SEC Comment Letter for PAC-WEST TELECOMM INC (CIK 0001071598) — Apr 21, 2005
PAC-WEST TELECOMM INC (CIK 0001071598)
Date: April 21, 2005 · CIK: 0001071598 · Accession: 0000000000-05-019586
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Mail Stop 0407
April 21, 2005
Via U.S. Mail and Fax (209-926-4444)
Mr. H. Ravi Brar
Chief Financial Officer
Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
1776 W. March Lane, Suite 250
Stockton, California 95207
RE: Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
For 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
Filed March 30, 2005
Dear Mr. Brar:
We have reviewed the above referenced filings and have the
following comments. We have limited our review to only your
financial statements and related disclosures and will make no
further
review of your documents. As such, all persons who are
responsible
for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure are urged to be
certain that they have included all information required pursuant
to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Where indicated, we think
you
should revise your documents in response to these comments. If
you
disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment
is
inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed
as
necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may
ask
you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better
understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we
may
or may not 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 comments 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-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
Item 6. Selected Financial Data, page 24
1. See footnote 4. Disclose the substantive reasons for you
believe
the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to
investors regarding your capacity to meet your obligations and how
you use it as an internal management tool. Also expand your
liquidity discussion in your MD&A to discuss Adjusted EBITDA.
Item 7. Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition
and Results of Operations
Results of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2004 Compare to Year Ended December
31,
2003, page 31
2. Please tell us the nature of your supplier credits and how you
account for them.
3. Per page 18, we note that your material active leases expiring
between 2006 and 2010. Please tell us the rationale for the
changes
in useful lives of the leasehold improvements.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Consolidated Statements of Operations, page F-5
4. See your line item, "Network expenses." Please comply with SAB
11(B).
Note 6. Restructuring Charges, page F-17
5. Tell us what the remaining $.4 million liability related to the
Utah facility represents.
Note 16. Unaudited Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data, page F-
31
6. If your gross margin excludes depreciation for your switching
equipment that is directly attributable to the generation of
revenue,
it is not appropriate to present gross profit since it results in
a
figure for income before depreciation, which is prohibited by SAB
11(B). Revise accordingly.
* * * *
As appropriate, please amend your Forms 10-K and 10-Q and
respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when
you
will provide us with a response. You may wish to provide us with
marked copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please
furnish a cover letter with your amendment that keys your
responses
to our comments and provides any requested supplemental
information.
Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file
your cover letter on EDGAR. Please understand that we may have
additional comments after reviewing your amendment and responses
to
our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to
be
certain that they have provided all information investors require
for
an informed 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 comments, 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 filings;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filings; 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 filings or
in
response to our comments on your filings.
You may contact Michael Henderson, Staff Accountant, at
(202)
551-3364 or Dean Suehiro, Senior Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-
3384
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements
and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3815 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
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Mr. H. Ravi Brar
Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
April 21, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
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