SEC Company Response from CHINA ENERGY SAVINGS TECHNOLOGY, INC. (CIK 0001119601) — Sep 1, 2005
CHINA ENERGY SAVINGS TECHNOLOGY, INC. (CIK 0001119601)
Date: Sept. 1, 2005 · CIK: 0001119601 · Accession: 0001076542-05-000216
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File numbers found in text: 000-31047
Referenced dates: August 18, 2005
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RICHARDSON
& PATEL LLP
10900
Wilshire Boulevard
Suite
500
Los
Angeles, CA 90024
Telephone
(310) 208-1182
Facsimile
(310) 208-1154
September
1, 2005
VIA
EDGAR AND FEDERAL EXPRESS
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
100
F
Street, N.E.
Washington
DC, 20549
Attn.:
Patrick
Enunwaonye
Gary
Todd
Re:
China
Energy Savings Technology, Inc.
Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2004
Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended December
31, 2004
File
No.
000-31047
Messrs.
Enunwaonye and Todd:
On
behalf
of China Energy Savings Technology, Inc. (the “Company”),
set
forth
below are the Company’s responses to the Staff’s comment letter dated August 18,
2005 with respect to the above referenced periodic reports of the Company.
We
have reproduced the Staff’s comment and have followed the comment with the
Company’s response. References in this letter to “we,”“our” or “us” mean the
Company or its advisors, as the context may require.
Forms
10-QSB for Fiscal 2005
1.
We
refer to your response to prior comment 4. In reverse merger
transactions
the financial statements of the accounting acquirer become
the financial
statements of the registrant pursuant to GAAP. In these instances
we look
to the financial statements of the accounting acquirer in
assessing
continuing SB eligibility. The amounts of revenues report
by Rim Holdings
prior to the reverse merger are not relevant under reverse
merger
accounting and are not considered in assessing the continuing
SB
eligibility of the accounting acquirer. China Energy’s financial
statements report audited
revenues totaling $30,997,070 in fiscal 2004 and $31,057,877
in fiscal
2003. Accordingly, China Energy has reported two consecutive
years of
audited revenues in excess of $25 million. Under Regulation
S-B China
Energy exited the small business reporting system on October
1, 2004.
Appropriately amend the Forms 10-QSB for fiscal 2005 to report
under
Regulation S-X.
Response:
We
agree that GAAP requires that the financial statements of the accounting
acquirer be presented as the financial statements of the registrant.
However, we
find no statutes, regulations, literature, published rulings, telephone
interpretations that suggest we look to the “accounting” acquirer in assessing
S-B eligibility. We believe that the determination of S-B eligibility
is a
matter of law and not accounting rules.
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
September
1, 2005
Page
2
Regardless
of the accounting treatment of Rim Holdings’ acquisition of the shares of
Starway, under state corporate and securities laws, Rim Holdings,
an S-B filer,
acquired an interest in the shares of Starway. Rim Holdings’ reporting
obligations under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act did not
change upon
such acquisition.
We
note
again that Item 10.a.2.iii of Regulation S-B provides “once a small business
issuer becomes a reporting company it will remain a small business
issuer until
it exceeds the revenue limit…at the end of two consecutive years.” In the year
2003, Rim Holdings, Inc., reported total revenues of $695,167 on
its Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for fiscal year ended 2003. Such revenue is
clearly below
the $25 Million revenue limit and the Company is thus eligible to
use Regulation
S-B disclosure. Item 10.a.2.v. of Regulation S-B further provides
that “the
determination (as to the reporting category) made for a reporting
company at the
end of its fiscal year governs all reports relating to the next fiscal
year. An
issuer may not change from one category to another with respect to
its reports
under the Exchange Act for a single fiscal year.” As a result, since its
reporting category at the end of 2003 is S-B, the Company’s reporting category
for 2004 is also S-B.
In
the
year 2004, the Company acquired an interest in Starway Management
Limited
(“Starway”). In the Annual Report of the Company for fiscal year ended 2004,
the
Company reported consolidated revenues of $ 30,997,070. We believe
that since
the Company acquired only a 50% interest in Starway and under no
condition would
the Company be entitled to actually receive more than half of the
profits of
Starway, the actual revenues of the Company can only be $15,498,535.
However,
even if we agree that the entire $30,997,070 be counted, the Company
only
exceeded the revenue limit in 2004. Under the transition rules provided
by Item
10.a.2. of Regulation S-B, the Company continues to be a small business
issuer
until the end of the current fiscal year; and assuming that their
revenues
exceed $25 Million in 2005, the Company would be subject to Regulation
S-K
starting October 1, 2005.
Based
on
this analysis, we again believe that the Company is currently subject
to
Regulation S-B. The foregoing analysis is based on a reasonable interpretation
of the transition rules currently in effect. We have researched this
issue and
did not find any published authorities to the contrary. If there
are authorities
that contradict our analysis, please feel free to forward it and
we will be
happy to review it. The Company is mindful of its filing category
and pursuant
to your comments will begin providing disclosures required by Regulation
S-K
after the end of this fiscal year.
We
hope
that the information contained in this letter satisfactorily addresses
the
comments by the Staff. Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned
by
telephone at (310) 208-1182, or by facsimile at (310) 208-1154.
Very
truly
yours,
Richardson
&
Patel LLP
/s/
Kevin
K. Leung
Enclosures
cc
(w/o
encs.):
Mr.
Sun Li, China Energy Savings Technology,
Inc.
Mr.
Dean Yamagata, Moore Stephens