SEC Comment Letter for XTI Aerospace, Inc. (XTIA) (CIK 0001529113) (XTIA) — Sep 9, 2013
XTI Aerospace, Inc. (XTIA) (CIK 0001529113)
Date: Sept. 9, 2013 · CIK: 0001529113 · Accession: 0000000000-13-049259
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September 6 , 2013 Via Email Nadir Ali Chief Executive Officer Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. 3375 Scott Blvd., Suite 440 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Re: Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed August 12 , 2013 File No. 333-190574 Dear Mr. Ali: We have reviewed your 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 a ppropriate, 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. General 1. Since you appear to qualify as an “ emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, please: Disclose that you are an emerging growth company; Describe how and when a company may lose emerging growth company status; Briefly describe the various exemptions that are available to you, such as exemptions from Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes -Oxley Act of 2002 and Section 14A(a) and (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and State your election under Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act: o If you have elected to opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(b), include a statement that the election is irrevocable; or Nadir Ali Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. September 6, 2013 Page 2 o If you have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1), provide a risk factor explaining that this election allows you to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies unt il those standards apply to private companies. Please state in your risk factor that, as a result of this election, your financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. Include a similar statement in your critical accounting policy disclosures. 2. In addition to the above, consider describing the extent to which any of these exemptions under the JOBS Act are available to you as a Smaller Reporting Company. 3. Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you , or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf , present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies of the communications. Similarly, please supplementally provide us with any research reports about you that are published or distributed in reliance upon Section 2(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 added by Section 105(a) of the Jumpstart Our Business Star tups Act by any broker or dealer that is participating or wil l participate in your offering. 4. It appears that you will be conducting this offering in reliance on Rule 415. Please ensure that the appropriate box is checked on the cover page of the registra tion statement. 5. We note that you are registering for resale 6,888,233 shares of common stock, a significant portion of which are held by related parties. Additionally, it appears that the company has an economic interest in the outcome of the offering as a result of the “Guaranteed Amount” provisions of the Asset Purchase and Merger Agreement entered into in connection with the acquisition of Lilien Systems. As a result, it appears that this offering by certain of the selling shareholders may be an off ering by or on behalf of the company. Please provide a detailed legal analysis to explain why this offering should be appropriately characterized as a secondary offering under Rule 415. For further guidance, refer to Question 612.09 under the Division’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations for the Securities Act Rules. 6. Please supplementally provide us with documentation supporting any factual assertions in your prospectus, appropriately marked to highlight the sections relied upon and cross - referen ced to your prospectus. For example, we note the following statements: “The U.S. government spends approximately $80 billion in IT spending annually and this spending will continue although at a 3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), compared with 6% historically in the fi rst decade of the 21st Century.” “Security of all forms especially cyber -security are significant growth areas . . . .” Nadir Ali Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. September 6, 2013 Page 3 “The technology segments like business intelligence, cloud computing, eDiscovery, GIS and geospatial, non -relation al database management systems, Smart Grid, SOA, unified communications and virtualization are expected to see double digit growth during 2013 – 2018. ” “The total annual U.S. Federal IT market is expected to surpass $93 billion by 2018 (Source: Market Rese arch Media - U.S. Federal IT Market Forecast 2013 -2018.) ” “Spending on devices — smartphones, tablets and printers — has grown exponentially, which should not surprise anybody, and will continue to grow, Gartner said.” Please note that the above list is not meant to be complete. Additionally, for each factual statement in your prospectus, please identify the source of such information if it has not already been identified . To the extent any such assertions are management’s belief, please clarify. Also, please advise whether any third -party reports or sources were commissioned by you, and if so, please disclose this fact in the prospectus. Calculation of Registration Fee 7. We note that you rely on Rule 416 to register an indeterminate number of addition al shares of common stock issuable as a result of the anti -dilution provisions in the Bridge Bank warrants. The footnote as written appears to exceed the scope of Rule 416. Please revise the footnote to track the language of Rule 416, which provides for the registration of additional securities “being offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.” Outside Front Cover Page of Prospectus 8. Please disclose in the initial paragraph that this offe ring constitutes your initial public offering. 9. Schedule A, paragraph 16 of the Securities Act and Item 501(b)(3) of Regulation S -K require that you disclose the price at which the securities will be sold. Given the lack of an established market for your securities, please disclose the fixed price at which the selling shareholders will sell the shares covered by the prospectus. We will not object if you state that the securities will be sold at the disclosed fixed price until your shares are listed on a national securities exchange and thereafter at prevailing market prices or privately negotiated prices. Please make corresponding changes throughout the prospectus. Risk Factors, page 6 10. Item 503(c) of Regulation S -K requires that you “set forth each risk factor under a subcaption that adequately describes the risk. ” Several of your current risk factor Nadir Ali Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. September 6, 2013 Page 4 subcaptions do not adequately describe the risk to investors. As examples, we note the following subcaptions: “The company competes with much larger companies”; “Risks of fixed price government contracts”; “Dependence on key personnel who do not have public company regulatory experience”; “Sysorex Arabia is currently without contracts”; and “Our stock price may be volatile.” Please review e ach risk factor and revise as necessary to succinctly state in your subheading the risks that result from the facts or circumstances facing the company or this offering. Anti-Takeover, Limited Liability and Indemnification Provisions “Some provisions of our articles of incorporation and by -laws may deter takeover attempts . . . ,” page 15 11. Please revise this risk