SEC Company Response from OneTravel Holdings, Inc. (CIK 0000722839) — Mar 21, 2005
OneTravel Holdings, Inc. (CIK 0000722839)
Date: March 21, 2005 · CIK: 0000722839 · Accession: 0001144204-05-008239
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March 18, 2005
Ms. Linda Van Doorn
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 0409
Washington, DC 20549
Re: RCG Companies Incorporated
Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2004
Form 10-K/A for the year ended June 30, 2004
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004
File no. 001-8662
Dear Ms. Van Doorn:
We have addressed below each of the staff's comments in your letter of March 10,
2005 (the "Comment Letter").
Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2004
Form 10-K/A for the year ended June 30, 2004
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 18
1. In response to our prior comments 12 and 13, you indicate that you
considered the discounted value of the services contract obligation with
MyTravel Canada of $3.8 million to be part of the purchase consideration.
Clarify to us the basis for your conclusion under SFAS 141 and why this
contract is not being accounted for as an executory contract. In addition,
you indicate that you concluded that the value of the "direct services"
provided under the contract had a fair value of $700,000. What is the value
of the service arrangement and relationship in total and if that value
differs from the $3.8 million, why did the company agree to those terms and
why is the difference recorded as goodwill?
RESPONSE: The acquisition allowed our Company to quickly vertically
integrate its travel segments and own the new entities rather than just
providing air charter service to them. What was very attractive with this
acquisition was the seller's willingness to 100% finance the deal. Early
in the negotiations we offered $12 million in the form of a zero percent
interest promissory note. The seller, however countered with a different
structure, splitting the note into two separate instruments, a promissory
note and a service agreement, to which RCG ultimately agreed. In
connection with our review of the purchase price allocation, as required
under SFAS 141, we reviewed the services agreement and found it contained
a provision that if the agreement was terminated by either party, the
services provided in the agreement would cease, however the obligation to
pay the fees and costs would survive and we would continue to pay the fees
and costs in the same manner as if the services had not ceased.
Understanding this provision we believed the non-cancelable agreement to
be very similar to the characteristic of a promissory note.
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As required by SFAS 141, after we had determined the purchase price, we
had to allocate it to the various assets purchased, both tangible and
intangible. One of the intangibles was the above service agreement. Since
we were already in the charter travel business, we had knowledge in and
relationships with the hotels which the seller would be acting as our
representative. The value we attributed to this agreement was basically
the labor and overhead of the personnel necessary to carry on and conduct
the services, which were valued at $700,000 and is being amortized over
the life of the agreement.
After allocating the purchase price to all assets, both tangible and
intangible, we allocated the excess as required by SFAS 141 to goodwill.
Auditor's Report, page 22
2. Please confirm to the staff your intention to amend your Form 10-K filing
for June 30, 2004 to include the report of the accountants that the
principal accountants were relying upon.
RESPONSE: We confirm that we will amend our Form 10-K filing for June 30,
2004 to include the report of the accountants that the principal
accountants were relying upon.
We believe the Company has addressed all comments of the staff. Please contact
the under signed at (701) 366-5054 if you have questions or further comments.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Marc E. Bercoon
cc: Joel Mayersohn
Mark Nelson
Michael Pruitt
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