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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000000000-05-049820
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: UPLOAD
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20050927
FILED FOR:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001073146
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTORS, NEC [6799]
IRS NUMBER: 880326480
STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: UPLOAD
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 601 CIEN ST
STREET 2: SUITE 235
CITY: KEMAH
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77565-2701
BUSINESS PHONE: 2813349479
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 601 CIEN ST
STREET 2: SUITE 235
CITY: KEMAH
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77565-2701
PUBLIC REFERENCE ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001295345-05-000015
LETTER
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Mail Stop 7010
September 26, 2005
Via U.S. mail and facsimile
Mr. Daniel Dror
President and Chief Executive Officer, American International
Industries, Inc.
601 Cien Street, Suite 235
Kemah, TX 77565-3077
RE: Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
Forms 10-QSB for the periods ended March 31, 2005 and
June
30, 2005
File No. 0-25223
Dear Mr. Dror:
We have reviewed your response to our comment letter
dated
July 14, 2005 and have the following comments. If you disagree
with
a comment, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment
is
inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed
as
necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may
ask
you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better
understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we
may
or may not raise additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
General
1. Please provide to us the acknowledgements that we requested at
the
end of our July 14, 2005 letter. Specifically, we requested that
you
provide, in writing, a statement acknowledging the following:
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in their filings;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; and
* 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.
FORM 10-KSB FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004
Description of Business
Brenham Oil & Gas, Inc.
2. In light of your responses to comments 1 and 18 regarding your
oil, gas and mineral royalty interest, please add appropriate
clarifying disclosure to indicate that the royalty interest is
carried on your books at $0 and that you have not received any
income
from your royalty interest.
Management`s Discussion and Analysis
General and Results of Operations
3. We note your response to comment 2, however, you have not
addressed why, in accordance with SFAS 144, you have not presented
the operations related to this component of your business within
discontinued operations. In this regard, we note that paragraph
37
of SFAS 144 requires that when a component of an entity either has
been disposed of or is classified as held for sale, the income
statement of the business enterprise for current and prior periods
must report the results of operations of the component, including
any
gain or loss recognized in discontinued operations. In this
regard,
we also note that your remaining real estate property is
classified
as held for sale. Therefore, please restate your financial
statements for fiscal 2004 to report your real estate operations
as
discontinued operations and revise your Management`s Discussion
and
Analysis to reflect such restatement.
4. We note your response to prior comment 6, however, we do not
understand how the minor revisions you made in Note 5 addresses
our
concerns regarding the appropriateness of recognizing the sale of
this real estate within revenues and cost of goods sold. In light
of
our above comment, these concerns may be mitigated by presenting
your
real estate operations within discontinued operations. However,
if
you continue to believe that discontinued operations presentation
is
not appropriate for your real estate operations and you provide to
us
sufficient information in response to the above comment to address
the appropriateness of your current presentation, we have the
following additional comments.
* Expand your business section to address the nature of your real
estate operations. In this regard, it is unclear to us whether
you
are in the real estate business or whether you have simply
acquired
real estate assets as part of other business transactions. We
note
that your current disclosure merely discusses several transactions
you entered into over the past several years.
* Tell us why it is appropriate to record the sale of your real
estate property as revenues and cost of goods sold rather than net
as
a gain or loss. Clarify why you believe the guidance set forth in
SFAS 66 is the appropriate literature rather than the guidance set
forth in SFAS 144. In this regard, it is unclear to us whether
the
real estate property is "inventory" of your real estate operations
or
simply assets held for sale. Clarify the exact nature of your
business operations so that we may assess the appropriateness of
your
accounting.
Results of Operations
5. We note your response to comment 5. Your revised disclosures
do
not appear to address our prior comment. Please expand your
discussion under Results of Operations to disclose the extent to
which changes in revenues are attributable to changes in volumes
of
product sold and changes to prices charged to customers.
Item 8A. Controls and Procedures
6. We note the changes made in response to our comment 8. Please
correct the date noted in the section entitled "Evaluation of
disclosure controls and procedures."
