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Correspondence 0001493152-23-045643 from SideChannel, Inc. (SDCH)

SideChannel, Inc.
Date: Dec. 20, 2023 · CIK: 0001022505 · Accession: 0001493152-23-045643

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Referenced dates: December 11, 2023, November 21, 2023

Date
December 4, 2023
Author
Polk
Form
CORRESP
Company
SideChannel, Inc.

Letter

United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Attention: Christina Chalk, Shane Callaghan, and Eddie Kim Schedule TO-I/A Filed December 4, 2023 File No. 005-83375

Re: SideChannel, Inc.

Dear Ms. Chalk:

We are submitting this letter in response to your letter dated December 11, 2023 addressed to SideChannel, Inc. (the “Company”). For your convenience the Staff’s comments are set forth in italics followed by our responses.

We intend to file an amended Schedule TO-I/A (“Amended Schedule TO”) responding to the comments in your letter.

Schedule TO-I/A Filed December 4, 2023

General

1. We reissue in part prior comment 7 in our letter dated November 21, 2023. Please expand the description of the New Warrants in the revised offer materials to include all material terms and directly compare them with the terms of the 2021 Investor Warrants being exchanged. For example, compare the antidilution provisions of the New Warrants and the 2021 Investor Warrants.

The Amended Schedule TO will contain the following:

The references to the New Warrant terms set forth in the Offer to Exchange (Exhibit (a)(1)(H)) Summary Section E is hereby replaced with:

“A comparison of the terms in the 2021 Investor Warrants that have either been removed or modified in the New Warrants is provided in the following table. The section numbers for each term are shown in italics.

SideChannel, Inc.

Schedule TO-IA Filed December 4, 2023

File No. 005-83375

Page

Material Terms

Investor Warrant

New Warrant

Term of the Warrant

Opening: Five-year term with Termination Dates between March 31, 2026 and April 16, 2026

Opening: Five- year term with approximate Termination Date of December 31, 2028

Exercise Price

2(b): $0.36

1(b): $0.18

Cashless Exercise

2(c): Cashless Exercise allowable only if Registration Statement is not effective at the time of exercise.

1(c): No restrictions on the use of a Cashless Exercise.

Cashless Exercise Formula

2(c): Cashless exercise formula expressed with generic variables: [(A-B) (X)] by (A)

1(c): Variables changed to communicate their meaning and presentation of formula improved to clarify order of functions:

𝐶𝑆= 𝑊𝑆 𝑥 (𝐹𝑀𝑉−𝑊P)

𝐹𝑀𝑉

Automatic Conversion

This term is not present in the 2021 Investor Warrant.

1(e): Automatic conversion of warrants into Common Stock if the Common Stock trades at or above a bid price of $0.36 for 30 consecutive trading days.

Company notifies the Holder within 5 Trading Days of the Automatic Conversion Date.

Holder has 25 Trading Days from the Automatic Conversion Date to deliver a Notice of Exercise to the Company.

Adjustment Upon Issuance of Common Stock

3(b): Requiring aggregate value of 2021 Investor Warrants after the Issuance of shares to be equal to the aggregate value of 2021 Investor Warrants prior to the Issuance of shares.

This term is not present in the New Warrant.

Fundamental Transaction

3(c): Defining how 2021 Investor Warrants are included and treated in a Fundamental Transaction.

This term is not present in the New Warrant.

The New Warrant agreement was included in Exhibit (a)(1)(F) of Amendment No. 1 of Schedule TO filed with the SEC on November 14, 2023.”

SideChannel, Inc.

Schedule TO-IA Filed December 4, 2023

File No. 005-83375

Page

Transactions and Agreements Concerning the Warrants, page 12

2. We reissue in part prior comment 15 in our letter dated November 21, 2023. Please indicate in your response letter whether Paulson has provided any recommendation in connection with the Offer. If yes, revise this section accordingly and provide further detail about the material terms of the strategic advisory services agreement with Paulson. See Item 9 of Schedule TO and Item 1009(a) of Regulation M-A.

No, Paulson Investment Company has not solicited the tender of or provided any recommendation related to the Offer to Exchange. No agreement exists between the Company and Paulson Investment Company to do so. The advisory services agreement was disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 23, 2021.

The Schedule TO will be amended as follows:

Item 5(a) of this Schedule TO is amended to provide that:

“In July 2021, we engaged Paulson Investment Company (“Paulson”) for strategic advisory services to be delivered over a four-year term in exchange for 4,000,000 shares of common stock as disclosed on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 23, 2021 and incorporated herein as Exhibit (d)(2). We have been consulting with Paulson regarding the Offer to Exchange through this strategic advisory services agreement. We neither entered into a new agreement with Paulson nor incurred additional costs with Paulson related to the Offer to Exchange. Paulson has no obligation to us, and we have no expectations of Paulson to either solicit the tender of any of the 2021 Investor Warrants or make a recommendation to its clients about the Offer to Exchange.”

