-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LXrpjvTIjTKnmxK14bJnN7/b2x8njbDTQXxAFVBTPQudHZDOXzb+BiyW6Y8Rmf4E UJonR2duvF/g+abdhDUE5g== 0001144204-10-025032.txt : 20100506 0001144204-10-025032.hdr.sgml : 20100506 20100506170206 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-10-025032 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100504 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100506 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100506 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Thwapr, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001451598 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL [5900] IRS NUMBER: 261359430 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-53640 FILM NUMBER: 10808991 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 12TH AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10001 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-268-0220 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 12TH AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10001 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Thwapr, Inc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100421 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SeaOspa Inc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20081208 8-K 1 v183793_8k.htm
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): May 4, 2010
 
THWAPR, INC. 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Nevada
 
000-53640
 
26-1359430
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
220 12th Avenue, Third Floor, New York, New York 10001 

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (212) 268-0220

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):

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

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

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

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

 
 

 

Section 4 - Matters Related to Accountants and Financial Statements

Item 4.01.            Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

(a)          Previous Certifying Accountant

(i)           On May 5, 2010, Thwapr, Inc., formerly known as Seaospa, Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed Weinberg & Baer LLC, successor in interest to Alan Weinberg CPA (“Weinberg”), as the Company’s independent certifying accountant.

(ii)          Weinberg’s report on the Company’s financial statements for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 contained a modified opinion on the uncertainty of the Company to continue as a going concern because of the Company’s lack of cash resources and recurring operating losses since inception.    The reports on the financial statements of the Company issued by Weinberg for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to audit scope or accounting principles.

(iii)         The Company’s Board of Directors approved the decision to change independent certifying accountant.

(iv)         During the last two fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, and further through the date of dismissal of Weinberg, there have been no disagreements with Weinberg 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 Weinberg, would have caused Weinberg to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement(s) in connection with its reports as required by Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K.

(v)          During the last two fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, and further through the date of dismissal of Weinberg, Weinberg did not advise the Company on any matter set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(v)(A) through (D) of Regulation S-K.

(vi)         The Company requested that Weinberg furnish it with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements. A copy of such letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

 (b)         Engagement of New Certifying Accountant

On May 5, 2010, the Company engaged Rose, Snyder & Jacobs (“RSJ”) as its new independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.  During the two most recent fiscal years and the interim periods preceding the engagement, the Company did not consult with RSJ regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific 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 RSJ concluding there was an important factor to be considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to an accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is defined in Item 304 (a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K or a reportable event, as that term is described in Item 304 (a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 
 

 

Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.05.            Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

On May 4, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to all directors, officers, and employees of the Company.

The Code of Ethics is filed as Exhibit 14.1 hereto and is incorporated into this Item 5.05 by reference.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01.            Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)          Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
     
14.1
 
Code of Ethics, adopted May 4, 2010
     
16.1
  
Letter from Weinberg & Baer LLC, dated May 5, 2010

 
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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.
 
Date:  May 6, 2010
THWAPR, INC.
   
 
By:
/s/ Barry Hall
   
Barry Hall
   
Chief Financial Officer

 
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EX-14.1 2 v183793_ex14-1.htm Unassociated Document
Exhibit 14.1
THWAPR, INC.

CODE OF ETHICS

Adopted May 4, 2010

INTRODUCTION

This Code of Ethics (“Code”) applies to all directors, officers and employees (“Company Personnel”) of Thwapr, Inc. (the “Company”).

This Code covers a wide range of financial and non-financial business practices and procedures.  This Code does not cover every issue that may arise, but it sets out basic principles to guide all Company Personnel.  If a law or regulation conflicts with a policy in this Code, Company Personnel must comply with that law or regulation.  If Company Personnel have any questions about this Code or potential conflicts with a law or regulation, they should contact the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) or the Company’s outside legal counsel.

Company Personnel shall recognize that they hold an important and elevated role in corporate governance.  They are uniquely capable and empowered to ensure that the Company’s, its stockholders’ and other stakeholders’ interests are appropriately balanced, protected and preserved.  Accordingly, this Code provides principles to which Company Personnel are expected to adhere and advocate.  The Code embodies rules regarding individual and peer responsibilities, as well as responsibilities to the Company, the stockholders, other stakeholders and the public.

Company Personnel shall adhere to and advocate to the best of their knowledge and ability the following principles and responsibilities governing their professional and ethical conduct.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Company Personnel shall act with honesty and integrity, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships.  A “conflict of interest” exists when an individual’s private interests interfere or conflict in any way (or even appear to interfere or conflict) with the interests of the Company.  A “conflict of interest” may also arise when a member of a person’s immediate family1 receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position as a director of the Company.

This Code does not attempt to describe all possible conflicts of interest which could develop.  Some of the more common conflicts from which Company Personnel must refrain, however, are set forth below:

1.  Relationship of Company with Third Parties.  Company Personnel may not engage in any conduct or activities that are inconsistent with the Company’s best interests or that disrupt or impair the Company’s relationship with any person or entity with which the Company has or proposes to enter into a business or contractual relationship.
 

