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SDR Drone says 2024-25 financials unreliable

SDR Drone, Inc. is restating 2024–2025 results after material errors increased reported net losses and revealed significant control weaknesses.

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Rhea-AI Filing Summary

SDR Drone, Inc. (SDCO) disclosed that its previously issued consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, and certain related interim periods, along with the associated audit reports, should no longer be relied upon. The company identified material errors primarily involving accounting for convertible notes payable, accrued interest and derivative liabilities, as well as revenue recognition, receivables, related-party cash, credit losses and various accruals for 2024.

The restatements increased net loss by $1,569,224 for 2025 and $826,206 for 2024, raising accumulated deficits to $5,315,165 and $3,922,221, respectively. SDR Drone reports that its disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting were not effective as of December 31, 2025 due to material weaknesses, including lack of adequate accounting personnel and no independent audit committee. An Audit Committee was formed in June 2026 and is evaluating remediation measures.

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  • Material non-reliance and restatements: Financial statements for 2024, 2025 and related interim periods, plus prior audit reports, can no longer be relied upon due to material misstatements.
  • Increased losses and deficits: Restatements raised 2025 net loss by $1,569,224 and 2024 net loss by $826,206, increasing accumulated deficits to $5,315,165 and $3,922,221.
  • Material weaknesses in controls: SDR Drone reports ineffective disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, including inadequate accounting personnel and no independent audit committee as of December 31, 2025.
  • Late non-reliance disclosure: The company did not submit an Item 4.02 report within four business days of its April 27 and May 27, 2026 non-reliance determinations.

Filing Explained

The September 9 filing was late, directs users to May 28 restated accounts, and sets fourth-quarter 2026 as the remediation milestone.

The September 9 filing extends the non-reliance determination to the unaudited 2025 quarterly reports for March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025, and September 30, 2025, but only where they include the December 31, 2024 balance sheet or 2024 comparative amounts.

The correction is complete rather than pending: the restated accounts and reissued audit report were included in the May 28, 2026 Form 10-K/A, and the company directs users to that filing and subsequently filed 10-Qs instead of the affected original figures.

The filing separately states that the retroactive presentation of discontinued operations and the 1-for-500 reverse split were not error corrections and did not form the basis for the non-reliance conclusion.

The company also acknowledges that it missed the four-business-day Item 4.02 filing window after the April 27, 2026 and May 27, 2026 determinations; this filing reports those determinations afterward.

The named remediation milestone is the Audit Committee’s planned recommendation to the full Board during the fourth quarter of 2026.

Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review Governance
Previously issued financial statements, a related audit report, or a completed interim review should no longer be relied upon.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits Exhibits
Financial statements, pro forma financial information, or exhibit attachments filed with this report.
Increase in 2025 net loss from restatement $1,569,224 Aggregate effect of corrections for year ended December 31, 2025
2025 accumulated deficit after restatement $5,315,165 Accumulated deficit at December 31, 2025 as restated
Increase in 2024 net loss from restatement $826,206 Aggregate effect of corrections for year ended December 31, 2024
2024 accumulated deficit after restatement $3,922,221 Accumulated deficit at December 31, 2024 as restated
Revenue overstatement corrected $555,195 Revenue reversed for 2024 where ASC 606 performance obligations not satisfied
Note receivable written off $105,326 2024 note receivable and accrued interest written to zero as bad debt
Reverse stock split ratio (historical) 1-for-500 Retroactive adjustment of share and per-share data under ASC Topic 260-10
Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements regulatory
"Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements"
dual-dated report financial
"the dual-dated report of Integritat CPA dated April 27 and May 27, 2026"
discontinued operation financial
"presentation of the Company’s former Jubilee Intel, LLC operations as a discontinued operation"
A discontinued operation is a part of a company that has been sold, closed, or is planned to be shut down, and will no longer be part of its ongoing business activities. For investors, it matters because it can significantly affect a company's financial results and future outlook, similar to removing a large, ongoing project from a company's operations. Recognizing discontinued operations helps investors better understand a company's current performance separate from parts that are no longer active.
material weaknesses financial
"as a result of the following material weaknesses: (i) the Company does not have"
Material weaknesses are significant flaws in a company’s systems for ensuring its financial reports are accurate and reliable. Like a broken lock on a safe, they increase the chance that financial statements contain big errors or omissions, which can mislead investors about performance and risk; discovering one often raises questions about management oversight, may lead to restated results, and can affect investor confidence and a company’s valuation.
internal control over financial reporting financial
"the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of that date"
Internal control over financial reporting is a company’s system of procedures and checks designed to make sure its financial statements are accurate and complete, like a set of guardrails and verification steps that catch mistakes or fraud before numbers are published. Investors care because strong controls make reported results more trustworthy, lower the risk of surprise restatements or regulatory problems, and give greater confidence when valuing the company or comparing it to peers.
ASC Topic 606 financial
"Revenue was recognized for which the performance obligation criteria of ASC Topic 606"
ASC Topic 606 is an accounting standard that tells companies when and how much revenue to record from customer contracts, like a rulebook for deciding whether you count money when an item is promised, delivered, or a service is complete. Investors care because it directly affects reported sales and profits and makes companies’ revenue figures more consistent and comparable—like using the same scale to weigh different businesses’ performance.

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What did SDR Drone, Inc. (SDCO) announce in this 8-K?

SDR Drone announced that its audited financial statements for 2025 and 2024, certain 2025 interim financials, and the related audit reports should no longer be relied upon due to material errors, and that it has issued restated financial statements in an amended Form 10-K/A filed May 28, 2026.

Which SDR Drone (SDCO) financial periods are affected by non-reliance?

The affected periods include audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and unaudited interim financials in Forms 10-Q for quarters ended March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025, and September 30, 2025 where 2024 comparatives or the December 31, 2024 balance sheet appear.

By how much did SDCO’s restatements change net loss and accumulated deficit?

For 2025, corrections increased net loss by $1,569,224 and raised the accumulated deficit to $5,315,165. For 2024, corrections increased net loss by $826,206 and raised the accumulated deficit from $3,096,015 to $3,922,221.

What accounting errors did SDR Drone (SDCO) identify for 2024?

Errors included improper revenue recognition under ASC Topic 606 ($555,195), a note receivable written down by $105,326, misclassified related-party cash, unaccrued interest and vendor obligations, and duplicate payroll expense. Together these changes increased 2024 net loss by $826,206.

What internal control issues did SDR Drone (SDCO) report?

Management concluded disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting were not effective as of December 31, 2025 due to material weaknesses: insufficient accounting personnel and segregation of duties, absence of an independent audit committee, and no documented assessment of control design and operating effectiveness.

What remediation steps has SDR Drone (SDCO) begun?

In June 2026, SDR Drone’s Board formed an Audit Committee. The committee is analyzing the circumstances around the misstated financial statements and plans to recommend remediation measures to the full Board during the fourth quarter of 2026.

Where can investors find SDR Drone’s restated financial statements?

Restated financial statements for 2025 and 2024 are included in Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K/A filed on May 28, 2026. Restated 2024 figures also appear as comparatives in the Form 10-K for 2025 filed on April 28, 2026.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 9, 2026 (April 27, 2026)

 

SDR Drone, Inc.

 

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Florida   000-56477   34-2001531
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

 

801 US Highway 1, North Palm Beach, Florida 33408

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(877) 646-4833

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

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Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

 

On April 28, 2026, SDR Drone, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, which included restated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The accompanying independent auditor’s report, issued by the Company’s current auditor, Integritat CPA, was dated April 27, 2026, and disclosed that the 2024 financial statements had been restated to correct certain misstatements. As a result, Management determined that the affected previously issued financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, should no longer be relied upon. The Company’s originally filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, included the report of the Company’s predecessor auditor.

