SEC Company Response from ELEMENT 21 GOLF CO (CIK 0000797662) — Nov 8, 2005
ELEMENT 21 GOLF CO (CIK 0000797662)
Date: Nov. 8, 2005 · CIK: 0000797662 · Accession: 0001144204-05-034265
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Referenced dates: March 10, 2005
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November
7, 2005
Alan
L. Talesnick
(303)
894-6378
atalesnick@pattonboggs.com
BY
EDGAR AND OVERNIGHT COURIER
Mr.
David
R. Humphrey
Securities
And Exchange Commission
100
F
Street, NE
Mail
Stop
3561
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re:
Element
21 Golf Company
Form
10-KSB for the year ended June 30,
2004
File
No. 0-15260
Dear
Mr.
Humphrey:
On
behalf
of Element 21 Golf Company (the “Company”), this letter responds to the Staff’s
comments in the Staff’s letter dated March 10, 2005 concerning the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB (the “Annual Report”) filed with the Commission on
December 21, 2004 with information provided to us by the Company. The responses
below are numbered to correspond with the comments in the Staff’s March 10, 2005
letter. Also provided with this letter is Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-KSB
(the
“Amendment”), which is being filed with the Commission simultaneously with this
letter. Three blacklined copies showing the changes made to the Annual Report
are provided for your convenience.
Form
10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2004
Item
6. Management’s Discussion and Analysis Plan of Operation, page
18.
Comment
1.
We
note that you currently have no revenue sources and that the independent
auditor’s report contains a modification concerning your ability to continue as
a going concern. Accordingly, please expand your disclosure to discuss your
specific plans for obtaining additional funds, as well as the consequences
should you be unable to raise sufficient funds to pursue your business plan
as
outlined. Include a discussion of how long you can continue to satisfy your
cash
requirements before additional funding will be necessary. See Item 303 (a)(1)(i)
of Regulation S-B. As appropriate, please make a similar revision to the
information provided in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources section and expand
the disclosure in the footnotes to your financial statements.
Mr.
David
Humphrey
November
7, 2005
Page
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Response
to Comment 1.
From
the
Company’s inception through October 2002 the Company’s primary source of funds
has been the proceeds from private offerings of its common stock and advances
from affiliates of Dr. Reeves, other consultants, related parties and loans
from
stockholders. The
Company’s need to obtain capital from outside investors
is
expected to continue until it is able to achieve
profitable operations, if ever. There is no assurance that management will
be
successful in fulfilling all or any elements of its plans. The failure to
achieve these plans will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
financial position, results of operations and ability to continue as a going
concern. As noted in the Company auditor’s report for each of our fiscal years
ended 2003 and 2004, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. At the present time, the Company is attempting
to
obtain additional financing by speaking with potential investors, but there
are
currently no commitments from any source. The Company currently has virtually
no
cash available and is relying on small advances from its CEO and a few other
stockholders, although there is no assurance or commitment of any additional
funds from these or any other sources. Therefore, additional funding is
immediately necessary. If we do not receive additional funding in time to
maintain operations, then it is possible that our business may not be able
to
continue.
This
discussion has been included in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section
and
in Note 1 to the financial statements.
Fiscal
2004 Compared to Fiscal 2003, page 19
Comment
2.
Please provide further explanation as to the cause of the increase in consulting
and other professional fees in fiscal year 2004 over the amount for fiscal
2003.
Response
to Comment 2.
Consulting and professional fees totaled $2,176,215 for the year ended June
30,
2004 compared to $695,251 for the year ended June 30, 2003, resulting in
an
increase of $1,480,964. During fiscal 2004, the Company issued 20,460,010
of its
common shares in payment of $1,841,400 of such fees. These payments were
made to
outside consultants for services provided
to the Company. This discussion has been updated in the Annual
Report.
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Mr.
David
Humphrey
November
7, 2005
Page
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Comment
3.
It
is unclear how the Element 21 Acquisition could result on $210,017 of other
income. Generally, the consummation of an acquisition is not an income-producing
event. Please explain supplementally and revise your disclosure, as
appropriate.
