
| Attention: | Brad Skinner, Accounting Branch Chief | ||
| Mark Kronforst, Assistant Chief Accountant | |||
| Ms. Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director | |||
| Ms. Anne Nguyen, Special Counsel | |||
| Mr. Daniel Lee, Special Counsel | |||
| Re: | Cardinal Communications, Inc. | ||
| Form 10KSB for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2005 Filed April 17, 2006 | |||
| Form 10KSB for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Filed March 31, 2005 | |||
| File No. 1-15383 |
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1.
|
Original
Comment - We note the brief discussion within this section of your
expected future liquidity. Merely stating that management believes
that
sufficient cash will be generated from private placements of securities
and operations appears to be insufficient disclosure considering
the
significant liquidity challenges disclosed throughout your filing.
Your
disclosure should discuss the types of financing that are, or that
are
reasonably likely to be, available, the amounts or ranges involved,
the
nature and the terms of the financing, other features of the financing
and
plans, and the impact on the company’s cash position and liquidity (as
well as results of operations in the case of matters such as interest
payments). In addition, your disclosure should discuss how your operations
will contribute to your short-term liquidity and identify any operational
changes that will be necessary. Finally, your disclosure should also
address your long-term cash requirements and your expectations for
both
financing and cash generated or used form your operations. Please
explain
to us why you believe your current disclosures are adequate and refer
to
Section
IV of SEC Release 33-8350 in
your response.
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2.
|
We
have read your response to prior comment number 4 and do not believe
that
you have adequately addressed our concerns. Please respond by addressing
whether a reasonable possibility of additional losses exists and,
if so,
how you complied with SAB Topic
5Y.
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3.
|
We
have read your response to prior comment number 5 and it is unclear
to us
why you believe that your disclosures comply with SFAS 5. In this
regard,
we note that the information that you provided on Form 8-K is not
incorporated by reference into your financial statements. Please
explain
to us how you met the financial statement disclosure requirements
for this
potentially material contingency including your assertion that an
estimate
cannot be made of any potential liability related to the improper
issuance
of shares using Form S-8.
|
|
·
|
It
is our conclusion that Cardinal should recognize (and has recognized)
a
liability representing its estimated liability to Jantaq Investments,
Inc.
(Jantaq) based on the demand made by Jantaq. We recorded a liability
of
$303,058 in the third quarter of 2005 in relation to this demand.
This is
in the liability section of our balance sheet under Notes Payable
because
this demand has been made in relation to a note
payable.
|
|
·
|
It
is our conclusion that Cardinal is not required to accrue any loss
contingencies resulting from the stock issuances because there is
no
pending or threatened litigation and the amount of loss (even were
litigation threatened or brought) cannot be reasonably estimated.
See
paragraphs 8, 33 and 38 of SFAS No. 5 discussed in more detail
below.
|
|
a.
|
Information
available prior to the issuance of the financial statements indicates
that
it is probable that . . . a liability has been incurred at the date
of the
financial statements. It is implicit in this condition that it must
be
probable that one or more future events will occur confirming the
fact of
the loss.
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|
b.
|
The
amount of loss can be reasonably
estimated.
|
|
a.
|
The
period in which the underlying cause (i.e., the cause for action)
of the
pending or threatened litigation or of the actual or possible claim
or
assessment occurred.
|
|
b.
|
The
degree of probability of an unfavorable
outcome.
|
|
c.
|
The
ability to make a reasonable estimate of the amount of
loss.
|
|
1.
|
Whether
the buyer can trace his/her shares to the unregistered
shares;
|
|
2.
|
Whether
the third party buyer who holds the stock bought the stock at a price
which was less than the current market price of the stock, or who
sold the
stock suffered a loss on sale; and
|
|
3.
|
Whether
the law permits a direct action against the Company or only against
the
Debt Consultants, an issue on which the legal authorities are
split.
|
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4.
|
Please
amend your Form 10-K to provide the disclosures provided by Items
307 and
308(c) of Regulation S-B. In this regard, we note that your current
Item
307 disclosures appear to be as of March 30, 2006 rather than as
of
December 31, 2005 and we were unable to locate disclosures addressing
changes to your internal control over financial reporting during
the
fourth quarter of your fiscal year.
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|
5.
|
We
read your response to prior comment number 3. Please revise this
disclosure in your amended Form 10-K to remove the statement regarding
your responsibilities under Exchange Act Rule 13(a)-15(f) as you
are not
subject to the evaluation requirements of Rule 13a-15(c). In addition,
clearly indicate that you have not fully complied with Item 308 of
Regulation S-B due to your decision not to have your auditors provide
a
report in accordance with paragraph (b) of that item. Alternatively,
you
may remove the disclosure
entirely.
|
|
6.
|
Please
tell us how you considered the interpretive response to Question
1 in
Section H of SAB107. In this regard, it does not appear that you
have
provided the disclosures required by paragraphs 64, 65, 84 and A240
through A242 in the interim period in which SFAS 123R was first
adopted.
