SEC Comment Letter for SPANTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC (CIK 0000932818) — Jun 3, 2005
SPANTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC (CIK 0000932818)
Date: June 3, 2005 · CIK: 0000932818 · Accession: 0000000000-05-027471
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Mail Stop 0407
June 1, 2005
Cezar Martinez
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Spantel Communications, Inc
5192 10th Avenue North, Suite D
Lake Worth, FL 33463
Re: Spantel Communications, Inc
Form 10-KSB for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed April 29, 2005
Forms 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005
File No. 0-25124
Dear Mr. Martinez:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
We have limited our review to only your financial statements and
related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to
other
portions of your documents. 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
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 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 for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Audit Report
1. We note that your audit report was singed by an audit firm
based
in Vancouver, Canada. In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation
S-
X, we believe that the audit report of a registrant (that is not a
foreign private issuer) should ordinarily be rendered by an
auditor
licensed in the United States. In this regard, please tell us how
you concluded that it is appropriate to have an audit report
issued
by an auditor licensed in Canada. Further guidance may be found
in
Section 5.J of "International Reporting and Disclosure Issues in
the
Division of Corporation Finance" on the Commission`s website at
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/internatl/issues1004.htm.
2. We note that your audit report was singed by an audit firm
based
in Vancouver, Canada. We also note that you conduct your
operations
in Spain, your revenues are generated in Spain and all of your
assets
are located in Spain. Please tell us where the majority of audit
work was conducted and how you concluded that it is appropriate to
have an audit report issued by an auditor licensed in Canada.
Item 8A. Controls and Procedures and Item 3. Controls and
Procedures
3. Please revise your disclosure in your Form 10-QSB to make clear
that management`s evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
was as of the end of the quarter covered by the report (not a
point
within 90 days of the report).
4. Please revise both your Form 10-KSB and 10-QSB to disclose
whether
there were (1) any changes (not just significant changes) (2) in
internal controls over financial reporting (rather than
"efficiencies") (3) that have materially affected (instead of
"adversely affected"), or are reasonably likely to materially
affect,
your internal controls over financial reporting.
Exhibits 31.1 & 31.2
5. We note that your Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 in your Form 10-KSB
and
Form 10-QSB do not contain the exact language required for those
exhibits. For example, both incorrectly refer in paragraph 4(b)
to
"a date within 90 days prior to the filing..." instead of "the end
of
the period covered by this report...." Please refile your entire
Forms 10-KSB and 10-QSB with corrected certifications that exactly
conform to the language set forth in Item 601(b)(31) of Regulation
S-
B.
* * * *
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 information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our
review. Please understand that we may have additional comments
after
reviewing your responses to our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the
filing includes all information required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information
investors require for an informed investment 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 Nicole Holden, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-
3374 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,
Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
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Cezar Martinez
Spantel Communications, Inc
June 1, 2005
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