0001144204-16-111007.txt : 20160804 0001144204-16-111007.hdr.sgml : 20160804 20160701060443 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-16-111007 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160701 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Monster Digital, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001551986 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2125 B MADERA RD. CITY: SIMI VALLEY STATE: CA ZIP: 93065 BUSINESS PHONE: 805-955-4190 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2125 B MADERA RD. CITY: SIMI VALLEY STATE: CA ZIP: 93065 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Tandon Digital, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120611 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

Thomas J. Poletti

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Direct Dial: (714) 371-2501

E-mail: TPoletti@manatt.com

 

  48203-030

 

July 1, 2016

 

VIA EDGAR

 

Ms. Maryse Mills-Apenteng

Special Counsel

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

 

Re:Monster Digital, Inc. (f/k/a Tandon Digital, Inc.)
  Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
  Filed June 24, 2016

 

Dear Ms. Mills-Apenteng

 

On behalf of our client, Monster Digital, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),we hereby file Amendment No. 7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 10, 2015 (the “Amendment No. 7”). Amendment No. 7 is hereby filed to provide responses to comments (the “Comments) of the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”) issued in a letter dated June 29, 2016 (the “Staff’s Letter”) relating to Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 as filed with the Commission on June 24, 2016. In order to facilitate your review, we have responded, on behalf of the Company, to each of the Comments set forth in the Staff’s Letter, on a point by point basis. The Comments are set forth below in bold font and our response follows each respective Comment. In our response, page number references are to Amendment No. 7. Terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in Amendment No. 7.

 

Litigation, page 73

 

1. It appears you provided recent updates on the proceeding pertaining to Memphis Electronics in response to prior comment 4. However, the disclosures relating to the Phison Electronics, Corp and Unigen Corporation matters were not updated. Please provide updated disclosure or advise.

 

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In response to the Staff’s comment, changes have been made to the Sections entitled “Risk Factors - We are currently, and may be in the future, party to intellectual property rights claims that are expensive and time consuming to defend, and, if resolved adversely, could have a significant impact on our business” and “Business – Litigation, located on pages 23 and 73 of the Prospectus, respectively, to provide requested updates on pending litigation.

 

Principal Stockholders, page 93

 

2. We note your revisions in response to prior comment 8. It appears that you should revise the table to reflect the shares subject to cancellation described in footnote 2.

 

In response to the Staff’s comment and further to discussions with the Staff, changes have been made to the Section entitle “Principal Stockholders” located on page 93 of the Prospectus to set forth the number of shares beneficially owned and the percentage of shares beneficially owned by principal stockholders of the Company both as of June 23, 2016 and after giving effect to both the conversion and the offering.

 

Please direct any questions with respect to this confidential submission to the undersigned at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, 695 Town Center Drive, 14th Floor, Costa Mesa, California 92626, phone (714) 371-2500 or email TPoletti@manatt.com.

 

  Very truly yours,
  MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP
  /s/ Thomas J. Poletti
  Thomas J. Poletti

 

Enclosure

 

cc: David H. Clarke, Chief Executive Officer
  David Olert, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  Ralph DeMartino, Schiff Hardin, LLP

 

 

 

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