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5/5Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I (PPYA): Auditor change

Filed 2026-07-27 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001104659-26-086739 micro

Market data

Price before filing: $11.01 (2026-07-24 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $98.9M (2026-07-27) 路 Latest: $98.9M (2026-10-12)

What happened next

WindowPPYASPYvs SPY
30 days+0.0%+3.7%-3.7%2026-08-26
90 dayspendingpendinguntil 2026-10-25
180 dayspendingpendinguntil 2027-01-23

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: no open-market insider sales or purchases reported.
30 days after: none reported.

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2026-04-28 to 2026-08-26. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.

Verified excerpt

"Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP (the "Former Auditor"), has informed Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp."

Quoted from the filing. Source

What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: resigned
Disagreements reported: no
New auditor: MaloneBailey, LLP

Why this score: auditor resigned; also within 90 days: Going-concern doubt

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

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