SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-005313 to AECOM (ACM) (CIK 0000868857) (ACM)
AECOM (ACM) (CIK 0000868857)
Date: May 9, 2024 · CIK: 0000868857 · Accession: 0000000000-24-005313
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
May 9, 2024
W. Troy Rudd
Chief Executive Officer
AECOM
13355 Noel Road
Dallas, TX 75240
Re:AECOM
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended September 20, 2023
File No. 000-52423
Dear W. Troy Rudd:
We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related
disclosures and have the following comments.
Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2023
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 4. Revenue Recognition, page 68
1.We note your discussion of customer end markets on page 5 and the quantification of
changes in revenue for end markets in the proposed, revised results of operations
disclosure in your response. Please tell us what consideration you have given to providing
additional revenue disaggregation on the basis of major customer end markets, which
would provide context to the changes in revenue for end markets disclosed in your results
of operations disclosure.
Note 16. Other Financial Information, page 88
2.We note your response to prior comment 3 stating that you investigate any change in gross
profit percentage related to changes in estimates that result in an increase or decrease in
revenue of greater than $1 million for the period at an individual contract level. Please tell
us the aggregate impact of all changes in contract estimates on your results of operations
(revenue and income from operations) for each year of the three year period ended
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September 30, 2023 (absent a threshold). If you do not track and/or assess all changes in
contract estimates, tell us how you determined the aggregate impact of all changes in
contract estimates did not have a material impact to the financial statements. Please also
clarify whether the impact quantified in your response of 0.1% was measured using
quarterly or annual amounts.
Note 19. Reportable Segments and Geographic Information, page 91
3.We note your response to prior comment 4 and your proposed, revised disclosure on page
15. Please revise your disclosure to explain in more detail the factors used to identify your
reportable segments. It appears that a summarized version of the information provided on
pages 8 and 9 of your response, where you describe the operating segments aggregated
into reporting segments and your consideration of additional information reported to the
CODM on a global end market basis, would meet the objectives of ASC 280-10- 50-21
and allow investors to understand how you determined your reportable segments.
In closing, we remind you 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 contact Stephen Kim at 202-551-3291 or Lyn Shenk at 202-551-3380 with any
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services