---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001342916-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HNOI"
cik: "0001342916"
company_name: "HNO International, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:44:12.985871+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HNO International dismisses auditor Barton CPA, appoints Green Growth CPAs; going concern uncertainty noted

## Summary
- Dismissed Barton CPA, PLLC on April 13, 2026; Green Growth CPAs appointed on April 10, 2026.
- Barton's reports for FY2024 and FY2025 contained a going concern explanatory paragraph.
- No disagreements with Barton on accounting principles or practices during the past two fiscal years.
- Barton furnished a letter (Exhibit 16.1) agreeing with the statements in this Item 4.01.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001342916-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HNOI
- cik: 0001342916
- company_name: HNO International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342916/000134291626000019/0001342916-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342916/000134291626000019/hnoi8k401.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 93f5a10781e39b3881f3a6365b3b96dd2b205d59
  claim: HNO International, Inc. dismissed Barton CPA, PLLC as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 13, 2026, HNO International Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), dismissed Barton CPA, PLLC (“Barton”) as its independent accountant to audit the Company’s financial statements.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342916/000134291626000019/0001342916-26-000019-index.htm
- claim_id: ed4c0ee990ad76674b04c770baff4e2aa95d27ec
  claim: HNO International, Inc. engaged Green Growth CPAs as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 10, 2026, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the engagement of Green Growth CPAs, an independent registered public accounting firm, 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/1342916/000134291626000019/0001342916-26-000019-index.htm

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