-----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, Cc3RF7eIVgTsolzuk/B1f8U8T4PoybxuEZNtRYBMLXsUpCwPvAgJ9ocWS6sqHALE RXAilWQadJCtsyqmoT9zFw== 0000950123-10-048804.txt : 20100804 0000950123-10-048804.hdr.sgml : 20100804 20100513104825 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-048804 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100513 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NOVOGEN LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001075880 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 140 WICKS RD STREET 2: NORTH RYDE CITY: NEW SOUTH WALES 2113 STATE: C3 ZIP: 2113 BUSINESS PHONE: 01161298780088 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 107 NORTH RYDE CITY: SYDNEY STATE: C3 ZIP: 1670 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp
(NOVOGEN LOGO)
May 13, 2010
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
     
Re:
  Novogen Limited
 
  Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009
 
  Filed December 15, 2009
 
  File No. 000-29962
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     The following is the response of Novogen Limited (the “Company”) to the comments set forth in the letter, dated April 29, 2010, from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 (File No. 000-29962).
     Set forth below is the Staff’s comment in italics followed by the Company’s response.
Income Statements, page 81
1.   Please refer to your response to comment one and your proposed revised disclosures. Please revise your disclosure to state that cost of sales includes only costs associated with the sale of goods and, as indicated in your response, the reason the percentage decrease in cost of sales is higher than the percentage decrease in revenues for 2007 compared to 2008.
Response:     We will revise our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 to state that cost of sales includes only costs associated with the sale of goods and the reason the percentage decrease in cost of sales is higher than the percentage decrease in revenues for the applicable periods.
Notes to the Financial Statements
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Statement of Compliance, page 85
2.   Please refer to your response to comment two. Please revise the wording since you have not satisfied the requirement of Item 17(c) of Form 20-F to include an unreserved and explicit statement of compliance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. A US GAAP reconciliation is required if this statement is not included in the notes to the financial statements. In addition, please remove the disclosure on page 3 regarding compliance

 


 

    with AIFRS and revise the disclosure to state that the financial statements do comply with IFRS as issued by the IASB.
Response:     We will revise our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 to include an unreserved and explicit statement of compliance with IFRS as issued by the IASB in Note 1 to the financial statements. Additionally we will remove the disclosure on page 3 regarding compliance with AIFRS and revise the disclosure to state that the financial statements comply with IFRS as issued by the IASB.
The Company acknowledges that:
  the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure of the disclosure in the filings;
  Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
  the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the SEC or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
         
  Sincerely,

NOVOGEN LIMITED

 
 
  By:   /s/ David Seaton    
    Name:   David Seaton   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   

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