8-K/A 1 a16-7793_18ka.htm AMENDMENT TO FORM 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

Amendment No. 1

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 24, 2016

 

 

Global Power Equipment Group Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-16501

 

73-1541378

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

400 E. Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 400

Irving, Texas 75039

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 214-574-2700

 

 

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:

 

o

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

 

 

o

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

 

 

o

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

 

 

o

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

 

 

 


 

Explanatory Note

 

On March 30, 2016, Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) stating that the Company dismissed BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) as its independent registered public accounting firm, effective March 24, 2016, and appointed Hein & Associates LLP as its new independent registered public accounting firm. The Company provided a copy of the Initial Report to BDO prior to filing it with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company requested that BDO furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether BDO agrees with the statements made by the Company in the Initial Report in response to Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. The Initial Report is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the language that appears below.

 

Item 4.01                                           Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

 

Pursuant to the Company’s request, on March 31, 2016, BDO furnished to the Company a letter addressed to the SEC regarding the statements made by the Company in the Initial Report.  A copy of BDO’s letter has been filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

16.1                        Letter from BDO USA, LLP to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, dated March 31, 2016.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: April 4, 2016

 

 

Global Power Equipment Group Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tracy D. Pagliara

 

 

Tracy D. Pagliara

 

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer,

 

 

General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

16.1

 

Letter from BDO USA, LLP to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, dated March 31, 2016.

 

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