SEC Comment Letter for PEOPLES FINANCIAL (PFBX) — Aug 30, 2005
PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ (PFBX) (CIK 0000770460)
Date: Aug. 30, 2005 · CIK: 0000770460 · Accession: 0000000000-05-045049
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Referenced dates: August 22, 2005
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VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL August 29, Lauri A. Wood Chief Financial Officer Peoples Financial Corporation Lameause and Howard Avenues Biloxi, Mississippi 39533
RE: Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2005 File No. 1-12103
Dear Ms. Wood:
We have reviewed your letter dated August 22, 2005 and have the following comment. Where indicated, we think you should revise your disclosures in response to this comment. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comment or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the phone numbers listed below.
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004
Note L - Contingencies, page 25
1. We appreciate the additional information you have provided us concerning the USF&G vs. Bank suit. In future filings, including but not limited to, your next quarterly filing, please include more detail concerning the nature and status of this litigation. You say that it is reasonably possible that a loss could be incurred related to this matter. If it is reasonably possible that such losses could be material, your description of the nature of the contingency needs to be enhanced. You should also state that an estimate of the range of loss cannot be made (if applicable at the time of filing). Please provide us with a draft of your proposed disclosures. They should address, at a minimum, the basic facts as described in your response, although no persons need be identified. Please refer to SFAS 5 for further guidance on disclosures related to loss contingencies. We also strongly urge you to include such disclosures in a Form 8-K Item 8.01 as soon as possible, and we remind you that any developments in the litigation should be reported as Item 1. in future Form 10-Qs.
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Please respond to this comment within 10 business days, or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please provide us with a response letter that keys your response to our comment and provides any requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your response on EDGAR as a correspondence file. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comment.
If you have any questions regarding this comment, please direct them to Ernest Greene, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3733 or, in his absence, to the undersigned at (202) 551-3689.
Sincerely,
John Hartz
Senior Assistant Chief
Accountant
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VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL
August 29,
2005
Lauri A. Wood
Chief Financial Officer
Peoples Financial Corporation
Lameause and Howard Avenues
Biloxi, Mississippi 39533
RE: Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2005
File No. 1-12103
Dear Ms. Wood:
We have reviewed your letter dated August 22, 2005 and have
the
following comment. Where indicated, we think you should revise
your
disclosures in response to this comment. If you disagree, we will
consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or
a
revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in
your
explanation. Please understand that the purpose of our review
process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable
disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in
your
filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects.
We
welcome any questions you may have about our comment or on any
other
aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the phone numbers
listed below.
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004
Note L - Contingencies, page 25
1. We appreciate the additional information you have provided us
concerning the USF&G vs. Bank suit. In future filings, including
but
not limited to, your next quarterly filing, please include more
detail concerning the nature and status of this litigation. You
say
that it is reasonably possible that a loss could be incurred
related
to this matter. If it is reasonably possible that such losses
could
be material, your description of the nature of the contingency
needs
to be enhanced. You should also state that an estimate of the
range
of loss cannot be made (if applicable at the time of filing).
Please
provide us with a draft of your proposed disclosures. They should
address, at a minimum, the basic facts as described in your
response,
although no persons need be identified. Please refer to SFAS 5
for
further guidance on disclosures related to loss contingencies. We
also strongly urge you to include such disclosures in a Form 8-K
Item
8.01 as soon as possible, and we remind you that any developments
in
the litigation should be reported as Item 1. in future Form 10-Qs.
* * * *
Please respond to this comment within 10 business days, or
tell
us when you will provide us with a response. Please provide us
with
a response letter that keys your response to our comment and
provides
any requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate
our
review. Please file your response on EDGAR as a correspondence
file.
Please understand that we may have additional comments after
reviewing your responses to our comment.
If you have any questions regarding this comment, please
direct
them to Ernest Greene, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3733 or, in
his
absence, to the undersigned at (202) 551-3689.
Sincerely,
John Hartz
Senior Assistant Chief
Accountant
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Ms. Lauri A. Wood
August 29, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-7010
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
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