3/5DPL LLC: Auditor change

Market data

n/a: no ticker symbol on the filing.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: no open-market insider sales or purchases reported.
30 days after: none reported.

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2026-04-28 to 2026-08-26. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.

Verified excerpt

"On July 23, 2026, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of DPL LLC (the "Company"), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation ("AES"), dismissed Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, due to the fact that EY will no longer be considered independent with respect to AES and its subsidiaries under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") after the..."

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What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: dismissed
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Ernst & Young LLP · New auditor: KPMG LLP