First SEC Staff Comments On Recent Non-GAAP CDIs

As many of us have noticed, the first comment letters from the staff in the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, following Corp Fin's recent issuance of new CDI guidance on the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures, have become available publicly.  The comment letters shed additional useful light on Corp Fin's views concerning non-GAAP presentations.

One of the comment letters sent to Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. on June 20, 2016, provides a particularly helpful glimpse into Corp Fin's views about the use of non-GAAP information in the executive summary of MD&A.  The staff's letter includes the following comment in reference to MD&A in the registrant's 2015 Form 10-K: