SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-003825 to RideNow Group, Inc. (RDNW)
RideNow Group, Inc.
Date: April 17, 2023 · CIK: 0001596961 · Accession: 0000000000-23-003825
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
April 17, 2023
Travis J. Wofford
Partner
Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana St.
Houston, TX 77002
Re:RumbleOn, Inc.
PREC14A filed April 5, 2023
Filed by Mark Tkach et al.
File No. 001-38248
Dear Travis J. Wofford:
We have reviewed your filing 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 these comments by providing the requested information or advise us as
soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts
and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional
comments. Note that capitalized terms used here but not otherwise defined have the same
meaning as in the proxy statement listed above.
PREC14A filed April 5, 2023
General
1.We note the following disclosure on page 2: "The Investor Group and the Company will
each be using a universal proxy card for voting on the election of directors at the 2023
Annual Meeting, which will include the names of all nominees for election to the Board."
Please clarify here (and elsewhere where a similar statement appears), if true, that the
Company's proxy card will include the names of the Investor Class II Nominees but not
the other Investor Nominees.
2.We note the following disclosure on page 3: "IF YOU VOTE ON AT LEAST ONE
NOMINEE BUT FEWER THAN TWO NOMINEES FOR PROPOSAL 1, YOUR
SHARES WILL ONLY BE VOTED “FOR” THOSE NOMINEES YOU HAVE SO
MARKED." To avoid potentially confusing shareholders, please replace "those
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nominees" with "the nominee" or "that nominee," or advise. Please do the same on page
37 and on the proxy card.
3.We note the following disclosure on page 3: "IF YOU VOTE “FOR” MORE THAN
TWO NOMINEES FOR PROPOSAL 1 ON A WHITE UNIVERSAL PROXY CARD
THAT YOU RETURN TO FIRST COAST RESULTS INC., INDEPENDENT
TABULATOR ON BEHALF OF OKAPI PARTNERS LLC (“OKAPI”), YOUR
SHARES WILL BE VOTED “FOR” THE INVESTOR CLASS II NOMINEES (OR THE
ALTERNATE INVESTOR NOMINEE, AS APPLICABLE) AND TO “WITHHOLD”
ON THE OPPOSED COMPANY NOMINEES." We also note the similar statement
regarding voting instruction forms in the subsequent paragraph. Please provide a detailed
legal analysis supporting the validity of this approach both under the federal proxy rules,
in particular Rule 14a-4(e), and under applicable state law. Alternatively, please amend
the disclosure here (and similar disclosure elsewhere, including on the proxy card) to
provide that an overvote on Proposal 1 will result in the votes on that proposal being
invalid and not counted.
4.We note the following disclosure on page 4: "In the event that any Primary Investor
Nominee is unable (due to death, disability or otherwise) or hereafter becomes unwilling
for any reason to serve as a director, the proxies named on the enclosed WHITE universal
proxy card will be voted “FOR” Mark Tkach in place of such Primary Investor
Nominee." Please revise such disclosure (and similar disclosure throughout the proxy
statement and on the proxy card) so as to ensure consistency with the limits of
discretionary authority outlined in Rule 14a-4(c)(5), which states that you may use
discretionary authority to vote for a substitute nominee if a named nominee is "unable to
serve or for good cause will not serve."
5.We note the disclosure regarding the vote required for Proposals 5 and 6. Please expand
the disclosure to clarify why two conflicting vote standards are disclosed, and please
disclose whether the Participants have a view as to which vote standard legally applies.
Proposal 8: Election of Kyle Beaird, page 22
6.We note the following disclosure: "Proposal 8 is conditioned, in part, upon Proposal 6. If
none of the members of the Board are removed pursuant to Proposal 6 and/or there are no
vacancies to fill other than as a result of Proposal 5, Kyle Beaird (or the Alternate Investor
Nominee) cannot be elected pursuant to this Proposal 8." Please expand the disclosure to
explain clearly, if true, that as of the present, no director has filled the vacancy created by
the resignation of Denmar Dixon, and therefore Mr. Beaird could be elected on the basis
of Proposal 8 alone.
Cost and Method of Solicitation, page 42
7.We note the statement that proxies may be solicited by, among other means, telegraph.
Please advise as to whether the reference to telegraph is accurate, or delete it.
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8.Please clarify the following sentence, which appears to be missing words: "The Board,
which will consist of two of six directors of the Board, if the Investor Class II Nominees
are elected, or four of seven directors, if all of the Primary Investor Nominees are elected,
would be required... ."
We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of
their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.
Please direct any questions to David Plattner at 202-551-8094.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers and Acquisitions