SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-000414 to Vitro Biopharma, Inc. (VTRO) (CIK 0000793171)
Vitro Biopharma, Inc. (VTRO) (CIK 0000793171)
Date: Jan. 11, 2024 · CIK: 0000793171 · Accession: 0000000000-24-000414
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
January 11, 2024
Christopher Furman
Chief Executive Officer
Vitro Biopharma, Inc.
3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 410
Denver, CO 80209
Re:Vitro Biopharma, Inc.
Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed December 12, 2023
File No. 333-267366
Dear Christopher Furman:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances
or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Prospectus Cover Page, page ii
1.We note your disclosure indicating that a broker-dealer may receive commissions in the
form of discounts, concessions, or commissions which may be “in excess of those”
customary in the type of transactions involved. Please revise so that your cover page
disclosure is consistent with your Plan of Distribution disclosure, which indicates that the
Advisor's commissions would be customary, or advise.
2.Please revise the disclosure in the third and fourth sentences of the third paragraph to
clarify that your financial advisor must notify Nasdaq that your shares are "ready to
trade." Similarly, please clarify in the fourth sentence, if true, that the "rules" you
reference are Nasdaq listing rules.
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Summary of Risk Factors, page 8
3.With reference to the disclosures on pages 49-51, please revise to highlight briefly the
risks in conducting a direct listing.
Executive and Director Compensation, page 130
4.Please ensure that all of your executive compensation disclosures are updated as
appropriate. For example, we note some of your disclosures refer to "2021" when it is no
longer applicable (e.g., note 2 to the Summary Compensation Table). In addition, although
some dates have been updated to refer to "2023," it does not appear that the corresponding
disclosures have been updated. For example, the "Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal
Year End" table on page 133 indicates that it sets forth information as of October 31,
2023, but it does not appear that the table itself has been updated to reflect changes in the
number of exercisable and unexercisable options that would have resulted upon the
occurrence of the vesting events described in notes 2 and 4 to the table. To the extent
these vesting events impact other disclosures throughout the prospectus (e.g., the principal
stockholders table on page 146 and the notes thereto), please update those disclosures too.
Principal Stockholders, page 145
5.We note your statement that the table in this section sets forth information regarding
beneficial ownership of your common stock by certain persons, including your director
nominee who will serve as such upon "completion of this offering." Please revise this
statement to clarify, if true, that the director nominee will serve as director upon the listing
of your common stock on Nasdaq, as indicated on page 124.
Plan of Distribution, page 156
6.Please disclose whether you are party to any arrangement with any Registered
Stockholder regarding sales of common stock by the Registered Stockholders.
7.We refer to the disclosures in the first two paragraphs on page 158. Please address the
following:
•Revise to clarify, if true, that the Advisor also will not be engaged to facilitate or
coordinate certain price discovery activities or sales of shares of your common stock
in consultation with Registered Stockholders and that the Advisor will not be
permitted, nor instructed by Registered Stockholders, to plan or actively participate in
any investor education activities not described in the prospectus. Alternatively,
please revise to disclose these activities.
•Given the existence of direct listing success fees, revise to provide the same
disclosures for Bridgeway and Alchemy that you provide for Spartan.
8.With reference to the second paragraph on page 158 and Exhibit B to Exhibit 10.41,
please revise to clarify whether the Advisor plans to perform any financial advisory or
investment banking services for you (in addition to those provided in connection with the
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listing of your securities). As applicable, describe these services and clarify whether they
will be conducted in accordance with Regulation M.
9.Please disclose, as applicable, how long the company plans to use its reasonable efforts to
keep the registration statement effective.
Item. 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution, page 163
10.Please revise the table in this section to include a line item for your Advisor fees and
expenses. Also, the table should quantify the success fees payable to Alchemy and
Bridgeway.
Exhibit Index, page 168
11.Please file the executed versions of Exhibits 10.40 and 10.41.
Please contact Tracie Mariner at 202-551-3744 or Kevin Vaughn at 202-551-3494 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Jessica Dickerson at 202-551-8013 or Joe McCann at 202-551-6262 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
cc: Ross Carmel, Esq.