SEC Company Response from Hybrid Fuel Systems (CIK 0001107955) — Aug 3, 2005
Hybrid Fuel Systems (CIK 0001107955)
Date: Aug. 3, 2005 · CIK: 0001107955 · Accession: 0001144204-05-023577
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File numbers found in text: 333-124775
Referenced dates: June 24, 2005
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August 3, 2005
Mr. Joseph A. Foti
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC
Via Fax and Electronic Mail
re: Hybrid Fuel Systems, Inc. (the "Company")
Registration Statement of Form SB-2 filed 7/13/2005
File No 333-124775
Dear SEC
The following is respectfully submitted in response to your correspondence
dated July 25, 2005 relating to the Form SB-2 Registration Statement filed by
Hybrid Fuel Systems, Inc. (the "Company").
Form SB-2/A filed July 13, 2005
Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation, page 6
1. When interim financial statements must be included in a registration
statement, Rule 303(b)(2) of Regulation S-B requires that an issuer
provide a comparable discussion that will enable a reader of the issuer's
financials to assess material changes in the issuer's financial condition
and results of operations since the end of the fiscal year, and for the
comparable interim period in the preceding year. Please revise the MD&A
section to your Form SB-2/A to include a discussion of the quarters ended
March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004, in accordance with this requirement. In
addition to a discussion of your company's results of operations, your
updated MD&A disclosures should include a discussion of known events that
have had a material impact on your company's short-term or long-term
liquidity. For example, please discuss the additional financing received
from White Knight SST in the first quarter of 2005, as well as, the
interest terms, conversion terms, and payment terms related to this debt.
Response:
In accordance with Rule 303(b)(2) of Regulation S-B, we revised the MD&A
for the quarters ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 to provide a comparable
discussion assessing material changes in the Company's financial condition and
results of operations. In addition, we disclosed known events that have had a
material impact on the Company's short-term or long-term liquidity, including,
the additional financing received from White Knight SST in the first quarter of
2005, as well as, the interest, conversion, and payment terms related to this
debt.
Results of Operations
Assets, page 8
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2. In the results of operations section of your document, you state that your
company has arranged for the purchase various Horiba emissions testing
equipment for $40,000, and that your research indicates that this
equipment has a replacement value in excess of $2,000,000. In the
subsequent events footnote to your December 31, 2004 financial statements,
you also describe the purchase of his equipment as a "special transaction"
between your company and Georgia Power and Light. As such, please tell us
how your company was able to obtain this equipment at a price that is so
far below its replacement value. Alternatively, please delete the
information on the equipment's replacement value if specific, objective
and reliable evidence that supports your assertion can not be provided.
Within your response, please provide information including, but not
limited to:
o Any "special terms" of your transaction with Georgia Power and
Light.
o Whether your company has committed to provide consideration in
addition to the $40,000, which has been paid in cash.
o Whether Georgia Power and Light is a related party to your company.
o The research that you have performed to determine that the
replacement value of the Horiba equipment is in excess of
$2,000,000.
Response:
We have deleted the information on the Horiba equipment purchase with
respect to the equipment replacement value. In addition, we have included the
addition information requested in this Comment 2 regarding the terms of the
Horiba and Taylor equipment purchases.
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Description of Securities, page 25
Note 6- Subsequent Events, page 36
Note 11 Subsequent Event, page 15
3. We have reviewed your response to our prior comment number 4, but we do
not believe that your response fully addressed the concerns raised in the
comment. Please tell us and expand the disclosures in the "Description of
Securities" section of your document and the "Subsequent Event" footnotes
to your financial statements for the periods ended December 31, 2004 and
March 31, 2005 to discuss information including, but not limited to:
o The value that you ascribed to the warrants that are attached to
your convertible notes, and the method that you used to determine
this value.
o The value that you assigned to the embedded beneficial conversion
feature present in your convertible notes and how you calculated
such value; or why you believe the conversion terms of your notes do
not result in an embedded beneficial conversion feature.
o The period and method by which your company is recognizing (as
interest expense) the discount to your convertible notes that
resulted from allocating part of the proceeds of the notes to the
warrants and beneficial conversion feature, as referenced above.
Please refer to APB 14 for further guidance regarding the allocation of
the proceeds of your convertible notes between the warrants and the debt. Please
refer to EITF 9&5 and EITF 00-27 for further guidance regarding the beneficial
conversion feature that appears to be embedded in your convertible note
agreement.
Response:
We have expanded upon the disclosures in the "Description of Securities"
section of the registration statement and the "Subsequent Event" footnotes to
the financial statements for the periods ended December 31, 2004 and March 31,
2005 to include the information requested in this Comment 3.
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4. In addition, we note that you have not provided disclosures related to
your convertible notes agreement and the issuance of the convertible notes
in the prospectus summary as requested in our prior comment number 4. Due
to the significance of the convertible debt agreement with regard to your
company's ability to continue in as a going concern, and the direct
relationship of the agreement to your intent to register shares of common
stock under this Form SB-2, we believe that you should discuss the
significant terms of the agreement and the relationship of the agreement
to the shares that you plan to register in the prospectus summary section
of your registration statement.
