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SEC Comment Letter for ALLIED DEFENSE GROUP INC (CIK 0000003952) — Sep 9, 2005

ALLIED DEFENSE GROUP INC (CIK 0000003952)
Date: Sept. 9, 2005 · CIK: 0000003952 · Accession: 0000000000-05-046810

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

Referenced dates: August 16, 2005, September 2, 2005

Date
September 8, 2005
Author
Rufus Decker
Form
UPLOAD
Company
ALLIED DEFENSE GROUP INC (CIK 0000003952)

Letter

VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL September 8, 2005 Robert P. Dowski Chief Financial Officer The Allied Defense Group, Inc. 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 260 Vienna, Virginia 22182

RE: Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Forms 10-Q for Quarters Ended March 31 and June 30, 2005 File No. 1-11376

Dear Mr. Dowski:

We have reviewed your letter dated September 2, 2005 and have the following comments. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. 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. Feel free to call us at the phone numbers listed below.

FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004

Note H - Goodwill, page F-23

1. We have read your response to comment four from our letter dated August 16, 2005. The projections in your goodwill analysis assume that Seascape will generate revenues in 2005 that represent a significant increase over 2004. Given that this segment has only generated $2.6 million in revenues for the first six months of 2005, a 9% decrease from the same period in the prior year, and has approximately $2.3 million in backlog, please tell us whether you are still on schedule to achieve your projections as of the most- recent date for which you have revenue information. If you believe that you will not meet the revenue projections, please tell us how this affects your goodwill analysis. Please provide additional information as necessary to support your conclusions.

2. We note in your June 30, 2005 Form 10-Q that Seascape`s new antenna product line became available late in the second quarter. Please tell us whether this timing is consistent with the assumptions used in your goodwill analysis.

3. Please also tell us the cash inflow or outflow for Seascape factored in your goodwill analysis for 2005 through the most- recent practicable date and the actual cash flows for the same period.

* * * *

Please respond to these comments within 10 business days, or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please provide us with a response letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your response on EDGAR as a correspondence file. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.

You may contact Ernest Greene, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551- 3733, or in his absence, Scott Watkinson, Staff Accountant at (202) 551-3741, if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Sincerely,

Rufus Decker Accounting Branch Chief

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Mr. Robert Dowski September 8, 2005 Page 2

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-7010

DIVISION OF CORPORATION FINANCE

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VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL

September 8, 2005

Robert P. Dowski
Chief Financial Officer
The Allied Defense Group, Inc.
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 260
Vienna, Virginia 22182

	RE:	Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
      Forms 10-Q for Quarters Ended March 31 and June 30, 2005
      File No. 1-11376

Dear Mr. Dowski:

      We have reviewed your letter dated September 2, 2005 and
have
the following comments.  Please be as detailed as necessary in
your
explanation.  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.  Feel free to call us at the phone numbers listed
below.

FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004

Note H - Goodwill, page F-23

1. We have read your response to comment four from our letter
dated
August 16, 2005.  The projections in your goodwill analysis assume
that Seascape will generate revenues in 2005 that represent a
significant increase over 2004.  Given that this segment has only
generated $2.6 million in revenues for the first six months of
2005, a
9% decrease from the same period in the prior year, and has
approximately $2.3 million in backlog, please tell us whether you
are
still on schedule to achieve your projections as of the most-
recent
date for which you have revenue information.  If you believe that
you
will not meet the revenue projections, please tell us how this
affects
your goodwill analysis.  Please provide additional information as
necessary to support your conclusions.

2. We note in your June 30, 2005 Form 10-Q that Seascape`s new
antenna
product line became available late in the second quarter.  Please
tell
us whether this timing is consistent with the assumptions used in
your
goodwill analysis.

3. Please also tell us the cash inflow or outflow for Seascape
factored in your goodwill analysis for 2005 through the most-
recent
practicable date and the actual cash flows for the same period.

*    *    *    *

      Please respond to these comments within 10 business days, or
tell us when you will provide us with a response.  Please provide
us
with a response letter that keys your responses to our comments
and
provides any requested information.  Detailed letters greatly
facilitate our review.  Please file your response on EDGAR as a
correspondence file.  Please understand that we may have
additional
comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.

      You may contact Ernest Greene, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-
3733, or in his absence, Scott Watkinson, Staff Accountant at
(202)
551-3741, if you have questions regarding comments on the
financial
statements and related matters.
						Sincerely,

	Rufus Decker
      	Accounting Branch Chief

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Mr. Robert Dowski
September 8, 2005
Page 2

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-7010

         DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE

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