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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-048112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHPH"
cik: "0001757499"
company_name: "Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-22T20:30:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-22T20:31:24.606089+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shuttle Pharmaceuticals dismisses Forvis Mazars as auditor; no successor engaged

## Summary
- Audit Committee and Board approved dismissal on Oct. 16, 2026, effective after the Q3 2026 Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2026.
- Forvis Mazars' FY2025 and FY2024 reports had no adverse opinion or disclaimer and were not qualified, but included a going-concern explanatory paragraph.
- No disagreements; reportable events limited to material weaknesses in accounting policies/close oversight, review and segregation of duties over journal entries/spreadsheets.
- Other weaknesses: ITGC super-user access and segregation-of-duties issues; entity-level controls over timely communication of material contracts; insufficient technical accounting/valuation expertise.
- As of the Oct. 22, 2026 filing, no replacement independent auditor had been engaged; Audit Committee authorized Forvis to respond to successor inquiries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-048112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHPH
- cik: 0001757499
- company_name: Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-22T20:30:15+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757499/000149315226048112/0001493152-26-048112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757499/000149315226048112/form8-k.htm

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