SEC Company Response from DIASYS CORP (CIK 0000916380) — Dec 1, 2005
DIASYS CORP (CIK 0000916380)
Date: Dec. 1, 2005 · CIK: 0000916380 · Accession: 0001269678-05-000240
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DiaSys Corporation
LEVY & DRONEY, P. C.
Pond View Corporate Center
74 Batterson Park Road
Farmington, CT 06032
November 30, 2005
Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE:
DiaSys Corporation - SEC File No. 1-16285
Dear Mr. Mancuso:
This
letter is in response to your letter of August 12, 2005 addressed to Mr. Gregory
Witchel, Chief Executive Officer of DiaSys Corporation (the "Company").
This firm represents DiaSys Corporation.
We
have reviewed the matters addressed in your letter with Company management and
representatives of the Company's independent registered public accountant and
our responses are based upon such discussions.
The
Company has elected to address your comments addressed to the Company's Annual
Report 10-KSB for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 in the context of the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, which was
filed on October 14, 2005. Comments addressed to the company's Quarterly Reports
on From 10-QSB will be addressed in the context of the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-QSB for its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005.
Amendment to Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004
Item 1. Description of Business, page 1
1.
Please
refer to prior comment 2. Please disclose the basis for your cost claims
in the first paragraph. Also, clarify that you do not have independent,
objective evidence to supporting the cost claims.
Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
November 30, 2005
Page 2 of 11
Additional disclosure has been added to this paragraph.
2.
Regarding
your response to prior comment 3:
•
Please
file complete agreements, including all attachments. For example, we note
the reference to exhibits to exhibit 10.15 that do not appear to be attached.
Refer to Staff Legal Bulleting No. 1A (February 28, 1997 with July 11, 2001
addendum) regarding the process for omission of immaterial, confidential
information from the publicly filed version of your exhibits. Also apply
this comment to all of your filings; for example, we note missing attachments
to exhibits in your Form 8-K filed July 28, 2005.
All incomplete exhibit documents have been re-filed, with all exhibits and
attachments, but excepting certain confidential information which as been
filed separately under an Application for Confidential Treatment.
•
Please
disclose the material terms of your agreements. Material information must
be disclosed, even if confidential.
Management believes that the specific terms of each of its many distribution
and operating agreements are within commercial norms and that the terms
of the individual agreements are not material in the context of the Company's
overall operation.
•
Please
provide us a marked copy of your 10K-SB that identified the exhibit number
of each agreement you cite in the text. Where you have deleted disclosure
about an agreement since the original filing of your Form 10-KSB, please
tell us the reason for the deletion.
A marked copy will be furnished under separate cover.
3.
We
note your response to comment 4. However, we also note reports of developments
regarding your products, patents and distribution agreements that do not
appear to be reflected in your document. Please provide us a table that
lists each announcement you made during the period covered by your 10-KSB
and identifies (1) where in the 10-KSB you have discussed the development
and (2) the exhibit number of each related agreement. To the extent you
believe that your announcements of developments during the period do not
require disclosure in your Form 10-KSB, please explain to us your conclusions.
Also please ensure that you
Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
November 30, 2005
Page 3 of 11
have
reviewed all of the other disclosure in the document to ensure that it has
been properly updated.
The following table is furnished in response to your question.
Form 8-K
Filing Date
10-KSB
Disclosure
Related
Exhibit No.
7/19/04
First Paragraph Item 12
10.2
8/31/04
None
N/A
9/13/04
First Paragraph Item 12
10.2
11/22/04
Item 9 - Aaronson Bio
N/A
1/3/05
Item 6 - Liquidity and Capital
Resources
N/A
1/6/05
Item 12 - Next-to-last paragraph
4.2
2/25/05
None
N/A
3/28/05
None
N/A
5/10/05
None
N/A
5/27/05
None
N/A
7/28/05
Item 1; Sixth Paragraph
10.19
10.20
10.21
10.22
The Company does not believe that the history of each development occurring during
the period Covered by the report is material to an understanding of the Company's
business, as required to be disclosed in Form 10-KSB; as noted, certain of such
disclosures has been omitted.
