SEC Comment Letter for GREENPOWER MOTOR Co INC. (GP) (CIK 0001584547) (GP) — Sep 10, 2019
GREENPOWER MOTOR Co INC. (GP) (CIK 0001584547)
Date: Sept. 10, 2019 · CIK: 0001584547 · Accession: 0000000000-19-013399
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September 10, 2019
Fraser Atkinson
Chief Executive Officer
GreenPower Motor Company Inc.
#240 - 209 Carrall Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2J2, Canada
Re:GreenPower Motor Company, Inc.
Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Submitted August 14, 2019
CIK 0001584547
Dear Mr. Atkinson:
We have reviewed your draft 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 providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on
EDGAR. 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 the information you provide in response to these comments and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments.
Draft Registration Statement Submitted August 14, 2019
Risk Factors, page 5
1.Please add a risk factor addressing the fact that your shareholders approved a shareholder
rights plan which may be implemented by management and may impede a change in
control.
Government Regulation, page 22
2.To the extent material please discuss battery disposal requirements including the costs
borne by you and by customers.
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Comapany NameGreenPower Motor Company Inc.
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Capitalization and Indebtedness, page 26
3.We refer to your capitalization table. Please clarify for us and revise your disclosures to
explain the reason(s) for the change in the liability amounts related to line of credit,
secured and unguaranteed debt, and unsecured and unguaranteed debt under the As
Adjusted column. It is unclear from your disclosures why total indebtedness on an as
adjusted basis would decrease as a result of the issuance of 13,114,754 common shares to
selling shareholders and an additional 6,557,371 common shares issuance upon exercise
of warrants by the selling shareholders.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects, page 27
4.In your discussion of operating results please quantify and discuss each significant
component of costs comprising cost of sales and separately disclose, quantify, and discuss
the underlying reasons for each material variance in the components of cost of sales.
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 29
5.Please discuss the impact that expanding your manufacturing capabilities in Porterville
will have on your liquidity and capital resources, to the extent that this represents a
material trend. Refer to Item 5.D of Form 20-F.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations, page 40
6. As the contractual obligation table is aimed at increasing transparency of cash flow, we
believe that registrants should include scheduled interest payments in the table. To the
extent that interest rates are variable and unknown, you may use judgment to determine
which interest rates to use. Accordingly, please consider including the scheduled interest
payments and footnote disclosure of the interest rate used and how it was determined.
Financial Information
Note 1. Nature and Continuance of Operations, page F-10
7.We note your statement "To this end, the Company has now delivered and received
payment for all-electric buses to customers, ..." In the regard, please tell us the nature
of accounts receivable balance of approximately $1.4 million as of March 31, 2019.
Exhibits
8.Please file agreements with your third party manufacturers and suppliers as exhibits to
your registration statement. We note on pages 6 and 8 that you are dependent upon these
manufacturers. In addition, file your distribution agreement with your primary
distributor Creative Bus Sales. Alternatively tell us why these agreements are not
required to be filed. Refer to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
FirstName LastNameFraser Atkinson
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Fraser Atkinson
GreenPower Motor Company Inc.
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General
9.It appears you have made available more current financial information than otherwise
required by Item 8 of Form 20-F. In this regard, please revise to include interim financial
information for the period ended June 30, 2019 and update the affected sections of the
filing as applicable.
You may contact Aamira Chaudhry at 202-551-3389 or Jean Yu at 202-551-3305 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Dana Brown at 202-551-3859 or Laura Nicholson at 202-551-3584 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Transportation and Leisure