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): December 19, 2011
 
SOUTHERN TRUST SECURITIES HOLDING CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Florida
 
000-52618
 
651001593
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

145 Almeria Ave., Coral Gables, Florida 33134
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 446-4800

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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

(a) Effective December 19, 2011, Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp. (the “Company”) dismissed Rothstein Kass & Company, P.C. (“Rothstein”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.  Rothstein’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 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.

The decision to change accountants was approved by a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors.

During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and any subsequent interim period preceding the Company’s dismissal of Rothstein on December 19, 2011, there were not any disagreements with Rothstein on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure.

(b) Effective December 19, 2011, the Company engaged Morrison Brown Argiz & Farra, LLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
 
 
 
 

 


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
SOUTHERN TRUST SECURITIES HOLDING CORP.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Robert Escobio  
    Robert Escobio  
    Chief Executive Officer  
Date: December 21, 2011