SEC Company Response from New Taohuayuan Culture Tourism Co., Ltd. (CIK 0001311185) — Nov 9, 2005
New Taohuayuan Culture Tourism Co., Ltd. (CIK 0001311185)
Date: Nov. 9, 2005 · CIK: 0001311185 · Accession: 0001047469-05-026500
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File numbers found in text: 333-121187
Referenced dates: November 8, 2005, October 31, 2005
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HART & TRINEN
Attorneys at Law
1624
Washington Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 839-0061
(303) 839-5414 (fax)
November 8,
2005
David
H. Roberts
Mail Stop 4-6
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Re:New
Taohuayuan Culture Tourism Co., Ltd.
Registration Statement on Form SB-2
File No. 333-121187
This
office represents New Taohuayuan Culture Tourism Co., Ltd. (the "Company"). This letter contains the Company's responses to the comments received from the Staff by letter
dated November 8, 2005. The paragraph numbers in this letter correspond with the numbered paragraphs in the Staff's comment letter.
1. If
the Registration Statement can be made effective prior to November 15, 2005 the financial statements in the Registration Statement will not need to be updated.
2. We
will remove the reference to the AMEX listing from the prospectus.
3. As
mentioned in our letter to the Staff dated October 31, 2005 the Company did not strictly comply with Regulation S since all conditions specified in
Rule 902(g)(2) were not met. Specifically, the restricted legend on the certificates issued to the Company's shareholders did not contain the words "in the United States or to U.S. persons
(other than distributors)".
However,
all other conditions of Regulation S were met. To wit:
(a)The
offer and sale of the Company's securities was made in an offshore transaction.
(b)No
directed selling efforts were made in the United States by the Company, a distributor, any of their respective affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing;
(c)The
offering restrictions provided by Rule 902(g) were complied with, except as noted above. Since none of the securities issued in December 2004 have ever been
transferred, and will not be transferred prior to December 6, 2005 except by means of the prospectus, no distributors have been involved. In addition, the restricted legend on the certificates
issued to the Company's shareholders states, in part, as follows:
"The
shares may not be offered for sale, sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act,
the availability of which is to be established to the satisfaction of the Company."
The
legend on the certificates makes it clear that the shares can only be transferred in compliance with U.S. securities laws and regulations, which by implication includes Regulation S.
(d)Prior
to the expiration of the one-year distribution compliance period, which expires December 6, 2005, no shares will be offered or sold to any U.S. person, other
than by means of the prospectus filed as part of the registration statement.
In
Release 33-6863 the Commission stated that it "historically has recognized that registration of offerings with only incidental jurisdictional contacts should not be
required".
The
transaction involving the issuance of the shares in December 2004 took place entirely outside of the United States and did not involve any U.S. residents or citizens. In
addition, none of the shares issued in the December 2004 transaction have ever been transferred. Accordingly, the Company relied upon the Commission's historical policy that registration of
offerings with only incidental jurisdictional contacts should not be required.
If
you should have any questions concerning the foregoing, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.
Very
Truly Yours,
HART &
TRINEN, L.L.P.
William
T. Hart
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