UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K/A
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
November 20, 2007
NEONODE
INC.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-8419
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94-1517641
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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of
incorporation)
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Biblioteksgatan
11
S111
46 Stockholm, Sweden
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
+468
678 18 50 — Sweden
(925)
355-7700 — USA
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Not
Applicable
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report.)
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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):
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to
Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
ITEM
4.01. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
On
August 10, 2007, the previously announced merger between SBE, Inc. (“SBE”), a
Delaware corporation, with Neonode Inc. (pre-merger Neonode), a Delaware
corporation was completed pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of
Merger and Reorganization, dated January 19, 2007 and amended on May 16,
2007. As a result of the merger, SBE changed its name to Neonode Inc
(post-merger Neonode and the “Company”) and Neonode Inc., changed its name to
Cold Winter, Inc. Following the closing of the merger, the business and
operations of pre-merger Neonode became the primary business and operations
of
the newly-combined company. The newly-combined company's headquarters are in
Stockholm, Sweden.
Pre-merger
Neonode’s independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended
December 31, 2006 and 2005 and through November 20, 2007, was Öhrlings
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, or PwC. SBE’s
independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2006
and 2005 and through September 13, 2007 was BDO Seidman, LLP, or Seidman.
The
merger was treated as a recapitalization for accounting purposes and as such,
the historical financial statements of pre-merger Neonode became the historical
financial statements of post-merger Neonode. Post-merger Neonode retained PwC,
as its independent
registered public accounting firm. After the merger, Seidman was retained to
complete its review of the SBE interim financial statements for the period
ended
July 31, 2007 and was dismissed at the completion of the interim review on
September 13, 2007 (see Form 8-K filed September 13, 2007).
This
amendment to the Item 4.01 8-K dated November 20, 2007, which was filed with
the
SEC on November 27, 2007, is being made by management of Neonode Inc.
to clarify the dismissal date for Ohrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
and to file with the SEC a revised Exhibit 16 letter.
(a)
Previous independent registered public accounting firm
(i)
On
November 20, 2007, the Audit Committee of Neonode Inc. informed PWC
that they were dismissed as
Neonode’s independent
registered public accounting firm.
(ii)
PwC’s
report on the pre-merger Neonode’s consolidated financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2006 contained an explanatory paragraph expressing
substantial doubt as to pre-merger Neonode’s ability to continue as a going
concern. Except as noted in the immediately preceding sentence, PwC’s reports on
pre-merger Neonode’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended
December 31, 2006 and 2005 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer
of
opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit
scope or accounting principle.
(iii)
During
the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 and through November 20, 2007, there
were no disagreements with PwC 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 PwC, would have caused
PwC
to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in their report
on
the financial statements for such years.
(iv)
During
the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and through November 20, 2007, there
were no reportable events, as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K.
(v)
Neonode
Inc. has requested that PwC furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities
and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the above
statements. A copy of such letter, dated November 29, 2007, is filed as Exhibit
16.1 to this Form 8-K
(b)
New
independent registered public accounting firm
(i)
Neonode
Inc. appointed BDO Feinstein International AB as its new independent
registered public accounting firm
as
of November 20, 2007. BDO Feinstein International AB is a member firm of BDO
International. During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, and through
November 20, 2007, the Company did not consult BDO Feinstein International
AB
regarding any of the matters discussed in Item 304(a)(2)(i) or Item
304(a)(2)(ii) of Regulation S-K .
(ii)
On
September 13, 2007, the Audit Committee of SBE, Inc. dismissed BDO Seidman,
LLP
as its independent registered public accounting firm. Such dismissal was to
be
finalized upon the completion by BDO Seidman, LLP of its interim review of
the
financial statements of SBE, Inc. as of July 31, 2007 and for the three- and
nine-month periods then ended. During
the fiscal
years ended October 31, 2006 and 2005 and through September 13, 2007, the
Company did not consult BDO Seidman LLP with respect to both pre-merger and
post-merger Neonode, regarding either (a) 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,
or (b) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item
304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and its related instructions) or a reportable
event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
ITEM
9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
16.1 |
Letter,
dated as of November 29, 2007, from Öhrlings
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
regarding its concurrence with the registrant's statement regarding
change
of accountants.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Neonode, INC. |
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Date: November
29, 2007 |
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/s/ David
W.
Brunton |
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David
W. Brunton |
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Chief
Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance and Secretary
(Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
16.1 |
Letter,
dated as of November 29, 2007, from Öhrlings
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
regarding its concurrence with the registrant's statement regarding
change
of accountants.
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EXHIBIT
16.1