Non-GAAP measures
833 staff comments in this corpus, to 373 registrants, across 7 of the 7 calendar quarters this corpus covers.
Coverage is partial and not continuous. This corpus holds CORRESP filings from 2023Q1–2024Q2 (82–96% of each quarter's EDGAR total); 2025Q4 (16% of the 861 CORRESP filings EDGAR indexed that quarter). It holds nothing at all from 2024Q3, 2024Q4, 2025Q1, 2025Q2 or 2025Q3, and nothing filed after 2025-12-31. If an issue page shows no comment from one of those periods, the reason is that edgarwiki has no data for it — not that the staff raised nothing. Counts on this site are counts within this corpus and are not SEC-wide totals. Every quotation is verbatim and links to its filing; what is incomplete is coverage, not accuracy. Per-quarter figures: Methodology.
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| Comments raising this issue | 833 |
| Share of all 51,900 comments in the corpus | 1.6% |
| Distinct registrants | 373 |
| With a recorded company response | 832 |
When these comments were filed
| Quarter | Comments here | Corpus coverage of that quarter |
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| 2023Q1 | 104 | 93% |
| 2023Q2 | 179 | 91% |
| 2023Q3 | 136 | 93% |
| 2023Q4 | 111 | 96% |
| 2024Q1 | 101 | 93% |
| 2024Q2 | 201 | 82% |
| 2024Q3 | — | 0% — never ingested |
| 2024Q4 | — | 0% — never ingested |
| 2025Q1 | — | 0% — never ingested |
| 2025Q2 | — | 0% — never ingested |
| 2025Q3 | — | 0% — never ingested |
| 2025Q4 | 1 | 16% |
The exchanges
SEC staff comment
4. Please address the following as they relate to adjusted diluted net loss per share in prior comment 4: • Confirm that you will disclose prior year comparative information; • Confirm that you will disclose, at a similar level as you provided in your response letter dated September 18, 2025, the reasons why management believes that adjusting for income/loss relating to equity method securities and the gain/loss on debt securities carried at fair value in arriving at adjusted diluted net loss per share provides useful information to investors; and • Confirm that you will present the income tax effect separately from other non-GAAP adjustments as it does not appear that you have done so in your September 30, 2025 earnings release. Company
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment. • Confirm that you will disclose prior year comparative information; We confirm that we have provided prior year comparative information related to adjusted diluted net loss per share for our most recently filed earnings release for the period ended September 30, 2025, furnished with the Commission on October 27, 2025 under Item 2.02 of our Current Report on Form 8-K (the “ Q3 2025 Earnings Release ”), and will continue to do so in future filings. • Confirm that you will disclose, at a similar level as you provided in your response letter dated September 18, 2025, the reasons why management believes that adjusting for income/loss relating to equity method securities and the gain/loss on debt securities carried at fair value in arriving at adjusted diluted net loss per share provides useful information to investors; and We respectfully…
BED BATH & BEYOND, INC. · filed 2025-12-08 · 0001130713-25-000082
SEC staff comment
1. Please revise to present your non-GAAP financial measures after your comparison of fiscal year results on a GAAP basis to provide equal or greater prominence to GAAP.
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment, and in its future filings, the Company will revise the presentation of its non-GAAP financial measures such that the non-GAAP financial measures appear after our comparison of the most directly comparable measures prepared on a GAAP basis, in order to provide equal or greater prominence to the corresponding GAAP measures. Financial Statements 1. Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (c) Immaterial Restatement of Prior Period Financial Statements, page 49
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC · filed 2024-06-27 · 0000950142-24-001733
SEC staff comment
2. We note you present the impacts to your "other non-GAAP information" as a result of an error correction, this would appear to be reflective of a non-GAAP measure presented in the notes to your financial statements. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(ii)(C) of Regulation S-K. Please advise or revise to remove the measure from your future periodic and annual filings.
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment, and in its future filings, the Company will remove the discussion of “Other Non-GAAP Information,” including the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA, from the notes to the financial statements, to ensure compliance with Item 10(e)(1)(ii)(C) of Regulation S-K. * * * We thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing. If you have further comments, please feel free to contact our counsel, David S. Huntington, by email at dhuntington@paulweiss.com or by telephone at (212) 373-3000. Sincerely, /s/ Todd Wilson Name: Todd Wilson Title: Chief Financial Officer cc: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC · filed 2024-06-27 · 0000950142-24-001733
SEC staff comment
5. Reference is made to your disclosure on page 1 of first quarter 2024 adjusted EBITDA. Please present the most directly comparable GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence to your non-GAAP measure. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-K and Question 102.10 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
The company responded
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment regarding the Company’s use of non-GAAP measures in accordance with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-K and Question 102.10 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Accordingly, the Company will revise its future earnings releases, beginning with its earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, 2024 to be distributed in August 2024, to present net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, with equal or greater prominence to adjusted EBITDA, the relevant non-GAAP financial measure. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to your comments. If you have any questions or require additional information regarding our responses, please feel free to contact me at 208-724-1593. Sincerely, /s/ Eric Gerratt Eric Gerratt Chief Financial Officer Bridger Aerospace Group…
Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. · filed 2024-06-26 · 0001683168-24-004491
SEC staff comment
1. We believe that decisions about the timing, method, and pricing of dispositions of inventory are normal, recurring activities integral to the management of an ongoing business. Please confirm to us you will no longer exclude inventory write-downs from your non-GAAP financial measures. Hain Celestial
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that it will no longer exclude inventory write-downs from its non-GAAP financial measures. * * * The Company acknowledges that the Company and its management are responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the filing, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the Staff. If you have any questions regarding these responses or other issues relating to this correspondence, please contact me at (631) 719-3633 or lee.boyce@hain.com. Sincerely, /s/ Lee A. Boyce Lee A. Boyce Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer cc: Kristy M. Meringolo, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer Michael J. Ragusa, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC · filed 2024-06-26 · 0000910406-24-000046
SEC staff comment
3. We note on page 2 of your earnings release that you provide outlook guidance for the non-GAAP financial measure adjusted earnings per share without providing a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Please provide a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure or a statement that providing such reconciliation requires unreasonable efforts. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K and Question 102.10(b) of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
The company responded
In response to the Staff's comments, the Company respectfully advises the Staff that it plans to include enhanced disclosure related to its forward-looking non-GAAP measure in future filings to add certain additional disclosure to further clarify the fact that the Company is considering Question 102.10(b) of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations and relying on the "unreasonable efforts" exception to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-X. The Company expects that the enhanced disclosure will be consistent with the following: NextEra Energy does not provide a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking adjusted earnings per share to earnings per share, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, because certain information needed to reconcile these measures is not available without unreasonable efforts due to the inherent difficulty in…
NEXTERA ENERGY INC · filed 2024-06-26 · 0000753308-24-000040
SEC staff comment
1. We note from your response to our prior comment 4, that you have proposed to present a revised table of non-GAAP results as presented in Exhibit A. Please revise to remove the net revenues line item from the non-GAAP results table, as that amount appears to reflect GAAP net revenues and could be confusing for the reader.