Workstation Systems, page 3
4.
Please
refer to prior comment 6. Please disclose the dates of the evaluations and
publications mentioned in the third paragraph.
The Company has omitted discussion of favorable evaluations and publications.
Competition, page 7
5.
Please
expand your disclosure in response to prior comment 7 to clarify whether
competitors offer products that overcome the disadvantages of your products.
Also ensure that you have described all material disadvantages.
Additional disclosure has been added to the last paragraph under competition
on page 8.
Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
November 30, 2005
Page 4 of 11
Equity Compensation Plan Information as of June 30, 2004, page 14
6.
We
reissue prior comment 10 regarding the need to provide the disclosure required
by Regulation S-B Item 201(d)(3). From your disclosure, investors should
be able to clearly understand the material features of each applicable plan.
The disclosure also should be clearly tied to the applicable row of the
table.
The Company has no equity compensation plan which has not been approved
by the shareholders.
Issuance of Unregistered Securities, page 14
7.
Please
refer to prior comment 11. Please provide the disclosure required by Item
701 of Regulation S-B, including all required details in this section.
•
Provide
more specific disclosure than shares issued to "four persons"
or as "compensation for services".
•
Explain
who the people were and the nature of the services.
•
More
specifically indicate the date of the issuances.
•
Disclose
the term of exercise of the warrants.
Regarding
your reference in your response to disclosure in another filing, please
refer to General Instruction E of Form 10-KSB regarding the proper scope
and manner of incorporation by reference.
No recent sales of unregistered securities were reported in the current
10-KSB. The Company acknowledges the comment and will address the matters
noted in future filings, as appropriate.
Financial Condition, page 15
8.
Please
refer to prior comment 16. Please provide sufficient disclosure for investors
to appreciate your cost of capital and the trends during the period addressed.
For example, discuss the terms of the securities issued or issuable, including
any discounts to the market price of your securities.
Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
November 30, 2005
Page 5 of 11
The
Company has relatively little indebtedness in respect of borrowed funds.
Management believes that its discussion under "Liquidity and Capital
Resources" covers these points.
Results of Operations page 16
9.
Please
refer to prior comment 17. Please discuss why your largest client reduced
orders during the year.
During the Company's 2004 fiscal year, the Company's largest client had
reduced orders because of a slowdown in its business. Such slowdown has
been reversed and such client increased its orders during the 2005 fiscal
year.
Item 8A. Controls and Procedures, page 17
10.
We
note the disclosure that your controls were effective in your Form 10-KSB
filed on September 29, 2004. However, you disclose in your amendment to
your Form 10-KSB filed June 30, 2005 that the controls were not effective.
You should not retroactively change your conclusions concerning effectiveness.
You should discuss, if applicable, how you subsequently determined that
your internal controls are not effective. Also, apply this comment to your
subsequently filed Form 10-QSB.
The Company had inadvertently misclassified certain cash flow items in its
2004 financial statements. The Company believes that heightened awareness
of such potential error will enable it to avoid similar problems in the
future.
11.
Please
refer to prior comment 30. Please describe the "instituted additional
controls". The Company's Chief Financial Officer has undertaken to
be more directly involved in the financial information gathering and compilation
process and believes that such measure will prevent similar problems in
the future.
The
Company's Chief Financial Officer has undertaken to be more directly involved
in the financial information gathering and compilation process and believes
that such measure will prevent similar problems in the future.
Item 9. Directors and Executive officers of the Registrant, page 17
12.
Please
refer to prior comment 22. Please provide the disclosure required by Item
402 of Regulation S-B, including information for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2004. Likewise, update the information throughout the disclosure incorporated
from your proxy statement so that is current at least as of the date you
filed the Form 10-KSB.
Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
November 30, 2005
Page 6 of 11
Additional
material has been added to this section. No material has been incorporated
by reference.
13.
Please
refer to prior comment 23. Please provide the disclosure required by Item
406(a) of Regulation S-B.
The Company has filed its Code of Ethics as Exhibit 14 to Amendment No.
1 to its Annual Report in form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2004.
Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, page 17
14.
Please
refer to prior comment 24. Please disclose any discount to the market price
indicated in the issuance or conversion rates of securities issued to related
parties. For example, we note that the convertible note of $50,000 issued
to Mr. Bloom.
All issuances and conversion rates of securities issued to related parties
were at current market rates at the time the respective agreements or commitments
were made. We note that in some instances the transaction documents were
inadvertently dated as of a date different from the date of actual commitment
or agreement.
15.
Please
expand the table provided in response to prior comment 25 to address the
documents evidencing the transactions described in the disclosure incorporated
by reference.
No disclosures have been incorporated by reference in the current filing.
Regarding Amendment No. 1 to the 10-KSB for the Company's fiscal year ended
June 30, 2004, no exhibits were filed in respect of disclosures incorporated
by reference.
Section 16(a)
16.
We
note your reference in response 26 to forms correctly reflecting stock ownership;
however, if remains unclear whether all transactions have been correctly
reported. Therefore, we reissue the comment.
Current management has noted apparent lapses in the Section 16(a) filing
obligations of prior management; however, current management has no knowledge
of the actual transactions. Current management believes that all transactions
by its officers and directors within the last two years have been reported.
Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
November 30, 2005
Page 7 of 11
17.
Please
expand your response to comment 27 to clarify whether you have the right
to recover any additional profit.
Except as previously noted with respect to Marshall Witzel, the Company
does not have the right to recover any profits under Section 16(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services, page 19
18.
Please
provide the disclosure for the fiscal year ended Jun 30, 2004.
This information has been included under Item 14.
Revenue Recognition, page 32
19.
We
note the revisions to your footnote in response to prior comments 36 and
37. Please expand to also disclose why it is appropriate to recognize revenue
upon shipment. For instance, disclose that there are no build to "spec"
sales which require customer acceptance and that all products are shipped
F.O.B. DiaSys.
Comment noted and additional information included in 10KSB for FYE 6/30/05.
Supplemental footnote, there have been no customer returns under current
management.
20.
Additionally,
we presume that distributor discounts and incentives are not significant.
Otherwise, please expand to describe how you estimate and record distributor
discounts and incentives. Refer to EITF01-9.
Your comment presumption is correct.
21.
As
a related matter, we see that you recognize sales returns as a reduction
of revenue and cost of sales when products are returned. Tell us why you
do not estimate and record amounts for returns when products are sold. If
returns cannot be estimated, tell us why it is appropriate to recognize
revenue upon shipment. That is, tell us why revenue should not be deferred
until t the period where returns are permitted expires. Refer to paragraph
6 of SFAS 48.
Product returns are at the discretion of DiaSys. There has not been any
customer who has requested or any returns approved under current management.
Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
November 30, 2005
Page 8 of 11
Patent Costs, page 33
22.
We
note the revisions made in response to prior comment 42. Please expand to
disclose the nature of the expenditures capitalized as "patent costs".
Please also make specific disclosure about actual useful lives of the patents
and expected future amortization. The expanded disclosure should fully conform
to the requirements of SFAS 142.
We note your comment and respectively refer to the disclosures required
in paragraph 45 of SFAS 142 as:
"(1)
The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, in total and by
major intangible asset class, (2) The aggregate amortization expense for
the period, and (3) The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each
of the five succeeding fiscal years"
We
believe that our more recent filings included disclosures #1 and #2 above
via the balance sheet and statement of cash flows, respectively, and will
ensure that #3 is incorporat