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

 

December 6, 2010

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas

 

0-28312

 

71-0785261

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

1401 Highway 62-65 North, Harrison, Arkansas

 

72601

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(870) 741-7641

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 4.01                                           Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

(b)  On December 6, 2010, as the culmination of a request for proposal process, the Audit Committee of the Company, in concurrence with the full Board of Directors, appointed BKD, LLP (“BKD”) as the Company’s principal accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, subject to completion by BKD of its standard client evaluation procedures. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, and through the date of this filing, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with BKD regarding any of the matters or events described in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.

 

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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.

 

 

FIRST FEDERAL BANCSHARES OF

  ARKANSAS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Larry J. Brandt

 

Name:

Larry J. Brandt

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date:  December 6, 2010

 

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