SEC Comment Letter for KOOR INDUSTRIES LTD (CIK 0000791531) — Nov 23, 2005
KOOR INDUSTRIES LTD (CIK 0000791531)
Date: Nov. 23, 2005 · CIK: 0000791531 · Accession: 0000000000-05-059203
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Referenced dates: August 17, 2005, September 16, 2005
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Mail Stop 3561
November 8, 2005
Mr. Yuval Yanai
Chief Financial Officer
Koor Industries, Ltd.
14 Hamelacha Street
Rosh Ha`ayin 48091, Israel
Re: Koor Industries, Ltd.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed July 15, 2005
Form 20-F/A for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed September 16, 2005
Dear Mr. Yanai:
We have reviewed your supplemental response letter dated
September 16, 2005 as well as your filings and have the following
comments. As noted in our comment letter dated August 17, 2005,
we
have limited our review to your financial statements and related
disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to other
portions
of your documents.
Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2004
Principal and Subsidiary Auditor Reports, page F-2
Report of Independent Auditors, page F-2
1. We note your response to comment 3. It is unclear which
auditor
has taken responsibility for the conversion of Balton CP Limited`s
results from US GAAP to Israeli GAAP. In future filings, in order
to
make this point more clear, revise the second paragraph of the
audit
report issued for Koor Trade to specifically identify Balton CP
Limited and any other affiliates whose financial statements were
not
audited by Koor Trade`s auditor.
Auditors` Report of Nutriblend, Ltd., page F-138
2. We note your response to comment 4. It is unclear which
auditor
has taken responsibility for the conversion of Nutriblend
Limited`s
results from US GAAP to Israeli GAAP. In future filings, in order
to
make this point more clear, revise the second paragraph of the
audit
report issued for Lycored Natural Products Industries, Ltd. to
specifically identify Nutriblend Limited and any other
subsidiaries
whose financial statements were not audited by the auditor of
Lycored.
Auditor Reports Issued by Hoberman, Miller Goldstein & Lesser,
pages
F-128, F-131 and F-132
3. We note your response to comment 6, where Hoberman Miller,
Goldstein & Lesser, CPA`s P.C. indicate that there were no
identified
differences between US GAAP and Israeli GAAP for either Talla-Com,
Tradiran Electronic Industries, LLC, or Microwave Networks, Inc.
In
future filings, in order to make this point more clear, the
Hoberman
Miller, Goldstein & Lesser, CPA`s P.C. audit report should be
revised
to indicate that the "application of accounting principles
generally
accepted in Israel did not have any effect on the results of
operations, shareholder`s equity and cash flows..."
Note 28. Material Differences Between Israeli and US GAAP and
their
Effect on Financial Statements, page F-107
Reconciliation of net earnings (loss), page F-119
4. We note your response to comment 9. In future filings, please
revise to clarify that the difference between Israeli GAAP and US
GAAP is related to timing.
5. We note your response to comment 15. Revise your accounting
policy to explain in more detail your basis for proportionately
consolidating Yehuda Hotels, Ltd., Herod`s Hotels Spa and Resort,
Ltd. and Telrad Networks, Ltd.
6. It is not clear how Telrad met the accommodation in Form 20-F
under Item 17(c)(2)(vii) that allows you to omit Israeli GAAP to
US
GAAP reconciliation, because it does not appear that all parties
with
an equity interest have the right to share in the control of all
significant financial and operating policies. The existence of
significant participating rights that preclude consolidation under
EITF 96-16 would ordinarily mean that not all significant
financial
and operating policies of the entity are jointly controlled by all
parties with an equity interest. Please tell us in more detail
about
why you believe the above-mentioned accommodation is available to
Telrad. Please refer to section VI(C) of International Reporting
and Disclosure Issues in the Division of Corporation Finance,
which
is located on our website at
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/internatl/cfirdissues1104.htm
#P5
77_92041.
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Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or
tell us when you will provide us with a response. You may contact
Christine Bashaw, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3363 or Terry
French, Accountant Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3828 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related
matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3810 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
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Mr. Yuval Yanai
Koor Industries, Ltd.
November 8, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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