-----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, J0xwNkr3Pr8yc/6Ct6qW9d/BBo+bxhBBwkgGLodrtw/n9tMTuP2oOp4SymJrOUUk GuvksLcD3kKAaMqjqpF/Vw== 0001144204-05-020079.txt : 20060927 0001144204-05-020079.hdr.sgml : 20060927 20050628121610 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-05-020079 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050628 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIFAST INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000910329 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2090] IRS NUMBER: 133714405 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11445 CRONHILL DRIVE CITY: OWINGS MILLS STATE: MD ZIP: 21117 BUSINESS PHONE: 7327640619 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11445 CRONHILL DRIVE CITY: OWINGS MILLS STATE: MD ZIP: 21117 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEALTHRITE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951120 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: XX DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950619 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: 00 DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950619 CORRESP 1 filename1.txt To: Gary Newberry United States Security and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance From: Mr. Bradley T. MacDonald Chief Executive Officer Medifast, Inc. Re: Medifast, Inc. Form 10-KSB, filed March 14, 2005 Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarters Ended March 31, 2005 Response Letter Dated May 20, 2005 Form 10-KSB/A filed May 31, 2005 File No. 1-31573 Dear Mr. Newberry, We have reviewed your letter dated June 8, 2005 regarding the items above. Below please find our responses to your comments. Thank you for you consideration in allowing us to enhance our disclosures in future filings, and not have to amend our 10-KSB/A again for the year-ended December 31, 2004. Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004 Business Page 4 1. We have considered your response to our prior comment two and the revised disclosures made based on our prior comments eight and nine with regard to the acquisition of Consumer Choice Systems, Inc. and Hi-Energy Weight Control Centers in 2003. It does not appear that your revised disclosures address the requirements of FAS 141, paragraphs 51 and 54. These requirements deal with the nature, reason, and cost of a business combination and specific pro forma disclosures as the effect of such a business combination. Please revise the footnotes to your financial statements to provide all the disclosures required under FAS 141, paragraphs 51 and 54 for your acquisitions of Consumers Choice Systems, Inc. and Hi-Energy Weight Control Centers in 2003. We have reviewed our acquisition of Hi-Energy Weight Control Centers on November 7, 2003 and our acquisition of Consumers Choice Systems, Inc. on June 11, 2003, which were both asset purchase agreements. We assessed the materiality of both and tested whether the assets of the acquired entities represented greater than 10% of Medifast, Inc's consolidated assets as of December 31, 2003. Individually, the assets acquired in each acquisition were less than 10% of Medifast, Inc's consolidated assets as of December 31, 2003. As part of our amended 10-KSB/A for the year-ended December 31, 2004 as filed on May 31, 2005, we enhanced and detailed our disclosures to reflect the amount of customer lists, non-compete agreements, trademarks and patents, and goodwill, along with their accumulated amortization and amortization expense as of December 31, 2004 and 2003. In future filings we will continue to enhance our disclosures by providing a detailed break out of intangible assets for Hi-Energy Weight Control Centers and Consumers Choice Systems, Inc. 2. We have considered your response and the revised disclosures made based on our prior comment nine. Please revise your Footnote E to disclose the estimated amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years as required by FAS 142, paragraph 45a. (3). Amortization expense of intangible assets in future years based upon recorded amounts as of December 31, 2004 will be $669,000, $513,000, $360,000, $335,000, and $210,000 for 2005 through 2009, respectively. We will include this disclosure in all future filings starting on June 30, 2005 to disclose the estimated amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years as required by FAS 142, paragraph 45a (3). -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----