Item 4.01 | Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant |
‹R›On March 9, 2006, Viral Genetics, Inc., (the “Company”) and Williams and Webster P.S. mutually agreed that the Company would engage another firm to conduct the Company’s independent audit. Williams and Webster declined to renew the engagement because accounting firms are required by applicable rules to rotate the audit partner responsible for the client at least every five years, the current audit partner for the Company had come to the end of his five-year term of responsibility, and Williams and Webster did not have another audit partner able to take on the Company. Accordingly, on March 9, 2006, the Company also appointed Killman, Murrell & Company, P.C. as its independent auditors to replace the firm of Williams and Webster, which has been asked to submit a letter to the Securities & Exchange Commission to the effect that it has no material disagreements with the statements made in this Item 4.01, confirming that the Accountant had no disagreements with management of the Company related to matters that are material to the Company's 2003 and 2004 financial statements, the last two year's financial statement on which Williams and Webster P.S. opined‹/R›
Management represents as follows:
(a) There have been no disputes between management and the auditors and the auditors’ reports contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to audit scope, accounting principles, or uncertainties, except for the issue of “going concern,” for the last two fiscal years or any later interim period through the date hereof. In the auditors'’ report for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, the last two years for which the auditor issued a report, the auditor expressed doubts about the Company’s “ability to continue as a going concern.”
(b) The decision to change accountants from Williams and Webster P.S. (the “Accountant”) to Killman, Murrell & Company, P.C. has been approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
(c) During the registrant’s two most recent fiscal years and any subsequent interim period through the date hereof, there were no disagreements with the Accountant on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure. The registrant has authorized the Accountant to respond fully to the inquiries of the successor accountant.
(d) The Accountant expressed no disagreement or difference of opinion regarding any “reportable” event as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, including but not limited to:
(i) the Accountant has not advised the registrant that the internal controls necessary for the registrant to develop reliable financial statements do not exist;
(ii) the Accountant has not advised the registrant that information has come to the Accountant’s attention that has led it to no longer be able to rely on management’s representations, or that has made it unwilling to be associated with the financial statements prepared by management;
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