Edgar Filing: ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC

Date: March 30, 2015

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

/s/ Glenn F. Baity

Glenn F. Baity

EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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): March 27, 2015

Commission File Number: 000-50768

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

061376651

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3611 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, California 92130

(Address of principal executive offices)

858-558-2871

(Registrant’s Telephone number)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 4.01

Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

(a)

The Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) initiated a selection process in the first half of March to determine the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, including the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2015. As a result of this process, on March 27, 2015, the Committee approved the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

(b)

During the two most recent fiscal years and in the subsequent interim period through March 27, 2015, the Company has not consulted with Ernst & Young with respect to the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that would have been rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, or any other matters set forth in Item 304(a)(2)(i) or (ii) of Regulation S-K.

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.