- Current report filing (8-K)

 

 

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): March 20, 2012 (February 21, 2012)

 

 

 

MERCHANTS & MARINE BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Mississippi		000-53198		26-2498567
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

3118 Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

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

 

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

On February 21, 2012, Merchants & Marine Bancorp, Inc., a Mississippi corporation (the “Company”), dismissed the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie, P.A. (“Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie”). The decision to dismiss Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie was recommended by the Company’s audit committee and approved by the Company’s board of directors.

Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie’s reports on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and through the date of this Form 8-K, there were no disagreements between the Company and Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie, would have caused Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie to make reference to the matter in connection with its report.

Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie has not advised the Company of any of the matters described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company has requested Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie to furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie agrees with the above statements. A copy of Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie’s letter, dated March 20, 2012, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)	Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

16.1		Letter of Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie

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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.

 

				MERCHANTS & MARINE BANCORP, INC.
Date: March 20, 2012				By:		/s/ Royce Cumbest
						Royce Cumbest
						Chairman of the Board, President and
						Chief Executive Officer
						(Principal Executive Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
16.1		Letter of Wolfe, McDuff & Oppie