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SEC Comment Letter for Uni-Pixel (CIK 0001171012) — Mar 18, 2005

Uni-Pixel (CIK 0001171012)
Date: March 18, 2005 · CIK: 0001171012 · Accession: 0000000000-05-012822

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March 18, 2005
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Uni-Pixel (CIK 0001171012)

Letter

March 18, 2005 Mail Stop 03-06 Reed J. Killion President and Director Uni-Pixel, Inc. 11940 Jollyville Road, Suite 200N Austin, Texas 78759

Re: Uni-Pixel, Inc. Form 10-SB Filed February 18, 2005 File No. 0-49737

Dear Mr. Killion:

We have the following comments to your filing. Please file an amendment by April 11, 2005 to comply with our comments. If you cannot amend the filing by that time, you should consider withdrawing the filing before it becomes effective by operation of law. You could then refile when you are able to respond to the comments. Please note that you should file the request for withdrawal by April 19, 2005.

If you disagree with our comments, 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.

Part I

Item 1. Description of Business - Page 1

Overview- Page 1 1. Please expand the first paragraph to quantify the amount of your accumulated deficit. Also revise the related disclosure on page 12. 2. We note your disclosure here and on page 3 regarding the size and estimated growth of the electronic display market. Please supplementally provide us with the reports of DisplaySearch and mark the section or sections of the supplemental materials that supports your statements. With a view toward disclosure, also tell us whether you commissioned the research conducted by DisplaySearch. 3. Please explain to us your reasonable basis for concluding that the TMOS technology is more economical, durable, reliable and efficient than existing competitive products, such as LCD and plasma displays, when you have not yet commercialized a product based on this technology. In this regard, we note your disclosure on page 16 regarding the risk that the TMOS technology may not be commercially or technically feasible for broad-based product applications. 4. We note your disclosure that you have had "only a few revenue- generating services or development contracts." Here and on page 12, please revise to quantify the revenues you have recorded to date and the time period over which you recorded these revenues. Furthermore, please revise to identify the military contractor, the personal computer company, and the military agency to which you refer on page 3, as well as the national laboratory and leading military contractor on page 4. Clarify the nature of your relationship with each of these parties.

Our Competitive Strengths - Page 4 5. Please reconcile your statement that you have adopted what you believe to be an "innovative" business model with your disclosure on page 10 that some of your competitors follow a similar business model. 6. We note your disclosure that you have entered into research and development agreements with a United States government agency under the Small Business Innovation Research program, through which you have received or will receive some funding. Please identify the government agency, quantify the amount of funding you have received or expect to receive under this program, and indicate when the agreements expire. Also expand your disclosure to describe briefly the government`s rights to your technology under these agreements.

Item 2. Management`s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation - Page 20

Results of Operations - Comparison of Fiscal Years Ending December 31, 2004 and 2003 - Page 20

7. Please revise your disclosure to explain the reasons underlying the factors you cite for the change in your results. For example, we note you attribute the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses from 2003 to 2004 to an increase in salary expense and in legal fees. Please revise to explain why salary expense increased, and why legal fees increased. For instance, did your salary expense increase due to an increase in the number of employees, or another reason? Refer to Exchange Act Release No. 34- 48960 (December 19, 2003), available on our website at www.sec.gov. 8. Please revise to clarify the term "impacts of additional debt financing" to which you attribute an increase in interest expense of almost 50% from 2003 to 2004.

Historical Cash Flows - Page 20 9. We note that your discussion of changes in cash flows is a recitation in narrative form of certain items within your cash flow statement. For instance, we note that the increase in cash used in operating activities is attributed "primarily" to increased research and development spending and increased general and administrative expenses; however, only $827,000 of the $1,282,000 increase in operating cash flow is attributable to the items specified. Please revise to discuss the reason for the remaining increase in your operating cash flow, and describe the reasons underlying the changes in your operating cash flow.

Liquidity and Financial Condition - Page 21 10. Please revise to discuss any known trends, events or uncertainties that have or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on your short-term or long-term liquidity. For example, we note your disclosure on page 20 that your interest expense increased due to the "impacts of additional debt financing."

Item 5. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons - Page 24 11. We note that Section 1 of Exhibit 10.2 indicates that you have agreed to elect one director designated by the Fordham Financial Management to the board of directors, and that the director will be compensated and will receive reimbursed expenses for attending meetings of the board. Please revise the appropriate sections of your document to discuss this arrangement and to disclose the terms of any non-employee director compensation.

