SEC Comment Letter for PALMSOURCE INC (CIK 0001178056) — Mar 21, 2005
PALMSOURCE INC (CIK 0001178056)
Date: March 21, 2005 · CIK: 0001178056 · Accession: 0000000000-05-013055
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March 3, 2005
Mail Stop 4-6
David C. Nagel
President and Chief Executive Officer
PalmSource, Inc.
1240 Crossman Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1116
Re: PalmSource, Inc.
Form S-3 filed February 4, 2005
Registration no. 333-122572
Form 10-K filed August 20, 2004 and Form 10-Q filed January
10,
2005
File no. 0-50402
Dear Mr. Nagel:
We have reviewed your filings 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.
Comments regarding the Application for Confidential
Treatment
have been sent under separate cover. This must be resolved prior
to
acceleration being requested for the Form S-3.
Form 10-K
Form 10-Q
Controls and Procedures
We note that your disclosure of the Chief Executive Officer`s and
the
Chief Financial Officer`s opinions contains language stating
reservations about any procedures being totally effective. Please
advise us whether these two persons consider that the controls and
procedures are "at a reasonable level effectiveness."
General
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 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 filings 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.
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.
Please contact Hugh Fuller at (202) 942-1813 or me at with
any
other questions. If you need further assistance after contacting
the
foregoing persons, you may contact Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant
Director at (202) 942-1800.
Sincerely,
Mark P. Shuman
Branch Chief - Legal
CC: Lawrence A. Rabkin
Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, P.C.
Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
FAX no. (415) 217-5910
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