SEC Company Response from MTM Technologies, Inc. (CIK 0000906282) — Dec 22, 2005
MTM Technologies, Inc. (CIK 0000906282)
Date: Dec. 22, 2005 · CIK: 0000906282 · Accession: 0000950120-05-000854
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THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP
Attorneys at Law
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875 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6225
Tel. 212.603.2000
Fax 212.603.2001
www.thelenreid.com
December 22, 2005
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: MTM Technologies, Inc.
Registration Statement No. 333-127587
Dear Sirs and Madams:
The Company's response to the comments of the staff of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Staff") contained in the letter of Barbara C. Jacobs,
Assistant Director, dated December 20, 2005 (the "Comment Letter") (numbered in
accordance with the numbering sequence contain in the Comment Letter) is as
follows:
1. The Company has filed a Form 8-K/A disclosing the financial statements
of Nexl, Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004,
which are incorporated by reference into Registration Statement No.
333-127587.
2. With respect to the Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, the waiver
defined the Purchase Agreement to include amendments thereto. In fact
there have been two such amendments, the first dated March 11, 2005
and the second dated November 22, 2005. Therefore, the waiver letter
covers potential rescission rights the Purchasers may have as a result
of the Purchase Agreement and the existing amendments thereto.
While Section 14 of the Securities Act of 1933 makes void "any
condition, stipulation, or provision binding any person acquiring any
security to waive compliance with any provision [of the Act] or of the
rules and regulations of the Commission . . .", courts have held that
Section 14 of the Securities Act and its counterpart, Section 29(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act, do not prohibit parties from executing
valid releases in connection with claims relating to potential
violations that have already matured. See Lancer Offshore, Inc. v.
Dominion Income Mgmt. Corp., No. 01 Civ. 4860 (LMM), 2002 WL 441309,
*5 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 20, 2002) ("Releases of claims under the federal
securities laws are valid as to mature, ripened claims of which the
releasing party had knowledge before signing the release.") (internal
quotation omitted) (citing Moseman v. Van Leer, 263 F.3d 129, 133 (4th
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Cir. 2001)); Binstein v. Haven Indus., Inc., No. 74 Civ. 4792, 1978 WL
1121, *7 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 26, 1978) (same); Korn v. Franchard Corp., 388
F.Supp. 1326, 1329 (S.D.N.Y. 1975) (same).
Thus, where the purchaser of securities agrees, with full knowledge of
the compliance issues in question, to waive his rights or release the
seller from liability under the antifraud provisions of the federal
securities laws, such an agreement is not void as a matter of law
under the nonwaiver provisions of Section 14 of the Securities Act or
Section 29(a) of the Exchange Act. Binstein, 1978 WL 1121 at *7; see
also Mullen v. New Jersey Steel Corp., 733 F. Supp. 1534, 1547 (D.N.J.
1990) ("[Section 29(a)] concerns waiver of future violations; there is
a distinction between a waiver of future claims and a waiver of mature
claims of which the releasing party had knowledge.") (citation
omitted); Mittendorf v. J.R. Williston & Beane Inc., 372 F. Supp. 821,
834 (S.D.N.Y. 1974) ("No rational basis has been suggested for
depriving private parties of the right to acquit one another,
retrospectively, of liability under open circumstances, whether the
action stems from conduct under ss. 10(b) of the 1934 Act and its
progeny or any other federally created right. Such liability, once
matured and recognized, is susceptible of valid and binding
release.").
Here, the Purchasers, with full knowledge that the sale of the Series
A-4 Preferred Stock, the Series A-4 Warrants, the Series A-5 Preferred
Stock and Series A-5 Warrants (collectively, the "Securities") may be
considered by the SEC to be a single integrated transaction and
therefore a violation under the federal securities laws, have executed
a waiver letter waiving any and all rescission rights they may have if
indeed the sale of the Securities was a violation entitling them to
rescission. Thus, the Purchasers have validly waived their rescission
rights arising from ripe claims of which they have full knowledge, and
under the well-settled principles outlined herein the Purchasers'
waiver does not conflict with Section 14 of the Securities Act and is
enforceable.
Moreover, because the Purchasers acknowledge in their waiver letter
that as a result of their waiver MTM will not disclose the existence
of their possible rescission rights (because these rights are now
waived), Purchasers will be prevented under estoppel principles from
asserting any such rights with respect to the compliance issues in
question. Saverslak v. Davis-Cleaven Produce Co., 606 F.2d 208, 213
(7th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1078, 100 S. Ct. 1029 (1980)
("The principles of waiver and estoppel support the notion that a
party to a contract may not lull another into a false assurance that
strict compliance with a contractual duty will not be required and
then sue for non-compliance.").
Pursuant to Rule 461 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Company hereby respectfully requests that the above referenced
registration statement be declared effective as of 5:30 pm EST, December 22,
2005, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Company acknowledges that:
1. should the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) or the
Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the
Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission
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from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;
2. the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement
effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility
for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the Registration
Statement; and
3. the Company may not assert 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.
Kindly direct any comments you may have regarding the Registration
Statement to the undersigned (direct dial: (212) 603-2361; fax: (212) 829-2078).
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Kind Regards,
/s/ Tammy Fudem
Tammy Fudem
cc: John Kohler
Ann Gill
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