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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): April 20, 2011

 



ARTIFICIAL LIFE, INC.

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 



 

Delaware

000-25075

04-3253298

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


26/F., 88 Hing Fat Street

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive offices)


+852 3102 2800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions.


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Item 4.01

Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.


(b) Engagement of Principal Accountant


On April 20, 2011, BDO AG, a member of BDO International Limited (“BDO”) was engaged to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The decision to engage BDO was recommended by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and approved by the Board of Directors.  BDO will audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.


During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and through the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, neither the Company nor any party on the Company’s behalf consulted BDO with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of the audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company that BDO concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was subject to any disagreement, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto, or a reportable event within the meaning set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibit is being filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release, dated April 21, 2011




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.

 

Date:  April 21, 2011

Artificial Life, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/   Eberhard Schoneburg

 

 

Eberhard Schoneburg

 

 

Chief Executive Officer