Cosmos Health Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits (Amendment)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

 (AMENDMENT NO. 1)

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 26, 2024

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

On April 26, 2024, Cosmos Health Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Report”) to report the dismissal of KPMG Certified Auditors S.A. (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately, and related matters under Item 4.01 of Form 8-K.

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (the “Amendment”) is being filed by the Company to amend the Original Report to include disclosure regarding the appointment of new independent registered auditors of the Company, as required under Item 4.01(b), and to file Exhibit 16.1, Letter from KPMG to the SEC and Exhibit 16.2, Response Letter from Cosmos Health Inc. to KPMG.

Item 4.01 of the Original Report is amended and restated in its entirety as set forth below. Except as set forth herein, no other modifications have been made to the Original Report.

ITEM 4.01 CHANGES IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

(a) Dismissal of Previous Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On April 26, 2024, the Company dismissed KPMG as the Company’s independent registered accountant, effective immediately. The Company’s Audit Committee, mindful of certain filing deadlines under the US securities laws, unanimously voted in favor to dismiss KPMG as the Company’s independent auditors. KPMG was unable to complete the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 on a timely basis. The Company’s Board of Directors agreed with such recommendation.

KPMG had previously been appointed on August 7, 2023 as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm with the engagement of the review of the Company’s Third Quarter Form 10-Q and the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. As previously disclosed, during the two most recent fiscal years and through August 7, 2023, the Company had not consulted with KPMG regarding any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event described in Items 304(a)(1)(iv) or (v), respectively, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

During the subsequent interim period from August 7, 2023 through April 25, 2024, the Company is of the opinion that: there were no (a) disagreements with KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to KPMG’s satisfaction, would have caused KPMG to make reference to the subject matter thereof in connection with its report for such period; or (b) reportable events, as described under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

We furnished a copy of the disclosures in this report to KPMG and had requested that KPMG furnish us with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether such firm agrees with the statements made by the Company in response to this Item 4.01, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of the letter is being filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Amendment.

In their letter, KPMG has the contrary opinion that there have been disagreements, between KPMG and the Company, on matters of “accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosures, or auditing scope or procedure”, and, more specifically, that KPMG has identified certain transactions with a third party consignment vendor that suggested that an illegal act may have occurred and asked the Company’s Audit Committee to undertake a prompt investigation and to facilitate additional audit procedures, that the request was reiterated multiple times and that, at the time of their dismissal, they were not aware of an investigation having been initiated and the additional audit procedures had not been performed.

The Company objects to such statements made by KPMG and provides a response letter, which is being filed herein as Exhibit 16.2 to this Amendment. Contrary to KMPG’s assertions, KPMG never informed the Company’s Audit Committee that “an illegal act may have occurred”. Instead, KPMG’s comments consistently referred to concerns over an inventory account and the related transactions between the Company and the third-party vendor. As soon as the issue was raised with the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee, the Audit Committee informed the Company and the Company has taken prompt actions in regard to such concerns. An independent inventory count was conducted on April 30, 2024 and the count substantiated the transaction in question.

Regardless of the arrangement of the inventory count in order to solve such specific concern, on April 10, 2024, the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee was informed that KPMG had suspended all further audit work and, as a result, the Company was unable to timely file its Form 10-K for fiscal year 2023 within the SEC deadlines.

(b) Engagement of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On April 29, 2024, RBSM LLP (“RBSM”) was appointed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

During the two most recent fiscal years and through April 25, 2024, the Company had not consulted with RBSM regarding any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event described in Items 304(a)(1)(iv) or (v), respectively, of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

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