SEC Comment Letter for STELLAR INTERNATIONAL INC (CIK 0001159019) — Nov 23, 2005
STELLAR INTERNATIONAL INC (CIK 0001159019)
Date: Nov. 23, 2005 · CIK: 0001159019 · Accession: 0000000000-05-059363
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Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail
Mail Stop 6010
November 23, 2005
Ms. Janice Clark
Chief Financial Officer
Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc.
544 Egerton St
London, Ontario Canada
N5W 3Z8
Re: Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
File No. 000-31198
Dear Ms. Clark:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
We have limited our review to only your financial statements and
related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to
other
portions of your document. In our comments, we ask you to provide
us
with information so we may better understand your disclosure.
Please
be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. After reviewing
this information, we may 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.
Item 6. Management`s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation,
page 22
Research and Development, page 24
1. The discussion of research and development costs states that a
significant driver in the increase was related to "manufacturing
development costs associated with the move of its manufacturing
processes to Dalton." Please explain to us what exactly this
means.
Also include a discussion of why these costs are appropriate to be
included in research and development.
Item 8a. Controls and Procedures, page 28
2. Item 307 of Regulation S-B requires that your certifying
officers
disclose their conclusions regarding the effectiveness (not
adequacy)
of your disclosure controls and procedures "as of the end of the
period covered by the report." Please tell us as to what
conclusion
your certifying officers reached as to the effectiveness of your
disclosure controls and procedures.
Notes to Financial Statements, page 6
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Foreign Currency
Translation
3. `Please clarify for us whether your policy is describing your
accounting for translation of foreign currency financial
statements
(paragraphs 12 through 14 of FAS 52) or that of foreign currency
transactions (paragraph 15 of FAS 52). Provide us in disclosure-
type
format these clarifying disclosures as well as disclosures
required
by paragraphs 30 and 31, as applicable.
` Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or
tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish
a
letter that keys your response to our comments and provide the
requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our
review. Please file your letter on EDGAR under the form type
label
CORRESP.
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 your letter, a statement from the company acknowledging that:
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; 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 filing or in
response to our comments on your filing.
You may contact Tabatha Akins, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-
3658 or Lisa Vanjoske, Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 551-
3614
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements
and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3679 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Jim B. Rosenberg
Senior Assistant Chief
Accountant
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Ms. Janice Clark
Stellar International, Inc.
November 23, 2005
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