---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171520-25-000269"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRVE"
cik: "0000918573"
company_name: "GROOVE BOTANICALS INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T11:42:12.302968+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Groove Botanicals files 10-K without auditor consent; prior financials unreliable

## Summary
- Original FY2025 10-K filed July 16, 2025 lacked auditor consent and should not be relied upon.
- Amended 10-K/A filed August 15, 2025 with written auditor consent from M.S. Madhava Rao.
- Board/audit committee discussed non-reliance with auditor before filing this 8-K.
- Event raises questions about financial reporting controls; amendment resolves immediate issue.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171520-25-000269
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRVE
- cik: 0000918573
- company_name: GROOVE BOTANICALS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918573/000117152025000269/0001171520-25-000269-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918573/000117152025000269/eps12136.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171520-25-000269.txt

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