Correspondence 0001104659-24-044128 from TETRA TECH INC (TTEK) (CIK 0000831641) (TTEK)
TETRA TECH INC (TTEK) (CIK 0000831641)
Date: April 5, 2024 · CIK: 0000831641 · Accession: 0001104659-24-044128
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File numbers found in text: 000-19655
Referenced dates: March 13, 2024
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TETRA TECH, INC.
3475 East Foothill Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91107
April 5, 2024
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-4631
Attention: Robert Shapiro
Re:
Form 10-K
for Fiscal Year Ended October 1, 2023
Form 8-K
Furnished November 15, 2023
Response
dated March 1, 2024
File
No. 000-19655
Dear Mr. Shapiro:
By letter dated March 13,
2024, you provided comments on the above-referenced filings and response of Tetra Tech, Inc. (the “Company”). Set forth
below are the Company's responses to these comments. The numbering of these responses corresponds to the numbering of the comments in
your letter.
In responding to your comments,
the Company hereby acknowledges that the Company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures in
its filings, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.
Investor Presentation for Earnings Call Held
on November 16, 2023
EBITDA Margin Trend on U.S. and International
Reporting Basis
Reconciliation Summary for EBITDA, IFRS
and Net Service Revenue (NSR)
1. We note your response to prior comment 3. Please tell us:
· Whether you applied IFRS to all other accounting transactions that would factor into the determination
of Adjusted IFRS EBITDA.
· Why you believe GAAP net income is more directly comparable to an adjusted IFRS measure of profit than
IFRS net income, and
Securities and Exchange Commission
April 5, 2024
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· How the presentation of Adjusted IFRS EBITDA complies with the guidance contained in Question 100.04
of the Staff’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
Response
We advise the Staff that we
did not apply IFRS to all transactions that would factor into the determination of Adjusted IFRS EBITDA. A more comprehensive presentation
would include a complete reconciliation of GAAP net income to IFRS net income before then reconciling IFRS net income to Adjusted IFRS
EBITDA. In the future, if we present any non-GAAP financial measures based on IFRS, we will include a complete reconciliation. However,
we do not currently plan to present Adjusted IFRS EBITDA, or any other non-GAAP financial measures based on IFRS, in future investor presentations.
2. Please explain why you believe it is appropriate to exclude revenue generated from RPS from the calculation
of Net Service Revenue (NSR) for purposes of determining Adjusted IFRS EBITDA as a percentage of adjusted NSR.
Response
Consistent with most of the
non-GAAP measures we presented in fiscal 2023, the presentation of Adjusted IFRS EBITDA as a percentage of Adjusted NSR excludes RPS completely.
For consistency and year-over-year comparability, RPS was excluded because RPS was not included in the Tetra Tech results prior to fiscal
2023. The RPS amounts are deducted from both the numerator (Adjusted IFRS EBITDA) and the denominator (Adjusted NSR). We do not currently
plan to present Adjusted IFRS EBITDA, or any other non-GAAP financial measures based on IFRS, in future investor presentations.
Securities and Exchange Commission
April 5, 2024
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During your review, should
you have any additional questions with respect to the Company's responses, please contact Preston Hopson, Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, at (626) 470-2481; or me at (626) 470-2463.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Steven M. Burdick
Steven
M. Burdick
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
cc:
Lyn
Shenk, SEC
Brian
N. Carter
Preston
Hopson