Correspondence 0001213900-25-013470 from SciSparc Ltd. (SPRC)
SciSparc Ltd.
Date: Feb. 13, 2025 · CIK: 0001611746 · Accession: 0001213900-25-013470
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File numbers found in text: 333-282351
Referenced dates: January 27, 2025
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February 13, 2025
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-6010
Attention:
Valeria Franks
Suying Li
Cara Wirth
Donald Field
Re:
SciSparc Ltd.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-4
Filed on December 31, 2024
File No. 333-282351
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of SciSparc Ltd.
(the “Company” or “SciSparc”), we submit this letter setting forth the responses of
the Company to the comments provided by the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) in its comment letter dated January 27, 2025 (the “Comment Letter”),
with respect to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed with the Commission by the Company on December 31, 2024 (the
“Registration Statement”). Concurrently with the filing of this letter, the Company is hereby filing Amendment
No. 2 to the Registration Statement (the “Amended Filing”) through EDGAR.
For reference purposes, the
text of the Comment Letter has been reproduced herein with responses below to each numbered comment. Unless otherwise indicated, page
references in the descriptions of the Staff’s comments refer to the Registration Statement and page references in the responses
refer to the Amended Filing. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Amended Filing.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement
on Form F-4 Filed December 31, 2024
Questions and Answers About the Special
Meeting and the Merger, page ii Registration Statement on Form F-4
1.
We note your amended disclosure in response to prior comment 2 and we reissue in part:
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Please revise your Question and Answer regarding the fairness opinion to clearly reflect that you did not receive a fairness opinion in connection with the transaction. Similarly, revise the corresponding risk factor to remove any mitigating language.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has revised page v to clearly disclose that it did not receive a fairness opinion in connection with the Merger. In addition, the Company
has revised page 15 of the Amended Filing to remove the mitigating language from the risk factor relating to the Company not obtaining
a fairness opinion in connection with the Merger.
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Please revise your Question and Answer regarding post-closing financing to include the interest rate that will be due from the period starting December 1, 2024 through the effective date of the merger.
Response: The Company has further revised pages v, 47, 95, 99, 133, 152, 188,
and 196 of the Amended Filing to disclose the interest rate of the Loan Amount.
Risks Related to SciSparc’s Intended Corporate
Restructuring Plan, page 47
2.
We note your amended disclosure that on December 16, 2024, SciSparc announced that it entered into an amendment to the Spin-off LOI. If material, please revise to summarize such amendment.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
notes that the amendment to the Spin-Off LOI was entered into solely to extend its term, and has revised page 47 of the Amended Filing
to indicate as such.
Comparative Per Share Data, page 85
3.
Please remove your pro forma combined book value per share as of December 31, 2023 measure to be consistent with Rule 11-02(c)(1) of Regulation S-X.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has revised page 84 of the Amended Filing to update the comparative per share data to the six months ended June 30, 2024.
Comparative Per Share Market Price Information,
page 85
4.
Please provide us your calculations of the “equivalent value of merger consideration per AutoMax ordinary share” amounts as of April 10, 2024 and December 30, 2024.
Response: The Company respectfully
acknowledges the Staff’s comment and provides the following calculations:
SciSparc outstanding shares (including
pre-funded warrants) = X
AutoMax outstanding shares = Y
SciSparc price per share = Z
Number of SciSparc shares given per
one AutoMax share = N
Exchange Ratio = (X / (0.5001 * 0.4749))
/ Y
Then:
N = ((Exchange Ratio * Y) + Y) / Y
Value of Merger consideration per AutoMax
share = N * Z
For April 10, 2024:
X = 2,716,872
Y = 105,643,744
Z = 1.680
(2,716,872 / (0.5001 * 0.4749)) / 105,643,744
= 0.024421409
((0.024421409 * 105,643,744) + 105,643,744)
/ 105,643,744 = 1.024
1.024 * 1.680 = 1.72
For December 30, 2024:
X = 10,841,449
Y = 105,643,744
Z = 0.214
(10,841,449 / (0.5001 * 0.4749)) /
105,643,744 = 0.097451575
((0.097451575 * 105,643,744) + 105,643,744)
/ 105,643,744 = 1.097
1.097 * 0.214 = 0.23
For February 7, 2024:
X = 10,841,449
Y = 105,643,744
Z = 0.496
(10,841,449 / (0.5001 * 0.4749)) /
105,643,744 = 0.097451575
((0.097451575 * 105,643,744) + 105,643,744)
/ 105,643,744 = 1.097
1.097 * 0.496 = 0.54
The Company respectfully notes that
it has revised page 84 to update the date of December 30, 2024, to February 7, 2025, as well as the associated numbers, based on the
same calculations presented above. The Company also notes that due to a clerical error, the AutoMax ordinary shares closing price per
share (in $ amount) was corrected for April 10, 2024.
