SEC Comment Letter for Iveda Solutions, Inc. (IVDA, IVDAW) (CIK 0001397183) (IVDA) — Jan 23, 2012
Iveda Solutions, Inc. (IVDA, IVDAW) (CIK 0001397183)
Date: Jan. 23, 2012 · CIK: 0001397183 · Accession: 0000000000-12-003513
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January 23, 2012 Via E-mail Lynne Phillis, Controller Iveda Solutions, Inc. 1201 South Alma School Road Suite 8500 Mesa, Arizona 85210 Re: Iveda Solutions, Inc. File No. 0-53285 April 30, 2011 Form 8-K/A Filed July 15, 2011 June 30, 2011 Form 10-Q Filed August 15, 2011 September 30, 2011 Form 10-Q Filed November 14, 2011 Dear Ms. Phillis: We have reviewed your filings and your November 3, 2011 and December 29, 2011 response letters 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 this letter within ten business days by providing th e requested information and amendments or by advising us when you will provide the requested response. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstan ces, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Prior Comment 3 1. In an 8-K filed January 24, 2011, you announced the Megasys acquisition and stated that “MEGAsys has established relationships with key customers in Taiwan and neighboring countries including the Taiwan Stock Exch ange, Taiwan’s International Airport, Shanghai Commercial and Sa vings Bank, Taipei County Po lice Bureau and Traffic Control, Beijing Capital Airport, Ho ng Kong HSBC ATM System , China HSBC Bank (Guangzhou), Malaysia – Prime Ministe r’s Residence, Hong Kong IBM Asia Headquarters, Regal Hong Kong Hotel, Shangha i China Bank, and Egypt – Pyramids of Giza.” ASC 805-20-55 -25 contains specific guidance regarding the need to recognize the fair value of such acquired identified inta ngibles. However, we understand that only $20,000 out of the $2.1 million preliminary aggreg ate intangible allocation was allocated to customer relationships. If the value of acquired customer relationships was estimated by forecasting the cash flows to be derived from this asset, then it remains unclear why the assigned value is only $20,000. It would not appear appropriate to value this asset based exclusively on projected maintenan ce fees with a 33% customer turnover assumption while ignoring other cash flows exp ected to be generated from this group of acquired key customers. Given that you purpos efully identified and touted these key customers as a benefit of the merger, inve stors may reasonably assume that you pursued the merger expecting this acquired customer ba se to be a material source of future cash flows. Your July 7, 2011 and January 11, 2012 pr ess releases are cons istent with this Ms. Lynne Phillis January 23, 2012 Page 2 of 4 understanding and clearly indicate that subs tantial immediate non-maintenance related cash flows will be generated. Further, the revenue projections in Exhibit 7.A of your valuation report presumably in corporate assumed future non-maintenance sales from the acquired customer relationships. If you exp ect that your final pur chase price allocation for this asset will be materially revised, then please provide us with relevant details. 2. If you do not expect a material revision in your customer relationship asset allocation, then please quantify for us the portion of each projected revenue amount in Exhibit 7.A. that you assumed would be generated from th e acquired Megasys customer relationships. Provide a detailed explanation supporting this assumption. File amendments to your June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 Forms 10-Q alerti ng investors that the key customers touted in your January 24, 2011 Form 8-K ar e not actually expected to generate any material future revenue and r econcile that assumption, if possi ble, with the key customer contract information that you reported in your July 7, 2011 and January 11, 2012 press releases. This MD&A disclosure would be required given that investors (including participants in your post-merger private placements) may not understand that the key customers you highlighted are not expected to provide a material future benefit and that the historical Megasys operating results are not expected to be indicative of future operating results. See Section 501.02 of the Financial Reporting Codification. 3. In the Exhibit 2.5 that yo u filed on March 30, 2011, the following terms were fully described, highlighted in boldface type, a nd assigned specific definitions: Megasys Products; Megasys Proprietary Rights; a nd Megasys Components. ASC 805-20-55-38 contains specific guidance regarding the need to recognize the fair va lue of such acquired identified intangibles. However, it is not clea r whether this issue was even addressed in your valuation report. Your December 29, 2011 letter now suggests that these assets never existed. In order for us to more fully understand your response, please clarify for us why both the January 7, 2011 and the March 21, 2011 merger contacts were specifically drafted to incorporate detail ed definitions for non-existent technology-based assets. Fully explain how this conclusion is consistent with the technology and software imbedded in the Megasys Software System as described on the Megasys website. Disclose the absence of any Megasys Products, Proprietary Rights or Components in amendments to your June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 Forms 10-Q. This MD&A disclosure would be required given that investor s (including participants in your post-merger private placements) may not understand that the acq uired technology described in your prior filings does not actually exist. File the MegaSy s Disclosure Schedule th at is referenced in the merger contract and reconcile the information therein with your accounting conclusions. Alternatively, if you now expect that your final purchase price allocation for this asset will be materially revised, th en provide us with relevant details. 