-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VLy8EaaHDZYreldgUVWqpyc2mvynthtdZfnhZSu4hc7C5jjpWf5nICSAfLtpagYV ZNoyxuJAIh7aYTy6hMhZ5g== 0000009984-94-000005.txt : 19940414 0000009984-94-000005.hdr.sgml : 19940414 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000009984-94-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19940411 ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in registrant's certifying accountant FILED AS OF DATE: 19940411 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BARNES GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000009984 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 5072 IRS NUMBER: 060247840 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04801 FILM NUMBER: 94522143 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 123 MAIN ST CITY: BRISTOL STATE: CT ZIP: 06011 BUSINESS PHONE: 2035837070 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ASSOCIATED SPRING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19760518 8-K 1 FORM 8-K, ITEM 4. CHANGE IN CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT 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 11, 1994 BARNES GROUP INC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 1-4801 06-0247840 ------------------------ ------------------------------------ (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 123 Main Street, Bristol, Connecticut 06010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (203) 583-7070 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) - 1 - ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT. ------------------------------------------------------- 1. On March 4, 1994 Barnes Group Inc. filed a report on Form 8-K reporting, inter alia, that (a) the Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the Audit Committee, proposed that stockholders approve the selection of Price Waterhouse as the Company's independent auditors for 1994, and (b) if such selection was approved by stockholders at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 6, 1994, Ernst & Young would be dismissed as independent auditors on that date. 2. Pursuant to the instructions to Item 4 of Form 8-K and Item 304 of Regulation S-K, the information provided in the previously filed 8-K will not be repeated herein. 3. At the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 6, 1994, the stockholders approved the selection of Price Waterhouse as the Company's independent auditors for 1994. Accordingly, Ernst & Young is dismissed as independent auditors of the Company as of that date. 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. BARNES GROUP INC. ------------------------------------------------ (Registrant) Date: April 11, 1994 By: ------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ (Signature) Name: John E. Besser ------------------------------------------------ Title: Senior Vice President, Finance & Law ------------------------------------------------ - 2 - -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----