SEC Company Response from COGNIGEN NETWORKS INC (CIK 0000726293) — Jun 23, 2005
COGNIGEN NETWORKS INC (CIK 0000726293)
Date: June 23, 2005 · CIK: 0000726293 · Accession: 0000949303-05-000045
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File numbers found in text: 000-11730
Referenced dates: March 28, 2005
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June 21, 2005
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 0407
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Supplemental Information on Cognigen Networks, Inc.
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004
Filed September 23, 2004
Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended December 31, 2004
File No. 000-11730
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Based on the conference call we had with your staff on May 26, 2005, you
suggested that we provide you with additional information related to activities
of Cantara after we entered into the Stock Redemption Agreement. This is in
accordance with your Comment #7 under Note 8 - Stockholders' Equity (Deficit),
Stock Redemption Agreement per your letter dated March 28, 2005.
Cantara and Kevin E. Anderson in his capacity as employed by Cantara, manages
the agent operating activities of Cantara. Most of his activities are centered
around maintaining relationships with selling agents that existed within Cantara
when the Stock Redemption Agreement became effective in November of 2001. There
was a provision in the Stock Redemption Agreement, Section 1.2(c), where
Cognigen Networks, Inc. (Cognigen or the Company) agrees to pay Cantara
commissions, fees and bonuses on all new accounts generated by Cantara after the
closing date by all agents who become such after the date of the Agreement if
those agents are in Cantara's down line. This provision was a part of the
consideration given by Cognigen to Cantara in relation to the return of the
2,712,500 shares to Cognigen. It is an integral part of the Stock Redemption
Agreement without which the number of shares returned would have probably been
reduced.
In relation to Cantara's new selling agents that have become agents since the
effectiveness of the Stock Redemption Agreement there have been 107 in Cantara's
downline as either new direct selling agents or in the downline of new selling
agents. This new downline, as we will call it, has resulted in a nominal
increase in overrides to Cantara. These overrides are detailed below by fiscal
year and compared to the total payments, commissions and overrides paid to
Cantara for the same periods.
Cognigen Cognigen
New Reported Reported Pro forma Pro forma
Payment Override Fiscal Total Cantara Net income Net income EPS-Basic
Month Paid (1) Totals Payments (2) (loss) EPS-Basic (loss) (3)
---------------- ------------- ------ ------------- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------
Jan. 02 100.00 (1)
Feb. 02 100.00 (1)
Mar. 02 100.00 (1)
Apr. 02 100.00 (1)
May. 02 100.00 (1)
Jun. 02 100.00 (1) 600.00 218,206.00 (388,776.00) (0.04) (389,276.00) (0.04)
Jul. 02 130.00 (1)
Aug. 02 130.00 (1)
Sep. 02 130.00 (1)
Oct. 02 148.31
Nov. 02 151.32
Dec. 02 157.34
Jan. 03 137.41
Feb. 03 267.62
Mar. 03 138.60
Apr. 03 151.70
May. 03 200.36
Jun-03 175.88 1,918.54 535,402.21 401,407.00 0.04 399,488.46 0.04
Jul-03 182.96
Aug-03 207.72
Sep-03 210.96
Oct-03 248.08
Nov-03 320.97
Dec-03 351.74
Jan-04 334.80
Feb-04 359.41
Mar-04 332.01
Apr-04 507.29
May-04 473.54
Jun-04 477.76 4,007.24 526,513.78 (2,878,638.00) (0.32) (2,882,645.24) (0.32)
Jul-04 469.15
Aug-04 615.63
Sep-04 726.76
Oct-04 805.89
Nov-04 1,065.15
Dec-04 1,244.71
Jan-05 1,272.05
Feb-05 1,733.17
Mar-05 1,735.49 9,668.00 382,404.02 811,589.00 0.09 801,921.00 0.09
------------- ------ ------------- -----------------
16,193.78 16,193.78 1,662,526.01
(1) Actual detailed records could not be found in the data base
(2) These payments reduced the deferred commission liability set up initially in accounting (Stock Redemption Agreement)
(3) Need to consider dividends for calculation
As you can see by our analysis above, assuming that the overrides paid to
Cantara related to new selling agents is expensed instead of reducing deferred
commissions as we have been doing, there would be no significant effect in the
net income (loss) and there would be no effect on the EPS amounts reported for
each period.
Once you have had a chance to review this information, please contact us at
720-895-1912 so we can discuss this and the other revenue recognition questions
you may have.
Sincerely,
/s/ Gary L. Cook
Gary L. Cook
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Cognigen Networks, Inc.