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4/5SOLENO THERAPEUTICS INC (SLNO): Auditor change

Filed 2025-04-18 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001193125-25-085810 mid

Market data

Price before filing: $69.98 (2025-04-17 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $3.07B (2025-04-17) 路 Latest: $2.76B (2026-05-18)

What happened next

WindowSLNOSPYvs SPY
30 days+8.0%+13.0%-5.0%2025-05-19
90 days+25.2%+19.7%+5.6%2025-07-17
180 days-3.3%+27.1%-30.4%2025-10-15

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: 8 insiders sold $199.8M (72 sales)
30 days after: none reported.

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue10b5-1 planSource
2025-03-26Vivo Opportunity, LLC (+1 joint filer)
10% owner
Sale400,000$65.80$26.3MnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale14,183$65.97$936KnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale23,095$66.79$1.5MnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale41,989$67.70$2.8MnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale55,234$68.79$3.8MnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale31,980$69.84$2.2MnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale3,291$70.73$233KnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale4,782$71.74$343KnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale732$72.64$53KnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale106,471$65.81$7.0MnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale209,689$66.33$13.9MnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale8,423$67.37$567KnoForm 4
2025-03-27Anish Bhatnagar
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, Director
Sale199,226$69.30$13.8MnoForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale1,418$65.97$94KyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale2,310$66.79$154KyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale4,199$67.70$284KyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale5,524$68.79$380KyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale3,198$69.84$223KyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale329$70.73$23KyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale478$71.74$34KyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale73$72.64$5KyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale46,214$66.39$3.1MyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale24,776$67.47$1.7MyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale24,989$70.18$1.8MyesForm 4
2025-03-27Hirano Patricia C
SEE REMARKS
Sale15,145$72.50$1.1MyesForm 4
2025-04-18: red flag filed

Showing 25 of 72 transactions.

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-01-18 to 2025-05-18. 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 April 17, 2025, Marcum resigned as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, and on April 18, 2025, CBIZ CPAs was engaged to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2025, effective beginning with the review of the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2025."

Quoted from the filing. Source

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: resigned
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: Marcum LLP · New auditor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.

Why this score: auditor resigned

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

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