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7.
|
We
note that your operating cash flows have been negative to a significant
degree during the past two fiscal years. We further note that these
cash
flows appear to have deteriorated further in the interim period.
Please
explain to us when you tested your goodwill and intangible assets
for
impairment, the procedures you followed, and provide us with a general
explanation of how those impairment tests resulted in your conclusion
that
no impairment existed. As part of your response, provide us with
the
significant assumptions that you made with respect to your expected
future
results and cash flows. In addition, indicate the date on which you
perform your annual goodwill impairment
test.
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ESTIMATED
CUSTOMERS FORECAST
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Period
#
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|||||||||||
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
||||||||||||
|
#
of
existing Customers and Est. Growth
|
970
|
1,009
|
1,049
|
1,091
|
1,135
|
|||||||||||
|
Per
Unit Estimated Monthly Revenue
|
$
|
39.60
|
$
|
40.20
|
$
|
40.80
|
$
|
41.40
|
$
|
42.00
|
||||||
|
Per
Unit Estimated Monthly Expense for Telephone Lines and
Overhead
|
$
|
(29.70
|
)
|
$
|
(30.15
|
)
|
$
|
(30.60
|
)
|
$
|
(31.05
|
)
|
$
|
(31.50
|
)
|
|
|
Expected
Net Operating Revenues
|
$
|
115,236
|
$
|
121,661
|
$
|
128,416
|
$
|
135,517
|
$
|
142,980
|
||||||
|
Income
Taxes at 40%
(note 1)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
|
Net
Income
|
$
|
115,236
|
$
|
121,661
|
$
|
128,416
|
$
|
135,517
|
$
|
142,980
|
||||||
|
Periods
to Discount (Mid Year Convention)
|
0.5
|
1.5
|
2.5
|
3.5
|
4.5
|
|||||||||||
|
PV
Factor, Discount Rate
|
15% |
0.93250
|
0.81087
|
0.70511
|
0.61314
|
0.53316
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
107,458
|
$
|
98,652
|
$
|
90,547
|
$
|
83,090
|
$
|
76,232
|
|||||||
|
Total
Broadband Reporting Unit Fair Value
|
$
|
455,979
|
||||||||||||||
|
Carrying
value of reporting unit net assets including Goodwill
|
$
|
(70,902
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Indicator
if Negative
|
$
|
385,077
|
||||||||||||||
|
Soverign
Partners, LLC Incremental Income Value
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Discounted
Cash Flows Method, Valuation Date, December 31,
2005
|
|
ESTIMATED
REAL ESTATE UNITS FORECAST
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Period
#
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|||||||||||
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
||||||||||||
|
Expected
Units Closing per Year
|
140
|
147
|
154
|
162
|
170
|
|||||||||||
|
Per
Unit Estimated Revenue
|
$
|
236,821
|
$
|
248,662
|
$
|
261,095
|
$
|
274,150
|
$
|
287,857
|
||||||
|
Per
Unit Estimated Expense for Construction
|
$
|
(162,814
|
)
|
$
|
(170,955
|
)
|
$
|
(179,503
|
)
|
$
|
(188,478
|
)
|
$
|
(197,902
|
)
|
|
|
Per
Unit Estimated Closing Costs and Administrative Overehead
|
$
|
(44,404
|
)
|
$
|
(46,624
|
)
|
$
|
(48,955
|
)
|
$
|
(51,403
|
)
|
$
|
(53,973
|
)
|
|
|
Expected
Net Operating Revenues
|
$
|
4,144,368
|
$
|
4,569,165
|
$
|
5,037,505
|
$
|
5,553,849
|
$
|
6,123,118
|
||||||
|
Income
Taxes at 40%
(note 1)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
|
Net
Income
|
$
|
4,144,368
|
$
|
4,569,165
|
$
|
5,037,505
|
$
|
5,553,849
|
$
|
6,123,118
|
||||||
|
Periods
to Discount (Mid Year Convention)
|
0.5
|
1.5
|
2.5
|
3.5
|
4.5
|
|||||||||||
|
PV
Factor, Discount Rate
|
15% |
0.93250
|
0.81087
|
0.70511
|
0.61314
|
0.53316
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
3,864,643
|
$
|
3,705,016
|
$
|
3,551,983
|
$
|
3,405,270
|
$
|
3,264,618
|
|||||||
|
Total
Sovereign Reporting Unit Fair Value
|
$
|
17,791,530
|
||||||||||||||
|
Carrying
value of reporting unit net assets including Goodwill
|
$
|
(6,688,207
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Indicator
if Negative
|
$
|
11,103,323
|
||||||||||||||
|
Connect
Paging, Inc. d/b/a Get A Phone Incremental Income
Value
|
||||||
|
Discounted
Cash Flows Method, Valuation Date, December 31,
2005
|
|
ESTIMATED
CUSTOMERS FORECAST
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Period
#
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|||||||||||
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
||||||||||||
|
#
of
existing Customers and Est. Growth
|
12,000
|
12,600
|
13,230
|
13,892
|
14,586
|
|||||||||||
|
Per
Unit Estimated Monthly Revenue
|
$
|
46.55
|
$
|
48.88
|
$
|
51.32
|
$
|
53.89
|
$
|
56.58
|
||||||
|
Per
Unit Estimated Monthly Expense for SBC
|
$
|
19.95
|
$
|
20.95
|
$
|
21.99
|
$
|
23.09
|
$
|
24.25
|
||||||
|
Per
Unit Estimated Monthly Overhead Expense
|
$
|
20.00
|
$
|
21.00
|
$
