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Anchor
Funding Services, Inc.
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2. |
Please
update your financial statements, pro forma financial information and
all
applicable sections in your next
submission.
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3. |
We
encourage you to disclose your website address, if you have one. Please
refer to Item 101(c)(3) of Regulation
S-B.
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4. |
Please
provide us with copies of market and industry data that you cite or
rely
on in
your filing. These materials should be appropriately marked, dated,
and
refer to the page number on which they are cited. We note, for example,
cites to the Small Business Administration’s 2004 statistics, as well as
to data and information
provided by the Commercial Finance
Association.
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5. |
We
note your statement on page 4 that you provide your services to clients
nationwide.
To the extent that most of your operations or services are conducted
in
particular geographic areas, please disclose the geographic regions.
In
this regard,
we note your disclosure on page 15 that ten customers accounted for
approximately 95% of your accounts receivable portfolio as of December
31,
2006.
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6. |
Please
revise to clarify whether you are currently contemplating a merger
and/or
acquisition.
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7. |
Please
address the following in your industry
overview:
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If
true, disclose that your target market of small business is but a small
portion of
the overall factoring volume you
disclose;
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If
known, disclose the volume of factoring attributable to your target
market;
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Disclose
that you are a small factoring company with revenues of less than $1
million;
and
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Discuss
your ability and likelihood of acquiring other small factoring
companies
for cash.
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8. |
Please
revise to identify the affiliated company that assists you in managing
credit and
making collection calls and explain how the company is affiliated.
Please
update,
as appropriate, to clarify whether this temporary arrangement is still
ongoing.
Please also revise to file the agreement as an exhibit to your
filing.
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9. |
Please
clarify whether Creditguard is your own proprietary credit checking
system
or
a commercially available system or service provided by
others.
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10. |
Please
explain your reference to “net proceeds.” Are you referring to the private
placement
of preferred shares in the first quarter of 2007? Likewise, explain
your
statement
on page 18 that “investors should read this entire Form 10-SB before
deciding
to purchase shares of Series 1 Preferred
Stock.”
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11. |
Please
clarify what government regulations apply to your operations. You state
that
you are subject to regulation, but only discuss regulations that
may
apply.
If there
is uncertainty about whether particular regulations would apply, please
explain
why.
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12. |
Please
expand to discuss in more detail the competitive business conditions
in
your industry and market as well as your competitive position in the
industry and methods
of competition. In this regard, we note your expanded disclosure
regarding
competition in your risk factor
disclosure.
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13. |
Please
identify the affiliated company from whom you lease office space and
the
terms
of the lease. File the lease agreement for your Charlotte, North Carolina
and Boca Raton, Florida facilities as
exhibits.
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14. |
Disclose
whether you have identified or are in the process of moving to a separate
office
in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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15. |
We
note your statement that you raised $6,712,500 in gross proceeds from
the
sale
of 1,342,500 shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock. Your disclosure regarding
recent sales of unregistered securities on page 41 indicates that these
preferred shares
were sold for consideration of $1.00 per share, less broker-dealer
compensation.
Please revise or advise to address the apparent
discrepancy.
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16. |
Please
clarify that your Form 10-SB registration statement also may become
automatically
effective 60 days after its initial filing date. If your Form 10-SB
becomes automatically effective, please update this section
accordingly.
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17. |
Please
revise to update, as appropriate, to include the results of any revision
or expansion
of your line of credit. As appropriate, also revise the liquidity section
of
your management's discussion and analysis to reflect any changes in
your
line of
credit.
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18. |
Please
identify here and in your management's discussion and analysis the
client
that
represented 33% of your accounts receivable portfolio_ With a view
to
disclosure,
tell us whether any other clients represented 10% or more of your
accounts
receivable portfolio. Please also clarify the meaning of "aggregate
funds
employed."
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20. |
Please
revise to clarify whether your stock is in fact a penny stock, as opposed
to “may
be.”
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21. |
In
light of several significant events, it appears that your financial
results could vary
significantly in 2007. Please discuss known trends and uncertainties
such
as the impact of the loss of revenue from the one customer that provided
you with approximately
$228,000 in 2006, your intention to reduce your reliance on an
affiliated
company for aspects of your operations and back office functions, the
acquisition
of more employees, your plans to move to a new office in Charlotte,
your
new lease in Boca Raton, and the payment of compensation, benefits,
and
various
reimbursements to executives in 2007.
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22. |
Please
consider expanding your discussion of your critical accounting policies
to
include
the points in Release Nos.: 33-8040; 3445149; FR-60 at .
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23. |
Please
revise to include a more robust discussion of liquidity on both a
short-term and
long-term basis. Include a discussion of your reliance on loans from
affiliated parties, as disclosed under "Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions" on page
36. Clarify whether or not you can satisfy your cash requirements for
the
next
twelve months. Please refer to Item 303(a)(1)(ii) of Regulation
S-B.
