---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-009529"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GDC"
cik: "0001641398"
company_name: "GD Culture Group Ltd"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:27:17.508194+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GD Culture Group terminates auditor HTL, engages GGF CPA LTD for FY2025

## Summary
- Terminated HTL International, LLC as auditor; engaged GGF CPA LTD effective Jan 29, 2026 for FY2025.
- HTL's audit reports for 2024 and 2023 included a going concern uncertainty but no adverse opinion or disagreements.
- No disagreements or reportable events with HTL during audit periods or through Jan 29, 2026, aside from going concern.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-009529
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GDC
- cik: 0001641398
- company_name: GD Culture Group Ltd
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+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/1641398/000121390026009529/0001213900-26-009529-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1641398/000121390026009529/ea0274710-8k_gdculture.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-009529
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-009529.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-009529.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: f72b5aeabb6b00c7401e518a71bb20b96aa5231a
  claim: GD Culture Group Ltd engaged GGF CPA LTD as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On January 29, 2026, with the approval of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee, GD Culture Group Limited, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) terminated HTL International, LLC (“HTL”) and engaged GGF CPA LTD (“GGF”), as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1641398/000121390026009529/0001213900-26-009529-index.htm
- claim_id: f9affd700167cfa47d672a4c9fe43fa234d6df65
  claim: GD Culture Group Ltd dismissed HTL International, LLC as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On January 29, 2026, with the approval of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee, GD Culture Group Limited, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) terminated HTL International, LLC (“HTL”) and engaged GGF CPA LTD (“GGF”), as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1641398/000121390026009529/0001213900-26-009529-index.htm

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