0001062993-14-005690.txt : 20140929 0001062993-14-005690.hdr.sgml : 20140929 20140929163028 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001062993-14-005690 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140929 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20140929 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140929 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Heritage Global Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000849145 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEGRAPH & OTHER MESSAGE COMMUNICATIONS [4822] IRS NUMBER: 592291344 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17973 FILM NUMBER: 141127265 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 TORONTO STREET,SUITE 700 STREET 2: P.O. BOX 3, CITY: TORONTO, STATE: A6 ZIP: M5C 2V6 BUSINESS PHONE: 416-866-3005 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 TORONTO STREET,SUITE 700 STREET 2: P.O. BOX 3, CITY: TORONTO, STATE: A6 ZIP: M5C 2V6 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Counsel RB Capital Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110121 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: C2 Global Technologies Inc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050812 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACCERIS COMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040220 8-K 1 form8k.htm FORM 8-K Heritage Global Inc.: Form 8-K - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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)
September 29, 2014 (September 23, 2014)

HERITAGE GLOBAL INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Florida 0-17973 59-2291344
     
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission File (IRS Employer
Incorporation) Number) Identification No.)

700 – 1 Toronto St., Toronto, ON M5C 2V6
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(416) 866-3000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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)

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[  ] 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-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e -4(c))


Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

The Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Heritage Global Inc. (the “Company”) has completed a review of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. As a result of this process, on September 23, 2014, upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee and following careful deliberation, the Company decided to engage Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP (“Squar Milner”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, which engagement became effective on September 27, 2014. On September 23, 2014, Deloitte LLP (“Deloitte”) was notified of the decision to change the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.

The audit reports of Deloitte on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 (“Fiscal 2013”) and December 31, 2012 (“Fiscal 2012”) did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During Fiscal 2013 and Fiscal 2012, and during the period from January 1, 2014 through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company had: (i) no disagreements with Deloitte of the type contemplated by Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to Deloitte’s satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of any such disagreement in connection with its reports for such years and interim periods; and (ii) no reportable events within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided Deloitte with a copy of the foregoing disclosures prior to the filing of this Form 8-K and requested that Deloitte furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) stating whether or not Deloitte agreed with the disclosure in this Item 4.01. A copy of Deloitte’s letter to the SEC in response to the foregoing request is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

During Fiscal 2013 and Fiscal 2012, and during the period from January 1, 2014 through the date of this Form 8-K, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted Squar Milner regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a “disagreement” or “reportable event” (within the meaning of Items 304(a)(1)(iv) and 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, respectively).

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits


Number

Exhibit
   
16.1

Letter of Deloitte dated September 29, 2014 to the SEC regarding statements included in this Form 8-K.



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 thereunto duly authorized.

HERITAGE GLOBAL INC.

  By: /s/ Stephen A. Weintraub
    Stephen A. Weintraub
    Chief Financial Officer and
    Corporate Secretary  

Date: September 29, 2014


EX-16.1 2 exhibit16-1.htm EXHIBIT 16.1 Heritage Global Inc.: Exhibit 16.1 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

Deloitte LLP
Brookfield Place
181 Bay Street
Suite 1400
Toronto ON M5J 2V1
Canada

Tel: 416-601-6150
Fax: 416-601-6590
www.deloitte.ca

September 29, 2014

Private and confidential

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington D.C. 20549-7561

Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read Item 4.01 of Heritage Global Inc.’s Form 8-K dated Sept 29, 2014, and we agree with the statements as it relates to Deloitte LLP made pursuant to Item 4.01 in the first four paragraphs and we have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made pursuant to Item 4.01 in the fifth paragraph.

Yours truly,

/s/ Deloitte LLP

Chartered Professional Accountants, Chartered Accountants
Licensed Public Accountants


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