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24. |
Please
revise to clarify what to item you refer in the concluding sentence
of
this discussion.
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25. |
Please
revise to briefly explain why shares of preferred stock have greater
voting rights
than the number of shares into which they are
convertible.
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26. |
Please
expand the table or provide a separate table that provides beneficial
ownership
information required by Item 403 of Regulation S-B with respect to
the
Series
1 preferred stock. Since you have two classes of voting securities,
and
the number
of shares of common stock underlying the Series 1 preferred stock may
be
different from the corresponding voting rights, also include a column
showing the total voting power held by each
person.
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27. |
Please
revise to disclose the natural persons who have sole or shared voting
or
investment
powers over shares held by non-natural entities, such as the Buechel
Family
Limited Partnership.
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29. |
We
note that you have disclosed the definition of "independent director"
used
by NASDAQ.
To provide context as to why you have disclosed this definition, move
your
disclosure under "Corporate Governance" on page 31 to this
section.
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30. |
It
appears that you have largely recited verbatim the terms of your executive
offerings’
employment agreements, which makes the disclosure lengthy and difficult
to
understand. Please revise to summarize the material terms of each
agreement,
pursuant to Item 402(b)(4)(c)(1) of Regulation
S-B.
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31. |
We
note your statement that no value of the options is reflected in the
table
because
there is no public market for your common stock. Disclosure on page
P-2 of
your pro-forma financial statements indicates that the options have
been
assigned a value, however. Please revise or
advise.
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32. |
Although
you disclose on page 25 that you do not have any committees of the
board
of directors, you disclose here the compensation that directors will
receive as a result of their activities on board committees. Please
advise
and disclose whether
you intend to form board committees.
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33. |
Please
confirm, if true, that the reference to "Series A Preferred Stock,"
should
be to
"Series I Preferred Stock."
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34. |
Provide
the all disclosures, including exhibits, required by Item 304 of
Regulation S-B.
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35. |
Please
advise us of the basis for your view that the 525,555 issued in connection
with
your predecessor’s bankruptcy were exempt from registration pursuant to
Section I145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. In particular, provide us
with
your analysis
of why you believe that the 367,500 shares offered and sold to Halter
Financial
Group were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 1145(a)(1).
In
doing so, please describe the relationship of Halter Financial Group,
LLC
to Anchor
Funding before, during, and after the bankruptcy filing, In addition,
provide us with your analysis regarding why Halter Financial should
not be
deemed an underwriter under Section 1145(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Upon
reviewing your response, we may have further comments. Please also
see our
related
comment below under "Item 4. Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities."
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36. |
Please
revise to include complete disclosure pursuant to Item 701 of Regulation
S-B.
Please include the facts relied upon in making an exemption available.
Please
also include consideration received in each instance. We note, for
example, that you have not included consideration received for the
warrants issued to Fordham
Financial Management, Inc., which appears to be a separate issuance
of
securities.
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37. |
We
note that you have not included disclosure regarding the 525,555 shares
issued
in reliance on Section 1145(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. Please advise
or
revise.
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38. |
Please
show in tabular summary form the information about warrants required
by
Rule
4-08(i) of Regulation S-X. Page 23 states that warrants for at least
1,342,500
common shares are outstanding.
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39. |
Tell
us your consideration of SAB Topic 13.A.3 f, in your financial reporting
for your
non-refundable transaction and time-based
fees.
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41. |
Tell
us why you had a negative retained interest in the transportation
receivables for
2006.
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42. |
Disclose
the interest income and interest expense for each year on a gross basis
rather
than net basis.
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43. |
You
disclose that BTHC XI, Inc. has no operations and no assets or
liabilities. Audited
financial statements for BTHC XI, Inc. would not be required because
of an
exception for a company that has no assets, liabilities or operations.
However on
page P-2, you disclose that BTHC XI has prepaid expenses of $2.9 million
which would negate the exception and require audited financial statements
for BTHC
XI, Inc. Tell us your rationale and the accounting literature upon
which
you relied to debit prepaid expense and credit APIC for $2.9 million.
Tell
us your consideration
of providing audited financial statements for BTHC XI,
Inc.
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44. |
Clarify
that the unaudited condensed pro forma statement of operations gives
effect
to the acquisition as of January 1, 2006.
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45. |
Expand
your notes here to show in detail how each amount appearing as a pro
forma
adjustment was calculated as well as assumptions
made.
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46. |
Stock
options issued to the CEO, President and two directors and the related
tax
effect should not be included in the pro formas since the issuances
are
considered nonrecurring.
The information regarding the stock options and related tax effect
should
be presented for informational purposes in the notes to the financial
statements.
Please revise.
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the
Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure
in
the filings;
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staff
comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments in
the
filings reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Commission from
taking
any action with respect to the filing;
and
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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.
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Very
truly yours,
MORSE
& MORSE, PLLC
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By: | /s/ Steven Morse | |
Managing Member |
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