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3-Sep-2009
Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhi
On August 31, 2009, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ocwen Financial Corporation (the "Company") approved the dismissal of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2009 and the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2009, subject to the completion of their customary client acceptance procedures. The dismissal of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is effective as of August 31, 2009.
The report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on the Company's consolidated financial statements for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2008, which was included in the Company's 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was such report qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle.
During each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2008 and through August 31, 2009, (i) there were no disagreements with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, would have caused PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports on the financial statements for such years, and (ii) there were no "reportable events" as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
During each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2008 and through August 31, 2009, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect to either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP to the Company that Deloitte & Touche LLP concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to that Item) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
The Company provided PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Company requested that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP agrees with the above statements that are related to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. A copy of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's letter, dated September 3, 2009, is attached hereto as Exhibit 16.1.
(a) - (c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits:
16.1 Letter, dated September 3, 2009, from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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