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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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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): December 16,
2010
China Integrated Energy,
Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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001-34390
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65-0854589
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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Dongxin
Century Square, 7th
Floor
Hi-Tech
Development District
Xi’an,
Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of China
710043
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices and Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: 011-86-29 8268
3920
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item
4.01 Change in
Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
On December 16, 2010, China Integrated
Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) engaged KPMG as its principal accountant, and
dismissed Sherb & Co., LLP (“Sherb”), from that role. The change
in accountants was approved by the Company’s Audit Committee and did not result
from any dissatisfaction with the quality of professional services rendered by
Sherb.
In connection with the audit of the
Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008 and the subsequent interim period through December 16, 2010, (i) there were
no disagreements with Sherb on any matter of accounting principles or practices,
financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which
disagreements, if not resolved to Sherb’s satisfaction, would have caused Sherb
to make reference in connection with its opinion to the subject matter of the
disagreement, and (ii) there were no “reportable events,” as that term is
described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The reports of Sherb on the Company’s
financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of an opinion, and was
not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles.
Attached as Exhibit 16.1 is a copy of
Sherb’s letter addressed to the SEC relating to the statements made by the
Company in this Current Report on Form 8-K.
During the Company’s two most recent
fiscal years and in the subsequent interim period prior to December 16, 2010,
the Company did not consult with KPMG regarding (i) the application of
accounting principles to a specific completed or contemplated transaction, or
the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated
financial statements and no written or oral advice was provided by KPMG that 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 a disagreement or event, as set forth in Item
304(a)(1)(iv) or Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Description
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16.1
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Letter
of Sherb to the SEC dated December 16,
2010
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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: December
17, 2010
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China
Integrated Energy, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Xincheng Gao
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Name:
Xincheng Gao
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Title: Chief
Executive Officer and President
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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16.1
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Letter
of Sherb to the SEC dated December 16,
2010
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