-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, By0bV9dnI50A8qosG3uddz7RIvhhCekC/Vr6tADbGIQTU501BAcvn+H8n6xOmjkL 4FPAoW96U5sGeeYCNPdi8w== 0000000000-06-013263.txt : 20060808 0000000000-06-013263.hdr.sgml : 20060808 20060320134518 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000000000-06-013263 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: UPLOAD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060320 FILED FOR: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FORWARD INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000038264 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS PRODUCTS, NEC [3089] IRS NUMBER: 131950672 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: UPLOAD BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 GREEN ROAD STREET 2: SUITE E CITY: POMPANO BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33064 BUSINESS PHONE: 9544199544 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 GREEN RD STREET 2: SUITE E CITY: POMPANO BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33064 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROGRESS HEAT SEALING CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19721111 LETTER 1 filename1.txt VIA FACSIMILE AND U.S. MAIL February 21, 2006 Douglas W. Sabra Chief Financial Officer Forward Industries, Inc. 1801 Green Road, Suite E Pompano Beach, FL 33064 RE: Form 10-KSB for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2005 Form 10-QSB for Fiscal Quarter Ended December 31, 2005 File No. 0-6669 Dear Mr. Sabra: We have reviewed these filings 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 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. FORM 10-QSB FOR THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005 Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 14 Results of Operations for the 2006 Quarter compared to the 2005 Quarter, page 16 1. You indicated that revenue was adversely affected by the adoption of a sourcing, billing and payment arrangement for one of your OEM customers in which revenue is recognized only to the extent of the related gross profit on sales to the customer. However, in the prior year, the full sale price of the product to this customer was recognized as revenue. We have the following comments regarding the adoption of this new arrangement. * [i] With reference to the indicators in EITF 99-19 and the specific terms of the sourcing, billing and payment arrangement, please address the specific facts and circumstances that resulted in the change from gross revenue reporting to net revenue reporting. * [ii] Clarify why you adopted this new arrangement for one of your OEM customers. * [iii] With reference to the typical terms of your other revenue arrangements, please support the gross revenue reporting for these arrangements as presented in your Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2005. * * * * 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 response letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your response on EDGAR as a correspondence file. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes all information required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that: * 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. In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing. You may contact Ernest Greene, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551- 3733, or in his absence, Jeanne Baker, Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 551-3691, if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Sincerely, Rufus Decker Accounting Branch Chief ?? ?? ?? ?? Mr. Douglas W. Sabra February 21, 2006 Page 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-7010 DIVISION OF CORPORATION FINANCE -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----