UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 Oror 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (~~date~~Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~July 1110, 2012

ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.

(Exact ~~Name~~name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in ~~Charter~~its charter)

Delaware	1-8403	38-1749884
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(CommissionFile Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
3800 Lapeer Road, Auburn Hills, MI		48326
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 475-0100

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following ~~provision (see General Instruction A.2 below)~~provisions:

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Item 24.~~05.~~01 ~~Costs~~Changes ~~Associated~~in ~~with~~Registrant’s ~~Exit~~Certifying ~~or Disposal Activities~~Accountant

AsOn ~~previously reported, on February~~July 1410, 2012, Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) resigned from its role as the independent accountant of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (“ECD” or the “Company”). As previously reported, on February 14, 2012 (the “Petition Date”), ECD and its wholly owned operating subsidiary United Solar Ovonic LLC (“USO”) (and together with ECD, the “~~Company~~Debtors”) voluntarily filed petitions for relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (the “Bankruptcy Court” and such petitions together the “Bankruptcy Petition”). Grant Thornton resigned as a result of the bankruptcy filing and ECD’s intention not to file any future audited financial statements.

OnGrant ~~May~~Thornton has not performed any auditing services for the Company since prior to the Petition Date. The Company’s financial statements for the year ended June 730, 2012 have not been audited. As such, ~~ECD~~Grant ~~and~~Thornton ~~USO~~has not issued a ~~press~~report ~~release~~on ~~announcing~~ the ~~cancellation~~Company’s ofconsolidated ~~the~~financial ~~auction~~statements offor the ~~going-concern~~fiscal ~~sale~~year ofended ~~USO, scheduled for May~~June 830, 2012 and, ~~discontinuance~~therefore, ofthere ~~the~~is ~~court-approved~~no ~~sale~~report ~~process~~which ~~because~~could ofcontain ~~the~~an ~~failure~~adverse toopinion ~~receive~~or andisclaimer ~~acceptable~~of opinion, or was qualified ~~bid~~or bymodified ~~the~~as ~~bid~~to ~~deadline~~uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. The ~~Company~~audit ~~also~~reports ~~announced~~issued ~~that~~by itGrant ~~will~~Thornton ~~begin~~for ~~reducing~~the ~~its~~years ~~workforce~~ended June 30, ~~terminating approximately~~2010 ~~300~~and ~~employees~~June 30, ~~worldwide.~~2011 Adid ~~copy~~not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were the ~~press~~reports ~~release~~qualified isor ~~furnished~~modified as ~~Exhibit~~to ~~99.1~~uncertainty, toaudit ~~this~~scope ~~report~~or accounting principles.

During the years ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2011 and through July 10, 2012, the Company did not have any disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) ~~5.02~~of ~~Departure~~Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of ~~Directors~~Regulation S-K) with Grant Thornton on any matter of accounting principles or ~~Certain~~practices, ~~Officers;~~financial ~~Election~~statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of ~~Directors;~~Grant ~~Appointment~~Thornton, would have caused Grant Thornton to make reference thereto in its report on the Company’s financial statements for such years. Also, during the years ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2011 and through July 10, 2012, there have been no reportable events as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of ~~Certain~~Regulation ~~Officers;~~S-K, ~~Compensatory~~except ~~Arrangements~~that, following the Petition Date, management of ~~Certain~~the ~~Officers~~Company concluded that because the Company filed the Bankruptcy Petition, the Company has not maintained sufficient staff with the necessary experience in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles to timely perform its controls procedures relating to the accounting and reporting processes. Specifically, the Company did not have sufficient accounting and reporting expertise necessary to make estimates requiring significant judgment or to record complex transactions in a manner necessary to facilitate the timely filing of all Forms required by the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as a result, the Company was not able to timely file all Forms required by the Exchange Act.

InOn ~~connection~~July 10, ~~with~~2012, the ~~announcement~~Company ~~described~~provided ~~above,~~Grant Thornton ~~ECD~~with ~~terminated~~a ~~Julian~~copy ~~Hawkins,~~of ~~its~~the ~~President~~disclosures ~~and~~it ~~Chief Executive~~is ~~Officer~~making ~~(“CEO”),~~in ~~and~~response ~~Joseph~~to P.Item 304(a) ~~Conroy,~~of ~~its~~Regulation ~~Executive~~S-K ~~Vice~~in ~~President~~this ofForm ~~Operations,~~8-K ~~both~~and ~~effective~~requested asthat ofGrant ~~May 11,~~Thornton ~~2012.~~provide Inthe ~~connection~~Company with ~~his~~a ~~termination,~~letter ~~Mr. Hawkins~~addressed ~~resigned~~to ~~from~~ the ~~Board,~~Securities ~~effective~~and asExchange ofCommission ~~May 16,~~stating ~~2012.~~whether ~~Mr.~~or ~~Hawkins~~not ~~and~~Grant ~~Mr.~~Thornton ~~Conroy~~agrees ~~are~~with ~~entitled~~the toabove ~~certain~~disclosures. ~~severance~~A ~~benefits,~~copy asof ~~generally~~such ~~described~~letter ~~under~~dated ~~“Post-Employment~~July 10, ~~Benefits”~~2012 inis ~~the~~attached ~~Company’s~~as ~~annual~~Exhibit ~~report~~16.1 onto this Form 108-K~~/A filed with the SEC on October 28, 2011~~.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) ~~Exhibits:~~ Exhibits

9916.1 ~~Press~~Letter ~~release,~~from ~~dated~~Grant ~~May 7,~~Thornton ~~2012,~~LLP ~~issued~~to bythe ~~Energy~~Securities ~~Conversion~~and ~~Devices~~Exchange Commission, ~~Inc.~~dated July 10, 2012

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ~~Registrant~~the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned ~~thereunto~~hereunto duly authorized.

ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC. By: /s/ ~~Jay~~Gregory B.Coppola ~~Knoll~~Name: ~~Jay~~Gregory B.Coppola ~~Knoll~~Title: ~~Executive~~Senior Vice President ~~and~~Finance ~~Chief~~& ~~Restructuring~~Treasurer ~~Officer~~and Secretary

Date: ~~May 16~~July 11, 2012

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
ExhibitNo.		Description
99.1		Press release, dated May 7, 2012, issued by Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
16.1		Letter from Grant Thornton LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated July 10, 2012

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