Item   4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

The Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of U-Haul Holding Company (the “Company”) conducted a competitive selection process to determine the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. The Committee invited several public accounting firms to participate in this process, including BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.

As a result of this process, following the review and evaluation of proposals from participating firms, on August 31, 2023, the Committee approved the appointment of Deloitte and Touche, LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm commencing with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, subject to completion of its standard client acceptance procedures and execution of an engagement letter. On the same date, the Committee approved the dismissal of BDO as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

BDO’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through August 31, 2023, there were no disagreements within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K   between the Company and BDO on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to BDO’s satisfaction, would have caused BDO to make reference thereto in their reports.

During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through August 31, 2023, there were no reportable events within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, except that (i) as initially reported in Part I, Item 4 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022, the Company reported a material weakness over the design and implementation of controls relevant to the financial reporting process related to the calculation of earnings per share using the two-step method associated with the Company’s recently issued Series N non-voting common stock, $0.001 par value (“Non-Voting Common Stock”); and (ii) as initially reported in Part II, Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, the Company reported a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting during such period related to the design, implementation and monitoring of general information technology controls in the areas of program change management, user access, segregation of duties and cyber security for systems supporting the Company’s internal control processes.  

As reported in Part I, Item 4 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2023, (i) the Company has concluded that the material weakness related to the calculation of earnings per share using the two-step method associated with the Non-Voting Common Stock has been remediated, and (ii) with respect to the material weakness related to general information technology controls, the Company’s management, under the oversight of its Audit Committee, has begun evaluating and implementing new controls or redesigning controls to remediate the control deficiencies giving rise to that material weakness. The material weakness related to the general information technology controls will not be considered remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that the controls are operating effectively.

The Company provided BDO with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and requested that BDO furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it

  agrees with the statements made herein, as specified by Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. A copy of BDO’s letter dated August 31, 2023, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, and the subsequent interim period through August 31, 2023, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with Deloitte regarding: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific 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 to the Company that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue; (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions; or (iii) any reportable event within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.