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment. In future filings, the Company will continue to include net revenues in its non-GAAP results table when accompanied by non-GAAP constant currency net revenue measures, but will not include net revenues in its non-GAAP results table if no non-GAAP constant currency net revenues measures are presented therein. Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. 2180 Rutherford Road Carlsbad, CA 92008-7328 T (760) 931 1771 United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance June 26, 2024 Page 2 of 3 Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2023 Results of Operations Net Income, Diluted Earnings Per Share and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures, page 58
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. · filed 2024-06-26 · 0001193125-24-168829
SEC staff comment
4. We note from your response to our prior comment 2 that your Non-Cash Acquisition Amortization and Depreciation adjustment in both 2023 and 2022, includes an amount related to the depreciation of the purchase accounting adjustment to step-up acquired PP&E to its fair value. It appears to us that this results in presenting a non-GAAP measure that substitutes individually tailored recognition and measurement methods given that it adjusts for partial depreciation expense. Please revise your non-GAAP measures to remove this adjustment in future filings. Refer to Question 100.04 of the SEC Staff’s Non- GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance June 26, 2024 Page 3 of 3
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment and advise the Staff that, in future filings, the Company will not make an adjustment to its GAAP results related to the depreciation of the step-up in acquired PP&E to its fair value. Please contact the undersigned at (760) 930-5891 or Heather McAllister, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, at (760) 804-4368 if you have any further questions or require any further information. Very truly yours, /s/ Jennifer Thomas Jennifer Thomas Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. · filed 2024-06-26 · 0001193125-24-168829
SEC staff comment
3. We note your response to comment 6 and have the following comments: • Please revise future filings to remove the non-GAAP adjustments for "Excess manufacturing overhead and factory transition costs" and "Adjustments to acquired tangible assets." • You indicate that the "Litigation costs" adjustment includes amounts related to Roku "and certain other entities." Tell us the nature of the "other" matters included in this adjustment. Quantify for us the portion of your litigation adjustment related to Roku for each year from 2018 through 2023, as well as the annual litigation expenses excluded from your non-GAAP adjustment for the same period.
The company responded
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and in future disclosures, we will remove the non-GAAP adjustments for "Excess manufacturing overhead and factory transition costs" and "Adjustments to acquired tangible assets". As noted in our response to prior comment 6, the “Litigation costs” adjustment primarily relates to intellectual property infringement matters involving Roku and certain other entities. These matters include disputes relating to what we believe are infringement of our intellectual property as described in Note 13 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K under “Roku Matters”. The nature of the “other” matters included in the “Litigation costs” adjustment relates to non-recurring legal matters involving internal investigations at our manufacturing plants. The total GAAP legal expenses, the non-GAAP adjustments related to IP infringement and other non-recurring legal costs…
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC · filed 2024-06-25 · 0000101984-24-000103
SEC staff comment
3. We note your non-GAAP adjustments for "Lease expense" and "Deferred tax." Considering these expenses appear to represent normal and recurring operating expenses necessary to run your business, please tell us how you determined these adjustments were appropriate. If you believe these adjustments are in compliance with non-GAAP rules, please advise. Also tell us if your non-GAAP adjustments are presented on a net of tax basis. If so, revise to present the adjustments on a pre-tax basis with the income tax impact shown as a separate adjustment and clear disclosure of how the tax impact was calculated. Refer to Questions 100.01 and 102.11 of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
The company responded
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment. When utilizing non-GAAP measures, the Company considers, among other things , the requirements set forth under Rule 100(b) of Regulation G and the Staff’s related guidance, including the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosures Interpretations (collectively, the “ Non-GAAP Guidance ”). The below sets forth the Company’s responses with respect to its non-GAAP adjustments for both “lease expense” and “deferred tax.” Non-GAAP Adjustments for “Lease Expense.” The Company signed a lease agreement for its new headquarters, which has commenced in 2023 (the “ New HQ Lease ”), and pursuant to the terms of such lease, the Company is not required to pay cash for the lease until July 2024. The Company continued, however, to pay rent on its existing headquarters through the end of April 2024, as its prior lease agreement was…
AUDIOCODES LTD · filed 2024-06-24 · 0001104659-24-074228
SEC staff comment
1. You present total segment operating income which is a non-GAAP measures and should be reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measure. However, once reconciled it would appear such a measure may include adjustments that are inconsistent with the applicable non-GAAP guidance. In this regard, adjusting for “Corporate” expenses appears to present non-GAAP measures that exclude normal, recurring, cash operating expenses. Therefore, please revise to remove these measures from your periodic filings or tell us why you believe the measure is properly disclosed. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K and Questions 100.01 and 104.04 of the non-GAAP C&DIs. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 811 Main Street Suite 3000 | Houston, TX 77002-6117 | T: 346.718.6600 | F: 346.718.6620 | gibsondunn.com U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission June 25, 2024 Page 2
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment and will remove the disclosure regarding total segment operating income from our periodic filings going forward beginning with the Company’s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024.
DRIL-QUIP INC · filed 2024-06-24 · 0001193125-24-167250
SEC staff comment
6. Please revise future filings to address the following labeling/titling and prominence issues related to the non-GAAP financial measures you present: • We note you label certain GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures using the same titles with centered headings to distinguish GAAP and non-GAAP amounts. We also note certain instances in which you disclose a change in an amount using a GAAP title, but the disclosed change relates to a non-GAAP financial measure. For example, you disclose "net sales increased 5.1%"; however, it appears adjusted net sales increased 5.1%. For each non-GAAP financial measure you present, properly label and title it as required by Question 100.5 of the Division of Corporation Finance’s Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment. Beginning with the earnings release for the second quarter of 2024 to be furnished on Form 8-K, the Company will clearly and properly label and title each measure under the caption “GAAP” and “Adjusted” (non-GAAP) and otherwise add any additional disclosure necessary to ensure that non-GAAP financial measures are appropriately identified as such as required by Question 100.5 of the Division of Corporation Finance’s Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. • We note you discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures but do not discuss the most directly comparable GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence. For example, you discuss adjusted operating margin by segments but do not discuss GAAP operating margin by segment. For each non-GAAP financial measure you discuss, discuss the most directly comparable GAAP…
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. · filed 2024-06-24 · 0000912562-24-000038
SEC staff comment
7. We note your reconciliations of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures appear to essentially represent non-GAAP income statements. Please explain to us how you determined your reconciliations are appropriate based on the guidance in Question 102.10 of the Division of Corporation Finance’s Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures or tell us how you plan to revise them in future filings.
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment, and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company had considered Question 102.10 of the Non-GAAP Financials Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation and believes that its presentation of reconciliations of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures does not represent a non-GAAP income statement. The Company has not presented a full non-GAAP income statement in the reconciliation, and, in fact, the Company has specifically excluded certain line items from the GAAP income statement, such as: Cost of Goods Sold, Gross Profit and Selling, General and Administration Expenses, in presenting the reconciliation. The Company believes this presentation of the reconciliation allows it to specify the adjustments it makes to the GAAP financial measures, while also providing transparency to users of the reconciliation about their impacts…
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. · filed 2024-06-24 · 0000912562-24-000038
SEC staff comment
8. Please tell us and revise future filings to address the following related to the non-GAAP adjustments you present: • Fully explain each non-GAAP adjustment. • Explain and reconcile how the non-GAAP adjustments under the restructuring columns relate to the restructuring expenses disclosed in your financial statements. • Fully explain what the non-GAAP adjustments under the portfolio management column represent and how they were determined.
