SEC Company Response from BONSO ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL INC (BNSOF) (CIK 0000846546) (BNSOF) — May 20, 2005
BONSO ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL INC (BNSOF) (CIK 0000846546)
Date: May 20, 2005 · CIK: 0000846546 · Accession: 0001050502-05-000310
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Referenced dates: March 15, 2005
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SCHLUETER & ASSOCIATES, P. C.
1050 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1750
Denver, Colorado 80265
(303) 292-3883
Facsimile: (303) 296-8880
HENRY F. SCHLUETER
Also Admitted in Wyoming
May 20, 2005
Via Facsimile, EDGAR and U.S. Mail
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Ms. Kristin Lochhead, Staff Accountant
Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Bonso Electronics International Inc.
Dear Ms. Lochhead:
We represent Bonso Electronics International Inc. ("Bonso" and "Company").
This letter is in response to your conversation with David Stefanski of
Schlueter & Associates, P.C. on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 in which you requested
that Bonso provide the supplemental analysis as requested in the Commission's
letter dated March 15, 2005 ("Letter"), which relates to the Form 20-F for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, filed on August 13, 2004 with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). This response is based upon
information provided to us by Bonso's management in Hong Kong. The responses
below have been numbered to correspond to the numbering used in the Letter.
7. In future filings please describe the nature of the subsidiaries that are
included in the "Group." In particular, disclose whether your consolidated
subsidiaries are wholly owned and whether you hold any subsidiaries that
are not consolidated. In this regard, please tell us and disclose in future
fillings whether your wholly owned subsidiary BIL consolidates their
subsidiary BIL and Bonso Electronics. If not, please provide details of
your accounting for these subsidiaries.
Management believes that disclosures with respect to the requested matters
have been made in note 1 to the Financial Statements and Item 4. in the
Form 20-F.
All the consolidated subsidiaries were wholly owned by Bonso except for
Gram Precision Scales Inc. and its subsidiaries (i.e. Vector Distribution
Systems Inc., Vector Europe Ltd. and Scale Works Inc.), in which Bonso
owned 51% of the equity interest. Bonso does not hold any subsidiaries that
are not consolidated. Further, Bonso's management confirms that Bonso
Electronics Ltd. ("BEL") consolidated Bonso Investment Limited ("BIL") and
Bonso Electronics (Shenzhen) Company Limited ("Bonso Electronics") for the
purpose of preparing the Financial Statements.
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Ms. Kristin Lochhead, Staff Accountant
Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
May 20, 2005
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8. Your disclosure regarding revenue recognition is too vague. Expand future
filings to describe your revenue recognition policy in greater detail. To
the extent that policy differs among significant product lines (i.e.
sensor-based versus wireless products), please make your disclosure product
line specific. Details should be provided to the extent that policy differs
among the various marketing venues used by the Company, (i.e. distributors
and direct sales force.) Also, if the policies vary in different parts of
the world those differences should be discussed. Provide details of
discounts, return policies, customer acceptance, warranties, credits,
rebates, and price protection or similar privileges and how these impact
revenue recognition. Also provide a supplemental analysis that explains
your revenue recognition practices and demonstrates that your policies are
SAB 104 and SFAS 48 compliant.
In the next filing, the revenue recognition policy will be revised as
follows:
"No revenue is recognized unless there is persuasive evidence of an
arrangement, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, delivery has
occurred and collectibility of the sales price is reasonably assured.
Revenue is recognized when title and risk of loss transfers to the
customer, which is generally when the product is shipped to the customer
from our facility. Shipping costs billed to our customers are included
within revenue. Associated costs are classified in cost of goods sold.
The company provides to certain customers an additional two percent of
certain products ordered in lieu of a warranty, which are recognized as
cost of sales when these products are shipped to customers from our
facility. In addition, certain products sold by the company are subject to
a limited product quality warranty. The company accrues for estimated
incurred but unidentified quality issues based upon historical activity and
known quality issues if a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated.
The standard limited warranty period is one to three years. Quality
returns, refunds, rebates and discounts are recorded net of sales at the
time of sale and estimated based on past history. Historically, we have not
experienced material differences between our estimated amounts of quality
returns, refunds, rebates and discounts and the actual results. In all
contracts, there is no price protection or similar privileges in relation
to the sale of goods."
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Ms. Kristin Lochhead, Staff Accountant
Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
May 20, 2005
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Bonso's management confirms that its revenue recognition policies do not
differ among its significant product lines (i.e. sensor based versus
wireless products) and among various marketing venues use by the Company
(i.e. distributors and direct sales force), and do not vary in different
parts of the world.
The total amounts of quality returns, refunds, rebates and discounts
granted to customers for the years ended March 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were
US$620,000 , US$501,000 and US$472,000, respectively, which management
considers insignificant to the Group for disclosure purpose.
Bonso's management has advised that they understand that:
o Bonso is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure
in the filings;
o Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments
in the filings reviewed by the Staff do not foreclose the Commission
from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
o Bonso 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 have any questions or wish to discuss anything further, please do
not hesitate to contact the undersigned.
Very truly yours
Schlueter & Associates, P.C.
By /s/ Henry F. Schlueter
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Henry F. Schlueter
C: Bonso Electronics International Inc.
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