SEC Comment Letter for Cross Atlantic Commodities, Inc. (CIK 0001311294) — Oct 19, 2005
Cross Atlantic Commodities, Inc. (CIK 0001311294)
Date: Oct. 19, 2005 · CIK: 0001311294 · Accession: 0000000000-05-053395
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Mail Stop 3561
October 5, 2005
Michael Enemaerke
Cross Atlantic Commodities, Inc.
1282 Camellia Circle
Weston, FL 33326
Re: Cross Atlantic Commodities, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form SB-2
Filed September 9, 2005
File No. 333-1311294
Dear Mr. Enemaerke:
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 any other aspect
of
our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.
Prospectus Cover Page
1. Since your offering will be self-underwritten and there is no
minimum amount of shares that must be sold, please remove the
$10,000,000 from the top and proceeds table at the bottom of the
cover page.
Prospectus Summary
2. Please include in the summary the complete mailing address and
telephone number of your principal executive offices.
3. Please correct the number of shares being offered from
10,000,000
to 2,000,000 and indicate that the 2,000,000 shares are being
offered
by you and not the selling shareholders.
4. We note your disclosure that the selling security holders will
sell at the prevailing market price. As there is no current
public
market for your securities, a fixed price must be set at which the
securities will be sold. You can state that the shares will be
sold
at a fix price until your shares are quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board
and thereafter at prevailing market prices or private negotiated
prices.
Risk Factors, page 7
5. We note your disclosure on page 25 concerning the potential
termination of your commodities contract with Victoria Coffees at
the
end of October 2005. This is a negative development and a
disclosure
should be added to your risk factors.
6. In general, descriptions of risks that describe circumstances
that
could apply equally to other businesses that are similarly
situated
are generic risks that should not be included in your risk factor
section. Please either eliminate these generic risks, or revise
them
to state specific material risks to your company or to the
purchasers
in this offering. For example, we note that the following risk
factors appear to contain generic disclosures:
* The coffee industry is highly competitive... page 9
* Changes in the foreign exchange rate... page 10
* Our cash balances in banks... page 12
Please note these are examples only. Review your entire risk
factor
section and revise as necessary.
Your vote may not affect the outcome..., page 11
7. Please name the principle stockholders.
We do not meet the requirements..., page 11
8. Currently, it appears that you are including more than one risk
factor under this subheading. It appears that you are describing
the risk that you may not be able to list your stock on an
exchange
or NASDAQ and the risk associated with being a penny stock. Avoid
bundling risks and if a risk is material, provide it with its own
descriptive subheading.
Selling Security Holders, page 13
9. Is any selling shareholders a broker-dealer? If so, identify
that
shareholder as an underwriter.
10. For each selling shareholder that is an affiliate of a broker-
dealer, disclose if true:
* The seller purchased the securities to be resold in the ordinary
course of business; and
* At the time of the purchase, the seller had no agreements or
understandings directly or indirectly, with any person to
distribute
the securities.
Alternatively, disclose that the shareholder is an underwriter.
We
may have additional comments upon review of your response.
Business, page 15
11. In some places in your prospectus you use terms that are
industry
specific jargon. For example, you use the terms WUGAR, FOB and
CSCE
"C" contract. Please revise to provide context for these terms so
a
reader not familiar with your industry can understand your use of
these terms.
12. We note that you have provided a business description of
importing coffee into the United States, including a time line
detailing third parties that will perform certain task. However,
in
your time line we note that you may ship the coffee to Europe. If
shipping the coffee to Europe is part of your business, you should
provide some information concerning those efforts.
13. Please expand your disclosure to make clear how you will
generate
profits from your business activities. Also, it appears that your
customers are commodities brokers. If this true, please expand
your
disclosure to provide more information on these relationships. If
not, please expand your disclosure to identify your customers.
14. Please provide an expanded explanation of the United States
and
Uganda regulations that you will face in importing coffee and any
regulatory issues arising from trading coffee on a commodities
exchange.
Employees, page 20
15. We note your disclosure that you do not have any employees.
Please revise your disclosure, given that you have three officers.
Use of Proceeds, page 21
16. Please revise your disclosure to add a chart that discloses
the
maximum amount of proceeds you would receive from the sale of your
shares assuming that 25%, 50% and 100% of the shares are sold.
