---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-26-000724"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001997284"
company_name: "Shefford Companies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:40:35.825667+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shefford Companies changes name, discloses delinquent SEC filings and plan to cure

## Summary
- Company changed name from 'Shefford & Companies, Inc.' to 'Shefford Companies, Inc.' effective May 28, 2025.
- Company is not current in its periodic reporting obligations under the Exchange Act.
- Plan includes engaging a PCAOB-registered auditor and securities counsel to file delinquent reports.
- Company expects to seek SEC relief to file a comprehensive annual 10-K covering multiple prior periods; no assurance of relief.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-26-000724
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001997284
- company_name: Shefford Companies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1997284/000147793226000724/0001477932-26-000724-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1997284/000147793226000724/shefford_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-26-000724.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: ce7d7c147acbf8f8a7a45afed945b8ab59d5a020
  claim: Shefford Companies, Inc.: Changed corporate name from 'Shefford & Companies, Inc.' to 'Shefford Companies, Inc.' (effective 2026-05-28).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 12, 2025, Shefford & Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) filed Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of North Carolina to change its corporate name from “Shefford & Companies, Inc.” to “Shefford Companies, Inc.” (the “Name Change”). The Name Change became effective on May 28, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1997284/000147793226000724/0001477932-26-000724-index.htm

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