Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
Our financial statements and supplementary data and the reports
of independent auditors thereon are listed in Item 15 of this Report and are
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN
AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
BDO Seidman, LLP served as our independent auditors from September 3, 1998 to July 15, 2002. We had determined to change our independent auditors for fiscal year 2003, and we dismissed BDO Seidman LLP on July 15, 2002.
The decision to change independent auditors was recommended by our Management
and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, and approved by a unanimous
vote of the full Board of Directors.
Our decision to change our independent auditors did not occur due to any existing or previous accounting disagreements with BDO Seidman LLP, and BDO Seidman LLP has expressed no disclaimer of opinion, adverse opinion, qualification or limitation as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles regarding our financial statements or the audit process, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2002 or 2001. Neither have there been any accounting disagreements or reportable events within the meaning of Item
304(a)(1)(iv) and Item 304(a)(1)(v) of SEC Regulation S-K for
those periods or for the interim period from April 1, 2002 up to and including
July 15, 2002. BDO Seidman LLP had stated in its letter addressed to the SEC its
concurrence with the foregoing statements in this paragraph.
On July 15, 2002, we engaged Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP to serve as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003. The decision to engage Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP was recommended by the Company's management team and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, and unanimously approved by the full Board of Directors. We did not seek the advice of Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP
on specific audit issues relating to the application of accounting principles to
a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, the type of audit opinion
that might be rendered on our financial statements, or any matter that was a
reportable event prior to engagement of this firm.
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