SEC Company Response from AMACORE GROUP, INC. (CIK 0000949394) — Sep 23, 2005
AMACORE GROUP, INC. (CIK 0000949394)
Date: Sept. 23, 2005 · CIK: 0000949394 · Accession: 0001167966-05-001355
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File numbers found in text: 333-121308
Referenced dates: September 22, 2005
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Response to SEC Comments
LAW
OFFICES OF
DAVID
J. LEVENSON
7947
Turncrest Drive
Potomac,
Maryland 20854
Admitted:
MC, DC and VA
(301)
299-8092
Fax:
(301) 299-8093
levensonfam@msn.com
(Not
Admitted: MD)
September
23, 2005
Elaine
Wolff, Branch Chief
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F
Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re:
The
Amacore Group, Inc.
(formerly
Eye Care International, Inc.)
Registration
Statement on Form SB-2/A
Filed
September 15, 2005
Registration
No. 333-121308
Dear
Ms.
Wolff:
On
behalf
of the registrant, we respectfully respond to your comment letter dated
September 22, 2005 to Clark A. Marcus, President and Chief Executive Officer
of
the registrant.
COMMENT
Financial
Statements
Financial
statements for the six months ended June 30,
2005
Note
8 - Convertible Debentures
1.
We
note your response to our prior comment 2. Tell us how you have considered
SFAS 133 and EITF 00-19 in determining that the conversion feature
on your
convertible debt is not an embedded derivative. In your response
specifically address whether your obligation to issue shares upon
conversion must be satisfied in registered shares. Additionally,
tell us whether any terms in the debt agreements would require net
cash
settlement.
RESPONSE
The
Company has reviewed FAS 133 and EITF 00-19 to determine if the convertible
debt
should be considered as a derivative. In particular, it has compared paragraphs
12-33 of EITF 00-19 to the convertible instrument with a view to determining
if
the embedded conversion feature would require bifurcation from the instrument
to
be considered as a standalone derivative.
In
review
of the paragraphs 12-33, the Company is of the opinion that it meets the tests
of those paragraphs so that the embedded conversion feature would be classified
as equity and not as a liability and therefore not categorized as a standalone
derivative. The Company is not obligated to satisfy the obligation by issuing
registered shares. There are no terms in the agreement that would require a
net
cash settlement.
As
such,
the convertible debenture and its embedded conversion feature should be
accounted for under EITF 00-27. The Company has accounted for the discount
associated with the conversion feature and expensed it as interest in the
current period in accordance with the applicable paragraphs of EITF 00-27.
Therefore, we believe that Form SB-2/A, Amendment No. 7, is correct as filed,
without any further revisions.
Thank
you
for your prompt attention and cooperation. If any additional information is
desired or if there is any question, please contact me or Mr. Marcus by
telephone.
Sincerely,
/s/
David J. Levenson
David
J. Levenson
cc:
Michael
McTiernan, Special Counsel
Clark
A. Marcus, President