| JEFFREY R. VETTER | April 2, 2018 | EMAIL JVETTER@FENWICK.COM Direct Dial (650)335-7631 |
VIA EDGAR AND OVERNIGHT COURIER
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
| Attention: | Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director | |||||
| Matthew Derby, Staff Attorney | ||||||
| Kathleen Collins, Accounting Branch Chief | ||||||
| Rebekah Lindsey, Staff Accountant | ||||||
| Re: | Zuora, Inc. | |||||
| Registration Statement on FormS-1 | ||||||
| Filed March 16, 2018 | ||||||
| FileNo. 333-223722 | ||||||
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Zuora, Inc. (the “Company”), we are concurrently transmitting herewith Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to the Company’s Registration Statement on FormS-1 (FileNo. 333-223722) that was initially filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 16, 2018 (the “Registration Statement”). In this letter, we respond to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Commission in the Staff’s letter dated March 26, 2018 (the “Letter”). The numbered paragraphs below correspond to the numbered comments in the Letter and the Staff’s comments are presented in bolded italics. We have also enclosed with the copy of this letter that is being transmitted via overnight courier three copies of Amendment No. 1 in paper format, marked to show changes from the Registration Statement. In addition to addressing the comments raised by the Staff in the Letter, the Company has revised the Registration Statement to update certain other disclosures.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations
Income Tax Benefit (Provision), page 84
| 1. | Please revise to explain material fluctuations in your tax rate reconciliation. For example, explain the reasons for the significant increase to the “other” line item. To the extent the other line item includes individual amounts that represent greater than 5% of your |
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| expected income tax/benefit for fiscal 2017, revise the table on pageF-25 to separately present such amounts pursuant to Rule4-08(h)(2) of RegulationS-X. |
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised its disclosure on pages 76, 81 andF-25 of Amendment No. 1.
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Should the Staff have additional questions or comments regarding the foregoing, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (650)335-7631, or, in his absence, Ran D. Ben-Tzur, Esq. at (650)335-7613.
| Sincerely yours, |
| /s/ Jeffrey R. Vetter |
| Jeffrey R. Vetter |
| cc: | Tien Tzuo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| Tyler | Sloat, Chief Financial Officer |
| Jennifer | Pileggi, General Counsel |
| Zuora, | Inc. |
| Gordon | K. Davidson |
| Ran | D. Ben-Tzur |
| Fenwick | & West LLP |
| Robert | G. Day |
| Andrew | D. Hoffman |
| Wilson | Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. |