Response:
We have revised the prospectus summary section of the registration
statement to include disclosures related to the convertible notes agreement and
the issuance of the convertible notes.
Part I-Financial Information
Consolidate Balance Sheets, page 31
5. We note that your balance sheet for the period ended March 31, 2005
reflects an incorrect number of common stock shares issued and outstanding
for the period ended December 31, 2004. As such, please revise the number
of shares disclosed, within your next amendment to your Form SB-2.
Response:
We have revised the number of shares of common stock issued and
outstanding as of December 31, 2004 in the balance sheet for the period ended
March 31, 2005.
6. In addition, we note that the "Shareholder's Deficit" section in the
December 31, 2004 column of your consolidated balance sheet for the period
ended March 31, 2005 no longer sums to the correct total, as a result of
the reclassification of your company's deferred compensation balance.
Please correct the mathematical error contained in your balance sheet.
Response:
We have revised the "Shareholder's Deficit" section in the December 31,
2004 column of the consolidated balance sheet for the period ended March 31,
2005 to insert the correct total, as a result of the reclassification of the
Company's deferred compensation balance.
Note 6 -- Subsequent Events, page 36
7. As the purchase price of the new Taylor dynometer discussed on page 8 in
the "Results of Operations" section of your document exceeds your
company's total assets for both the period ended March 31, 2005, it
appears that this equipment was purchased subsequent to March 31, 2005.
Please discuss the acquisition of this equipment in the subsequent event
footnotes to your financial statements for the period ended March 31,
2005. If the Taylor dynometer was not acquired subsequent to March 31,
2005, please tell us how you have accounted for the purchase of the
equipment.
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8. We note per your March 31, 2005 balance sheet that your company had
approximately $68.8 million shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
We note per the prospectus summary section of your document that your
company had approximately $83.2 million shares of common stock outstanding
as of May 2, 2005. As the additional shares of common stock which have
been issued subsequent to March 31, 2005 do not appear to be discussed in
your document, please tell us and expand your disclosures in your
subsequent event footnotes to your March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004
financial statements to disclose the nature and terms of the
transaction(s) that resulted in the issuance of the additional shares of
common stock.
Response:
We have expanded the disclosures in the subsequent event footnotes to the
Company's March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 financial statements to disclose
the nature and terms of the transaction(s) that resulted in the issuance of the
additional shares of common stock.
Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, page 1
9. We have review your response to our prior comment numbers 6 and 7, and we
note that you have not complied with our request that your document
include a report from your independent registered public accounting firm
that is dual-dated for Note 1. While we acknowledge that the opinion
included in your document has been dual-dated for Note 11, we believe that
the dual-dated opinion should also specifically cover Note 1, as Note I
addresses the alleviation of your company's going concern condition based
upon an event that occurred subsequent to the completion of your
independent auditor's fieldwork. Please refer to the requirements of SAS
1, AU Section 530.05.
Response:
We have revised report from the Company's independent registered public
accounting firm to refer to the dual-date with respect to Note 1.
10. In addition, your response to our prior comment numbers 6 and 7 and your
amended disclosures imply that your independent accountants believe that
the substantial doubt about your company's ability to continue as a going
concern has been alleviated by the subsequent events referenced in
footnote 1 to your financial statements; and thus, the audit opinion
included in your Form SB-2 does not require a "going concern" explanatory
paragraph. As such, please remove the language from the "Experts" section
of your document that indicates that a "going concern" explanatory
paragraph has been included in the report of your independent accountants.
Response:
We have revised the "Experts" section of the Form SB-2 to delete the
statement which indicates that a "going concern" explanatory paragraph has been
included in the report of the Company's independent accountants.
Balance Sheets, page 2
Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity, page 5
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11. We have reviewed your response to our prior comment number 9 and note you
have reclassified the company's deferred compensation balance to a
contra-equity account in your financial statements for the period ended
March 31, 2005. However, you have not reclassified this balance in your
audited balance sheet and statement of changes in stockholders' equity for
the period ended December 31, 2004. As such, please reclassify your
company's deferred compensation balance in your financial statements for
the period ended December 31, 2004.
Response:
We have reclassified the Company's deferred compensation balance in The
Company's financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2004.
Form 10-QSB for the quarter-ended March 31, 2005
General
12. We have reviewed your response to our prior comment numbers 14, 15 and 16,
but as discussed through our telephone conversation, we note that your
amended Form 10-KSB for the period ended December 31, 2004 and Form 10-QSB
for the period ended March 31, 2005 have not yet been filed. Please ensure
that the comments from each of our letters that relate to your Form SB-2
and comment numbers 15 and 16 of our letter dated June 24, 2005, which
relate specifically to your Form 10-QSB, are addressed in. your amended
Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB, as applicable.
Response:
We have re-filed the Company's annual report for the period ended December
31, 2004 and quarterly report for the period ended March 31, 2005 to ensure that
the comments from each of The SEC's comment letters that relate to the Company's
Form SB-2 are incorporated into said reports.
Sincerely,
/s/ Mark Clancy
Mark Clancy
Chief Executive Officer
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