-----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, VA5F/p05KKANUfgXRuVoNGAClWAjdp6RE9bIVsZJBeZBKLjY0w732ar0oIT/YmhR uNi1H7tSOVcGuk2K4m+A/w== 0000950144-05-011954.txt : 20051116 0000950144-05-011954.hdr.sgml : 20051116 20051116165958 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-05-011954 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051005 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant.s Certifying Accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TERREMARK WORLDWIDE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000912890 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 521989122 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12475 FILM NUMBER: 051210413 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2601 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33133 BUSINESS PHONE: 2123199160 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2601 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33133 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMTEC INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970715 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AVIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950323 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: YAAK RIVER MINES LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931001 8-K/A 1 g98431ae8vkza.htm TERREMARK WORLDWIDE Terremark Worldwide
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 5, 2005
TERREMARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
Delaware   1-12475   84-0873124
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
2601 S. Bayshore Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
(Address of principal executive office)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 856-3200
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:
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 Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
     On October 5, 2005, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) unanimously determined to dismiss PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered certified public accounting firm. On October 5, 2005, the Company informed PwC representatives of such dismissal. PwC’s dismissal was subject to the completion of its procedures on the unaudited interim financial statements of the Company as of September 30, 2005 and for the three- and six-month periods then ended and the Form 10-Q in which such unaudited interim financial statements are included. Such procedures were completed on November 9, 2005.
     The reports of PwC on the financial statements of the Company as of and for the years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005 and through November 9, 2005, there were no disagreements with PwC 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 PwC, would have caused it to make reference thereto in its reports on the financial statements for such years.
     During the years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005, and through November 9, 2005, there have been no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except as described below:
    In accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Company completed its assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting and concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2005 due to material weaknesses in its internal control related to (i) the restriction of access to key financial applications and data and controls over the custody and processing of disbursements and of customer payments received by mail, and (ii) the billing function to ensure that invoices capture all services delivered to customers and that such services are invoiced and revenue is recorded accurately and timely, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). More details on these two material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and management’s plans to remediate these weaknesses are discussed in Item 9A of the Company’s Form 10-K (Amendment No. 2), which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2005, and in Item 4 of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005.
    On November 9, 2005, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, indicating it would restate its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2004. In connection with this restatement, management determined that the following material weakness also existed as of September 30, 2005: The Company did not maintain effective controls over the

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      accounting for and calculation of earnings per share. More details on this restatement and the additional material weakness in internal control over financial reporting can be found in Item 4.02(a) of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2005, and in Item 4 of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005.
 
      In connection with the previously described restatement of the Company’s consolidated financial statements, management determined it will restate its report on internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2005 to include this additional material weakness.
 
    As further discussed in Item 4 of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004, the failure of certain of the Company’s internal controls to identify certain adjustments that were required to be recorded within the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 and the fact that certain further adjustments to the Company’s calculations of the value of embedded derivatives, which necessitated the filing of an amendment to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004, led management of the Company to conclude that a “material weakness” existed in the Company’s internal controls with respect to these matters as of June 30, 2004.
 
      Management of the Company believes that this material weakness has been remediated as of March 31, 2005.
     On November 9, 2005, KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) was appointed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
     The Company has authorized PwC to respond fully to the inquiries of the successor independent registered certified public accounting firm concerning the subject matter of each of the material weaknesses discussed above.
     The Company has provided a copy of the above statements to PwC and has requested and received from PwC a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not PwC agrees with such statements. A copy of that letter, dated November 16, 2005, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this filing.
     During the Company’s fiscal years ended March 31, 2004 and 2005 and through November 9, 2005, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with KPMG regarding either (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 or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as such term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) , or a reportable event (as such term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
     
Exhibit
Number
  Description
 
   
 
   
16.1
  Letter, dated November 16, 2005, from PwC addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding PwC’s concurrence with the statements made by the Company in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A.

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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.
         
  TERREMARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
 
 
Dated: November 16, 2005  By:   /s/ Jose A. Segrera    
    Jose A. Segrera   
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit
Number
  Description
 
   
 
   
16.1
  Letter, dated November 16, 2005, from PwC addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding PwC’s concurrence with the statements made by the Company in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A.

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EX-16.1 2 g98431aexv16w1.htm PWC LETTER PwC Letter
 

Exhibit 16.1
November 16, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission
150 F. Street, Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have read the statements made by Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (copy attached), which we understand will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Item 4.01 of Form 8-K, as part of the Form 8-K/A report of Terremark Worldwide, Inc., dated October 5, 2005. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K/A. However, we make no comment whatsoever regarding the current status of the three material weaknesses in internal controls related to the restriction of access issue, the billing function issue and the earnings per share issue disclosed in such Item 4.01 of Form 8-K/A or regarding any remedial actions taken by Terremark Worldwide, Inc. with respect to such material weaknesses.
Very truly yours,
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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