SEC Comment Letter for Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (RMCF) (CIK 0001616262) (RMCF) — Dec 2, 2014
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (RMCF) (CIK 0001616262)
Date: Dec. 2, 2014 · CIK: 0001616262 · Accession: 0000000000-14-061327
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December 2, 2014 Via E -mail Franklin E. Crail Chief Executive Officer and President Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. 265 Turner Drive Durango, Colorado 81303 Re: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed November 10, 2014 File No. 333-200063 Dear Mr. Crail : We have limited our review of your registration 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 . Where 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 registration statement and the information you provide in response to these comments , we may have additional comments. Description of Newco Capital Stock, page 17 Litigation Costs, page 19 1. We note your disclosure regarding the cost reimbursement provision in you r certificate of incorporation. However, it appears that such provision is set forth in your bylaws. Please revise your disclosure to clarify. Please also include risk factor disclosure that describes the cost reimbursement provision and related risks to investors. For example, explain that the cost reimbursement provision may increase the cost of bringing lawsuits and may effectively discourage shareholder claims. As another example, please discuss the uncertainty about the ultimate effect of such provision. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and ade quacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the information the Securities Act of 193 3 and all applicable Securities Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in Franklin E. Crail Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. December 2, 2014 Page 2 possession of all facts relating to a comp any’s disclosure, 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 provide a writ ten statement from the company 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. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration . We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as 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. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. Please contact Karina V. Dorin, Attorney -Advisor, at (202) 551 -3763 or Laura Nicholson, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551 -3584 with any other questions. Sincerely, /s/H. Roger Schwall H. Roger Schwall Assistant Director