a21,
Inc.
7660
Centurion Parkway
Jacksonville,
Florida 32256
May
9,
2007
Ms.
Cicely LaMothe
Accounting
Branch Chief
Division
of Corporation Finance
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F
Street N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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Re:
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a21,
Inc.
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Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
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File
no. 000-51285
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Dear
Ms.
LaMothe:
We
have
received your letter dated April 30, 2007 in reference to the above noted
filing. Thank you for your assistance. We respectively submit the
following responses to the questions raised in your letter:
1) Item
8 – Changes In And Disagreements With Accountants And Financial Disclosure page
20; Item 8A. Controls and Procedures, page 20
Company
response:
The
material weaknesses which existed in our disclosure controls and procedures
during the 2006 interim evaluation periods were corrected as of December 31,
2006. The actions undertaken to correct such weaknesses included (i)
retaining a controller in June 2006 who is active in preparing the financial
statements and related disclosures, reporting directly to our Chief Financial
Officer, and (ii) deploying incremental, qualified consulting resources
providing technical accounting and reporting services with respect to the
preparation of our financial statements and related disclosures. Based on
these actions undertaken, our officers concluded that, as of December 31, 2006,
our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
The
second paragraph under Item 8A on Form 10-KSB was
intended to provide information about material weaknesses that existed earlier
in 2006 and was not intended to disclose that those material weaknesses
remained as of December 31, 2006.
2)
Note
J- Debt Finances, page F-25; Senior Secured Notes Payable – Related Party, page
F-28
Company
response:
With
respect to the conclusion that the respective warrants should be recognized
as
liabilities, the Company reviewed the respective transaction and first
considered whether the warrants as free-standing instruments, met the definition
of a derivative under SFAS 133. The warrants are considered to be
free-standing derivatives. The Company considered whether or not the
warrants met the criteria for exemption from fair value accounting as outlined
in paragraph 11 of SFAS 133 (i.e., indexed to Company’s own stock and classified
in stockholders’ equity). To assess this second criterion in paragraph 11, the
Company referred to EITF 00-19 to determine whether the warrants were
liabilities or equity instruments. The Company then evaluated the warrants
under EITF 00-19 to determine the appropriate accounting. Because the
agreement was silent to the consequences of failure to register (e.g., there
was
no liquidated damages provision), the Company determined that the warrants
should be classified as liabilities due to the presumption that the Company
would be required to net cash settle the warrants under those circumstances
per
EITF 00-19. Since it was determined that the warrants were liabilities,
the exemption of SFAS 133 paragraph 11 did not apply and the warrants were
accounted for at fair value under SFAS 133.
Because
the respective warrants were no longer outstanding at March 31, 2007, FSP
00-19-2 will not have an impact on the Company’s accounting for such warrants
going forward.
3)
Note
J- Debt Finances, page F-25; Senior Secured Notes Payable – Related Party, page
F-28
Company
response:
As
of
year-end, the only long-term debts that the Company had outstanding were the
$15.5 million Senior Secured Notes and the $2.5 million Secured
Notes. The Senior Secured Notes and the Secured Notes become
due in-full on different dates, which are disclosed in our financial
statements. Since these instruments are the only long-term
obligations in the scope of the disclosure requirements of SFAS 47, the Company
considered a schedule of maturities to not be necessary. The Company
will include such a schedule in future filings.
4)
Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2
Company
response:
The
Company will not include the titles of certifying individuals in the
certifications in future filings.
Additional
Statements:
We
acknowledge that we are responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of
the disclosures in the filings.
We
acknowledge that SEC staff comments or changes to disclosure in response
to
staff comments do not foreclose the Securities and Exchange Commission from
taking any action with respect to the filings; and
We
acknowledge that we may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any person
under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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Very
truly yours,
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/s/ Thomas
Costanza
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Thomas
Costanza
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Chief
Financial Officer
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