The company responded
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the non-GAAP adjustments are defined as follows: • Restructuring – comprised of exit activity costs, impairment of assets both tangible and intangible and senior leadership transition costs • Acquisition Related items – comprised of legal and consulting fees related to a recent business acquisition United States Securities and Exchange Commission June 24, 2024 Page 7 • Portfolio Management – comprised of revenue and operating results related to businesses that have been liquidated or sold along with any gain or loss resulting from such liquidation or sale In future filings, the Company will explain and describe any non-GAAP adjustment categories. We supplementally advise the Staff that the non-GAAP adjustments under the Restructuring Charges column related to the financial statements as set forth in the table below for the year ended…
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. · filed 2024-06-24 · 0000912562-24-000038
SEC staff comment
1. We note your reconciliation includes adjustments for Rationalization-related expenses, consisting primarily of inventory and fixed asset write-offs ($2,202 and $453, respectively), associated with the cost rationalization and footprint optimization plan announced in February 2024. It is not clear to us how you determined such costs would not be considered a normal, recurring part of your operations. In this regard, we believe that decisions about the timing, method, and pricing of dispositions of inventory are normal, recurring activities integral to the management of an ongoing business. Tell us how you determined that these adjustments are appropriate based on the guidance in Question 100.01 of the Division’s Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations on Non- GAAP Financial Measures. Please advise or revise to remove the aforementioned adjustments from this, and any other non-GAAP…
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment and confirm that the Company has considered the guidance set forth in Question 100.01 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations for Non-GAAP Financial Measures and believe that these write-offs are not recurring and are not part of normal operations as discussed below. The write-offs of $2.2 million of inventory and $0.5 million of fixed assets, which were included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of Cost of Goods Sold, were those costs incurred as a direct result of the decision to indefinitely suspend the majority of production activities at the Company’s facility in St. Marys, Pennsylvania and to indefinitely idle certain assets within its remaining graphite electrode footprint. These actions were associated with the Company’s cost rationalization and footprint optimization plan announced in…
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD · filed 2024-06-24 · 0001193125-24-166828
SEC staff comment
1. We note your disclosure that you present Adjusted Free Cash Flow, which is a non-GAAP measure that you define as Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures. On page 66 you disclose the following: “Management uses Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the financial performance of our business and the effectiveness of our business strategies. We present Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow because we believe they are frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry, and they facilitate comparisons on a consistent basis across reporting periods. Further, we believe they are helpful in highlighting trends in our operating results because they exclude items that are not indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is also a component of the financial covenant under our credit agreement that governs our ability to access…
The company responded
We respectfully advise the Staff that Adjusted Free Cash Flow is not intended to convey information regarding the Company’s liquidity, nor is the measure utilized as a component of the financial covenant under our credit agreement. The Company uses Adjusted Free Cash Flow as a financial performance measure to evaluate the performance of its business and the effectiveness of its business strategies. The Company believes that Adjusted Free Cash Flow is used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry, and it facilitates comparisons of performance on a consistent basis across reporting periods by isolating the impact of capital expenditures which may be variable across reporting periods. In order to clarify management’s use of Adjusted Free Cash Flow as a performance measure, and in consideration of the guidance in Question 102.07 of the…
MARAVAI LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC. · filed 2024-06-24 · 0001823239-24-000087
SEC staff comment
4. You state the most directly comparable GAAP measure for consolidated EBITDA and free cash flow is operating cash flows. As such, please begin your reconciliations with operating cash flows. In addition, revise to more clearly explain why these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors regarding your financial condition and results of operations. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K and Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.10(b). Provide us with your proposed future disclosure.
The company responded
We have referred to Item 10(e)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K and Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.10(b). In 2425 Olympic Boulevard, Suite 6000 West, Santa Monica, California 90404 response to the Staff’s comment, we propose to revise future earnings press releases, to (i) begin the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP measures with the GAAP measure, which is operating cash flow; and (ii) more clearly explain why these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations. Accordingly, our proposed revised disclosure relating to consolidated EBITDA follows: “We use the term “consolidated EBITDA” because that term is defined in our 2023 Credit Agreement. Under the terms of our 2023 Credit Agreement, consolidated EBITDA is a measure that governs several critical aspects of our 2023…
ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP · filed 2024-06-21 · 0000950170-24-076287
SEC staff comment
5. As you have identified operating cash flows as the most directly comparable GAAP measure for consolidated EBITDA, explain why you have provided a reconciliation to Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders. If your presentation is based on the terms of your credit agreement, tell us how you considered Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.09.
The company responded
We have referred to Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.09, noting that a company may disclose a non-GAAP financial measure, such as consolidated EBITDA, "if management believes that the credit agreement is a material agreement, that the covenant is a material term of the credit agreement and that information about the covenant is material to an investor's understanding of the company's financial condition and/or liquidity". As noted in our response to comment 4 above, we will revise future earnings releases to more clearly explain that we use the term “consolidated EBITDA” because that term is defined in our 2023 Credit Agreement, as well as why we believe that it is important to disclose consolidated EBITDA to our investors. We also propose to modify future reconciliations of consolidated EBITDA to its most directly comparable GAAP…
ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP · filed 2024-06-21 · 0000950170-24-076287
SEC staff comment
1. We note the additional information surrounding your client restructurings. It appears that these price concessions and contract modifications are inherent in the Company's operations. Specifically, as previously noted, you have a substantial investment in the creditworthiness and financial condition of your customers and assume the operational risks arising from providing services to the healthcare industry and primarily providers of long-term care. As such, we do not believe that your client restructuring adjustments are compliant with the guidance in Questions 100.01 and 100.04 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Please confirm that you will no longer include these adjustments.
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment and confirm we will no longer present these adjustments. Please contact me at 1(800) 363-4274 or Kenneth A. Schlesinger, Esq. of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, the Company's outside legal counsel, at (212) 451-2252, if you have any questions or require any additional information in connection with this letter. Sincerely, /s/ Andrew Brophy Andrew Brophy, Principal Financial Officer cc: Kenneth A. Schlesinger, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC · filed 2024-06-20 · 0000731012-24-000099
SEC staff comment
5. It appears the non-GAAP adjustment related to the $19.7 million of inventory charges represent normal operating expenses necessary to operate your business and are not consistent with the guidance in Question 100.01 of the Division of Corporation Finance's Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Please revise future filings to no longer exclude these adjustments from any non-GAAP performance measure.
The company responded
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that, in future filings, we will no longer exclude the noted adjustment from our non-GAAP performance measures. Division of Corporate Finance June 20, 2024 Page 2 of 2 * * * Should you, or any member of the Staff, require additional information or have any questions about this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me at mary.hall@ingevity.com or our Chief Accounting Officer, Phillip J. Platt, at phillip.platt@ingevity.com. You can also reach us at 843-740-2300. Sincerely, /s/ MARY DEAN HALL Mary Dean Hall Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer cc: Stacy Cozad, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Ingevity Corp · filed 2024-06-20 · 0001653477-24-000066
SEC staff comment
Comment 2: We note that you present EBITDA margin, but do not present the most directly comparable GAAP measure, net income margin, with equal or greater prominence. In future filings, for each non-GAAP financial measure you present, please also present the most directly comparable GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence in accordance with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-K. This comment also applies to your Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 30, 2024, as well as to Exhibit 99.1 of your Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2024.
The company responded
In future filings we will endeavor to fully comply with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-K by presenting the most directly comparable GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence than each non-GAAP measure. Specifically, the Company will present net income margin with equal or greater prominence to EBITDA margin in our reconciliation from net income to EBITDA. Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts, page 88 Comment 3 Please remove the information relating to the Excess and obsolete inventory reserve from this schedule in future filings. Note that amounts recorded in separate accounts to recognize obsolete and slow-moving inventory are not considered reserves for the purpose of this schedule because those amounts in substance represent normal adjustments / impairment of inventory rather than true "reserves”. Refer to Rule 12-09 of Regulation S-X, SAB Topic 5.BB and ASC…
STURM RUGER & CO INC · filed 2024-06-18 · 0001174947-24-000853
SEC staff comment
1. We note you consider Operating Free Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow as “indicators of our financial performance,” but the labels suggest they are liquidity measures. Please revise to clarify the nature of the measures and, if they are liquidity measures, disclose how they provide useful information to investors and reconcile Operating Free Cash Flow to net cash provided by operating activities. Alternatively, if Operating Free Cash Flow is a performance measure, tell us how you determined it is appropriate to identify it as Operating Free Cash Flow and explain why there are cash-based adjustments in the calculation of the performance measure. Please provide us with the proposed revised disclosures you intend to include in future filings. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K and Question 100.05 of the non-GAAP C&DIs.
