SEC Comment Letter for GPS INDUSTRIES, INC. (CIK 0000029233) — Aug 9, 2005
GPS INDUSTRIES, INC. (CIK 0000029233)
Date: Aug. 9, 2005 · CIK: 0000029233 · Accession: 0000000000-05-040956
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
DIVISION OF
CORP ORA TION FINANCE
Mail Stop 0407
August 9, 2005
Via U.S. Mail and Fax (604) 576-7460
George G. Dorin
Chief Financial Officer
GPS Industries, Inc.
5500 152nd Street
Suite 214
Surrey, British Columbia V3S-5J9
RE: GPS Industries, Inc.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
Filed April 18, 2005
Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2004
File No. 0-30104
Dear Mr. Dorin:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. We have limited our
review to only your financial statements and related disclosures and do not intend to expand our
review to other portions of your documents. Please address the following comments in future
filings. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a future 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 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 any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter.
George G. Dorin
GPS Industries, Inc.
August 9, 2005
Page 2
Annual Report filed on form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004
Note 2 – Acquisitions, pages F-6 – F-8
1. Tell us how you determined the fair value of the patents acquired from Optimal Golf Solutions, Inc. Tell us your consideration of allocating any cost of the acquired entity to in-
process research and development or other intangible assets such as acquired technology.
Refer to SFAS 141 in your response. Your response should also address why you would pay $5.25 million for the acquired entity only to record a significant impairment charge of $3.75
million immediately after the close of the transaction.
2. Revise to disclose the primary reasons for the acquisition, including a description of the
factors that contributed to a purchase price that resulted in the recognition of goodwill. Refer
to paragraph 51 b. of SFAS 141.
Note 8 – Gain on Extinguishment of Debt, page F-18
3. Please provide us further detail related to the securities that collaterized the loan you wrote
off in the past year and how you feel that they were realized. Revise your future filings to
include this enhanced disclosure.
Quarterly Report filed on form 10-QSB for the period ended March 31, 2005
4. We note that in your amended 10-K, you classified the discounted term loan of $2.52 million from Great White Shark Enterprises, Inc. as Long Term debt. Further, in Footnote 7, you
show the repayment to be in the years after 2007. Tell us why you have reclassified this loan
as current in this filing and why you have not included this discussion in Footnote 4 – Debt?
Periodic and current reporting on the form 8-K dated November 26, 2004
5. Tell us why you have not included, in Item 9.01 of this 8-K filing, the financials of Optimal Golf Solutions, Inc. per the requirements of Item 310(b) of Regulation S-B?
George G. Dorin
GPS Industries, Inc.
August 9, 2005
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Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will
provide us with a response. Please furnish a letter that keys your responses to our comments and
provides any requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure
in the filing to be certain that the filing includes all information required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information investors require for an
informed investment decision. 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 do not foreclose
the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; 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
filings or in response to our comments on your filings.
You may contact Paul Monsour, Staff Acc ountant, at (202) 551-3360 or Carlos Pacho,
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 551-3835 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3810 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director