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 22, 2007

Senesco Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

 

001-31326

 

84-1368850

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

303 George Street, Suite 420,
New Brunswick, New Jersey

 

08901

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(732) 296-8400

(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

 

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 October 22, 2007, Senesco Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) was notified that the partners of Goldstein Golub Kessler LLP (“GGK”), became partners of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP in a limited asset purchase agreement and that its position as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company will cease upon completion of its procedures regarding the following: (i) the unaudited interim financial statements of the Company as of September 30, 2007 and for the three month period ending September 30, 2007 and (ii) the Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ending September 30, 2007.  The Company will file an Item 4.01 Form 8-K/A once such procedures are completed.

 

The Company anticipates that it will appoint McGladrey & Pullen, LLP as its independent registered public accounting firm upon the completion of services by GGK and upon approval by the Company’s Audit Committee.  Prior to the appointment as its independent registered public accounting firm, the Company has not consulted McGladrey & Pullen, LLP on any of the matters referenced in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(2):

 

The audit reports of GGK on the consolidated financial statements of Senesco Technologies, Inc. and subsidiary as of and for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. GGK’s 2007 report relating to GGK’s audit of Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 included an emphasis paragraph relating to an uncertainty as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

In connection with the audits of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for each of the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and through the date of this Current Report, there were: (i) no disagreements between the Company and GGK on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of GGK, would have caused GGK to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in their reports on the Company’s financial statements for such years, and (ii) no reportable events within the meaning set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

The Company has provided GGK a copy of the disclosures in this Form 8-K and has requested that GGK furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not GGK agrees with the Company’s statements in this Item 4.01(a). A copy of the letter dated October 24, 2007 furnished by GGK in response to that request is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01.       Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)   Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

 

Description

16.1

 

Letter from Goldstein Golub Kessler LLP, dated October 24, 2007, regarding change in certifying accountant

 

 

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

SENESCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

Dated: October 24, 2007

By

/s/ Bruce Galton

 

Name:

Bruce Galton

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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