SEC Company Response from 1812 Brewing Company, Inc. (KEGS) (CIK 0000884380) — Dec 12, 2005
1812 Brewing Company, Inc. (KEGS) (CIK 0000884380)
Date: Dec. 12, 2005 · CIK: 0000884380 · Accession: 0001282826-05-000120
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
File numbers found in text: 001-11115
Referenced dates: November 28, 2005
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DIRECTVIEW, INC.
7777 West Camino Real, Suite 200
Boca Raton, FL 33433
(561) 750-9777
'CORRESP'
December 7, 2005
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Robert Telewicz
Re: Directview, Inc. (the "Company")
Item 4.02 of Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2005
File Number 001-11115
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Company is in receipt of the Staff's letter of comment dated
November 28, 2005 pertaining to the Company's Item 4.02 on Form 8-K as filed on
November 21, 2005. Following are the Company's responses to the Staff's
comments.
Form 8-K
1. Tell us how you considered the impact of the items noted in your Item
4.02 8-K on your accounting for restricted investments in marketable
securities in the financial statements presented in your Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2004.
RESPONSE: We have considered the impact of the items noted in our Item 4.02 8-K
on our accounting for restricted investments in marketable securities in the
financial statements presented in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004. Accordingly, we will amend our consolidated balance sheet as of December
31, 2004 to reflect our investment in restricted marketable securities as an
asset. Additionally, we will amend our Form 10-QSB for the period ended March
31, 2005 to reflect the same.
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Additionally, we considered EITF 03-1 as of the December 31, 2004 and March 31,
2005 period. According to EITF 03-1, a security is impaired when its fair value
is less than its carrying value, and an impairment is other than- temporary if
the investor does not have the "ability and intent" to hold the investment until
a forecasted recovery of its carrying amount. EITF 03-1 holds that the
impairment of each security must be assessed using the
ability-and-intent-to-hold criterion regardless of the severity or amount of the
impairment. The Company has always intended to hold its investments in
marketable securities on a long-term basis and the Company is able to retain its
investment in marketable securities for a period of time sufficient to allow for
any anticipated recovery in market value.
Paragraph 16 of SFAS 115 and SAB Topic 5M provide that numerous factors must be
considered, including the following, in determining whether a decline in value
requires a write-down to a new cost basis for an individual security, which we
considered:
o The length of time and extent to which the market value has been
less than cost;
o The financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer,
including any specific events that may influence the operations of
the issuer (e.g., changes in technology, or the planned
discontinuance of a line of business); and
o The intent and ability of the holder to retain its investment in
the issuer for a period of time sufficient to allow for any
anticipated recovery in market value.
We have acquired our interest in Langley Park Investment Trust PLC in July 2004
while it was still privately held. Langley Park became publicly traded at the
beginning of October 2004. Langley Park has been thinly traded since it became
publicly traded. While the market value in this investment has significantly
declined since October 2004, the length of time during which the market value
has been less than cost is minimal. At the time of the issuance of our December
31, 2004 and March 31, 2005 financial statements, we believed that most of the
volume of Langley Park shares was attributable to short-term holders who did not
see the long-term potential this company can offer to its shareholders.
At the time of issuance of our December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2005 financial
statements, we had no knowledge of any material adverse impact on the financial
condition and near-term prospects of Langley Park.
The Company has always intended to hold its investment in Langley Park on a
long-term basis. Half of the Company's investment in Langley Park is in an
escrow account which may be released in August 2006. Accordingly, at the time of
the issuance of our December 2004 and March 31, 2005 financial statements, we
intended and were able to retain our investment in Langley Park for a period of
time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in market value.
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We note that:
o We are responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;
o Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any
action with respect to the filings; and
o We may not asset staff comments as a defense in any
proceedings initiated by the Commission or any person under
federal securities laws of the United States.
We trust the foregoing sufficiently responds to the Staff's comments.
If you have any further questions or comments, please contact the undersigned at
561-750-9777.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Jeffrey Robbins
Jeffrey Robbins
President and Principal Executive Officer
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