SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-014049 to Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (CIK 0001661460)
Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (CIK 0001661460)
Date: Dec. 19, 2024 · CIK: 0001661460 · Accession: 0000000000-24-014049
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December 19, 2024
Roger Brown
Roche Holdings, Inc.
Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.
1 DNA Way
South San Francisco, California 94080
Re: Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.
Schedule TO-T filed December 9, 2024
File No. 005-91606
Filed by Blue Giant Acquisition Corp., and Roche Holdings, Inc.
Dear Roger Brown:
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.
Schedule TO-T filed December 9, 2024
General
1. It appears that all of Poseida's revenues and operations have been, and
continue to be,
entirely dependent on the Collaboration Agreement between the Company
and Parent,
and, thus, that Parent and/or its affiliates may have been an affiliate
of the
Company. Given this, please file a Schedule 13E-3 and amend the Schedule
TO and
Offer to Purchase as necessary or provide us your detailed legal
analysis of the
application of Rule 13e-3 with respect to the current transaction.
Withdrawal Rights, page 23
2. Please revise this section and throughout the filing where relevant,
including pages 8
and 17, to include disclosure describing the withdrawal rights provided
for in
Section 14(d)(5) of the Exchange Act.
December 19, 2024
Page 2
Certain Information Concerning Offeror and Parent, page 33
3. Please revise your disclosure on pages 34 and 35 to expand on the terms
of the
Collaboration Agreement between Poseida and Roche Collaboration Parties,
including
details regarding the research program, activities and obligations of
the parties, and
the purposes of the amendments to the Agreement.
4. As to the Collaboration Agreement, please revise to include the
"approximate dollar
amount of" such transaction, as required under Item 5 of Schedule TO and
Item
1005(a) of Regulation M-A. As relevant here, we note the Company's
disclosure
regarding "consideration for the rights granted to Roche under the Roche
Collaboration Agreement" and "tiered royalty payments" on pages 17 and
18 of
Poseida's Schedule 14D-9 filed on December 9, 2024.
5. See comment above. We also note the following disclosure on page 37: "On
September 5, 2024, Poseida announced the initiation of the Phase 1b
portion of its
clinical trial for P-BCMA-ALLO1, an investigational stem cell memory
T-cell based
allogenic CAR-T cell therapy for the treatment of patients with
relapsed/refractory
multiple myeloma, resulting in a $20 million milestone payment from
Roche to
Poseida." Please revise to disclose the total payments received by
Poseida under the
Agreement to date.
Source and Amount of Funds, page 35
6. Item 1007(d) of Regulation M-A requires additional disclosure "[i]f all
or any part of
the funds or other consideration required is, or is expected, to be
borrowed, directly or
indirectly, for the purpose of the transaction" (emphasis added). In
that regard, we
note the following disclosure: "Roche Holding Ltd and its controlled
affiliates expect
to contribute or otherwise advance to us the funds necessary to
consummate the Offer
and the Merger and to pay related fees and expenses" (emphasis added).
Please revise
this section, as well as page 3 of the Summary Term Sheet, to include
any relevant
information called for by Item 7 of Schedule TO and Item 1007(d) of
Regulation M-
A, or advise.
The Tender and Support Agreements, page 58
7. We note the following disclosure on page 59: "In accordance with the
terms of the
Support Agreements, Parent has consented to the transfer by Pentwater
during the
time the Support Agreements are in effect of (i) up to 30% of the Shares
held by
Pentwater as of the date of the Support Agreements and (ii) any Shares
acquired by
Pentwater after the date of the Support Agreements, subject to certain
conditions."
Please expand your disclosure to provide additional details, including
to whom
Pentwater may transfer the Shares to, the definition of Permitted
Transferee, what
"certain conditions" apply, and where relevant information can be found
in the Merger
Agreement and the Support Agreement.
The CVR Agreement, page 59
8. We note your disclosure here, and throughout the filing, that Parent and
a rights agent
will enter into the CVR Agreement "[a]t or prior to the Offer Acceptance
Time."
December 19, 2024
Page 3
Please state in your response letter whether Parent has entered into the
CVR
Agreement. If so, please also revise to include the relevant information
and file the
agreement as an exhibit. See Items 5 and 12 of Schedule TO.
9. Expand generally here, and throughout the offer materials, to discuss the
specific risks
and uncertainties concerning the events that must occur (or not occur) in
order for
payment to be issued under the terms of the CVRs, including specific
disclosure about
the current status of the development of the CVR Products.
10. We note the following disclosure on page 61: "Except in certain limited
circumstances, Parent may not, without the consent of holders of at least
40% of the
outstanding CVRs, amend the terms of the CVR Agreement in a manner that
would
be adverse to the interest of the holders of CVRs." Please revise to
expand on what
constitutes as "certain limited circumstances."
11. Refer to the penultimate paragraph under this section. Please expand your
disclosure
to disclose the risks that security holders may face in connection with
the CVRs as
holders of subordinated debt, if true, namely, among other things, that
(a) the
Poseida's and Parent s financial condition could deteriorate such that
they did not have
the necessary cash or cash equivalents to make the required payments
under the
agreement; (b) holders of the CVRs would have no greater rights against
Poseida and
Parent than those accorded to general unsecured creditors under
applicable law;
(c) the CVRs would be effectively subordinated in right of payment to all
of the
Poseida's and Parent's secured obligations to the extent of the
collateral securing such
obligations; and (d) the CVRs would be effectively subordinated in right
of payment
to all existing and future indebtedness, claims of holders of capital
stock and other
liabilities, including trade payables, of the Poseida and/or Parent's
subsidiaries.
December 19, 2024
Page 4
Conditions to the Offer, page 62
12. Refer to condition (c)(iv) on page 63. Please revise to state whether
any Company
Material Adverse Effect that is continuing has occurred between the date
of the
Merger Agreement and the date of commencement of the tender offer.
13. We note your disclosure on page 64, stating, among other things, that
certain
conditions "may be waived by Offeror or Parent, in whole or in part at
any time and
from time to time prior to the expiration date of the Offer in the sole
discretion of
Offeror or Parent." We also note similar disclosure on page 17. If an
event occurs that
implicates an offer condition, an offeror must promptly inform security
holders
whether it will waive the condition and continue with the Offer, or
terminate the Offer
based on that condition. In this respect, reserving the right to waive a
condition "at
any time and from time to time" is inconsistent with your obligation to
inform security
holders promptly if events occur that "trigger" an offer condition.
Please revise.
Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals; No Stockholder Approval; Appraisal
Rights,
page 66
14. We note the following disclosure on page 67: "Each of Parent and Poseida
intend to
file a Premerger Notification and Report Form under the HSR Act with
respect to the
Offer and the Merger with the Antitrust Division and the FTC on December
6, 2024"
(emphasis added). According to page 48 of Schedule 14D-9 filed by
Poseida on
December 9, 2024, it appears that "each of Parent and Poseida filed on
December 6,
2024 a Premerger Notification and Report Form under the HSR Act with
respect to
the Offer and the Merger with the Antitrust Division and the FTC"
(emphasis added).
Please revise.
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 Eddie Kim at 202-679-6943 or Dan Duchovny
at 202-
551-3619.
Sincerely,
Division of
Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers &
Acquisitions
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