0001008886-11-000041.txt : 20110329 0001008886-11-000041.hdr.sgml : 20110329 20110329163146 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001008886-11-000041 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110323 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110329 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110329 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000929452 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213] IRS NUMBER: 860649974 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32396 FILM NUMBER: 11719068 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5601 W BUCKEYE RD CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85043 BUSINESS PHONE: 6022692000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5601 W BUCKEYE RD CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85043 8-K 1 form8k.htm FORM 8-K (CHANGE IN CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT) form8k.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 23, 2011

_____________________________________________________________________

KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Arizona
001-32396
86-0649974
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


5601 W. Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ
85043
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)


(602) 269-2000
(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:

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Item 4.01
Change in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
   
 
On March 23, 2011, Knight Transportation, Inc. (the "Company") dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte") as its independent registered public accounting firm.  The decision to dismiss Deloitte was approved by the Company's Audit Committee.  On March 29, 2011, the Company appointed Grant Thornton LLP ("Grant Thornton") as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. The decision to retain Grant Thornton also was approved by the Company's Audit Committee.
 
Deloitte’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of an opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
 
During the Company's two most recent fiscal years and through March 23, 2011, there have been no disagreements with Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to its satisfaction, would have caused Deloitte to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for such years; and there were no reportable events, as listed in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
 
The Company has provided Deloitte with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Deloitte review such disclosures and provide a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission as specified by Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K.  A copy of Deloitte's letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission is attached to this report as Exhibit 16.1.
 
During the Company's two most recent fiscal years and through March 29, 2011, the Company did not consult with Grant Thornton regarding any of the matters or events set forth in Item 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.
 
   
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
   
 
(d)           Exhibits.
     
 
EXHIBIT
  
 
NUMBER
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
     
 
Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP dated March 28, 2011 concerning change in the registrant's certifying accountant
 

 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE

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.

 
KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION, INC.
   
   
Date: March 29, 2011
By:
   /s/ David A. Jackson
   
David A. Jackson
   
President and Chief Financial Officer
 

 
 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER
  
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
     
 
Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP dated March 28, 2011 concerning change in the registrant's certifying accountant


EX-16.1 2 exh161.htm EXHIBIT 16.1 (LETTER FROM DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP) exh161.htm
 
Exhibit 16.1
 

 

 

 

 
March 28, 2011

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


Dear Sirs/Madams:

We have read Item 4.01 of Knight Transportation Inc.’s Form 8-K dated March 23, 2011, and have the following comments:

 
1.
We agree with the statements made in the first and second sentences of the first paragraph and the second, third and fourth paragraphs.

 
2.
We have no basis on which to agree or disagree with the statements made in the third and fourth sentences of the first paragraph or the fifth paragraph.

Yours truly,

 
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
Phoenix, Arizona