---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001262463-24-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNOI"
cik: "0001342916"
company_name: "HNO International, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T09:05:03.572958+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HNO International dismisses auditor BF Borgers after SEC bar; appoints Barton CPA

## Summary
- Dismissed BF Borgers CPA PC as independent accountant on May 7, 2024, following SEC bar on May 3.
- No adverse opinions or disagreements in Borgers' reports for the last two fiscal years.
- Appointed Barton CPA as new independent auditor effective May 7, 2024.
- Company did not provide Borgers with disclosures or request a letter due to SEC bar.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001262463-24-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNOI
- cik: 0001342916
- company_name: HNO International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342916/000126246324000058/0001262463-24-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342916/000126246324000058/hnoi8k401.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001262463-24-000058
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001262463-24-000058.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001262463-24-000058.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  HNO International, Inc. engaged Barton CPA as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Barton CPA
  source text: On May 7, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the engagement of Barton CPA, an independent registered public accounting firm (“Barton”), as the Company’s new independent accountant to audit the Company’s financial statements and to perform reviews of interim financial statements.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342916/000126246324000058/0001262463-24-000058-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  HNO International, Inc. dismissed BF Borgers CPA, PC as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: BF Borgers CPA, PC
  source text: On May 7, 2024, HNO International Inc., a Nevada Corporation (the “Company”), dismissed BF Borgers CPA, PC (“Borgers”) as its independent accountant to audit the Company’s financial statements.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342916/000126246324000058/0001262463-24-000058-index.htm

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