 

During May 2026, additional information relating to certain matters affecting the Company’s previously issued financial statements came to the attention of Management and Integritat CPA subsequent to the date of Integritat CPA’s April 27, 2026, audit report. The resulting misstatements were determined to be material and principally related to an understatement of convertible notes payable and reassessed accrued interest and derivative liabilities, with the conversion-related fair value adjustment treated as a capital transaction and a subsequent adjustment to the derivative liabilities. As a result, Management determined that the affected previously issued financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the related audit report, should no longer be relied upon. Integritat CPA separately evaluated the effect of the additional information on its previously issued audit report and performed additional procedures in connection with the restatement.

 

The Company subsequently restated its financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. On May 28, 2026, the Company filed Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A containing the restated financial statements and the dual-dated report of Integritat CPA. More specifically, the report is dated April 27, 2026, except for the matters described in Notes 2, 5, 7, 10, 16, 17, 18 and 19, as to which the date is May 27, 2026.

 

Financial Statements That Should No Longer Be Relied Upon.

 

Fiscal Year 2025: The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, as originally issued and included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 28, 2026, together with the report of Integritat CPA (PCAOB ID 6624) dated April 27, 2026, relating to such financial statements.

 

Fiscal Year 2024: The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, as originally issued and included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on March 27, 2025, together with the report of Olayinka Oyebola & Co. dated March 25, 2025, relating to such financial statements.

 

Interim Periods: The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025, and September 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on July 14, 2025, September 24, 2025, and November 20, 2025, respectively, in each case to the extent those reports present the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024, or comparative amounts for the corresponding periods of fiscal year 2024, and the completed interim reviews of those periods.

 

Restated Financial Statements. The restated consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, are included, as comparative amounts, in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed on April 28, 2026. The restated consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, are included in Amendment No. 1 to that Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Commission on May 28, 2026, which contains the report of Integritat CPA dual dated April 27, 2026, except for the matters described in Notes 2, 5, 7, 10, 16, 17, 18 and 19, as to which the date is May 27, 2026. Investors should refer to the restated financial statements included in the Form 10-K/A filed May 28, 2026, and should no longer rely on the previously issued financial statements and interim quarter review identified above. Investor should also refer to the subsequently filed Forms 10-Q for the Company’s updated interim financial information.

 

 

 

 

Facts Underlying The Conclusion – Fiscal Year 2025, Audit Report Originally Dated April 27, 2026, Issued By Integritat CPA. The errors in the previously issued financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, related to the accounting for convertible notes payable, accrued interest, the change in fair value of derivative liabilities, loss on issuance of debt, debt discount, amortization of debt discount and stockholders’ equity, and the related effects on the consolidated statement of operations. Specifically:

 

a convertible note payable issued July 8, 2025, was understated by $25,000 of principal and $1,138 of accrued interest, the correction of which increased convertible notes payable by $25,000, increased accrued interest by $1,138, decreased the change in fair value of derivative liabilities by $25,000, and increased interest expense and net loss by $1,138; and

 

upon conversion of convertible debt, the fair value adjustment of the related derivative liability was recorded to the change in fair value of derivative liabilities rather than to additional paid-in capital, the correction of which decreased the change in fair value of derivative liabilities by $1,433,682 and increased additional paid-in capital by $1,519,614, as the derivative’s fair value change at the settlement date is characterized as a part of a capital transaction rather than as an income statement event; and a redetermination of derivative liabilities increased derivative liabilities by $31,762, increased debt discount by $8,291, increased loss on issuance of convertible debt by $51,471 and increased amortization of debt discount by $57,933.

 

The aggregate effect of these corrections was to increase net loss for the year ended December 31, 2025, by $1,569,224 due to reclassification of derivatives to additional paid-in capital and to increase accumulated deficit at December 31, 2025, by the same amount, from $3,745,941 as previously reported to $5,315,165 as restated.

