SEC Company Response from PEREGRINE SYSTEMS INC (CIK 0001031107) — Oct 7, 2005
PEREGRINE SYSTEMS INC (CIK 0001031107)
Date: Oct. 7, 2005 · CIK: 0001031107 · Accession: 0001047469-05-024071
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Referenced dates: October 5, 2005
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October 7, 2005
Mr. Brad
Skinner
Accounting Branch Chief
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:SEC Staff Comment Letter dated October 5, 2005 regarding Peregrine Systems, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
March 31, 2005 Filed July 1, 2005 and Report on Form 8-K, Filed July 5, 2005 (File No. 0-22209)
Dear
Mr. Skinner:
After
further review of the guidance in Question 17 of the FASB Staff Implementation Guide on Applying SFAS 86 and Item 302 of Regulation S-K, the Company will revise
its classification of amortization of developed technology to include it as a component of "Cost of licenses" in its consolidated statement of operations for all periods presented in its proposed
Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 to be filed in the near term. The Company will also disclose this reclassification in Note 2, "Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies," to its consolidated financial statements in this same Form 10-K/A. Finally, the Company will present a gross profit line item in the Item 302 quarterly
financial data presented in Note 16, "Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)," to its consolidated financial statements in this same Form 10-K/A.
Should
you have any questions regarding these responses or require any additional information, please contact Russ Clark, our Chief Accounting Officer, at
(858) 720-5360.
Sincerely,
/s/ JOHN MUTCH
John
Mutch
President and Chief Executive Officer