SEC Company Response from Silo Pharma, Inc. (SILO) (CIK 0001514183) (SILO) — Nov 27, 2015
Silo Pharma, Inc. (SILO) (CIK 0001514183)
Date: Nov. 27, 2015 · CIK: 0001514183 · Accession: 0001213900-15-009132
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Point
Capital. Inc.
September
18, 2015
BY
EDGAR
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Cristina Fettig
Re:
Point Capital,
Inc.
File No. 814-01038
Dear
Ms. Fettig:
The
following sets forth the responses of Point Capital, Inc. (the "Company") to the questions raised by the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on a conference call held August 26, 2015 among Cristina Fettig, Adam Wasserman,
chief financial officer of the Company, and David Lubin, general counsel to the Company.
1. Section
23(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Investment Act") prohibits
a closed-end fund from issuing securities for services or property other than for cash
or securities. The 6,126,240 shares which were issued in March 2014 were issued to Network
1 Financial Services as part of the offering costs; such shares were issued as part of
the securities issued by the Company to Network 1. The offering through Network 1 was
done prior to the Company electing to be treated as a business development company (the
N-54A was filed by the Company on October 4, 2013; the Form D filed by the Company in
September 10, 2013 regarding the offering). The 500,000 shares issued to a consultant
in July 2014 were issued for introductions said individual made on behalf of the Company.
There were no services provided, only introductions and contact information to investment
bankers and other potential capital sources. We could have paid said consultant entirely
in cash, but since he expressed an interest in acquiring equity in the Company we compensated
him partially in cash and partially by issuing him shares. The offering price was based
on an above marked price as well as an increase from the prior offering price.
2. The
Company disclosed that it paid offering costs of approximately $1.2 million in an offering
which generated approximately $2.2 million. The Company determined that the offering
costs were reasonable as Network 1 was the only investment banker willing to raise funds
for the Company; after negotiating the terms of the offering, including their compensation,
the Company determined it was reasonable to pay such offering expenses as compared to
not having any funds to operate. Although the shareholders of the Company did not approve
these offering expenses, the expenses of the offering were provided in the private placement
documentation received by all the investors. As stated above, the offering commenced
prior to the Company electing to become a BDC.
Point Capital, Inc.
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Grand Avenue, 5 Patriot Center, Fl. 2 Englewood, NJ 07631 O: (201)408-5126 F: (201)408.5125
3. Item
9-A of the Form 10-K indicates that the Company has material weakness as a result of
inadequate segregation of duties and ineffective controls. The Company has begun to rectify
this situation by appointing two independent members to the Board who will also be on
the audit committee. Moreover, the Company recently appointed Adam Wasserman as the Company's
Chief Financial Officer. Since 1999, Mr. Wasserman has been Chief Executive Officer for
CFO Oncall, Inc., which provides chief financial officer services to various public companies.
Currently, Mr. Wasserman also serves as the chief financial officer of Cleantech Solutions
International, Inc. a position he has held since December 2012, Pen, Inc. a position
he has held since September 24, 2014 and LegacyXChange, Inc., a position he has held
since November 2014. In addition to Mr. Wasserman's time, CFO Oncall has full-time dedicated
professional associates who assist Mr. Wasserman with our financial matters and controls
and procedures. Mr. Wasserman is currently setting up procedures to segregate cash functions,
approval functions, and other controls and procedures to ensure that the initiation of
transactions, the custody of assets and the recording of transactions will be performed
by separate individuals
4. Prior
to the execution of a custody agreement with U.S. Bank National Association in August
2014, the securities held in the name of the Company were held in deposit in the custody
of the Company in a locked safe. Although the former Chief Financial Officer of the Company
was the sole custodian of the securities during this time, the Company acknowledges that
this procedure was not in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Investment
Act.
5. Section
56(a) of the Investment Act requires that at least a majority of the Board of Directors
be composed of independent directors. Upon the appointment of Messrs. Stone and Schiller
on July 30, 2014, the Company had a Board which consisted of a majority of independent
directors. Moreover, upon the appointment of said two individuals and the resignation
of Mr. Brand from the audit committee, the Company had an audit committee which consisted
solely of independent directors.
6. Section
(a)(2)(C) of the Investment Act requires that the holders of the senior securities have
the right to elect at least two directors. Section 4(b) of the Certificate of Designation
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred") provides that
if at any time the holders of the Preferred are otherwise entitled under the Investment
Act to elect a majority of the Board, the number of directors shall be automatically
increased and the holders of the Preferred shall be entitled to elect additional directors,
together with the two directors that the holders are entitled to elect. Therefore, the
Preferred provides that not only do the holders of the Preferred have the right to two
directors, but if the number of directors are increased the holder of the Preferred has
the right to elect a majority of the Board. Although the holder of the Preferred has
not elected to exercise their right to elect at least two directors, the holder of the
Preferred has such right.
Section
(a)(2)(E) of the Investment Act requires that the class of stock shall have complete priority over any other class as to distribution
of assets and payments of dividends. Section 5 of the Certificate of Designation of the Preferred provides that the holders of
the Preferred shall be entitled to a priority before any distribution or payment to the holders of junior securities. Although
Section 3(a) of the Certificate of Designation provides that the holders of the Preferred are entitled to dividends on an as-converted
basis, the Company has no intention to pay dividends and with the consent of the holder of the Preferred said section can be amended.
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Section
61(a)(3)(B) of the Investment Act provides that a business development company can issue stock options to officers and directors
under certain specified circumstances. Although the Company issued the options as disclosed in the Company's Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2015, the Company obtained the approval of the shareholders for the executive compensation at the annual
meeting of its shareholders held on May 20, 2015. As disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on May 29,
2015, 27,887,025 of the 28,068,692 of the votes adopted the non-binding proposal and received the approval of its shareholders
for the issuance thereof.
8. As
indicated on the schedule of investments filed with the Form 10-K, the Company does not
possess any non-qualifying assets.
9. On
the consolidated statement of operations filed with the Form 10-K, all individual expenses
in excess of 5% of total expenses are disclosed separately pursuant to Regulation S-X
Article 607 (2)(b).
10. The
statement of assets and liabilities consists of cash and cash equivalents which includes
cash deposits and a money market account held at our bank and brokerage firms in accordance
with Article 604 (12)(b) of Reg. S-X.
11. There
are currently no open payables to directors or trustees of the Company.
12. The
taxes indicated in the cash flow statement related to minimum state taxes paid to the
State of New Jersey.
13. In
accordance with audit guide of investment companies Chapter 7, Section 75, we believe the carrying amount reported in the consolidated
balance sheets for Redeemable Series A, Convertible Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 1,000,000
shares designated; 4,000 and none issued and outstanding ($100 per share redemption value) approximate the fair market value of
$400,000 based on the short-term maturity of these instruments, which also equals the redemption value reflected on the consolidated
balance sheets. We will disclose such information in future filings in our notes to consolidated financial statements.
14. Attached
to this letter please find a copy of the Board resolution authorizing the amount and
the form of the bond as disclosed in the Form 40-17G filed with the Commission on January
26, 2014.
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The Company
hereby acknowledges that:
1. Should
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, have
no further questions or comments, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing of the
reports filed by the Company with the Commission.
2. The
action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility
for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in their filings.
3. The
Company may not assert the staff's 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 respectfully submits via EDGAR the foregoing responses to the Commission. Please address any further questions or comments
to the undersigned at the above-referenced telephone and fax numbers. Thank you very much.
Very truly yours,
/s/
Richard Brand
Richard
Brand
Chief
Executive Officer
cc:
Adam Wasserman
David Lubin
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