Determination of Offering Price, page 23
17. Please revise to more clearly disclose how you determined the
offering price. The existing disclosure states that it was
arbitrarily determined. Please clarify what factors you
considered
in setting your offering price. For example, disclose whether
your
recent private placements contributed to your offering price
determination, the amount of funds you will need to properly
capitalize your business efforts or any other factors that were
considered.
Management`s Discussion and Analysis and Plan of Operations, page
23
18. Prominently disclose that your auditors have raised
substantial
doubt as to your ability to continue as a going concern. Also,
disclose you are a development stage company. Further, quantify
the
amount of funding you will need to rise over the next 12 months to
continue in business.
19. Please expand your disclosure to provide greater details on
how
your business activities well generate revenues. For example, you
could provide disclosure on how much the coffee cost in Uganda,
the
transportation cost, the third parties` cost and the price that it
can likely sold be for, such that the reader can understand your
business and evaluate the likelihood you will make a profit.
20. Please note that Item 303(b)(1) of Regulation S-B requires, as
applicable, a discussion of any known trends, or uncertainties
that
are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the company`s
net
sales or revenues, income from continuing operations,
profitability,
liquidity or capital resources, or that would otherwise cause
reported financial information not necessarily to be indicative of
future operating results or financial condition. For example, you
could discuss whether the recent increases in fuel prices will
increase your cost of shipping coffee from Uganda to New York and
whether you will be able to raise your coffee prices to cover this
increase in cost. Please revise to discuss any known trends or
uncertainties. For additional guidance, please refer to SEC
Releases
33-6835, 33-8056, and 33-8350.
21. We note that you have received $141,817 through a shareholder
loan. Please revise your disclosure to name the shareholder.
Also,
if the loan is with a member of management, please file, if any,
the
documentation of the loan, e.g. a note or agreement, as an
exhibit.
Controls and Procedures, page 27
22. We note your disclosure of controls and procedures. Please
revise your disclosure to remove the slash between the two
officers`
titles and to provide that your officers` conclusions are in
accordance with applicable rules. In this regard, please also
clearly state that it is the conclusion of your principal
executive
and principal financial officers that your disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15 (e) under
the
Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by the report
were
effective or not effective, based on the evaluation of these
controls
and procedures required by paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-15 or Rule
15d-
15 under the Exchange Act.
Part II
Item 26. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities, page 57
23. Please provide more details of the facts relied upon to make
the
exemptions available in these transactions. Refer to Item 701(d)
of
Regulation S-B.
Exhibits
Form of Specimen of Common Stock
24. We note that in your index to exhibits you list exhibit 4(i),
Form of Specimen of common stock. It appears that you have not
filed
this exhibit. Please file exhibit 4(i) with your next amendment.
Non-Binding Letter of Intent
25. Please file as an exhibit your Non-Binding Letter of Intent
with
Martell, LLC.
Legal Opinion
26. Given the language in the fourth and fifth paragraph that the
opinion is "as of the date hereof" (September 7, 2005), it will be
necessary for counsel to file an opinion dated as of the effective
date or to remove the modifying language. Further, with your
revised
counsel`s opinion please include the registration statement`s file
number.
***
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 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 to be certain that the
filing includes all information required under the Securities Act
of
1933 and that they have provided all information investors require
for an informed investment 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 staff comments and the declaration
of
effectiveness 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 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.
We direct your attention to Rules 460 and 461 regarding
requesting acceleration of a registration statement. Please allow
adequate time after the filing of any amendment for further review
before submitting a request for acceleration. Please provide this
request at least two business days in advance of the requested
effective date.
You may contact Adam Phippen, Accountant, at (202) 551-3336
or
George Ohsiek, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3843 if you
have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related
matters. Please contact Scott Anderegg, Staff Attorney, at (202)
551-3342, David Mittelman, Legal Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3214
or
me at (202) 551-3720 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
H. Christopher Owings
Assistant Director
cc: Jody Walker, Esq.
Via Fax (303) 220-9902
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Michael Enemaerke
Cross Atlantic Commodities, Inc.
October 7, 2005
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