| Donald J. Kunz
(313) 465-7454 Fax: (313) 465-7455 dkunz@honigman.com |
November 1, 2018
Division of Corporation Finance Office of Health & Insurance Securities and Exchange Commission Washington D.C. 20549 Attn: Frank Wyman and Kevin Vaughn
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Re: | Response to Letter of October 29, 2018 |
Gentlemen:
Thank you for your comment letter from the staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) dated October 29, 2018 to our client, Zivo Bioscience, Inc. (“Zivo”).
On behalf of Zivo, please find herein our response to the comment described in your letter. For ease of review, we have repeated your comment below, in bold face. Our response follows in ordinary type.
Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2018
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, page 4
1.We acknowledge the information provided in your response, including your conclusions that you “should have indicated that the December 31, 2017 account balances were revised to combine the discount with the associated debt” and “should have included an explanatory disclosure in the Notes to the Financial Statements.” Please provide us with your proposed explanatory disclosure for inclusion in your Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2018 and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
Zivo has concluded that the following explanatory information will be included in its Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2018 and in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 as the last subheading in Note 2 – “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:”
“Implementation of ASU 2015-03:
The FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs,” as part of its simplification initiative. The ASU changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in financial statements. Under the ASU, an entity presents such costs in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. Amortization of the costs is reported as interest expense.
For public business entities, the guidance in the ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Although the Company adopted ASU-2015-03 in the first quarter of 2016, the Company discovered during the quarter ended June 30, 2018 that ASU-2015-03 was improperly implemented as it pertains to the classification of deferred finance costs (debt issuance costs) on its balance sheet.
2290 First National Building · 660 Woodward Avenue ∙ Detroit, Michigan 48226-3506
Detroit ∙ Ann Arbor ∙ Bloomfield Hills ∙ Chicago ∙ Grand Rapids ∙ Kalamazoo ∙ Lansing
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November 1, 2018
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The balance sheet below illustrates the presentation of the December 31, 2017 balance sheet as if ASU 2015-03 had been implemented properly:
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET |
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| As Originally Reported | Effect of Change |
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| December 31, 2017 | December 31, 2017 |
| December 31, 2017 | ||
ASSETS |
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CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Cash | $ 317,135 | $ - |
| $ 317,135 | ||
Prepaid Expenses | 15,143 | - |
| 15,143 | ||
Total Current Assets | 332,278 | - |
| 332,278 | ||
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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET | - |
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OTHER ASSETS |
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Deferred Finance Costs, net | 3,877,801 | (3,877,801) | (A) | - | ||
TOTAL ASSETS | $ 4,210,079 | $ (3,877,801) |
| $ 332,278 | ||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
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Accounts Payable | $ 541,710 | $ - |
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Due to Related Party | 475,834 | - |
| 475,834 | ||
Loans Payable, Related Parties | 394,019 | - |
| 394,019 | ||
Convertible Debentures Payable, less unamortized discounts and debt issuance costs of $-0- and $-0- at December 31, 2017- Originally, and December 31, 2017 - As Revised, respectively |
1,490,000 |
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1,490,000 | ||
Accrued Interest | 1,649,240 | - |
| 1,649,240 | ||
Accrued Liabilities – Other | 10,000 | - |
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Total Current Liabilities | 4,560,803 | - |
| 4,560,803 | ||
LONG TERM LIABILITIES: |
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Convertible Debentures Payable, less unamortized discounts and debt issuance costs of $458,072 and $4,335,873 at December 31, 2017- Originally, and December 31, 2017 - As Revised, respectively |
15,953,768 |
(3,877,801) | (B) |
12,075,967 | ||
Total Long Term Liabilities |
15,953,768 |
(3,877,801) |
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12,075,967 | ||
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TOTAL LIABILITIES | 20,514,571 | (3,877,801) |
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
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STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT: |
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Common stock, $.001 par value, |
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700,000,000 shares authorized; 168,500,743 and 141,106,061 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017 |
141,107 |
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141,107 | ||
Additional Paid-In Capital | 47,366,814 |
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Accumulated deficit | (63,812,413) |
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Total Stockholders' Deficit | (16,304,492) | - |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT | $ 4,210,079 | $ (3,877,801) |
| $ 332,278 | ||
(A)Total Assets decreased in the amount of $3,877,801 as a result of the reclassification of net deferred finance costs (debt issuance costs).
(B)Long Term and Total Liabilities decreased in the amount of $3,877,801 as a result of the reclassification of net deferred finance costs (debt issuance costs) as a direct deduction of the amount of the related convertible debt.
2290 First National Building · 660 Woodward Avenue ∙ Detroit, Michigan 48226-3506
Detroit ∙ Ann Arbor ∙ Bloomfield Hills ∙ Chicago ∙ Grand Rapids ∙ Kalamazoo ∙ Lansing
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November 1, 2018
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The revisions related to the implementation of ASU 2015-03 did not have an effect on any previously reported net losses, working capital or stockholders’ deficit.”
Supplementally, pursuant to guidance provided by ASU 2015-03, the Company will report Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs as Interest Expense on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and on a going forward basis.
Please feel free to contact the undersigned with any questions or comments.
Yours sincerely,
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
/s/ DONALD J. KUNZ
Donald J. Kunz
cc: Philip M. Rice II, CFO
2290 First National Building · 660 Woodward Avenue ∙ Detroit, Michigan 48226-3506
Detroit ∙ Ann Arbor ∙ Bloomfield Hills ∙ Chicago ∙ Grand Rapids ∙ Kalamazoo ∙ Lansing