SEC Company Response from ABM INDUSTRIES (ABM) — Apr 17, 2017
ABM INDUSTRIES INC /DE/ (ABM) (CIK 0000771497)
Date: April 17, 2017 · CIK: 0000771497 · Accession: 0001571049-17-003643
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File numbers found in text: 001-08929
Referenced dates: April 14, 2017
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D. Anthony Scaglione
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
1 Liberty Plaza, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Office: (212) 297-9748
anthony.scaglione@abm.com
April 17, 2017
VIA EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Kristi Marrone
Re:
ABM Industries Incorporated
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016
Filed on December 21, 2016
File No. 001-08929
Form 8-K
Filed December 14, 2016
File No. 001-08929
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of ABM Industries Incorporated
(referred to as “ABM,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company”), please find our response
to the letter from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) dated April 14, 2017 with respect
to the above-referenced filings. All references to years within this letter are to our fiscal year, which ends on October 31.
To assist with your review, we have included the Staff’s comments in italics directly above our response.
Form 8-K filed December 14, 2016
Exhibit 99.2
1. We note your response to comment 5 that in future presentations, when you present historical
or projected non-GAAP measures, you will provide the most comparable GAAP measures, except to the extent that, with respect to
projected non-GAAP financial measures, you rely on the “unreasonable efforts” exception contained in Regulation G.
Please confirm that to the extent that you rely on the referenced exception in future filings, you will disclose that fact and
identify the information that is unavailable and its probable significance in a location of equal or greater prominence.
Response
This will confirm to you that to the extent
that we rely on the “unreasonable efforts” exception contained in Regulation G in future filings, we will disclose
that fact and identify the information that is unavailable and its probable significance in a location of equal or greater prominence.
If you have any questions with respect to any of the information
in this letter, please call me at 212-297-9748.
Very truly yours,
/s/ D. Anthony Scaglione
D. Anthony Scaglione
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
www.abm.com
NYSE Symbol: ABM