SEC Comment Letter for WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC. (WWR) (CIK 0000839470) (WWR) — Apr 21, 2005
WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC. (WWR) (CIK 0000839470)
Date: April 21, 2005 · CIK: 0000839470 · Accession: 0000000000-05-019522
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April 21, 2005
via U.S. Mail via facsimile
Mr. Thomas H. Ehrlich Alfred C. Chidester
Secretary Baker & Hostetler LLP
Uranium Resources, Inc. (303) 861-7805
650 S. Edmonds, Suite 108
Lewisville, Texas 75067
Re: Uranium Resources, Inc.
Schedule 14A filed on April 8, 2005
File No. 0-17171
Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004
Filed March 31, 2005
File No. 0-17171
Dear Mr. Ehrlich:
We have limited our review of the above filings to only the
areas upon which we have issued comments. Where indicated, we
think
you should revise your documents in response to these comments.
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. In some of our comments, we may
ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may
better
understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we
may
or may not raise additional comments.
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
filings.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Schedule 14A
Proposal 2 - Amendment to Amended and Restated 1995 Stock
Incentive
Plan
1. Please revise this proposal to clearly highlight each portion
of
the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan that is to be
amended. Further, to the extent that you will increase the number
of
shares issuable under the plan, please disclose any current plans,
proposals or arrangements to issue any of the additional shares.
For
example, are there any proposals or plans to issue the additional
shares to officers/employees at this time? If so, please disclose
and if not, please state that you have no such plans, proposals or
arrangements written or otherwise at this time.
Proposal 3 - Approval of 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
2. It appears that if this proposal is approved, the company will
issue options to purchase 2,000,000 shares of your stock. Please
revise to highlight that approval of this proposal is approval of
the
issuance of such options to your executive officers and employees.
Proposal 4 - Reverse Stock Split
3. It appears that you are proposing approval of authority for
"blank
check" reverse stock split ratios. Provide your analysis
supporting
any conclusion that the board of directors has adopted a
resolution
properly setting forth a proposed amendment as required by
Delaware
law. Proposal 4, as it currently reads, allows the board of
directors to determine at a later date whether it will effect a
reverse stock split of common stock in any ratio from one-for-two
to
one-for four. Why is this procedure consistent with the
requirements
of Delaware law for the adoption of amendments to the articles of
incorporation?
4. We call your attention to Exchange Act Rule 10b-17, which you
should consult in connection with the process of implementing any
reverse stock split.
5. Please disclose, in a table or other similar format, the number
of
shares of your common stock that will be: (i) issued and
outstanding;
(ii) authorized and reserved for issuance; and (iii) authorized
but
unreserved as a result of the adoption of a reverse stock split in
the various ratios to which you refer.
6. We note that a stock split may result in an increased number of
authorized but unissued shares of your common stock. Do you have
any
current plans, proposals or arrangements to issue any of the
additional shares? For example, are there any proposals or plans
to
acquire any business or engage in any investment opportunity with
the
additional shares? If so, please disclose and if not, please
state
that you have no such plans, proposals or arrangements written or
otherwise at this time.
7. You indicate that fractional shares will receive a cash payment
from the company equal to the fair market value of the fractional
share. Disclose the number of record holders that you will have
if
the maximum split ratio is selected, and disclose also the number
of
record holders who will be eliminated as a result of the selection
of
this ratio.
8. What other provisions of your articles, bylaws, employment
agreements or credit agreements have material anti-takeover
consequences? Are there any plans or proposals to adopt other
provisions or enter into other arrangements that may have material
anti-takeover consequences? Inform holders that management might
use
the additional shares to resist or frustrate a third-party
transaction providing an above-market premium that is favored by a
majority of the independent shareholders.
Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004
Financial Statements
9. Please remove the subtotals appearing within the operating
section
of your Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, as there is no
provision for these items using the indirect method of
presentation
under the guidance of SFAS 95.
Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Revenue Recognition for Certain Uranium Sales, page F-9
10. We note that you recognize revenue once substantially all of
your
"obligations related to the delivery" have been completed. Expand
your disclosure to describe the obligations that are related to
delivery, and explain in greater detail how revenue recognition
coincides with the completion of those obligations.
Note 4 - Contract Commitments, page F-15
11. We note that you have entered into two sales contracts for
uranium, having combined obligations to deliver 600,000 pounds of
uranium for each of the years in the period from 2005 through
2008.
However, your disclosure on page 11 indicates that you have no
means
of fulfilling a significant portion of your delivery obligations,
given your current production levels and limited ability to
increase
those levels sufficiently. It is unclear why you have given no
accounting recognition for the difference between the cost you
would
have to pay to acquire uranium - for quantities you are required
to
deliver beyond your ability to produce - and the price you will
receive under your forward contracts. As it appears fair value
accounting would be required, please cite the authoritative
literature that you believe supports non-recognition under the
circumstances you have described. Quantify the exposure to loss
associated with your contractual provisions.
Engineering Comments
General
12. Proven and probable reserves for the Vasquez and Kingsville
Dome
properties are disclosed in your documents. Forward to our
engineer
as supplemental information and not as part of the registration
statement, information that establishes the legal, technical and
economic feasibility of the materials designated as reserves, as
required by Section C of SEC`s Industry Guide 7. Also forward the
basis for any estimates of mineralized material disclosed for your
other properties.
This includes:
* Property and geologic maps,
* Drill-hole maps showing drill intercepts,
* Justifications for the drill hole spacings used at various
classification levels,
* A detailed description of your procedures for estimating
"reserves"
and "mineralized material,"
* Copies of pertinent engineering and geological reports, and
feasibility studies or mine plans (including cashflow analyses)
concerning your property that are needed to establish the
existence
of reserves as defined in Industry Guide 7.
Provide the name and phone number for a technical person our
engineer
may call, if he has technical questions about your reserves. If
there are any questions concerning the above request, please phone
Mr. R. L. Baer, Mining Engineer at (202) 942-2965.
Closing Comments
As appropriate, please amend your filings and respond to
these
comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide
us
with a response. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of
the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover
letter
with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and
provides any requested supplemental information. Detailed cover
letters greatly facilitate our review. Please understand that we
may
have additional comments after reviewing your amendment and
responses
to our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing reviewed by the staff to
be
certain that they have provided all information investors require
for
an informed decision. Since the company and its management are in
possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they
are
responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they
have made.
In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; and
* 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.
In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in
response to our comments on your filing.
Please direct questions regarding accounting issues and
related
disclosures to Karl Hiller at (202) 942-1981 or, in his absence,
to
Barry Stem, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 942-1919.
Direct all questions regarding engineering comments to Roger Baer,
Mining Engineer, at (202) 942-2965. Direct questions relating to
all
other disclosure issues to Jason Wynn, at (202) 824-5665 or, in
his
absence, to Tangela Richter, Branch Chief, at (202) 942-1837.
Please send all correspondence to us at the following ZIP code:
20549-0405.
Sincerely,
H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
cc: K. Hiller
B. Stem
R. Baer
J. Wynn
T. Richter
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Uranium Resources, Inc.
April 21, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-0405
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
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