August 2, 2005
Mail Stop 4561
Robert O. Carr
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
47 Hulfish Street, Suite 400
Princeton, NJ 08542
Re: Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on
Form S-1
Filed July 27, 2005
File No. 333-118073
Dear Mr. Carr:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following
comments.
Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in
response
to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
supplemental information so we may better understand your
disclosure.
After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise
additional
comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect
of
our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.
All page numbers refer to the marked courtesy copy that you
provided to us.
Summary, page 1
Recent Event, page 4
1. We note that you have included expected net revenue for the
three
and six months ended June 30, 2005. Please revise the body of the
prospectus to include the disclosures required for projections
pursuant to Item 10 of Regulation S-K including: a description of
the
reasonable basis for your good faith estimate of future
performance;
a detailed description of the current assumptions and available
information used in the preparation of the estimates which in
management`s opinion are most significant to the projection or are
the key factors upon which the financial results depend; and a
statement indicating management`s intention regarding the
furnishing
or updated projections. See Item 10(b)(3) of Regulation S-K.
2. If you choose to retain projections of your net revenue, the
discussion should be balanced and should consist of more
information
than merely estimates of net revenue. For example, you should
also
include estimates of net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per
share.
See Item 10 of Regulation S-K. Please also include a discussion
in
the body of the prospectus.
Dilution, page 19
3. Please advise us of your basis for including deferred customer
acquisition costs in your calculation of net tangible book value.
Selling Stockholders, page 76
4. Please indicate who controls shares to be sold by Uhle Limited
Partnership.
As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in
response to our comments. You may wish to provide us with marked
copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a
cover letter with your amendments that keys your responses to our
comments and provides any requested supplemental information.
Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing
your
amendment and responses to our comments.
We direct your attention to Rules 460 and 461 regarding
requesting acceleration of a registration statement. Please allow
adequate time after the filing of any amendment for further review
before submitting a request for acceleration. Please provide this
request at least two business days in advance of the requested
effective date.
You may contact Josh Forgione at 202-551-3431 or Steve
Jacobs,
Accounting Branch Chief, at 202-551-3403 if you have questions
regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters.
Please contact Geoffrey Ossias at 202-551-3404 or me at 202-551-
3411
with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Peggy Kim
Senior Counsel
cc: Nanci Prado, Esq. (via facsimile)
DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
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Robert O. Carr
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
August 2, 2005
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