0001104659-14-024043.txt : 20140512 0001104659-14-024043.hdr.sgml : 20140512 20140328161345 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-14-024043 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140328 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ION GEOPHYSICAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000866609 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OIL AND GAS FIELD EXPLORATION SERVICES [1382] IRS NUMBER: 222286646 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2105 CITYWEST BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 770422839 BUSINESS PHONE: 281.933.3339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2105 CITYWEST BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 770422839 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INPUT OUTPUT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930328 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GX Technology Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001600867 IRS NUMBER: 760450115 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2105 CITYWEST SUITE 900 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042 BUSINESS PHONE: 2819333339 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2105 CITYWEST SUITE 900 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: I/O MARINE SYSTEMS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001600904 IRS NUMBER: 720733230 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2105 CITYWEST BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042-2839 BUSINESS PHONE: 281.552.3308 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2105 CITYWEST BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042-2839 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ION EXPLORATION PRODUCTS (U.S.A.), INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001600906 IRS NUMBER: 760491394 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2105 CITYWEST BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042-2839 BUSINESS PHONE: 281-552-3308 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2105 CITYWEST BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042-2839 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mayer Brown LLP

 

 

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March 28, 2014

 

 

 

 

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Anne Nguyen Parker

 

 

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Jeff M. Dobbs

Division of Corporation Finance

 

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Securities and Exchange Commission

 

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Re:

ION Geophysical Corporation

 

 

 

Registration Statement on Form S-4

 

 

 

Filed February 25, 2014

 

 

 

File No. 333-194110

 

 

 

Dear Ms. Parker:

 

This letter is submitted on behalf of ION Geophysical Corporation (the “Company”) and the additional registrant guarantors (together with the Company, the “Registrants”) in response to comments raised by the Staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in the Staff’s letter to Mr. David L. Roland with the Company, dated March 21, 2014, with respect to the Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-194110, initially filed with the SEC on February 25, 2014 (the “Registration Statement”).  The responses to the Staff’s comments are set forth below, with each paragraph numbered to correspond to the numbered comments set forth in the Staff’s letter.  For your convenience, your comments have been reproduced below, together with the responses of the Company.

 

Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Registrants are submitting, via EDGAR, Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (the “Amendment”) for filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The Amendment includes revisions made in response to comments of the Staff contained in your comment letter.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements, page iii

 

1.              The safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 does not apply to statements made in connection with a tender offer. See Section 27A(b)(2)(C) of the Securities Act and Section 21E(b)(2)(C) of the Exchange Act. Therefore, please delete the reference to the safe harbor or state explicitly that the safe harbor protections it provides do not apply to statements made in connection with the offer.

 

Response:  In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the section of the Amendment entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” to state explicitly that the safe harbor protections do not apply to statements made in connection with the

 

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offer, as set forth in the attached Exhibit A, which is marked to show the changes made to the existing Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements section of the Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit 5.2

 

2.              Please file a revised legality opinion that opines on whether the Louisiana Guarantor Guarantee will be a binding obligation of the Louisiana Guarantor.

 

Response:  In response to the Staff’s comment, we have filed revised opinions of Mayer Brown LLP and Liskow and Lewis, Plc as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2, respectively, to the Amendment.

 


 

Additionally, please be advised that the Company acknowledges that:

 

·                  the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in its filings with the SEC;

 

·                  Staff comments or changes to disclosures in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to such filings;

 

·                  the action of the SEC or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to the filings; and

 

·                  the Company may not assert Staff comments or the Staff’s declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the SEC or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

Should any member of the Staff have a question regarding our responses to the comments set forth above, or need additional information, please do not hesitate to call David L. Roland, Esq. at 281-933-3339, or me at 713-238-2697.  Thank you for your assistance.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

/s/ Jeff M. Dobbs

 

Jeff M. Dobbs

Mayer Brown LLP

 

cc:

David L. Roland

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

ION Geophysical Corporation

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

REVISED CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SECTION

 

The following is an excerpt of the first paragraph of the section of the Amendment entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”, marked against the existing Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements section of the Registration Statement.

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus contains or incorporates by reference statements concerning our future results and performance and other matters that are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  The safe harbor protections provided in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act do not apply to statements made in connection with this exchange offer.  These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements express or implied by such forward-looking statements.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “intend,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. Examples of other forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus include statements regarding:

 


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