SEC Comment Letter for STREAM COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK & MEDIA INC. (CIK 0001125670) — Jul 29, 2005
STREAM COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK & MEDIA INC. (CIK 0001125670)
Date: July 29, 2005 · CIK: 0001125670 · Accession: 0000000000-05-039150
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Mail Stop 3561
July 29, 2005
Casey Forward,
Chief Financial Officer
Suite 1020 - 400 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3A6
Re: Stream Communications Network and Media, Inc
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed May 2, 2005
Form 6-K for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005
File No. 000-30942
Dear Mr. Forward:
Please address the following comments in future filings. If
you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our
comment
is inapplicable or a future revision is unnecessary. Please be as
detailed as necessary in your explanations. In some of our
comments,
we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we
may
or may not 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 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
Financial Highlights, page 2
1. Refer to net loss from continuing and discontinued operations
under US GAAP. We note that fiscal year 2002 information differs
from amounts presented in Note 20. Summary of Material Differences
Between Accounting Principles in Canada and the United States.
Please revise or advise.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Subsequent Events, page 27
2. Describe your specific viable plans intended to mitigate the
effect of your going concern uncertainty and your assessment of
the
likelihood that such plans can be effectively implemented.
Contractual Obligations, page 28
3. Tell us the nature and amount of each contractual obligation
included in the total of $916,237
Disclosures Controls and Procedures, page 44
4. We note your disclosure that "[w]ithin the 90 days prior to the
date of this report", the Company carried out an evaluation with
the
participation of each senior manager who reports to the CEO and
under
the supervision of the CEO. (emphasis added). Please note that
filings after August 14, 2003 must comply with the disclosure
requirements of revised Item 307. That is, you must disclose the
conclusion of your certifying officers regarding the effectiveness
of
your disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the
period
covered by the report, based upon the evaluation of these controls
and procedures.
5. We note your disclosure that "management recognized that any
controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated,
can provide only reasonable, rather than absolute, assurance of
achieving the desired control objectives, and management
necessarily
was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit
relationship of possible controls and procedures." If you include
this statement in future filings, please also include a statement,
if
true, that your disclosure controls and procedures are designed to
provide a reasonable level of assurance of reaching your desired
control objectives. See Section II.F.4. of SEC Release No. 33-
8238
(June 5, 2003) available on our website at
http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-8238.htm.
6. We note your disclosure that your disclosure controls and
procedures are "designed to ensure that the material financial and
non-financial information required to be disclosed in the Annual
Report on Form 20-F and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
timely."
Please clarify that your disclosure controls and procedures also
are
effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in
the
reports that you file or submit under the Exchange Act is
accumulated
and communicated to your management, including your principal
executive and principal financial officers, to allow timely
decisions
regarding required disclosure. See Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange
Act. Alternatively, you may simply state that your disclosure
controls and procedures are effective.
7. We note your disclosure that there have been no significant
changes in the Company`s "internal controls or in other factors
that
could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the
date
of the evaluation." (emphasis added). Item 308(c) of Regulation
S-K
requires the disclosure of any change in your internal control
over
financial reporting identified in connection with an evaluation
thereof that occurred during the period covered by the annual
report
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially
affect, your internal control over financial reporting. Please
confirm for us supplementally that there was no change in your
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
period covered by your annual report that has materially affected,
or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, your internal control
over
financial reporting, and provide the disclosure required by Item
308(c) of Regulation S-K in future filings.
Financial Statements
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficit
8. Refer to the line item, "Loss before undernoted items." Please
confirm to us that the presentation of this line item is an
acceptable presentation in accordance with Canadian GAAP.
Additionally, in light of the final rule on conditions for the use
of
Non-GAAP financial measures which is available on our website at
http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-8176.htm, please confirm to us
that
this line item is either required or expressly permitted by the
standard-setter that establishes Canadian GAAP.
Note 2. Acquisitions, intangible assets and goodwill
9. Tell us how you determined that cable TV licenses have an
indefinite useful life under US GAAP. You response should address
the conditions under which such licenses are granted, term,
expiration date, renewal terms as well as limitation in the use,
sale
and transfer to a third party. Refer to paragraph 11 of SFAS 142.
Note 12. Capital Stock
10. You issued 3 million shares for TV programming and content
development related to your loan payable. Tell us in more detail
the
nature of this transaction and why your accounting is appropriate
under US GAAP. Include in your response references to the
appropriate accounting literature. We note that these shares will
be
returned to you after the loan is repaid.
11. We note that you recognized compensation expense based on the
"average fair value for each option." Tell us what is meant by
this
and how your accounting is appropriate under US GAAP.
* * * *
As appropriate, please respond to these comments within 10
business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response.
Please file your response via EDGAR. You may wish to provide us
with
marked copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please
furnish a letter that keys your responses to our comments and
provides any requested information. Detailed letters greatly
facilitate our review. Please understand that we may have
additional
comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the
filing includes all information required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information
investors require for an informed investment 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 filings;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filings; 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 our review of your filings or
in
response to our comments on your filings.
You may contact Nicole Holden, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-
3374 or Dean Suehiro, Senior Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3384
if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements
and
related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3810 with any
other
questions.
Sincerely,
Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
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Mr. Forward
Stream Communications Network and Media, Inc
July 29, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
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