SEC Comment Letter for Tecnoglass Inc. (TGLS) (CIK 0001534675) (TGLS) — Dec 7, 2015
Tecnoglass Inc. (TGLS) (CIK 0001534675)
Date: Dec. 7, 2015 · CIK: 0001534675 · Accession: 0000000000-15-056804
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Referenced dates: August 5, 2015
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Mail Stop #4641 December 7 , 2015
Via E -mail
Jose Dias
Chief Executive Officer
Tecnoglass Inc.
Avenida Circunvalar a 100 mts de la Via 40
Barrio Las Flores
Barranquilla, Colombia
Re: Tecnoglass Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S -4
Filed November 10 , 2015
File No. 333 -205586
Form 10 -K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014
Filed April 15 , 2015
File No. 1 -35436
Dear Mr. Dias:
We have reviewed your response letter and the above -referenced filings, and have the
following comments.
Amendment No. 1 Registration Statement on Form S -4
General
1. Please provide updated financial statements and related disclosures. Refer to Rule 3 -12
of Regulation S-X.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences, page 28
2. We note that you filed a short form tax opinion in response to comment nine in our letter
dated August 5, 2015. Please revise to state explicitly that the disclosure in this section is
the opin ion of Graubard Miller. For further guidance, see Section III.B.2 of Staff Legal
Bulletin No. 19.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 5. Variable Interest Entities, page FS -18
Note 4. Variable Interest Entities, page FS -39
3. We note your r esponse to comment 13 in our letter d ated August 5, 2015 . To help better
understand your determination, please provide the following information:
Jose Dias
Tecnoglass Inc.
December 7, 2015
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You disclosed that your CEO, COO, other family members and other related parties
own 100% of the equity of ESW LLC. You also disclos ed that your CEO, CFO and
other related parties own 100% of the equity in VS. Please provide us with the
specific ownership interest of each of your related parties and their specific
relationship to all other related parties. Please also provide us with the ownership
interest of Technoglass, Inc. Please clarify any direct and indirect interest that your
CEO and COO may have in Technoglass, Inc. as well.
Please provide us with your comprehensive analysis of how you applied the
consolidation accountin g guidance pursuant to ASC 810. Please specifically address
your consideration of the following as it relates to EWS and VS:
Does a scope exception to the consolidation guidance apply?
Does a scope exception to the Variable Interest Model apply?
Does the reporting entity have a variable interest in an entity?
Is the entity a VIE?
If the entity is a VIE, is the reporting entity the primary beneficiary?
4. We note that you may have provided part of this analysis in your previous response.
Please provide your comprehensive analysis of how you determined that you are not the
primary beneficiary of EWS and VS.
We note your determination that commercial activity with EWS is conducted at arms -
length. Please also provide the following information:
Average margins for sales to EWS and as compared to all other sales into the U.S. for
the periods presented. If there are significant variances please explain why.
Typical payment terms for your U.S. customers as compared to the payment terms
you negotiate with EWS.
An explanation of how installation costs are considered in sales to EWS. Explain
whether you provide installation services for their sales or whether all installation
services that are negotiated by EWS are also provided by EWS personnel. Please
also addres s whether you receive any benefit on the installations negotiated by EWS.
Finally, please tell us whether Tecnoglass is involved in any of the negotiations
between EWS and their customers.
5. We read in your response to comment 13 in our letter dated August 5, 2015 that VS and
the Compa ny have executed two Payment Agreements in early 2015 that are guaranteed
by VS shareholders and by the client receivables in order to reduce VS’s payables to the
Company with periodic payments. Please explain the details of these agreements to us
and fur ther explain how you considered these agreements in your determination that the
Company does not provide financial support to VS.
6. Please help us better understand your determination that within the Related Party Groups,
Tecnoglass did not have controlling financial interests in either ESW LLC or VS and was
not the primary beneficiary of the Entities’ controlling financial interests because the
related party investors in the Related Party Groups were more closely associated to the
Entities’ operations, risk s and variability. In this regard, we note that that both ESW and
VS were formed to carry out marketing, sales and installations on behalf of Tecnoglass
Jose Dias
Tecnoglass Inc.
December 7, 2015
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and that it would be difficult for Tecnoglass to sell in the markets that EWS and VS
service, as such , the business of the VIEs and Tecnoglass appear to be interdependent.
You may contact Mindy Hooker , Staff Accountant at 202 -551-3732 or Ernest Greene,
Staff Accountant, at 202 -551-3733 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact David Korvin, Staff Attorney at 202 -551-3236 or
me at 202 -551-3397 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jay Ingram
Jay Ingram
Legal Branch Chief
Office of Manufacturing and
Construction
cc: Via E -mail
Jeffrey Gallant , Esq.
Graubard Miller