LETTER 1 brandpartnersletter.txt ITEM 4.01 FORM 8-K FILED 10/22/04 COMMENT LETTER October 25, 2004 Mail Stop 0409 VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX (603) 335-2834 Mr. James F. Brooks Chief Executive Officer and President BrandPartners Group, Inc. 10 Main Street Rochester, NH 03839 RE: BrandPartners Group, Inc. Form 8-K filed October 22, 2004 File No. 0-16530 Dear Mr. Brooks: We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in response to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments. Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. 1. Amend the report to include the required letter from the former accountant. See Item 4 of Form 8-K and Item 304 of Regulation S-K. File the amendment under cover of Form 8-KA and include the ITEM 4.01 designation, including the letter from the former accountant filed as an Exhibit 16. 2. When you engage a new accountant, please report the engagement in a new Form 8-K and comply with the requirements of Regulation S-K Item 304 (a)(2). In making any disclosures about consultations with your new accountants, please ensure you disclose any consultations up through the date of engagement. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be certain that they have provided all information investors require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that * the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings; * staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments in the filings reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and * the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing. Please provide the supplemental information requested above within 10 business days from the date of this letter. The supplemental information should be filed as correspondence on EDGAR. The amendment requested should be filed as promptly as possible and should be reviewed by the former accountants. The letter required by Exhibit 16 should cover the revised disclosures. Please note that your former accountants should make it clear within the Exhibit 16 letter that it is in reference to your amended Form 8-K. You may reach me at (202) 824-5336 with any questions. Sincerely, Rachel Zablow Staff Accountant BrandPartners Group, Inc. October 25, 2004 Page 1