SEC Comment Letter for FONIX CORP (CIK 0000855585) — Jun 30, 2005
FONIX CORP (CIK 0000855585)
Date: June 30, 2005 · CIK: 0000855585 · Accession: 0000000000-05-033636
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File numbers found in text: 333-125088, 333-125350
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June 30, 2005
Room 4561
Thomas A. Murdock
President and CEO
Fonix Corporation
9350 South 150 E, Suite 700
Salt Lake City, UT 84070
Re: Fonix Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-2
Filed May 31, 2005
File No. 333-125350
Dear Mr. Murdock:
This is to advise you that we have limited our review of the
above filing to the matters addressed in the comments below. No
further review of the filing has been or will be made. All
persons
who are by statute responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of
the
registration statement are urged to be certain that all
information
required under the Securities Act of 1933 has been included.
Where indicated, we think you should revise your document 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
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 filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect
of
our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.
Registration Statement on Form S-2
General
1. We note that after filing the registration statement referenced
above, you filed an amended Form S-2 (333-125088) on June 27,
2005.
That amendment is being reviewed currently and comments, if any,
will
be sent under separate cover. Additionally, we note that along
with
your amended Form S-2 you provided an explanation regarding why
you
believe you continue to be Form S-2 eligible despite the untimely
filing of several Forms 8-K. Please note that we are currently
reviewing your response and that our decision regarding such
response
will affect your ability to use a Form S-2 for purposes of this
offering, as well.
2. Please note that this registration statement will not be
declared
effective until all comments issued in connection with our review
of
registration statement number 333-125088 have been cleared.
Cover Page
3. Please update your cover page to disclose the concurrent
offering
under registration statement number 333-125088. Additionally,
please
condense and simplify the disclosure regarding the LTEL and
Breckenridge registration statements. For example, you may
briefly
describe these filings on the cover page and include a cross-
reference to more detailed disclosure in the summary section of
the
prospectus.
4. While we note your disclosure that the "Selling Shareholder" is
an
underwriter with respect to the shares, please revise to
specifically
name Queen LLC as an underwriter. In this regard, we note that
you
defined Queen LLC as the "Equity Line Investor," and not the
"Selling
Shareholder." Please see Telephone Interpretation 4S in the March
1999 Supplement to the CF Manual of Publicly Available Telephone
Interpretations.
Important Information Incorporated by Reference, pages 60-61
5. We note that this section refers only to filings made in 2004
and
should be comprehensively revised to include the current filings
required to be incorporated by reference into your Form S-2.
Exhibits
6. We note that while you have filed the Seventh Private Equity
Line
Agreement and the related Registration Rights Agreement as
exhibits
to the Form 8-K you filed June 6, 2005, such agreements are listed
as
"to be filed" on your current exhibit index. Please revise to
either
file these agreements as exhibits to the registration statement or
to
specifically incorporate them by reference from your June 6, 2005
Form 8-K.
** ** ** **
As appropriate, please amend your filing in response to
these
comments. Please ensure that your amendment is marked in
accordance
with Item 310 of Regulation S-T. 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. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our
review. Please understand that we may have additional comments
after
reviewing your amendment and responses to our comments.
Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company
requests
acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration
statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such
request,
acknowledging that:
* should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
* the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not
relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy
and
accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
* the company may not assert this action 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 connection with our review of
your
filing or in response to our comments on your filing.
We will consider a written request for acceleration of the
effective date of the registration statement as a confirmation of
the
fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their
respective
responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public
offering
of the securities specified in the above registration statement.
We
will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority,
grant
acceleration of the effective date.
Please allow adequate time after the filing of any amendment
for further review before submitting a request for acceleration.
Please provide this request at least two business days in advance
of
the requested effective date.
Please contact Hugh Fuller at (202) 551-3853 or Sara Kalin at
(202) 551-3454 with any questions. If you need further
assistance,
you may contact me at (202) 551-3730.
Sincerely,
Mark P. Shuman
Branch Chief - Legal
cc: Via Facsimile (801) 415-3500
Jeffrey M. Jones, Esq.
C. Parkinson Lloyd, Esq.
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