---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-010070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QCLS"
cik: "0001321834"
company_name: "Q/C TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T12:23:46.197053+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Q/C Technologies dismisses auditor Stephano Slack, appoints Grassi & Co.

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed Stephano Slack as independent auditor effective March 9, 2026.
- Prior audit reports for FY2024 and FY2023 contained going concern emphasis paragraph.
- No disagreements or reportable events during the period from October 2023 to dismissal.
- New auditor Grassi & Co. engaged to audit FY2025 financial statements, effective immediately.
- Company provided Stephano Slack with copy of 8-K; Stephano Slack's reply letter filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-010070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QCLS
- cik: 0001321834
- company_name: Q/C TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321834/000149315226010070/0001493152-26-010070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321834/000149315226010070/form8-k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 58e0715c35291415617697feca1dd7376fde2c87
  claim: Q/C TECHNOLOGIES, INC. dismissed Stephano Slack LLC as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 9, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) of Q/C Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the dismissal of Stephano Slack LLC (“Stephano Slack”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of the same date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321834/000149315226010070/0001493152-26-010070-index.htm
- claim_id: dfd4523400f3d28693d6cc42a3d6ee3c23745fb3
  claim: Q/C TECHNOLOGIES, INC. engaged Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C. as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 9, 2026, the Committee engaged Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C. (“Grassi”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321834/000149315226010070/0001493152-26-010070-index.htm

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