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 1934

 

September 10, 2020

(Date of report/date of earliest event reported)

 


  

CONSUMERS BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

OHIO 033-79130 34-1771400
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   Identification No.)

 

614 East Lincoln Way

P.O. Box 256

Minerva, Ohio 44657

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(330) 868-7701

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name of former address, if changes since last report)

 

 

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Item 4.01 Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

 

On September 10, 2020, after the recommendation and approval of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Consumers Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), the Board of Directors approved the engagement of Plante & Moran, PLLC (PM) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. The approval to engage PM resulted from a competitive request for proposal process undertaken by the Audit Committee pursuant to which the Audit Committee received proposals from PM, Crowe LLP (Crowe) and one other independent registered public accounting firm. The engagement of PM will be effective upon PM’s completion of its standard client acceptance procedures and execution of an engagement letter.

 

During the Company’s fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2019, and the subsequent interim period from July 1, 2019 through September 10, 2020, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with PM 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 nor oral advice was provided that PM 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 a “disagreement” or a “reportable event,” as those terms are defined in Item 304 of Regulation S-K and the related instructions.

 

On September 10, 2020, the Company notified Crowe that it has been dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective as of the completion of the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020. Crowe has served as the Company’s independent public accounting firm since 1998. Crowe will continue to serve as the Company’s independent public accounting firm until the completion of the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

 

Crowe’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for each of the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2019 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. During the Company’s fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2019, and the subsequent interim period from July 1, 2019 through September 10, 2020, (i) there were no disagreements between the Company and Crowe on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Crowe, would have caused Crowe to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its report on the consolidated financial statements for such years, and (ii) there were no “reportable events” as that term is defined in Item 304 of Regulation S-K. The Company will file a timely amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K upon completion of the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.

 

The Company has provided Crowe with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K and has requested a letter from Crowe addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether Crowe agrees with the statements set forth above related to Crowe. The Company will file such letter once it is received by a timely amendment of this Current Report on Form 8-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.

 

 

 

Consumers Bancorp, Inc.

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Date: September 10, 2020

/s/ Ralph J. Lober

 

 

Ralph J. Lober, II President and Chief

 

 

Executive Officer