SEC Comment Letter for Digital Brands Group, Inc. (DBGI) (CIK 0001668010) (DBGI) — Aug 4, 2017
Digital Brands Group, Inc. (DBGI) (CIK 0001668010)
Date: Aug. 4, 2017 · CIK: 0001668010 · Accession: 0000000000-17-027620
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Mail Stop 3561 August 4, 2017 Mark T. Lynn Chief Executive Officer Denim.LA, Inc. 8899 Beverly Blvd., Suite 600 West Hollywood, CA 90069 Re: Denim.LA, Inc. Offering Statement on Form 1-A Filed July 10, 2017 Amendment No. 1 to Offering Statement on Form 1 -A Filed July 20, 2017 File No. 024 -10718 Dear Mr. Lynn : We have reviewed your offering 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 amending your offering statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumst ances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your offering statement and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Cover Page 1. Please revise to clarify the extent to which the shares being offered to the public are non - voting. The Offering, page 5 2. Please revise here and where appropriate to clearly explain the minimum investment as referenced on pages 9 and 45. Mark T. Lynn Denim.LA, Inc. August 4, 2017 Page 2 Risk Facto rs, page 7 Investors may be subject to an Investment Management Agreement. . ., page 9 3. We note your statement in this risk factor and on page 35 that the investment management agreement will limit investors’ voting rights. Please revise here, or where appropriate, to discuss the material terms of the investment management agreement. For example only, your revised disclosure should address the material limitations as a result of the investment management agreement and whether any fees are required to be paid to the manager. It is also unclear if investors purchasing a minimum of 100,000 sha res would nevertheless hold non -voting stock per the last risk factor on page 8. Please revise to clarify. Exhibits, page 69 4. Please file your senior credit agreement with Black Oak Capital as an exhibit. Refer to Item 17 of Form 1 -A. 5. We note the st atement in Exhibit 4.1 that you make no representations or warranties to investors signing the subscription agreement “as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in any offering materials.” Please note that it is not appropriate to state or imply that investors cannot rely on your disclosure. Please revise or remove the disclaimer as appropriate. We will consider qualifying your offering statement at your request . If a participant in your offering is required to clear its compensa tion arrangements with FINRA, please have FINRA advise us that it has no objections to the compensation arrangements prior to qualification. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. We also remind you that, following qualification of your Form 1 -A, Rule 257 of Regulation A requires you to file periodic and current reports , including a Form 1 -K which will be due within 120 calendar days after the end of the fiscal year covered by the report . Mark T. Lynn Denim.LA, Inc. August 4, 2017 Page 3 Please contact Jonathan Burr at (202) 551-5833 or James Lopez at (202) 551 -3536 with any questions. Sincerely, /s/ James Lopez (for) John Reynolds Assistant Director Office of Beverages, Apparel, and Mining cc: Andrew Stephenson , Esq. KHLK LLP