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Issuer:     DAILY JOURNAL CORP (DJCO)
CIK:        0000783412
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-027018
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Daily Journal rebuts Buxton Helmsley's accounting allegations; defends expense treatment
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- Company states Audit Committee, accountants, and third-party experts confirm software cost expensing is correct under ASC 985-20.
- BuHeUI and CEO Alexander Parker demanded 15% of stock price appreciation, two Board seats, and CEO/CFO resignations.
- Company explains SaaS firms like Tyler Technologies and Galaxy Gaming likely capitalize under ASC 350-40 (internal-use), not ASC 985-20.
- Daily Journal says its software is licensed to courts/governments (external-use), so capitalization window is too short to be material.
- Company calls on Parker to cease what it describes as self-serving attacks based on a mistaken accounting assumption.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783412/000143774925027018/0001437749-25-027018-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783412/000143774925027018/djco20250814_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-027018

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