Form 8-K - Current report

 

 

 

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 of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 4, 2024

 

BROWNIE’S MARINE GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Florida		333-99393		90-0226181
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS. Employer Identification No.)

 

3001 NW 25th Avenue, Suite 1, Pompano Beach, Florida		33069
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]

 

N/A

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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:

 

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
None		N/A		N/A

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company

☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

 

Effective as of October 4, 2024, Brownie’s Marine Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), engaged Bush & Associates CPA, LLC (“Bush”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit its financial statements, replacing the Company’s previous audit firm, Assurance Dimensions, LLC (“Assurance Dimensions”). The change to the Company’s auditors was approved by the Company’s board of directors.

 

The reports of Assurance Dimensions on the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except that such reports included an explanatory paragraph with respect to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and the subsequent interim period through the date of this report, there were no (a) disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) with Assurance Dimensions on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to Assurance Dimension’s satisfaction, would have caused Assurance Dimensions to make reference to the subject matter thereof in connection with its reports for such years; or (b) reportable events, as described under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years, and through the date of this report, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf has previously consulted with Bush 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, and neither a written report was provided nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Bush concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (b) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in paragraph 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto) or a reportable event (as described in paragraph 304(a)(1)(v)) of Regulation S-K).

 

The Company provided Assurance Dimensions with a copy of the disclosures it is making in this report and requested that Assurance Dimensions provide a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating whether it agrees with such disclosures. A copy of Assurance Dimension’s letter, dated October 7, 2024, is filed herewith as Exhibit 16.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
16.1		Letter from Assurance Dimensions Inc.
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.

 

	BROWNIE’S MARINE GROUP, INC.
Date: October 9, 2024	By:	/s/ Robert Carmichael
		Robert Carmichael, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 16.1

 

 

October 7, 2024

 

Office of the Chief Accountant

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street NE

Washington, DC 20549

 

Dear Sir/Madam:

 

We have read the statements under item 4.01 in the Form 8-K dated October 7, 2024 of Brownie’s Marine Group, Inc. to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and we concur with such statements made regarding our firm. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements contained herein.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

Assurance Dimensions, Inc.

Certified Public Accountants

 

ASSURANCE DIMENSIONS, LLC

also d/b/a McNAMARA and ASSOCIATES, LLC

TAMPA BAY: 4920 W Cypress Street, Suite 102 | Tampa, FL 33607 | Office: 813.443.5048 | Fax: [phone]

JACKSONVILLE: 7800 Belfort Parkway, Suite 290 | Jacksonville, FL 32256 | Office: 888.410.2323 | Fax: [phone]

ORLANDO: 1800 Pembrook Drive, Suite 300 | Orlando, FL 32810 | Office: 888.410.2323 | Fax: [phone]

SOUTH FLORIDA: 3111 N. University Drive, Suite 621 | Coral Springs, FL 33065 | Office: 754.800.3400 | Fax: [phone]

www.assurancedimensions.com

“Assurance Dimensions” is the brand name under which Assurance Dimensions, LLC including its subsidiary McNamara and Associates, LLC (referred together as “AD LLC”) and AD Advisors, LLC (“AD Advisors”), provide professional services. AD LLC and AD Advisors practice as an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations, and professional standards. AD LLC is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients, and AD Advisors provide tax and business consulting services to their clients. AD Advisors, and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

 

 

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