---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001096906-24-000283"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APHD"
cik: "0001490054"
company_name: "VERDE BIO HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:27:46.640194+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verde Bio Holdings changes auditor to Fruci & Associates; prior auditor Sadler resigns

## Summary
- Board engaged Fruci & Associates II as new independent registered public accounting firm effective Feb 29, 2024.
- Former auditor Sadler, Gibb & Associates resigned same date; no disagreements or reportable events cited.
- Sadler's reports for fiscal 2022 and 2023 were unqualified; no adverse opinions or modifications.
- Company provided Sadler with disclosures; Sadler submitted letter to SEC agreeing with statements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001096906-24-000283
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APHD
- cik: 0001490054
- company_name: VERDE BIO HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490054/000109690624000283/0001096906-24-000283-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490054/000109690624000283/vbhi-20240301.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  VERDE BIO HOLDINGS, INC. engaged Fruci & Associates II, PLLC as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Fruci & Associates II, PLLC
  source text: On February 29, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Verde Bio Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”), approved the engagement of Fruci & Associates II, PLLC (“Fruci”), as our independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490054/000109690624000283/0001096906-24-000283-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC resigned as auditor of VERDE BIO HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC
  - Successor: Fruci & Associates II, PLLC
  source text: Contemporaneous with the Board’s determination to engage Fruci, Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC (“Sadler”) resigned as our independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490054/000109690624000283/0001096906-24-000283-index.htm

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