UNITED STATES
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):  06/15/2012
 
Identive Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  000-29440
 
Delaware
  
77-0444317
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
1900-B Carnegie Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
949-250-8888
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 4.01.    Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
 
On June 15, 2012, Identive Group, Inc. (the "Company"), at the direction of the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, engaged Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft ("E&Y"), an independent registered public accounting firm, as the Company's independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

During the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and through the date of E&Y's engagement, the Company did not consult with E&Y on (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that may be rendered on the Company's financial statements, and E&Y did not provide either a written report or oral advice to the Company that E&Y concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of any disagreement (as defined in Item 304 (a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
 

 

SIGNATURES
 
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.
 
           
Identive Group, Inc.
 
 
Date: June 18, 2012
     
By:
 
/s/    David Wear

               
David Wear
               
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary