SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-000440 to PARKS AMERICA, INC (PRKA) (CIK 0001297937) (PRKA)
PARKS AMERICA, INC (PRKA) (CIK 0001297937)
Date: Jan. 12, 2024 · CIK: 0001297937 · Accession: 0000000000-24-000440
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
January 12, 2024
Andrew Kuhn
Managing Member
Focused Compounding Fund, LP
3838 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1000
Dallas, TX 75219
Re:Focused Compounding Fund, LP
Parks! America, Inc.
Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed January 4, 2024 by
Focused Compounding Fund, LP, Andrew Kuhn, Geoff Gannon and James
Ford
File No. 000-51254
Dear Andrew Kuhn:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In some of our
comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your
disclosure.
Please respond to these comments by providing the requested information or advise us as
soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts
and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
General
1.We note disclosure throughout the proxy statement that Proposal 4, the Election Proposal,
is subject to concurrent approval of Proposal 2, the Removal Proposal. It would appear
that the Election Proposal is also subject to the concurrent approval of Proposal 3, the
Bylaw Amendment Proposal, which would establish that "[i]n the event any directors are
removed by a vote of shareholders, then the shareholders have the right to elect successors
to hold office for the unexpired term of the director or directors whose positions are
vacant..." In the absence of such Bylaw amendment, disclosure on page 5 of the proxy
statement suggests that under section 4.7 of the Bylaws, the Board retains the power to fill
vacancies, including those created as a result of the removal by the shareholders. Please
advise or revise, as applicable, to clarify whether each of the Removal Proposal and the
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Election Proposal is contingent upon the Bylaw Amendment Proposal and disclose the
effects on each of the Removal Proposal and the Election Proposal in the event that the
Bylaw Amendment Proposal does not receive the requisite number of votes for approval.
Proposal No. 3 Bylaw Amendment Proposal, page 5
2.Refer to the last sentence of proposed section 4.7 of the Bylaws. Please revise to specify
if this right to elect successors to the board, following removal by a vote of shareholders,
is the exclusive right of shareholders or if the board will also retain such right. For
example, since the Election Proposal only seeks to fill three of the seven board seats, it
would appear that the board, pursuant to the first sentence of proposed section 4.7, can fill
the remaining four open seats. Please advise or revise, as applicable.
Proposal No. 4 Election Proposal, page 6
3.Refer to the first paragraph of this section. Please revise the disclosure to explain what
will become of the four remaining open board seats following removal of all seven board
members and election of three new ones. For example, we note disclosure in the sixth
whole paragraph on page 7 that "[w]e reserve the right to nominate additional persons to
fill any additional seats if the Company increases the size of the Board." While the
Company will not have increased the size of the board, it would appear that the current
Board size remains at seven seats even if shareholders were to approve all of the filing
persons' proposals.
Quorum; Broker Non-Votes; Discretionary Voting, page 8
4.Disclosure in this section indicates that "[a] majority of the outstanding shares entitled to
vote at the Special Meeting, represented in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum.
Shares represented by a proxy that directs that the shares abstain from or vote against on a
matter, as well as broker 'non-votes,” will be counted at the Special Meeting for quorum
purposes." Disclosure in this section also states that “[s]ince none of the proposals being
voted on at the Special Meeting are routine, we do not expect to receive any broker non-
votes at the meeting.” We note that Section 3.8(a) of the Bylaws provides that “[i]n
general, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group
constitutes a quorum of that voting group for that matter.” Given that there will be no
broker non-votes at the Special Meeting, please revise the disclosure in this section
accordingly.
Approval of the Removal Proposal, page 8
5.Refer to Section 78.335 of the Nevada Revised Statutes which states that “any director or
one or more of the incumbent directors may be removed as a director only by the vote of
[shareholders] representing not less than two-thirds of the voting power of the issued and
outstanding stock entitled to vote.” Section 78.335 of the Nevada Revised Statutes further
provides that a company’s “articles of incorporation may require the concurrence of more
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than two-thirds of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote in
order to remove one or more directors.” It is our understanding that nothing in Section
78.335 of the Nevada Revised Statutes permits a company’s bylaws to allow for less than
two-thirds of the voting power to remove one or more directors. In contrast, the
disclosure under the heading "Approval of the Removal Proposal" states that directors
may be removed by the “affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock entitled to vote...” Please advise or revise, as applicable.
Approval of the Bylaw Amendment Proposal, page 8
6.Please disclose in this section the treatment of abstentions and broker non-votes. Current
disclosure indicates such treatment with respect to the Bylaw Restoration Proposal.
Approval of the Election Proposal, page 8
7.Please revise the disclosure to specify the voting standard by which shareholders can duly
elect successors in the event directors are removed by a vote of shareholders. While page
8 indicates that the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock entitled to vote is required to approve the Election Proposal, the Bylaw Amendment
Proposal as currently written does not specify such voting standard, and it is unclear upon
what authority the Focused Compounding Group is relying. If such standard is otherwise
specified in the current bylaws or charter, or otherwise established by state law, please so
indicate in the discussion of this proposal, identifying the specific bylaw, charter or state
law provision, as applicable. In responding to this comment, please address the fact
that Section 4.5(c) of the Bylaws indicates that “the candidates elected are those who
receive a majority of votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election.”
8.Please disclose the treatment of broker non-votes. Current disclosure in this section
indicates that “[a] broker non-vote, if any, and an abstention from voting will have the
same effect as a vote ‘AGAINST’ the approval of the Removal Proposal.” Please also
disclose the treatment and effect of a shareholder's withholding of authority to vote for a
nominee. Refer to Item 21(b) of Schedule 14A.
Proxy Card, page II
9.Please revise the proxy card to comply with the requirements of Exchange Act Rule 14a-
6(e)(1).
We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of
their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the
staff. Please direct any questions to Perry Hindin at 202-551-3444.
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Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers & Acquisitions
cc: Adam Finerman