Re: | Terra Tech Corp.
Amendment No. 5 to Current Report on Form 8-K
Filed August 13, 2012
File No. 000-54258
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We note your response to prior comment 1. Please also provide a similar analysis for your webpage at http://www.growopltd.com/pages/Investors.html which is found by clicking on the “Invest” header from the home page for that website and which indicates the following, followed by contact information for your investor relations department:
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We note the disclosure you have added in response to prior comment 2. Please also revise this section, and your related risk factors, to specifically disclose that the business activities of your customers are illegal under the Federal Controlled Substances Act even though such activities may be permissible under state law.
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We note your response to prior comment 4 but continue to see references to a “Fortune 500” company on page 4 of your 8-K/A and pages 7 of Exhibits 99.1 and 99.3. Please advise or revise as appropriate.
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We note your response to prior comment 5 and the revisions made to include a comparative analysis for the year ended December 31, 2011. In that regard, we note selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 increased 798% as compared to the prior year, which has been primarily attributed to shares issued for services to outside consultants during the fourth quarter of 2011. Please expand your discussion to identify the underlying causes that contributed to this material change.
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We note the revisions made in response to prior comment 6. Please reconcile the amounts recorded in MD&A for selling, general and administrative expenses of $416,989 for the period from March 16, 2010 (inception) to December 31, 2010 to the Condensed Statements of Operations which states $461,989 for that period.
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We note your response to prior comment 15 and the inclusion of revised pro forma financial statements in this exhibit. However, the financial statements presented for GrowOp Technology Ltd. are not for the most recent period prior to the transaction – i.e., December 31, 2011. Please amend this exhibit to include pro forma financial statements for the appropriate period. Further, in reference to the footnote explaining all assumptions made in the pro forma adjustment, please expand your description to include the basis for the transaction resulting in a decrease in common stock outstanding.
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We note the response to prior comment 10 and the inclusion of the financial statements of GrowOp Technology Ltd. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011. We further note that these financial statements are labeled as “unaudited.” For the financial statements of a private operating company required by Items 2.01(f) and 9.01 of Form 8-K, a manually signed accountant’s report is to be provided pursuant to Rule 2-02 of Regulation S-X. In an amendment, please revise to include the report of independent registered public accounting firm along with the presentation of audited financial statements for this period.
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We note your response to prior comment 12 pertaining to subsequent events. Although disclosure about the transaction is noted in the last 2 paragraphs, the information does not reconcile with disclosures made elsewhere in the filing describing it as a “reverse merger.” Please revise to provide such information consistent throughout the filing.
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It appears that the Statements of Operations and Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2011 are based on the financial statements included in Private Secretary, Inc.’s March 31, 2011 Form 10-Q filed on April 29, 2011. Typically, when you have a reverse merger, the accounting acquirer financial statements replace the historical financial statements for the new entity. Please tell us why you did not present GrowOp Technology Ltd’s financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2011 in your March 31, 2012 Form 10-Q considering the recapitalization which occurred on February 9, 2012.
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Very truly yours,
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/s/ Thomas E. Puzzo | |
Thomas E. Puzzo |