0000061004-11-000020.txt : 20110429 0000061004-11-000020.hdr.sgml : 20110429 20110429161958 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000061004-11-000020 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110425 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110429 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110429 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LGL GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000061004 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NEC [3679] IRS NUMBER: 381799862 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00106 FILM NUMBER: 11795003 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2525 SHADER ROAD CITY: ORLANDO STATE: FL ZIP: 32804 BUSINESS PHONE: (407) 298-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2525 SHADER ROAD CITY: ORLANDO STATE: FL ZIP: 32804 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LYNCH CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 lgl8k_042511.htm LGL FORM 8-K 20110425 lgl8k_042511.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): April 25, 2011

THE LGL GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
     
Delaware
1-106
38-1799862
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
2525 Shader Road, Orlando, FL
32804
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (407) 298-2000

 
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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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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Item 4.01                     Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
 
On April 29, 2011, The LGL Group, Inc. (the “Company”) engaged McGladrey & Pullen, LLP (“McGladrey”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm.  The Company desired to engage an independent registered public accounting firm with offices located near the Company’s headquarters in Orlando, Florida.  The engagement of McGladrey was recommended and approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”).

During the two most recent fiscal years and through the date of McGladrey’s engagement, the Company did not consult with McGladrey with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, (ii) the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, or (iii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

On April 25, 2011, the Company dismissed J.H. Cohn LLP (“J.H. Cohn”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.  J.H. Cohn had audited the Company’s financial statements for the four most recent fiscal years, including the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.  The dismissal of J.H. Cohn was recommended and approved by the Audit Committee.

The reports of J.H. Cohn on the Company’s financial statements as at and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were the reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 and through the date of dismissal, there were (i) no disagreements between the Company and J.H. Cohn on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which if not resolved to the satisfaction of J.H. Cohn would have caused J.H. Cohn to make reference thereto in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such years, and (ii) no reportable events (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The Company provided J.H. Cohn with a copy of the disclosures herein made in response to Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K and requested J.H. Cohn to furnish it with a letter addressed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with such statements.  A copy of such letter, dated April 29, 2011, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 
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Item 9.01                     Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)  
Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.                                Description
 
16.1                                    Letter from J.H. Cohn LLP, dated April 29, 2011.
 

 
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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.
 

 
April 29, 2011
THE LGL GROUP, INC.
   
   
 
By:
/s/ R. LaDuane Clifton
   
Name:
R. LaDuane Clifton
   
Title:
Chief Accounting Officer

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.                                Description
 
16.1                                    Letter from J.H. Cohn LLP, dated April 29, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
EX-16.1 2 ex16-1_042511.htm EXHIBIT 16.1 JH COHN LETTER ex16-1_042511.htm

 

Exhibit 16.1

April 29, 2011


United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington D.C. 20549


Re:    The LGL Group, Inc.
     Commission File Number 1-106


Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K of The LGL Group, Inc. to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2011, and are in agreement with the statements contained under Item 4.01, paragraphs three through six therein, as they relate to our Firm. We have no basis to agree or disagree with the other statements of the registrant contained therein.


/s/ J.H. Cohn LLP

Roseland, New Jersey