CURRENT REPORT FOR ISSUERS SUBJECT TO THE

1934 ACT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

 

FORM 8-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 Washington, DC 20549

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act

 

January 28, 2015

Date of Report

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

CIAO GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Nevada   333-166057   27-1897718
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
         

 

8390 LBJ Freeway, 10th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75243

(Address of principal executive offices (zip code))

 

(347) 560-5040

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


 

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Item 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

 

On April 21, 2014, Specialty Contractors, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the majority shareholders of Ciao Telecom, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Ciao”), whereby the Company acquired 97.8% of the issued and outstanding shares of Ciao in exchange for the issuance of 119,999,998 shares of the Company’s common stock, in restricted form.

Ciao owns and operates a telecommunications company located in Dallas, Texas. As a result of the Agreement, the Company sells mobile devices, mobile service plans, virtual PBX systems, calling cards, IPTV and other wholesale and reseller telecommunications products and services. As a result of the Agreement, Eugenio Santos, CEO and chairman of the Board of CIAO, was appointed an officer and director of the Company. Michael Goode, its director and CEO, and Charles Smith, its CFO, subsequently resigned.

Also as a result of the Agreement, the Company increased its authorized capital and changed its name to CIAO Group, Inc., all as previously reported on Forms 8-K filed by the Company.

Update on Form 8-K filing with Updated Financial Information

The Company, under U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission rules, was required to file within 71 days a report an amended report to the originally filed Form 8-K as filed on April 25, 2014, disclosing, among other things, financial information for its operations for the previous two years.

Since the time of the merger, the Company has been working with auditors to prepare the financial information that is required to be filed. During the process of working with the auditors, the Company encountered some significant hurdles such as:

  • Prior financial statements were prepared under IFRS standards and had to be re-audited under GAAP and PCAOB standards.
  • The Company’s largest subsidiary is in Brazil, all the documents are in Portuguese and many of them had to be translated for the lead U.S. auditor which has a tedious and time consuming process.
  • The original auditors in Brazil, although PCAOB registered, were not able to complete the full audit and our U.S. based auditor has had to spend considerable time visiting Brazil and becoming familiar with the new operations of the Company.

In December the Company filed a Form 8-K after review from its auditors expecting the Form 8-K and the Form 10-Q’s for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014 should be completed in January 2015. Due to the hurdles outlined above, the audit is taking longer than anticipated. The Company’s auditors are back in Brazil to complete the audit work on the Brazilian subsidiaries and will return in the first week of February to work on completing the audit of the consolidated financial statements. The audit and the filing of the reports with the SEC is the first priority of the Company as it continues to work with its auditors to provide any information requested. Simultaneously, the Company works to position itself with licenses and agreements that will provide additional cash flow in the current and coming years. Upon filing these reports, the Company will become current in its SEC filings and compliant with its financial reporting obligations.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  CIAO GROUP, INC.  
     
/s/ Eugenio Santos  
     
  Eugenio Santos  
  Chief Executive Officer  
  Dated:  January 28, 2015  

 

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