1  This code adopts the NYSE Rule 303A(2)(b) definition of  “immediate family” to include a person’s spouse, parents, siblings, mothers-in-law, sons and daughters-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, and anyone (other than employees) who share such person’s home.

 
 

 

2.  Compensation.  No non-employee director shall receive compensation for services as a director of the Company other than director’s fees and benefits.

3.  Gifts.  Non-employee directors and members of their families may not accept gifts from persons or entities who deal with the Company in cases where the gift is being made in order to influence the directors’ actions as a member of the Board or where acceptance of the gifts could create the appearance of a conflict of interest or impropriety.

4.  Personal Use of Company Assets.  Company Personnel may not use Company assets, labor or information for personal use unless approved by the Chairman of the Board, President or other authorized officer or as part of a compensation or expense reimbursement program available to all Company Personnel.

5.  Company Loans.  Company Personnel and their family members may not accept or solicit loans or guarantees of obligations from the Company.

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY

Company Personnel are prohibited from: (a) taking for themselves personally, opportunities related to the Company’s business; (b) using the Company’s property, information or position for personal gain; or (c) competing with the Company for business opportunities; provided however, if the Company’s disinterested directors determine that the Company will not pursue an opportunity that relates to the Company’s business, a such Company Personnel may do so.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS

Obeying the law, both in letter and in spirit, is the foundation on which this Company's ethical standards are built. Company Personnel must respect and obey the laws of the cities, states and countries in which the Company operates. Although not all Company Personnel are expected to know the details of these laws, it is important to know enough to determine when to seek advice from supervisors, managers or other appropriate personnel, inasmuch as all Company Personnel are expected to comply fully with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Company’s businesses and with all applicable company policies.

BOOKS AND RECORDS

The Company requires honest and accurate recording and reporting of information in order to make responsible business decisions. Company Personnel must ensure that all of the Company's books, records, accounts and financial statements meet the highest standards of accuracy and completeness, appropriately reflect the Company's transactions and conform both to applicable legal requirements and to the Company's system of internal controls. Unrecorded or off the books funds or assets should not be maintained unless permitted by applicable law or regulation.

Records should always be retained or destroyed in accordance with the minimum standards set by the relevant federal, state and local government agencies and regulators. In accordance with those policies, in the event of litigation or governmental investigation please consult your supervisor, the CFO or the Company’s outside counsel. Falsification of any record is prohibited and mistakes should never be covered up. All mistakes should be immediately and fully disclosed and corrected. If you detect or suspect improper record keeping, you should immediately notify your supervisor, the CFO, the Chairman of the Board, or the Company’s outside counsel.

 
 

 

CONFIDENTIALITY

It is a violation of this Code to disclose confidential information entrusted to Company Personnel by the Company or its customers, vendors, or partners, except when disclosure is authorized or required by laws or regulations. If in doubt, consult with the Company’s outside counsel. Confidential information includes all non-public information that might be of use to competitors, or harmful to the Company or its customers, if disclosed.

All employees, officers, and directors must take reasonable steps to prevent confidential information from being vulnerable to unauthorized access. The obligation to preserve confidential information continues even after employment ends.

The obligation of Company Personnel to protect the Company's assets includes its proprietary information. Proprietary information includes intellectual property such as trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as business, marketing and service plans, software that the Company has developed, databases, records, salary information and any unpublished financial data and reports. Unauthorized use or distribution of this information would violate Company policy. It could also be illegal and result in civil or even criminal penalties.
 
It is against Company policy for any Company Personnel to use or divert any Company property, including services of other employees, for his or her own advantage or benefit, or to use Company letterhead when writing personal correspondence.  Company Personnel will not disclose confidential Company information, in any form, to anyone who does not need to know it in order to conduct the Company’s business (except when disclosure is authorized or legally mandated).  
 
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS
 
The Company is committed to the concept of fair dealings, and free, fair and open competition for suppliers, customers and competitors.  The Company seeks competitive advantages through superior performance, never through unethical or illegal business practices.  Stealing proprietary information, possessing trade secret information that was obtained without the owner’s consent or inducing such disclosures by past or present employees of other companies is prohibited.  Each employee should endeavor to respect the rights of and to deal fairly with the Company’s customers, suppliers, competitors and employees.  No employee should take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse or privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts or any other intentional act or practice.

FINANCIAL CODE PRINCIPLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The preparation, evaluation, review or audit of financial statements must not include fraudulent or deliberate errors.  All Company Personnel must ensure that there are not fraudulent or deliberate errors in the recording and maintaining of financial records or deficiencies in or noncompliance with the Company’s internal accounting controls.  Financial records, financial reports and audit reports to or by senior management must be true and correct.  Such reports must present full and fair representations of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

When disclosing information to constituents, provide them with information that is accurate, complete, objective, relevant, timely and understandable.  Reports and documents that the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or releases to the public shall contain full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable information.  The principal executive officer and principal financial officer shall review the annual and quarterly reports and certify and file them with the SEC.

