SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): July 10, 2007
ASTEA INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 0-26330 | 23-2119058 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
240 Gibraltar Road
Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(215) 682-2500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 4.01 (b) New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On July 10, 2007, Astea International Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, engaged Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, and to perform procedures related to the financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, beginning with, and including, the quarter ended June 30, 2007. The Company has not consulted with Grant during its fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 and through July 10, 2007 regarding either (i) 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 consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor oral advice was provided that Grant concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
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.
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| Dated: July 10, 2007 | By: | /s/ Rick Etskovitz |
| | | Chief Financial Officer |
