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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-044908"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASBP"
cik: "0001847345"
company_name: "Aspire Biopharma Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-29T21:15:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:53:24.417374+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aspire-Lakewood swaps auditors: Turner Stone out, CBIZ in; prior FY2025 opinion carried going-concern note

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed Turner Stone & Company, LLP on September 24, 2026 after a FY2025 report that included an explanatory paragraph on substantial doubt about going-concern status.
- CBIZ CPAs P.C. approved as new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, effective immediately.
- No disagreements on accounting principles, disclosure or audit scope, and no Item 304(a)(1)(v) reportable events for the year ended December 31, 2025 or interim periods through September 24, 2026.
- Company had disclosed material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, with disclosure controls and procedures deemed not effective (Form 10-K Item 9A).
- Turner's letter to the SEC, dated September 29, 2026, states it does not disagree with the Company's statements; filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-044908
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASBP
- cik: 0001847345
- company_name: Aspire Biopharma Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-29T21:15:13+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1847345/000149315226044908/0001493152-26-044908-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847345/000149315226044908/form8-k.htm

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