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment and in future filings we will modify our disclosures as described below. We will modify our disclosure on a prospective basis to clarify that Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP liquidity measure and that we believe it is a measure of our ability to service our debt and make additional investments with internally generated funds. A reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow is included in Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our Form 10-K. Additionally, we advise the Staff that in future filings we will cease using the term Operating Free Cash Flow and will instead use the term Adjusted EBITDA less cash capital expenditures in order to avoid the implication that it is a non-GAAP liquidity measure. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA less cash capital…
Altice USA, Inc. · filed 2024-06-17 · 0001628280-24-028591
SEC staff comment
1. From your response to prior comment 4, we note that the non-GAAP adjustment for inventory and component liability charges related to the accelerated move by your customers to your new platforms. Please tell us more about the business transformation noted in your response and explain how it led to the decision to write off $28.7 million of inventory and accrued liabilities related to excess components in the fourth quarter of 2023. In addition, describe the nature of these Confidential Treatment Requested by Calix, Inc. pursuant to 17 CFR 200.83 (CALX-01) Division of Corporation Finance Office of Technology June 17, 2024 Page 2 excess components and explain in greater detail how you determined that the amount written-off was not a normal operating expense incurred in the ordinary course of your business. Refer to Question 100.01 of the Division of Corporation Finance’s Compliance &…
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company does not consider this inventory write-off adjustment to arise in the ordinary course of its business. Instead, the Company has been in the process of transforming its business from a legacy wireline access systems company to a communications cloud and software platform, systems and managed services business. As this inventory write-off adjustment related primarily to legacy wireline access systems and the unique components thereof, it is unrelated to the go-forward operating model. As such, we respectfully submit that the inventory write-off adjustment is appropriate and helpful to investors in understanding the results of operations of the Company in its current operating model without the impact of winding down the legacy wireline access systems business. As background, over the past six…
CALIX, INC · filed 2024-06-17 · 0001406666-24-000028
SEC staff comment
3. Your response to prior comment 5 explains that the non-GAAP litigation settlement adjustment was not routine in nature and its magnitude was unexpected and discrete and not expected to recur. Please tell us about the legal matter that gave rise to the litigation settlement and summarize the terms of the settlement. In addition, further explain your determination that the amount recognized for the settlement was not a normal, recurring, cash operating expense.
The company responded
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff on a confidential basis with respect to the litigation that gave rise to the settlement that was the subject of the referenced non-GAAP litigation settlement adjustment. [***] The Company notes that legal costs that are determined to be normal, recurring, cash operating expenses necessary to operate the Company’s business have not been, and will not be, excluded from the Company’s non-GAAP financial measures. Indeed, notwithstanding incurring considerable legal expenses over the course of its multi-year defense in the referenced litigation, the Company did not exclude these litigation-related expenses from its non-GAAP financial measures. Nonetheless, given the discrete nature of the referenced litigation, the complex nature of the claims that were the subject of the dispute, the timing and likely magnitude…
CALIX, INC · filed 2024-06-17 · 0001406666-24-000028
SEC staff comment
2. We note your response to our comment 6 and your use of Acquisition Adjusted Free Cash Flow as a non-GAAP measure. Please tell us how you determined adjusting for cash flows from operating and investing activities of an acquiree prior to acquisition does not substitute individually tailored recognition and measurement methods for GAAP given the significant direct and indirect impacts associated with the acquisition. For example, given that the Company expects a material increase in its interest expense as noted in the pro forma disclosures beginning on page F-8 due to the additional term loan amounts, it appears that any cash portion of such increase would materially impact future cash provided by operating activities and as such would not be reflected in the Acquisition Adjusted Free Cash Flow measure. Refer to Question 100.04 of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and…
The company responded
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and have revised the Registration Statement to remove references to Acquisition Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Acquisition Adjusted Free Cash Flow Margin.
LandBridge Co LLC · filed 2024-06-17 · 0001193125-24-162007
SEC staff comment
3. We still continue to note references to pro forma operating cash flow margin in your filing. Such measure is not considered a non-GAAP measure and appears to be a measure derived from pro forma operating cash flows which is not a measure that is consistent with the type of pro forma financial information that should be provided pursuant to Article 11-02(c) of Regulation S-X. Please remove references to pro forma operating cash flow margin throughout your filing.
The company responded
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and have revised the Registration Statement to remove references to pro forma operating cash flow margin. Risk Factors Our Operating Agreement will designate the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. . ., page 81
LandBridge Co LLC · filed 2024-06-17 · 0001193125-24-162007
SEC staff comment
2. We note your non-GAAP adjustment for merger and acquisition related expenses includes acquired intangible assets expensed as in-process research and development. We believe the adjustment for in-process research and development is inconsistent with Question 100.01 of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation. Please confirm to us you will no longer include the adjustment in any non-GAAP financial measure presented in accordance with Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K or Regulation G.
The company responded
The Company has considered the guidance set forth in Question 100.01 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The Company believes that its adjustment for acquired intangible assets expensed as in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) is appropriate and not misleading. These IPR&D expenses included on the Company’s financial statements are non-cash expenses derived from stock-based payments made to third-parties in connection with the Company’s acquisition of certain intellectual property assets to enhance its Codebase. The Company views these non-cash IPR&D expenses as not reflective of the Company’s core operating performance. *** The Company further acknowledges that it is responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of its disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the Staff. Please contact me at (814)…
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. · filed 2024-06-13 · 0001628280-24-028045
SEC staff comment
1. We note your response to our prior comment and reissue it, in part, as your letter dated April 25, 2024, was not fully responsive to our comment. In regard to the non-GAAP adjustment related to the impact of the call spread overlay that you present to determine your non-GAAP financial measure, Adjusted diluted income per share, please specifically address the following: · You previously stated you do not believe your presentation of Adjusted diluted income per share has the effect of changing the recognition and measurement principles required to be applied in accordance with GAAP. Explain in greater detail why you believe the non-GAAP adjustment for the impact of the call spread overlay does not result in an individually tailored non-GAAP financial measure that is inconsistent with the guidance in Question 100.04 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations for Non-GAAP…
The company responded
We respectfully submit that we do not believe our presentation of adjusted diluted income per share represents a tailored accounting policy. While ASU 2020-06 does not contemplate the call spread overlay and its effects to mitigate dilution risk, our presentation of Adjusted diluted income per share is supplemental to our GAAP presentation and provides investors with the information needed to understand how the call spread overlay protects us from dilution. As such, we are not changing GAAP but presenting additional disclosure that we believe is material to investors’ understanding of our underlying financial results by showing what would actually occur if the debt was converted. winnebagoind.com · You previously stated you adjust Adjusted diluted income per share for the impact of the call spread overlay to demonstrate to investors that if the convertible notes had been converted into…
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC · filed 2024-06-13 · 0001104659-24-071080
SEC staff comment
Comment: Please quantify the components of the adjustment “asset impairment, restructuring and net settlement contingencies” and describe the nature of each material component. For each material component as well as the adjustment for “railroad maintenance”, please tell us your consideration of Item 10(e)(1)(ii)(B) of Regulation S-K and Question 100.01 of the SEC’s Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures in determining the costs do not represent normal, recurring operating costs.
The company responded
In the 10-K, the Company reported “Asset impairment, restructuring, and net settlement contingencies (net of taxes)” on page 42 in the reconciliation of net earnings to adjusted net earnings and diluted EPS to adjusted EPS, and “Asset impairment, restructuring, and net settlement contingencies” on page 43 in the reconciliation of net earnings to adjusted EBITDA. The components of these adjustments are described and quantified in the table below: 2023 2022 Description In millions Per Share In millions Per Share Impairment – PPE, long lived assets, exit of businesses, and recovery on assets impacted by Ukraine war (net of tax of $43M in 2023 and $14M in 2022) $261 $0.48 $63 $0.11 Restructuring – Severance (net of tax of $7M in 2023 and $8M in 2022) 26 0.05 21 0.04 Settlement – Contingencies for non-routine matters (net of tax of $7M in 2023 and $11M in 2022) 23 0.04 31 0.06 Total $310…
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co · filed 2024-06-12 · 0001193125-24-159925
SEC staff comment
Comment: We note your presentation of segment operating profit, adjusted segment operating profit and segment adjusted EBITDA, which all appear to be non-GAAP measures. Please tell us how you determined these measures comply with Rule 100(b) of Regulation G. We note that the measures remove corporate overhead and other items, which appear to be normal, recurring, cash operating expenses necessary to operate your business. Refer to Question 100.01 of the SEC’s Non-GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. Please revise future filings to eliminate segment total measures or tell us how you intend to revise them to comply with Regulation G and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. This comment also applies to your earnings releases filed on Form 8-K.
