Item
4.01 Changes in the Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
|
(a)
|
Resignation
of Independent Accountant.
|
On
January 29, 2019, Saturna Group Chartered Professional Accountants LLP (“Saturna Group, LLP”) resigned as our independent
registered public accounting firm. On March 14, 2019, we engaged Buckley Dodds LLP as our independent registered public accounting
firm. The Board of Directors of our company approved the engagement of Buckley Dodds LLP as its independent registered public
accounting firm.
Saturna
Group, LLP’s report on our company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 did not contain
an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, or qualification or modification as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles,
except that such report on our company’s financial statements contained an explanatory paragraph in respect to the substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
During
our company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and in the subsequent interim periods ended through to the date of resignation,
there were no disagreements, resolved or not, with Saturna Group, LLP on any matter with management, with respect to any accounting
principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope and procedures, which disagreement, if not resolved
to the satisfaction of Saturna Group, LLP, would have caused Saturna Group, LLP to make reference to the subject matter of the
disagreement in connection with its report.
During
our company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and in the subsequent interim periods ended through to the date of resignation,
there were no reportable events as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
We
provided Saturna Group, LLP with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and requested that it furnish us with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether
it agrees with the statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K, and if not, stating the respects with which it does not
agree. A copy of such letter, dated March 29, 2019, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current report on Form 8-K.
|
(b)
|
Engagement of Independent registered public accounting firm.
|
During
our company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and in the subsequent interim periods ended through to the date of appointment
of Buckley Dodds, LLP on March 14, 2019, we have not consulted with Buckley Dodds, LLP regarding either the application of accounting
principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our
financial statements, nor has Buckley Dodds, LLP provided to our company a written report or oral advice that Buckley Dodds, LLP
concluded was an important factor considered by our company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial
reporting issue. In addition, during such periods, our company has not consulted with Buckley Dodds, LLP regarding any matter
that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and the related instructions) or a reportable
event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).