SEC Company Response from Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. (GCEH) (CIK 0000748790) — Dec 23, 2005
Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. (GCEH) (CIK 0000748790)
Date: Dec. 23, 2005 · CIK: 0000748790 · Accession: 0000950124-05-006981
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File numbers found in text: 333-121635
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EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
150 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 420
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601-7630
312.499.1400
FAX: 312.845.1998
EBGLAW.COM
STEPHEN R. DRAKE
TEL: 312.499.1423
FAX: 312.845.1998
SRDRAKE@EBGLAW.COM
December 23, 2005
VIA EDGAR
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James Rosenberg
Keira Ino
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-0306
Re: Medical Discoveries, Inc.
Amendment No. 3 to Form SB-2 Registration Statement
File No. 333-121635
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Dear Mr. Rosenberg and Ms. Ino:
We are writing on behalf of our client, Medical Discoveries, Inc. (the
"Company"), in response to the letter of comments from Jeffrey P. Riedler of the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to the
Company, dated November 23, 2005, with respect to the Company's Amendment No. 3
to Form SB-2, File No. 333-121635 (the "Registration Statement"). Prior to the
Company filing another amendment to the Registration Statement addressing all of
the staff's comments, we are proposing responses to you to paragraphs 14 and 15
of the letter of comments. The numbered paragraphs below restate the numbered
paragraphs in the staff's letter of comments to the Company, and the discussion
set out below each such paragraph is the Company's proposed response to the
staff's comment.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - DECEMBER 31, 2004
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PAGE F-10
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NOTE F - STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY, PAGE F-14
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14. AS IT APPEARS THAT YOUR WARRANTS AND PREFERRED STOCKS REQUIRE A SETTLEMENT
IN THE REGISTERED SHARES, THESE WARRANTS AND THE CONVERSION FEATURE OF THE
PREFERRED STOCKS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A LIABILITY AND MARKED TO MARKET,
UNTIL SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHT LAPSES. REFER TO EITF 00-19. ACCORDINGLY,
PLEASE RECLASSIFY THESE WARRANTS AND THE
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James Rosenberg
Keira Ino
December 23, 2005
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CONVERSION FEATURE OF THE PREFERRED STOCKS OUTSTANDING AS OF DECEMBER 31,
2004 TO LIABILITY. THE CHANGE IN THE FAIR VALUE OF THE INSTRUMENTS FROM
THE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE TO THE PERIOD PRESENTED SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN
YOUR STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS.
The Company does not believe that EITF 00-19 applies to the warrants or
the conversion feature of the preferred stock issued in October 2004 and
reflected on the December 31, 2004 balance sheet. All such warrants and
preferred stock instruments require physical settlement or net-share
settlement. Neither the warrants nor the preferred stock instruments give
the Company a choice of net-cash settlement, give the investor a choice of
net-cash settlement, or require net-cash settlement. Accordingly, the
warrants and conversion features are correctly classified as equity.
(EITF 00-19, P. 8)
Furthermore, the Company's classification of these instruments is
consistent with the Accounting Staff's December 1, 2005 guidance document,
"Current Accounting and Disclosure Issues in the Division of Corporation
Finance" (the "Guidance").
According to the Guidance, warrants should be accounted for as liabilities
if (1) the warrants could be required to be settled in cash upon
delisting, failure to register underlying shares, or other reasons, or (2)
the warrants contain registration rights with significant liquidated
damages. In the case of the Company's warrants, there is no provision
whatsoever for settlement in cash for any reason and there are no
liquidated damages provisions. Therefore, the issues raised in the
Guidance do not apply to the Company's warrants.
Also according to the Guidance, a preferred stock conversion feature
should be accounted for as a liability if (1) the number of shares
issuable upon conversion of the convertible instrument is variable, and
there is no cap on the number of shares which could be issued, or (2) the
stock includes registration rights with significant liquidated damages. In
the case of the Company's convertible preferred stock issued in October
2004, there is a cap on the number of shares which could be issued upon
conversion and there are no liquidated damages provisions. Therefore, the
issues raised in the Guidance do not apply to the Company's preferred
stock issued in October 2004.
For the foregoing reasons, the Company does not believe that the warrants
or preferred stock conversion features outstanding as of December 31, 2004
should be reclassified as liabilities or that any subsequent income
statement adjustments are appropriate.
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PAGE F-23
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NOTE 3 - ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK. PREFERRED STOCK, AND WARRANTS, PAGE F-24
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PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANTS, PAGE F-24
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James Rosenberg
Keira Ino
December 23, 2005
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15. SINCE THE PREFERRED STOCKS ISSUED ON MARCH 14, 2005 HAS NO MINIMUM
CONVERSION PRICE, THE CONVERSION FEATURE AND WARRANTS RELATED TO THIS
INSTRUMENT AS WELL AS ALL OTHER INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS THE ONE IN THE
PRECEDING COMMENT ABOVE AND OTHER WARRANTS LISTED IN THE TABLE ON PAGE
F-17 WITH FEATURES THAT ARE EXERCISABLE OR CONVERTIBLE INTO COMMON STOCKS
SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A LIABILITY AND MARKED TO MARKET UNTIL THERE NO
LONGER IS A CONVERSION FEATURE WITH AN UNLIMITED RATIO (THOROUGH EXERCISE,
AMENDMENT OR RETIREMENT). REFER TO EITF 00-19. ACCORDINGLY, PLEASE
RECLASSIFY WARRANTS AND THE EMBEDDED CONVERSION FEATURES OF THE SECURITIES
OUTSTANDING AS OF JUNE 30, 2005. THE CHANGE IN THE FAIR VALUE OF THE
INSTRUMENTS FROM THE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE TO THE PERIOD PRESENTED SHOULD
BE REFLECTED IN YOUR STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS.
Because the 30,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued
March 14, 2005 contain a variable conversion price without a floor, the
Company will reclassify the conversion feature of such shares as a
liability pursuant to EITF 00-19 and will mark such conversion feature to
market. The Company will restate its Quarterly Reports filed in 2005 to
reflect this reclassification. However, because all of the other
instruments (including warrants) to which this comment relates have a
stated conversion price or contain a floor on a variable conversion price,
neither EITF 00-19 nor the Guidance requires their reclassification. (See
response to Comment 14 above for a further explanation.) Accordingly, the
Company intends to continue to classify the warrants as equity.
Please let me know whether you find these proposed responses satisfactory.
Thank you very much.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Stephen R. Drake
Stephen R. Drake
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