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4/5AZIO AI HOLDINGS, INC. (AZIO): Auditor change

Filed 2026-09-10 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001437749-26-030077 nano

Market data

Price before filing: $1.18 (2026-09-09 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $16.9M (2026-09-10) 路 Latest: $14.2M (2026-10-16)

What happened next

WindowAZIOSPYvs SPY
30 days-17.9%+2.3%-20.2%2026-10-12
90 dayspendingpendinguntil 2026-12-09
180 dayspendingpendinguntil 2027-03-09

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: 2 insiders sold 24,604 shares (2 sales); 1 insider bought 24,604 shares (1 purchase)
30 days after: none reported.

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue10b5-1 planSource
2026-07-14Chen Gary
Chief Product Officer
Sale12,302n/an/anoForm 4
2026-07-14Yang Jenny
Chief Administrative Officer
Purchase24,604n/an/anoForm 4
2026-07-14Young Chris J.
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Sale12,302n/an/anoForm 4
2026-09-10: red flag filed

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2026-06-12 to 2026-10-10. 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

"Barton furnished the requested letter, and a copy is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. (b) Appointment of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On September 8, 2026, the Audit Committee appointed TAAD LLP ("TAAD") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, effective immediately."

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: dismissed
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Barton CPA PLLC · New auditor: TAAD, LLP

Why this score: 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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