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SciSparc’s Historical Background of the
Merger, page 93
5.
We note your amended disclosure in response to prior comment 13. In an appropriate place in your Risk Factors, please revise to acknowledge that Mr. Baranes had ties to Mr. Weiss and AutoMax prior to providing services as a business analyst and being appointed by SciSparc to serve as its VP Strategy and Business Development.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has revised page 14 and page 93 of the Amended Filing to include the requested disclosure.
6.
We note your amended disclosure in response to prior comment 14. Please revise the Background section to discuss the $44.8 million valuation of AutoMax and disclose how SciSparc’s Board determined to use the valuation as the primary data point in the due diligence process to assess the business of AutoMax and the transaction.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has revised page 95 and page 110 of the Amended Filing to describe the SciSparc board of directors’ use of the valuation report
as a data point, during the due diligence process to assess the business of AutoMax and the transaction. The Company respectfully notes
that the sentence stating that “the valuation report was a primary data point…” was incorrect from a grammatical standpoint,
and was meant to provide instead that the valuation report was “primarily used…” as now stated on page 110 of the Amended
Filing.
Valuation Report of E.D.B. Consulting Investments
Ltd., page 102
7.
We note your amended disclosure in response to prior comment 15. If AutoMax’s management provided a chart, table, or other quantitative projections (i.e. EBITDA, Net Cashflows, Revenues, etc.), please revise to include such projections here. In this regard, we note that the Discounted Cash Flow analysis appears to have relied upon future projections provided by AutoMax. Additionally, please explain why management chose a six year forecast for the projections. With respect to the valuation model, please revise to include the table provided at Annex E-34.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has revised page 105 of the Amended Filing to include the table titled “Profit and Loss Pro Forma (in thousands NIS)” and
its footnotes, presented (as translated), which was included in AutoMax’s Projections. The Company has also revised page 108 to
include the valuation model in table format, as presented in Annex E-34. The Company respectfully notes that AutoMax’s management
chose a five year forecast for the projections (covering 2024 to 2028), because it believed AutoMax’s revenues would increase in
2024 due to new revenue streams (such as direct import), and peak in 2028. In its valuation report, E.D.B. forecasted that due to 2024
being an uncertain year, in light of the war in Israel, AutoMax will only be able to reach the targets presented in the Projections in
2029 (in six years). The Company respectfully notes that it had previously addressed this point on page 107 of Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement and the Amended Filing, under the bullet point titled “Revenues”.
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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
to U.S. Holders, page 114
8.
We note your response to prior comment 17 and we reissue it in part. With respect to the material U.S. federal income tax considerations, please revise to provide a tax opinion covering the material federal tax consequences to investors regarding the Merger and revise the disclosure in this section to acknowledge and reflect that the tax consequences are the opinion of counsel. Refer to Item 4(a)(6) of Form F-4 and Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K. For guidance in preparing the opinion and related disclosure, please refer to Section III of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19. Additionally, please revise to address and express a conclusion for each material federal tax consequence, i.e. whether the Merger qualifies as an “A Reorganization.” A description of the law is not sufficient. In this regard, we note your response attempts to rely on the idea that you have simply described the law and provided alternative tax treatments. This approach is not sufficient. If there is a lack of authority directly addressing the tax consequences of the transaction, conflicting authority or significant doubt about the tax consequences of the transaction, counsel may issue a “should” or “more likely than not” opinion to make clear that the opinion is subject to a degree of uncertainty. In such cases, counsel should explain clearly why it cannot give a “will” opinion. Refer to Sections III.C.1, III.C.2 and III.C.4 of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
notes the Staff’s request to provide a tax opinion covering material federal tax consequences. The Company included the requested
opinion as Exhibit 8.1 to the Amended Filing, and has revised page 115 of the Amended Filing to note the opinion of counsel.
