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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-067503"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001661779"
company_name: "STARTENGINE CROWDFUNDING, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T08:18:45.516007+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# StartEngine Crowdfunding dismisses BF Borgers as auditor, appoints Haynie & Company

## Summary
- Board dismissed BF Borgers CPA PC as independent auditor effective May 30, 2023.
- No disagreements or reportable events existed in FY2021 and FY2022; audit reports were unqualified.
- Appointed Haynie & Company as new independent accounting firm on the same date.
- No prior consultations with Haynie on accounting principles or audit matters occurred.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-067503
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001661779
- company_name: STARTENGINE CROWDFUNDING, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465923067503/0001104659-23-067503-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465923067503/tm2317487d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-067503
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-067503.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-067503.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  STARTENGINE CROWDFUNDING, INC. engaged Haynie & Company as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Haynie & Company
  source text: On May 30, 2023, the Board approved the appointment of Haynie & Company (“ Haynie ”) as the Company’s new independent accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465923067503/0001104659-23-067503-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  STARTENGINE CROWDFUNDING, INC. dismissed BF Borgers CPA PC as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: BF Borgers CPA PC
  - Successor: Haynie & Company
  source text: On May 30, 2023, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc. (the “ Company ”) approved the dismissal of BF Borgers CPA PC (“ Borgers ”) as the Company’s independent accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465923067503/0001104659-23-067503-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.