SEC Company Response from ENGLOBAL CORP (ENG) (CIK 0000933738) — Dec 7, 2005
ENGLOBAL CORP (ENG) (CIK 0000933738)
Date: Dec. 7, 2005 · CIK: 0000933738 · Accession: 0001050502-05-000615
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Jenkens & Gilchrist
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
(312) 425-3900
DALLAS, TEXAS
401 CONGRESS AVENUE (214) 855-4500
SUITE 2500 HOUSTON, TEXAS
AUSTIN, TX 78701-3799 (713) 951-3300
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
(512) 499-3800 (310) 820-8800
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FACSIMILE (512) 499-3810 (626) 578-7400
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
(210) 246-5000
Kathryn K. Lindauer www.jenkens.com WASHINGTON, D.C.
(512) 499-3836 (202) 326-1500
klindauer@jenkens.com
December 6, 2005
Ms. Pamela A. Long
Assistant Director
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E., Mail Stop 7010
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: ENGlobal Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed October 31, 2005
File No. 333-129336
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client, ENGlobal Corporation (the "Company"), we hereby
file through EDGAR with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") a complete copy of Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Form-S-3") and the Company's responses
to your letter, dated November 15, 2005 (the "Comment Letter") related to the
comments of the staff (the "Staff") of the Commission concerning the Company's
Form S-3. Except as otherwise noted in this letter, the information provided in
response to the Comment Letter has been supplied by the Company, which is solely
responsible for such information.
For your convenience, we have included the Staff's comments below and have
keyed our responses accordingly. All references to page numbers in our
discussion below each heading are to the pages in Amendment No. 1. The
references to page numbers in the headings are to the original Registration
Statement on Form S-3. For your convenience and in order to expedite your
review, we have also included with this letter two (2) copies of Amendment No. 1
as filed and two (2) copies of the redlined version of Amendment No. 1 which is
provided to show the revisions that have been made since the filing of the
original Registration Statement.
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Jenkens & Gilchrist
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Ms. Pamela A. Long
December 6, 2005
Page 2
Cover Page
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1. Please highlight the cross-reference to the risk factors section by
means of prominent type or in another manner as required by Instruction 5 to
Item 501 of Regulation S-K.
In response to the Staff's comment, the cross-reference to the risk factors
section on the cover page is now in all caps and has been underlined.
Risk Factors, page 3
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Our backlog is subject to unexpected adjustments . . . page 5
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2. Please update your backlog to your last completed fiscal quarter or a
more recent date.
As discussed in phone conversations with the Staff, the Company's practice
has been to disclose backlog on an annual basis only. Due to the nature of its
business, the Company is not able to provide reliable quarterly backlog numbers
without undue expense.
Selling Stockholders, page 9
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3. Please tell us whether any of the selling shareholders are
broker-dealers or affiliates of broker-dealers. Revise the prospectus to name
the selling shareholders who are broker-dealers and state that they are
underwriters with respect to the shares that they are offering for resale.
We have been informed by each of the selling stockholders that they are
neither a broker-dealer nor an affiliate of a broker-dealer. This has been
disclosed in footnote 2 to the beneficial ownership table on page 10 of
Amendment No. 1.
4. If any selling shareholders are affiliates of broker-dealers, disclose
the following:
o that the selling shareholders purchased in the ordinary course of
business; and
o that, at the time of purchase of the securities to be resold, the
seller had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly,
with any person to distribute the securities.
If these selling shareholders are unable to make these representations,
please state that they are underwriters.
As stated in our response to Comment 4, we have been advised that no
selling stockholder is a broker-dealer or affiliate of a broker-dealer.
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Jenkens & Gilchrist
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Ms. Pamela A. Long
December 6, 2005
Page 3
5. Please indicate whether the number of shares listed in the before and
after columns of your selling stockholder table includes all shares to which the
shareholder has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days, as
specified in Exchange Act Rule 13d-3(d)(1).
No selling stockholder currently holds stock options, warrants, or any
other rights to acquire beneficial ownership of Company securities. This has
been disclosed in footnote 1 to the beneficial ownership table on page 10 of
Amendment No. 1
6. Please describe the transactions in which the shares registered for
resale were acquired by the selling shareholders. We assume these are the shares
sold in the September 2005 private placement. Please disclose the seller of the
shares, any proceeds received by the company, the date the transaction closed,
and the identity of the purchaser(s).
The shares registered for resale were acquired by the selling stockholders
in one of three transactions:
(1) A secondary sale by Alliance 2000, Ltd. ("Alliance 2000") on September
30, 2005. William A. Coskey, P.E., Chairman of the Company, is the general
partner of Alliance 2000. The Company did not receive any proceeds from this
secondary sale.
(2) A secondary sale on September 30, 2005 by ML Burrow Family Partnership
Ltd. Michael L. Burrow, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, is the general partner of ML Burrow Family Partnership Ltd. The Company
did not receive any proceeds from this secondary sale.
(3) A private placement by the Company on September 30, 2005. Net proceeds
to the Company from this private placement were approximately $13.1 million.
In response to the Staff's comment, the footnotes to the beneficial
ownership table on page 10 of Amendment No. 1 have been revised to disclose the
transactions in which the shares registered for resale were acquired by each
selling stockholder. These revisions disclose the seller of the shares, any
proceeds received by the Company, the date the transaction closed, and the
identity of the purchaser.
Use of proceeds, page 14
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7. Please revise this section to disclose the proceeds from the September
29 transactions as well as your use of those proceeds.
Page 14 of Amendment No. 1 has been revised in response to the Staff's
comment.
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Jenkens & Gilchrist
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Ms. Pamela A. Long
December 6, 2005
Page 4
Exhibits
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Exhibits 5.1, Legal Opinion
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8. The legality opinion must opine on the laws of the state of
incorporation. Please confirm to us supplementally that by General Corporation
Law of the State of Nevada, counsel means all statutes, including the rules and
regulations underlying those provisions, applicable judicial and regulatory
determinations, and provisions of the Nevada Constitution that affect the
interpretation of the General Corporation Law.
The Company has obtained the legal opinion of Hale, Lane, Peek, Dennison
and Howard, a Professional Corporation, Reno, Nevada, as to the covered shares.
This legality opinion, which is included as Exhibit 5.1 to Amendment No. 1,
covers all statutes, including the rules and regulations underlying those
provisions, applicable judicial and regulatory determinations, and provisions of
the Nevada Constitution, that affect the interpretation of the General
Corporation Law.
9. We note language in counsel's opinion discussing the fact that it is not
admitted to the practice of law in Nevada and that its opinion is based upon an
unofficial compilation of Nevada General Corporate Law. Please provide a revised
legality opinion that provides an unqualified opinion as to Nevada Law.
As stated in our response to Comment 8, the opinion of Hale, Lane, Peek,
Dennison and Howard, a Professional Corporation, which is filed as Exhibit 5.1
to Amendment No. 1, provides an unqualified opinion as to Nevada Law.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the enclosed materials,
please call me at (512) 499-3836.
Sincerely,
/s/ Kathryn K. Lindauer
Kathryn K. Lindauer
KKL/ARA/lg
cc: Mark Franker, Securities and Exchange Commission
William A. Coskey, ENGlobal Corporation
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