SEC Company Response from Dalrada Technology Group, Inc. (DHTI) (CIK 0000725394) (DHTI) — Mar 24, 2005
Dalrada Technology Group, Inc. (DHTI) (CIK 0000725394)
Date: March 24, 2005 · CIK: 0000725394 · Accession: 0001019687-05-000786
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File numbers found in text: 333-222334, 333-55874
Referenced dates: November 24, 2004
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DALRADA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
9449 Balboa Avenue, Suite 211
San Diego, California 92123
Office: (858) 277-5300 Fax: (858) 277-5379
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March 25, 2005
Daniel Lee
Attorney-Advisor
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W. Mail Stop 4-6
Washington, D.C. 20549-0405
Re: Dalrada Financial Corporation
Registration Statement on Form SB-2
Filed October 28, 2004
File No. 0-12641
Via Fax: 202-942-9544
Ph: 202-942-1871
Dear Mr. Lee:
Included are the responses to the comments listed on the SEC letter dated
November 24, 2004.
GENERAL
1. PLEASE ADVISE OF YOUR INTENTIONS WITH RESPECT TO YOUR FORM S-2 (FILE
NO. 333-55874), WHICH WAS INITIALLY FILED IN FEBRUARY 2001.
We would like to withdraw this filing.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM SB-2 FILED OCTOBER 28, 2004
Prospectus Cover
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2. PLEASE LIMIT THE COVER PAGE TO THE INFORMATION THAT IS REQUIRED BY ITEM
501 OF REGULATION S-B AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS KEY TO AN
INVESTMENT DECISION. YOUR COVER PAGE CONTAINS DETAILED INFORMATION THAT
IS DISCLOSED ELSEWHERE IN YOUR PROSPECTUS, SUCH AS DISCLOSURE REGARDING
CONVERSION RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
HOLDERS AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT YOUR STOCK IS CONSIDERED TO BE "PENNY
STOCK.' FOR ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE, PLEASE REFER TO RULE 421(D) OF
REGULATION C.
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Prospectus Cover page revised.
3. PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH THE CALCULATIONS FOR THE NUMBER OF SHARES
ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THE CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES AT AN ASSUMED
PRICE OF $.007. FOR EXAMPLE, THE $225,000 CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE WOULD
APPEAR TO CONVERT TO 32,142,857 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AT THE
CONVERSION PRICE OF $.007 RATHER THAN 64,295,714.
Please see below table.
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Convertible Conversion Reserve Sub Warrants Total
Note $0.0070 100.00% Total Shares
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Alpha Capital Aktiengesellschaft $225,000 32,142,857 32,142,857 64,285,714 4,500,000 68,785,714
Gamma Opportunity Capital Partners LP $225,000 32,142,857 32,142,857 64,285,714 4,500,000 68,785,714
Longview Fund, LP $200,000 28,571,429 28,571,429 57,142,857 4,000,000 61,142,857
Stonestreet Limited Partnership $150,000 21,428,571 21,428,571 42,857,143 3,000,000 45,857,143
Totals $800,000 114,285,714 114,285,714 228,571,429 16,000,000 244,571,429
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Risk Factors
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The Issuance of the Shares in this Offering, Plus the Existing Outstanding
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Convertible Notes, Will Result in Dilution, p.11
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4. PLEASE REVISE YOUR DISCLOSURE TO PRESENT IN TABULAR FORM THE NUMBER OF
SHARES THAT MAY BE ISSUED UPON CONVERSION OF THE DEBENTURES AT VARIOUS
MARKET PRICES. PLEASE CONSIDER USING EXAMPLE MARKET PRICES THAT ARE
REFLECTIVE OF CURRENT MARKET PRICES. PLEASE SUPPLEMENTALLY INFORM US
WHY YOUR CURRENT DISCLOSURE IN THIS RISK FACTOR REFLECTS CONVERSIONS AT
50 PERCENT AND 25 PERCENT OF MARKET PRICE. YOUR PRIOR DISCLOSURE
INDICATES THAT THE CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES ARE CONVERTIBLE AT THE LESSER
OF (1) $.02 PER SHARE OR (2) 70 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE OF THE THREE
LOWEST CLOSING BID PRICES PER SHARE FOR THE 6O DAYS PRIOR TO
CONVERSION.
a) Presentation has been revised into tabular form using a
current market price.
b) Conversions at 25%, 50% and 75% below market gives the
investor a idea of how many shares may actually hit the market
over a period of time if the stock price continues to go down.
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Executive Compensation
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5. PLEASE PRESENT THE INFORMATION IN YOUR SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 402(B) OF REGULATION S-B. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO NOT
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COLUMNS "OPTIONS/SALARY," "OTHER" AND SARS"
ENCOMPASS. FROM YOUR OPTION GRANT TABLE, IT APPEARS THAT MR. BONAR
RECEIVED 7 MILLION OPTIONS IN 2004, BUT THESE ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE. PLEASE ADVISE OR REVISE.
Revised -
Security Ownership
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6. PLEASE UPDATE YOUR OWNERSHIP INFORMATION TO A MORE RECENT DATE THAN
JUNE 7, 2004.
