SEC Company Response from MAGNITUDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC (CIK 0000838796) — Oct 28, 2005
MAGNITUDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC (CIK 0000838796)
Date: Oct. 28, 2005 · CIK: 0000838796 · Accession: 0001144204-05-033187
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File numbers found in text: 000-32485
Referenced dates: SEPTEMBER 8, 2005, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005, September 8, 2005
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Joseph J. Tomasek, Esq.
77 North Bridge Street
Somerville, New Jersey 08876
October 28, 2005
FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE
OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ONLY
VIA EDGAR AND OVERNIGHT DELIVERY
Filing Desk Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Attention: Kathleen Collins, Accounting Branch Chief
RE: Magnitude Information Systems, Inc. (the "Company")
Form 10-KSB for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2004
Filed March 30, 2005
File No. 000-32485
Dear Ms. Collins:
On behalf of the Company, we are filing today Amendment No. 1 to the
Company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, previously
filed with the Commission on March 31, 2005 (the "10-KSB Amendment"), and
Amendments Nos 1 to the Company's Form 10-QSBs for the quarters ended March 31,
2005, previously filed with the commission on May 16, 2005 (the "March 10-QSB
Amendment") and June 30, 2005, previously filed with the Commission on August
15, 2005 (the "June 10-QSB Amendment") via Edgar and in response to those
comments set forth in the Staff's letters to Mr. Steven D. Rudnik, President of
the Company, dated September 8, 2005 and October 21, 2005, respectively. Please
be advised that the Company is also filing today via Edgar its current report on
Form 8-K, addressing the Item 4.02 concerns raised by the Staff in its Comment
No. 5 of its October 21, 2005 letter (the "4.02 Form 8-K").
For the convenience of the Staff's review, we are enclosing three (3)
paper copies of the 10-KSB Amendment, the March 10-QSB Amendment and the June
10-QSB Amendment marked to indicate changes made to the original filing,
together with copies of the Staff's letters to the Company, dated September 8,
2005 and October 21, 2005, which contain or restate seven comments. We have also
enclosed three (3) paper copies of the Item 4.02 Form 8-K
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Kathleen Collins, Accounting Branch Chief
Securities and Exchange Commission
October 28, 2005
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The Company's responses to the Staff's comments set forth in the Staff letters,
dated October 6, 2005 and October 21, 2005, respectively, are as follows:
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS, PAGE 3
1. PLEASE REFER TO COMMENT 1 OF OUR LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 2005. WE NOTE
IN YOUR RESPONSE THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE PROPERLY REFLECTED THE
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION AS ONE LINE ITEM IN YOUR CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS AS ALL RELATE TO SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSE. AS NOTED IN OUR PREVIOUS COMMENT, STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
RELATED TO SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES CAN CONTINUE TO BE
SHOWN AS ONE LINE ITEM IN YOUR STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS. HOWEVER, YOU MUST
PROVIDE EITHER A FOOTNOTE DISCLOSURE OR DISCLOSURE BELOW YOUR STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS INDICATING THAT ALL OF YOUR STOCK BASED COMPENSATION RELATES TO
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. REVISE YOUR PRESENTATION BY
ALLOCATING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF STOCK BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE TO THE
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE LINE ITEM OR PROVIDE THE
APPROPRIATE DISCLOSURE ON THE FACE OF THE STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS OR IN A
FOOTNOTE INDICATING THAT SUCH STOCK BASED COMPENSATION RELATES SOLELY TO
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE.
Pursuant to the Staff's comment, we have provided appropriate disclosure
on the face of the statements of operations in the restated financial
statements contained in the Form 10-KSB Amendment, the March 10-QSB
Amendment, and in the June 10-QSB Amendment, indicating that all of the
Company's stock based compensation relates solely to selling, general and
administrative expense.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
SECURITIES ISSUED FOR SERVICES, PAGE 10
2. PLEASE REFER TO COMMENT 2 AND 3 OF OUR LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 2005. WE
ARE UNABLE TO CONCLUDE ON YOUR RESPONSE AS IT RELATES TO THE FAIR VALUE OF
YOUR OPTIONS/WARRANTS ISSUED TO NON-EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES FOR SERVICES
UNTIL YOUR AMENDMENT WITH THE REVISED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
DISCLOSURES. PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHEN YOU FILE THE AMENDED EXCHANGE ACT
REPORTS YOU SUPPLEMENTALLY PROVIDE THE STAFF WITH DETAILED SUPPORT TO YOUR
REVISIONS, INCLUDING THE ADJUSTMENTS TO PERIODS PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2003.
