SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 22, 1996
Grand Premier Financial, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 0-20987 36-4077455
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File No.) Identification No.)
486 West Liberty Street Wauconda, Illinois 60084-2489
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (847) 487-1818
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The Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 22, 1996, of
Grand Premier Financial, Inc. (the "Company") is hereby amended by
deleting Item 5 of such report in its entirety and adding the
following Item 4 in lieu thereof:
ITEM 4 CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
At a meeting held on August 29 and 30, 1996, the Company's
Board of Directors appointed KPMG Peat Marwick LLP ("KPMG") as the
Company's principal accountant for the remainder of its 1996 fiscal
year. Prior to the Merger, KPMG had acted as the principal accountant
of Premier. The Company did not engage in any business prior to the
Merger and had not engaged a principal accountant prior to its
engagement of KPMG.
Except as set forth below, since January 12, 1996, the date
of incorporation of the Company, neither the Company nor any person on
behalf of the Company has consulted KPMG on the application of
accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or
proposed, or the type of opinion that might be rendered on the
Company's financial statements. As previously reported in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-03327, KPMG
furnished Premier, Northern Illinois and the Company with an opinion,
dated July 9, 1996, concerning the federal tax consequences of the
Merger to Premier, Northern Illinois and the Company and their
respective stockholders. A copy of that opinion was filed as Exhibit
8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4.
Since January 12, 1996, the date of incorporation of the
Company, neither the Company nor any person on behalf of the Company
has consulted KPMG on any matter that was either the subject of a
disagreement (as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(iv) of Item 304 of
Regulation S-K) or a reportable event (as defined in paragraph
(a)(1)(v)(A) through (D) of Item 304 of Regulation S-K).
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to its
Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
GRAND PREMIER FINANCIAL, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: September 26, 1996 By: /s/ David L. Murray
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David L. Murray
Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
