Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
Effective February 6, 2020, LBB & Associates Ltd., LLP (“LBB”), Alpha Energy, Inc.’s (the “Company’s”) independent registered public accounting firm was suspended from appearing or practicing before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as accountants pursuant to Rule 102(e) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions.
As a result of this suspension, on March 3, 2020, the Company terminated LBB as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company.
LBB’s reports on the financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and through March 3, 2020 (the date of the termination of LBB), there were no disagreements with LBB on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which if not resolved to LBB’s satisfaction would have caused it to make reference thereto in connection with its reports on the financial statements for such year. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and through March 3, 2020, there were no events of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The Company has provided LBB a copy of the disclosures in this Form 8-K and has requested that LBB furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the Company’s statements herein. A copy of the letter dated March 2, 2020 is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.
The Company has not engaged a new independent auditing firm as of the date of this filing. At such time as a new independent auditing firm is engaged the Company will file a Form 8-K disclosing such appointment.
Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
(b) Appointment of new independent registered public accounting firm.
On June 26, 2020, the Board of Directors approved the appointment of Malone Bailey, LLP (“MB”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm.
In connection with the Company’s appointment of MB as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the Company has not consulted MB on any matter relating to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific transaction, either completed or contemplated, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a “reportable event” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).