-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, I62k7R3XGiity/SyB0UPP8gbG2r1lKMixucXR4K6+e+z+L8sgTWgGE3qcpl/t0gL u8DeJOF1hxcH61cGtDPgaw== 0000000000-06-036397.txt : 20060914 0000000000-06-036397.hdr.sgml : 20060914 20060802165324 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000000000-06-036397 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: UPLOAD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060802 FILED FOR: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GP STRATEGIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000070415 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 131926739 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: UPLOAD BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 WESTCHESTER AVENUE STREET 2: FOURTH FLOOR CITY: WHITE PLAINS STATE: NY ZIP: 10604 BUSINESS PHONE: 914-249-9700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 WESTCHESTER AVENUE STREET 2: FOURTH FLOOR CITY: WHITE PLAINS STATE: NY ZIP: 10604 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL PATENT DEVELOPMENT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 LETTER 1 filename1.txt Mail Stop 0407 July 29, 2005 Via U.S. Mail and Fax (410-540-5302) Mr. Scott N. Greenberg Chief Financial Officer GP Strategies Corporation 777 Westchester Avenue Fourth Floor White Plains, NY 10604 RE: GP Strategies Corporation Forms 10-K and 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 Filed March 17, 2005, April 5, 2005, April 29, 2005, and May 16, 2005, respectively Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 Filed May 13, 2005 File No. 1-7234 Dear Mr. Greenberg: We have reviewed your supplemental response letter dated June 20, 2005 as well as your filing and have the following comments. As noted in our comment letter dated May 31, 2005, we have limited our review to your financial statements and related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to other portions of your documents. Forms 10-K and 10-K/A for the year ending December 31, 2004 Note 15 Business Segments, page 79 1. We note your responses to comments 2 and 3. To help us better understand your analysis and conclusions, please provide us with a copy of all of the reports that the chief operating decision maker reviews when allocating resources and assessing performance. 2. We note in your response to comment 2 your reference to "discrete financial information" prepared and analyzed by legal entity and by markets served. Please respond to each of the following comments regarding this information. a. Provide us copies of this financial information. b. Identify for us the additional management personnel that use this information to evaluate performance and explain to us why they are not considered to be a part of your CODM. c. To facilitate our understanding of your organization, please provide us an organizational chart of your management structure, identifying each person and briefly describing their duties. d. Explain to us what you mean by your statement "Such information is available to, but historically has not been used by the CODM or Board of Directors to assess the performance of the Company or to make decisions regarding the allocation of resources." Tell us how this information is made available to the CODM and the Board of Directors. e. Explain to us why it is reasonable to conclude that the information is not used by your CODM and your Board of Directors when allocating resources and assessing performance. * * * * Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. You may contact Joe Cascarano, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3376 or Robert Littlepage, Accountant Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3361 if you have questions regarding our comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3810 with any other questions. Sincerely, Larry Spirgel Assistant Director Mr. Scott N. Greenberg GP Strategies Corporation July 29, 2005 Page 1 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----