Item 4.01 Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
On August 10, 2019, GB Sciences, Inc. a Nevada corporation (“we,” “us,” our” or the “Company”) formally engaged Assurance Dimensions, Inc. as our independent registered public accounting firm. The engagement was due to the recent acquisition of Soles Heyn & Company, LLP’s (SHCPA) SEC practice by Assurance Dimensions, Inc.; SHCPA was our independent registered public accounting firm until the engagement of Assurance Dimensions, Inc. The decision to engage Assurance Dimensions, Inc. as our independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Board of Directors on August 15, 2019.
The Company has provided SHCPA with a copy of the disclosures in this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and has requested that SHCPA furnish it with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the statements in this Item 4.01 of this Form 8-K. SHCPA has provided the Company, prior to its filing with the SEC, with a letter addressed to the SEC stating it agrees with the statements in this Item 4.01 of this Form 8-K. A copy of the letter is filed concurrently herewith as Exhibit 16.1.
SHCPA’s report on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except as set forth herein. SHCPA’s reports on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 contained an explanatory paragraph regarding the significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
During the two-year period ended March 31, 2019 and the subsequent period through the date of filing of this report, (i) there have been no disagreements with SHCPA, whether or not resolved, on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of SHCPA, would have caused SHCPA to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports; (ii) no such disagreement was discussed with the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors or with our board of directors as a whole; and (iii) there have been no “reportable events” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
During the two most recent fiscal years and through the engagement date, we did not consult with Assurance Dimensions, Inc. regarding either (1) the application of accounting principles to any specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements or (2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and (v) of Regulation S-K.