},"word_count":471,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT\n\n \n\nOn January 9, 2026, the audit committee approved\nthe change of the Company’s independent auditor to HTL International, LLC (“HTL”), in place of RBSM LLP (“RBSM”).\nThe Company’s dismissal of RBSM became effective as of January 9, 2026, and the engagement of HTL as the independent auditor of\nthe Company became effective as of January 9, 2026 to audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries\nfor the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.\n\n \n\nRBSM’s report on the Company’s financial\nstatements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified\nor modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. Furthermore, during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and\n2023, and through January 9, 2026, there were no disagreements with RBSM on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial\nstatement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to RBSM’s satisfaction, would have caused\nRBSM to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements\nfor such periods. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and through January 9, 2026, there were no “reportable\nevents,” as that term is described in Item 16F(a)(1)(v) of Form 20-F, other than the material weaknesses identified by management\nunder the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange\nCommission on May 12, 2025.\n\n \n\n117\n\n \n\n \n\nThe Company has provided RBSM with a copy of the\nabove disclosure and requested that RBSM furnish a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the above\nstatements. A copy of RBSM’s letter is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 16.1 to this annual report.\n\n \n\nDuring the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024\nand 2023, and any subsequent interim periods prior to the engagement of HTL, neither the Company, nor anyone on behalf of the Company,\nhas consulted HTL regarding either the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, whether completed or proposed,\nor the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Neither a written report\nwas provided to the Company nor was any oral advice provided that HTL concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in\nreaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue. Additionally, neither the Company, nor anyone on behalf\nof it, has consulted HTL regarding any matter that was the subject of a “disagreement” as defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(iv) of\nForm 20-F and related instructions to Item 16F of Form 20-F, or any “reportable events” as described in Item 16F(a)(1)(v)\nof Form 20-F."}