UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. DC 20549

~~FORM~~ 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):~~ February 23 26, ~~2021~~2024

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

GLOBAL DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact Name ~~name~~ of ~~registrant~~Registrant as ~~specified~~Specified in its ~~charter~~ Charter)

New Jersey	000-26361	22-3392051
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

777 South Flagler Drive, Suite 800 West Tower,

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

(Address of ~~principal~~Principal ~~executive~~Executive ~~offices~~Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 515-6163

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered

None	N/A	N/A

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

Emerging growth company ~~[ ]~~ x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by ~~checkmark~~ 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 84.01 ~~Other~~Changes ~~Events~~in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

On February 2326, ~~2021~~2024, ~~Global~~Turner, ~~Digital~~Stone ~~Solutions~~& Company, ~~Inc~~L.L.P. (~~the~~ “~~Company~~TSC”), ~~issued~~Global aDigital ~~press release announcing that it has filed~~Solutions, ~~pursuant to the Court'~~Inc.’s ~~entry~~ ~~of Final Judgment~~ (DEthe ~~276~~“Company”), ~~for~~independent ~~an award of attorneys' fees in the amount of $2,511,797, nontaxable expenses related to attorneys'~~registered ~~fees~~public inaccounting ~~the amount of $341~~firm,~~221,~~ ~~taxable~~was ~~costs~~informed inthat ~~the~~it ~~amount~~would ofbe ~~$34,919~~dismissed ~~and such other and further relief~~ as the ~~Court~~Company’s ~~deems~~independent ~~just and~~registered ~~proper~~public accounting firm.

Concurrent with such dismissal, the Company approved the engagement of Accell Audit & Compliance, P.A. ~~copy~~(“Accell”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to review the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of ~~that~~and ~~press~~for ~~release~~the nine months ended September 30, is2023 ~~attached~~and audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements as ~~Exhibit~~of ~~99.1~~and tofor ~~this~~the ~~Current~~year ~~Report~~ended onDecember ~~Form~~31, ~~8-K~~2023.

~~Forward-Looking~~TSC’s ~~Statements~~report on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the related notes to the financial statements (collectively, the “financial statements”) did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except for the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

~~This~~During ~~document contains “forward-looking statements” that involve substantial risks and uncertainties for purposes of~~ the ~~safe~~period ~~harbor~~from ~~provided~~January ~~by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements~~1, ~~other~~2021 ~~than~~through ~~statements~~December ~~of historical facts~~31, ~~included~~2022 ~~in this communication regarding strategy, future operations, future financial position, prospects, plans~~ and ~~objectives~~the ofsubsequent ~~management are~~interim ~~forward-looking~~periods ~~statements.~~through InJune ~~addition~~30, ~~when or if used in this communication~~2023, ~~the~~there ~~words~~were ~~“will,”~~no: ~~“may,” “would,”~~(i) “~~approximate,~~disagreements” ~~“expect,” “intend,” and similar expressions and their variants~~ ~~may~~(as ~~identify~~defined ~~forward-looking~~in ~~statements.~~Item Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the anticipated timing or results of the Company’s expectations regarding the Company’s engineering and assembly of mobile command centers through its NACSV subsidiary into the vastly expanding Electric Vehicle 304(EVa) ~~and Automotive Artificial Intelligence~~ (AI1)(iv) ~~sector~~of ~~and~~Regulation ~~its~~S-K ~~believe~~under ~~that~~the itExchange ~~has~~Act) ~~the~~with ~~ability~~TSC toon ~~provide~~any ~~support~~matter toof ~~the~~accounting ~~industry~~principles ~~through~~or ~~parts~~practices, ~~service, logistics,~~ ~~and~~financial ~~software development. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking~~ statement asdisclosures aor ~~result of~~audited ~~various~~scope ~~factors~~or ~~that could cause actual events to differ from expectations~~procedures, ~~including~~which ~~the~~disagreements ~~risk~~if ~~factors~~not ~~included~~resolved into ~~the Company~~TSC’s ~~most~~ ~~recent~~satisfaction ~~Annual~~would have ~~Report~~caused onTSC ~~Form~~to ~~10-K~~make ~~and~~reference ~~other~~to ~~periodic reports filed with~~ the ~~Securities~~subject ~~and~~matter ~~Exchange~~of ~~Commission. Except as required by applicable law,~~ the ~~Company~~disagreement ~~undertakes~~in noconnection ~~obligation~~with toits ~~revise~~report or ~~update~~(ii) ~~any~~“reportable ~~forward-looking statement, or to make~~events” ~~any~~(as ~~other~~defined ~~forward-looking~~in ~~statements,~~Item ~~whether as~~ 304(a)(1)(v) ~~result~~ of ~~new~~Regulation ~~information,~~S-K ~~future~~under ~~events~~the orExchange ~~otherwise~~Act).

During the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022 and the subsequent interim periods through June 30, 2023, the Company did not consult Accell with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by Accell that Accell concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act, or a reportable event, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.

The Company has provided TSC with a copy of the disclosures made by the Company in response to this Item 4.01 and has requested that TSC furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company in response to this Item 4.01 and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree, as required under Item 304(a)(3) under regulation S-K. A copy of TSC’s letter is filed hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

~~The~~(d) ~~exhibit listed in the following Exhibit Index is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K~~Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	~~Description~~	Exhibit Title or Description
99.1	Press Release dated February 23, 2021 Announcing the Court Filing
16.1		Letter from TSC to the SEC
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

~~SIGNATURE~~1

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: February 25, 2021

February 29, 2024	By:	/s/ William Delgado
	Name:	William Delgado
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

~~GLOBAL DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC. By: /s/ William Delgado Name: William Delgado Title: Chief Executive Officer~~2

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