SEC Comment Letter for Vyteris Holdings (Nevada), Inc. (CIK 0001139950) — Feb 2, 2005
Vyteris Holdings (Nevada), Inc. (CIK 0001139950)
Date: Feb. 2, 2005 · CIK: 0001139950 · Accession: 0000000000-05-005464
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February 2, 2005
MAIL STOP 0511
Mr. Michael McGuiness
Chief Financial Officer
Treasure Mountain Holdings, Inc.
13-01 Pollitt Drive
Fair Lawn, New Jersey 07410
Re: Treasure Mountain Holdings, Inc.
File No. 333-120411
Registration Statement on Form SB-2
Amendment 2, filed January 3, 2005
File no. 0-32741
Exchange Act reports
Preliminary proxy statement filed January 24, 2005
Vyteris Holdings, Inc.
Form SB-2 registration statement
File No. 333-120435
Dear Mr. McGuiness:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in
response
to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
supplemental 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.
General
1. We note that the company has removed Vyteris Holdings, Inc. as
a
filer on the registration statement. Please file on EDGAR a
request
for withdrawal for the registration statement of Vyteris Holdings,
Inc., file No. 333-120435. See Rule 477 of Regulation C of the
Securities Act of 1933.
2. In future filings, please file on EDGAR a marked copy of the
prospectus showing changes from Amendment No. 2. See Rule 472 of
Regulation C and Rule 310 of Regulation S-T, of the Securities Act
of
1933.
3. In the registration statement and the preliminary proxy
statement,
please include the basis under applicable law for the following:
* issuing part of the securities to effect the merger in advance
of
shareholder approval required to authorize all of the securities
needed to effect the merger; and
* allowing the securities issued to "partially" effect merger to
vote
on the increase in authorized shares in order to "fully" effect
the
merger.
Also disclose the basis for disclosing that the merger is
consummated
even though the shareholder vote to increase the amount of
authorized
common stock has not occurred.
4. Please explain supplementally whether the company will file a
pre-
effective amendment to reflect the reverse stock split that will
follow after approval from the shareholders meeting. According to
response no. 5, the registration statement will not become
effective
until after the vote. Thus, it seems that the company should file
a
pre-effective amendment reflecting the reverse stock split. We
note
that some of the present disclosure, such as the selling
stockholders
table, gives effect to the reverse split while other disclosure
does
not. This inconsistency could be confusing to the reader. Please
advise.
Prospectus Cover Page
5. We repeat our previous comment six. We note that there is
currently no active trading market for your common stock. Given
this, please revise your cover page and plan of distribution to
provide that selling security holders will sell the common stock
and
warrants at fixed prices, which are quantified in your prospectus,
until the securities are quoted on a specified public securities
market (the OTC BB, an exchange, or Nasdaq) and thereafter at
prevailing market prices or privately negotiated prices. See Item
16
of Schedule A to the Securities Act of 1933.
Risk Factors
6. In risk factor two, please revise the narrative to discuss the
risk that is described in the subheading.
7. We note the subheading for risk factor three that "[w]e may be
unable to continue as a going concern." It appears that the risk
described in the subheading is not discussed in the narrative.
Please revise or advise.
8. In risk factor seven, regarding the sale of future products,
please describe the risk to the company and investors.
9. In risk factor 27, regarding product liability exposure, please
revise the risk factor subheading to describe the risk that is
discussed in the narrative.
10. In risk factor 29, regarding dividend and return on
investment,
please expand the narrative to discuss the risk described in the
subheading.
11. Please avoid the generic conclusion that you reach in some of
your risk factor subheadings and/or narratives that the risk will
adversely affect your business. Instead, replace this language
with
specific disclosure as to how your business and operations would
be
affected. Please see risk factors 5, 8, 24, 25 and 28.
Management`s Discussion and Analysis of the Financial Condition
and
Results of Operations
Overview of Vyteris
12. We repeat our previous comment 18. We believe your MD&A
section
could benefit from an expanded "Overview" section that offers
investors an introductory understanding of Vyteris and the matters
with which management is concerned primarily in evaluating the
company`s financial condition and operating results. A good
introduction, accordingly, might include a discussion of the
following: the economic or industry-wide factors relevant to the
company; a discussion of how the company earns or expects to earn
revenues and income; the identity of the company`s primary
business
lines, location(s) of operations and principal services; and
insight
into material opportunities, challenges, risks, and material
trends
and uncertainties. To the extent known, provide insight into
challenges, risks and opportunities of which management is aware
and
discuss any actions being taken to address the same. For example
the
overview could evaluate the company`s limited production capacity
and
the company`s plans to increase production, including the proposed
costs, the timeframe for completion and the capacity once
finished.
For a more detailed discussion of what is expected in both this
subheading and the MD&A section in general, please refer to:
<http://www.sec.gov/rules/interp/33-8350.htm>. See also, Item 303
of
Regulation S-B.
13. Please discuss the agreement that obligates the company to pay
royalties to Becton Dickinson.
Critical Accounting Policies
14. We have read your response to comment 28 and the revised
disclosure surrounding your critical accounting policies and are
unclear why revenue recognition was no longer considered a
critical
accounting policy. You have disclosed that revenue is recognized
using the proportional-performance method (F-9 and F-35); our
understanding is that this methodology incorporates significant
estimates by management. Please revise your disclosure to include
a
discussion of the critical accounting estimates inherent to this
methodology.