Statement of Cash Flows
7. We note the substantive revisions you made to your 2004
Statement
of Cash Flows as a result of our prior comments 12, 13 and 14 and
have the following additional comments.
* Provide disclosure as required by paragraph 37 of APB 20 to
address
the corrections you made to your 2004 Statement of Cash Flows and
label your 2004 Statement of Cash Flows as restated.
* Please request that you auditors provide an explanatory
paragraph
in their Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
as
required by AU Section 420.13.
* It is unclear to us whether it is appropriate to record the
$3,402,916 notes receivable for real estate sale within your Cash
Flows from Investing activities. Clarify for us why this is not
included as a non-cash transaction reflected within your
supplemental
schedule of non-cash transactions.
* Reconcile supplementally the $1,486,955 decrease in your balance
sheet line item Accounts payable and accrued expenses from 2003 to
2004 to your $946,609 use of cash in 2004 related to your Accounts
payable and accrued expenses. Revise your statement of cash flows
or
discussion of non-cash transactions as necessary.
* Reconcile supplementally your changes in your debt balance sheet
line items to your cash flows from financing activities. Revise
your
statement of cash flows and/or your supplemental schedule of non-
cash
transactions as necessary.
Statements of Operations
8. We note the earnings per share footnote added in response to
our
comment 10, however the weighted average common shares for the
2003
diluted shares on the statement of operations does not agree to
Note
12. Since all of the potentially dilutive securities were anti-
dilutive, the weighted average shares would be the same for both
basic and dilutive earnings per share calculations. In this
regard,
please revise the 2003 weighted average diluted common shares on
the
statement of operations to be consistent with your Note 12.
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Revenue Recognition
9. We note the changes made in response to our comment 17. Please
include the explanation regarding your revenue recognition that
you
added to the first paragraph in "Results of Operations" to your
revenue recognition policy in Note 1.
Note 2. Acquisitions and Divestitures
Har-Whit`s /Pitt`s & Spitt`s
10. With respect to the $499,200 note you received in 2003, please
confirm that all payments have been received on a timely basis.
Also, clarify why it was appropriate to recognize a gain on the
machinery and equipment and trademark given the significant
balloon
payment on the notes receivable in 2007. Finally, tell us where
the
note is recorded in your financial statements.
Note 3 - Investment Securities and Note 5 - Real Estate
Transactions
11. We note your response to prior comment 22. You continue to
refer
to Orion Health Corp, Inc. in Note 3 and SRG in Note 5. It was
our
understanding that Orion Health Corp, Inc. and SRG were the same
entity. If so, as previously requested, please consistently refer
to
this entity throughout your filing.
Note 14. Related Party Transactions
12. We note your response to our comment 9. However, Note 14
appears
to be the same as your prior Note 12 except in a different format.
In this regard, please provide a note (or expand Note 14) to
summarize the transactions that resulted in charges in you
accounts
receivable and loans payable to your related party amounts and
address the disclosure requirements of SFAS 57, paragraph 2. In
other words, describe the transactions that resulted in the
changes
to the line items accounts receivable from related parties and
short-
term loans to related parties on your balance sheet.
Note 15 - Segment Information
13. We note your response to prior comment 18. Revise your
discussion of your oil and gas segment to clarify that this
segment
is related to Delta Seaboard Well Services, Inc which provides a
broad range of supplies and services that are used by oil and gas
companies. Your current disclosure implies that your oil and gas
segment derives its revenue from your oil, gas and mineral
interest
in Texas.
FORMS 10-QSB FOR THE PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2005 AND JUNE 30,
2005
General
14. Please address the comments above in your interim filings as
well.
* * * *
Please respond to these comments within 10 business
days,
or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please
provide
us with a supplemental response letter that keys your responses to
our comments and provides any requested supplemental information.
Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your
supplemental response on EDGAR as a correspondence file. Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing
your
responses to our comments.
If you have any questions regarding these comments, please
direct them to Marie Trimeloni, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-
3734
or, in her absence, to Jeanne Baker, Assistant Chief Accountant at
(202) 551-3691.
Sincerely,
Rufus Decker
Accounting Branch Chief
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Mr. Daniel Dror
September 26, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-7010
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE