Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Securities and Exchange Commission
August 31, 2007
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| 5. | Please discuss whether the independent investment banking firm must be a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. |
Response: We have stated on pages 54, 56 and 74 of the Amendment that the investment banking firm rendering such fairness opinion may or may not be a member of FINRA.
| 6. | Please revise to state whether or not you anticipate that shareholders, in addition to the board of directors, will be entitled to reply on any such fairness opinion. If you anticipate that future disclosure may indicate that the investment banking firm takes the view that shareholders may not rely on the opinion, revise to address how you will consider such a view in deciding which investment banking firm to hire. Please revise accordingly the disclosure in the “Fair Market Value of a Target Business” subsection on pages 54-55. |
Response: We have added the following disclosure to pages 54 and 56 of the Amendment:
“Such opinion may or may not be relied upon by our stockholders. While we will consider whether such opinion may be relied on by our stockholders when selecting an investment banking firm to provide a fairness opinion it will not be dispositive as to which investment banking firm we decide to engage for such opinion. Other factors expected to be considered by our board of directors in making such decision include, among others, cost, timing and reputation of the investment bank, including its knowledge of the homeland security industry.”
Management, page 65
Special Advisors, page 67
| 7. | Please revise to clarify what duties, if any, the special advisors will owe to the company and its shareholders. Also revise to clarify how the restrictive terms of your offering — such as those requiring initial shareholder to vote a certain way — will apply to these special advisors. |
Response: We have added the following disclosure to page 69 of the Amendment:
“We have no formal arrangements or agreements with these special advisors to provide any particular services to us, and they have no fiduciary obligations to us or our stockholders. These special advisors will provide advice, introductions to potential targets, and assistance to us, at our request, only if they are able to do so. Nevertheless, we believe that, with their business background and extensive contacts, they will be helpful to our search for a target business and our consummation of a business combination.
Mr. Frantz is an existing stockholder and Mr. Griffin is a member of Secure America Acquisition Holdings, LLC, our principal existing stockholder. Messrs. Frantz and Griffin have agreed to waive any right to receive a liquidation distribution with respect to the initial shares, to waive any right to exercise conversion rights with respect to any shares of our common stock owned or to be owned by them and to vote their initial shares in accordance with the majority of the shares of common stock voted by our public stockholders.”
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Securities and Exchange Commission
August 31, 2007
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Please call the undersigned at (212) 692-6732 with any comments or questions regarding the Amendment and please send a copy of any written comments to the following parties:
Kenneth R. Koch, Esq.
Jeffrey P. Schultz, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
666 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 935-3000
Fax: (212) 983-3115
Very truly yours,
| /s/ | Jeffrey P. Schultz
Jeffrey P. Schultz |
| cc: | Securities and Exchange Commission (John Reynolds, Esq., Assistant Director, Office of Emerging Growth Companies) |
Secure America Acquisition Corporation (Messrs. C. Thomas McMillen and Harvey L. Weiss)
Bingham McCutchen LLP (Glen R. Openshaw, Esq.)