The company responded
We respectfully note the Staff’s comment. In presenting segment operating profit, adjusted segment operating profit, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA by segment, we noted that none of our adjustments from GAAP to arrive at these non-GAAP measures were expressly prohibited by Regulation G or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. While we acknowledge that some of the adjustments from GAAP to arrive at these non-GAAP measures include certain cash operating expenses, the adjustments are not for normal, recurring, cash operating expenses necessary to operate our business. These non-GAAP measures provide additional information about the Company’s operations, allowing for better evaluation of our underlying business performance and better period-to-period comparability. Further, as per Question 102.03 of the SEC’s Non-GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, we do not describe such excluded…
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co · filed 2024-06-12 · 0001193125-24-159925
SEC staff comment
Comment: Your Full-Year 2023 Highlights discloses segment operating profit, adjusted segment operating profit and trailing four-quarter average adjusted return on invested capital which are all non-GAAP measures. Please disclose the most directly comparable GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence, whenever you present a non-GAAP measure. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-K.
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comments and will modify future filings as necessary in accordance with this comment. We trust that this letter responds adequately to the Staff’s concerns. If we can facilitate the Staff’s review of this response, or if the Staff has any questions on any of the information set forth herein, please do not hesitate to contact me at 217/451-3144 or Molly.StraderFruit@adm.com. Sincerely, /s/ Molly Strader Fruit Molly Strader Fruit Vice President Corporate Controller
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co · filed 2024-06-12 · 0001193125-24-159925
SEC staff comment
1. We note your response to our prior comment 1 that you will revise to define core sales as “change in sales excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, acquisitions, and divestitures.” However, we believe that core sales and core sales growth should be identified as non-GAAP financial measures and the disclosures required by Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K, such as the reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure, should be provided when the measures are disclosed in your filings. Please revise future filings accordingly.
The company responded
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment. The Company does not present core sales for any period but rather discusses core sales as a reason for the year-over-year GAAP net sales change. By way of reference, on page 23 of the Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2023, the Company provides the components of sales growth including impacts from the core business, foreign exchange and acquisitions/dispositions. Accordingly, we do not believe that core sales or core sales growth as currently described in our filings as performance metrics should be identified as non-GAAP financial measures and would not require the disclosures in Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. However, as noted in our response to the Staff’s comment letter dated May 31, 2024, we will define the term core sales when used in future filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and the earnings release filed as an…
Crane Co · filed 2024-06-12 · 0001193125-24-160030
SEC staff comment
2. Refer to the discussion of Loss before Other Items and Share-based Compensation on page 30. We note your computation and discussion of loss before other items and share-based compensation appears to be a Non-GAAP financial measure that is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Item 10(e)(1) through (e)(3) of Regulation S-K, and the Staff's Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations ("C&DIs") on Non-GAAP Financial Measures (updated December 13, 2022), Question No. 100.01. We note your exclusion of share-based compensation results in presenting a non-GAAP performance measure that excludes a normal and recurring operating expense. Please revise to remove this non- GAAP financial measure, or tell us how your measure complies with the guidance and if so, relabel the measure such to be loss before other items, as adjusted. Alternatively, to the extent you intend to discuss the…
The company responded
i) ALR proposes to amend Form 20-F to delete the section titled “Loss before Other Items and Share-based Compensation” and replace with the following “Share-based Compensation included in Net Loss Share-based Compensation included in Net Loss A substantial amount of the net loss is comprised of Share-based Compensation. Share based Compensation consists of: 1) Incentive stock options granted to, or existing stock options modified to, incentivize- personnel as part of the compensation offered to attract and retain personnel. Share-based compensation expense as a result of these activities are included within product development fees, professional fees and selling, general and administrative expenses. 2) From time-to-time, the Company issues and modifies warrants in connection with loans and lines of credit provided to the Company. Share-based Compensation expense as a result of these…
ALR Technologies SG Ltd. · filed 2024-06-11 · 0001903596-24-000384
SEC staff comment
1. Your non-GAAP share adjustments appear to have the effect of changing the antidilutive provisions of FASB ASC 260-10-45 and are therefore considered individually tailored. Please revise your future disclosure to remove the adjustments made to exclude the dilutive effect of the shares to be issued upon conversion of the 2025 Notes or further explain why you believe these are not tailored measures. Refer to Question 100.04 of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
The company responded
The Company continues to believe that its adjusted diluted earnings per share measure (“Adjusted EPS”) is not individually tailored in a way that is inappropriate under applicable regulations and interpretations. Furthermore, the Company reiterates its view that its presentation of Adjusted EPS is not misleading, which the Company believes is a necessary part of the analysis in determining whether an individually tailored measure is inappropriate. Both points are addressed below. After addressing these points, the Company proposes additional disclosures to include in future filings for the Staff’s consideration. The Company’s Adjusted EPS measure excludes the dilutive impact of its 5.00% convertible senior unsecured notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) due to convertible note hedge transactions that entirely offset dilution of the 2025 Notes. As a result, Adjusted EPS will not contain…
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. · filed 2024-06-11 · 0001546417-24-000117
SEC staff comment
1. We note that on page 8 you reconcile the non-GAAP performance measure Adjusted EBITDA Margin to Gross Profit Margin, rather than Net Income Margin, which is the most directly comparable GAAP measure. We also note your discussion of Adjusted EBITDA Margin in the highlights and other sections of the earnings release without a similar discussion of the most directly comparable GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence. Your presentation does not appear to be incompliance with Questions 102.10 and 103.02 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Please revise your presentations in future filings to comply.
The company responded
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment, and confirm that, in the Company’s future filings, its presentation of the non-GAAP performance measure Adjusted EBITDA Margin will be reconciled to Net Income Margin. We will also include a discussion of Net Income Margin in the highlights and other sections of the earnings release with equal or greater prominence.
MasterBrand, Inc. · filed 2024-06-11 · 0001140361-24-029753
SEC staff comment
2. We note your Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income non-GAAP measures include an adjustment for estimated cost savings as a standalone company. Explain to us how this adjustment differs from a pro forma management adjustment pursuant to Rule 11-01(a)(7) of Regulation S-X that normally would be presented in the footnotes to proforma financial information presented under Article 11 of Regulation S-X. Your presentation of an adjustment for the pro forma impact of cost savings, synergies and dis-synergies of being a standalone company is not consistent with Question 100.01 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Please revise all your future presentations of these measures, including your investor presentations and on page 3 of your annual report, to remove the adjustment.
The company responded
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment, and confirm that, in the Company’s future presentations of these non-GAAP performance measures of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income, we will no longer include an adjustment for estimated cost savings as a standalone company. Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2023 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Results of Operations Results of Operations, page 32
MasterBrand, Inc. · filed 2024-06-11 · 0001140361-24-029753
SEC staff comment
3. Please revise your press release, including the Unaudited Financial Highlights section, to present the most directly comparable GAAP-basis measures more prominently than your non-GAAP measures consolidated EBITDA and Free cash flow. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-K and Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.10(a).
