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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 20, 2021 (October
14, 2021)
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GROWLIFE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
000-50385
(Commission File Number)
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90-0821083
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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11335 NE 122nd Way,
Suite 105
Kirkland,
WA
98034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)
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(866)
781-5559
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of registrant under
any of the following provisions:
[_] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[_] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[_] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[_] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to
Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
[_]
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Section 4 - Matters Related to Accountants and Financial
Statements
4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
Dismissal of BPM LLP
On October 14, 2021, GrowLife, Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed BPM
LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
The decision to change accountants was approved by the Company’s
Audit Committee.
The BPM LLP reports on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements for the past two fiscal years did not contain an adverse
opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or
modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles,
except that the audit report of BPM LLP on the Company’s financial
statements for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 contained an explanatory
paragraph which noted that there was substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020
and through October 14, 2021, (i) there were no “disagreements” (as
defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv)
of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) between the
Company and BPM LLP on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or
procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to BPM LLP’s
satisfaction, would have caused BPM LLP to make reference to the
subject matter of such disagreements in its reports on the
Company’s consolidated financial statements for such years, and
(ii) there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item
304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) other than
the material weaknesses in internal control over financial
reporting identified for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020
related to: (i) audit committee makeup, and (ii) accounting and
reporting governance of complex contractual terms and
obligations.
Engagement of Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP
On October 14, 2021 the Company, upon the Audit Committee’s
approval, engaged the services of Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP
(“MGO”) and as the Company’s new independent registered public
accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial
statements as of December 31, 2021 and for the year then ending.
MGO will be performing reviews of the unaudited consolidated
quarterly financial statements to be included in the Company’s
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q going forward.
During each of the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and
through the date of this report, (a) the Company has not engaged
MGO as either the principal accountant to audit the Company’s
financial statements, or as an independent accountant to audit a
significant subsidiary of the Company and on whom the principal
accountant is expected to express reliance in its report; and (b)
the Company or someone on its behalf did not consult with MGO with
respect to (i) 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 the Company’s financial
statements, or (ii) any other matter that was either the subject of
a disagreement or a reportable event as set forth in Items
304(a)(1)(iv) and (v) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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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.
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GROWLIFE,
INC. |
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Date: October
20, 2021 |
By: |
/s/ Marco
Hegyi |
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Marco
Hegyi |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
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