This Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form
8-K of Adicet Bio, Inc.
(the “Company”) is being filed solely to provide the Exhibit 16.1
letter from the Company’s former auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP. No changes have been made to the information presented below
in item 4.01.
Item 4.01 |
Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
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On September 24, 2020, the Audit Committee (the “Audit
Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Adicet Bio,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved the
appointment of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) to serve as the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2020.
On September 15, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), pursuant to the
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of
April 28, 2020, by and among resTORbio, Inc. (“resTORbio”),
Adicet Bio, Inc. (“Prior Adicet”) and Project Oasis Merger Sub,
Inc., a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of resTORbio (“Merger
Sub”), the Company completed the previously announced acquisition
of Prior Adicet, by means of a merger of Merger Sub with
and into Prior Adicet, with Prior Adicet surviving such merger as a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). In
connection with the Merger, the Company changed its name from
“resTORbio, Inc.” to “Adicet Bio, Inc.” and Prior Adicet changed
its name from “Adicet Bio, Inc.” to “Adicet Therapeutics, Inc.”
On September 25, 2020, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”),
Prior Adicet’s independent registered public accounting firm prior
to the Merger, was dismissed as the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm.
PwC’s report on Prior Adicet’s financial statements as of and for
the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, did not contain any
adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified
or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles, except that PwC’s report for the year ended
December 31, 2019 included an explanatory paragraph regarding
substantial doubt as to the company’s ability to continue as a
going concern.
During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the
subsequent interim period through September 25, 2020, there
were no: (i) disagreements with PwC on any matter of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure
or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements if not
resolved to their satisfaction would have caused them to make
reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection
with its report or (ii) reportable events as defined in Item
304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, except for the material weaknesses
Prior Adicet identified, which are as follows: (i) Prior
Adicet did not design or maintain an effective control environment
commensurate with its financial reporting requirements due to lack
of a sufficient number of accounting professionals with the
appropriate level of experience and training; (ii) Prior
Adicet did not design and maintain formal accounting policies,
procedures and controls to achieve complete, accurate and timely
financial