form8k.htm
 
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 1, 2009
 
   
Malvern Federal Bancorp, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   
   
United States 
001-34051
38-3783478
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
Identification No.)
 
 
42 E. Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, Pennsylvania  
 19301
  
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
   
   
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 (610) 644-9400
 
 
 
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 1, 2009 (the “Notice Date”), Malvern Federal Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) was notified that the audit practice of Beard Miller Company LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm (“Beard”), was combined with ParenteBeard LLC (“ParenteBeard”) in a transaction pursuant to which Beard combined its operations with ParenteBeard and certain of the professional staff and partners of Beard joined ParenteBeard either as employees or partners of ParenteBeard.  As a result of the combination, on October 1, 2009, Beard resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company and, with the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, ParenteBeard was engaged as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
 
During the two years ended September 30, 2008 and from September 30, 2008 through the engagement of ParenteBeard as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted ParenteBeard with respect to any accounting or auditing issues involving the Company.  In particular, there was no discussion with the Company regarding the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the financial statements, or any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as described in Item 304 of Regulation S-K (“Regulation S-K”) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), with Beard, or a “reportable event” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
 
Beard performed audits of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended September 30, 2008 and 2007. Beard’s reports 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.
 
During the two years ended September 30, 2008, and from September 30, 2008 through the Notice Date, there were no (i) disagreements between the Company and Beard on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to its satisfaction, would have caused Beard to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreements in connection with its report, or (ii) “reportable events,” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
 
The Company furnished Beard with a copy of this report prior to filing with the SEC and requested that Beard furnish it with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agreed with the statements made by the Company in this report insofar as they relate to Beard’s audit services and engagement as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.  Beard has furnished a letter addressed to the SEC dated October 1, 2009, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 16.
 
 
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Item 9.01              Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
  (a)
Not applicable.
  (b)
Not applicable.
  (c)
Not applicable.
  (d)
Exhibits
 
  The following exhibit is included herewith.
 
 
Exhibit Number
 
 
 
Description
 
 
16.0
 
Letter of Beard Miller Company LLP dated October 1, 2009
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
MALVERN FEDERAL BANCORP, INC.
 
 
 
Date: October 6, 2009
By:
/s/Ronald Anderson
   
Ronald Anderson
   
President and Chief Executive Officer