0000780571-12-000058.txt : 20130207 0000780571-12-000058.hdr.sgml : 20130207 20121113123826 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000780571-12-000058 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121113 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ITRON INC /WA/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000780571 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSTRUMENTS FOR MEAS & TESTING OF ELECTRICITY & ELEC SIGNALS [3825] IRS NUMBER: 911011792 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2111 N MOLTER ROAD CITY: LIBERTY LAKE STATE: WA ZIP: 99019 BUSINESS PHONE: 5099249900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2111 N MOLTER ROAD CITY: LIBERTY LAKE STATE: WA ZIP: 99019 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ITRON INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920724 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Correspondence




November 13, 2012



Pradip Bhaumik, Special Counsel
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:
Itron, Inc.
 
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
 
Filed February 17, 2012
 
File No. 0-22418

Dear Mr. Bhaumik:

This letter confirms that Itron, Inc. (the “Company”) received the November 1 comment letter (“Comment Letter”) from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Staff”) regarding the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.  The Comment Letter requests a response within 10 business days.  The Company requires additional time to respond to the Comment Letter; to ensure that our responses reflect the input of all necessary personnel and are therefore complete and accurate, we intend to file the Company’s response by November 30, 2012.

If you have any questions with respect to the foregoing, please contact me at (509) 891-3295.

Sincerely,

/s/ Shannon M. Votava
Shannon M. Votava
Vice President and General Counsel

SMV:mel


ITRON
2111 North Molter Road
Liberty Lake, WA 99019                                        
www.itron.com

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