Ownership figures have been updated.
Selling Security Holders
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7. PLEASE PROVIDE A MATERIALLY CONCISE AND COMPLETE DISCUSSION OF THE
TRANSACTIONS BY WHICH THE SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS RECEIVED THEIR
SHARES TO BE RESOLD. SEE ITEM 507 OF REGULATION S-B. THIS INFORMATION
IS HELPFUL FOR US IN EVALUATING THE RESALE TRANSACTION THAT YOU PROPOSE
TO REGISTER. ENSURE THAT YOU CLEARLY EXPLAIN THE CONVERSION TERMS OF
THE CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES AND CONSIDER PROVIDING A SAMPLE CONVERSION
OF THE DEBENTURES BASED UPON A RECENT MARKET PRICE. ALSO, ADDRESS HOW
THE ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK PURSUANT TO THE DEBENTURES IS AFFECTED BY
THE 9.99 PERCENT CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTION.
Disclosure added.
Financial Statements
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8. PLEASE INCLUDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
2004 IN YOUR REGISTRATION STATEMENT. PLEASE SEE ITEM 310(G) OF
REGULATION S-B.
Updated for December, 2004 financials
9. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RESULTS OF GREENLAND CORPORATION ARE INCLUDED IN
YOUR CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FROM THE DATE OF ACQUISITION
(JANUARY 14, 2003) THROUGH MARCH 1, 2004. WE FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT
OUTSTANDING COMMENTS ADDRESSED TO THOMAS J. BEENER DATED JANUARY 26,
2004 RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF GREENLAND CORPORATION HAVE
NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR LIMITED REVIEW
OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS UNTIL THE OUTSTANDING COMMENTS RELATING TO
GREENLAND CORPORATION HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.
Comments follow this document.
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10. HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO PRESENT THE RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS OF GREENLAND CORPORATION AS DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS. IN
THIS REGARD, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO HOLD APPROXIMATELY 19
MILLION SHARES OF GREENLAND CORPORATION, OR SLIGHTLY 20% PERCENT OF
GREENLAND'S ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SHARES. TELL US HOW YOU MEET THE
CRITERIA IN PARAGRAPH 42 OF SFAS 144 FOR PRESENTATION AS DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS, SINCE IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONTINUING
INVOLVEMENT IN THE OPERATIONS OF GREENLAND. ALSO, CLARIFY HOW YOU ARE
ACCOUNTING FOR APPROXIMATELY 19 MILLION SHARES OF GREENLAND THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO HOLD. SINCE YOU CONTINUE TO HOLD APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT
OF GREENLAND'S ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING SHARES, JUSTIFY AND EXPLAIN WHY
YOU ARE NOT APPLYING THE EQUITY METHOD OF ACCOUNTING. PLEASE REFER TO
PARAGRAPH 17 OF APB 18.
Greenland was presented as a discontinued operation since the
operations and cash flows of Greenland have been eliminated from those
of Dalrada and Dalrada will have no continuing involvement in the
operations of Greenland. There were some differences of opinion between
the management of Dalrada and Greenland regarding the future direction
of Greenland. It was determined that the best way to resolve these
differences was for Dalrada to dispose of its interest in Greenland and
let Greenland's management take full control. As a result of this
disposition, all of officers/directors/employees of Dalrada that held
position with Greenland resigned their position immediately and
management control and control of the board of directors were turned
over to Greenland's management. As part of the disposal, Dalrada
retained approximately 19 million shares of Greenland's common stock
(approx 16.8% as of 9/30/04). Dalrada is accounting for these shares
using the cost method. In computing the gain on disposition of
Greenland, Dalrada valued these 19 million shares at $0. (valuing the
shares at a higher amount would have resulted in the gain on
disposition of Greenland to increase).
Dalrada determined the value of these shares to be $0 based on:
o the illiquidity of Greenland's common stock,
o the Rule 144 holding period, and
o the extremely low per share price of the stock
(below $0.01)
It was Dalrada's original intent to retain ownership in some of
Greenland's common stock so that it could sell the shares in the open
market for cash once the Rule 144 holding period expired. If Dalrada is
able to sell these shares, it will recognize a gain at that time,
however it is unlikely that these shares will ever be registered or the
restriction will be lifted due to Greenland's adversarial position to
Dalrada.
Signatures
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11. PLEASE INDICATE WHO IS SIGNING IN THE CAPACITY OF THE CONTROLLER OR
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER. PLEASE SEE INSTRUCTIONS TO FORM SB-2.
Randall Jones.
Exhibits
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12. WE ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT RELATING TO
THE $800,000 IN CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES. PLEASE ADVISE.
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The Subscription Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10(I) with the Form
10QSB on February 17, 2004. It is referenced as Document 11 - File -
doc10.txt under the Form 10QSB filing on the SEC.Gov website.
