AMREP Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
(a) Previous independent registered public accounting firm.
On July 24, 2024, AMREP Corporation (the “Company”) dismissed Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the dismissal of Baker. The audit reports of Baker on the consolidated financial statements of the Company for each of the two most recent fiscal years ended April 30, 2024 and April 30, 2023 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. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended April 30, 2024 and April 30, 2023 and during the subsequent interim period from May 1, 2024 through July 24, 2024, (i) there were no disagreements with Baker on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures that, if not resolved to Baker’s satisfaction, would have caused Baker to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports and (ii) there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K). The Company provided Baker with a copy of the disclosures in this report prior to filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of Baker’s letter dated July 25, 2024 to the Securities and Exchange Commission, stating whether it agrees with the statements made in this report, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this report.
(b) Appointment of new independent registered public accounting firm.
On July 24, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors engaged Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A. (“RRBB”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2025. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended April 30, 2024 and April 30, 2023 and during the subsequent interim period from May 1, 2024 through July 24, 2024, neither the Company nor anyone on the Company’s behalf consulted RRBB 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 financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Baker 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” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or a “reportable event” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 16.1 | Letter, dated July 25, 2024, from Baker Tilly US, LLP. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
| AMREP Corporation | ||
| Date: July 25, 2024 | By: |
/s/ Christopher V. Vitale |
| Name: Christopher V. Vitale | ||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 16.1 | Letter, dated July 25, 2024, from Baker Tilly US, LLP. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |