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): October 1, 2014

 

 

The ExOne Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-35806		46-1684608
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

127 Industry Boulevard North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania		15642
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (724) 863-9663

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 4.01

Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

Effective October 1, 2014, the audit practice of ParenteBeard LLC (“ParenteBeard”), the independent registered public accounting firm of The ExOne Company (the “Company”), was combined with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (“Baker Tilly”) in a transaction pursuant to which ParenteBeard combined its operations with Baker Tilly and certain of the professional staff and partners of ParenteBeard joined Baker Tilly either as employees or partners of Baker Tilly. As a result, effective October 1, 2014, ParenteBeard resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and with the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, Baker Tilly was engaged as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm on October 2, 2014.

During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with Baker Tilly regarding (i) 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, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Baker Tilly concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any such accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) or a “reportable event” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The audit reports of ParenteBeard regarding the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, and during the interim period from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through October 1, 2014, the date of resignation, there were (i) no disagreements with ParenteBeard on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of ParenteBeard, would have caused it to make reference to such disagreement in its reports, and (ii) no “reportable events” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided ParenteBeard with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Report”) and requested that ParenteBeard furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements. A copy of ParenteBeard’s letter dated October 1, 2014, stating that it is in agreement with the disclosures contained in this Report as they relate to ParenteBeard, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
16.1		Letter of ParenteBeard LLC, dated October 1, 2014.

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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.

 

Dated: October 2, 2014