In response to the Staff's comment, please be advised that management, in
consultation with its independent registered accountants, Rosenberg Rich
Baker Berman & Company of Bridgewater, New Jersey, has recently determined
to reclassify certain beneficial conversion rights and deferred
compensation, and to revalue its options and warrants issued to
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Kathleen Collins, Accounting Branch Chief
Securities and Exchange Commission
October 28, 2005
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non-employees and employees for services rendered at the average public
market price on the dates of issuance for the reasons set forth in its
Item 4.02 Form 8-K, a hard copy of which is included with this
correspondence. As disclosed, Company management originally applied a 50%
discount to these securities when determining their fair value, using the
Black Scholes pricing model. Company management had initially relied upon
expert advice received but has now restated its financial results,
eliminating the 50% discount. A detailed schedule of information which
supports our revisions, including the adjustments to periods prior to
January 1, 2003, is attached to this correspondence.
3. PLEASE REFER TO COMMENT 4 OF OUR LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 2005. WE
REISSUE OUR PREVIOUS COMMENT TO PROVIDE US WITH A SCHEDULE OF
OPTIONS/WARRANTS GRANTED IN EXCHANGE FOR SERVICES TO BOTH EMPLOYEES AND
NON-EMPLOYEES THAT INCLUDES (A) THE DATE OF GRANT, (B) THE NUMBER OF
OPTION GRANTED, (C) THE NAME OF THE RECIPIENT, AND (D) THE FAIR VALUE OF
THE OPTIONS/WARRANTS AND THE ASSUMPTIONS AND METHOD USED TO DETERMINE SUCH
VALUE. THIS SCHEDULE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR EACH PERIOD IN WHICH AN INCOME
STATEMENT IS PRESENTED, INCLUDING THE INTERIM PERIOD THROUGH THE DATE OF
YOUR RESPONSE.
Pursuant to the Staff's comment, we have attached to this correspondence a
schedule of Stock Options and Warrants Issued for Services rendered to
non-employees and employees for each period an income statement is
presented, including the interim period through the date hereof,
commencing on January 1, 2003 and continuing through September 22, 2005,
setting forth the (a) date of grant, (b) the number of options/warrants
granted, (c) the name of the recipient, and (d) the fair value of the
options/warrants and the assumptions and methods used to determine such
value.
GENERAL
4. TELL US HOW YOU WILL CONSIDER THE REVISIONS TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
IN DISCLOSING INFORMATION RELATING TO YOUR DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES AND YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS, PURSUANT TO ITEM 307 AND 308 OF
REGULATION S-K IN YOUR PERIODIC EXCHANGE ACT REPORTS. IN THIS REGARD, WE
NOTE YOUR CURRENT DISCLOSURE IN YOUR FORM 10-KSB AND SUBSEQUENT 10-QSB'S
THAT YOUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER HAVE
CONCLUDED THAT YOUR DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES WERE EFFECTIVE.
TELL US WHETHER YOU CONSIDER YOUR DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
EFFECTIVE AS OF THE END OF THE PERIODS COVERED BY THE REPORTS
NOTWITHSTANDING THE RECENT RESTATEMENT IN YOUR 10-KSB FOR THE YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2004 AND YOUR 10-QSB'S FOR THE QUARTERS ENDED MARCH 31, 2005
AND JUNE 30, 2005 AND TELL US WHETHER YOU CONSIDERED EXCHANGE ACT RULE
13A-15(C) AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT YUR CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES ENSURED
THAT INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE DISCLOSED BY YOU IN THE REPORTS THAT ARE
FILED OR SUBMITTED UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT ARE RECORDED, PROCESSED ,
SUMMARIZED AND REPORTED, WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SPECIFIED IN THE
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Kathleen Collins, Accounting Branch Chief
Securities and Exchange Commission
October 28, 2005
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COMMISSION'S RULE AND FORMS. IF NECESSARY, PLEASE REVISE TO EXPRESSLY
IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL
REPORTING AND ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY THAT, WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, IS DETERMINED TO BE A MATERIAL WEAKNESS OR
CONVERSELY STATE THAT EVEN AS A RESULT OF THE INTERNAL CONTROL CONCERNS
THAT CAUSE YOUR RECENT RESTATEMENT, YOU DID NOT HAVE MATERIAL WEAKNESS OR
SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.
