SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-001960 to Vitro Biopharma, Inc. (VTRO) (CIK 0000793171)
Vitro Biopharma, Inc. (VTRO) (CIK 0000793171)
Date: Feb. 21, 2024 · CIK: 0000793171 · Accession: 0000000000-24-001960
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
February 21, 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. 8 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed February 2, 2024
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. 8 to Form S-1, filed February 2, 2024
Cover Page
1.We note your disclosure that you have applied to have your stock listed on the Nasdaq
Capital Market. Given that you do not currently meet any of the current listing standards,
please remove all references to your application to list on Nasdaq from your cover page
and state that purchasers in this offering are purchasing illiquid shares.
About this Offering, page 11
2.We note your disclosure that you have applied to list your stock on Nasdaq. Please revise
this disclosure, as well as every other reference to your potential Nasdaq listing
throughout the prospectus, to disclose the following:
•that you do not satisfy any of Nasdaq’s current listing standards, you are pursuing a
novel approach to listing and your common stock may never be approved for listing;
•that if your common stock is approved for listing by Nasdaq, the opening price will
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be determined according to Nasdaq rules and may be below the $15.00 fixed price,
which would result in an immediate loss for any investors purchasing at the fixed
price in this offering; and
•that there is no current market for your common stock and that investors who
purchase shares of your common stock in this offering cannot currently access a
liquid market to further transact in your stock.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations for the year ended October 31, 2023 compared to the year ended October
31, 2022
Impairment Expense, page 60
3.We note your disclosure stating that, during Fiscal 2023, you recorded impairment
expense of $334,057 against amortizable intangible assets related to your assessment of
future cash flows within InfiniVive. In accordance with ASC 350-30-50-3, please expand
your disclosure to explain the facts and circumstances that led to the impairment and the
method for determining the fair value.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Goodwill, page 63
4.We note the goodwill related to InfiniVive is significant to your financial
statements. Please expand your disclosure to identify your reporting units that have
goodwill and indicate, if true, that the fair values of these reporting units are substantially
in excess of their carrying values. Identify any reporting units with a fair value not
substantially in excess of their carrying value, and quantify the related goodwill associated
with these reporting units. For any reporting unit with a fair value not substantially in
excess of their carrying value, provide investors with additional information regarding the
risk associated with the reporting unit, including the following information necessary to
assess the probability of a future material impairment charge:
•the percentage by which fair value exceeded carrying value as of the date of the most
recent test;
•the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit;
•a description of the key assumptions used and how the key assumptions were
determined;
•a discussion of the degree of uncertainty associated with the key assumptions. The
discussion regarding uncertainty should provide specifics to the extent possible; and
•a description of potential events and/or changes in circumstances that could
reasonably be expected to negatively affect the key assumptions.
You may wish to refer to Item 303(a)(3)(ii) of Regulation S-K and Section V of
Interpretive Release No. 33-8350.
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Business
Core Development Programs, page 67
5.We note your disclosure that you “intend to initiate [y]our FDA cleared clinical trials for
PTHS and Long COVID in late 2023 pending completion of this offering and IRB
approval of clinical trial agreements with contemplated collaborators and clinical trial
sites.” Please update this disclosure to reflect an updated timeline and to clarify whether
the initiation of these clinical trials still is pending completion of this offering, or is
otherwise pending the receipt of additional financing, given the change in the nature of the
proposed transaction described in the registration statement. To the extent necessary or
appropriate, please also update any other plans and timelines throughout the prospectus.
For example, we note disclosure on pages 5, 68, and 77 that one of your customers “is
planning to commence a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in Australia in late 2023 . . . .”
Management, page 111
6.We note your disclosures in this section regarding a director nominee who will become a
director upon the listing of your common stock on Nasdaq, as well as your disclosures on
pages 114-116 regarding your expectations for changes to the structure and composition
of your Board of Directors and its committees prior to the listing of your common stock
on Nasdaq. Now that the proposed transaction described in the registration statement is no
longer contingent upon the listing of your common stock on Nasdaq, please clarify
whether you intend to implement these changes to your Board of Directors and its
committees in the event your common stock is not approved for listing on Nasdaq.
Principal Stockholders, page 132
7.We note the removal of Nathan Haas from the table in this section. Please revise the table
to include Nathan Haas and the required information about his beneficial ownership. In
this regard, although Nathan Haas resigned as your Chief Financial Officer, he is still a
named executive officer and should be included in the table. Refer to Item 403(b) of
Regulation S-K.
Plan of Distribution, page 143
8.We note your disclosure that the selling stockholders will offer their shares at a fixed price
of $15.00 per share. Please revise to provide the disclosure required by Item 505 of
Regulation S-K.
9.Please revise this section to describe how the opening price for your shares of common
stock will be determined if your common stock is approved for listing on the Nasdaq
Capital Market.
10.Please confirm that if you receive a Nasdaq listing you will file a post-effective
amendment.
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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 Alan Campbell at 202-551-4224 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
cc: Ross Carmel, Esq.