factor to concisely describe the risk that affects the company or makes the offering speculative or risky. See Item 503(c) to Regulation S -K. Forward Looking Statements, page 19 12. Please remove the reference to Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The safe harbor for forward -looking statements provided by these sections does not apply to statements made in co nnection with an initial public offering. See Securities Act Section 27A (b)(2)(D) and Exchange Act Section 21E(b)(2)(D). Subparagraph (b)(1)(C) of Section 27A concerning statements in filings of penny stock issuers may also apply to your company. Use of Proceeds, page 20 13. You indicate on page 3 that you “ expect to use the proceeds received from the exercise of the warrants, if any, for general working capital purposes and partial payment for potential acquisitions .” Please revise these disclosures to accurately and consistently describe your intended use of proceeds. Additionally, if the proceeds from the offering may be used to finance acquisitions of other businesses, the status of any negotiations with respect t o an acquisition, and a brief description of such business, should be included to the extent that you reasonably determine that public disclosure of such information would not jeopardize the acquisition. Refer to Instruction 6 to Item 504 of Regulation S -K. Please revise or advise. Nadir Ali Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. September 6, 2013 Page 5 Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities, page 20 14. We note that you have filed a Registration Rights Agreement as Exhibit 10.3. Please disclose the number o f shares entitled to registration rights and include a general discussion of the origin of the registration rights. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation Overview, page 21 15. Please expand this section to prov ide a balanced and meaningful discussion of known material trends and uncertainties that will have, or are reasonably likely to have, a material impact on your revenues or income or result in your liquidity decreasing or increasing in any material way. In this regard, we note the disclosure on page 14 that Sysorex Arabia has no contracts and the discussion on page 15 regarding the financial and operational challenges you have experienced in the last nine years . Your discussion of trends, challenges and un certainties should provide insight into the extent to which reported financial information is indicative of future results . Please provide additional analysis concerning the quality and variability of your earnings and cash flows. Further, please discuss in reasonable detail any economic or industry -wide factors relevant to your company and any material opportunities, challenges and risks you may face in the short and long term and the actions you are taking to address them. Liquidity and Capital Resourc es – Bridge Bank Financing Agreement, page 26 16. Please revise to disclose the identity of the borrowers and the guarantor and the date on which the agreement was entered into. Please disclose the date on which the $4,175,000 was disbursed and to what entit ies disbursements were made. 17. Revise to describe the material terms of the agreement that may impact your liquidity, for example, we refer to the lockbox arrangement and the required transfer of your deposit accounts to your lender. Describe what impact t hese arrangements may have on your foreign subsidiaries. Liquidity and Capital Resources – General, page 26 18. We note your disclosure here and in the risk factor on page 9 that you will need to raise additional capital or alternative financing in 2013 or your will have to abandon your expansion plans and/or curtail operations. Revise this section to provide a comprehensive analytical discussion of your current and available capital resources and the extent to which they are sufficient to fund planned operations for a period of not less than twelve months from the date of the registration statement. To the extent you do not have sufficient resources to fund planned operations for the twelve -month period, state Nadir Ali Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. September 6, 2013 Page 6 the estimated deficiency in dollar terms and discuss how you plan to address the deficiency. Provide a discussion of your expected cash needs, including a d iscussion of specific cash needs over the next twelve months and a discussion of long -term liquidity. Also disclose the minimum period of time that you will be able to conduct planned operations using currently available capital resources. Business, page 28 19. Please update your disclosure to discuss the types of contracts generally entered into with you customers. We note, for example only, your disclosure on page 31 that states that Sysorex Government Services, Inc. provides its IT solutions and services “through its various government contract vehicles including [your] GSA Schedule, SPAWAR, TEIS - III, SITE, and others .” Your discussion should include, at minimum, a description of the material terms of such contracts. Also, we note the disclosure on page 7 that you derive a significant portion of your revenue from a small number of contracts. Please advise what consideration you have given to filing these contracts as exhibits to your registration statement. Refer to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S -K. 20. We note your discussion in the risk factor on page 14 regarding your dependence on subcontractors and the bulleted list on page 33 that identifies you as a subcontractor for a number of prime contracts. Please expand your disclosure in the Business sect ion to further describe your relationships with prime contractors (where you act as subcontractor) and with your subcontractors (where you act as prime contractor), including a discussion on how such relationships are typically governed. Management, pa ge 36 21. For each director, on an individual basis, discuss the specific experience, qualifications, attributes , or skills that led the board to conclude that such person should serve as a director. See Item 401(e)(1) of Regulation S -K and for guidance, refer to Question 116.05 of the Division of Corporation Finance’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations of Regulation S -K. Executive Compensation, page 40 22. Please revise your disclosure to include the table and all other information required by Item 402(r) of Regulation S -K or tell us why such information is not required. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, And Director Independence, page 43 23. We note your disclosure that there have been no transactions between the Company and any of its officers, directors or their family members . However, as of December 31, 2012, you had $ 1,829,141 of loan s payable to related parties, which you describe in Note 7 to your interim financial statements on page F -12 and Note 6 to your audited financial Nadir Ali Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. September 6, 2013 Page 7 statements on page F -30. Please revise to disclose these related party transactions. Additionally, please note that for the purposes of Item 404(a) of Regulation S -K, related persons includes any persons described in both Instructions 1.a. and 1.b. to Item 4 04(a) of Regulation S -K; please ensure that your disclosure covers all such related persons. Further, tell us what consideration you have given to filing the documents governing these loans with related parties as exhibits to this registration statement , as required by Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S -K. 24. Please advise whethe