SEC Comment Letter for KIORA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (KPRX) (CIK 0001372514) (KPRX) — Sep 9, 2014
KIORA PHARMACEUTICALS INC (KPRX) (CIK 0001372514)
Date: Sept. 9, 2014 · CIK: 0001372514 · Accession: 0000000000-14-045197
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September 9, 2014 Via E -mail Stephen From President and Chief Executive Officer Eyegate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 271 Waverley Oaks Road Suite 108 Waltham, MA 02452 Re: Eyegate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S -1 Filed August 29, 2014 File No. 333 -197725 Dear Mr. From : We have reviewed your amended registration statement 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 this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information . If you do not believe our comments apply 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 these comments, we may have additional comments . Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Contractual Obligations, page 61 1. The amount for the convertible promissory notes due to stockholders does not appear to agree with the amount disclosed on the June 30, 2014 balance sheet. Please explain to us how the contractual amount was determined, and revise, as appropriate. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 15. Subsequent Events, page F -28 2. It appears that you deleted the disclosure regarding the date through which the subsequent events have been evaluated as required by ASC 855 -10-50-1. Please revise or explain to us why you deleted this disclosure. Stephen From Eyegate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. September 9, 2014 Page 2 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) 5. Debt, page F -40 3. Please refer to your discl osure on the Amended and Restated Notes on page F -41and address the following: Revise to disclose the fair value of the warrants issued to the 2012 note holders. It appears that the conversion price of the notes will be equal to 70% of the initial offering price. Provide us with your accounting analysis of the conversion feature of the notes citing authoritative literature supporting your treatment. 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 information the Securities Act of 193 3 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 regist ration statement please provide a written statement from the company acknowledgin g 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 p ursuant 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 the company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration . We will consider a written request f or acceleration of the effective date of the registration 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 th ey relate to the proposed public offering of the securities 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. Stephen From Eyegate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. September 9, 2014 Page 3 You may contact Don Abbott at (202) 551 -3608 or Andrew Mew at (202) 551 -3377 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial s tatements and related matters. Please contact M atthew Jones at (202) 551 -3786, John Krug at (202) 551 -3862, or me at (202) 551 - 3715 with any other questions. Sincerely, /s/ Daniel Greenspan for Jeffrey P. Riedler Assistant Director cc: Josef B. Volman , Esq. J. Fraser Collin , Esq. Burns & Levinson LLP 125 Summer Street Boston, MA 02110