Results of Operations
Inception in November 2000 through September 30, 2004
Revenues
15. We have read your response to comment 23 and the revised
disclosure indicating that the fluctuation from period to period
is
due to the non-recurring nature of feasibility studies. It is not
apparent from your disclosures here, or in the business section
(page
44), what the Company`s continuing efforts in this revenue
generating
area (contract research) will be, or how your activities (or
resources allocated) have changed from the past. Please consider
expanding your disclosure to address if you plan to continue to
allocate resources to this revenue generating stream and how your
operations will be affected.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
16. Please discuss the principal terms of the credit facility and
whether the company expects to borrow under the agreement.
17. Please quantify the aggregate dollar amount of the cash
dividends
expected to be paid on Series B preferred and the dollar amount of
any cumulated and unpaid dividends.
Our Business
Products
18. We repeat our previous comment 35. We note the disclosure
that
the company has signed a worldwide marketing and license agreement
with B. Braun for the LidoSite product. Please describe the
principal terms of the agreement. Please include the fee
arrangement
under the agreement.
19. Please describe the principal terms of the agreements between
the
company and Ferring. Please include the fee arrangements under
the
agreements.
Competition
20. Please expand on the disclosure that the company may compete
in
the future against Becton Dickinson. Please disclose if the
company
is aware of any current or future technologies of Becton Dickinson
that may compete against the company. If yes, please disclose and
describe.
Principal Stockholders
21. We repeat our previous comment 52. Please expand footnote (1)
to
disclose the basis for the disclaimers of beneficial ownership by
Mr.
Kimberlin.
22. An issuer, which is a majority owned subsidiary of another
company, may qualify as a small business issuer only if its parent
also is a small business issuer. Supplementally, please tell us
whether Spencer Trask is a small business issuer and, if it is,
generally describe how Spencer Trask meets the definition.
Selling stockholders
23. The prospectus cover page indicates that the registration
statement covers resales of securities by transferees of the
selling
security holders. Please note that the names of these transferees
along with other disclosures required by Item 507 of Regulation S-
B
will need to be provided in prospectus supplements under Rule 424.
Plan of Distribution
24. We repeat our previous comment 54. If a selling shareholder
is a
broker-dealer, tell us whether the selling shareholder acquired
its
securities as compensation for underwriting activities. Unless a
broker-dealer acquired the securities as compensation for
underwriting activities, you must identify the broker-dealer as an
underwriter in the prospectus. Language such as "may be deemed to
be" an underwriter is unacceptable if the selling shareholder is a
broker-dealer. Further, selling security holders acting as
underwriters should be named on the prospectus cover page.
25. Please provide pricing information for the securities prior to
quotation on a specified public securities market.
Additional Information
26. In light of the Rule 415 undertakings in Part II of the
registration statement, please revise or remove the statement
"[t]he
information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of
the
date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of
this
prospectus or of any sale of our common stock."
Financial Statements
Vyteris, Inc. Annual Financial Statements
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Contract Research Revenue, F-9 and F-35
27. We read your response to comment 56 and your revised
disclosure.
We acknowledge that the proportional performance methodology is
acceptable in some situations; however, a cost-to-cost approach to
revenue recognition is not appropriate outside the scope of SOP
81-1
since it may not provide a reasonable estimate of proportional
performance. Please revise your revenue recognition methodology
to
utilize an output-based approach or an input-based approach other
than cost-to-cost. Please revise and advise.
28. Considering the comment above, please expand your policy
disclosures (here and in MD&A) to disclose how progress is
measured,
and identify any contract payment milestones and explain how they
relate to substantive performance. You should also disclose any
material assumptions, estimates and uncertainties in your
methodology, as well as any contingencies such as rights of return
and conditions of acceptance. Please revise accordingly.
Exchange Act Reports
29. As appropriate, please revise these reports to comply with the
above comments on the Form SB-2.
Preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A
30. As appropriate, please revise the disclosure in the proxy
statement to comply with the above comments on the Form SB-2.
Closing Comments
As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in
response to these comments. You may wish to provide us with
marked
copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a
cover letter with your amendment that keys your response to our
comments and provides any requested supplemental information.
Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing
your
amendment and responses to our comments.
We will consider a written request for acceleration of the
effective date of the registration statement as a confirmation of
the
fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their
respective
responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public
offering
of the securities specified in the above registration statement.
We
will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority,
grant
acceleration of the effective date.
We direct your attention to Rules 460 and 461 regarding
requesting acceleration of a registration statement. Please allow
adequate time after the filing of any amendment for further review
before submitting a request for acceleration. Please provide this
request at least two business days in advance of the requested
effective date.
You may contact Hugh West at (202) 942-1983 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related
matters. Please contact Thomas Kluck at (202) 824-5262 or me at
(202) 942-2999 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
John Reynolds, Assistant Director
Office of Emerging Growth Companies
cc: Peter H. Ehrenber
Fax (973) 597-2400
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Treasure Mountain Holdings, Inc.
February 2, 2005
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