Washington |
0-31499 |
91-1649604 |
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(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission
File No.) |
(IRS
Employer Identification No.) |
(a) |
As previously reported by Eden Bioscience Corporation (the Company) on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 2, 2007 (the Form 8-K), KPMG LLP (KPMG), the Companys independent registered public accounting firm, notified the Company that the auditor-client relationship between the Company and KPMG would cease upon the completion of the audit of the Companys financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the issuance of KPMGs report thereon. This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 8-K (the Form 8-K/A) is being filed to report that KPMG has completed the audit of the Companys financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006 and issued their report thereon dated March 28, 2007, which report is included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 filed on March 30, 2007. Accordingly, the auditor-client relationship between the Company and KPMG effectively ceased on March 30, 2007 as KPMG declined to stand for re-election. |
(b) |
KPMGs decision to decline to stand for re-election as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm was not recommended or approved by the Audit Committee of the Companys Board of Directors. |
(c) |
The audit reports of KPMG on the Companys consolidated financial statements as of and for the years December 31, 2006 and 2005 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles except as follows: |
(d) |
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the subsequent interim period through March 30, 2007, there have been no disagreements on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports. |
(e) |
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the subsequent interim period through March 30, 2007, there have been no reportable events as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. |
(f) |
The Company has provided a copy of this Form 8-K/A to KPMG and requested KPMG to furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made by Company in this Form 8-K/A, and, if not, identifying the statements with which it does not agree. KPMGs letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K/A. |
(g) |
The Audit Committee of the Companys Board of Directors is conducting a search for KPMGs replacement with the expectation of retaining a new independent registered public accounting firm prior to filing the Companys Form 10-Q for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company will report the engagement of a successor independent registered public accounting firm in a subsequent Current Report on Form 8-K. |
(d) |
Exhibits. |
16.1 |
Letter from KPMG LLP, dated April 4, 2007. |
Dated: April 4,
2007 |
By: /s/Bradley S. Powell Name: Bradley S. Powell Title: President and Chief Financial Officer |