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SEC Comment Letter for DYADIC INTERNATIONAL INC (DYAI) (CIK 0001213809) (DYAI) — Dec 3, 2018

DYADIC INTERNATIONAL INC (DYAI) (CIK 0001213809)
Date: Dec. 3, 2018 · CIK: 0001213809 · Accession: 0000000000-18-037041

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File numbers found in text: 000-55264

Date
December 3, 2018
Author
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Form
UPLOAD
Company
DYADIC INTERNATIONAL INC (DYAI) (CIK 0001213809)

Letter

December 3, 2018 Ping Rawson Chief Accounting Officer Dyadic International, Inc. 140 Intracoastal Pointe Drive, Suite 404 Jupiter, Florida 33477 Re:Dyadic International, Inc. Form 10-12G Filed November 5, 2018 File No. 000-55264 Dear Mr. Rawson: We have reviewed your filing and have the following 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 these comments within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response and any amendment you may file in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Registration Statement on Form 10-12(g) filed November 5, 2018 Other Market Opportunities, page 9 1.Please identify the parties with whom you have entered into the two funded proof of concept research collaborations and file the agreements as exhibits. Risks Related to the Potential Reverse Stock Split..., page 27 2.Please disclose the range of the reverse stock split ratios that your shareholders approved and disclose any other material provisions of the stock split. Item 13. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, page 60 3.Please update the disclosures and financial statements in order to comply with Rule 8-08 of Regulation S-X.

FirstName LastNamePing Rawson Comapany NameDyadic International, Inc. December 3, 2018 Page 2 FirstName LastName Ping Rawson Dyadic International, Inc. December 3, 2018 Page 2 General 4.Please be advised that your registration statement will automatically become effective 60 days after the initial filing date. Upon effectiveness, you will become subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, even if we have not cleared comments. If you do not wish to incur those obligations until you have cleared comments, you may wish to consider withdrawing your registration statement before it becomes effective automatically and submitting a new registration statement when you respond to our comments. 5.We note that your forum selection provision identifies the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain litigation, including any “derivative action.” Please disclose whether this provision applies to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act. In that regard, we note that Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. If this provision does not apply to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, please also ensure that the exclusive forum provision in the governing documents states this clearly. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. You may contact Mindy Hooker (Staff Accountant) at 202-551-3728 or John Cash (Accounting Branch Chief) at 202-551-3768 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Edward Kelly (Staff Attorney) at 202-551-3728 or Asia Timmons-Pierce (Special Counsel) at 202-551-3754 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Manufacturing and Construction

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December 3, 2018
Ping Rawson
Chief Accounting Officer
Dyadic International, Inc.
140 Intracoastal Pointe Drive, Suite 404
Jupiter, Florida 33477
Re:Dyadic International, Inc.
Form 10-12G
Filed November 5, 2018
File No. 000-55264
Dear Mr. Rawson:
            We have reviewed your filing and have the following 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 these comments within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond.  If you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing your response and any amendment you may file in response to these
comments, we may have additional comments.
Registration Statement on Form 10-12(g) filed November 5, 2018
Other Market Opportunities, page 9
1.Please identify the parties with whom you have entered into the two funded proof of
concept research collaborations and file the agreements as exhibits.
Risks Related to the Potential Reverse Stock Split..., page 27
2.Please disclose the range of the reverse stock split ratios that your shareholders approved
and disclose any other material provisions of the stock split.
Item 13. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, page 60
3.Please update the disclosures and financial statements in order to comply with Rule 8-08
of Regulation S-X.

 FirstName LastNamePing  Rawson
 Comapany NameDyadic International, Inc.
 December 3, 2018 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Ping  Rawson
Dyadic International, Inc.
December 3, 2018
Page 2
General
4.Please be advised that your registration statement will automatically become effective 60
days after the initial filing date. Upon effectiveness, you will become subject to the
reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, even if we have not
cleared comments. If you do not wish to incur those obligations until you have cleared
comments, you may wish to consider withdrawing your registration statement before it
becomes effective automatically and submitting a new registration statement when you
respond to our comments.
5.We note that your forum selection provision identifies the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain litigation, including any “derivative
action.”  Please disclose whether this provision applies to actions arising under the
Securities Act or Exchange Act.  In that regard, we note that Section 27 of the Exchange
Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or
liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. If this
provision does not apply to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act,
please also ensure that the exclusive forum provision in the governing documents states
this clearly.
            We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
            You may contact Mindy Hooker (Staff Accountant) at 202-551-3728 or John
Cash (Accounting Branch Chief) at 202-551-3768 if you have questions regarding comments on
the financial statements and related matters.  Please contact Edward Kelly (Staff Attorney) at
202-551-3728 or Asia Timmons-Pierce (Special Counsel) at 202-551-3754 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing and
Construction