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SEC Comment Letter for CarbonMeta Technologies, Inc. (CIK 0001156784) — Oct 6, 2005

CarbonMeta Technologies, Inc. (CIK 0001156784)
Date: Oct. 6, 2005 · CIK: 0001156784 · Accession: 0000000000-05-051630

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File numbers found in text: 333-127368

Date
September 2, 2005
Author
Branch Chief - Legal
Form
UPLOAD
Company
CarbonMeta Technologies, Inc. (CIK 0001156784)

Letter

Room 4561 Walter K. Weisel Chief Executive Officer 17105 San Carlos Boulevard, Suite A1651 Fort Myers, Florida 33931 Form 10-KSB/A for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Filed on July 29, 2005 Form 10-QSB/A for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005 Filed on July 29, 2005 Form 10-QSB for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2005 Filed on August 22, 2005 File No. 0-33231

Re: Innova Holdings, Inc. Registration Statement on Form SB-2 Filed August 9, 2005 File No. 333-127368

Dear Mr. Weisel:

This is to advise you that we have limited our review of the above registration statement to the matters concerning the standby equity distribution agreement and selling shareholder disclosure. No further review of the registration statement has been or will be made. We also performed a limited review of your amended Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004, amended Form 10- QSB for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 and Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, to evaluate the controls and procedures disclosure, and have comments as indicated below concerning these filings.

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 any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter.

Registration Statement on Form SB-2

General 1. We note the managing partner and general counsel of Cornell Capital Partners serves as the escrow agent for the standby equity distribution agreement. As such, it appears that this Cornell affiliate in some circumstances exercises discretion with respect to the release of shares or funds from the escrow. Section 7.a of the escrow agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.18, suggests that the related party escrow agent will be able to resolve the disputes under the agreement to his sole satisfaction. In view of the relationship between Cornell and the escrow agent and the functions of the escrow agent with respect to closings of equity line draws, it appears that Cornell exercises actual or potential discretion over the closings and some control as to whether or when Cornell will perform against advance notices from Innova Holdings. Provide your analysis of whether this related party escrow agent arrangement provides discretion to Cornell that is inconsistent with interpretation 4S of the March 1999 supplement of the Division of Corporation Finance`s publicly available telephone interpretations and the. Specifically please refer to the third Question and Answer of the Division of Corporation Finance`s March 2001 Supplement to the Division`s Current Issues Outline regarding "Private equity lines with registered resales." For your review, both interpretative resources are available at www.sec.gov.

Selling Stockholders, page 13 2. We note your inclusion of Monitor Capital, Inc. as a selling shareholder who is a non-natural person. Further, it appears that this selling shareholder is a broker-dealer. Tell us whether this broker-dealer received the securities as underwriting compensation. Please note that a registration statement registering the resale of shares being offered by a broker-dealer must identify the broker- dealer as an underwriter if the shares were not issued as transaction-based compensation provided in connection with the performance of investment banking services. If the shares were earned for services of this type provide appropriate disclosure of the transaction, the services provided and the compensatory arrangement. .

Form 10-KSB/A for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 filed on July 29, 2005 Item 8a. Controls and Procedures, page 22

