SEC Comment Letter for Titan Machinery Inc. (TITN) (CIK 0001409171) (TITN) — Jan 6, 2011
Titan Machinery Inc. (TITN) (CIK 0001409171)
Date: Jan. 6, 2011 · CIK: 0001409171 · Accession: 0000000000-11-001295
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January 6, 2011
David J. Meyer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Titan Machinery Inc. 644 East Beaton Drive West Fargo, North Dakota 58078
Re: Titan Machinery Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed December 9, 2010
File No. 333-171063
Dear Mr. Meyer:
We have limited our review of your registra tion statement to those issues we have
addressed in our 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 by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your re gistration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Item 17. Undertakings, page 26
1. Please provide the undertaking set forth at Item 512(j) of Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 5.1 Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
2. Please have counsel revise its opinion to also opine on the laws of the State of New York
which govern the Indenture.
3. Please have counsel delete the last paragr aph of its opinion in order to remove any
implication that it cannot be reli ed upon as part of your filing.
4. Please have counsel remove the second sentence of the third fr om the last paragraph of its
opinion as such an assumption is overly broad.
David J. Meyer Titan Machinery Inc. January 6, 2011 Page 2
We urge all persons who are responsible for th e accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure
in the filing to be certain that the filing incl udes the information the Securities Act of 1933 and
all applicable Securities Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in
possession of all facts relating to a company’s disc losure, they are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.
Notwithstanding our comments, in the event you request acceleration of the effective date
of the pending registration statement please pr ovide a written statement from the company
acknowledging that:
• should the Commission or the staff, acting purs uant to delegated authority, declare the
filing effective, it does not foreclose the Co mmission 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 a nd 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.
Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding re quests for acceleration. We will consider a
written request for acceleration of the effective date of the regi stration statement as confirmation
of the fact that those reques ting acceleration are aware of thei r respective responsibilities under
the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Excha nge Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed
public offering of the securities specified in th e above registration stat ement. Please allow
adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the
registration statement.
Please contact Chris Chase, Staff Attorne y, at (202) 551-3485 or me at (202) 551-3720
with any other questions.
S i n c e r e l y , H. Christopher Owings
Assistant Director
cc: Melodie R. Rose, Esq. Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Via Fax (612) 492-7077