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SEC Comment Letter for Uber Technologies, (UBER) — Mar 4, 2019

Uber Technologies, Inc
Date: March 4, 2019 · CIK: 0001543151 · Accession: 0000000000-19-003822

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March 4, 2019
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Uber Technologies, Inc

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March 4, 2019 Dara Khosrowshahi Chief Executive Officer Uber Technologies, Inc. 1455 Market Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 Re:Uber Technologies, Inc. Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted February 15, 2019 CIK No. 0001543151 Dear Mr. Khosrowshahi: We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement 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 this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 18 1.You indicate in your response to comment 3 you believe the exclusion of the 2018 Divested Operations from your non-GAAP measures provides a more useful comparison to prior periods. However, as the 2018 Divested Operations did not meet the criteria for being presented as discontinued operations pursuant to ASC 205-20, your non-GAAP measures appear to represent individually tailored accounting measures in light of the guidance provided in Question 100.04 of the Non-GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. Please revise to remove the adjustment for 2018 Divested Operations from your non-GAAP measures.

FirstName LastNameDara Khosrowshahi Comapany NameUber Technologies, Inc. March 4, 2019 Page 2 FirstName LastNameDara Khosrowshahi Uber Technologies, Inc. March 4, 2019 Page 2 2.In addition, you state you intend to recast the segment results to exclude the impact of the 2018 Divested Operations for all periods presented once the consolidated financial statements are presented for the year ended December 31, 2018. Please clarify if this change will impact your current presentation of the non-GAAP Core Platform Contribution Profit (Loss) and Margin measures. Refer to Question 104.01 of the Non- GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. 3.We note your revised disclosures in response to comment 5, which indicate management views Driver incentives and Driver referrals in the aggregate and Adjusted Net Revenue presents incentives in the way that management views the top-line performance of its business. Revise to further disclose why you believe the exclusion of Excess Driver Incentives from Revenue is informative to your top-line performance. Our Financial and Operating Model, page 89 4.Refer to your response to comment 10. Please further explain the relationship among the bars and what they are meant to illustrate. For example, clarify if true that the “Core Platform Revenue” bar is the sum of the second green bar and the “Core Platform Adjusted Net Revenue” bar. Clarify in the second paragraph following the chart why the impact of your 2018 Divested Operations is excluded from the second green bar. Key Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 90 5.In your response to comment 12, you state you do not manage your business by MAPCs by offering and do not use Trips by offering as a significant driver for decision making. However, in your response to comment 34, you indicate Trips are used to assess overall amount and volume of activity on the platform and there is a breakout of Trips by the Ridesharing and Uber Eats products. Additionally, the Core Platform segment manager is responsible for managing Trips, which are included in the monthly report for the monthly business review that is reviewed by the CODM and the board of directors. Therefore, it appears Trips are used to manage your business. Section I.B of SEC Release 33-8350 indicates companies should identify and discuss key performance indicators, including non-financial performance indicators, management uses to manage the business and that would be material to investors. Revise to disclose Trips by Ridesharing and Uber Eats. Our Market Opportunity, page 137 6.Refer to your responses to comments 24 and 25. Please disclose in the third paragraph on page 137 the substance of your response with respect to why you include trips greater than 30 miles in your calculation of Personal Mobility TAM. Similarly disclose in the first paragraph on page 138 the substance of your response with respect to your specific initiatives in these six countries.

FirstName LastNameDara Khosrowshahi Comapany NameUber Technologies, Inc. March 4, 2019 Page 3 FirstName LastName Dara Khosrowshahi Uber Technologies, Inc. March 4, 2019 Page 3 Board Oversight and Composition Board Diversity, page 178 7.Please clarify whether your Nominating and Corporate Governance committee has a policy with regard to consideration of diversity in identifying director nominees. If so, describe how this policy is implemented and how the committee assesses its effectiveness. Refer to Item 407(c)(2)(vi) of Regulation S-K and, for guidance, Regulation S-K Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 116.11. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 14 – Segment Information, page F-52 8.We are continuing to evaluate your response to comments 34 and 35 and may have additional comments. You may contact Melissa Gilmore, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3777 or Melissa Raminpour, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3379 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact J. Nolan McWilliams, Attorney-Advisor, at (202 551-3217 or Anne Nguyen Parker, Assistant Director, at (202) 551- 3611 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Transportation and Leisure cc: Dave Peinsipp, Esq.

