---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-040285"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001848437"
company_name: "Cartica Acquisition Corp"
filed_at: "2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T05:12:06.094861+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cartica Acquisition Corp replaces auditor Marcum with CBIZ CPAs; going concern noted

## Summary
- Marcum LLP resigned as independent auditor on April 28, 2025; CBIZ CPAs engaged same day.
- Marcum's FY 2024 report included a going concern explanatory paragraph; no disagreements or reportable events.
- No consultations with CBIZ CPAs before engagement; Marcum provided letter agreeing with disclosures.
- Audit committee approved the change; the resignation and engagement were effective immediately.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-040285
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001848437
- company_name: Cartica Acquisition Corp
- filed_at: 2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465925040285/0001104659-25-040285-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465925040285/tm2513399d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-040285.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Marcum LLP resigned as auditor of Cartica Acquisition Corp.
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: Marcum LLP
  - Successor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.
  source text: On April 28, 2025, Cartica Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”) was notified by Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) that Marcum resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465925040285/0001104659-25-040285-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Cartica Acquisition Corp engaged CBIZ CPAs P.C. as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.
  source text: On April 28, 2025, following the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, CBIZ CPAs was engaged, effective immediately, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465925040285/0001104659-25-040285-index.htm

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