-----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, LRrCE++l5iVHGIwYWnMtRhDffmDU9synfxjuO7xXWU4GcExBOmil8itGgCLJ8bz3 M8rnHlHXH3Yq03wZUWDqaw== 0001201800-06-000146.txt : 20060823 0001201800-06-000146.hdr.sgml : 20060823 20060823172645 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001201800-06-000146 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060727 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant.s Certifying Accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060823 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060823 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HERLEY INDUSTRIES INC /NEW CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000047035 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL SYS [3812] IRS NUMBER: 232413500 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-05411 FILM NUMBER: 061051587 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 NORTH POINTE BOULEVARD CITY: LANCASTER STATE: PA ZIP: 17601-4133 BUSINESS PHONE: 7177358117 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 101 NORTH POINTE BOULEVARD CITY: LANCASTER STATE: PA ZIP: 17601-4133 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HERLEY MICROWAVE SYSTEMS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900510 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HERLEY INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19831103 8-K/A 1 hrly8ka-aug232006.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K/A Amendment No. 2 CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report: July 27, 2006 (Date of earliest event reported) HERLEY INDUSTRIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 0-5411 23-2413500 (State or other (Commission (IRS Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification incorporation) Number) 101 North Pointe Boulevard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601-4133 Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number including area code (717) 735-8117 ____________________________________________________ (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: [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4c under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4c) Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant. (a) On July 27, 2006, the Company received written notification from its independent auditors, BDO Seidman, LLP ("BDO") that they had resigned as the Company's auditors. At a meeting held on July 27, 2006, the Company's Audit Committee accepted the resignation of BDO and approved the engagement of Marcum & Kliegman LLP as its independent auditors for the third quarter ended April 30, 2006 and fiscal year ending July 30, 2006. Marcum & Kliegman LLP accepted this engagement on July 27, 2006. The reports of BDO on the Company's financial statements for the past fiscal year, the only year BDO audited, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. In connection with the audits of the Company's financial statements for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2005, and in the subsequent interim periods, there were no disagreements with BDO on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope and procedures which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of BDO, would have caused BDO to make reference to the matter in their report. However, prior to the issuance of its review of the Company's 10-Q for the third quarter ended April 30, 2006, ("10-Q"), BDO informed the Company that it could not complete its review of the 10-Q, as required in order for the 10-Q to be deemed "timely filed" under applicable rules, because of the Company's indictment several days earlier. As a consequence, the Company's 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission did not include the required review and officer certifications; and on June 20, 2006 the Company was notified of NASDAQ's intended delisting of its securities for not filing the required 10- Q including the review and the officer certifications. Since the filing of the 10-Q, BDO has further notified the Company that in discharging its responsibilities under the law, it is its position that it cannot issue any report on the quarterly review unless the Company engages a new independent law firm to undertake, separate and apart from any prior investigation, a thorough investigation into the alleged illegal activities referenced in the indictment; that the Company's attorney-client privilege would be waived with respect to the subject matters of the indictment; that BDO will require full and unfettered access to the progress and developments in the investigation and any work product related thereto; that BDO could not state how much time it would take to conduct this investigation; and that it was not possible at the time to inform the Company as to what specific findings in the investigation will allow BDO to continue as the Company's auditors or complete its review of the third quarter ended April 30, 2006. 2 Based on the foregoing, the Company's Audit Committee retained counsel which it authorized to negotiate with BDO as to the scope of its investigation. However, during the course of these negotiations, and without any prior notification to either the Company or its counsel, the Company received the above-referenced July 27, 2006 letter from BDO stating that "the client-auditor relationship between Herley Industries, Inc. and BDO Seidman, LLP has ceased." Further, by letter dated August 14, 2006, a copy of which is annexed, BDO informed the Company that since it had unilaterally concluded that no independent investigation acceptable to them was going to be performed due to apparent limitations on the scope of the investigation in response to attorney-client privilege concerns, it could no longer rely on the representations of management provided to date and was withdrawing its opinion on the Company's financial statements for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2005. As a consequence thereof, on August 16, 2006 the Company's Audit Committee approved the engagement of Marcum & Kliegman LLP to also act as its independent auditors for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2005, and Marcum & Kliegman LLP has accepted this engagement. (b) The Company has not had any discussions nor received any written opinion or oral advice from Marcum & Kliegman LLP during the two most recent fiscal years and any subsequent interim period with respect to either the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or as to the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits (c) Exhibits 16 - Letter from BDO Seidman, LLP 3 SIGNATURES 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. HERLEY INDUSTRIES, INC. By: /s/John Kelley ----------------------------- John Kelley President Dated: August 23, 2006 4 EX-16 2 hrly8ka-aug2006ex16.txt ACCOUNTANT'S LETTER BDO Seidman, LLP 1700 Market Street, 29th Floor Accountants and Consultants Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 19103-3962 Telephone: (215) 636-5500 Fax: (215) 636-5501 August 14, 2006 Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 We have been furnished with a copy of the response to Item 4.01 of Form 8-K for the event that occurred on July 27,2006, filed by our former client, Herley Industries, Inc. (the Company). We agree with the statements made in response to that Item insofar as they relate to our Firm except as it relates to the comments in the fifth paragraph of that response. We never considered the scope of the requested independent investigation to be under negotiation with the Company or any representative. Our decision to resign as independent registered public accountants of the Company was with prior notification. On several occasions prior to our resignation, including in writing on June 26, 2007, we provided a clear indication of the nature of the independent investigation that would be required, and the conditions of our access to the results of such investigation, in order for us to remain the independent registered public accountant for the Company. Repeated attempts by the Company to reduce the scope of such investigation concluded with a meeting on July 24, 2006 between representatives of BDO Seidman, LLP and the firm that had been hired to perform an independent investigation. Following that meeting, we concluded that no such independent investigation acceptable to us was going to be performed due to apparent limitations on the scope of the investigation in response to attorney-client privilege concerns. As a result of the lack of responsiveness to our request regarding the scope of the independent investigation, we believe we are no longer able to rely on the representations of management provided to date. Accordingly we have withdrawn our opinion on the Company's financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2005. In addition, pursuant to the procedures required by Section 10A(b)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we concluded that the scope of the independent investigation of the alleged illegal acts as contemplated by the Company would not be sufficient to allow BDO to determine either the impact of the alleged illegal acts on the financial statements of the Company or identify the potential involvement of other Company personnel involved in the accounting and financial reporting function due to the attorney-client privilege limitations that were being imposed. Accordingly, in the circumstances, we were and are unable to conclude that the Company was taking timely and appropriate remedial actions with respect to the alleged illegal acts. Very truly yours, /s/ BDO Seidman, LLP BDO Seidman, LLP cc Kevin Purcell, Chief Financial Officer, Herley Industries, Inc. Adm. Edward K. Walker, Jr. (Ret.), Audit Committee Chairman, Herley Industries, Inc. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----