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March 4, 2019
Dara Khosrowshahi
Chief Executive Officer
Uber Technologies, Inc.
1455 Market Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Re:Uber Technologies, Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Submitted February 15, 2019
CIK No. 0001543151
Dear Mr. Khosrowshahi:
            We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement 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 this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on
EDGAR.  If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not
believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement
Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 18
1.You indicate in your response to comment 3 you believe the exclusion of the 2018
Divested Operations from your non-GAAP measures provides a more useful comparison
to prior periods.  However, as the 2018 Divested Operations did not meet the criteria for
being presented as discontinued operations pursuant to ASC 205-20, your non-GAAP
measures appear to represent individually tailored accounting measures in light of the
guidance provided in Question 100.04 of the Non-GAAP Compliance and Disclosure
Interpretations.  Please revise to remove the adjustment for 2018 Divested Operations
from your non-GAAP measures.

 FirstName LastNameDara Khosrowshahi
 Comapany NameUber Technologies, Inc.
 March 4, 2019 Page 2
 FirstName LastNameDara Khosrowshahi
Uber Technologies, Inc.
March 4, 2019
Page 2
2.In addition, you state you intend to recast the segment results to exclude the impact of the
2018 Divested Operations for all periods presented once the consolidated financial
statements are presented for the year ended December 31, 2018.  Please clarify if this
change will impact your current presentation of the non-GAAP Core Platform
Contribution Profit (Loss) and Margin measures.  Refer to Question 104.01 of the Non-
GAAP Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
3.We note your revised disclosures in response to comment 5, which indicate management
views Driver incentives and Driver referrals in the aggregate and Adjusted Net Revenue
presents incentives in the way that management views the top-line performance of its
business.  Revise to further disclose why you believe the exclusion of Excess Driver
Incentives from Revenue is informative to your top-line performance.
Our Financial and Operating Model, page 89
4.Refer to your response to comment 10.  Please further explain the relationship among the
bars and what they are meant to illustrate.  For example, clarify if true that the “Core
Platform Revenue” bar is the sum of the second green bar and the “Core Platform
Adjusted Net Revenue” bar.   Clarify in the second paragraph following the chart why the
impact of your 2018 Divested Operations is excluded from the second green bar.
Key Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 90
5.In your response to comment 12, you state you do not manage your business by MAPCs
by offering and do not use Trips by offering as a significant driver for decision making.
However, in your response to comment 34, you indicate Trips are used to assess overall
amount and volume of activity on the platform and there is a breakout of Trips by the
Ridesharing and Uber Eats products.  Additionally, the Core Platform segment manager is
responsible for managing Trips, which are included in the monthly report for the monthly
business review that is reviewed by the CODM and the board of directors.  Therefore, it
appears Trips are used to manage your business.  Section I.B of SEC Release 33-8350
indicates companies should identify and discuss key performance indicators, including
non-financial performance indicators, management uses to manage the business and that
would be material to investors.  Revise to disclose Trips by Ridesharing and Uber Eats.
Our Market Opportunity, page 137
6.Refer to your responses to comments 24 and 25.  Please disclose in the third paragraph on
page 137 the substance of your response with respect to why you include trips greater than
30 miles in your calculation of Personal Mobility TAM.  Similarly disclose in the first
paragraph on page 138 the substance of your response with respect to your specific
initiatives in these six countries.

 FirstName LastNameDara Khosrowshahi
 Comapany NameUber Technologies, Inc.
 March 4, 2019 Page 3
 FirstName LastName
Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber Technologies, Inc.
March 4, 2019
Page 3
Board Oversight and Composition
Board Diversity, page 178
7.Please clarify whether your Nominating and Corporate Governance committee has a
policy with regard to consideration of diversity in identifying director nominees.  If so,
describe how this policy is implemented and how the committee assesses its
effectiveness.  Refer to Item 407(c)(2)(vi) of Regulation S-K and, for guidance,
Regulation S-K Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 116.11.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 14 – Segment Information, page F-52
8.We are continuing to evaluate your response to comments 34 and 35 and may have
additional comments.
            You may contact Melissa Gilmore, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3777 or Melissa
Raminpour, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3379 if you have questions regarding
comments on the financial statements and related matters.  Please contact J. Nolan McWilliams,
Attorney-Advisor, at (202 551-3217 or Anne Nguyen Parker, Assistant Director, at (202) 551-
3611 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Transportation and Leisure
cc:       Dave Peinsipp, Esq.