Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
On December 2, 2021, Harte Hanks, Inc. (the "Company") was notified that the
audit practice of Moody, Famiglietti and Andronico, LLP ("MFA"), an independent
registered public accounting firm, was combined with Baker Tilly US, LLP ("Baker
Tilly") in a transaction pursuant to which MFA combined its operations with
Baker Tilly and certain of the professional staff and partners of MFA joined
Baker Tilly either as employees or partners of Baker Tilly. On December 2, 2021,
MFA resigned as the auditors of the Company and with the approval of the Audit
Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, Baker Tilly was engaged as its
independent registered public accounting firm.
Prior to engaging Baker Tilly, the Company did not consult with Baker Tilly
regarding the application of accounting principles to a specific completed or
contemplated transaction or regarding the type of audit opinions that might be
rendered by Baker Tilly on the Company's financial statements, and Baker Tilly
did not provide any written or oral advice that was an important factor
considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any such accounting,
auditing or financial reporting issue.
The report of independent registered public accounting firm of MFA regarding the
Company's financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and
2019 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not
qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and during the interim period
from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through December 2,
2021, the date of resignation, there were no disagreements with MFA on any
matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or
auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the
satisfaction of MFA would have caused it to make reference to such disagreement
in its reports.
The Company provided MFA with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to
its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and requested that MFA
furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission stating whether it agrees with above statements and, if it does not
agree, the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of the letter, dated
December 3, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 99.1 (which is incorporated by reference
herein) to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
16.1 Letter from MFA dated December 3rd, 2021
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