0001035267-14-000030.txt : 20140304 0001035267-14-000030.hdr.sgml : 20140304 20140304132822 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001035267-14-000030 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140228 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant FILED AS OF DATE: 20140304 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140304 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001035267 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842] IRS NUMBER: 770416458 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30713 FILM NUMBER: 14663689 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1020 KIFER ROAD CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94086 BUSINESS PHONE: 4085232100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1020 KIFER ROAD CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94086 8-K/A 1 appointmentofauditors.htm 8-K/A Appointment of Auditors
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 

FORM 8-K/A 
 
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 26, 2014
 
 
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
000-30713
 
77-0416458
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1020 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, California 94086
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 523-2100
 
 
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Item 4.01.
Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

(b)    New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On February 26, 2014, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (the "Company") appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, based on the recommendation and authorization of the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors following a competitive selection process.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the subsequent interim period through February 26, 2014, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with PwC regarding 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 neither a written report nor oral advice was provided that PwC 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 defined in paragraph 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event (as described in paragraph 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

 


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.
 
 
 
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date:
March 4, 2014
 
By
/s/ Marshall L. Mohr
 
 
 
 
     Name: Marshall L. Mohr
 
 
 
 
     Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer