SEC Company Response from VERIDICOM INTERNATIONAL INC (CIK 0000710217) — Jun 6, 2005
VERIDICOM INTERNATIONAL INC (CIK 0000710217)
Date: June 6, 2005 · CIK: 0000710217 · Accession: 0001144204-05-018183
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Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
1065 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10018
Tel 212 930 9700 Fax 212 930 9725 www.srff.com
June 6, 2005
Perry Hindin, Staff Attorney
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Mail Stop 04-06
Re: Veridicom International, Inc.
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended 12/31/2004
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended 3/31/2005
Dear Mr. Hindin:
This firm represents Veridicom International, Inc. (the "Company") in the
above-referenced matters. Below, please find our responses to your May 29, 2005
comment letter with respect to the above-referenced matters:
Form 10-K and Form 10-Q
Disclosure of Controls and Procedures, page 41 (of Form 10-K/A)
4. You disclose in your Form l0-K that your CEO and CFO concluded that your
disclosure controls and procedures needed improvement and were not
effective as of December 31, 2004 to ensure timely reporting with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Item 307 of Regulation S-B requires an
assessment of the effectiveness of your "disclosure controls and
procedures", as that phrase is defined in paragraph (e) of Rule 13a-15.
However, the assessment as to timeliness that you describe addresses
matters that are narrower in scope than the evaluation required by Rule
13a-l5(e). Please advise us in this respect. In the response letter,
confirm that in future periodic reports your assessment will be provided
as effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as defined by
the referenced rule.
Response
After discussing with the Company the disclosure provided in its Form
10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004, we have determined that while
the Company was not satisfied with certain matters related to its business
operations, such as operation controls to produce analysis of costs for
different samples of software and hardware products and interdepartmental
information flow to track progress on product development, the existence
of which we do not believe has a material impact on the operations of the
Company and which matters were subsequently corrected or are in the
process of being corrected, and not related to its controls and procedures
necessary to ensure timely reporting the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Accordingly, the Company has confirmed that its disclosure
controls and procedures were effective for the year ended December 31,
2004 for the purposes of recording, processing, summarizing and timely
reporting material information required to be disclosed in reports filed
by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We hereby
confirm on behalf of the Company that in future periodic reports its
assessment will be provided as to the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures as defined by the referenced rule.
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5. You further disclose that such officers are taking an active role in
identifying the deficiencies and implementing corrective measures, which
includes the establishment of new internal policies related to financial
reporting. When you identify material deficiencies in your disclosure
controls and procedures, the deficiencies should be described in
reasonable detail. You should also describe your plans to address the
deficiencies as well the nature and status of actions to address the
deficiencies. Because as of March 31, 2005, your chief executive and chief
financial officers concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and
procedures were effective, it appears that you addressed the concerns
cited in your Form 10-K during the most recently completed quarter. In
your response letter, please tell us what aspects of your disclosure
controls and procedures needed improvement and were not effective at
December 3 1, 2004. What were the deficiencies that you identified and the
corrective measures that you implemented? Were the new internal policies
related to financial reporting? On what basis are you able to conclude in
your Form l0-QSB that the new internal policies have addressed the
conditions previously identified as material weaknesses in the disclosure
controls and procedures?
Response
As noted in our response to comments number 5, the Company misstated its
belief as to its disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, the
Company has determined that its disclosure controls and procedures were
effective for the year ended December 31, 2004 and no corrective measures
were therefore taken during the first quarter ending March 31, 2005.
6. Although your executives concluded that the disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective at December 31, 2004, and that they were
effective at March 31, 2005, the Form l0-QSI3 for the period ended March
31, 2005, states that during the most recently completed quarter there
were no changes in the Company's internal controls over financial
reporting that affected or were reasonably likely to materially affect
Veridicom's internal controls over financial reporting. In your response
letter, please explain the changes in your disclosure controls and
procedures that enabled you to reach a conclusion that they were effective
at March 3 1, 2005. Explain how, in the absence of changes in internal
controls over financial reporting, your executives concluded the
previously ineffective disclosure controls and procedures were effective
at March 31, 2005.
Response
As noted in our response to com ments number 5, the Company misstated its
belief as to its disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, the
Company has determined that its disclosure controls and procedures were
effective for the year ended December 31, 2004 and no corrective measures
were therefore taken during the first quarter ending March 31, 2005.
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In connection with the foregoing responses we hereby acknowledge the
following on behalf of the Company:
o The Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;
o Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments in the filings reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
o 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.
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Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact
the undersigned at 646-810-2179
Sincerely,
/s/ Yoel Goldfeder
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Yoel Goldfeder
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