SEC Company Response from MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE CO INC (MLP) (CIK 0000063330) (MLP) — Dec 23, 2005
MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE CO INC (MLP) (CIK 0000063330)
Date: Dec. 23, 2005 · CIK: 0000063330 · Accession: 0000063330-05-000026
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
File numbers found in text: 001-06510
Referenced dates: December 20, 2005
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MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE COMPANY, INC.
P. O. Box 187 Kahului, Hawaii 96733-6687
December 23, 2005
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-7410
RE: Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc.
Form 10-K, filed March 29, 2005
File No. 001-06510
Dear Ms. Davis:
We respectfully submit our responses to the Staff's comments
set forth in the Staff's letter dated December 20, 2005. To
assist in your review, we have included the Staff's comments and
have numbered our responses to correspond with the Staff's
comments.
Note 3 - Other Assets, page 41
1. We note your disclosure that indicates that the "Cash
surrender value of life insurance policies is stated net of
policy loans totaling $619,000 at December 31, 2004 and 2003."
Please provide the pertinent terms of the policy loans and
address whether or not these loans were provided by or on behalf
of the Company to officers and/or directors. In addition, refer
to SAB Topic 4:E and modify your presentation of these loans, if
applicable.
Company Response:
1. The policy loans bear interest at 5.75% to 8% annually and
are payable upon the death of the insured or cancellation of the
policies. The Company owns the insurance policies and the
related cash surrender values, and has directly borrowed against
such cash surrender values for general operating purposes. The
loans were not provided by or on behalf of the Company to our
officers and/or directors. We have no intention of repaying such
loans during the next year and we have the right to offset the
loans against the proceeds received on maturity or cancellation
of the policies; accordingly, the loans are presented as a
reduction of the respective cash surrender values included in
other noncurrent assets on the Company's balance sheet. The
Company will, in future 10-K filings, disclose the terms of such
policy loans.
With respect to SAB Topic 4:E, because the proceeds of such loans
were not provided to officers or directors of the Company, we do
not believe modification of the Company's presentation of these
loans is necessary.
Exhibit 99.1
Independent Auditors' Report
2. We note that the audit report you filed for Kapalua Bay
Holdings, LLC does not include the location of the auditor.
Please provide an audit report that conforms to Rule 2-02(a)(3)
of Regulation S-X.
Company Response:
2. The auditors for Kapalua Bay Holdings, LLC are located in
Honolulu, Hawaii. The audit report was originally printed on our
auditors' letterhead that included the location, but the
letterhead was dropped in the edgarization process. The audit
report with the location is attached hereto. We propose to make
the recommended change to Form 10-K in future filings.
Closing Comments
In connection with our responses above to the Staff's comments,
we acknowledge that:
- the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of
the disclosure in the filing;
- Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with respect to the filing; 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.
Please direct any questions on the information provided to Adele
Sumida, Controller & Secretary, at (808) 877-3895 or
asumida@mlpmaui.com.
Respectfully,
/S/ FRED W. RICKERT
Fred W. Rickert
Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
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