SEC Comment Letter for Future FinTech Group Inc. (FTFT) (CIK 0001066923) (FTFT) — Sep 19, 2013
Future FinTech Group Inc. (FTFT) (CIK 0001066923)
Date: Sept. 19, 2013 · CIK: 0001066923 · Accession: 0000000000-13-051699
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September 19, 2013 Via E -mail Mr. Xin Ma Chief Financial Officer SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. 16F, China Development Bank Tower No. 2, Gaoxin 1 st Road, Xi’an, PRC Re: SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. Form 10 -K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 Filed March 29, 2013 Form 10 -Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 201 3 Filed August 13, 2013 File No. 001-34502 Dear Mr. Ma : We have reviewed your filing s and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter within 10 business days by amending your filing s, by providing the requested information, or by advising us when you will provide the requested response. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your filing s and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Form 10 -K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 Executive Compensation, page 49 Summary Compensation of Named Executive Officers, page 50 1. Please disclose any compensation paid to Cunxia Xie during the year ended December 31, 2012. In that regard, we note you disclose in footnote 3 to the summary compensation table that Ms. Xie acted as CFO from January 1, 2012 t hrough April 30, 2012. Mr. Xin Ma SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. September 19, 2013 Page 2 Financial Statements, page F -1 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, page F -1 2. Your accountants’ report indicates t hat it was signed and issued on March 29, 2012, a date which precedes the fiscal year end date of your financial statements. Please obtain a correctly executed opinion from your accountants, and include such in an amended Form 10-K filing. We remind you such amended Form 10 -K filing should include updated officers’ certifications. Form 10 -Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2013 Management’s Discussion and Analysi s of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 14 3. Where you identify multiple factors that contributed to a change in your results of operation, in future filings, please quantify each contributing factor so an investor may assess the materialit y of each factor. In that regard, we note that two or more factors are cited as a cause of a variance with respect to your general and administrative expenses and selling expenses. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing s to be certain that the filing s include the information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable Exchange Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a comp any’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In responding to our comments, please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging that: the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing s; 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 s; and the company may not assert staff comments as a de fense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. Mr. Xin Ma SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. September 19, 2013 Page 3 You may contact Donald F. Delaney, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551 -3863, or Kimberly L. Calder , Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 551-3701 , if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Karina V. Dorin, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551 -3763, or, in her absence, Norman von Holtzendorff, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551 -3237 , or me , at (202) 551-3745, with any other questions. Sincerely, /H. Roger Schwall H. Roger Schwall Assistant Director