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EX-16.1 - VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC | v175221_ex16-1.htm |
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)
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February
19, 2010
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VARIAN
MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its
Charter)
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Delaware
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1-7598
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94-2359345
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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3100
Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA
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94304-1030
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code
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(650)
493-4000
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Not
Applicable
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
Report)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨ Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item
4.01.
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Changes in
Registrant’s Certifying
Accountant.
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On
February 19, 2010, Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed
Mohler, Nixon & Williams (“Mohler Nixon”), the independent registered public
accounting firm for the audit of the Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Retirement
Plan (the “Plan”). Since the audit involves only the Plan, which is
independent of the Company, the change in independent registered public
accounting firms was reviewed and recommended by the Company’s management, which
through the Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Benefits Committee, comprised of
members of management, administers the Plan.
Mohler
Nixon’s reports on the Plan’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion
and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles. During the Plan’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2008
and 2007 and through February 19, 2010, there have been (1) no disagreements
with Mohler Nixon on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not
satisfactorily resolved would have caused Mohler Nixon to make reference to the
subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports and (2) no
reportable events with the Plan as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation
S-K.
The
Company provided Mohler Nixon with a copy of the disclosures to be included in
Item 4.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that Mohler Nixon
furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission stating whether or not Mohler Nixon agrees with the above
disclosures. A copy of the letter from Mohler Nixon to the Securities and
Exchange Commission, dated February 22, 2010, is attached as Exhibit 16.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
On
February 19, 2010, the Company engaged Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc. (“BPM”) to act as
the new independent registered public accounting firm for the audit of the
Plan. During the Plan’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
and through February 19, 2010, neither the Plan, nor anyone acting on its
behalf, consulted with BPM regarding (a) the application of accounting
principles to a specific completed or proposed transaction or the type of audit
opinion that might be rendered on the Plan’s financial statements, and no
written report or oral advice was provided that BPM concluded was an important
factor considered by the Plan in reaching a decision as to any such accounting,
auditing or financial reporting issue or (b) any other matter described in Item
304(a)(2)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
16.1 Letter
from Mohler, Nixon & Williams re: Change in Certifying Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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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 hereunto
duly authorized.
Varian
Medical Systems, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ JOHN W.
KUO
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Name:
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John
W. Kuo
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Title:
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Corporate
Vice President, General Counsel
and
Secretary
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Dated: February
22, 2010
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Number
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Exhibit
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16.1
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Letter
from Mohler, Nixon & Williams re: Change in Certifying Independent
Registered Public Accounting
Firm.
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