 

Facts Underlying The Conclusion – Fiscal Year 2024, Audit Report Originally Dated March 25, 2025, Issued By Olayinka Oyebola & Co. The errors in the previously issued financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, consisted of the following seven error corrections:

 

Revenue recognition and accounts receivable. Revenue was recognized for which the performance obligation criteria of ASC Topic 606 had not been satisfied. The correction decreased revenue by $555,195 and decreased accounts receivable by $555,195.

 

Allowance for credit loss on note receivable. The carrying value of a note receivable, including accrued interest, of $105,326 was written to zero and bad debt expense was increased by the same amount.

 

Misclassification of cash and related party amounts. Cash attributable to a related party and not an asset of the Company was recorded as an asset. The correction decreased cash by $52,355, decreased revenue by $52,355 and increased related party liabilities by $30,002.

 

Unaccrued interest expense. A period-end cutoff error resulted in unaccrued interest. The correction increased accrued interest payable and interest expense by $18,205.

 

Unaccrued vendor obligations – continuing operations. A period-end cutoff error resulted in unaccrued vendor obligations. The correction increased accounts payable and accrued liabilities by $139,543.

 

Unaccrued vendor obligations – discontinued operations. The correction increased liabilities of discontinued operations by $4,388.

 

Accrued compensation. Payroll payments were not applied against the related accrual, resulting in duplicate expense. The correction decreased accrued liabilities and payroll expense by $56,666.

 

The aggregate effect of these corrections was to increase net loss for the year ended December 31, 2024, by $826,206 and to increase accumulated deficit at December 31, 2024, from $3,096,015 as previously reported to $3,922,221 as restated. Restated basic and diluted net loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2024, was $(0.56). The corrections had no effect on periods prior to the year ended December 31, 2024.

 

The restated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, also reflect the presentation of the Company’s former Jubilee Intel, LLC operations as a discontinued operation under ASC Topic 205-20 and the retroactive adjustment of all share and per-share data for the Company’s 1-for-500 reverse stock split under ASC Topic 260-10. Neither of those items constitutes a correction of an error, nor does either form a basis for the non-reliance conclusion described in this Item 4.02.

 

 

 

 

Discussion With the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The underlying matters were discussed with Integritat CPA and additional procedures were performed. Management determined that the misstatements were material and that the affected previously issued financial statements and related audit reports should no longer be relied upon. Integritat CPA separately evaluated the effect of the matters on its previously issued audit reports. The matters were subsequently addressed through the restatement of the affected financial statements and the issuance or reissuance, as applicable, of Integritat CPA’s audit reports, including its dual-dated report dated April 27 and May 27, 2026.

 

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. As disclosed in Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and in Amendment No. 1 thereto, management concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2025, and that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of that date, in each case as a result of the following material weaknesses: (i) the Company does not have appropriate accounting personnel to maintain segregation of duties, to ensure the timely and accurate entry of transactions, or to properly account for complex or unusual transactions; (ii) the Company does not have an independent audit committee in place; and (iii) the Company has not completed a documented assessment of the design and operating effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting. The errors described in this Item 4.02 are attributable to those material weaknesses.

 

In June 2026, the Company’s Board of Directors established an Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has begun to analyze the circumstances surrounding the financial statements issued during Non-Reliance Periods and intends to recommend remediation measures to the full Board of Directors during the fourth quarter of 2026.

 

Timing of This Report. The Company did not file a Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 4.02 within four business days after each applicable non-reliance determination was made on April 27, and May 27, 2026. The Company is filing this Current Report to report such determination.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.:   Description of Exhibit
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

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: September 9, 2026. SDR DRONE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Cho Sun Sik
    Cho Sun Sik
    Co-Chief Executive Officer
     
  By: /s/ Dong Wook Chung
    Dong Wook Chung
    Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

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