SEC Company Response from UNIPROP MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES INCOME FUND (CIK 0000769856) — Aug 11, 2005
UNIPROP MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES INCOME FUND (CIK 0000769856)
Date: Aug. 11, 2005 · CIK: 0000769856 · Accession: 0000898432-05-000646
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August 10, 2005 Nicholas S. Hodge
BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY 617.261.3210
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Fax: 617.261.3175
nhodge@klng.com
Owen Pinkerton
Senior Counsel
Division of Corporate Finance
United States Securities and Exchange
Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities Income Fund
Schedule 14A
Filed July 25, 2005
File No. 0-15940
Dear Mr. Pinkerton:
This letter responds to comments received by telephone on August 9, 2005,
on the preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A ("preliminary proxy
statement") filed by Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities Income Fund (the
"Company") on July 25, 2005. We have set forth below your comments, followed by
our response to each comment. For your convenience, we have also enclosed marked
pages of the preliminary proxy statement reflecting our revisions.
COMMENT 1:
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We understand that you propose to delete the word "non-taxable" in certain
portions of the discussion in the preliminary proxy, as discussed in your
response letter of August 5, 2005. In light of those deletions, please consider
revising the discussion under "Alternatives to the Borrowing." Is it accurate to
say that "The 2005 Refinancing should allow for cash distributions to the
Limited Partners without the Limited Partners' having any current taxable income
from such distribution"? If it is not certain that the distribution from the
2005 Refinancing will be non-taxable, why is it that the General Partner
considers the 2005 Refinancing to be a better alternative than the sale of the
properties?
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Owen Pinkerton
August 10, 2005
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RESPONSE:
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In light of your comment, under the heading "Alternatives to the Borrowing" we
have deleted the sentence "[t]he 2005 Refinancing should allow for cash
distributions to the Limited Partners without the Limited Partners' having any
current taxable income from such distribution." We have inserted the following
language in its place:
"Cash distributions to a Limited Partner are not taxable to the Limited Partner
except to the extent that the amount of cash distributed exceeds the Limited
Partner's tax basis in its Units. Because the tax basis of each Limited
Partner's Units will include the Limited Partner's share of the 2005
Refinancing, it is anticipated that in most cases the distributions to be made
from the 2005 Refinancing will not be currently taxable."
For most Limited Partners, the distribution from the 2005 Refinancing will
result in a non-taxable event and therefore, the General Partner continues to
consider the 2005 Refinancing a better alternative than the sale of the
properties.
COMMENT 2:
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Please revise the preliminary proxy to include a summary of tax issues in the
front of the proxy.
RESPONSE:
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We have included the following paragraph on page 4 of the Preliminary Proxy
Statement to serve as a summary of tax issues:
"Cash distributions to a Limited Partner are not taxable to the Limited Partner
except to the extent that the amount of cash distributed exceeds the Limited
Partner's tax basis in its Units. Because the tax basis of each Limited
Partner's Units will include the Limited Partner's share of the 2005
Refinancing, it is anticipated that in most cases the distributions to be made
from the 2005 Refinancing will not be currently taxable. Since any decrease in a
Limited Partner's share of the 2005 Refinancing liability is treated for federal
tax purposes as a distribution of money to the Limited Partner, Limited Partners
may recognize taxable income in the future as the 2005 Refinancing is paid down.
See `Federal Income Tax Considerations.'"
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At the request of the Staff, the undersigned acknowledges on behalf of the
Company that:
o the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;
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Owen Pinkerton
August 10, 2005
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o Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments
in the filing reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Commission
from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
o The Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of
effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the
Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the
United States.
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Please contact my colleague Mackenzie Crane at (617) 261-3124 with any
additional comments or questions. Thank you.
Sincerely,
/s/ Nicholas S. Hodge
Nicholas S. Hodge
NSH:mec
cc: Geoffrey Ossias, Esq.
Mr. Paul M. Zlotoff
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