(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On August 31, 2012, Stevia First Corp. (the “Company”), with the approval  of the of the Company’s Board of Directors, dismissed Seale & Beers, LLC (“Seale”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm engaged to audit the Company’s financial statements.

The reports issued by Seale relating to its audits of the balance sheets of the Company as of March 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the fiscal years then ended and for the period from inception through June 30, 2012, contained an explanatory paragraph raising substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Other than as disclosed above, such reports did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.  

The Company’s decision to dismiss Seale is not the result of any disagreement between the Company and Seale on matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures.  From December 6, 2009, the date of Seale’s appointment as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, through August 31, 2012, there were no disagreements with Seale on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Seale, would have caused Seale to make a reference thereto in connection with its reports.  Pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to smaller reporting companies, Seale was not required to provide an attestation as to the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting for any period since the Company’s inception.  However, as disclosed in Item 9A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and Part I, Item 4 of the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012, the Company’s management determined that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of the end of such periods due to the existence of material weaknesses related to (i) insufficient segregation of duties in the Company’s finance and accounting functions due to limited personnel and (ii) insufficient corporate governance policies.  

Other than as disclosed above, there were no reportable events (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K) during the Company’s two most recent fiscal years or during the subsequent interim period through August 31, 2012. The Company’s Board of Directors discussed the subject matter of each reportable event with Seale. The Company authorized Seale to respond fully and without limitation to all requests of the successor accountant concerning all matters related to the annual and interim periods audited and reviewed by Seale, including with respect to the subject matter of each reportable event.