FORM 10KSB FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2004
Item 8A. Controls and Procedures
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13. YOUR EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS APPEARS TO BE NARROWER THAN THAT WHICH IS
PRESCRIBED BY RULE 13A-15 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT. IN THIS
REGARD, YOUR ANALYSIS APPEARS TO BE RESTRICTED TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
YOUR CONTROLS IN CONNECTION WITH "MATERIAL" INFORMATION. PURSUANT TO
RULE 13A-15(C) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT, DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES APPLIES TO "INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED" WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO MATERIALITY. PLEASE REVISE. IN THIS REGARD, WE NOTE THAT
YOUR ITEM 3 DISCLOSURE IN YOUR FROM 10QSB FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 APPEARS TO COMPORT WITH RULE 13A-15.
Item 3 has been revised.
Sincerely,
/s/ Brian Bonar
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Brian Bonar
Chief Executive Officer
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DALRADA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
9449 Balboa Avenue, Suite 211
San Diego, California 92123
Office: (858) 277-5300 Fax: (858) 277-5379
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March 23, 2005
Daniel Lee
Attorney-Advisor
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W. Mail Stop _____
Washington, D.C. 20549-0405
Re: Greenland Corporation
Registration Statement on Form SB-2
Filed December 18, 2003
File No. 333-222334
Via Fax: 202-942-9544
Ph: 202-942-1871
Dear Mr. Lee:
Included are the responses to the comments listed on the SEC letter dated
January, 2004. It is understood that these responses are from Dalrada Financial
corporation and relate to how Greenland is reflected in or affects Dalrada's
consolidated financials and do not represent responses by Greenland Corporation.
GENERAL COMMENTS ON YOUR FILING
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1. WE NOTE THAT YOU HAVE FILED RULE 12B-25 EXTENSION WITH NEARLY EVERY PERIODIC
REPORT SINCE YOU BECAME PUBLIC IN 1993. PLEASE SUPPLEMENTALLY ADVISE US OF THE
STEPS YOU HAVE TAKEN OR WILL TAKE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH EXCHANGE ACT SECTION
13(B), SECTION 404 TO THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002, ITEMS 307 AND 308 TO
REGULATION S-K.
This would be a Greenland response.
2. THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO YOUR OCTOBER 2003 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT IS
UNCLEAR. SIGNIFICANTLY REVISE THROUGHOUT TO HIGHLIGHT IN DETAIL THE SALIENT
TERMS OF YOUR PRIVATE PLACEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, PROVIDE GREATER DETAIL TO THE
METHOD FOR CONVERTING THE SECURITIES INTO COMMON, PARTICULARLY REGISTERED COMMON
SHARES. WILL IT BE ON A SET SCHEDULE AT A PRE-DESCRIBED AMOUNT? WE WILL HAVE
FURTHER COMMENT ONCE YOU PROVIDE GREATER DETAIL. WE NOTE THE BREVITY OF YOUR
DESCRIPTION ON PAGES 7 AND 36.
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This would be a Greenland response.
COVER PAGE
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3. REVISE YOUR COVER PAGE TO USE BULLETS AND/OR TABLES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH CAN BE REVISED TO MORE CLEARLY CONVEY THE IDENTITY OF THE
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS AND THE NUMBER OF SHARES EACH PARTY MAY RESELL.
This would be a Greenland response.
4. DISCLOSE THE PERCENTAGE OF SHARES 126 MILLION REPRESENTS AS COMPARED TO THAT
OUTSTANDING AND/OR PUBLIC FLOAT.
This would be a Greenland response.
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY - PAGE 5
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Greenland Corporation - page 5
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5. YOUR EXPLANATION OF YOUR BUSINESS IS COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
PLEASE SIGNIFICANTLY REVISE TO EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY, WITH
PARTICULAR EMPHASIS PLACED ON HOW THE PRIOR TRANSACTION RELATED TO YOUR CURRENT
BUSINESS PLAN AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR EACH SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION. WE NOTE
THAT YOU CHANGED BUSINESS PLANS AS WELL AS OWNERSHIP A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE
1986. WHY DID YOU ENGAGE IN EACH SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION? IF PRIOR TRANSACTIONS
ARE UNIMPORTANT TO YOUR CURRENT BUSINESS PLAN, CONSIDER STREAMLINING YOUR
DISCLOSURE TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS CURRENTLY MATERIAL TO AN INVESTMENT DECISION.
This would be a Greenland response.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
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Results of Operations - Page 20
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6. PLEASE REVISE YOUR INTERIM COMPARATIVE DISCUSSION OF GROSS BILLING AND
WORKSITE PAYROLL COST TO BETTER REFLECT YOUR "NET" PRESENTATION. FOR INSTANCE,
IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO COMPARE THE GROSS BILLINGS FOR 2003 TO THE LACK OF
REVENUES IN 2002. CLEARLY PRESENT YOUR ACTUAL REVENUES FOR 2003 INSTEAD. DATA
FOR GROSS BILLING AND WORKSITE PAYROLL COST MAY BE DISCUSSED AS SUPPORT FOR THE
CHANGES IN ACTUAL REVENUES.
a. Dalrada's June 10KSB showed that Greenland's revenues were
$5,211,000 for the period starting July 1, 2003 to February 29, 2004, and were
$400,000 for the period January 14, 2003 to June 30, 2003. The results of
operations of Greenland have been reported separat