SEC Comment Letter for PARKS AMERICA, INC (PRKA) (CIK 0001297937) (PRKA) — Dec 20, 2005
PARKS AMERICA, INC (PRKA) (CIK 0001297937)
Date: Dec. 20, 2005 · CIK: 0001297937 · Accession: 0000000000-05-063226
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
File numbers found in text: 333-127199
Referenced dates: November 16, 2005, November 16, 2005, September 2, 2005
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Mail Stop 3561
December 20, 2005
Larry L. Eastland
President and Chief Executive Officer
Great American Family Parks, Inc.
208 South Academy Avenue, Suite 130
Eagle, Idaho 83616
Re: Great American Family Parks, Inc.
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2
Filed December 6, 2005
File No. 333-127199
Dear Mr. Eastland:
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
information so we may better understand your disclosure. 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 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 are still considering your response to comment 1 in our
letter
dated September 2, 2005 and may have further comment.
2. We note your response to comment 3 in our letter dated November
16, 2005. Please include disclosure on the cover page of the
prospectus stating that the selling shareholders will sell at a
fixed
price of $.30 per share until your shares are quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board and thereafter at prevailing market prices or
privately negotiated prices.
Results of Operations, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
Revenues, page 16
3. Your discussion of the increase in revenues from September 30,
2004 to September 30, 2005 should make note of the acquisition of
Wild Animal Safari during 2005, and its inclusion in 2005
revenues,
but not in 2004. Please revise accordingly.
Consolidated Statement of Operations, pages 50 and 70
4. Please see our previous comment number 5 in our letter dated
November 16, 2005 regarding the caption "Net Profit (Loss) -
before
other costs." As this comment does not appear to have been
complied
with, we reissue the same comment. In addition, please note that
the
comment also applies to the use of this wording throughout the
document, such as in the notes to the financial statements.
Financial Statements for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
Note 11. Acquisition of theme park, page 60
5. We note your response, and disclosure, related to our prior
comment number 16 in our letter dated November 16, 2005. However,
the purchase price allocation that you have detailed accumulates
to a
total of $4,585,115, which is a difference of $114,885 from the
actual purchase price of $4,700,000. Please explain this
difference,
and adjust your disclosure as necessary. In addition, your
response
states that no intangibles (such as goodwill, franchises or
licenses)
were acquired in the purchase. However, section 1(f) of the
Agreement for Purchase of Sale and Assets, dated November 8, 2004,
specifically lists "Government licenses, permits and
authorizations"
and "Proprietary information" as assets being sold. Please
explain
why no cost has been allocated to these items.
Note 14. Earnings per Share, page 62
6. We note your earnings per share reconciliation that was
disclosed
in response to our prior comment number 4 in our letter dated
November 16, 2005. However, your disclosure does not provide a
detail of the reconciling items between basic weighted average
shares
outstanding and diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
Please
see Illustration 2 in Appendix C of SFAS 128 for guidance and
revise
your disclosure accordingly. Similarly, please add this
disclosure
to the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Undertakings
7. In your amended filing, please revise to include the new
undertakings which became effective on December 1, 2005. See
Questions 3 through 6 in Securities Offering Reform Transition
Questions and Answers, which is available on our web site at
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/transitionfaq.htm. See new
Item
512(a)(4) and 512(g) of Regulation S-B, which were adopted in
Securities Offering Reform, Release No. 33-8591 (July 19, 2005),
which is available on our web site
http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/33-
8591fr.pdf.
* * * * *
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
letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our
comments
and provides any requested information. Detailed letters greatly
facilitate our review. Please understand that we may have
additional
comments after reviewing your amendment and responses to our
comments.
You may contact Kristin Shifflett at (202) 551-3381 or
Joseph
Foti, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 551-3816 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related matters. Please contact Howard Baik, Attorney-Advisor, at
(202) 551-3317, David Mittelman, Legal Branch Chief at (202) 551-
3214, or me at (202) 551-3750 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Max A. Webb
Assistant Director
cc: Richard A. Friedman, Esq.
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
Fax: (212) 930-9725
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Larry L. Eastland
Great American Family Parks, Inc.
December 20, 2005
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