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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) July 6, 2021

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-36426	04-3156167
(State or other jurisdiction ‎of incorporation)	(Commission ‎File Number)	(IRS Employer ‎Identification No.)

2 Mill & Main Place, Suite 395, Maynard, Massachusetts

(Address of principal executive offices)

01754

(Zip Code)

978-648-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	AQB	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

On July 2, 2021, the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed Wolf & Company, P.C. (“Wolf”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately, and appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, subject to completion of Deloitte’s standard client acceptance process and execution of an engagement letter.

The audit reports of Wolf on the financial statements of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020 and the subsequent interim period through March 31, 2021, there were no “disagreements,” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions, between the Company and Wolf 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 Wolf, would have caused Wolf to make reference in connection with their opinion to the subject matter of the disagreement.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020 and the subsequent interim period through March 31, 2021, there were no “reportable events” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided Wolf with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that Wolf furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements contained herein and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of Wolf’s letter, dated July 6, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020 and the subsequent interim period through March 31, 2021, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, has consulted Deloitte with respect to: (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 financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Deloitte 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) or a reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description
16.1		Letter from Wolf & Company, P.C. dated July 6, 2021.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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 hereunto duly authorized.


		AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.
		(Registrant)

July 7, 2021		/s/ David A. Frank
		David A. Frank
		Chief Financial Officer

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits