SEC Comment Letter for PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) (CIK 0001050377) (CNXN) — May 2, 2017
PC CONNECTION INC (CNXN) (CIK 0001050377)
Date: May 2, 2017 · CIK: 0001050377 · Accession: 0000000000-17-015312
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Mail Stop 3561 May 2 , 2017 Timothy McGrath President and Chief Executive Officer PC Connection, Inc. 730 Milford Road Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054 Re: PC Connection, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016 Filed March 3, 2017 File No. 0-23827 Dear Mr. McGrath : We have reviewed your filing an d have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten busine ss days by providing the requested information or advis e us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstanc es, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 21 Year -Over -Year Comparis ons Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2015, page 24 1. We note that you identify more than one factor underlying increases in net sales related to your SMB and Large Account segments and selling, general and administrative exp enses without quantifying the impact of the factors. In future filings please quantify , to the extent practical , the impact of each factor identified. Refer to Item 303(a)(3) of Regulation S -K and SEC Release No. 34-48960. Timothy McGrath PC Connection, Inc. May 2, 2017 Page 2 Signatures, page 44 2. The re port must be signed on behalf of the registrant by its principal executive officer, its principal financial officer, its controller or principal accounting officer and by at least a majority of the board of directors . Any person who occupies more than one of the specified positions must indicate each capacity in which he signs the report. We note the report was not signed by your controller or principal accounting officer in the second signature block. Please revise. Refer to the signature page in Form 10-K and General Instruction D(2) of Form 10 -K. Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 6. Bank Borrowings, page F -16 3. We note your disclosure that your credit facility and trade credit agreements contain certain financial ratios and operational covenants and other restrictions . Please clarify your disclosure and tell us whether the other restrictions pertain to the payment of dividends. If so, please tell us your consideration o f disclos ing the amount of retained earnings or net income restricted or free of restriction in accordance with Rule 4 -08(e)(1) of Regulation S -X. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their d isclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or a bsence of action by the staff. You may contact Yolanda Guobadia, Staff Accountant at (202) 551 -3562 , Donna Di Silvio, Staff Accountant at (202) 551 -3202 or me at (202) 551 -3344 if you have que stions regarding our comment s or any other questions. Sincerely, /s/ William H. Thompson William H. Thompson Accounting Branch Chief Office of Consumer Products