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Section 4 – Matters Related to Accountants and Financial Statements
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
(a) The financial statements of Sunshine Biopharma, Inc. (the “Company”), for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, were audited by BF Borgers CPA, PC (“Borgers”). On May 3, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it had settled charges against Borgers that it failed to conduct audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”). As part of the settlement, Borgers agreed to a permanent ban on appearing or practicing before the SEC. As a result of Borgers’ settlement with the SEC, the Company has dismissed Borgers as its independent accountant. The decision to dismiss Borgers as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors.
Borgers’ reports on the Company’s financial statements for the two most recent fiscal years did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the subsequent interim period through May 3, 2024, there were no disagreements, within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, with Borgers on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Borgers, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports. Also during this same period, there were no reportable events that existed within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto.
The Company provided Borgers with the disclosures under this Item 4.01(a), and requested Borgers to furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company in this Item 4.01(a) and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. Borgers’ letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: May 6, 2024 | SUNSHINE BIOPHARMA, INC. |
| By: /s/ Dr. Steve N. Slilaty | |
| Dr. Steve N. Slilaty, Chief Executive Officer |
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