Item 6. Executive Compensation - Page 26

Summary Compensation Table - Page 26 12. Please revise the table to disclose the named executive officers` compensation for the last three fiscal years. Refer to Item 402(b)(2) of Regulation S-B. 13. Please supplementally advise, with a view to disclosure, why this section does not address the advances and cancellations discussed in Note 4 of the financial statements. Also, revise page 21 to discuss the impact on liquidity and capital resources. 14. Please confirm that none of the options representing 1,490,000 shares of common stock that were issued to employees in 2004 were issued to named executive officers for which disclosure under Item 402 of Regulation S-B is required. Alternatively, please provide the disclosure required under this item.

Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions - Page 26 15. Please revise to provide the disclosure required under Item of Regulation S-B with regard to the transactions described in Section 7.4, Section 8.5 and Section 8.6 of Exhibit 10.9. 16. Please revise to provide the disclosure required under Item of Regulation S-B with regard to the $117,846 in employee advances receivable that were settled with your employees during 2004.

The Merger Agreement - Page 26

17. We note your disclosures about the merger agreements in December 2004 between Uni-Pixel Displays, Inc., Uni-Pixel Merger Sub, Inc., Gemini V, Inc. and certain of your principal stockholders. Please revise this section to briefly explain the background of all entities involved in the transaction, to indicate the accounting acquirer and the legal acquirer in the transaction and to clearly disclose how you accounted for the transaction. Consider adding graphic disclosures to the filing that present your current and former ownership structure and percentages. We may have further comments after reviewing your response and revisions. 18. Please revise this section to describe the assets purchased from Gemini V, Inc. for which you issued 2,917,250 shares of common stock. We note your disclosure in Note 1 to the financial statements that Gemini was a non-operating private company with limited assets.

Cancellation and Transfer Agreement - Page 27 19. Please revise your disclosure to indicate the consideration Mr. Disalvo received in exchange for the cancellation and transfer of his shares.

Lock-Up Agreements - Page 28 20. Please revise to indicate which stockholders have signed lock- up agreements. Please ensure that the signed versions of these agreements are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.

Item 8. Description of Securities - Page 29 21. The statement that all outstanding shares of your common stock are fully paid and non-assessable is a legal conclusion that you are not qualified to make. Please revise to identify the counsel that has made the conclusion and file counsel`s consent to be named in this section as an exhibit to the registration statement.

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock - Page 30 22. Please revise your disclosure regarding restrictions on transferability to indicate that preferred stockholders who purchased Series A preferred stock in your recent private placement are also entitled to piggy-back registration rights, and identify the period in which those rights may be exercised.

Part II

Item 4. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities - Page 31 23. Please reconcile your disclosure with regard to the 2,565,000 shares of Series A preferred stock issued on December 9, 2004 with your balance sheet, which indicates that 2,821,643 shares of preferred stock were outstanding at December 31, 2004.

Part F/S

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders` Equity (Deficit) - Page F-5

24. Revise your Statement of Stockholders` Equity to include the disclosures as listed in paragraph 11(d) of SFAS 7.

Note 1. Incorporation and Nature of Business

(h) Revenue Recognition - Page F-10

25. We note your disclosure that "revenue is generally recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery of the product or service has occurred, the fee is fixed and determinable, and collectibility is probably." Please tell us and revise future filings to describe those circumstances when revenue would be recognized at a different point in the sales process and how you would account for such revenue transactions.

(j) Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Page F-10

26. Supplementally tell us how you accounted for the rescission of stock options and the related re-issuance of fully vested shares in accordance with paragraph 47(f) of SFAS 123. Further, tell us the price at which the shares were re-issued. Please cite the accounting guidance that supports your accounting.

Note 4. Related Party Transactions - Page F-14

27. Please provide us with further details regarding your agreement with various past and present employees to cancel debts in the form of promissory notes and accrued wages totaling $895,465. Tell us the nature of any related additional liabilities or agreements the company entered into with these employees, if any.

28. We noted that the amounts advanced to officers of the company "were settled between the company and all employees." Please tell us how these arrangements were settled. It does not appear that these amounts were repaid to the company based on the cash flow statement. Please clarify for us and revise your footnote to tell investors, see paragraph 2 (d) of SFAS 57.

