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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-102806"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0002029023"
company_name: "GSR III Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T18:15:49.982478+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GSR III Acquisition Corp. dismisses Grant Thornton, engages MaloneBailey as new auditor

## Summary
- Dismissed Grant Thornton as independent auditor effective Nov 25, 2024; no disagreements cited.
- Engaged MaloneBailey LLP as new independent registered public accounting firm for FY 2024.
- Prior Grant Thornton audit reports included a going concern explanatory paragraph.
- No reportable events or disagreements occurred during Grant Thornton's tenure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-102806
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0002029023
- company_name: GSR III Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-11-26T23:59:59+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/2029023/000121390024102806/0001213900-24-102806-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2029023/000121390024102806/ea0222584-8k_gsr3acq.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-102806.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  GSR III Acquisition Corp. engaged MaloneBailey LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: MaloneBailey LLP
  source text: On November 25, 2024, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of MaloneBailey LLP (“MB”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. MB was formally engaged on November 25, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2029023/000121390024102806/0001213900-24-102806-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  GSR III Acquisition Corp. dismissed Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: On November 25, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of GSR III Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) dismissed Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of November 25, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2029023/000121390024102806/0001213900-24-102806-index.htm

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