SEC Company Response from SEAWRIGHT HOLDINGS INC (CIK 0001132887) — Oct 6, 2005
SEAWRIGHT HOLDINGS INC (CIK 0001132887)
Date: Oct. 6, 2005 · CIK: 0001132887 · Accession: 0001019687-05-002755
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[SEAWRIGHT HOLDINGS, INC. LETTERHEAD]
October 6, 2005
George F. Ohsiek, Jr.
Branch Chief
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: SEAWRIGHT HOLDINGS, INC.
FORM 10-KSB FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 (FILED
APRIL 15, 2005);
FORMS 10-QSB FOR FISCAL QUARTERS ENDED MARCH 31, 2005 AND JUNE
30, 2005 (FILED MAY 23, 2005 AND AUGUST 22, 2005,
RESPECTIVELY); FILE NO. 333-56848
Dear Mr. Ohsiek:
This letter sets forth the response of Seawright Holdings, Inc.
("SEAWRIGHT") to the comments contained in a letter from you dated September 13,
2005 (the "COMMENT LETTER"), regarding Seawright's Form 10-KSB for fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004 filed on April 15, 2005, Form 10-QSB for fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2005 filed on May 23, 2005, and Form 10-QSB for fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2005 filed on August 22, 2005.
Set forth below are Seawright's point-by-point responses to the Comment
Letter.
FORM 10-KSB FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004
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Item 8A. Controls and Procedures, page 23
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1. IN FUTURE FILINGS, PLEASE REVISE YOUR DISCLOSURE REGARDING CHANGES TO
INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING TO IDENTIFY "ANY CHANGES," NOT
JUST "SIGNIFICANT" CHANGES THAT HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED, OR ARE REASONABLY
LIKELY TO MATERIALLY AFFECT, YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL
REPORTING. SEE ITEM 308(C) OF REGULATION S-B.
RESPONSE
Seawright's Form 10-QSB for fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2005 reflects
this comment and its future 10-KSB and 10-QSB filings will reflect this
comment. See the "Controls and Procedures" section in Seawright's Form
10-QSB for fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2005.
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George F. Ohsiek, Jr.
October 6, 2005
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Notes to Financial Statements
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Note E. Private Placement and Convertible Promissory Notes Payable, page F-19
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2. PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW YOU ALLOCATED THE PROCEEDS OF YOUR 984 UNITS
OF EQUITY AND CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES. ENSURE YOUR RESPONSE ADDRESSES
HOW YOUR ALLOCATION METHOD COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF PARAGRAPH 5 OF
EITF 00-27 THAT YOU ALLOCATE THE PROCEEDS TO THE CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTES WITH NON-DETACHABLE WARRANTS AND TO THE COMMON STOCK ON A RELATIVE
FAIR VALUE BASIS. PLEASE ALSO EXPLAIN YOUR ALLOCATION OF DEBT DISCOUNT TO
THE NON-DETACHABLE WARRANTS WITH REFERENCE TO PARAGRAPH 16 OF APB 14.
RESPONSE
Seawright allocated the proceeds from the issuance of its 984 units of
equity and convertible promissory notes in accordance with EITF 00-27 in
the manner set forth on the work paper summarizing the calculation attached
hereto as Exhibit A. Seawright's allocation of debt discount to the
non-detachable warrants is also explained on Exhibit A.
Seawright believes its policy of accounting for the units of equity and
convertible debentures is reasonable and in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles.
Note F. Capital Stock, page F-21
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3. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THE FAIR VALUE YOU ARE USING ON THE DATE
OF ISSUANCE OF YOUR COMMON STOCK IN APRIL 2004 AND YOUR COMMON STOCK ISSUED
WITH YOUR PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF YOUR UNITS TO VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS. IN YOUR
RESPONSE, TELL US THE BID/ASK PRICE OF YOUR COMMON STOCK AS DETERMINED IN
THE OTC BULLETIN BOARD MARKET ON THE DATES OF ISSUANCE OF THE SHARES.
QUOTED MARKET PRICE GENERALLY REPRESENTS THE MOST ACCURATE METHOD TO FAIR
VALUE STOCK ABSENT COUNTERVAILING FACTORS.
RESPONSE
In April 2004, Seawright issued 300,000 of shares of its restricted common
stock to a third party in exchange for cash of $90,000. Seawright and the
third party agreed in this arm's-length transaction that the market value
of the shares in connection with this transaction was $0.30 per share.
In connection with the private placement, Seawright determined the fair
value by using the average closing price of Seawright's common stock as
quoted by the OTC-BB from August 15, 2004 through December 15, 2004, which
was the period of the placement of the securities. Attached as Exhibit B is
a schedule of the average monthly closing prices during such period. The
average monthly closing prices utilized did not differ materially from the
closing prices on the dates the note proceeds were received by the Company.
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George F. Ohsiek, Jr.
October 6, 2005
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Seawright believes its policy accounting for the fair value of its equity
instruments issued is reasonable and in accordance with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles.
Note I. Related Party Transactions, page F-25
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4. PLEASE TELL US YOUR BASIS IN GAAP FOR PRESENTING OVERPAYMENTS TO THE
COMPANY'S PRESIDENT AS "OTHER EXPENSE" VERSUS PRESENTING AMOUNTS AS A
CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION OR NOTES RECEIVABLE. YOUR DISCLOSURE INDICATES THAT
YOUR EXPECTATION WAS THAT THE OVERPAYMENTS WOULD BE RECOVERED. SEE SAB
TOPICS 4:E AND 4:G. REVISE YOUR FORM 10-KSB AND YOUR FORM 10-QSB FOR THE
QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2005 ACCORDINGLY, OR TELL US WHY NO REVISION IS
NECESSARY.