Note 6. Income Taxes - Page F-15

29. Revise your footnote to include the disclosures required by paragraphs 43 through 47 of SFAS 109, as applicable.

Note 8. Common Stock - Page F-16

30. We see on December 9, 2004 you were recapitalized pursuant to a Reverse Merger accounted for as a recapitalization of Uni-Pixel via an issuance of common stock by Uni-Pixel for the net assets of REFL and Gemini V, Inc. Please revise the note to disclose the business of Gemini V and why you issued shares for their net assets. Also, clarify who REFL is - we assume it is Real-Estateforlease.com, Inc. Finally, please tell us why both share issuances are properly accounted for as a recapitalization. Do both Gemini V, Inc. and REFL have common ownership? Why isn`t the transaction with Gemini V a purchase business combination with you as the accounting acquirer? We may have further comments after reviewing your response. Revise the filing as necessary based on our concerns.

Note 9. Convertible Preferred Stock - Page F-16

31. We noted that the shares of Series A Preferred Stock automatically convert to common stock on December 31, 2007 and have a liquidation preference of $3.50 per share. Please confirm these shares are not mandatorily redeemable as a result of a liquidation preference or otherwise. Further, please clarify how EITF D-98 and ASR 268 impacts how you are required to present the securities in your balance sheet. Revise the filing as necessary based on our comment.

32. Revise the filing to disclose how you valued and accounted for the warrants to purchase 769,500 shares of common stock issued to the Series A Preferred Stock placement agent.

Part III

Item 1. Index to Exhibits 33. Please file the complete versions of Exhibits 10.7 and 10.9. We may have further comment upon review of the complete exhibits. 34. Please revise the exhibit index to clarify the references to Form 1-A. It does not appear that these exhibits have been filed with any document other than the registration statement on Form 10-SB.

* * *

If you cannot amend your filing in the timeframe mentioned on page 1, please tell us when you will provide us with a response. 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 responses 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 urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing reviewed by the staff 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.

In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, 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 Julie Sherman at (202) 824-5506 or Daniel Gordon, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 942-2813 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Mary Beth Breslin at (202) 942-2914 or me at (202) 942-1927 with any other q

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March 18, 2005

Mail Stop 03-06

Reed J. Killion
President and Director
Uni-Pixel, Inc.
11940 Jollyville Road, Suite 200N
Austin, Texas 78759

Re:	Uni-Pixel, Inc.
	Form 10-SB
	Filed February 18, 2005
	File No. 0-49737

Dear Mr. Killion:

      We have the following comments to your filing.  Please file
an
amendment by April 11, 2005 to comply with our comments.  If you
cannot amend the filing by that time, you should consider
withdrawing
the filing before it becomes effective by operation of law.  You
could then refile when you are able to respond to the comments.
Please note that you should file the request for withdrawal by
April
19, 2005.

      If you disagree with our comments, 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.

Part I

Item 1.  Description of Business - Page 1

Overview- Page 1
1. Please expand the first paragraph to quantify the amount of
your
accumulated deficit.  Also revise the related disclosure on page
12.
2. We note your disclosure here and on page 3 regarding the size
and
estimated growth of the electronic display market.  Please
supplementally provide us with the reports of DisplaySearch and
mark
the section or sections of the supplemental materials that
supports
your statements.  With a view toward disclosure, also tell us
whether
you commissioned the research conducted by DisplaySearch.
3. Please explain to us your reasonable basis for concluding that
the
TMOS technology is more economical, durable, reliable and
efficient
than existing competitive products, such as LCD and plasma
displays,
when you have not yet commercialized a product based on this
technology.  In this regard, we note your disclosure on page 16
regarding the risk that the TMOS technology may not be
commercially
or technically feasible for broad-based product applications.
4. We note your disclosure that you have had "only a few revenue-
generating services or development contracts."  Here and on page
12,
please revise to quantify the revenues you have recorded to date
and
the time period over which you recorded these revenues.
Furthermore,
please revise to identify the military contractor, the personal
computer company, and the military agency to which you refer on
page
3, as well as the national laboratory and leading military
contractor
on page 4.  Clarify the nature of your relationship with each of
these parties.

Our Competitive Strengths - Page 4
5. Please reconcile your statement that you have adopted what you
believe to be an "innovative" business model with your disclosure
on
page 10 that some of your competitors follow a similar business
model.
6. We note your disclosure that you have entered into research and
development agreements with a United States government agency
under
the Small Business Innovation Research program, through which you
have received or will receive some funding.  Please identify the
government agency, quantify the amount of funding you have
received
or expect to receive under this program, and indicate when the
agreements expire.  Also expand your disclosure to describe
briefly
the government`s rights to your technology under these agreements.