Financial Information Regarding the Company, page 12

3. We reissue in part prior comment 16 in our letter dated November 21, 2023. The summarized financial information disclosed in this section does not comply with Item 1010(c) of Regulation M-A for all periods required by Item 10 of Schedule TO. For example, the financial information requested under Item 1-02(bb)(1) of Regulation S-X must be expressly disclosed. Additionally, the summarized financial information must cover the periods specified in Item 1010(a) of Regulation M-A, including the audited financial statements for the last two fiscal years required to be filed with the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

SideChannel, Inc.

Schedule TO-IA Filed December 4, 2023

File No. 005-83375

Page

We will amend Section 8 of the Offer to Exchange to include the following table that contains the financial information requested under Item 1-02(bb)(1) of Regulation S-X.

References to Financial Information regarding the Company set forth in Section 8 of the Offer to Exchange are hereby amended:

“Financial information required under Item 1-02(bb)(1) of Regulation S-X is provided in the following table.

SideChannel, Inc. Summary Financial Data

(In thousands)

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data

As of September 30, 2021 (Audited) As of September 30, 2022 (Audited) As of December 31, 2022 (Unaudited) As of

March 31, 2023 (Unaudited) As of

June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

Current assets $ 832 $ 4,142 $ 3,577 $ 3,261 $ 2,662

Non-current assets 6,626 6,581 6,536 6,515

Current liabilities $ 406 $ 1,161 $ 1,017 $ 1,382 $ 1,121

Non-current liabilities -

Consolidated Statements of Operation Data

Twelve Months Ended September 30, 2021 Twelve Months Ended September 30, 2022 Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023

Revenue $ 2,799 $ 4,789 $ 1,546 $ 1,617 $ 1,750

Gross profit 1,262 2,321

Net income (loss) [1] (11,776 ) (602 ) (856 ) (679 )

[1] The Company reports its financial results on a consolidated basis and does not have discontinued operations; therefore, income or loss from continuing operations is equal to net income or loss.”

We believe that the foregoing fully responds to the Staff’s comments. Should you have any questions or comments regarding the responses in this letter, please feel free to contact me at (317) 910-0838.

Respectfully
submitted,
/s/Ryan
Polk

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United
States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division
of Corporation Finance

100
F Street, NE

Washington,
D.C. 20549

Attention:
Christina Chalk, Shane Callaghan, and Eddie Kim

    Re:
    SideChannel,
    Inc.

    Schedule
    TO-I/A Filed December 4, 2023

    File
    No. 005-83375

Dear
Ms. Chalk:

We
are submitting this letter in response to your letter dated December 11, 2023 addressed to SideChannel, Inc. (the “Company”).
For your convenience the Staff’s comments are set forth in italics followed by our responses.

We
intend to file an amended Schedule TO-I/A (“Amended Schedule TO”) responding to the comments in your letter.

Schedule
TO-I/A Filed December 4, 2023

General

  1.
  We reissue in part prior
  comment 7 in our letter dated November 21, 2023. Please expand the description of the New Warrants in the revised offer materials to
  include all material terms and directly compare them with the terms of the 2021 Investor Warrants being exchanged. For example, compare
  the antidilution provisions of the New Warrants and the 2021 Investor Warrants.

The
Amended Schedule TO will contain the following:

The
references to the New Warrant terms set forth in the Offer to Exchange (Exhibit (a)(1)(H)) Summary Section E is hereby replaced with:

“A
comparison of the terms in the 2021 Investor Warrants that have either been removed or modified in the New Warrants is provided in the
following table. The section numbers for each term are shown in italics.

SideChannel,
Inc.

Schedule
TO-IA Filed December 4, 2023

File
No. 005-83375

Page
2

    Material
    Terms

    2021
    Investor Warrant

    New
    Warrant

    Term
    of the Warrant

    Opening:
    Five-year term with Termination Dates between March 31, 2026 and April 16, 2026

    Opening:
    Five- year term with approximate Termination Date of December 31, 2028

    Exercise
    Price

    2(b):
    $0.36

    1(b):
    $0.18

    Cashless
    Exercise

    2(c):
    Cashless Exercise allowable only if Registration Statement is not effective at the time of exercise.

    1(c):
    No restrictions on the use of a Cashless Exercise.

    Cashless
    Exercise Formula

    2(c):
                                            Cashless exercise formula expressed with generic variables: [(A-B) (X)] by (A)

    1(c):
Variables changed to communicate their meaning and presentation of formula improved to clarify order of functions:

    𝐶𝑆=
    𝑊𝑆
    𝑥 (𝐹𝑀𝑉−𝑊P)

    𝐹𝑀𝑉

    Automatic
    Conversion

    This
    term is not present in the 2021 Investor Warrant.

    1(e):
                                            Automatic conversion of warrants into Common Stock if the Common Stock trades at or above
                                            a bid price of $0.36 for 30 consecutive trading days.

