SEC Comment Letter for Birchtech Corp. (BCHT) (CIK 0000728385) (BCHT) — Nov 2, 2015
Birchtech Corp. (BCHT) (CIK 0000728385)
Date: Nov. 2, 2015 · CIK: 0000728385 · Accession: 0000000000-15-052257
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Mail Stop 3030 October 30, 2015 Via E -mail Mr. Richard H. Gross Chief Financial Officer Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. 670 D Enterprise Drive Lewis Center, OH 43035 Re: Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 201 4 Filed March 20, 201 5 File No. 000-33067 Dear M r. Gross : We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten busine ss days by providing the requested information or advis e us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Form 10 -K for the Year Ended December 31, 2014 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 14 Results of Operations, page 15 1. We note the significant increase in revenues during 2014. While we note the di sclosures included in the financial statements at page 31, please revise this section in future filings to include a robust discussion of the reasons for the changes in your revenues. Please refer to Item 303(a)(3) and Instruction 4 to Item 303(a) of Regu lation S -K. Mr. Richard H. Gross Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. October 30, 2015 Page 2 Consolidated Statements of Operations, page 24 2. We note that you are presenting stock compensation in a separate line item on the face of your statements of operations. Please revise the statement s in future filings to present the expense related to share -based payment arrangements in the same line or lines as cash compensation paid to the same employees. Refer to our guidance provided in SAB Topic 14F. Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 3. We note that your ce rtifications refer to the Form 10 -K for the period ended December 31, 2013. Please file an amendment to your Form 10 -K that includes the entire filing, including Exhibit 31 certifications, together with corrected Exhibit 32 certification s that refer to th e Form 10 -K for the period ended December 31, 2014 . We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all ap plicable Exchange Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In responding to our com ments, please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging 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 foreclos e 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. You may contact David Burton at (202) 551 -3626 or Lynn Dicker, Senior Accountant , at (202) 551 -3616 with any questions . You may also reach me at (202) 551 -3662. Sincerely, /s/ Lynn Dicker for Kevin Kuhar Accounting Branch Chief Office of Electronics and Machinery