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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 9, 2013

 

 

 

 

LOGO

SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-27823   13-3827791

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

7007 N.W. 77th Avenue, Miami, Florida   33166
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(305) 441-6901

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A to amend its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2013 (the “Original Report”) solely to include the letter attached hereto as Exhibit 16.1 from our former registered independent public accountant KPMG LLP (“KPMG”). Other than referencing the inclusion of the letter from KPMG as Exhibit 16.1 attached hereto, there are no other changes to the Original Report.

Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accountant

On May 9, 2013, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. approved the dismissal of KPMG as the Company’s independent registered public accountant, effective as of the date of KPMG’s completion of the audit services for the first quarter ending March 31, 2013 and the filing of the Company’s 2013 Quarterly Report on Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-Q. The Board of Directors ratified that decision, also on May 9, 2013.

The reports of KPMG on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, and through May 9, 2013, the date of KPMG’s dismissal, (i) there were no disagreements (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG would have caused KPMG to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for such years, and (ii) there were no “reportable events” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The Company has provided KPMG with a copy of the Original Report and requested that KPMG provide the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not KPMG agrees with the disclosures contained therein. A copy of KPMG’s letter, dated May 16, 2013, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K/A.


(b) Newly Appointed Independent Registered Public Accountant

On May 9, 2013, the Audit Committee approved the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP (“Crowe Horwath”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to perform independent audit services beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. The Board of Directors ratified that decision, also on May 9, 2013. During the Company’s fiscal years ending December 31, 2012 and 2011 and through May 9, 2013, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted Crowe Horwath 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 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the Company, in any case where a written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by Crowe Horwath that Crowe Horwath 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 the subject of a disagreement (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a “reportable event” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

16.1    Letter from KPMG LLP addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated as of May 16, 2013.

 

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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.

 

    SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
    (Registrant)
May 21, 2013     By:  

/s/ Joseph A. García

      Joseph A. García
     

Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative

Officer, Senior Executive Vice President and

Secretary


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

16.1    Letter from KPMG LLP addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated as of May 16, 2013.