---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-012206"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRSI"
cik: "0000079661"
company_name: "PORTSMOUTH SQUARE INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:26:10.462588+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Portsmouth Square dismisses WithumSmith+Brown, appoints Whitley Penn as auditor

## Summary
- Dismissed WithumSmith+Brown, PC as independent auditor effective March 19, 2026.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred during fiscal years 2024–2025 and interim period.
- Audit Committee approved engagement of Whitley Penn LLP for fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
- Whitley had no prior consultations with the company on accounting matters.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-012206
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRSI
- cik: 0000079661
- company_name: PORTSMOUTH SQUARE INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79661/000149315226012206/0001493152-26-012206-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79661/000149315226012206/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-012206.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 12c9f9a3b7b2354da8da7dab42091da81cc257d4
  claim: PORTSMOUTH SQUARE INC engaged Whitley Penn LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 19, 2026, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Whitley Penn LLP (“Whitley”) as its new independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79661/000149315226012206/0001493152-26-012206-index.htm
- claim_id: e816fa108f53f69c7443dba67bb13d83c3181af6
  claim: PORTSMOUTH SQUARE INC dismissed WithumSmith+Brown, PC as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 19, 2026, Portsmouth Square, Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed WithumSmith+Brown, PC, (“Withum”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79661/000149315226012206/0001493152-26-012206-index.htm

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