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6 SEC staff comments and 7 disclosure examples from companies in this industry.

SIC codes included: 3711 Motor Vehicles & Passenger Car Bodies, 3760 Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts, 3714 Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories, 3751 Motorcycles, Bicycles & Parts, 3730 Ship & Boat Building & Repairing, 3743 Railroad Equipment

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Non-GAAP: Reconciliation & Usefulness (4)Segment Reporting (ASC 280) (4)Non-GAAP: Adjustments & Labels (1)KPIs, Metrics & Earnings Calls (1)Exhibits, Certifications & Signatures (1)IFRS & Foreign Private Issuers (1)

FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORP (FOXF) · 2025-12-15 · Form 10-K for the Year Ended January 3, 2025 Form 8-K furnished August 7, 2025 · Comment 1 · Segment Review, page 51 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note your disclosure of an Adjusted EBITDA measure which is calculated as the sum of the segment Adjusted EBITDA measures less unallocated corporate expenses. Please note that the total of any segment profitability measures outside the required ASC 280 disclosure in the notes to the financial statements represents a non-GAAP financial measure and should be accompanied by appropriate disclosure under Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. In addition, the measure must comply with our guidance on Non-GAAP financial measures which includes the prohibition on excluding normal recurring operating expenses from a Non-GAAP profitability measure. See Question 100.01 of the SEC Staff’s Compliance &… letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that in future filings it will revise the table summarizing consolidated net sales and adjusted EBITDA by segment to remove the line item for “unallocated corporate expenses” and the subtotal “Adjusted EBITDA.” Please refer to Exhibit 1 for an example of the revised disclosure for the 2024 and 2023 fiscal years. Note 1. Description of the Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 86 response letter →
Non-GAAP: Adjustments & LabelsNon-GAAP: Reconciliation & UsefulnessSegment Reporting (ASC 280)
FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORP (FOXF) · 2025-12-15 · Form 10-K for the Year Ended January 3, 2025 Form 8-K furnished August 7, 2025 · Comment 2 · Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 86 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note your disclosure in Note 1 of a Non-GAAP Financial Measure titled Total Adjusted EBITDA which appears to relate to the consolidated, or total Adjusted EBITDA measure disclosed in your segment disclosure in Note 20. Please note that presentation of a total or consolidated Adjusted EBITDA amount, other than in the reconciliation of the sum of the reportable segments Adjusted EBTIDA measures to your consolidated income before taxes, would be the presentation of a non-GAAP financial measure that is not permitted in the notes to the financial statements under Item 10(e)(ii)(C). In this regard, we note that ASC 280-10-50-28A allows for disclosure of a second segment profitability measure… letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that in future filings it will remove from Note 1 the disclosure regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures. Additionally, in future filings, the Company will remove the measure of total Adjusted EBITDA from the segment disclosure in Note 20. Please refer to Exhibit 2 for an example of the revised disclosure for the fiscal years ended January 3, 2025, December 29, 2023, and December 30, 2022. Note 20. Segment Information, page 112 response letter →
Non-GAAP: Reconciliation & UsefulnessSegment Reporting (ASC 280)
FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORP (FOXF) · 2025-12-15 · Form 10-K for the Year Ended January 3, 2025 Form 8-K furnished August 7, 2025 · Comment 3 · Note 20. Segment Information, page 112 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note your disclosure in Note 20 of each segment’s profitability measure of Adjusted EBITDA. We further note that you disclose a total for these amounts less unallocated corporate expenses to arrive at a total Adjusted EBITDA amount. This amount is reconciled to net income immediately prior to the disclosure. Please note that ASC 280-10-50-30(b) requires a reconciliation which begins with the total of the reportable segment profitability measures and reconciles to your consolidated income before income taxes and discontinued operations. In providing this reconciliation, unallocated corporate expenses would be considered a reconciling item below the total of segment Adjusted EBITDA. Please… letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that in future filings it will reconcile segment Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated income before income taxes and discontinued operations and include unallocated corporate expenses as a reconciling item below segment Adjusted EBITDA as required by ASC 280-10-50-30(b). Please refer to Exhibit 2 for an example of the revised disclosure for the fiscal years ended January 3, 2025, December 29, 2023, and December 30, 2022. 2 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP response letter →
Non-GAAP: Reconciliation & UsefulnessSegment Reporting (ASC 280)
FOX FACTORY HOLDING CORP (FOXF) · 2025-12-15 · Form 10-K for the Year Ended January 3, 2025 Form 8-K furnished August 7, 2025 · Comment 4 · See example of a reconciliation in ASC 280-10-55-48. Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note that on page 114 you disclose the other segment items for each of your three reportable segments and include a line for unallocated corporate expenses to arrive at a total for these amounts. Please note that presentation of this total is not consistent with the guidance in ASC 280 and should be removed as it represents a non-GAAP financial measure. Additionally, we note that you do not present significant segment expenses in your disclosure and instead disclose that individual expenses are not a primary focus in segment-level decision-making as the CODM relies on adjusted EBITDA as the key financial metric for assessing performance and allocating resources across segments. Please… letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that in future filings the Company will remove the line item for unallocated corporate expenses and the total for the amounts of other segment items. In addition, in future filings, the Company will revise and expand its disclosure in Note 20 to state that the chief operating decision maker reviews expenses on a consolidated basis and that no segment level expense information is regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker. The Company will also relocate from Note 1 to Note 20 its existing disclosure that describes how the chief operating decision maker uses segment Adjusted EBITDA to assess segment… response letter →
Non-GAAP: Reconciliation & UsefulnessSegment Reporting (ASC 280)KPIs, Metrics & Earnings Calls
HW Electro Co., Ltd. · 2025-11-17 · Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form F-1 Filed September 18, 2025 · Comment 1 · Prospectus Summary, page 1 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note your disclosure that you "expect to deliver an aggregate of 200 electric light commercial vehicles during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025." Please revise the registration statement to disclose the number of electric light commercial vehicles you sold during your fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. letter →
Company response: to the Staff’s comments, we revised our disclosure on pages 1, 78, 80, 85 and 89 of Amendment No. 2 to disclose the number of electric light commercial vehicles we sold during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. response letter →
HW Electro Co., Ltd. · 2025-11-17 · Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form F-1 Filed September 18, 2025 · Comment 2 · Compensation, page 98 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: Please revise to provide the required compensation information for your fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. Refer to Item 6.B of Form 20-F. Financial Statements Index to Financial Statements, page F-1 3. Pursuant to Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F, please provide audited financial statements that are no more than twelve months old. Alternatively, to the extent you meet the 15- month criteria outlined in Instruction 2. to Item 8.A.4, file the necessary representations as an exhibit to the registration statement. letter →
Company response: to the Staff’s comments, we revised our disclosure on page 99 of Amendment No. 2 to provide the required compensation information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. Financial Statements Index to Financial Statements, page F-1 3. Pursuant to Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F, please provide audited financial statements that are no more than twelve months old. Alternatively, to the extent you meet the 15-month criteria outlined in Instruction 2. to Item 8.A.4, file the necessary representations as an exhibit to the registration statement. In response to the Staff’s comments, we filed a request for waiver and representation under Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F as Exhibit 99.2 to Amendment No. 2. We… response letter →
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