PROPOSAL NO. 2
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The
Audit Committee of our Board has selected BPM LLP (BPM) to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm to audit the consolidated financial statements of UpHealth for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. If
not ratified, the Audit Committee will reconsider the selection, although the Audit Committee will not be required to select a different independent registered public accounting firm for UpHealth. Even if the appointment is ratified, our Board may
direct the appointment of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if they determine that such a change would be in the best interests of UpHealth and its stockholders.
For this Annual Meeting, a representative of BPM is expected to be present, with the opportunity to make a statement if the representative desires to do so,
and is expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.
Change of Auditors in November 2022
As previously reported in the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022, on November 9, 2022, the Audit Committee
approved the engagement of BPM as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Companys consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2022, effective immediately. BPM previously served as
the independent registered public accounting firm of GigCapital2, Inc., the Companys legal predecessor (GigCapital2), from its inception in March 2019 until June 14, 2021, when BPM was replaced by Plante & Moran, PLLC
(Plante & Moran) as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm. Plante & Moran served as the independent registered public accounting firm of UpHealth Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company and the Companys accounting predecessor (UpHealth Holdings), prior to the closing of the Business Combinations (see Change of Auditors in June 2021 on page 19 of this Proxy Statement). Plante &
Moran, the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2021, resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company on November 9, 2022, effective that same day.
The report of Plante & Moran on UpHealths consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the related statements of operations,
comprehensive income, stockholders equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2021 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainties,
audit scope or accounting principles.
During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and the subsequent interim period through the date
of Plante & Morans resignation on November 9, 2022, there were no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act))
between the Company and Plante & Moran on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Plante & Moran, would have caused
it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its reports on the Companys financial statements for such periods.
During the
years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and the subsequent interim period through the date of Plante & Morans resignation on November 9, 2022, there were no reportable events (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act), other than for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the quarterly periods ended March 31 and June 30, 2022, respectively, we reported material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures and internal
controls over financial reporting related to: (i) lack of appropriately designed entity-level controls impacting the control environment and monitoring activities to
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