PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 5, 2021
John Bean Technologies Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-34036
91-1650317
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
70 West Madison Street,Suite 4400
Chicago, IL60602
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(312) 861-5900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
JBT
New York Stock Exchange
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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) audited John Bean Technologies Corporation’s (the “Company”) consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 and will perform the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. On January 5, 2021, management of the Company made the recommendation, and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approved, to change the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and the Company will dismiss KPMG as its independent registered public accounting firm to be effective immediately following the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of KPMG’s reports on the Company's consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020.
The reports of KPMG on the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 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, except as follows:
KPMG LLP’s report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 contained a paragraph stating that “As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has changed its method of accounting for leases as of January 1, 2019, due to the adoption of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 842, Leases, and its method of accounting for revenue recognition as of January 1, 2018, due to the adoption of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.”
KPMG LLP’s report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018 contained a paragraph stating that “As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for revenue recognition effective January 1, 2018 due to the adoption of Accounting Standard Update 2014-09 and all related amendments, which established Accounting Standard Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.”
During the Company’s two most recent years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 and during the audits thereof, and through January 5, 2021, there have been no “disagreements” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and related instructions) between the Company and KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG, would have caused KPMG to make reference thereto in its reports on the consolidated financial statements for such years. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, and through January 5, 2021, there have been no “reportable events” (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
The Company provided KPMG with a copy of the disclosure it is making in this Current Report on Form 8-K, and requested that KPMG furnish a letter addressed to the SEC, pursuant to Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, stating whether or not KPMG agrees with the statements related to them made by the Company in this report. A copy of KPMG’s letter dated January 7, 2021 is attached as Exhibit 16 to this report.
(b) Newly Engaged Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On January 5, 2021, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors made the decision to engage PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately following the filing with the SEC of the report by KPMG on the Company's consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, to perform independent audit services for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, subject to completion of PwC’s standard client acceptance procedures and execution of an engagement letter. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, and through January 5, 2021, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted PwC regarding 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 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the Company, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by PwC that was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any such accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a "disagreement" (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a “reportable event” (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
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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.
John Bean Technologies Corporation
Date: January 7, 2021
By:
/s/ Jessi L. Corcoran
Name
Jessi L. Corcoran
Title
Vice President, Corporate Controller and duly authorized officer
