---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-045001"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "SURG"
cik: "0001392694"
company_name: "SurgePays, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-30T10:18:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:55:50.232593+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SurgePays 8-K/A adds former auditor's letter; no reason given for accounting firm change

## Summary
- SurgePays disclosed a change in its independent registered public accounting firm in an original Form 8-K filed September 16, 2026; the amendment was filed September 29, 2026.
- The filing text gives no reason for the auditor change and does not mention any disagreement, reportable event, or restatement; those details would be in Exhibit 16.1, whose text is not included.
- Amendment incorporates by reference the September 16, 2026 Current Report disclosures in their entirety.
- Signed September 29, 2026 by Chief Executive Officer Kevin Brian Cox; SurgePays, Inc. common stock trades as SURG on Nasdaq.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-045001
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: SURG
- cik: 0001392694
- company_name: SurgePays, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-30T10:18:07+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315226045001/0001493152-26-045001-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315226045001/form8-ka.htm

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