SEC Comment Letter for AMECS INC (CIK 0001318820) — Mar 25, 2005
AMECS INC (CIK 0001318820)
Date: March 25, 2005 · CIK: 0001318820 · Accession: 0000000000-05-014037
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March 25, 2005
Mail Stop 03-06
Alexei Gavriline
Director and President
Amecs, Inc.
1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801
Toronto, Ontario M5E 1W7
CANADA
Re: Amecs, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form SB-2
Filed March 2, 2005
File No. 333-123087
Dear Mr. Gavriline:
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
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.
Form SB-2
1. If you use this prospectus prior to the effective date of the
registration statement, revise the outside front cover page of the
prospectus to include the legend required by Item 501(b)(10) of
Regulation S-B.
2. Your disclosure indicates that you are a development stage
company
that intends to provide an online market for automotive
dealerships
through the company`s website. However, you have not had any
revenues, have not developed your web site through which you
expect
to operate your business, and there is no disclosure indicating
that
you have entered into any contracts or agreements with customers
or
subcontractors through which you propose to offer complementary
services. In view of the uncertainties associated with your
business
plan, please provide us supplementally with an analysis as to why
the
company is not a "blank check company" within the meaning of Rule
419
of Regulation C.
Cover Page
3. Expand the fourth paragraph to state that Mr. Gavriline is the
sole shareholder of 5,000,000 shares of common stock, which he
purchased for a total of $50, and disclose the date of this
purchase.
Summary of Our Offering - Page 5
4. Please revise the first paragraph to state the company`s date
of
incorporation.
The Offering - Page 5
5. Where you quantify the number of shares outstanding before the
offering, expand to disclose that all shares are held by your sole
officer and director, who paid $50 for all the shares.
Risk Factors - Page 6
6. Please add a risk factor to discuss the risks related to the
absence of an escrow account for investors who send in money.
7. Please add a risk factor addressing the risk to investors that
the
company does not, and does not intend to, maintain insurance as
discussed on page 21.
8. Add risk factors discussing the competitive risks you face with
regard to your business plan and the fact that you have no
employees.
We lack an operating history . . . - Page 6
9. Please expand this risk to address when you anticipate the
company
will begin operations.
If we do not attract clients . . . - Page 7
10. Please expand this risk factor to highlight the fact that the
company has not conducted any market research into the acceptance
of
its products or services by the public.
Because our sole officer and director will only be devoting
limited
time . . . - Page 7
11. Please clarify how many hours per week you anticipate your
sole
employee will devote to the company`s operations. We note that on
page 27, you disclose that Mr. Gavriline will devote approximately
10, rather than 15, hours per week to the company`s operations.
12. Throughout this filing, your sole officer and director is
referred to alternatively as "he" and "she." Please revise to
correct your disclosure.
Because our sole officer and director who is also our sole
promoter... - Page 8
13. Expand to explain that Mr. Gavriline purchased his $5,000,000
shares for $50.
Use of Proceeds - Page 9
14. Revise the introductory paragraph and the column headings of
"$50,000" and $100,000," or explain what they represent.
15. Please expand your disclosure to include the priority of each
proposed use of proceeds in the event that the maximum number of
offered shares are not sold. See Item 504 of Regulation S-B.
16. Please revise to reconcile the amount of proceeds to be used
for
offering expenses. We note that the amount in the table, $20,000,
is
different from the amount in the footnote and elsewhere throughout
the filing. Also, please clarify the disclosure in the last
paragraph on page 9 to explain why the $15,000 expense was
incurred.
17. We note your intention to develop and maintain a database of
clients who have indicated a desire for "landscaping" advice.
Reconcile this with your business description elsewhere in the
filing.
Determination of Offering Price - Page 10
18. We note the third bullet. Expand to discuss how you
determined
the offering price, in view of the fact that your promoter paid
$50
for 5 million shares.
Plan of Distribution - Page 13
19. Please revise to state briefly the nature of the Rule 15g-2
"disclosure document" broker/dealers are required to provide to
investors in penny stock transactions.
Business - Page 16
Website - Page 17
20. You disclose that since inception you have had no material
business operations other than investigating potential
technologies
in support of the company`s business purpose and plan of
operation.
Please expand this discussion to address what technologies the
company has considered and the conclusions of these preliminary
investigations. For example, discuss why the company believes an
electronic market place is best suited over other technologies to
achieve its business plan.
Marketing Strategy - Page 18
21. Please revise to explain the mechanics of how a traded-in
vehicle
can be "pre-sold" through your website before the transaction with
the purchaser of a new vehicle is completed.
Government Regulation - Page 22
22. We note the disclosure that you are not certain how business
may
be affected by the application of existing laws governing issues
such
as property ownership, copyrights, and encryption and other
intellectual property issues. To the extent you are aware of laws
that may materially affect your business, please address them in
your
filing.
