SEC Company Response from XA, INC. (CIK 0001132034) — Aug 24, 2005
XA, INC. (CIK 0001132034)
Date: Aug. 24, 2005 · CIK: 0001132034 · Accession: 0001332277-05-000056
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
File numbers found in text: 000-32885
Referenced dates: August 10, 2005
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DAVID M. LOEV, ATTORNEY AT LAW
2777 ALLEN PARKWAY, SUITE 1000
HOUSTON, TX 77019
TELEPHONE (713) 524-4110
FACSIMILE (713) 524-4122
August 24, 2005
Ms. Yolanda Crittendon
Division of Corporate Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: XA, Inc.
Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004
(File No. 000-32885) and Form 10QSB for the quarter ended March 31, 2005
Dear Ms. Crittendon:
In response to your letter dated August 10, 2005, XA, Inc. (the "Company") has
the following responses:
Form 10-KSB
Item 7-Financial Statements
1. The Board of Directors determined the fair value of stock-based employee
compensation using the intrinsic value services received under APB 25,
permissible under FASB 123. The Board of Directors determined that due to the
extreme volatility of the Company's stock, using the methodologies prescribed
by paragraphs 17-25 of FASB 123 would not produce a fair presentation of the
transaction. As a result, after considering FASB 123, the Board elected to use
the APB 25 methodology permitted by FASB 123. The FASB 123 methodology is
presented as recommended but not mandatory. The Board of Directors does not
believe it would be recommended for the circumstances of the Company. The same
argument would be applicable for using APB 25 for non employee transactions
using the fair value of the consideration received.
2. The owners of the Series A Preferred Stock currently hold more than 70% of
the voting stock of the Company. One of the designations and rights of the
Series A Preferred Stock includes a voting right, in the unlikely event of a
dilution below 51%, of sufficient voting rights to give the Series A Preferred
shareholders the right to vote up to 51% of the outstanding shares. (This would
be an increase in outstanding shares of over 40% of the existing issues.) There
is no right to participate in profits or share in liquidation. This is only the
equivalent of a voting arrangement. It is difficult to assign a value, since the
shares give the grantees nothing more than they already have. In addition, the
volatility of the Company's shares makes the assignment of value to such an
ethereal right difficult to determine.
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3. The Company enters into lump sum contracts for organizing events. The
profits and losses from these contracts (and the concomitant revenues and costs)
are accounted for on the percentage of completion basis. The Company contracts
for the price and is responsible for the costs incurred to perform the contract.
This is the bulk (more than 90%) of the Company's revenues.
Any arrangements of management fees (very rare) are reported by the management
fee earned, only.
4. The comment is a result of imprecise wording in the document. The Company
has not changed any revenue recognition policy ( chiefly percentage of
completion as explained above) nor the accounting procedure for revenue
recognition ( a job by job analysis of work in progress) The only change has
been a system mandating more frequent management attention to this analysis. The
comment attributing some of the gross profit deterioration to stricter
accounting is imprecise since the Company has not really changed their
accounting. We would propose that the language be stricken from future filings
since it only tends to mislead. The other causes propounded for the profit
deterioration (e.g. competitive conditions) more than adequately explain said
deterioration.
ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT:
o the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;
o 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
o the Company may not asset staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,
/s/ David M. Loev
DAVID M. LOEV, ATTORNEY AT LAW
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