SEC Comment Letter for ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (RCKT, RCKTW) (CIK 0001281895) (RCKT) — Nov 18, 2014
ROCKET PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (RCKT, RCKTW) (CIK 0001281895)
Date: Nov. 18, 2014 · CIK: 0001281895 · Accession: 0000000000-14-057980
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November 18 , 2014
Via E -mail
David P. Southwell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation
131 Hartwell Avenue, Suite 105
Lexington, MA 02421
Re: Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S -1
Filed November 5, 2014
File No. 333 -199859
Dear Mr. Southwell :
We have reviewed your registration statement and have the following additional
comment. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with infor mation so we may
better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by providing the requested infor mation and amending your
registration statement. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and
circu mstances or do not believe an amendment is a ppropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After revie wing the infor mation you provide in response to this com ment, we may have
additio nal co mments.
Capitalization, page 62
1. Please expand your pro forma dis closures throughout the filing to explain why assuming
that the concurrent offering of notes is factually supportable. Refer to rule 11 -02(b)(6) of
Regulation S -X.
7. Equity
2014 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, page F -24
2. We may have additional comments on your accounting for equity issuances including
stock compensation and beneficial conversion features. Once you have an estimated
offering price, please provide us an analysis explaining the reasons for the differences
between recent valuations of your common stock leading up to the IPO and the estimated
offering price.
David P. Southwell
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation
November 18 , 2014
Page 2
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclos ure
in the filing to be ce rtain that the filing includ es the information the Secu rities Act of 1933 and
all applicable Securities Act rules require. Since the co mpany and its manag ement are in
possession of all facts r elating to a co mpany’s disclosure, they are responsi ble for the acc uracy
and adequacy of the disclos ures th ey have made.
Notwithstanding our comment, in the e vent you request acceleration of the effective date
of the pending registration s tatement please pr ovide a writt en state ment 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 Com mission from taking any action
with respect to the filing;
the action of the Com mission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated auth ority, in
declaring the filing effecti ve, does not relieve the co mpany from its full
responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the discl osure in the filing; and
the co mpany may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a
defense in any proceeding initia ted by the Commission or any person under the
federal securiti es laws of the United Stat es.
Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 re garding requests for acceleration. We will consider a
written reque st for acceleration of the effe ctive date of the registration state ment as confir mation
of the fact that those requesting ac celeration are aware of t heir respective responsibilities und er
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 state ment. Please all ow
adequate ti me for us to review any a mendment prior to the requested effecti ve date of the
registration state ment.
You may contact Scott Wuenschell at (202) 551 -3705 or Joel Parker at (202) 551 -3651 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Austin Stephenson at (202) 551 -3192, Bryan Pitko at (202) 551 -3203, or me at (202)
551-3715 with any other questi ons.
Sincerely,
/s/ Daniel Greenspan for
Jeffrey P. R iedler
Assista nt Direct or
cc: Via E -mail
Mitchell S. Bloom, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP