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SEC Comment Letter for SuperCom Ltd (SPCB) (CIK 0001291855) (SPCB) — Dec 18, 2017

SuperCom Ltd (SPCB) (CIK 0001291855)
Date: Dec. 18, 2017 · CIK: 0001291855 · Accession: 0000000000-17-043968

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

Date
December 31, 2016
Author
/s/ Kevin J. Kuhar
Form
UPLOAD
Company
SuperCom Ltd (SPCB) (CIK 0001291855)

Letter

Mail Stop 3030 December 1 5, 2017 Via E -mail Arie Trabelsi Chief Executive Officer SuperCom Ltd. 1 Arie Shenkar Street Hertzliya Pituach 4672514, Israel

Re: SuperCom Ltd. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016 Filed May 24, 2017 Amendment No. 1 to Form 20 -F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016 Filed May 25, 2017 File No. 1-33668

Dear Mr. Trabelsi :

We have reviewed your November 28, 2017 response to our comment letter and 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 business days by providing the requested infor mation or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional commen ts. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our November 14, 2017 letter.

Arie Trabelsi SuperCom Ltd. December 1 5, 2017 Page 2

Amendment No. 1 to Form 20 -F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016

Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compare d with Year Ended December 31, 2015

Revenues, page 30

1. We note your response to comment 1 that you reorganized your acquisitions into new segments and that the revenue amounts provided for your segments do not agree to your footnote on page F -29. Please revise future filings to address the following:

 Provide the disclosures required by ASC 280 -10-50-21 including a description of the factors used to identify your reportable segments.

 Provide comparative segment information for each period for which an income statement is presented as required by ASC 280 -10-50-20.

 Provide the disclosures required by paragraphs 50 -34 to 50 -36 of ASC 280 -10 to the extent you have changed the structure of your internal organization which causes reportable segments to changes.

Item 18. Financial Statements

Note 2: Significan t Accounting Policies

k. Revenue Recognition, page F -9

2. We note from your response to comment 4 that while you have counters that provide the number of documents issued, only after customer approval of the number of documents issued do you calculate and r ecognize the royalty revenue. Please address the following:

 Tell us whether your contracts with your e -ID and security business customers require customer approval of the number of documents issued recorded by your counters.

 Tell us the period of time it usually takes for you to receive that approval and explain to us the reasons for any significant delays you encountered in receiving these approvals in the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016 and the nine months ended September 2017.

 Tell us the amoun t of revenues you reported from the e -ID and security business in each of the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016 and in the nine months ended September 2017.

Arie Trabelsi SuperCom Ltd. December 1 5, 2017 Page 3

Note 5: Acquisition, page F -15

3. We note your response to comment 6 regarding the contingent c onsideration recorded for the acquisition of Alvarion. In future filings please revise this note to also disclose the quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs underlying the level 3 fair value measurement required by ASC 820 -10-50-2(bbb) and to provide the reconciliation disclosures about fair value required by ASC 820 -10-50-2(c).

You may contact David Burton at (202) 551 -3626 or me at (202) 551 -3662 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Tim Buchmiller at (202) 551 -3635 or Geoff Kruczek , Senior Attorney , at (202) 551 -3641 with any other questions.

Sincerely,
/s/ Kevin J. Kuhar

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Mail Stop 3030
December 1 5, 2017

Via E -mail
Arie Trabelsi
Chief Executive Officer
SuperCom  Ltd.
1 Arie Shenkar Street
Hertzliya Pituach 4672514,  Israel

 Re: SuperCom  Ltd.
  Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016
Filed May 24, 2017
Amendment No. 1 to Form 20 -F for the Fiscal Year
 Ended December 31, 2016
Filed May 25, 2017
File No. 1-33668

Dear Mr. Trabelsi :

We have reviewed your November 28, 2017 response to our comment letter and 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 business days by providing the requested
infor mation or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond.  If you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional commen ts.
Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our November
14, 2017 letter.

Arie Trabelsi
SuperCom  Ltd.
December 1 5, 2017
Page 2

 Amendment No. 1 to Form 20 -F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016

Item 5.  Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compare d with Year Ended December 31, 2015

Revenues, page 30

1. We note your response to comment 1 that you reorganized your acquisitions into new
segments and that the revenue amounts provided for your segments do not agree to your
footnote on page F -29. Please revise future filings to address the following:

 Provide  the disclosures required by ASC 280 -10-50-21 including a description of the
factors used to identify your reportable segments.

 Provide comparative segment information for each period for which an income
statement is presented as required by ASC 280 -10-50-20.

 Provide the disclosures required by paragraphs 50 -34 to 50 -36 of ASC 280 -10 to the
extent you have changed the structure of your internal organization which causes
reportable segments to changes.

Item 18.  Financial Statements

Note 2: Significan t Accounting Policies

k. Revenue Recognition, page F -9

2. We note from your response to comment 4 that while you have counters that provide the
number of documents issued, only after customer approval of the number of documents
issued do you calculate and r ecognize the royalty revenue. Please address the following:

 Tell us whether your contracts with your e -ID and security business customers require
customer approval of the number of documents issued recorded by your counters.

 Tell us the period of time it  usually takes for you to receive that approval and explain
to us the reasons for any significant delays you encountered in receiving these
approvals in the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016 and the nine months ended
September 2017.

 Tell us the amoun t of revenues you reported from the e -ID and security business in
each of the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016 and in the nine months ended
September 2017.

Arie Trabelsi
SuperCom  Ltd.
December 1 5, 2017
Page 3

 Note 5: Acquisition, page F -15

3. We note your response to comment 6 regarding the contingent c onsideration recorded for
the acquisition of Alvarion. In future filings please revise this note to also disclose the
quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs underlying the level 3
fair value measurement required by ASC 820 -10-50-2(bbb) and to provide the
reconciliation disclosures about fair value required by ASC 820 -10-50-2(c).

You may contact David Burton at (202) 551 -3626 or me at  (202) 551 -3662 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters.  Please contact
Tim Buchmiller  at (202) 551 -3635 or Geoff Kruczek , Senior Attorney , at (202) 551 -3641 with
any other questions.

Sincerely,

 /s/ Kevin J. Kuhar

Kevin J. Kuhar
Accounting Branch Chief
Office of Electronics and Machinery