SEC Comment Letter for POWERHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC (CIK 0001006762) — Oct 3, 2005
POWERHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC (CIK 0001006762)
Date: Oct. 3, 2005 · CIK: 0001006762 · Accession: 0000000000-05-050857
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Room 4561
September 26, 2005
David R. Wells
Vice President, Finance
Powerhouse Technologies Group, Inc.
555 Twin Dolphin Drive
Suite 650
Redwood City, California 94065
(650) 232-2600
Re: Powerhouse Technologies Group, Inc.
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005
Filed July 28, 2005
File No. 333-5278-NY
Dear Mr. Wells:
We have reviewed the above referenced filing and have the
following comments. Please note that we have limited our review
to
the matters addressed in the comments below. We may ask you to
provide us with supplemental information so we may better
understand
your disclosure. Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation. After reviewing this information, we may 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 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005
Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Accounting Firm, page F-26
1. We note that the report issued by BDO Seidman, LLP on June 13,
2005 includes an audit opinion on the results of operations and
cash
flows for the three years ended March 31, 2005. However, the
first
paragraph of the report indicates that BDO Seidman, LLP only
audited
the year ended and the period from May 16, 2002 (inception) to
March
31, 2005. Please reconcile these statements in the audit report.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 3. Acquisition of First Person Software, Inc., page F-38
2. We note that in June 2004 you acquired the remaining 51% of
First
Person. You indicate that the transaction was treated as an asset
purchase for accounting purposes. Explain how you considered the
guidance in EITF 98-3 in determining that First Person was not a
business and the transaction should not be accounted for as a
business combination under SFAS 141. We note from your Form 8-K/A
filed October 18, 2004 that First Person was a development stage
company, however it appears that First Person had commenced their
planned principal operations.
3. You indicate that you recorded the transaction as an asset
purchase in order to allocate the deferred tax liability to the
assets acquired. Please clarify this statement. Also provide us
with your analysis in determining that a deferred tax liability of
$1,547,000 arose from this transaction.
Note 8. Stockholders` Equity, page F-44
4. We note that you recorded deemed dividends of $4,230,400 and
$821,995 to eliminate the discount and accrete the allocated fair
value of the Senior A Preferred Stock and Junior A Preferred Stock
to
their respective carrying values. Explain the basis for this
accretion and how you considered the guidance in EITF Topic D-98,
which indicates that if a security is not redeemable currently,
and
it is not probable that the security will become redeemable,
subsequent adjustment is not necessary until it is probable that
the
security will become redeemable.
* * * * *
As appropriate, please amend your filing and respond to
these
comments within ten business days or tell us when you will provide
us
with a response. Please submit all correspondence and
supplemental
materials on EDGAR as required by Rule 101 of Regulation S-T. You
may wish to provide us with marked copies of any amendment to
expedite our review. Please furnish a cover letter with any
amendment that keys your responses to our comments and provides
any
requested information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate
our
review. Please understand that we may have additional comments
after
reviewing any amendment and your responses to our comments.
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 filing;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; 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 connection with our review of
your
filing or in response to our comments on your filing.
If you have any questions, please call Morgan Youngwood at
(202)
551-3479, Melissa Walsh at (202) 551-3224 or Stephen Krikorian at
(202) 551-3730.
Sincerely,
Stephen Krikorian
Accounting Branch Chief
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David R. Wells
Powerhouse Technologies Group, Inc.
September 26, 2005
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