Form 10-QSB/A for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005 filed on July 29, 2005 Item 3. Controls and Procedures, page 13 3. We note your disclosure that your principal executive officer and principal financial officer initially concluded that your Company`s controls and procedures were effective, but as indicated in your Form 10-KSB/A, management concluded that your disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective regarding accounting for beneficial conversion features associated with convertible preferred securities and the guidance provided by EITF 98-5 and EITF 00-27. Pursuant to Item 307 of Regulation S-B, your principal executive and principal financial officers must disclose their conclusions as to the effectiveness of your disclosure controls and procedures. Revise your Form 10-KSB/A and 10-QSB/A to state whether these controls and procedures were effective without including any limitations as to scope. 4. Similarly, we note that both your December 31, 2004 Form 10-KSB and March 31, 2005 Form 10-QSB disclose that management initially concluded your controls and procedures to be effective, but then after a reevaluation as of December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2005 determined your disclosure controls and procedures to be ineffective regarding the accounting for beneficial conversion features associated with convertible preferred securities. A scope limitation as to your effectiveness evaluation is not appropriate. If you determined your disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2004, state this unambiguously. Please also revise both periodic reports to more fully describe the remedial actions you plan to take or have taken to address the deficiencies in your disclosure controls and procedures. Also, provide a chronology as to when the accounting problems were discovered and explain how this information was learned. 5. We note your restatements of the financial statements and the changes in internal control over financial reporting. Please revise both periodic reports to expressly describe all material weaknesses and your restatement of financial statements rather than simply referring to amended financial statements and deficiencies in general. Please revise to explain why your accounting treatment of the beneficial conversion features and any other material weaknesses resulted in a change to your internal control over financial reporting. Refer to Item 308(c) of Regulation S-B and Sections D. and E. of the Division of Corporation Finance and Office of the Chief Accountant: Staff`s Statement on Management`s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (May 16, 2005). 6. We note your disclosure that management has implemented "certain improvements and changes" in the Company`s internal control over financial reporting. Please revise both periodic reports to describe the remedial measures undertaken concerning your internal control over financial reporting, when you implemented these measures and when you anticipate full implementation of these corrective measures. Refer to Item 308(c) of Regulation S-B.

Form 10-QSB for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2005 filed on August 22, 2005

Item 3. Controls and Procedures, page 13 7. Based on your disclosure at the end of this section referring to no other change, please revise your disclosure to articulate the change in internal control over financial reporting and the remedial measures implemented during this period ended June 30, 2005. Refer to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b) and Item 308(c) of Regulation S-B.

* * *

We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filings to be certain that they have provided all information investors require for an informed 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.

Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company requests acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such request, acknowledging that:

? should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

? the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

? the company may not assert this action 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 connection with our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

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.

If you have any questions, please contact Neil Miller at (202) 551-3442. If you need additional assistance you may contact me at (202) 551-3462 or Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director, at (202) 551-3730.

Sincerely,
Mark P. Shuman
Branch Chief - Legal

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								September 2, 2005

Room 4561

Walter K. Weisel
Chief Executive Officer
17105 San Carlos Boulevard, Suite A1651
Fort Myers, Florida 33931

Re:  	Innova Holdings, Inc.
	Registration Statement on Form SB-2
      Filed August 9, 2005
      File No. 333-127368

      Form 10-KSB/A for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
      Filed on July 29, 2005
      Form 10-QSB/A for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005
      Filed on July 29, 2005
      Form 10-QSB for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2005
      Filed on August 22, 2005
      File No. 0-33231

Dear Mr. Weisel:

      	This is to advise you that we have limited our review of
the above registration statement to the matters concerning the
standby equity distribution agreement and selling shareholder
disclosure.  No further review of the registration statement has
been
or will be made.  We also performed a limited review of your
amended
Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004, amended Form 10-
QSB
for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 and Form 10-QSB for the
quarter
ended June 30, 2005, to evaluate the controls and procedures
disclosure, and have comments as indicated below concerning these
filings.

	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 any other aspect
of
our review.   Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.

Registration Statement on Form SB-2

General
1. We note the managing partner and general counsel of Cornell
Capital Partners serves as the escrow agent for the standby equity
distribution agreement.  As such, it appears that this Cornell
affiliate in some circumstances exercises discretion with respect
to
the release of shares or funds from the escrow.  Section 7.a of
the
escrow agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.18, suggests that the
related
party escrow agent will be able to resolve the disputes under the
agreement to his sole satisfaction.  In view of the relationship
between Cornell and the escrow agent and the functions of the
escrow
agent with respect to closings of equity line draws, it appears
that
Cornell exercises actual or potential discretion over the closings
and some control as to whether or when Cornell will perform
against
advance notices from Innova Holdings.  Provide your analysis of
whether this related party escrow agent arrangement provides
discretion to Cornell that is inconsistent with interpretation 4S
of
the March 1999 supplement of the Division of Corporation Finance`s
publicly available telephone interpretations and the.
Specifically
please refer to the third Question and Answer of the Division of
Corporation Finance`s March 2001 Supplement to the Division`s
Current
Issues Outline regarding "Private equity lines with registered
resales."    For your review, both interpretative resources are
available at www.sec.gov.

