-----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, SKpe0zRqev2eXp7YZt1rBsoGUr7+TVzR30oS+w51/NgcbuJvq1wHFc/CdKTsPMx3 NUhoNo91eb34dKD4J/nAaA== 0001144204-07-017000.txt : 20070403 0001144204-07-017000.hdr.sgml : 20070403 20070403153640 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-07-017000 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070329 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant.s Certifying Accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070403 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070403 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUBLICARD INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081050 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC [3577] IRS NUMBER: 230991870 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03315 FILM NUMBER: 07744046 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 FIFTH AVENUE ROCKEFELLER CENTER STREET 2: 7TH FLOORR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126513102 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 FIFTH AVENUE ROCKEFELLER CENTER STREET 2: FIFTH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUBLICKER INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 v070694_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)
  March 29, 2007
 
 PubliCARD, Inc.
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
 Pennsylvania
  001-03315
 23-0991870
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 (Commission File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
Seventy Five Rockefeller Plaza, 16th Floor, New York, NY
 
10019
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)      
 
 
 Registrant's telephone number, including area code  
 [(212) 265-7013]
          
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):

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))
 

 
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrants Certifying Accountant.

On March 29, 2007, Deloitte & Touche, LLP (“Deloitte”) notified PubliCARD, Inc. (the “Company”) and its Audit Committee that Deloitte declined to stand for re-election as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm after the completion of the current audit. Upon completion of the audit services, the Company will file an amendment to this Form 8-K with the specific date of resignation of Deloitte and an update of the disclosures required by Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and (v) of Regulation S-K through this date.

There were no disagreements between the Company and Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, during the two fiscal years of the Company ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, and during the subsequent period through March 29, 2007, which disagreements, if not resolved to Deloitte’s satisfaction, would have caused Deloitte to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report issued in connection with the audit of the Company’s financial statements.

No "reportable events," as that term is defined under Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, occurred within the two fiscal years of the Company ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, and during the subsequent period through March 29, 2007 The audit report of Deloitte on the financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and such audit report was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty (except that such report includes an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern), audit scope or accounting principles.

The Company provided Deloitte with a copy of the foregoing disclosures prior to the date of filing this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that Deloitte furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company herein. A copy of the letter from Deloitte addressed to the SEC dated April 3, 2007 is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The Company is currently engaged in discussions with independent auditing firms to replace Deloitte and to serve as the Company's independent registered accounting firm. The engagement of a new independent registered public accounting firm will be approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.


(d) Exhibits.

16.1 Letter from Deloitte & Touche, LLP dated April 3, 2007
 



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.
 
 
     PubliCARD, Inc. 
 
 
 
 
 Registrant
     
Date: April 3, 2007 By:   /s/ Joseph A. Sarachek
 
Joseph A. Sarachek, President,
  Chief Executive Officer 
 



EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 Exhibit      
 Number   Description  
 16.1     Letter from Deloitte & Touche, LLP dated April 3, 2007
 
 


 
EX-16.1 2 v070694_ex16-1.htm EXHIBIT 16.1

April 3, 2007

United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
RE:   PubliCARD, Inc.
   Commission File No.: 0-29794
 
Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read Item 4.01 of PubliCARD, Inc. and Subsidaries’s Form 8-K dated April 3, 2007, and have the following comments:
 
1.
We agree with the statements made in the first sentence of paragraph one and paragraphs two, three and four of Item 4.01.
 
2.
We have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made in the second sentence of paragraph one and paragraph five of Item 4.01.

Yours truly,
 
 /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
 DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
 



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