SEC Company Response from Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV) (CIK 0001335258) (LYV) — Jun 20, 2019
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV) (CIK 0001335258)
Date: June 20, 2019 · CIK: 0001335258 · Accession: 0001335258-19-000082
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File numbers found in text: 001-32601
Referenced dates: June 11, 2019
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Document June 20, 2019 Via EDGAR United States Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20549 Attention: Ms. Beverly Singleton Ms. Claire Erlanger Re: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018 Filed February 28, 2019 Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2019 Filed May 2, 2019 File No. 001-32601 Ms. Singleton and Ms. Erlanger: Set forth below is the response of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (“Live Nation” or the “Company”) to the comment of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) staff (the “Staff”) contained in your letter dated June 11, 2019 with respect to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period ended March 31, 2019. For your convenience, the comment provided by the Staff has been included herein together with Live Nation’s response. The Company hopes that this letter is helpful and responsive to your request. If you have any questions or comments to this response, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at (713) 693-2626. Very truly yours, /s/ Brian J. Capo Brian J. Capo Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer cc: Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer Kathy Willard, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael Rowles, Executive Vice President and General Counsel Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2019 Notes to the Financial Statements Note 3. Leases, page 11 Comment 1. We note that in your disclosure of the significant components of operating lease expense on page 12, you disclose a combined amount for variable and short-term lease costs. Please provide us with your basis for this presentation and tell us the consideration you gave to ASC 842-20-50-4. Response: The Company followed the disclosure requirements as described in ASC 842-20-50-4 but also took into consideration the guidance in ASC 842-20-50-2, which allows lessees to aggregate disclosures provided that useful information is not obscured by aggregating a large amount of insignificant detail or by aggregating items that have different characteristics. The Company elected to aggregate its variable and short-term lease costs since these items have similar characteristics and due to the immateriality of its short-term lease costs, which were less than 3% of its total net lease costs.