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			Form 8-K 43018
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">April </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">7</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">, 2018 </font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">15021 Katy Freeway, Suite 400 </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Houston, Texas 77094 </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#xA7;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#xA7;240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#x2612; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#x2610; </font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item&nbsp;4.01</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">.</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">On</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">April </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">7</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, 2018, the Audit Committee</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> of the Board of Directors of Alta Mesa Resources,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#x201D;) approved </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">the engagement of BDO USA, LLP (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">BDO</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#x201D;) as the Company&#x2019;s independent regist</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">e</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">red public accounting firm for the year ending De</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">c</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">ember 31, 2018.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">BDO has informed the Company that</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">it completed the prospective client evaluation process </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">and was engaged </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">on</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">April</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">27</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> 2018.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">In connection with the selection of BDO, also on</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">April </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">27</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, 2018</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, the Audit Committee informed </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">WithumSmith+Brown, PC (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Withum</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">that it was dismissed as the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Company&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">independent registered public accounting firm as of the date thereof.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Audit Committee made its decision in connection with the Company&#x2019;s acquisition of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Alta </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Mesa Holdings, LP (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Alta Mesa</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> and Kingfisher </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Midstream, LLC</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, on February 9, 2018</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Business Combination</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;BDO is the independent public accounting firm of Alta Mesa.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">During the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">fiscal </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">years ended</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> December&nbsp;31, 2016</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> and 2017</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">subsequent</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">interim</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> period through </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">April </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">7</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">2018, the date of Withum&#x2019;s dismissal, there were no disagreements with Withum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreement, had it not been resolved to the satisfaction of Withum, would have caused Withum to make reference thereto in its reports on the financi</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">al statements for such periods.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">During the same periods, there have been no &#x201C;reportable events,&#x201D; as that term is described in&nbsp;Item&nbsp;304(a)(1)(v)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Withum&#x2019;s audit report</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> on the financial statements of the Company </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">as of and for the years ended </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">December 31, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">2016 and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">2017 </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">The Company has provided each of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Withum</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> and BDO</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> with a copy of the discl</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">osures in this Form 8-K and has </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">requested that </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Withum</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">agrees with the Company&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">s statements in this Item 4.01.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">A copy of the letter, dated </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">May 2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, 2018</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, furnished by </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Withum</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> in response to such request, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">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. </font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">ALTA MESA RESOURCES, INC.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Date: May </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, 2018</font></p>
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Form 8-K 43018
﻿
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):
April
2
7
, 2018
﻿
Alta Mesa Resources, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
﻿
Delaware
001-38040
81-4433840
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS. Employer
Identification No.)
15021 Katy Freeway, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77094
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
281-530-0991
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
﻿
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Item 4.01
.
Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
.
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On
April
2
7
, 2018, the Audit Committee
of the Board of Directors of Alta Mesa Resources, Inc. (the "
Company
") approved
the engagement of BDO USA, LLP ("
BDO
") as the Company's independent regist
e
red public accounting firm for the year ending De
c
ember 31, 2018.
BDO has informed the Company that
it completed the prospective client evaluation process
and was engaged
on
April
27
,
2018.
In connection with the selection of BDO, also on
April
27
, 2018
, the Audit Committee informed
WithumSmith+Brown, PC ("
Withum
")
that it was dismissed as the
Company's
independent registered public accounting firm as of the date thereof.  The Audit Committee made its decision in connection with the Company's acquisition of
Alta
Mesa Holdings, LP ("
Alta Mesa
")
and Kingfisher
Midstream, LLC
, on February 9, 2018
(the "
Business Combination
")
.
BDO is the independent public accounting firm of Alta Mesa.
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P
rior to the appointment of BDO,
in connection with the Company's preparation of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the Business Combination,
the Company
orally
consulted with BDO with respect to the accounting treatment for the Business Combination
and related matters and BDO communicated that its view was consistent with that of the Company
with respect to these matters
.
During the
fiscal
years ended
December 31, 2016
and 2017
, and
the
subsequent
interim
period through
April
2
7
,
2018, the date of Withum's dismissal, there were no disagreements with Withum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreement, had it not been resolved to the satisfaction of Withum, would have caused Withum to make reference thereto in its reports on the financi
al statements for such periods.
During the same periods, there have been no "reportable events," as that term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Withum's audit report
s
on the financial statements of the Company
as of and for the years ended
December 31,
2016 and
2017
did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
The Company has provided each of
Withum
and BDO
with a copy of the discl
osures in this Form 8-K and has
requested that
Withum
furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it
agrees with the Company'
s statements in this Item 4.01.
A copy of the letter, dated
May 2
, 2018
, furnished by
Withum
in response to such request, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibits
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16.1
Letter from WithumSmith+Brown, PC to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated
May 2
, 2018.
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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.
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ALTA MESA RESOURCES, INC.
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Date: May
2
, 2018
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By:
/s/ Michael A. McCabe
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Name:
Michael A. McCabe
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Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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