UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
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 28, 2004
Excelsior Venture Partners III, LLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-29665 | 13-4102528 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
225 High Ridge Road Stamford, CT | 06905 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(203) 352-4400
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (seeGeneral Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
Explanatory Note:
This Form 8-K/A is being filed solely to file as an Exhibit the response of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) to the disclosures made in the report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on November 2, 2004. The Ernst & Young response was received by the Registrant on November 4, 2004.
Item 9 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibit
| 16.1 | Letter from Ernst & Young to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated November 2, 2004. |
SIGNATURE
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.
Excelsior Venture Partners III, LLC (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: November 4, 2004 | /s/ Douglas A. Lindgren | |||||
Douglas A. Lindgren Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
| Date: November 4, 2004 | /s/ Robert F. Aufenanger | |||||
Robert F. Aufenanger Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 16.1 | Letter from Ernst and Young dated November 2, 2004. |
