SEC Company Response from TARGET LOGISTICS INC (CIK 0001009480) — Mar 17, 2005
TARGET LOGISTICS INC (CIK 0001009480)
Date: March 17, 2005 · CIK: 0001009480 · Accession: 0001144204-05-007944
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[TARGET LOGISTICS, INC. LOGO]
March 17, 2005
VIA EDGAR AND FAX
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Mr. Michael Fay
Branch Chief
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
RE: TARGET LOGISTICS, INC. (THE "COMPANY")
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2004
FILE NO. 0-29754
Dear Mr. Fay:
I am writing in response to your letter of February 18, 2005 regarding the above
file number. Below are responses to the comments raised.
COMMENT 1
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS, PAGE 9, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2004 AND 2003
All of our services are provided through our Target subsidiary ("TLSI") and its
network of offices in 33 cities throughout the United States. TLSI's consumer
direct logistics operation is merely a single product line within the larger
cash flow generating group of freight forwarding services. Until June 30, 2003,
our consumer direct product line operated primarily out of a single office
within our office network. This office was set up to exclusively handle the
consumer direct logistics product for a group of customers. At the end of the
June 30, 2003 fiscal year, TLSI determined that the rates being charged were not
high enough for this office to turn a profit, and it advised the customers that
the rates for the consumer direct services will be increased. Some of the
customers were not receptive to an increase so the office was closed down and
the balance of that office's operations were transferred to another office in
the same city. TLSI continues to provide the consumer direct product to some
customers formerly serviced by the closed office as well as to new customers
through its other offices in the network.
The closing of the dedicated office was not the elimination of an operation, nor
was it the discontinuance of the consumer direct services product. The action
was merely the closing of a single office which was dedicated to the consumer
direct product.
* 500 Harborview Drive, Third Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21230 * (770) 587-4185
* Fax (770) 587 - 9428 *
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[TARGET LOGISTICS, INC. LOGO]
Division of Corporation Finance
March 17, 2005
Page 2
COMMENT 2
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REPORT OF REGISTERED INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM, PAGE F-1
Stonefied Josephson, Inc. performed the audit for fiscal years ended June 30,
2002, 2003 and 2004. The audit report for fiscal year ended June 30, 2002 was
inadvertently left out of their audit report for fiscal year ending June 30,
2004. However, the audit report was included in the 10-K for June 30, 2003 and
2002. Since the 2002 fiscal year will not be included in our next 10-K, we do
not believe at this late date that an amendment would have any meaning to the
reader of the financials. Please advise whether the staff concurs.
COMMENT 3
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS, PAGE F-3
A description of the SG&A expense line items are as follows:
SG&A - Target subsidiary
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Amounts shown include all SG&A incurred by TLSI EXCEPT for commissions
paid to TLSI's exclusive independent agents, referred to as "exclusive
forwarder commissions".
SG&A - Target subsidiary (Exclusive forwarder commissions)
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Amounts shown are the commissions paid to TLSI's exclusive independent
agents.
Our exclusive forwarder commissions are similar to sales commissions paid to
TLSI's salaried sales employees; accordingly, the expense is included in SG&A.
Management determined in 1999 to report exclusive forwarder commissions as a
separate line item within SG&A since it is such a significant share of the
overall SG&A expense. We do not believe that any additional disclosure is
required. Please advise whether the staff concurs.
COMMENT 4
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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS, PAGE F-10
We do not have an ownership in any variable interest entities.
* 500 Harborview Drive, Third Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21230 * (770) 587-4185
* Fax (770) 587 - 9428 *
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[TARGET LOGISTICS, INC. LOGO]
Division of Corporation Finance
March 17, 2005
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COMMENT 5
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NOTE 7: DEBT, PAGE F-14
We will include the amounts outstanding under the GMAC credit line in the
contractual obligations and commitments table of MD&A (see page 12) in future
10-K filings. Please advise if the staff concurs.
COMMENT 6
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OTHER
We confirm that (i) the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of
the disclosure in the filings, (ii) the SEC staff comments or changes to
disclosure in response to SEC staff comments in the filings reviewed by the SEC
staff do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the
filing, and (iii) the Company may not assert SEC staff comments as a defense in
any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.
Sincerely,
TARGET LOGISTICS, INC.
/s/ Philip J. Dubato
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Philip J. Dubato
Chief Financial Officer
cc: Mr. Stuart Hettleman
Chief Executive Officer
* 500 Harborview Drive, Third Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21230 * (770) 587-4185
* Fax (770) 587 - 9428 *
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