SEC Company Response from SIRICOMM INC (CIK 0000851199) — Aug 23, 2005
SIRICOMM INC (CIK 0000851199)
Date: Aug. 23, 2005 · CIK: 0000851199 · Accession: 0001038838-05-000781
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Referenced dates: August 1, 2005
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SOMMER & SCHNEIDER LLP
595 STEWART AVENUE, SUITE 710
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK 11530
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Herbert H. Sommer Telephone (516) 228-8181
Joel C. Schneider Facsimile (516) 228-8211
August 23, 2005
VIA EDGAR AND FEDERAL EXPRESS
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 5th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attn: Patrick Gilmore, Division of Corporation Finance
Re: SiriComm, Inc. ("SiriComm")
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2004
Filed January 13, 2005
File No. 0-18399
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We write this letter on behalf of SiriComm in response to your Letter
of Comment dated August 1, 2005, relating to SiriComm's above referenced filing.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2004
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Note 1. Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,
page F-8
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General
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1. The Company's policy regarding non-employee warrants/options is to apply the
standards of EITF 96-18, EITF 00-18, and FASB Statement No. 123 based on the
facts and circumstances of each applicable transaction or event. The Company
believes the disclosures within the filing were adequate; however, we plan on
adding this policy disclosure in Note 1 in the upcoming 9/30/05 10-KSB.
Paragraph 8 of APB 20 indicates that a "change in accounting principle" is
necessitated by a choice of applying two or more generally accepted accounting
principles. The Company has not changed its policy in applying EITF 96-18 toward
non-employee awards. Paragraph 8 also specifically indicates that adoption of an
accounting principle and transactions that are different in substance from
previous transactions are not considered a change in accounting principle.
Therefore, we believe APB 20, paragraph 8, is not applicable.
Response to SEC Letter 8-23-05
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Securities and Exchange Commission
August 23, 2005
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FASB Statement 123, paragraph 46 indicates the following:
"An entity that uses equity instruments to acquire goods or services other
than employee services shall provide disclosures similar to those required
by this paragraph and paragraphs 47 and 48 to the extent that those
disclosures are important in understanding the effects of those
transactions on the financial statements."
Note 5 to the financial statements included disclosures regarding the
outstanding non-employee warrants/options which the Company felt were necessary
in understanding the effects of those transactions on the financial statements.
However, the Company intends to add to these disclosures for the 9/30/05 10-KSB
filing based on FASB Statement 123 which will encompass the suggested items
within paragraphs 47 and 48.
Note 5. Stockholder's Equity, page F-12
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2. As of 9/30/04, the Company had deemed the increase to the carrying amount of
the Preferred Shares - Series A immaterial to the overall financial statement
presentation. The Company does intend to reclassify amounts from Additional Paid
in Capital to Preferred Shares - Series A to comply with SAB 64 and more clearly
display the total value of the preferred shares. Additionally, accrued dividends
of 16,006, presently carried as a liability, will be reclassified to preferred
shares to more clearly reflect redemption value. The result of the above
reclassifications would increase the Preferred Stock to $250,765 which would
account for the fair value of the redeemable stock ($234,759) and dividends
payable ($16,006). The redeemable stock value was determined using method two
for valuing redeemable shares from Topic 3c of SAB 64. Other than the dividends,
the reclassification would be an entry offset by Additional Paid in Capital.
Management believes these changes to be clearly immaterial, as the overall
change to equity is only affected by the dividend reclassification to preferred
shares for $16,006. Therefore, the Company proposes to make these changes with
the September 30, 2005 10KSB, with staff's approval.
3. The weighted average shares of common stock used for the EPS calculation on
page F-4 does exclude the shares available to the preferred shareholders for the
conversion feature as required by FAS 150, paragraph 25. Adding the accrued
dividends ($16,006) to the net loss plus the fair value increase to the
preferred shares ($21,342) as noted in the response to Item 2 results in a net
loss available to shareholders of $2,815,755, calculating to a $0.19 loss per
share as disclosed on page F-4. The Company intends to specifically disclose
this additional calculation with the 9/30/05 10-KSB filing.
Response to SEC Letter 8-23-05
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Note 8. Employee Stock Plans, page F-15
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4. The Company erroneously disclosed the minimum value method as the method for
valuing options. In fact, the options were valued using the Black-Scholes model
whereby the volatility factor ranged from 45 - 122% during the year. The Company
intends to disclose this range for any new options granted during the 2005
fiscal year with its 9/30/05 10-KSB filing and remove any reference to the
minimum value method. Company management does not believe that this error would
have a material affect on an investor's evaluation of the Company.
We trust that the forgoing appropriately addresses the issues raised by
your Letter of Comment dated August 1, 2005. If you have any additional
comments, please address them to me on behalf of SiriComm.
Very truly yours,
Joel C. Schneider
JCS/bf
cc: Hank Hoffman
J. Richard Iler
Response to SEC Letter 8-23-05
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