4. We understand that $1.6 million of purchase price was allocated to the 2 million shares of contingent consideration presumably ba sed on an expectati on that all of the corresponding financial milestones will be sa tisfied. If you assume that Megasys will collect at least $1.3 million in net revenue relate d to the SafeCity project, then the fair value of the underlying customer relationship, contract, and/or technology-based asset must be recognized pursuant to ASC 805-20-55. Please provide us with your expected Ms. Lynne Phillis January 23, 2012 Page 3 of 4 valuation of this asset. Also, identify the costs that are deducted in calculating “net revenue” as it applies to the applicat ion of that contractual provision. 5. Please tell us whether any audit procedur es have been applied to the July 14, 2011 valuation report. If so, then please tell us whic h audit firm audited the valuation report. In this regard, we note the guidance in AU S ection 328 of the Codification of Auditing Standards. 6. If you are seeking confidential treatment for the valuation report, then please submit a request that is clearly complia nt with either Rule 83 or 12b24. Prior Comment 7 7. Your November 3, 2011 letter stated you woul d provide responsive disclosures however the required information was not disclosed in your September 30, 2011 Form 10Q. Please expand MD&A in the amended Form 10Q and in future filings to quantify and explain changes in your Days Sales Outstanding or receivables turnover. E xplain how the age of your receivables compares with the standa rd payment terms granted to customers. Disclose whether the paymen t terms of your U.S. and foreign businesses materially differ. Since the aging of your receivables por tfolio has materially increased, discuss the extent to which this imp acted your allowance for doubtful accounts and quantify the allowance amount at each Balance Sheet date . Quantify the amount of receivables over 120 days old and identify the specific fact ors you evaluated in concluding that such amounts are collectible. Your September 30, 2011 receivables balance comprises 82% of your reported revenue for the 6 months then -ended. Consequently, it appears that you have not been able to collect a substantia l amount of your reported sales. Please read Section 501.13.b.1 of the Financ ial Reporting Codification. Prior Comment 6 8. Your November 3, 2011 letter stated you woul d provide responsive disclosures however the required information was not disclo sed in your September 30, 2011 Form 10Q. Please expand Note 1 in the amended Form 10Q to provide the reportable segment disclosures for your Iveda and your Me gaSys segments pursuant to ASC 280-10. Prior Comment 8 9. Your November 3, 2011 letter stated you woul d provide responsive disclosures; however, the required information was not disclo sed in your September 30, 2011 Form 10Q. Please expand MD&A in the amended Form 10Q to disclose whether there are any legal or economic factors that materially impact your ability to transf er funds between your domestic and foreign businesses. If ther e are any circumstances under which such transfers may be restricted or otherwise infeasible, then your liquidity disclosure in MD&A should be disaggregated to separately analyze the liquidity of your domestic and foreign businesses. Please read Section 501.09.b of the Financial Reporting Codification. Ms. Lynne Phillis January 23, 2012 Page 4 of 4 June 30 and September 30, 2011 Forms 10-Q 10. Based on our December 15, 2011 conference call a nd the data in Exhibit 7.A of the July 14, 2011 valuation report, we understand that you expected a subs tantial decline in Megasys revenue and cash flow commenci ng immediately after the merger and throughout the forecast period. There is a concern that investors (including participants in your post-merger private placements) may ha ve been surprised by the post-merger Megasys losses reported in your 2011 Form s 10Q given that the Megasys operating results filed in your July 15, 2011 form 8-K re flected profitable operations. Pursuant to Sections 501.02 and 501.13 of the Financial Repo rting Codification, MD&A disclosure is required for known events and circumstances that you reasonably expect will have a material unfavorable impact on future operati ng results, or that indi cate that historical operating results are expected to materially differ from future operating results. The projections in the valuation repor t differ materially from histor ical results, so presumably there were known adverse fact ors which materially impacted the projections. Please file amendments to the MD&A sections of your Forms 10-Q and disclose the basis for your adverse projections and clearly explai n why Megasys ceased being profitable immediately after the merger. If the decline in future Megasys sales and income is attributable to a strategic shift from a hardware-based business model to a cloud-based business model, then explai n your rationale for changing the Megasys business model given that the projected financial impact appears to be negative. 11. Please amend the filings to include a signa ture from Lynne Phyllis, the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer. See Part G of the Form Instructions. You may contact Al Pavot, St aff Accountant, at (202) 551- 3738 or me at (202) 551-3355 if you have any questions. Sincerely, /s/ Terence O’Brien Terence O’Brien Accounting Branch Chief