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1/5Sable Offshore Corp. (SOC): Auditor change

Filed 2026-07-13 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001831481-26-000097 small

Market data

Price before filing: $3.92 (2026-07-10 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $679.9M (2026-07-13) 路 Latest: $509.5M (2026-10-16)

What happened next

WindowSOCSPYvs SPY
30 days+11.7%+2.3%+9.4%2026-08-12
90 days-4.8%+3.3%-8.2%2026-10-12
180 dayspendingpendinguntil 2027-01-09

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: 4 insiders sold $5.1M (8 sales)
30 days after: none reported.

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue10b5-1 planSource
2026-04-28Duenner Anthony
See Remarks
Sale40,743$13.33$543KnoForm 4
2026-04-28FLORES JAMES C
Chairman & CEO, Director, 10% owner
Sale71,297$13.33$950KnoForm 4
2026-04-28Flores James Caldwell
President, COO
Sale40,743$13.33$543KnoForm 4
2026-04-28Patrinely Gregory D.
EVP, CFO
Sale40,743$13.33$543KnoForm 4
2026-04-29Duenner Anthony
See Remarks
Sale39,312$13.56$533KnoForm 4
2026-04-29FLORES JAMES C
Chairman & CEO, Director, 10% owner
Sale68,792$13.56$933KnoForm 4
2026-04-29Flores James Caldwell
President, COO
Sale39,311$13.56$533KnoForm 4
2026-04-29Patrinely Gregory D.
EVP, CFO
Sale39,311$13.56$533KnoForm 4
2026-07-13: red flag filed

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2026-04-14 to 2026-08-12. 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

"On July 10, 2026, Sable Offshore Corp., ("the "Company") was notified by Ham, Langston and Brezina, LLP ("HL&B"), the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, that HL&B completed a transaction pursuant to which, among other things, CohnReznick LLP ("CohnReznick") acquired certain assets of HL&B. As a result of this transaction, on July 10, 2026, HL&B resigned as the Company's independent registered..."

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: routine (audit-firm merger)
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Ham, Langston & Brezina, L.L.P. · New auditor: CohnReznick LLP

Why this score: routine: audit firm merged/was acquired

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

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

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