Correspondence 0001065949-23-000064 from BLACKSTAR ENTERPRISE GROUP, INC. (BEGI) (CIK 0001483646) (BEGI)
BLACKSTAR ENTERPRISE GROUP, INC. (BEGI) (CIK 0001483646)
Date: June 16, 2023 · CIK: 0001483646 · Accession: 0001065949-23-000064
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File numbers found in text: 333-257978
Referenced dates: June 12, 2023
Letter
Division of Corporation Finance Office of Crypto Assets Attention: Jessica Livingston Re: Blackstar Enterprise Group, Inc. Amendment No. 9 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed May 26, 2023 File No. 333-257978
Dear Ms. Livingston:
This letter is submitted by legal counsel to Blackstar Enterprise Group, Inc. (the “Company”) in response to comments from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) contained in the letter dated June 12, 2023 relating to Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 submitted to the Commission on May 26, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). The text of the Staff’s comments has been included in this letter in bold for your convenience, and we have numbered the paragraphs below to correspond to the numbers in the Staff’s letter. For your convenience, we have also set forth the Company’s response to each of the numbered comments immediately below each numbered comment.
In addition, the Company is also filing Amendment No. 10 (“Amendment No. 10”) to the Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in Amendment No. 10.
Amended Form S-1 filed May 26, 2023
General
1. Refer to your response to comment 1. Please add a risk factor describing the risks, including related to potential rescission rights, if the April 17, 2023 cointelegraph.com article and statements or graphics included in that article are deemed to be an "offer" or "sale" in the absence of an effective registration statement or available exemption. In your revised disclosure, please provide sufficient factual context for the risks described. Please also revise the prospectus as necessary to ensure that the prospectus disclosure is consistent with the corrective disclosure included in your Form 8-K filed May 1, 2023.
ANSWER: The Company has added a risk factor regarding the comment above, and has revised the prospectus in certain areas to ensure consistency with the corrective disclosures provided in the Form 8-K.
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We hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staff’s comments. If any additional information is required by the Staff or if you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please contact Christen Lambert, counsel to the Company, at (919) 473-9130.
Sincerely,
/s/ Christen Lambert
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The Law Firm of
Christen Lambert
2920 Forestville Rd.,
Ste 100 PMB 1155 — Raleigh, North Carolina 27616 — Phone: 919-473-9130
E-Mail: christen@christenlambertlaw.com Web: christenlambertlaw.com
June 16, 2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Crypto Assets
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Jessica Livingston
Re:
Blackstar Enterprise Group, Inc.
Amendment No. 9 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed May 26, 2023
File No. 333-257978
Dear Ms. Livingston:
This letter is submitted
by legal counsel to Blackstar Enterprise Group, Inc. (the “Company”) in response to comments from the
staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
contained in the letter dated June 12, 2023 relating to Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 submitted to
the Commission on May 26, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). The text of the Staff’s comments
has been included in this letter in bold for your convenience, and we have numbered the paragraphs below to correspond to the numbers
in the Staff’s letter. For your convenience, we have also set forth the Company’s response to each of the numbered
comments immediately below each numbered comment.
In addition, the Company
is also filing Amendment No. 10 (“Amendment No. 10”) to the Registration Statement. Capitalized terms
used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in Amendment No. 10.
Amended
Form S-1 filed May 26, 2023
General
1. Refer to your response to comment 1. Please add a risk factor describing
the risks, including related to potential rescission rights, if the April 17, 2023 cointelegraph.com article and statements or
graphics included in that article are deemed to be an "offer" or "sale" in the absence of an effective registration
statement or available exemption. In your revised disclosure, please provide sufficient factual context for the risks described.
Please also revise the prospectus as necessary to ensure that the prospectus disclosure is consistent with the corrective disclosure
included in your Form 8-K filed May 1, 2023.
ANSWER:
The Company has added a risk factor regarding the comment above, and has revised the prospectus in certain areas to ensure
consistency with the corrective disclosures provided in the Form 8-K.
******
We hope that the foregoing
has been responsive to the Staff’s comments. If any additional information is required by the Staff or if you have any questions
regarding the foregoing, please contact Christen Lambert, counsel to the Company, at (919) 473-9130.
Sincerely,
/s/ Christen Lambert
Christen Lambert