SEC Comment Letter for LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC. (LIND) (CIK 0001512499) (LIND) — Jun 19, 2019
LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC. (LIND) (CIK 0001512499)
Date: June 19, 2019 · CIK: 0001512499 · Accession: 0000000000-19-009999
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June 19, 2019
Craig I. Felenstein
Chief Financial Officer
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.
96 Morton Street, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10014
Re:Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.
Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2018
Filed February 28, 2019
Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2019
Filed May 2, 2019
Form 8-K furnished May 2, 2019
File No. 001-35898
Dear Mr. Felenstein:
We have reviewed your filing 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
information 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 comments.
Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2019
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations - Consolidated, page 21
1.We note from your statements of income that you had a significant income tax benefit
recognized in the three months ended March 30, 2019. Please tell us, and revise your
discussion in MD&A to disclose the nature of this income tax benefit as well as
expectations for the 2019 annual effective tax rate.
FirstName LastNameCraig I. Felenstein
Comapany NameLindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.
June 19, 2019 Page 2
FirstName LastName
Craig I. Felenstein
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.
June 19, 2019
Page 2
Form 8-K furnished May 2, 2019
Exhibit 99.1 Earnings Release, page 1
2.We note that your earnings release includes a financial outlook section which discloses a
range of expected Adjusted EBITDA amounts. Please revise to include a reconciliation of
this non-GAAP measure to the most comparable measure, or alternatively disclose that
you are relying on the unreasonable efforts exception in Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B). See also
Question 102.10 in the SEC Staff’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation on Non-
GAAP Financial Measures updated April 4, 2018.
We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
You may contact Effie Simpson at (202) 551-3346 or Claire Erlanger at (202) 551-3301
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please contact Melissa Raminpour, Branch Chief at (202) 551-3750 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Transportation and Leisure
cc: Thomas Naiman