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): April 11, 1994
BARNES GROUP INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-4801 06-0247840
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(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
123 Main Street, Bristol, Connecticut 06010
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(203) 583-7070
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
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1. On March 4, 1994 Barnes Group Inc. filed a report on Form 8-K reporting,
inter alia, that (a) the Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the
Audit Committee, proposed that stockholders approve the selection of
Price Waterhouse as the Company's independent auditors for 1994, and
(b) if such selection was approved by stockholders at the Company's
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 6, 1994, Ernst & Young
would be dismissed as independent auditors on that date.
2. Pursuant to the instructions to Item 4 of Form 8-K and Item 304 of
Regulation S-K, the information provided in the previously filed 8-K will
not be repeated herein.
3. At the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 6, 1994, the
stockholders approved the selection of Price Waterhouse as the Company's
independent auditors for 1994. Accordingly, Ernst & Young is dismissed
as independent auditors of the Company as of that date.
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.
BARNES GROUP INC.
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(Registrant)
Date: April 11, 1994 By:
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(Signature)
Name: John E. Besser
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Title: Senior Vice President, Finance & Law
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