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
BCB BANCORP, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
New Jersey 0-50275 26-0065262
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(State or Other Jurisdiction) (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Identification No.)
104-110 Avenue C, Bayonne, New Jersey 07002
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (201) 823-0700
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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, BCB Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") was notified that the
audit practice of Beard Miller Company LLP ("Beard") an independent registered
public accounting firm, 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. On October 1, 2009, Beard
resigned as the auditors of the Company and with the approval of the Audit
Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, ParenteBeard was engaged as its
independent registered public accounting firm.
Prior to engaging ParenteBeard, the Company did not consult with
ParenteBeard 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 ParenteBeard on the Company's consolidated financial
statements, and ParenteBeard 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 Beard
regarding the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 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, 2008 and 2007, and during the interim
period from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through October
1, 2009, the date of resignation, there were no disagreements with Beard 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 Beard would have caused it to make reference to such
disagreement in its reports.
The Company provided Beard with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K
prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and requested
that Beard 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 October 1, 2009, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 (which is incorporated by
reference herein) to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) Financial Statements of businesses acquired. Not Applicable.
(b) Pro forma financial information. Not Applicable.
(c) Shell company transactions: None
(d) Exhibits.
The following Exhibit is attached as part of this report:
16.1 Letter of Concurrence from Beard Miller Company LLP regarding Change
in Certified Accountant.
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, hereunto duly authorized.
BCB BANCORP, INC.
DATE: October 2, 2009 By:/s/ Donald Mindiak
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Donald Mindiak
President and Chief Executive Officer