SEC Comment Letter for AMERIRESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES INC (CIK 0000876490) — Aug 16, 2005
AMERIRESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES INC (CIK 0000876490)
Date: Aug. 16, 2005 · CIK: 0000876490 · Accession: 0000000000-05-042291
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August 4, 2005
Mail Stop 4561
VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX (702) 214-4221
Delmar Janovec
Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
AmeriResource Technologies, Inc.
3440 E. Russell Road
Suite 217
Las Vegas, NV 89120
Re: AmeriResource Technologies, Inc.
Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004
Filed April 15, 2005
File No. 0-20033
Dear Mr. Janovec:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in
response
to this comments. If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation
as to why our comments are 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 on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Form 10-KSB
Consolidated Statement of operations, page F-5
1. Please revise to include your revenue recognition policy within
your footnotes to the financial statements. Also, tell us what
business your revenues are being derived from.
2. Tell us how you determined that there were no costs of goods
sold
for the revenues that you generated during the last two years.
3. Please revise to provide the weighted average common shares
outstanding for each period presented.
Consolidated Statement of Shareholders Equity, page F-6
4. In the consolidated statement of stockholders equity, we note
the
amount disclosed as fractional shares and rounding from splits.
Please tell us how this was calculated.
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, page F-7
5. We note the repayment of debt for $100,000 in the consolidated
statement of cash flows. Please tell us what debt was repaid and
reference the applicable footnote disclosure. It appears from the
Statement of Stockholders` Equity that you issued 5,000,000 shares
to
reduce a note payable. If this is the case, why does this amount
show up as a $100,000 outflow on the cash flow statement? Please
note that only transactions that involve the exchange of cash
should
be recorded on the cash flow statement.
6. We note the use of shares of common stock to acquire ownership
interests in various companies throughout 2004. Please update
your
disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities to
include
these non-cash transactions. Please refer to FAS 95 paragraph 32.
7. Please tell us where the non-cash services through issuance of
stock in the amount of $746,517 are recorded on the income
statement.
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Nature of Business and Business Combinations, page F-8
8. It appears from your financial statements and other parts of
the
document that you have purchased and sold a number of businesses
over
the years. Please revise to clearly discuss each business that
you
are currently involved in and which businesses are generating
revenues. We are unable to determine what the company`s current
business is from the disclosures that are included in the
financial
statements.
9. It appears that you report having one operating segment. Based
upon the information included in your Form 10-K it appears that
you
may have multiple operating segments based on the various
acquisitions that you have entered into. In a supplemental
response,
please provide us with the analysis that you performed in
determining
your SFAS 131 operating segments. How did you consider the
factors
addressed in paragraph 10 of SFAS 131? If you are relying upon
the
aggregation criteria in SFAS 131, please show us how you
considered
the factors addressed in paragraph 17.
10. We note your write-off of a lease in the amount of $1.7
million
during 2004. Tell us why this amount was previously recorded as a
note receivable before being written off. Tell us who owed this
amount and what were the terms of the note receivable. In
addition,
tell us the purpose of entering into this transaction in the year
2000. It appears that you issued a convertible note payable that
was
later converted into shares of common stock and now you have
written
off the entire amount. We may have further comment.
11. We note that you acquired a 40% interest in EagleRider
effective
January 27, 2004. Tell us how you determined the amount of the
investment ($71,500). What was the value of the shares that you
issued to obtain the 40% interest and how was this valued
determined?
It appears that you are accounting for this investment using the
equity method of accounting. Please revise to provide your
accounting policy as it relates to using the equity method of
accounting. Tell us where you have recorded the equity in
earnings
or losses in the income statement. In addition tell us how you
determined to show a $71,500 outflow in the cash flow statement.
We
may have further comment.
12. As it relates to your investment in EagleRider please tell us
how
you determined that you weren`t required to disclose financial
information related to your investment. For reference see Item
310(b)(2)(iii) of Regulation S-B.
13. We note the acquisition of the rights to POS software and
hardware for 25,000,000 shares of R-144 common stock from Curtis
Chambers. Tell us how this transaction affects the company and
tell
us how the Company acquired the rights to this software and
hardware
by the issuance of shares that don`t appear to belong to the
Company.
We may have further comment.
14. Please tell us the portion of voting rights of RoboServer
Systems
Corp that are owned by AmeriResoure and what portion is owned by
the
officer and director of AmeriResource at December 31, 2004. In
addition, we note that you consolidated RoboServer Systems in the
quarter ended March 31, 2005. Please tell how you determined that
RoboServer Systems should not have been consolidated for the year
ended December 31, 2004. Please cite the relevant accounting
literature in your response. We may have further comment.
15. We note that a number of acquisitions and dispositions took
place
in the year ended December 31, 2004. Please tell us how you
determined the acquisitions individually and in aggregate were not
material and did not require pro forma financial statements and
historical audited financial statements of the acquired entities.
Reference is made to Item 310(b)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-B.
Note 2. Related Party Transactions
16. We note a related party loan of $19,736 but did not see the
receipt of funds in the cash flows from financing activities.
Please
advise.
* * * *
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing 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 relating to a company`s disclosure, they
are
responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they
have made.
In connection with responding to our comment, please provide,
in
writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; and
* the company 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.
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 our review of your filing or in
response to our comments on your filing.
As appropriate, please respond to these comments within 10
business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response.
Please furnish a cover letter with your amendment that keys your
response to our comments and provides any requested supplemental
information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our
review.
Please file your cover letter on EDGAR. Please understand that we
may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our
comments.
You may contact James Webster, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-
3446 or me, at (202) 551-3486 if you have questions.
Sincerely,
Daniel L. Gordon
Accounting Branch Chief
AmeriResource Technologies, Inc.
August 4, 2005
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