RESPONSE
From Seawright's inception through June 2004, Seawright's President
advanced cash to Seawright in return for notes valued at approximately
$328,000. These cash advances were made to fund Seawright's general
operating expenses. Shortly after Seawright began receiving proceeds from
its private placement, Seawright began to pay the amounts owed on the notes
to its President. Due to a miscalculation, Seawright repaid an amount in
excess of the amount it owed on the notes totaling $194,500. This
overpayment was discovered in January 2005 and Seawright's President has
subsequently repaid Seawright $140,000 of the overpayment. Seawright's
President intends to repay Seawright the remaining balance of the
overpayment by December 31, 2005.
Seawright did not account for this overpayment as a capital distribution or
as notes receivable because there is no formal documented support for
either treatment. Seawright's Board of Directors did not authorize a
capital distribution to the President, nor did Seawright enter into a loan
agreement with Seawright's President. As a result, the Company believes SAB
4:E and 4:G are not applicable in connection with the overpayment to
Seawright's President .
While the overpayment at issue was made due to a miscalculation in the
amount owed to Seawright's President and not as a means to provide the
President with excess compensation, due to the President's positions in
Seawright as the controlling stockholder, a director and chief executive
officer, Seawright believes it is more appropriate to treat the overpayment
as an other expense. As a result of the influence Seawright's President
holds over the day-to-day operations and the major actions of Seawright,
the President can set his level of compensation, including, but not limited
to, compensation in excess of agreed upon amounts. In addition, while the
President intends to repay the remaining amount he owes Seawright, the
President can cause Seawright to waive this repayment.
Seawright believes its policy accounting for compensation is reasonable and
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
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George F. Ohsiek, Jr.
October 6, 2005
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Note K. Per Share, page F-25
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5. PLEASE DISCLOSE THOSE SECURITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY DILUTE BASIC LOSS
PER SHARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE COMPUTATION. SEE PARAGRAPH 40(C) OF SFAS 128.
RESPONSE
The number of Seawright's securities that could potentially dilute basic
loss per share that were not included in the computation is approximately
76,650 shares of Seawright's common stock, which increases the number of
shares of Seawright's common stock in 2003 by approximately 1.5%.
Seawright's future filings will include such securities in its disclosure
as required by generally accepted accounting principles.
FORM 10-QSB FOR FISCAL QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2005
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, page 7
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6. TELL US HOW YOU CALCULATED CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2005. IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED PROCEEDS FROM
SALES OF TRADING SECURITIES IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES, RATHER THAN IN
OPERATING ACTIVITIES AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH 18 OF SFAS 115. PLEASE ADVISE
OR REVISE, AS NECESSARY.
RESPONSE
In calculating cash flows from investing activities, Seawright included the
proceeds from sales of trading securities. In future filings, Seawright
will classify proceeds from the sales of trading securities as operating
activities.
* * * * *
Seawright acknowledges that it 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 it 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.
If you have any questions or comments please call me at (703) 340-1629 at
your earliest convenience.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Joel P. Sens
Joel P. Sens
Chief Executive Officer
cc: Charles A. Sweet
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Exhibit A
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CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES ISSUED IN 2004:
WARRANTS:
WARRANTS
(ISSUED TO) # ISSUED ISSUE DATE FAIR VALUE
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Noteholders 107,400 8/15/2004 97,637
Noteholders 44,200 9/15/2004 40,364
Noteholders 49,600 10/15/2004 45,096
Noteholders 87,400 11/15/2004 79,464
Noteholders 6,600 12/15/2004 6,001
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295,200 268,562
NOTES:
CONVERTIBLE FV OF
FMV OF CONVERSION INTO COMMON
DATE AMOUNT STOCK PRICE # OF SHARES STOCK
8/15/2004 $ 537,000.00 $ 1.01 $ 0.85 631,765 638,082
9/15/2004 $ 221,000.00 $ 1.05 $ 0.85 260,000 273,000
10/15/2004 $ 248,000.00 $ 0.90 $ 0.85 291,765 262,588
11/15/2004 $ 437,000.00 $ 0.90 $ 0.85 514,118 462,706
12/15/2004 $ 33,000.00 $ 0.90 $ 0.85 38,824 34,941
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$ 1,476,000 $ 0.95 1,736,471 1,671,318
EITF 00-27 ISSUE 1: AVERAGE
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RELATIVE VALUES
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FAIR VALUE OF CONVERTIBLE DEBT ON
COMMITMENT DATE: $ 1,476,000 0.86
FAIR VALUE OF WARRANTS ON COMMITMENT DATE: $ 268,562 0.14
ALLOCATION OF PROCEEDS:
DETACHED WARRANTS: $ 205,365
CONVERTIBLE DEBT: $ 1,269,360
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$ 1,474,725
DEBT DISCOUNTS - DETACHED WARRANTS:
DR. DEBT DISCOUNT - WARRANT $ 205,365
CR. APIC $ 205,365
EFFECTIVE CONVERSION PRICE:
ALLOCATED PROCEEDS $ 1,269,360
NUMBER OF SHARES TO BE RECEIVED UPON
CONVERSION: 1,736,471
EFFECTIVE CONVERSION PRICE: $ 0.73
INTRINSIC VALUE OF CONVERSION OPTION
(BENEFICIAL CONVERSION FEATURE) $ 402,860
DEBT DISCOUNTS - BCF:
DR. DEBT DISCOUNT - BCF $ 402,860
CR. APIC $ 402,860
TOTAL DEBT DISCOUNT $ 608,225
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Exhibit B
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Date Open High Low Close Adj. Close
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Dec-04 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Nov-04 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Oct-04 1.01 1.01 0.9 0.9 0.9
Sep-04 1.01 1.15 1.01 1.05 1.05
Aug-04 1.01 1.01 0.6 1.01 1.01
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