 
 

 

Company Personnel must act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting material facts or allowing their independent judgment to be subordinated.  Company Personnel must achieve responsible use of and control over all assets and resources employed by or entrusted to them.

Company Personnel must promptly report Code violations to the Company’s Chairman of the Board.

CORPORATE DISCLOSURES

All directors, officers, and employees should support the Company’s goal to have full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in the periodic reports required to be filed by the Company with the SEC.  Although most employees hold positions that are far removed from the Company’s required filings with the SEC, each director, officer, and employee should promptly bring to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Company’s Disclosure Committee, or the Audit Committee, as appropriate in the circumstances, any of the following:
 
 
·
Any material information to which such individual may become aware that affects the disclosures made by the Company in its public filings or would otherwise assist the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Disclosure Committee, and the Audit Committee in fulfilling their responsibilities with respect to such public filings.
 
 
·
Any information the individual may have concerning (a) significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data or (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's financial reporting, disclosures, or internal controls.
 
 
·
Any information the individual may have concerning any violation of this Code, including any actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships, involving any management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's financial reporting, disclosures, or internal controls.
 
 
·
Any information the individual may have concerning evidence of a material violation of the securities or other laws, rules, or regulations applicable to the Company and the operation of its business, by the Company or any agent thereof, or of violation of this Code.
 
WAIVERS OF THE CODE

Any waiver of this Code may be made only by the Board and will be promptly disclosed as required by law or the private regulatory body.  Requests for waivers must be made in writing to the Company’s Chairman of the Board prior to the occurrence of the violation of the Code.

 
 

 

REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE, ILLEGAL OR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR

Company Personnel should report observed violations of the Code and illegal or unethical behavior to the Company’s Chairman of the Board.  All reports will be treated in a confidential manner except as necessary to conduct investigations and it is the Company’s policy to not allow retaliation for reports made in good faith of misconduct by others.  The Company’s Board, upon advice of legal counsel, will lead all investigations of alleged violations or misconduct.  Company Personnel are expected to cooperate in internal investigations of misconduct and violations of this Code.

If you have any questions, or if you wish to report a violation or possible violations, please feel free to write, e-mail or call Maurizio Vecchione, Chairman of the Board.

DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT

The diversity of the Company's employees is a tremendous asset. The Company is firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment of any kind. Examples include derogatory comments based on racial or ethnic characteristics and unwelcome sexual advances.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Company strives to provide each employee with a safe and healthy work environment. Each employee has responsibility for following safety and health rules and practices and reporting accidents, injuries and unsafe equipment, practices or conditions. Violence and threatening behavior are not permitted. Employees should report to work in condition to perform their duties, free from the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol. The use of illegal drugs in the workplace will not be tolerated.

VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE / DISCIPLINARY ACTION
 
Company Personnel are expected to promptly report what he or she believes in good faith are violations of the law or Company policy, whether accidental or deliberate, by any Company Personnel.  If you become aware of any conflict, relationship, payment or other action, involving yourself or others, which could conflict with these policies, it is your obligation to disclose the matter fully and in writing to your supervisors.  The knowing failure to report a violation is itself a violation of Company policy.  Reports of possible violations will be acted upon promptly and in a manner consistent with the circumstances.
 
Company Personnel will not be disciplined or suffer retribution for reporting honestly and in good faith suspected or actual violations.
 
Failure to comply with this policy may result in disciplinary action.  Disciplinary action will be the prerogative of the Company's Board of Directors or management and may include a reprimand which is documented in the personnel file, loss of compensation, change of responsibilities to avoid repeat violations, demotion, termination, civil action, referral to law enforcement agencies for criminal prosecution, or other measures the Board of Directors or management deems appropriate, or, in the case of a director, suspension or removal from the Board of Directors.

 
 

 
 
If you are unsure as to whether any situation might result in a violation of this policy, you should discuss the matter with your supervisor or the Company’s President.  You may also seek further advice

 
 

 
EX-16.1 3 v183793_ex16-1.htm
 
Exhibit 16.1
 
Weinberg & Baer LLC
115 Sudbrook Lane, Baltimore, MD 21208
Phone (410) 702-5660
 
May 5, 2010

By Fax and Regular Mail:  202.772.9252
SEC – Office of the Chief Accountant
Attn:     SECPS Letter File
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 6561
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549

Re:   Thwapr, Inc.

Dear Sirs:

We are the successor in interest of Alan Weinberg CPA, previously the principal accountants for Thwapr, Inc., formerly known as Seaospa, Inc. (Commission File Number 000-53640) (the “Company”), and Alan Weinberg CPA issued its report dated February 25, 2010 on the financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and for the two years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, and from inception (November 2, 2007) through December 31, 2009.

We have read the Company's statements under Item 4.01 of its Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 4, 2010, and we concur with the information shown therein.

We confirm we had no disagreements with the Company, on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure during the period from inception, November 2, 2007, through May 5, 2010, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Weinberg & Baer LLC, as successor in interest to Alan Weinberg CPA, would have caused it to make a reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports.

Yours truly,

/s/ Weinberg & Baer LLC
 
Weinberg & Baer LLC

 
 

 
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