The company responded
We have referred to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-K and Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.10(a). In response to the Staff’s comment, we propose to revise future earnings press releases, including the Unaudited Financial Highlights section, and comparable disclosures in the body of our future periodic reports filed with the Commission, to present the most directly comparable GAAP-based measure, which is operating cash flow, more prominently than our non-GAAP measures consolidated EBITDA and free cash flow. In connection therewith, we propose to reformat all relevant tables, putting operating cash flow before the non-GAAP measures.
ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP · filed 2024-06-07 · 0000950170-24-070260
SEC staff comment
4. You state the most directly comparable GAAP measure for consolidated EBITDA and free cash flow is operating cash flows. As such, please begin your reconciliations with operating cash flows. In addition, revise to more clearly explain why these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors regarding your financial condition and results of operations. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K and Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.10(b). Provide us with your proposed future disclosure.
The company responded
We have referred to Item 10(e)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K and Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.10(b). In response to the Staff’s comment, we propose to revise future earnings press releases, to (i) begin the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP measures with the GAAP measure, which is operating cash flow; and (ii) more clearly explain why these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations. Accordingly, our proposed revised disclosure relating to consolidated EBITDA follows: “We use the term “consolidated EBITDA” because that term is defined in our 2023 Credit Agreement. Under the terms of our 2023 Credit Agreement, consolidated EBITDA is a measure that governs several critical aspects of our 2023 Credit Facility, including, among other things, financial covenants with…
ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP · filed 2024-06-07 · 0000950170-24-070260
SEC staff comment
5. As you have identified operating cash flows as the most directly comparable GAAP measure for consolidated EBITDA, explain why you have provided a reconciliation to Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders. If your presentation is based on the terms of your credit agreement, tell us how you considered Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.09.
The company responded
We have referred to Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 102.09. We propose to continue to reconcile consolidated EBITDA to net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders, because the latter concept is contained in our 2023 Credit Agreement and, in turn, impacts other calculations made thereunder. On behalf of the Company, I acknowledge and confirm that the Company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the Staff. Please do not hesitate to contact me directly if you have any questions regarding this response. Very truly yours, /s/ Jeffrey DeMartino Jeffrey DeMartino General Counsel Entravision Communications Corporation
ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP · filed 2024-06-07 · 0000950170-24-070260
SEC staff comment
1. We note that in your presentation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, you have adjustments for the following items: • transition costs from the corporate headquarters relocation and the transition to Lifecore Biomedical in FY2023 and FY2022; • consolidating and optimizing or transitioning operations associated with Project SWIFT in FY2021 through FY2023; • one-time expenses incurred in the Lifecore production process in FY2023; • financial advisor and legal fees related to litigation expenses in FY2022; and • consolidating and transitioning operations associated with the Curation Foods business in FY2021. Please explain to us the nature of each of these costs and tell us why you believe they do not represent normal recurring operating expenses. See Question 100.01 of the SEC Staff’s C&DI on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. In addition, we note your disclosure of historical adjusted EBITDA…
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully provides the following supplemental information regarding the Company’s presentation of non-GAAP 2 financial measures in a manner consistent with Question 100.01 of the SEC Staff’s C&DI on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The Company has provided non-GAAP measures as it believes the measures provide additional information related to the trends of the Company. These metrics are used by management and the board of directors to assess the ongoing financial performance of the business. The Company has reorganized during the periods presented, which has resulted in a considerable change in its operations. The Company believes that non-GAAP measures provide important additional information to investors to aid in assessing the continuing operations of the business through the Company’s significant transition period. Prior to January…
LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL, INC. \DE\ · filed 2024-06-07 · 0001005286-24-000076
SEC staff comment
1. This measure appears to exclude amounts that are included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP (i.e., Net Income); thus, Same-Property Hotel Net Income appears to be a non-GAAP measure. To the extent you continue to disclose this measure in future earnings releases or other future filings, please confirm you will include the disclosures required by Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K.
The company responded
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that, in response to the Staff’s comment, the Company intends to remove the reference to Same-Property Hotel Net Income in future earnings releases. In the event the Company discloses Same-Property Hotel Net Income in future earnings releases or future filings, the Company will include the disclosures required by Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. * * * Should you have any comments or questions regarding the foregoing, please feel free to call me at 407-246-8100. Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, /s/ Atish Shah Atish Shah Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer cc: Taylor C. Kessel, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Joseph T. Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Cathy Birkeland, Latham & Watkins LLP Joel H. Trotter, Latham & Watkins LLP
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. · filed 2024-06-07 · 0001616000-24-000068
SEC staff comment
3. We note your disclosure of quarterly segment data on page 41 includes various measures that appear to be non-GAAP measures, such as coal segment margin, segment total electric sales less amortization of contract liability, and electric segment operating expenses less fixed costs and amortization of contract asset. Please refer to the answer to Question 104.03 of our Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures and address the disclosure requirements in Item 10(e)(1)(i) and (ii)(E) of Regulation S-K, with respect to each measure. As you appear to be excluding some fixed costs in arriving at one or more non-GAAP measures, tell us your rationale for presenting the measure and how you view its utility relative to the most directly comparable measure based on GAAP. Please also clarify whether you view the excluded costs as normal, recurring, cash operating…
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment regarding the “All Mines” table in our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” on page 41 of the Form 10-K. Going forward, beginning with the Company’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2024, the Company will (i) present Coal Operations operating revenues that agrees to the Segments of the Business Footnote, and (ii) present Coal Operations operating expenses in the Segments of the Business Footnote. In addition, we will exclude coal segment margin, segment total electric sales less amortization of contract liability and electric segment operating expenses less fixed costs and amortization of contract asset. The “All Mines” table will include income (loss) from operations which will represent Coal Operations operating revenues less Coal Operations operating expenses, both as presented in…
HALLADOR ENERGY CO · filed 2024-06-06 · 0001437749-24-019480
SEC staff comment
1. We note your reconciliation of the following non-GAAP presentations exclude the effects of “lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments” in the Form 10-K and in the Press Release filed under Form 8-K: A. Adjusted EBITDA, B. Refinery Segment Gross Margin and Net Operating Margin per produced barrel sold, and C. Renewable Segment Gross Margin and Net Operating Margin per produced gallon sold. Securities and Exchange Commission June 6, 2024 Page 2 It appears these inventory-related adjustments substitute individually tailored recognition and measurement methods for those of GAAP. While it may be appropriate to highlight these items in your discussion of operating results, it is unclear whether these adjustments that have the effect of changing the recognition and measurement principles required to be applied in accordance with GAAP are appropriate reconciling items for…
The company responded
The Corporation respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it does not believe the exclusion of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments from its non-GAAP measures of Adjusted EBITDA, Refinery gross margin and Net operating margin per produced barrel sold and Renewables gross margin and Net operating margin per produced gallon sold represent individually tailored recognition and measurement methods substituted for those of GAAP. The lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments are recognized and measured in accordance with GAAP, and appear on the Corporation’s income statements as a separate line item component of the Corporation’s operating costs and expenses (similar to depreciation and amortization). See, for example, the Corporation’s Consolidated Statements of Income appearing on page 85 of the Form 10-K. The Corporation’s…
HF Sinclair Corp · filed 2024-06-06 · 0001193125-24-156092
SEC staff comment
2. We note you present here non-GAAP measures Refinery segment gross margin and Net operating margin per produced barrel sold, Renewable segment gross margin and Net operating margin per produced barrel sold and Marketing segment gross margin per gallon sold. Please revise to address the following: A. We note the titles of the above noted non-GAAP measures are the same as, or confusingly similar to, titles or descriptions used for GAAP financial measures. Please revise the titles or descriptions of non-GAAP measures here and throughout the filing to reflect their adjusted nature such as “Adjusted gross margin” or similar titles. Please refer to Item 10(e)(ii)(E) of Regulation S-K. B. You present Refinery gross margin, Renewables gross margin, Marketing gross margin, Refinery net operating margin per produced barrel sold and Renewables net operating margin per produced barrel sold,…
HF Sinclair Corp · filed 2024-06-06 · 0001193125-24-156092
SEC staff comment
3. Considering the comments 1 and 2 above, please revise the applicable non-GAAP measures and related disclosures as appropriate. We also note the similar issues in your Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2024.
