-----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, C59lZ1spk2pnSrUfHCqiAqfuxvB+8ouyQbUUtaBUdcv/grQz3Kl/GjvKZ2LfhYe2 ouU4ylvI8o3lkYp1XMcL4Q== 0000000000-06-011546.txt : 20061214 0000000000-06-011546.hdr.sgml : 20061214 20060308155508 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000000000-06-011546 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: UPLOAD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060308 FILED FOR: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EDD HELMS GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000854883 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEGRAPH & OTHER MESSAGE COMMUNICATIONS [4822] IRS NUMBER: 592605868 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: UPLOAD BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 17850 NE 5TH AVE CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33162-1008 BUSINESS PHONE: 3056532520 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 17850 NE 5TH AVE CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33162-1008 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HOTELECOPY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 LETTER 1 filename1.txt March 8, 2006 Via U.S. Mail and Fax (954) 458.9096 Mr. Dean A. Goodson Chief Financial Officer Edd Helms Group, Inc. 17850 N.E. 5th Avenue Miami, Florida 33162-1008 RE: Edd Helms Group, Inc. Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005 Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2005 File No. 000-17978 Dear Mr. Goodson: We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. We have limited our review to only your financial statements and related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to other portions of your documents. Where indicated, we think you should revise your documents in response to these comments. If you disagree, 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-KSB for the year ended May 31, 2005 Note 3. Available-for-Sale Equity Security, page 25 1. We note the unrealized loss on the available-for-sale security of $70,698. This appears to be other than temporary. Tell us why the amount was not recognized in the income statement. Note 17. Legal Proceedings, page 42 2. Please provide us with more details of the two legal cases. Tell us your expected outcome for each case. Also tell us if you have accrued any liabilities relating to the cases, how much was accrued, and why. Item 8a. Controls and Procedures, page 43 3. We note your disclosure that "[t]here were no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation." Item 308(c) of Regulation S-K requires the disclosure of any change in your internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with an evaluation thereof that occurred during your last fiscal quarter (or your fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, your internal control over financial reporting. Please confirm for us supplementally that there was no change in your internal control over financial reporting that occurred during your fourth fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2005, and provide the disclosure required by Item 308(c) of Regulation S-K in future filings. Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2005 4. Apply with the comments above as applicable. General 5. Please file your Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period ended November 30, 2005. * * * * As appropriate, please amend your filing and respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your response on EDGAR. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your amendment and 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 the 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 filings; 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 filings or in response to our comments on your filings. You may contact Michael Henderson, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3364 or Kyle Moffatt, Accountant Branch Chief, at (202) 551- 3836 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3810 with any other questions. Sincerely, Larry Spirgel Assistant Director ?? ?? ?? ?? Mr. Dean A. Goodson Edd Helms Group, Inc. March 8, 2006 Page 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 DIVISION OF CORPORATION FINANCE -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----