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Daily Journal Corporation
March 5, 20261 min readNASDAQ: DJCOMonitoring
Engagement Exposes Systemic Compliance Failures at Charlie Munger’s Former Company, Compelling First-Ever Transparency Measures and Approximately 65% Share Price Appreciation Within Approximately Six Months
Chronology
Engagement conducted by Buxton Helmsley USA, Inc..
- July 2025Engagement begins; an emergency meeting of the board is obtained.
- October 27, 2025The company announces the retirement of its Chief Financial Officer, which it attributes to long service.
- December 29, 2025In its annual report for fiscal 2025 the company discloses the dollar amount of its software research and development spending for the first time.
- ContinuingFindings referred to the SEC and notices sent to the PCAOB; the engagement continues, and no litigation has been commenced.
Dates are from the firm’s records and the companies’ public filings. Events are listed in the order they occurred; the order is not a claim that one caused another.
Relevant Disclosure
The investor-engagement campaign described above was conducted by Buxton Helmsley USA, Inc., an affiliate of Buxton Helmsley, Inc.