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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
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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): June 29, 2000
EARTHLINK, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE 001-15605 58-2511877
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
1430 WEST PEACHTREE STREET, SUITE 400
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30309
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 404-815-0770
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ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
On June 29, 2000, EarthLink, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent
accountants and engaged Ernst & Young LLP as its new independent accountants.
The decision to change the Company's accounting firm was recommended and
approved by the Company's Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's reports on the Company's financial
statements for 1998 and 1999 (the two most recent fiscal years) contained no
adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or
modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the Company's last two fiscal years and the subsequent
interim period to the date hereof, there were no disagreements between the
Company and 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 them to make reference to the
subject matter of the disagreements in connection with their report on the
financial statements for such years.
None of the "reportable events" described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933 occurred with respect to the
Company within the last two fiscal years and the subsequent interim period to
the date hereof. During the last two fiscal years and the subsequent interim
period to the date hereof, the Company did not consult Ernst & Young LLP
regarding any of the matters or events set forth in Item 304(a)(2) of
Regulation S-K.
The Company has requested PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to furnish it
with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating
whether it agrees with the above statements made by the Company in this Form
8-K. A copy of such letter, dated July 6, 2000 is filed as an Exhibit to this
Form 8-K.
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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.
EARTHLINK, INC.
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Date: July 6, 2000 By: /s/ Michael S. McQuary
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Michael S. McQuary
President
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