In response to the Staff's comment and as disclosed in the Item 4.02 Form
8-K, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer participated
in an evaluation by our management of the effectiveness of the design and
operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of our
fiscal quarter that ended on December 31, 2004 as defined in Exchange Act
Rule 13(a)-15(e),. Based on their participation in that evaluation, our
CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were
effective as of December 31, 2004 to ensure that required information is
disclosed on a timely basis in our Form 10-KSB filed and furnished under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and ensured that all
material information required to be disclosed in the subject Form 10-KSB
was recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time period
specified by the Commission's rules and forms.
As of the ends of the periods covered by the Form 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2004, the Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March
31, 2005 and the Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2005,
evaluations (collectively, the "Evaluation") were undertaken by the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure
controls and procedures, and; based upon that Evaluation, Company
management, including the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and the Chief
Financial Officer ("CFO"), has concluded that the Company's disclosure
controls and procedures were effective as of the ends of the periods
covered by the subject Form 10-KSB and Forms 10-QSB.
Our CEO and our CFO reviewed with our management whether our need to
restate our financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
affected their conclusions, set forth under the caption Evaluation of
Disclosure Controls and Procedures in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
the year ended December 31, 2004, that our disclosure controls and
procedures were effective as of that date to ensure that required
information is disclosed on a timely basis in our reports filed or
furnished under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Kathleen Collins, Accounting Branch Chief
Securities and Exchange Commission
October 28, 2005
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In connection with this review, our CEO and CFO noted that our decision to
restate our financial results did not call into question whether the
relevant information was recorded, processed, summarized or reported
within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. It also
did not involve any issue about whether information required to be
disclosed in the Form 10-KSB we filed under the Exchange Act was
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Conversely, the
restatements resulted solely from reconsideration of a decision made by
management regarding how generally accepted accounting principles required
the classification of beneficial conversion rights accruing to certain
equity securities and the valuation of equity securities issued for
services rendered, two particular items of information, that were properly
recorded in our financial records and made available to our management in
a timely manner, to be classified and valued on our financial statements.
Our CEO and CFO do not find that management's subsequent decisions, that
its prior classification and valuation were not in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, raises any question about
whether our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure
that required information was disclosed to them as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Therefore, based on that
review, our CEO and our CFO determined that their prior conclusions, that
our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at December 31,
2004, had not changed.
We are filing a current report on Form 8-K today, Item 4.02, disclosing
that we are restating our results for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004. The restatements add $315,450 to the net loss in 2003 and $52,954 to
the net loss in 2004, with both amounts offset by corresponding credits to
Paid-in Capital, as a consequence of which there is no material effect on
total stockholders' equity. In addition, the reclassifications and
revaluations give rise to adjustments in the reported dividends positions
and per-share earnings which, again do not materially affect total
stockholders' equity.
The decision to restate our results, comprised principally of
reclassifying beneficial conversion rights accruing to certain equity
securities and the valuation of equity securities issued for services
rendered, does not cause our management to change its conclusion,
described in its disclosures in Item 8a. Controls and Procedures contained
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004,
that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of
December 31, 2004. The terms of accrued beneficial conversion rights and
the number of securities issued for the services rendered that are subject
to the restatement were visible and disclosed on the face of our financial
statements. Although these beneficial conversion rights were misclassified
and the securities issued for services were not correctly valued, we had
employed this classification of these beneficial conversion rights and
valuation of the securities issued for services rendered for a number of
years. We previously received unqualified opinions on our consolidated
financial statements included in our Annual Reports on Forms 10-KSB.
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Kathleen Collins, Accounting