Item 2.  Management`s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
-
Page 20

Results of Operations - Comparison of Fiscal Years Ending December
31, 2004 and 2003 - Page 20

7. Please revise your disclosure to explain the reasons underlying
the factors you cite for the change in your results.  For example,
we
note you attribute the increase in selling, general and
administrative expenses from 2003 to 2004 to an increase in salary
expense and in legal fees.  Please revise to explain why salary
expense increased, and why legal fees increased.  For instance,
did
your salary expense increase due to an increase in the number of
employees, or another reason?  Refer to Exchange Act Release No.
34-
48960 (December 19, 2003), available on our website at
www.sec.gov.
8. Please revise to clarify the term "impacts of additional debt
financing" to which you attribute an increase in interest expense
of
almost 50% from 2003 to 2004.

Historical Cash Flows - Page 20
9. We note that your discussion of changes in cash flows is a
recitation in narrative form of certain items within your cash
flow
statement.  For instance, we note that the increase in cash used
in
operating activities is attributed "primarily" to increased
research
and development spending and increased general and administrative
expenses; however, only $827,000 of the $1,282,000 increase in
operating cash flow is attributable to the items specified.
Please
revise to discuss the reason for the remaining increase in your
operating cash flow, and describe the reasons underlying the
changes
in your operating cash flow.

Liquidity and Financial Condition - Page 21
10. Please revise to discuss any known trends, events or
uncertainties that have or are reasonably likely to have a
material
impact on your short-term or long-term liquidity.  For example, we
note your disclosure on page 20 that your interest expense
increased
due to the "impacts of additional debt financing."

Item 5.  Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control
Persons
- Page 24
11. We note that Section 1 of Exhibit 10.2 indicates that you have
agreed to elect one director designated by the Fordham Financial
Management to the board of directors, and that the director will
be
compensated and will receive reimbursed expenses for attending
meetings of the board.  Please revise the appropriate sections of
your document to discuss this arrangement and to disclose the
terms
of any non-employee director compensation.

Item 6.  Executive Compensation - Page 26

Summary Compensation Table - Page 26
12. Please revise the table to disclose the named executive
officers`
compensation for the last three fiscal years.  Refer to Item
402(b)(2) of Regulation S-B.
13. Please supplementally advise, with a view to disclosure, why
this
section does not address the advances and cancellations discussed
in
Note 4 of the financial statements.  Also, revise page 21 to
discuss
the impact on liquidity and capital resources.
14. Please confirm that none of the options representing 1,490,000
shares of common stock that were issued to employees in 2004 were
issued to named executive officers for which disclosure under Item
402 of Regulation S-B is required.  Alternatively, please provide
the
disclosure required under this item.

Item 7.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions - Page 26
15. Please revise to provide the disclosure required under Item
404
of Regulation S-B with regard to the transactions described in
Section 7.4, Section 8.5 and Section 8.6 of Exhibit 10.9.
16. Please revise to provide the disclosure required under Item
404
of Regulation S-B with regard to the $117,846 in employee advances
receivable that were settled with your employees during 2004.

The Merger Agreement - Page 26

17. We note your disclosures about the merger agreements in
December
2004 between Uni-Pixel Displays, Inc., Uni-Pixel Merger Sub, Inc.,
Gemini V, Inc. and certain of your principal stockholders.  Please
revise this section to briefly explain the background of all
entities
involved in the transaction, to indicate the accounting acquirer
and
the legal acquirer in the transaction and to clearly disclose how
you
accounted for the transaction.  Consider adding graphic
disclosures
to the filing that present your current and former ownership
structure and percentages.  We may have further comments after
reviewing your response and revisions.
18. Please revise this section to describe the assets purchased
from
Gemini V, Inc. for which you issued 2,917,250 shares of common
stock.
We note your disclosure in Note 1 to the financial statements that
Gemini was a non-operating private company with limited assets.

Cancellation and Transfer Agreement - Page 27
19. Please revise your disclosure to indicate the consideration
Mr.
Disalvo received in exchange for the cancellation and transfer of
his
shares.

Lock-Up Agreements - Page 28
20. Please revise to indicate which stockholders have signed lock-
up
agreements.  Please ensure that the signed versions of these
agreements are filed as exhibits to the registration statement.

