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SEC Comment Letter for ZIX CORP (CIK 0000855612) — Sep 8, 2005

ZIX CORP (CIK 0000855612)
Date: Sept. 8, 2005 · CIK: 0000855612 · Accession: 0000000000-05-046413

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File numbers found in text: 333-127727

Date
September 8, 2005
Author
Branch Chief - Legal
Form
UPLOAD
Company
ZIX CORP (CIK 0000855612)

Letter

Room 4561 September 8, 2005 Mr. Bradley C. Almond Chief Financial Officer Zix Corporation 2711 North Haskell Avenue Suite 2200, LB 36 Dallas, Texas 75204-2960

Re: Zix Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed August 19, 2005 File No. 333-127727

Dear Mr. Almond:

This is to advise you that we have limited our review of the above registration statement to the matters addressed in the comment below. No further review of the registration statement 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 has been included.

Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in response to this comment. 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 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.

Selling Stockholders

1. Please disclose the natural persons who exercise the voting and/or dispositive powers with respect to the securities to be offered for resale by your selling stockholders that are non-reporting entities. We note your footnote stating that James F. O`Brien, Jr. indirectly controls the investment manager of your selling stockholders. Such disclosure, however, does not clearly resolve our disclosure concerns. Please see Interpretation I.60 of our July 1997 Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations and Interpretation 4S of the Regulation S-K portion of the March 1999 Supplement to our July 1997 Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations.

* * * *

As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in response to this comment. 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 filings 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 related to your disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

Notwithstanding our comment, 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 the staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness 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 your registration statement as a confirmation of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act 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.

We direct your attention to Rule 461 regarding requesting acceleration of a registration statement. 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.

You may contact Daniel Lee at (202) 551-3477 with any questions. If you need further assistance, you may contact me at (202) 551-3462 or Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director at (202) 551- 3730.

Sincerely,
Mark P. Shuman
Branch Chief - Legal

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Room 4561

	September 8, 2005

Mr. Bradley C. Almond
Chief Financial Officer
Zix Corporation
2711 North Haskell Avenue
Suite 2200, LB 36
Dallas, Texas 75204-2960

Re:	Zix Corporation
	Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed August 19, 2005
	File No. 333-127727

Dear Mr. Almond:

      This is to advise you that we have limited our review of the
above registration statement to the matters addressed in the
comment
below.  No further review of the registration statement 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 has
been included.

      Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in
response to this comment.  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 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.

Selling Stockholders

1. Please disclose the natural persons who exercise the voting
and/or
dispositive powers with respect to the securities to be offered
for
resale by your selling stockholders that are non-reporting
entities.
We note your footnote stating that James F. O`Brien, Jr.
indirectly
controls the investment manager of your selling stockholders.
Such
disclosure, however, does not clearly resolve our disclosure
concerns.  Please see Interpretation I.60 of our July 1997 Manual
of
Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations and Interpretation 4S
of
the Regulation S-K portion of the March 1999 Supplement to our
July
1997 Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations.

*              *              *              *

      As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in
response to this comment.  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 filings 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 related to your disclosure, they are
responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they
have made.

      Notwithstanding our comment, 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 the staff comments and the
declaration
of effectiveness 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 your registration statement as a confirmation of
the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their
respective responsibilities under the Securities Act and the
Exchange
Act 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.

      We direct your attention to Rule 461 regarding requesting
acceleration of a registration statement.  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.

      You may contact Daniel Lee at (202) 551-3477 with any
questions.  If you need further assistance, you may contact me at
(202) 551-3462 or Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director at (202)
551-
3730.

	Sincerely,

	Mark P. Shuman
	Branch Chief - Legal

cc:	Via Facsimile

	Tanya Foreman
	Zix Corporation
	Telephone: (214) 370-2223
	Facsimile:  (214) 515-7385

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