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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-008690"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001589361"
company_name: "White River Energy Corp."
filed_at: "2023-03-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T18:19:28.300258+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# White River Energy dismisses RBSM, appoints MaloneBailey as auditor effective March 17, 2023

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed RBSM LLP immediately on March 17, 2023.
- RBSM reports on FY 2022 and 2021 financial statements included a going-concern explanatory paragraph.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred during RBSM's tenure through dismissal.
- MaloneBailey LLP appointed as new independent auditor effective same date.
- No prior consultations with MaloneBailey on accounting or audit issues before appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-008690
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001589361
- company_name: White River Energy Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223008690/0001493152-23-008690-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223008690/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-008690.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  White River Energy Corp. engaged MaloneBailey LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: MaloneBailey LLP
  source text: On March 17, 2023, following approval by the Company’s Audit Committee, the Company appointed MaloneBailey LLP (“MaloneBailey”) as the new independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223008690/0001493152-23-008690-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  White River Energy Corp. dismissed RBSM LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: RBSM LLP
  - Successor: MaloneBailey LLP
  source text: On March 17, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of White River Energy Corp. (the “Company”), approved the dismissal of RBSM LLP (“RBSM”), which was then serving as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589361/000149315223008690/0001493152-23-008690-index.htm

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