Item 8.  Description of Securities - Page 29
21. The statement that all outstanding shares of your common stock
are fully paid and non-assessable is a legal conclusion that you
are
not qualified to make.  Please revise to identify the counsel that
has made the conclusion and file counsel`s consent to be named in
this section as an exhibit to the registration statement.

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock - Page 30
22. Please revise your disclosure regarding restrictions on
transferability to indicate that preferred stockholders who
purchased
Series A preferred stock in your recent private placement are also
entitled to piggy-back registration rights, and identify the
period
in which those rights may be exercised.

Part II

Item 4.  Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities - Page 31
23. Please reconcile your disclosure with regard to the 2,565,000
shares of Series A preferred stock issued on December 9, 2004 with
your balance sheet, which indicates that 2,821,643 shares of
preferred stock were outstanding at December 31, 2004.

Part F/S

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders` Equity (Deficit) - Page
F-5

24. Revise your Statement of Stockholders` Equity to include the
disclosures as listed in paragraph 11(d) of SFAS 7.

Note 1. Incorporation and Nature of Business

(h) Revenue Recognition - Page F-10

25. We note your disclosure that "revenue is generally recognized
when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery of the
product or service has occurred, the fee is fixed and
determinable,
and collectibility is probably."  Please tell us and revise future
filings to describe those circumstances when revenue would be
recognized at a different point in the sales process and how you
would account for such revenue transactions.

 (j) Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Page F-10

26. Supplementally tell us how you accounted for the rescission of
stock options and the related re-issuance of fully vested shares
in
accordance with paragraph 47(f) of SFAS 123. Further, tell us the
price at which the shares were re-issued.  Please cite the
accounting
guidance that supports your accounting.

Note 4. Related Party Transactions - Page F-14

27. Please provide us with further details regarding your
agreement
with various past and present employees to cancel debts in the
form
of promissory notes and accrued wages totaling $895,465. Tell us
the
nature of any related additional liabilities or agreements the
company entered into with these employees, if any.

28. We noted that the amounts advanced to officers of the company
"were settled between the company and all employees." Please tell
us
how these arrangements were settled. It does not appear that these
amounts were repaid to the company based on the cash flow
statement.
Please clarify for us and revise your footnote to tell investors,
see
paragraph 2 (d) of SFAS 57.

Note 6. Income Taxes - Page F-15

29. Revise your footnote to include the disclosures required by
paragraphs 43 through 47 of SFAS 109, as applicable.

Note 8.  Common Stock - Page F-16

30. We see on December 9, 2004 you were recapitalized pursuant to
a
Reverse Merger accounted for as a recapitalization of Uni-Pixel
via
an issuance of common stock by Uni-Pixel for the net assets of
REFL
and Gemini V, Inc.  Please revise the note to disclose the
business
of Gemini V and why you issued shares for their net assets.  Also,
clarify who REFL is - we assume it is Real-Estateforlease.com,
Inc.
Finally, please tell us why both share issuances are properly
accounted for as a recapitalization.  Do both Gemini V, Inc. and
REFL
have common ownership?  Why isn`t the transaction with Gemini V a
purchase business combination with you as the accounting acquirer?
We may have further comments after reviewing your response.
Revise
the filing as necessary based on our concerns.

Note 9. Convertible Preferred Stock - Page F-16

31. We noted that the shares of Series A Preferred Stock
automatically convert to common stock on December 31, 2007 and
have a
liquidation preference of $3.50 per share. Please confirm these
shares are not mandatorily redeemable as a result of a liquidation
preference or otherwise. Further, please clarify how EITF D-98 and
ASR 268 impacts how you are required to present the securities in
your balance sheet. Revise the filing as necessary based on our
comment.

32. Revise the filing to disclose how you valued and accounted for
the warrants to purchase 769,500 shares of common stock issued to
the
Series A Preferred Stock placement agent.

Part III

Item 1.  Index to Exhibits
33. Please file the complete versions of Exhibits 10.7 and 10.9.
We
may have further comment upon review of the complete exhibits.
34. Please revise the exhibit index to clarify the references to
Form
1-A.  It does not appear that these exhibits have been filed with
any
document other than the registration statement on Form 10-SB.

*     *     *

      If you cannot amend your filing in the timeframe mentioned
on
page 1, please tell us when you will provide us with a response.
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 responses 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 urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing reviewed by the staff 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.

	In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, 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 Julie Sherman at (202) 824-5506 or Daniel
Gordon, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 942-2813 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related
matters.  Please contact Mary Beth Breslin at (202) 942-2914 or me
at
(202) 942-1927 with any other q