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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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Date
December 19, 2024
Author
Acquisitions
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Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (CIK 0001661460)

Letter

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:

December 19, 2024

Roger Brown Roche Holdings, Inc. Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. 1 DNA Way South San Francisco, California 94080

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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                                                            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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