The company responded
With respect to the Staff’s Comment 1 above, and consistent with our response to Comment 1 above, we do not believe the exclusion of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments from its non-GAAP measures of Adjusted EBITDA, Refinery gross margin, Refining segment net operating margin per produced barrel sold, Renewables gross margin and Renewables segment net operating margin per produced gallon sold represent individually tailored recognition and measurement methods substituted for those of GAAP. However, going forward, the Corporation will revise its description of the foregoing non-GAAP measures to clarify the nature of the inventory valuation adjustments and underlying inventory valuation methodology. Securities and Exchange Commission June 6, 2024 Page 8 Consistent with our response to the Staff’s Comment 2 above, we will revise in future filings disclosures of the…
HF Sinclair Corp · filed 2024-06-06 · 0001193125-24-156092
SEC staff comment
1. We note your response to prior comment 2 and the updated presentation included within Table 4 of Exhibit 99.1 from the Form 8-K dated May 2, 2024. However, the updated presentation continues to include most of the line items and subtotals found in your GAAP income statement and adds a measure of gross profit not found in your Form 10-Q. As previously requested, please remove this presentation from future filings or alternatively explain to us in detail how this presentation complies with the guidance in Question 102.10(a) and (c) of the C&DIs for Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
The company responded
TO COMMENT 1: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment. The Company intends to include a measure of gross profit in the GAAP Consolidated Statements of Income in its future Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. In addition, the Company will revise its presentation of the information in the referenced Table 4 in future filings to present separately each non-GAAP reconciliation, so that, consistent with the guidance in Question 102.10(c), the presentation does not include most of the line items and subtotals found in a GAAP income statement. The following reflects this proposed presentation as if it had been applied to the information set forth in Table 4 of the earnings release that was furnished as an exhibit to the May Form 8-K. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance June 6, 2024 Page 2 Reconciliation of GAAP…
Organon & Co. · filed 2024-06-06 · 0001821825-24-000069
SEC staff comment
3. In regard to certain non-GAAP financial measures you present, we note the following: ● You present and discuss EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin and Free Cash Flows for multiple periods in a Non-GAAP Financial Measure section before you disclose and discuss GAAP results of operations; ● You present Adjusted EBITDA Margin here and on page 26 but do not present the most directly comparable GAAP measure, Loss for the Period as a % of revenue, with equal or greater prominence; and ● You present Adjusted EBITDA on pages 80 and 81 but do not provide a direct reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, Net Income. Please revise your filing to disclose and discuss GAAP results of operations before you present and discuss non-GAAP financial measures. For each non-GAAP financial measure you present, revise to present the most directly…
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on page 78 and pages 86 to 89 of the Registration Statement. The Company also respectfully notes that it has included a direct reconciliation from Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA only on an aggregate basis and that it has removed reconciliations on a per segment basis. Note 4 - Operating Segments and Geographical Information, page F-43
Gauzy Ltd. · filed 2024-06-05 · 0001213900-24-049882
SEC staff comment
2. We note the presentation of Total Adjusted EBITDA in the reconciliation on page II-119 does not appear to comply with ASC 280-10-50-30(b) as the inclusion of Adjusted EBITDA for Central and Other in the total does not appear to represent the total of the reportable segments’ measure of profit or loss. As such, Total Adjusted EBITDA would represent a non-GAAP measure which is specifically prohibited in your financial statement footnotes by Item 10(e)(1)(ii)(c) of Regulation S-K. Furthermore, the total of your reportable segments’ measure of profit or loss should be reconciled to consolidated net income/(loss) before income taxes. Accordingly, please revise your presentation of your reportable segments’ measure of profit or loss and the accompanying reconciliation to comply with ASC 280-10-50-30(b). To this end, please reverse the order of the reconciliation such that you start with…
The company responded
With respect to the Staff’s comment regarding the presentation of Total Adjusted EBITDA, we advise the Staff that because our internal management reporting, and therefore the way our CODM regularly reviews the results of our business in order to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance, includes Central and Other, our total segment Adjusted EBITDA appropriately represents the total of the segments as reported internally and viewed by management in compliance with ASC 280-10-50-30(b). We believe we have complied with the segment disclosure requirements under Regulation S-K 3 and ASC 280 in providing the required material disclosures for Central and Other. Further, we believe that in light of the reconciliation requirements and the net economics on the results of our consolidated businesses, it would be misleading not to include the immaterial eliminations in…
Liberty Global Ltd. · filed 2024-06-05 · 0001570585-24-000204
SEC staff comment
3. We refer to your measure of Adjusted EBITDA less P&E additions. It is not clear to us how this measure provides any meaningful information for your investors. Please explain and tell us how you considered Question 100.01 and 100.04 of the non-GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. 4
The company responded
With respect to the Staff’s comment regarding our measure of Adjusted EBITDA less P&E additions, we advise the Staff that we believe this measure provides meaningful information to our investors because it provides (i) a transparent view of Adjusted EBITDA that remains after deducting our capital spend, which we believe is important to take into account when evaluating the overall performance of our business given the magnitude and recurring nature of our capital intensive business, and (ii) a comparable view of our performance relative to our peers that use the same or similar measure. Our internal management reporting includes Adjusted EBITDA less P&E additions measures for all our reportable segments and is used by our CODM and our board to (i) determine, in part, compensation of our employees, and (ii) assist in evaluating M&A transactions (we use multiples of Adjusted EBITDA less…
Liberty Global Ltd. · filed 2024-06-05 · 0001570585-24-000204
SEC staff comment
4. We refer to your measure of Distributable Cash Flow. We note that the measure adjusts for “Other affiliate dividends” which “are funded by activities outside of their normal course of operations.” As it appears this adjustment may have the effect of changing recognition and 5 measurement principles required to be applied under GAAP, please explain in detail the nature of and reasons for this adjustment and why it does not result in the presentation of an individually tailored measure pursuant to Question 100.04 of the non-GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
The company responded
With respect to the Staff’s comment regarding our measure of Distributable Cash Flow, we advise the staff that we have not tailored our metric in such a way to change the pattern of recognition or measurement principles required to be applied in accordance with GAAP and therefore are not violating the principles in Question 100.04 of the non-GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. Under U.S. GAAP, distributions from affiliates are accounted for either as returns on capital when they are principally funded through cash generated in the normal course of operations (distributions are reflected as a cash flow from operating activity in the statement of cash flows) or as returns of capital when they are funded by cash generated outside the normal course of operations, for example, distributions funded by a recapitalization activity of the affiliate (distributions are reflected as a…
Liberty Global Ltd. · filed 2024-06-05 · 0001570585-24-000204
SEC staff comment
2. Please explain in greater detail how you determined that it is appropriate to make adjustments for cash-basis items to a non-GAAP performance measure. We refer you to Question 100.04 in the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment. Going forward, we propose to eliminate all cash-basis adjustments to our definition of Adjusted EBITDA.
NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. · filed 2024-06-05 · 0000950170-24-069273
SEC staff comment
2. We note from your response to prior comment 2 that Adjusted EBITDA, in addition to serving as a performance-based measure, is used by management to identify the cash available for use in ongoing operations, on capital expenditures, interest expense, debt payments, dividends, share repurchases, acquisitions, working capital needs and other cash flow-based items. As Adjusted EBITDA appears to be both a non-GAAP performance and liquidity measure, tell us how you considered providing reconciliations to both net income and cash flows from operating activities. We refer you to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K. 1
The company responded
As a result of the changes we propose to make to our definition of Adjusted EBITDA described in response to comment 1 above, the new proposed Adjusted EBITDA will, going forward, solely be used by the Company as a measure of our assets’ operating performance. Any previous references to use of Adjusted EBITDA for the other reasons will be eliminated as the change in definition negates those prior uses.
NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. · filed 2024-06-05 · 0000950170-24-069273
SEC staff comment
4. We note your response to prior comment 6. Explain why you believe that changing the name of a measure used to assess your operating performance to "Adjusted free cash flows" reflects its nature (i.e., as a non-GAAP performance measure). In addition, explain in greater detail how you determined that it is appropriate to make adjustments for cash- basis items to a non-GAAP performance measure. We refer you to Questions 100.04 and 100.05 in the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comment. Going forward, we propose to provide both (i) a Free Cash Flow measure and (ii) an Adjusted Free Cash Flow measure, both of which we propose to characterize as liquidity measures only and reconcile to “Net cash provided by operating activities.” We propose to explicitly state that neither measure is representative of residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures as we have a number of contractual requirements for the use of our cash, including debt service requirements. As both measures are liquidity measures, we propose to not provide any reconciliation to Net Income (loss), therefore eliminating any concern regarding making adjustments for cash-basis items to a non-GAAP performance measure. Our Free Cash Flow measure will be calculated as cash flows from operating activities as presented in the statement of cash flows…
NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC. · filed 2024-06-05 · 0000950170-24-069273
SEC staff comment
1. In future filings, please provide more detailed disclosures describing the nature and components of your non-GAAP adjustments. For example, if a non-GAAP adjustment includes multiple material components, please quantify and describe each of those components.
The company responded
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and note that, in future filings, the Company intends to provide more detailed disclosures describing the nature and components of our non-GAAP adjustments. 3. Revenue, page 81
PELOTON INTERACTIVE, INC. · filed 2024-06-04 · 0001639825-24-000081
SEC staff comment
1. Please provide a clear description of the process for calculating the constant currency amounts. Refer to Question 104.06 of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company will update its disclosure when presenting revenue on a constant currency basis in future earnings releases and similar materials as follows: Adjusted revenue growth reflects the percentage change in constant currency revenue for the current period as compared to the prior period. Constant currency revenue is calculated by applying prior-period foreign currency exchange rates to current-period revenue. When referring to adjusted revenue growth, revenue from our Corporate and Other segment is excluded. United States Securities and Exchange Commission June 3, 2024 Page 2 Free cash flow, page 9
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. · filed 2024-06-03 · 0001193125-24-153136
SEC staff comment
3. We note your adjustment for acquisition, integration and other costs includes “Enterprise transformation, including Future Forward and platform modernization.” Please tell us the nature of these costs, your consideration of Question 100.01 of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, including why they are not related to normal, recurring, cash operating expenses and explain why this adjustment is deemed “non-operational.”
The company responded
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that the Company has considered the guidance in Question 100.01 of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. The Company’s enterprise transformation costs for 2023 of $335 million (comprised of $312 million from continuing operations and $23 million from discontinued operations) related to (1) our “Future Forward” enterprise transformation announced in the third quarter of 2022 (approximately $227 million), (2) a multi-year platform modernization and development organization transformation program announced in the third quarter of 2021 (approximately $60 million) and (3) a post-pandemic workspace transformation program (approximately $48 million). The following information is provided to the Staff in response to the Staff’s comment. United States Securities and Exchange…
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. · filed 2024-06-03 · 0001193125-24-153136
SEC staff comment
2. Please clarify how changing the name of a measure used to review the performance of your business to "Adjusted free cash flow" reflects its nature (i.e., as a non-GAAP performance measure). In addition, explain how presenting this measure for a two-year period is consistent with the requirement per Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K to reconcile a non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Also, as noted in our prior comment, help us better understand why you appear to be making cash-based adjustments to a non-GAAP performance measure. We refer you to Questions 100.04 and 100.05 in the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. 1
The company responded
We respectfully acknowledge the Staff’s comments. We will no longer present the Adjusted Free Cash Flow (“AFCF”) metric in future filings subject to Regulation S-K Item 10(e)(1)(ii)(A) except to the extent disclosure is required in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of our annual proxy statement as a result of our use of the AFCF metric in our executive compensation program, in which case appropriate disclosures will be provided in accordance with Instruction 5 to Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K and Question 108.01 of the Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. When we present the AFCF metric going forward, including in future earnings releases furnished to the Commission, we will revise our presentation to (1) discontinue presenting AFCF over a two-year period, (2) treat AFCF as a liquidity measure, and (3) reconcile AFCF to the “Net cash…
TEGNA INC · filed 2024-05-31 · 0000950170-24-066947
SEC staff comment
1. We note your present total segment operating income, which is a non-GAAP measure and should be reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measure. However, once reconciled it would appear such measure may include adjustments that are inconsistent with the applicable non-GAAP guidance. In this regard, adjusting for “Corporate” expenses appears to present non-GAAP measures that exclude normal, recurring, cash operating expenses. Therefore, please revise to remove this measure from your periodic filings, and Form 8-K earnings releases. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K and Questions 100.01 and 104.04 of the non-GAAP C&DIs.
The company responded
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and will remove disclosures referencing total segment operating income from its future periodic filings and Form 8-K earnings releases beginning with the Form 10-Q and Form 8-K earnings release for the period ending June 30, 2024 to conform with Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K and Questions 100.01 and 104.04. Please see the revised presentation set forth in Appendix 1 to this letter. Please do not hesitate to contact me at (602) 207-1051 or eingersoll@viad.com with any questions you may have with respect to the foregoing. Sincerely, /s/ Ellen Ingersoll Ellen Ingersoll Chief Financial Officer cc: Jonathan Massimino, Viad Corp Deloitte & Touche LLP, Tempe, Arizona The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Viad Corp Appendix 1 to the letter dated May 20, 2024 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial…
VIAD CORP · filed 2024-05-31 · 0000950170-24-067234
SEC staff comment
4. Staff’s comment : We note you now present non-GAAP financial measures you identify as Contribution Profit (Loss) and Contribution Margin. You indicate the measures reflect direct expenses associated with generating revenue and exclude cost of revenue, other than the creator revenue share and third-party payment fees, that are included in GAAP gross profit. Please address the following: • Based on your disclosure on page 113, the costs you exclude from GAAP gross profit to calculate these non-GAAP financial measures are “cost of revenue other than creator revenue share and third-party payment fees, such as payroll and related personnel expenses related to content acquisition, licensing and production”. • You present Contribution Margin in a graphic presentation without presenting the most directly comparable GAAP measure, gross profit margin, with equal or greater prominence. It is…
The company responded
The Company has revised its disclosure on pages iii, 25, 86,109 and 113 of the Registration Statement to address the Staff’s comments. Page 3 Audited Financial Statements Note 1. Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation, page F-8
WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. · filed 2024-05-31 · 0001193125-24-151725
SEC staff comment
2. We acknowledge your response to prior comment 5 of our February 21, 2024 letter, and we note your revised presentation of non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA in your 8-K furnished April 25, 2024. Please tell us your consideration of revising the presentation of your non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA for periods prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-08. 1
The company responded
As stated previously in our response to prior comment 5 of the Staff’s letter dated February 21, 2024, it is the Company’s view that the new FASB guidance issued as part of ASU 2023-08, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other - Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60) , enhances the usefulness of our financial statements for stakeholders. We believe that ASU 2023-08 more accurately reflects the timing, frequency and magnitude of realized or unrealized gains and losses in a given period and closely matches the economic reality of the business. Because of this critical shift in accounting toward fair value measurement and away from the cost-less impairment model, we believe it was appropriate – starting in the first quarter of 2024 with our adoption of ASU 2023-08 – to no longer exclude realized (and unrealized) gains (and losses) on the sale of digital currencies from non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA. The…
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. · filed 2024-05-30 · 0001140361-24-028221