Selling Stockholders, page 13
2. We note your inclusion of Monitor Capital, Inc. as a selling
shareholder who is a non-natural person.  Further, it appears that
this selling shareholder is a broker-dealer.  Tell us whether this
broker-dealer received the securities as underwriting
compensation.
Please note that a registration statement registering the resale
of
shares being offered by a broker-dealer must identify the broker-
dealer as an underwriter if the shares were not issued as
transaction-based compensation provided in connection with the
performance of investment banking services.  If the shares were
earned for services of this type provide appropriate disclosure of
the transaction, the services provided and the compensatory
arrangement.  .

Form 10-KSB/A for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 filed on
July
29, 2005
Item 8a. Controls and Procedures, page 22

Form 10-QSB/A for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005 filed on
July
29, 2005
Item 3. Controls and Procedures, page 13
3. We note your disclosure that your principal executive officer
and
principal financial officer initially concluded that your
Company`s
controls and procedures were effective, but as indicated in your
Form
10-KSB/A, management concluded that your disclosure controls and
procedures were ineffective regarding accounting for beneficial
conversion features associated with convertible preferred
securities
and the guidance provided by EITF 98-5 and EITF 00-27.  Pursuant
to
Item 307 of Regulation S-B, your principal executive and principal
financial officers must disclose their conclusions as to the
effectiveness of your disclosure controls and procedures.  Revise
your Form 10-KSB/A and 10-QSB/A to state whether these controls
and
procedures were effective without including any limitations as to
scope.
4. Similarly, we note that both your December 31, 2004 Form 10-KSB
and March 31, 2005 Form 10-QSB disclose that management initially
concluded your controls and procedures to be effective, but then
after a reevaluation as of December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2005
determined your disclosure controls and procedures to be
ineffective
regarding the accounting for beneficial conversion features
associated with convertible preferred securities.  A scope
limitation
as to your effectiveness evaluation is not appropriate.  If you
determined your disclosure controls and procedures were
ineffective
as of December 31, 2004, state this unambiguously.  Please also
revise both periodic reports to more fully describe the remedial
actions you plan to take or have taken to address the deficiencies
in
your disclosure controls and procedures.  Also, provide a
chronology
as to when the accounting problems were discovered and explain how
this information was learned.
5. We note your restatements of the financial statements and the
changes in internal control over financial reporting.  Please
revise
both periodic reports to expressly describe all material
weaknesses
and your restatement of financial statements rather than simply
referring to amended financial statements and deficiencies in
general.   Please revise to explain why your accounting treatment
of
the beneficial conversion features and any other material
weaknesses
resulted in a change to your internal control over financial
reporting.  Refer to Item 308(c) of Regulation S-B and Sections D.
and E. of the Division of Corporation Finance and Office of the
Chief
Accountant: Staff`s Statement on Management`s Report on Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting (May 16, 2005).
6. We note your disclosure that management has implemented
"certain
improvements and changes" in the Company`s internal control over
financial reporting.  Please revise both periodic reports to
describe
the remedial measures undertaken concerning your internal control
over financial reporting, when you implemented these measures and
when you anticipate full implementation of these corrective
measures.
Refer to Item 308(c) of Regulation S-B.

Form 10-QSB for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2005 filed on August
22, 2005

Item 3. Controls and Procedures, page 13
7. Based on your disclosure at the end of this section referring
to
no other change, please revise your disclosure to articulate the
change in internal control over financial reporting and the
remedial
measures implemented during this period ended June 30, 2005.
Refer
to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b) and Item 308(c) of Regulation S-B.

							*  *  *

	We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filings to be certain that they
have provided all information investors require for an informed
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.

	Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company
requests
acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration
statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such
request,
acknowledging that:

?	should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated
authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

?	the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not
relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy
and
accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

?	the company may not assert this action 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 connection with our review of
your
filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

	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.

      If you have any questions, please contact Neil Miller at
(202)
551-3442.  If you need additional assistance you may contact me at
(202) 551-3462 or Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director, at (202)
551-3730.

							Sincerely,

							Mark P. Shuman
							Branch Chief - Legal

cc:  	Robert L. Davidson, Esq.
	400 Park Avenue, Suite 1430
	New York, NY 10022

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Securities Act Examination
Innova Holdings, Inc.
September 2, 2005
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