SEC Comment Letter for Cineverse Corp. (CNVS) (CIK 0001173204) (CNVS) — Mar 15, 2012
Cineverse Corp. (CNVS) (CIK 0001173204)
Date: March 15, 2012 · CIK: 0001173204 · Accession: 0000000000-12-013233
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March 15 , 2012 Via E -mail Christopher J. McGurk, CEO Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. 55 Madison Avenue, Suite 300 Morristown, NJ 07960 Re: Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed March 7, 2012 File No. 333-179970 Dear Mr. McGurk : We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues we have addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. Where you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances o r 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 these comments, we may have additional comments. Descriptio n of Capital Stock Common Stock, page 22 1. Footnote 4 to the fee table indicates that the shares of Class A common stock that you are registering include certain rights issued pursuant to the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan dated as of August 10, 2009. Please revise the description of your common stock in this section to dis cuss these rights. Also, revise your exhibit index to incorporate by reference the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan, which we note was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to your Form 8-K filed on August 19, 2009. Finally, obtain a revise d opinion of counsel that opines whether the rights that accompany your common stock are binding obligations of the registrant under the law of the jurisdiction governing the rights agreement. Refer to Section II.B.1.g. of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 (“SLB No. 19”) . Christopher J. McGurk Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp March 1 5, 2012 Page 2 Item 16. Exhibits, page II -3 2. We note the footnote to the exhibit index indicating that you will file the form of indenture as an exhibit to a report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act and incorporate it by reference into your Form S -3. Indentures covering securities to be issued in a registration statement must be qualified at the time the registration statement relating to those securities becomes effective. R efer to Interpretation 201.04 of our Trust Indenture Act of 1939 Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. Accordingly, please confirm that you will file the form of indenture, a nd provide us sufficient time for review and comment , prior to requesting ef fectiveness of the registration statement. Item 17. Undertakings, page II -3 3. Please provide the undertakings required by paragraphs (a)(6) and (j) of Item 512 of Regulation S -K, or advise why such undertakings do not apply to your offering. Exhibit 5.1 4. We note the statements in the final paragraph of the opinion that it is being rendered “solely to you” and that no one may rely on it without counsel’s prior written consent. Please obtain and file a revised opinion that does not include any implicat ion that investors are not entitled to rely on the opinion. Refer to Section II.B.3.d. of SLB No. 19 . We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the inform ation the Securities Act of 1933 and all applicable Securities Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. Notwithstanding our comments, in the event you request acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging that: should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and Christopher J. McGurk Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp March 1 5, 2012 Page 3 the company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceed ing initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. Please refer to Rule 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registrat ion statement as confirmation of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering of the secur ities specified in the above registration statement. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. Please contact me at (202) 551 -3456 with any questions. Should you require further assistance, you may contact Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director, at (202) 551 -3730. Sincerely, /s/ Matthew Crispino Matthew Crispino Staff Attorney cc: Via E -mail Carol W. Sherman , Esq. Kelley Drye & Warren LLP