SEC Company Response from MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC. (MLSS) (CIK 0000855683) (MLSS) — Jan 31, 2006
MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC. (MLSS) (CIK 0000855683)
Date: Jan. 31, 2006 · CIK: 0000855683 · Accession: 0000950136-06-000573
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MORSE, ZELNICK, ROSE & LANDER
A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
405 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022-4405
212 838 1177
FAX 212 838 9190
WRITER'S DIRECT LINE
(212) 838-3089
January 30, 2006
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 6010
Washington, D.C. 20549
ATTENTION: MR. JAY MUMFORD
Re: Milestone Scientific Inc.
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed October 31, 2005
File No. 333-127728
Dear Sirs and Mesdames
Further to our telephone discussions, this letter consists of revised
responses to the Staff's comment letter dated December 14 regarding the
above-referenced Registration Statement filed by Milestone Scientific Inc.
("Company" or "Milestone"). For ease of reference, your inquiries have been
incorporated in this letter and precede our responses. If you have any questions
regarding the responses to your comments, please feel free to call me at the
number indicated above.
General
1. Please tell us where you have registered your offer of the shares
underlying the warrants to the investors who purchase the warrants from
the selling security holders.
REGISTRATION OF THE OFFER OF THE SHARES UNDERLYING THE WARRANTS IS
INCLUDED IN THIS REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION 4(A)(3)
TO FORM S-3. THE COMPANY HAS COMPLIED WITH GENERAL INSTRUCTION 4(B)(3)
BY SENDING TO ALL WARRANT HOLDERS PROXY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ITS
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS IN NOVEMBER, 2005. TO CLARIFY THE
SITUATION WE HAVE AMENDED THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO INCLUDE THE
SHARES UNDERLYING THE WARRANTS.
2 Please expand your response to comment 2 to clarify whether you are
simply removing the legend from existing warrants or are issuing
warrants with new terms in exchange for existing warrants. If you are
simply removing the legend, please reconcile your statement that the
warrants are non-certificated with your statement that the warrants
bear a restrictive legend.
TO CORRECT A MUTUAL MISTAKE BETWEEN THE ISSUER AND THE INVESTORS IN THE
PRIVATE PLACEMENTS, THE WARRANTS AS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN THE FORM OF A
MULTI-PAGE AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN REVISED WITHOUT CHANGE TO ECONOMIC TERMS
OR SUBSTANCE, INTO THE FORM OF THE CERTIFICATES USED FOR THE '34 ACT
REGISTERED WARRANTS. THESE CERTIFICATED WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED,
BEARING A RESTRICTIVE LEGEND, TO THE INVESTORS AS OF THE DATES AT WHICH
THE MARCH AND JUNE 2005 PRIVATE PLACEMENTS CLOSED. WE ARE NOW SEEKING
THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THE LEGEND FROM THOSE WARRANTS UPON RESALE BY AN
INVESTOR PURSUANT TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT. EVEN BEFORE THE
REVISION INTO THE FORM OF CERTIFICATED WARRANT, THE MULTI-PAGE
AGREEMENT WARRANT CONTAINED A SECURITIES ACT LEGEND. THE CERTIFICATED
WARRANTS CONTAIN A SIMILAR LEGEND.
3. It is generally inconsistent with Section 5 of the Securities Act to
register securities for resale if the private offering of the
securities is not complete. If investors still can choose to "surrender
their non-public warrants" to you as mentioned in your response 2, it
is unclear why it is appropriate to register the resale of those
warrants at this time.
THE MARCH AND JUNE PRIVATE PLACEMENTS OF THE SECURITIES CLOSED, AND ALL
PROCEEDS WERE RECEIVED, IN LATE MARCH THROUGH EARLY APRIL, AND JUNE OF
2005 RESPECTIVELY. AS DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE RESPONSE TO QUESTION 2, WE
ARE NOT OFFERING INVESTORS ANY CHOICE, BUT ARE NOW ONLY SEEKING REMOVAL
OF THE RESTRICTIVE LEGEND UPON REGISTERED RESALE OF THE WARRANTS BY THE
INVESTORS.
4. Please expand your response to prior comment 3 to analyze whether the
holders have offered the securities included in this registration
statement, regardless of whether the securities have been sold. If you
cannot determine whether the securities have been offered in violation
of Section 5 of the Securities Act, it is unclear why you need not
address the potential liability in your document.
THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT THAT EACH INVESTOR SIGNED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE MARCH AND JUNE PRIVATE PLACEMENTS CONTAINED A LEGEND EXPLICITLY
PROHIBITING OFFERS OR SALES OF THE SECURITIES. THE LEGEND WAS ALSO
PLACED ON THE SECURITIES. IN ADDITION, THE INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVE FOR
THESE TWO OFFERINGS HAS CONFIRMED TO US THAT NONE OF THE SECURITIES
HAVE BEEN OFFERED IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES LAWS.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Virginia Tillyard
Virginia Tillyard