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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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)

 

April 29, 2015

______________________

 

TEARLAB CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

000-51030

59-343-4771

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

9980 Huennekens Street, Suite 100

San Diego, CA 92121

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(858) 455-6006

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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     Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

(a)
     
T
he Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of TearLab Corporation (the “Company”) recently conducted a selection process to determine the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The Committee invited several independent registered public accounting firms to participate in this process, including Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. As a result of this process, effective as of April 29, 2015, the Committee approved the appointment of Mayer Hoffman McCann, P.C. (“Mayer Hoffman McCann”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, commencing following the Company’s filing of its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the first fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2015 (the “Quarterly Report”). Ernst & Young’s service as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm will end upon completion of its review of the Quarterly Report.

 

The reports of Ernst & Young on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. In connection with the audits of the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, and in connection with Ernst & Young’s review of the Quarterly Report currently in process, there have been no disagreements with Ernst & Young on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope and procedures which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Ernst & Young, would have caused Ernst & Young to make reference to the matter in their reports. There were no reportable events (as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K) during the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, or during the Company’s first fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2015.

 

The Company has provided a copy of the foregoing disclosures to Ernst & Young and requested that Ernst & Young furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether Ernst & Young agrees with the above statements. A copy of Ernst & Young’s letter, dated May 1, 2015, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

(b)
     During the two most recent fiscal years and during the Company’s first fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2015, the Company has not consulted with Mayer Hoffman McCann with respect to the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that would have been rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, or any other matters set forth in Item 304(a)(2)(i) or (ii) of Regulation S-K
.

 

 

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

  

Exhibit No. Description
   

16.1

Letter from Ernst & Young LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated May 1, 2015.

 

 
 

 

 

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.

 

 

   

TEARLAB CORPORATION

     
 

By:  

/s/ William G. Dumencu

 
   

William G. Dumencu

Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: May 1, 2015