SEC Comment Letter for NWH INC (CIK 0000915016) — Aug 18, 2005
NWH INC (CIK 0000915016)
Date: Aug. 18, 2005 · CIK: 0000915016 · Accession: 0000000000-05-042883
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Mail Stop 4561
July 19, 2005
Terrence S. Cassidy
Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
NWH, Inc.
156 West 56 Street
Suite 2001
New York, NY 10019
Re: NWH, Inc.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2004
Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended January 31, 2005
Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended April 30, 2005
File No. 000-26598
Dear Mr. Cassidy:
We have reviewed the above referenced filings and have
the
following comment. Please note that we have limited our review to
the matters addressed in the comment below. We may ask you to
provide us with supplemental information so we may better
understand
your disclosure. Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation. After reviewing this information, we may 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 comment 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-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended April 30, 2005
Item 2. Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition
and Results of Operations
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 22
1. We note your use of non-GAAP financial measures in the Form 10-
Q
noted above and in your Form 10-K for the year ended October 31,
2004
and Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 31, 2005. We
note that your non-GAAP measure reconciles EBITDA to ENS` segment
net
income. With respect to your non-GAAP measure, please address the
following.
* We note that you believe that your non-GAAP measure `is a useful
indicator of an entity`s debt capacity and its ability to service
debt.` Tell us whether your chief operating decision maker uses
this
non-GAAP measure to make decisions about allocating resources to
your
ENS segment or assess its performance. If so, tell us why this
measure is different from the segment`s profit and loss measure
reported in Note 7, Segment Information. If not, tell us why you
believe that this non-GAAP measure is useful for your investors to
evaluate ENS` profit and loss. As part of your response, tell us
the
manner in which management uses the non-GAAP measure to evaluate
the
ENS segment. See Questions 8 and 20 of SEC Release, Frequently
Asked
Questions Regarding the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
* Tell us why you believe that it is appropriate to reconcile your
non-GAAP measure to ENS` segment net income as net income is not
reported in your segment information in Note 7. Further, based on
your reconciliation, it appears that you consider EBITDA to be a
measure of performance. Tell us why you believe that your non-
GAAP
measure is a measure of performance, instead of liquidity, as you
have disclosed that it is a `useful indicator of an entity`s debt
capacity and its ability to service debt.` If you determine that
your non-GAAP measure is a measure of liquidity, tell us the
consideration that you gave to reconciling it to cash flow from
operations instead of net income; see Regulation S-K, Item
10(e)(1)(i).
* Tell us how you have considered the disclosure requirements of
Question 8 of SEC Release, Frequently Asked Questions Regarding
the
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.
*****
Please respond to this comment within 10 business days or
tell
us when you will provide us with a response. Please submit all
correspondence on EDGAR as required by Rule 101 of Regulation S-T.
Please understand that we may have additional comments after
reviewing your response to our comment.
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 comment, 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 filing;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; 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 filing or in
response to our comments on your filing.
You may contact Christopher White, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-3461 or me at (202) 551-3488 if you have any questions
regarding
our comment on the financial statements and related matters.
Sincerely,
Stephen Krikorian
Accounting Branch Chief
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Terrence S. Cassidy
NWH, Inc.
July 19, 2005
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