Response
to Comment 3.
The
amount of $210,017 as shown in the Statement of Operation as “Other Income” for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 should have been titled “Forgiveness of
Debt”. Loans were made to the Company during the year in order to supplement the
Company’s poor cash flow. As of June 30, 2003, the entire loan balance was
forgiven by the lender. The Statement of Operation and Note 1b to the financial
statements have been revised for this correction.
Item
7. Financial Statements
Note
1(a) - Reporting Entity, page F-8
Comment
4.
We
note that your acquisition of Technologies, a development stage company formed
to design, develop and market scandium alloy golf clubs, was accounted for
as
a reverse
acquisition. As a result, since Technologies was the accounting acquirer
in this
merger transaction, your historical financial statements should be those
of
Technologies. These historical financial statements should reflect the
operations of Technologies prior to September 17, 2004, and the historical
stockholders’ equity of Technologies should be retroactively restated to reflect
the equivalent number of shares received in the merger
transaction.
Response
to Comment 4.
Because
Technologies was incorporated on September 17, 2004, the historical financial
statements report the development stage period as beginning on September
17,
2004. The year ended June 30, 2003 includes operations from July 1, 2002
to
September 17, 2002 of BRL and operation of Technologies from that point
forward.
Comment
5.
As
discussed in the previous comment, your historical financial statements should
reflect the operations of Technologies prior to September 17, 2002. Since
Technologies was a development stage company at the time of the merger
transaction, it appears that your development stage disclosures should extend
back to the inception of Technologies, not just until September 17, 2002.
See
paragraph 11 of SFAS 7.
Response
to Comment 5.
Please
see response to Comment 4 above.
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Mr.
David
Humphrey
November
7, 2005
Page
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Note
3
Equity, page F-14
Comment
6.
Please revise your disclosure to show the options outstanding by range of
exercise price in accordance with paragraph 48 of SFAS 123.
Response
to Comment 6. The disclosure has been revised in accordance with this comment.
Note
4 -
Income Taxes, page F-15
Comment
7.
We
note your disclosure that you have not filed federal or state tax returns
for
any of the tax years subsequent to December 31, 1993. Supplementally, please
tell us if you were required to file tax returns for any of all of those
years
and, if so, the potential consequences for not having complied with the filing
requirements.
Response
to Comment 7.
Biorelease Corp. (BRL) has not filed income tax returns since December 31,
1003.
The accumulated losses of BRL are in excess of $8,000,000. Tax returns were
required for the years subsequent to December 31, 1993, the Company does
not
believe that there is any consequence for failing to file other that reporting
the losses to be carried forward. BRL has not reported any taxable income.
Losses will be limited under IRS regulations pursuant to the merger with
the
Company and carried forward as available.
Note
6
- Subsequent Events, page F-16.
Comment
8.
Your disclosure states that you intend to spin off your interest in Holdings
and
ACT by was of a share exchange agreement. Generally, in a spin-off transaction,
shares of the company being spun off are distributed, not exchanged.
Supplementally tell us what securities are being exchanged, and make all
necessary revisions to clarify your disclosure of the spin-off
transaction.
Response
to Comment 8.
The
Subsequent Event note has been changed to state that the Company intends
to
distribute to its shareholders of record on October 4, 2004 (other than the
previous Element 21 shareholders in accordance with their consent) a dividend
in
the form of shares of Holdings and ACT (ACT is dormant).
In
addition, the Company acknowledges that:
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Mr.
David
Humphrey
November
7, 2005
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(i)
the
Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures
in
its filings;
(ii)
Staff
comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments
do not
foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to
the
filings; and
(iii)
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.
If
you or
any member of the Staff has comments or questions, please contact me at (303)
894-6378. Thank
you
for your attention to this filing.
Very
truly yours,
PATTON BOGGS LLP
By:
/s/ Alan
Talesnick
Alan
L. Talesnick
Enclosures
Cc:
Element 21 Golf Company
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