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8-K — Aspire-Lakewood Holdings, Inc.

Accession: 0001493152-26-044908

Filed: 2026-09-29

Period: 2026-09-24

CIK: 0001847345

SIC: 2834 (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS)

Item: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

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 24, 2026

Aspire-Lakewood

Holdings, Inc.

(Exact

Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

001-41293

33-3467744

(State

or other jurisdiction

of

incorporation)

(Commission

File

No.)

(I.R.S.

Employer

Identification

No.)

23150

Fashion Drive

Estero,

FL 33928

(Address

of Principal Executive Offices)

(908)

987-3002(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐

Written

communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐

Soliciting

material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities

registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title

of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common

stock, par value $0.0001 per share

ASBP

The

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Warrants,

each exercisable for one share of common stock

ASBPW

The

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate

by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405

of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging

growth company ☒

If

an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying

with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item

4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

(a)

Termination

of Previous Independent Registered Accounting Firm

On

September 24, 2026 Turner Stone & Company, LLP (“Turner”) was dismissed by the Audit Committee of the Board of

Directors of Aspire-Lakewood Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting

firm, effective as of that date. Turner’s report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2025

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, other than that it included an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue

as a going concern.

During

the year ended December 31, 2025 and the subsequent interim periods through September 24, 2026, there were no “disagreements”

(as such term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304) with Turner 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 Turner would have caused Turner to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements or reportable events

in connection with its reports on the financial statements for such years and interim periods.

During

the year ended December 31, 2025 and the subsequent interim periods through September 24, 2026, the Company disclosed material weaknesses

in its internal control over financial reporting. As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2025

on Form 10-K in Item 9A, the Company’s management concluded that as of December 31, 2025, the Company’s disclosure controls

and procedures were not effective due to material weaknesses identified in internal control over financial reporting, however, after

giving full consideration to the material weakness, management believes that the consolidated financial statements included in the Form

10-K were prepared in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles.

There

have been no other “reportable events” (as such term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

In

accordance with Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Company provided Turner with a copy of the disclosure it is making in this Current

Report on Form 8-K and requested that Turner furnish the Company with a copy of its letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission

stating whether Turner agrees with the statements made by the Company in response to Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K. Turner has informed

the Company that it does not disagree with the statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K.

(b)

Appointment

of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On

September 24, 2026, the Company’s Audit Committee approved the engagement of CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ”) as the Company’s

new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, effective immediately. During the year

ended December 31, 2025 and through the subsequent interim periods as of September 24, 2026, neither the Company, nor any party on behalf

of the Company, consulted with CBIZ regarding either (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either

completed or proposed, or the audit opinion that might be rendered regarding the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and

no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that CBIZ concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in

deciding on any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (b) any matter subject of any “disagreement” (as such

term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a “reportable event” (as such term

is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

Item

9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit

No.

Description

16.1

Letter from Turner Stone & Company, LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated September 29, 2026.

104

Cover

Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

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.

ASPIRE-LAKEWOOD

HOLDINGS, INC.

By:

/s/

Kraig Higginson

Kraig

Higginson

Chief

Executive Officer

Date: September 29, 2026

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Exhibit

16.1

Your

Vision Our Focus

September

29, 2026

Securities

and Exchange Commission

100

F Street N.E.

Washington,

D.C. 20549

File

No. 001-41293

Dear

Sirs/Madams:

We

have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K dated September 24, 2026, of Aspire-Lakewood Holdings, Inc. (formerly, Aspire Biopharma Holdings, Inc.)

and are in agreement with the statements insofar as they relate to our firm. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements

contained therein.

Very

truly yours,

/s/

Turner, Stone & Company, L.L.P.

Turner,

Stone & Company, L.L.P.

Dallas, Texas

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