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): January 4, 2005 Spectrum Laboratories, Inc. --------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware 95-4718363 -------- ---------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (IRS Employer of Incorporation) Identification No.) 0-9478 ----------------- (Commission File Number) 18617 Broadwick Street Rancho Dominguez, California 90220 ------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 885-4600 -------------- 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. [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act. [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act. [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act. ITEM 4.01 CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT. --------------------------------------------- Effective January 4, 2005, Spectrum Laboratories, Inc. ("Spectrum" or "the Company") engaged Stonefield Josephson, Inc. ("SJ") as Spectrum's new principal independent accountant. The engagement of SJ was approved by the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors. During the fiscal years ended December 27, 2003 and December 28, 2002 and through the date hereof, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted with SJ regarding either the application of accounting principles to a specific completed or contemplated transaction, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements; or any matter that was the subject of an event as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv)B of Regulation S-B. 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. SPECTRUM LABORATORIES, INC. Dated: January 5, 2005 By: /s/ Brian Watts ------------------------------------ Name: Brian Watts Title: Chief Financial Officer