SEC Comment Letter for GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV (CIK 0000906526) — Jul 25, 2005
GRUPO RADIO CENTRO SA DE CV (CIK 0000906526)
Date: July 25, 2005 · CIK: 0000906526 · Accession: 0000000000-05-037871
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Mail Stop 3561 July 19,
2005
Via U.S. Mail and Fax 525-728-4875
Pedro Beltran Nasr
Chief Financial Officer
GRUPO RADIO CENTRO, S.A. DE C.V.
Constituyentes 1154 - 7 Piso
Col Lomas Altas, C.P. 11950
Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Re: GRUPO RADIO CENTRO, S.A. DE C.V.
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004
Filed June 29, 2005
File No. 1-12090
Dear Mr. Beltran
We have reviewed the above referenced filings and have the
following comments. We have limited our review to only your
financial statements and related disclosures and will make no
further
review of your documents. As such, all persons who are
responsible
for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure are urged to be
certain that they have included all information required pursuant
to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Please address the following
comments in future filings. If you disagree, we will consider
your
explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a future
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 on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004
Item 15. Controls and Procedures, page 64
1. We note that you use a definition of disclosure controls and
procedures that differs from the one provided in Rule 13a-15(e) of
the Exchange Act. Please revise to disclose that your disclosure
controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that (i)
information required to be disclosed in the reports that you file
or
submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and
reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission`s
rules
and forms, and (ii) information required to be disclosed in the
reports that you file or submit under the Exchange Act is
accumulated
and communicated to management, including your principal executive
and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar
functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
See Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Alternatively, if true,
you
may simply state that your disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
Note 14. Notes Payable, page F-24
2. Addressing the relevant accounting literature, tell us why you
believe that you are not required under US GAAP to classify the
full
amount of the outstanding loan balance with Scotiabank Inverlat as
a
current liability in your balance sheet.
Goodwill, page F-41
3. Addressing paragraph 30 of SFAS 142, describe for us how you
determine your reporting unit for purposes of testing goodwill for
impairment. Revise your disclosure to indicate that under US GAAP
goodwill is tested at the reporting unit level. In addition,
addressing paragraphs 34 and 35 of SFAS 142, tell us in detail how
you assigned goodwill to your reporting unit.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
General
4. It appears to us that you have not provided a discussion of
segment information. In this regard, we note your disclosure on
page
15 that your programming strategy is to tailor the format of each
of
your stations to attract targeted demographic segments of the
radio
audience sought by advertisers. Please provide a discussion of how
management monitors the financial results and operation of the
business segments. For your guidance, refer to paragraph 10 of
SFAS
131. In addition, since you are disclosing that you manage your
radio stations as a portfolio, tell us if you aggregate your radio
stations into one reportable segment. If you do, describe for us
your
analysis of how you determined that your operating segments meet
the
aggregation criteria of paragraph 17 of SFAS 131.
* * * *
Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or
tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish
a
letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any
requested supplemental information. Please file your response
letter
on EDGAR.
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 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 comments, 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 filings;
* 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
* 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 filings or
in
response to our comments on your filings.
You may contact Al Rodriguez, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-
3370 or Carlos Pacho, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202)
551-3835 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-
3810
with any other questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Carlos Pacho
Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
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Pedro Beltran Nasr
GRUPO RADIO CENTRO, S.A. DE C.V.
July 25, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
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