July 11, 2024
Bryan M. Hackworth
Chief Financial Officer
Universal Electronics Inc.
15147 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite H300
Scottsdale, AZ 85254-2494
Re: Universal Electronics Inc.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
Form 8-K Furnished February 15, 2024
File No. 0-21044
Dear Bryan M. Hackworth:
We have reviewed your June 25, 2024 response to our comment letter and
have the
following comment.
Please respond to this letter 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 a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional
comments. Unless we
note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our May 21,
2024 letter.
Form 8-K Furnished February 15, 2024
Exhibit 99 - Reconciliation of Adjusted Non-GAAP Financial Results, page 7
1. We note your response to comment 3. As previously requested, please
quantify for us
the portion of your litigation adjustment related to Roku for each year
from 2018 through
2023. Since you have adjusted for IP infringement costs since at least
2018, also explain
why the non-Roku IP infringement costs do not represent normal,
recurring, cash
operating expenses of your business and why eliminating them within your
non-GAAP
financial measures is meaningful and appropriate. In doing so, compare
and contrast the
nature of such cases to the Roku matter, which you described in your
initial response
letter dated May 10, 2024 as being "of a size and complexity of which
the Company has
never experienced in its 37-year history and is not expected to recur in
the future." Also
ensure that you disclose the nature of the "other" legal matters in
future filings and
quantify the amounts to the extent material.
July 11, 2024
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Please contact Andrew Blume at 202-551-3254 or Kevin Woody at
202-551-3629 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation
Finance
Office of Manufacturing