SEC Comment Letter for STRATEX NETWORKS INC (CIK 0000812703) — Dec 28, 2005
STRATEX NETWORKS INC (CIK 0000812703)
Date: Dec. 28, 2005 · CIK: 0000812703 · Accession: 0000000000-05-064151
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Mail Stop 0407
December 28, 2005
Via U.S. Mail and Fax
Mr. Charles D. Kissner
Chief Financial Officer
Stratex Networks, Inc.
120 Rose Orchard Way
San Jose, CA 95134
RE: Stratex Networks, Inc.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005
File No. 000- 15895
Dear Mr. Kissner:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
We have limited our review to only your financial statements and
related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to
other
portions of your documents. Where indicated, we think you should
revise your documents in response to these comments. If you
disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment
is
inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed
as
necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may
ask
you to provide us with information so we may better understand
your
disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not
raise additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
Item 7. Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition
and Results of Operations
Revenue Recognition, page 3
1. Please provide us with more details of how you account for
sales
to Value-added resellers.
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 13
2. Please tell us more details of the accrual related to the
volume
discount customer and your accounting for the discount. Refer to
your basis in the accounting literature.
3. We note that you made a bulk purchase of service support parts
in
2004. Please tell us why you considered this purchase an
investing
activity rather than an operating activity.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Consolidated Statements of Operations, page 22
4. If the captions "cost of sales" and "gross profit" exclude
depreciation and amortization for property and equipment directly
attributed to the generation of revenue, we believe that this
presentation inappropriately reports a figure of income before
depreciation and amortization. As required by SAB 11:B, revise
your
presentation to either reclassify the applicable depreciation to
"cost of sales" or remove the caption "gross margin" and indicate
the
amount of applicable depreciation that is excluded from "cost of
sales." Please address this presentation accordingly throughout
your
filing.
* * * *
As appropriate, please amend your filing and respond to
these
comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide
us
with a response. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of
the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover
letter
with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and
provides any requested information. Detailed cover letters
greatly
facilitate our review. Please file your response on EDGAR.
Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing
your
amendment and responses to our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the
filing includes all information required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information
investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the
company and its management are in possession of all facts relating
to
a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosures they have made.
In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filings; and
* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.
In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filings or
in
response to our comments on your filings.
You may contact Michael Henderson, Staff Accountant, at
(202)
551-3364 or Kyle Moffatt, Accountant Branch Chief, at (202) 551-
3384
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements
and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3810 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
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Mr. Charles D. Kissner
Stratex Networks, Inc.
December 28, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
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