Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

Based on information provided by the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm, Friedman LLP ("Friedman"), effective September 1, 2022, Friedman combined with Marcum LLP ("Marcum") and continued to operate as an independent registered public accounting firm as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marcum. On November 7, 2022, the Audit Committee of the Registrant's Board of Directors (i) dismissed Friedman and (ii) engaged Marcum to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Registrant and to provide to the Registrant the services previously provided to the Registrant by Friedman.

Neither of Friedman's reports on the financial statements of the Registrant for either of the past two fiscal years ended, respectively, December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, contained an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, or was qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the Registrant's two most recent fiscal years ended, respectively, December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, and the subsequent interim period through November 7, 2022, there were no disagreements with Friedman on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreement(s), if not resolved to the satisfaction of Friedman, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement(s) in connection with its report.

During the Registrant's two most recent fiscal years ended, respectively, December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, and the subsequent interim period through November 7, 2022, there were no reportable events (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The Registrant has provided Friedman with a copy of the above disclosures. A letter to the Commission dated November 7, 2022 from Friedman regarding its concurrence or disagreement with the statements made by the Registrant in this current report concerning the dismissal of Friedman as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm is attached as Exhibit 16 hereto.

During the Registrant's two most recent fiscal years ended, respectively, December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, and the subsequent interim period through November 7, 2022, neither the Registrant nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with Marcum with respect to 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 Registrant's consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Registrant that Marcum concluded was an important factor considered by the Registrant 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 and the related instructions to Item 304 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         Letter from Friedman LLP regarding the change in the Registrant's
             certifying accountant, dated November 7, 2022
   104       The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in
             Inline XBRL












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