SEC Company Response from IGC Pharma, Inc. (IGC) (CIK 0001326205) (IGC) — Feb 1, 2008
IGC Pharma, Inc. (IGC) (CIK 0001326205)
Date: Feb. 1, 2008 · CIK: 0001326205 · Accession: 0001185185-08-000060
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Referenced dates: January 28, 2008
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Writer’s
direct phone
(312)
460-5962
Writer’s
e-mail
mblount@seyfarth.com
131
South Dearborn Street
Suite
2400
Chicago,
Illinois 60603
(312)
460-5000
fax
(312) 460-7000
www.seyfarth.com
February
1, 2008
VIA
EDGAR
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F
Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attn: Pamela
A. Long
Assistant
Director
Division
of Corporation Finance
Re:
India
Globalization Capital, Inc.
Preliminary
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
File
No. 1-32830
Dear
Ms.
Long:
India
Globalization Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) has filed with the Commission an
amended Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the “Amended Proxy
Statement”). For your convenience, we are providing you with three
paper copies of the Amended Proxy Statement, marked to show the changes made
from the amended Preliminary Proxy Statement which was filed with the Commission
on January 14, 2008. The changes reflected in the Amended Proxy
Statement are intended to respond to the comments set forth in your letter
dated
January 28, 2008 (the “Comment Letter”). The changes made in response
to the Comment Letter are discussed below. The numbered paragraphs
below correspond to the numbered comments in the Comment Letter. Page
references are to pages in the initial Preliminary Proxy Statement.
General
1.
We have revised the Company’s interim financial statements where
appropriate.
Table
of Contents, page vi
2.
We have appropriately revised descriptions of the Annexes in the Table of
Contents.
Satisfaction
of 80% Test, page 8
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Attn: Pamela
A. Long
February
1, 2008
Page
2
3.
We have revised the language as requested.
Conditions
to the Completion of the Acquisition, page 13
4.
We have deleted the twelfth and fifteenth bullet points setting forth the
conditions to closing the CWEL transaction.
Q.
How are we paying for the Acquisition?, page 20; If we are unable to provide
interim financing to Sricon and TBL, they may have difficulty meeting their
projected revenue targets, page 27.
5.
We have updated the disclosure in this section to, among, other things, disclose
additional funds advanced to Sricon and TBL.
If
we are unable to consummate the Acquisition Proposal by January 31, 2008, there
is no guarantee that Odeon will extend the deadline, page 27
6.
We have deleted this risk factor as the extended deadline for the Odeon
transaction falls beyond the Company’s deadline for consummating the Acquisition
Proposal.
Our
Reasons for the Acquisition and Recommendation of Our Board, page 35; Due
Diligence and Valuation, page 47
7.
We have deleted the references to CWEL in the cited bullet points on pages
35
and 48.
Due
Diligence and Valuation, page 47
8.
We have added language disclosing the escrow as of September 30,
2007.
Selected
Historical Financial Information of Sricon Infrastructure Private Limited
(Sricon), page 82
9.
We have revised the selected financial information to show interest income
under
Operating Income and made conforming changes to be consistent with the Company’s
audited statements of operations.
Results
of Operations, page 9
10.
We have revised the MD&A discussion to disclose the facts and circumstances
which resulted in a dispute and subsequent settlement with TBL’s
lenders.
Note
(a), page 104
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Attn: Pamela
A. Long
February
1, 2008
Page
3
11.
We have revised the pro forma financial statements to exclude the effects of
the
wind farm construction and have included advance payments made for the wind
farm
construction, but not projected payments, in the pro forma financial
statements.
Unaudited
Pro Forma Condensed Financial Statement of Operations for the Six Months Ended
September 30, 2007, page 106
12.
We have provided the reconciliation and disclosure requested with respected
to
the historical and diluted pro forma weighted average common shares outstanding
and provided similar disclosure for the pro forma condensed statement of
operations for the year ended March 31, 2007.
Unaudited
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, page F-5
13.
The interest earned on treasury bills is included in the investing section
of
the cash flows on the line entitled “Maturity of treasury bills”.
Annexes
14.
We have refiled Annex E to include the TBL amendment in its entirety. Please
note, however, that due to the addition of the Second Sricon Amendment as Annex
C, this Annex has been redesignated Annex F. The Annex referenced here and
those
referenced in comments 15-19 were filed correctly with the clean version of
the
amended Preliminary Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on January 14,
2008. When the red-lined version of the last amended Preliminary Proxy Statement
was filed with the Commission on January 15, 2008, the Annexes were apparently
inadvertently distorted.
15.
We have filed Annex F. Please note, however, that due to the addition of the
Second Sricon Amendment as Annex C, this Annex has been redesignated Annex
G.
16.
We have refiled Annex G to include the Odeon Purchase Agreement in its entirety.
Please note, however, that due to the addition of the Second Sricon Amendment
as
Annex C, this Annex has been redesignated Annex H.
17.
We have refiled Annex H to include the CWEL contract in its entirety. Please
note, however, that due to the addition of the Second Sricon Amendment as Annex
C and the addition of the Odeon letter agreement as Annex I, this Annex has
been
redesignated Annex J.
18.
We have refiled Annex I to include the CWEL amendment in its entirety. Please
note, however, that due to the addition of the Second Sricon Amendment as Annex
C and the addition of the Odeon letter agreement as Annex I, this Annex has
been
redesignated Annex K.
19.
We have refiled Annex J to include the 2008 omnibus incentive plan in its
entirety. Please note, however, that due to the addition of the Second Sricon
Amendment as Annex C and the addition of the Odeon letter agreement as Annex
I,
this Annex has been redesignated Annex L.
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Attn: Pamela
A. Long
February
1, 2008
Page
4
Form
of Proxy
20.
We have added language indicating that the form of proxy is
preliminary.
21.
The inclusion of the proposal numbered 6 was inadvertent and we have deleted
it.
22.
We have added discrete voting boxes for proposals three and four.
Closing
The
Company acknowledges
that:
(a) the
Company is
responsible for the adequacy of the disclosure in the filings;
(b) staff
comments or
changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and
(c) the
Company may not
assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission
or any person under the federal securities laws of the United
States.
The
Company appreciates the staff’s
comments with respect to the Proxy Statement. If you have any
questions with respect to this letter, please contact the undersigned at (312)
460-5962. As we discussed with Ed Kelly, in order to be able to mail
a proxy in a timely fashion to shareholders to enable the Company to consummate
a business combination prior to its deadline for dissolution, we would
appreciate the efforts of the staff in providing final clearance of the Proxy
Statement by Wednesday, February 6, 2008.
Very
truly yours,
SEYFARTH
SHAW LLP
/s/
Michael Blount
Michael
E. Blount
cc:
Ram
Mukunda
Edward
M. Kelly