|
22.05
|
$
|
23.15
|
$
|
24.31
|
||||||
|
Expected
Net Operating Revenues
|
$
|
950,400
|
$
|
1,047,816
|
$
|
1,155,217
|
$
|
1,273,627
|
$
|
1,404,174
|
||||||
|
Income
Taxes at 40%
(note 1)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
|
Net
Income
|
$
|
950,400
|
$
|
1,047,816
|
$
|
1,155,217
|
$
|
1,273,627
|
$
|
1,404,174
|
||||||
|
Periods
to Discount (Mid Year Convention)
|
0.5
|
1.5
|
2.5
|
3.5
|
4.5
|
|||||||||||
|
PV
Factor, Discount Rate
|
15% |
0.93250
|
0.81087
|
0.70511
|
0.61314
|
0.53316
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
886,253
|
$
|
849,646
|
$
|
814,552
|
$
|
780,908
|
$
|
748,653
|
|||||||
|
Total
GAP Reporting Unit Fair Value
|
$
|
4,080,012
|
||||||||||||||
|
Carrying
value of reporting unit net assets including Goodwill
|
$
|
(1,644,686
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
Indicator
if Negative
|
$
|
2,435,326
|
||||||||||||||
|
2.
|
It
does not appear that you have provided all the necessary disclosure
pursuant to Item 8 of Schedule 14A and Item 402 of Regulation S-K.
In
particular, we note your disclosure on page 21 that a significant
number
of shares have been awarded under your 2005 plan. Accordingly, disclosure
pursuant to Items 402(c) and (d) would be required with respect to
any
options granted to your named executive
officers.
|
|
Annual
Compensation
|
Long-term
Compensation
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Awards
|
Payouts
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Name
and principal position
|
Year
|
Salary
$
|
Bonus
$
|
Other
Annual Compensation
$
|
Restricted
Stock
Awards
$
|
Securities
Underlying options/SARs
#
|
LTIP
Payouts
$
|
All
Other Compensation
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Edouard
A. Garneau (a)
|
2005
|
$
|
185,000
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
38,400
|
(8
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
2004
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2003
|
*
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
David
Weisman (b)
|
2005
|
$
|
205,000
|
(2
|
)
|
17,500,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Former
Chairman of
|
2004
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
the
Board and Former
|
2003
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Douglas
McKinnon (c)
|
2005
|
$
|
180,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Former
Chief Executive
|
2004
|
$
|
180,000
|
3,000,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Officer
|
2003
|
$
|
180,000
|
(3
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Craig
Cook
|
2005
|
$
|
150,000
|
(4
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Chief
Administrative
|
2004
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Officer
|
2003
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Jeffrey
Fiebig
|
2005
|
$
|
180,000
|
(5
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Director
and President of
|
2004
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Sovereign
Partners, LLC
|
2003
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Byron
Young
|
2005
|
$
|
120,000
|
(6
|
)
|
$
|
1,277
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Director
and President of
|
2004
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Connect
Paging, Inc.
|
2003
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Terry
Zinsli
|
2005
|
$
|
150,000
|
(7
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
2004
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Sovereign
Partners, LLC
|
2003
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
David
M. Loflin
|
2005
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Former
Chairman of the
|
2004
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Board
and former President
|
2003
|
$
|
75,000
|
(9
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Kenneth
J. Upcraft
|
2005
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Former
Executive Vice
|
2004
|
$
|
109,142
|
(10
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
President
|
2003
|
$
|
150,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Christopher
K. Brenner
|
2005
|
*
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Former
Vice President
|
2004
|
*
|
(11
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Finance
|
2003
|
$
|
120,000
|
(12
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sincerely, | |||
| /s/ Ronald S. Bass | |||
|
Ronald S. Bass |
|||
| Principal Accounting Officer |
| |
|
|
|
Date: July
21, 2006
|
By: | /s/ Edouard A. Garneau |
|
Name: Edouard
A. Garneau
|
||
|
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
|
||
| |
|
|
|
Date: July
21, 2006
|
By: |
/s/
Ronald S. Bass
|
|
Name: Ronald S. Bass |
||
|
Title: Principal
Accounting Officer
|
||