AutoMax Business
Material Agreements Relating to AutoMax’s
Business, page 175
9.
We note your amended disclosure in response to prior comment 18, including the various summaries that you have added to this section. Please revise to clearly disclose the other parties or entities that have rights to AutoMax’s revenue streams and quantify such amounts. Consider presenting this information in an illustrative format or chart, if helpful.
Response: The Company respectfully
acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised page 178 of the Amended Filing to include a chart illustrating entities which
have rights to AutoMax’s revenue streams under founders’ agreements, in accordance with AutoMax’s holding percentages
in such subsidiaries, presented in percentage amount and corresponding to each agreement. The Company respectfully notes that all other
parties or entities that presently have rights to AutoMax’s revenue streams have been disclosed.
AutoMax’s Competitive Advantages, page 180
10.
We note your response to prior comment 25. Please revise your disclosure to name the source that confirms that AutoMax is currently the leading and largest company in the indirect sectors in terms of vehicle imports.
Response: The Company respectfully
acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised page 182 of the Amended Filing to disclose the website CarZone, at www.carzone.co.il,
a service providing statistics regarding the vehicle market in Israel, as the source for the abovementioned statement.
SciSparc Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations, page 189
11.
Please revise to provide quantified explanations for the changes in revenues, cost of goods sold, and gross profit over the reporting periods. Refer to Item 5 of Form 20-F.
Response: The Company respectfully
acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised page 189 of the Amended Filing to include the quantified explanations for the
changes in revenues, cost of goods sold, and gross profit over the reporting periods.
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Current Outlook, page 194
12.
You disclose that SciSparc’s cash and cash equivalent amount was $2,624 thousand as of June 30, 2024 herein and in the going concern section below. Please tell us your basis to include short-term bank deposit amount in the cash and cash equivalent.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
explains that the balance of $2.6 million on page 197, under the going concern section also includes deposits and refers to the available
funding balance for the purpose of assessing the projected cash flow, rather than the accounting definition of cash and cash equivalents.
The Company has revised page 197 of the Amended Filing to include its reasoning for including short-term bank deposit amount in the cash
and cash equivalents.
Import and Marketing of Buses in Israel,
page 213
13.
We note your amended disclosure here and in the section titled Import and Marketing of Vehicles Manufactured by JAC in Israel. Please revise to disclose the material terms of such agreements, including payment structure, target metrics, restrictions, early termination provisions, etc.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has revised page 216 of the Amended Filing to include a description of early termination provisions under the JAC agreement. The Company
respectfully notes that provisions regarding payment structure, target metrics and restrictions have been redacted in the filed exhibit
of the agreement, because the Company considers these provisions to be not material and the type of information that it treats as private
or confidential.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial
Information, page 214
14.
Please revise your introductory paragraphs on page 214 and Note 1 disclosure on page 218 to include a description of the pro forma condensed combined statement of comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2023. Refer to Rule 11-02(a)(2) of Regulation S-X.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has revised page 217 and 221 of the Amended Filing.
15.
You disclose under the “Agreements Related to the Merger” section on page 132 that subject to SciSparc’s board of director’s approval, contingent upon the closing of the Merger, Pure Capital will be entitled to a bonus of $1,568,000, which shall be provided half in cash and half in SciSparc shares. Please tell us your considerations for reflecting this bonus payment in your pro forma financial statements. Refer to Rule 11-02(a)(6) of Regulation S-X.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and
has adjusted the accounting transaction to reflect the transaction bonuses as described on pages 220 and 224 of the Amended Filing. The
Company respectfully notes that it has revised page 133 of the Amended Filing to reflect the updated bonus amount of $1,153,000, as approved
by the Company’s board of directors on February 12, 2025.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement
of Comprehensive Loss, page 216
16.
We note your responses to prior comments 30 and 33. The amounts presented in the “AutoMax Motors Ltd.” columns in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of financial position as of June 30, 2024 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of comprehensive loss for the six month period ended June 30, 202