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) January 6, 2005
BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 0-19879 11-3054851
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State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
35 WILBUR STREET, LYNBROOK, NY 11563
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(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
516.593.7000
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report.)
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ITEM 4.01. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
On January 6, 2005, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. dismissed BDO Seidman, LLP as its Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm.
At that same meeting on January 6, 2005 the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors of BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. appointed Bloom and Co., LLP as the
Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
The reports of BDO Seidman LLP on the Company's financial statements for the
years ended January 31, 2003 and December 31, 2003 did not contain an adverse
opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to
uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except the report of BDO
Seidman LLP on the Company's financial statements for the year ended January 31,
2003 stated that these financial statements were prepared based on the
assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern and that the
Company's significant losses raised substantial doubt about the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern.
In connection with its audits of the Company's financial statements for the two
most recent fiscal years and through January 6, 2005, there have been no
disagreements with BDO Seidman LLP 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 BDO Seidman LLP, would
have caused BDO Seidman LLP to make reference thereto in its report on the
Company's financial statements for such years.
During the two most recent fiscal years and through January 11, 2005, there were
no reportable events (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
The Company has requested BDO Seidman LLP to furnish it a letter addressed to
the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the above
statements and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy
of that letter dated January 11, 2005 will be filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this
report.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits
EXHIBIT 16.1 Letter from BDO Seidman LLP to the Securities and
Exchange Commission, dated January 11, 2005 regarding
its agreement with the statements made in this report
on Form 8-K.
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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.
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.
By: /s/ Lawrence Dobroff
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Lawrence Dobroff
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: January 11, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description
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16.1 Letter from BDO Seidman LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
dated January 11, 2005 regarding its agreement with the statements made
in this report on Form 8-K.