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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

Date
October 7, 2005
Author
/s/ JOHN MUTCH
Form
CORRESP
Company
PEREGRINE SYSTEMS INC (CIK 0001031107)

Letter

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

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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