Management`s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation - Page
22
Plan of Operation - Page 23
23. Throughout this section, we note that you plan or intend to do
a
number of things. Much of the current disclosure regarding
present
and proposed activities appears vague and/or speculative. Please
revise the discussion relative to each present and proposed
activity
to provide disclosure of the precise activities to be engaged in,
each material event or step required in the start-up operations
until
revenues are generated, and the material risks, conditions or
contingencies to the achievement of those events or steps.
24. We note your intent to source out third parties capable of
offering complementary services to your clients. Please revise to
expand on the nature of these services.
Limited operating history; need for additional capital - Page 25
25. We note that to become profitable and competitive, the company
must attract a sufficient number of participants. Please revise
to
discuss any milestones the company has established in this regard.
Address the number of participants the company believes it will
need
to attract in order to continue operations after proceeds from the
offering have been exhausted.
Liquidity and Capital Resources - Page 26
26. Expand your liquidity section to include the consequences if
you
fail to sell the minimum of one million shares. Would your
business
cease to exist? Please explain.
27. Clarify whether you intend to repay the loan and attorney fees
with the proceeds of this offering, and if so, expand the
disclosure
under "Use of Proceeds" to so state.
Management - Page 26
28. You plan to offer your common stock at $.10 per share, and you
recently sold 5 million shares to Mr. Gavriline for $50. Given
the
disparity in the offering price and the price Mr. Gavriline paid,
this issuance appears to be compensatory. Expand the compensation
disclosure to discuss.
Description of Securities - Page 30
29. The statement regarding the legality of the securities
outstanding and to be issued in this offering "are fully paid for
and
non-assessable" is a legal conclusion that you should clarify is
supported by an opinion of counsel, and identify counsel.
Certain Transactions - Page 31
30. Please provide the disclosure required by Item 404(d) of
Regulation S-B.
31. We note your disclosure that Mr. Gavriline will be repaid from
revenues of operations, but not from proceeds of this offering.
Please describe the anticipated source of funds to repay the loan
if
Mr. Gavriline exercises his right to call the loan on demand
before
the company has generated revenues from operations. Explain why
you
have not secured your agreement in writing.
Financial Statements
32. The financial statements should be updated, as necessary, to
comply with Item 310(g) of Regulation S-B at the effective date.
33. Please provide an updated accountants` consent with any
amendment
to the filing.
Independent Auditor`s Report - Page 33
34. We see that your auditor is located in Canada and that you are
incorporated in the United States. The staff interprets Article 2
to
Regulation S-X to require that the audit report on the financial
statements of a domestic registrant to be rendered ordinarily by
an
auditor licenses in the United States. Tell us why you have
selected
an auditor located in Canada. Tell us who performed the US GAAP
quality review of your financial statements and describe that
person`s expertise in US GAAP and GAAS as required under Rule
3400T
of the PCAOB.
Balance Sheet - Page F-2
35. Supplementally discuss the nature of the "accrued liabilities"
and provide a schedule of the components.
Statement of Operations - Page F-3
36. We note that you have not paid any salaries or other
compensation
to your sole officer and director since our inception. Clarify
that
fact in the footnotes, including whether unpaid executive salaries
have been accrued and expensed as earned in the financial
statements.
The company should reflect all costs of doing business, therefore,
if
an officer or executive is contributing time, contributed services
should be valued and recorded, see SAB Topic 1B.
37. We note the disclosure on page 6 that your net loss since
inceptions is "(6,520) of which $10,000 is for legal fees, $4,500
is
for audit fees, $35 is for bank charges and $1,985 is for filing
fees
and general office expenses." Please tell us where the $10,000 in
legal fees is located in your statement of operations. Also,
please
revise the first paragraph on page 6 to clarify to what you
attribute
the net loss. It is not clear from the current disclosure how the
individual amounts add up to a net loss of $6,520.
38. We note that December 28, 2004 is your inception date. Revise
to
clarify throughout the document. Specifically, we note on page
18,
that you "have not had material business operations since
inception
in October 2004" and disclosure on page 28, "the following table
sets
forth compensation paid by (you) from inception on June 16, 2004."
Statement of Stockholders` Deficit - Page F-5
39. Revise to provide the date of the stock issued for cash as
required by paragraph 11(d) of SFAS 7.
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 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 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.
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 Traci Hornfeck at (202) 824-5565 or Angela
Crane at (202) 924-1931 if you have questions regarding comments
on
the financial statements and related matters. Please contact
Eduardo
Aleman at (202) 824-5661 or me at (202) 942-1880 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Peggy Fisher
Assistant Director
cc: Conrad C. Lysiak, Esq. (via facsimile)
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Alexei Gavriline
Amecs, Inc.
March 25, 2005
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