    Company
    notifies the Holder within 5 Trading Days of the Automatic Conversion Date.

    Holder
    has 25 Trading Days from the Automatic Conversion Date to deliver a Notice of Exercise to the Company.

    Adjustment
    Upon Issuance of Common Stock

    3(b):
     Requiring aggregate value of 2021 Investor Warrants after the Issuance of shares to be equal to the aggregate
    value of 2021 Investor Warrants prior to the Issuance of shares.

    This
    term is not present in the New Warrant.

    Fundamental
    Transaction

    3(c):
                                            Defining how 2021 Investor Warrants are included and treated in a Fundamental Transaction.

    This
    term is not present in the New Warrant.

The
New Warrant agreement was included in Exhibit (a)(1)(F) of Amendment No. 1 of Schedule TO filed with the SEC on November 14, 2023.”

SideChannel,
Inc.

Schedule
TO-IA Filed December 4, 2023

File
No. 005-83375

Page
3

Transactions
and Agreements Concerning the Warrants, page 12

  2.
  We reissue in part prior
  comment 15 in our letter dated November 21, 2023. Please indicate in your response letter whether Paulson has provided any recommendation
  in connection with the Offer. If yes, revise this section accordingly and provide further detail about the material terms of the strategic
  advisory services agreement with Paulson. See Item 9 of Schedule TO and Item 1009(a) of Regulation M-A.

No,
Paulson Investment Company has not solicited the tender of or provided any recommendation related to the Offer to Exchange. No agreement
exists between the Company and Paulson Investment Company to do so. The advisory services agreement was disclosed in a Form 8-K filed
with the SEC on July 23, 2021.

The
Schedule TO will be amended as follows:

Item
5(a) of this Schedule TO is amended to provide that:

“In
July 2021, we engaged Paulson Investment Company (“Paulson”) for strategic advisory services to be delivered over a four-year
term in exchange for 4,000,000 shares of common stock as disclosed on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 23, 2021 and incorporated herein
as Exhibit (d)(2). We have been consulting with Paulson regarding the Offer to Exchange through this strategic advisory services agreement.
We neither entered into a new agreement with Paulson nor incurred additional costs with Paulson related to the Offer to Exchange. Paulson
has no obligation to us, and we have no expectations of Paulson to either solicit the tender of any of the 2021 Investor Warrants
or make a recommendation to its clients about the Offer to Exchange.”

Financial
Information Regarding the Company, page 12

  3.
  We reissue in part prior
  comment 16 in our letter dated November 21, 2023. The summarized financial information disclosed in this section does not comply with
  Item 1010(c) of Regulation M-A for all periods required by Item 10 of Schedule TO. For example, the financial information requested
  under Item 1-02(bb)(1) of Regulation S-X must be expressly disclosed. Additionally, the summarized financial information must cover
  the periods specified in Item 1010(a) of Regulation M-A, including the audited financial statements for the last two fiscal years required
  to be filed with the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

SideChannel,
Inc.

Schedule
TO-IA Filed December 4, 2023

File
No. 005-83375

Page
4

We
will amend Section 8 of the Offer to Exchange to include the following table that contains the financial information requested under
Item 1-02(bb)(1) of Regulation S-X.

References
to Financial Information regarding the Company set forth in Section 8 of the Offer to Exchange are hereby amended:

“Financial
information required under Item 1-02(bb)(1) of Regulation S-X is provided in the following table.

SideChannel,
Inc. Summary Financial Data

(In
thousands)

Consolidated
Balance Sheet Data

    As of September 30, 2021 (Audited)
    As of September 30, 2022 (Audited)
    As of December 31, 2022 (Unaudited)
    As of

March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)
    As of

June 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

    Current assets
    $ 832
    $ 4,142
    $ 3,577
    $ 3,261
    $ 2,662

    Non-current assets
      1
      6,626
      6,581
      6,536
      6,515

    Current liabilities
    $ 406
    $ 1,161
    $ 1,017
    $ 1,382
    $ 1,121

    Non-current liabilities
      -
      211
      211
      211
      211

Consolidated
Statements of Operation Data

    Twelve Months Ended September 30, 2021
    Twelve Months Ended September 30, 2022
    Three Months Ended December 31, 2022
    Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
    Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023

    Revenue
    $ 2,799
    $ 4,789
    $ 1,546
    $ 1,617
    $ 1,750

    Gross profit
      1,262
      2,321
      865
      737
      874

    Net income (loss) [1]
      513
      (11,776 )
      (602 )
      (856 )
      (679 )

[1]
The Company reports its financial results on a consolidated basis and does not have discontinued operations; therefore, income or loss
from continuing operations is equal to net income or loss.”

We
believe that the foregoing fully responds to the Staff’s comments. Should you have any questions or comments regarding the responses
in this letter, please feel free to contact me at (317) 910-0838.

Respectfully
submitted,

/s/Ryan
Polk

Ryan
Polk, Chief Financial Officer