SEC Company Response from Ranpak Holdings (PACK) — Apr 8, 2019
Ranpak Holdings Corp.
Date: April 8, 2019 · CIK: 0001712463 · Accession: 0001213900-19-005944
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File numbers found in text: 333-230030
Referenced dates: March 29, 2019
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April
8, 2019
CORRESPONDENCE
FILING VIA EDGAR
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Manufacturing and Construction
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Tracie Mariner
Terence O’Brien
Geoff Kruczek
Amanda Ravitz
Re: One
Madison Corporation
Preliminary
Proxy Statement/Prospectus on Form S-4
Filed
March 1, 2019
File
No. 333-230030
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
One
Madison Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“One Madison,” the “Company,” “we,”
“our” or “us”), is in receipt of the comments of the staff (the “Staff”)
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) set forth in the Commission’s letter dated
March 29, 2019 (the “Comment Letter”) with respect to our Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed March 1,
2019 (the “Registration Statement”), which has been filed in connection with One Madison’s proposed acquisition
(the “Transaction”) of Rack Holdings Inc. (“Ranpak”).
The
Company has filed today Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 1”) concurrently with
this response letter via EDGAR correspondence. We are also providing supplementally to the Staff an electronic copy of Amendment
No. 1, marked to show changes made to the Registration Statement since the filing of the Registration Statement on March 1, 2019.
For
the convenience of the Staff, the Company has repeated each of the Staff’s comments before the corresponding response. Unless
otherwise indicated, all page references in the responses set forth below are to the pages of Amendment No. 1 as filed on EDGAR.
Terms used, but not otherwise defined in this response letter, have the meanings assigned to them in Amendment No. 1.
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Summary
Term Sheet, page 6
1. Please
briefly highlight the anticipated tax consequences from the transactions described in
this document and any material uncertainty regarding those consequences. Please also
expand the last bullet point on this page to explain any material differences between
Class A, B and C shares.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on pages 6 and 8 of Amendment No. 1.
Prior
to the domestication, page 72
2. Please
file the consent of counsel referenced in the second paragraph on page 73.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that we have filed the consent of counsel as Exhibit
23.4 to Amendment No. 1.
One
Madison Delaware’s proposed organizational documents, page 82
3. We
note that your forum selection provision identifies the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain litigation, including any “derivative
action.” Please disclose whether this provision applies to actions arising under
the Securities Act or Exchange Act. In that regard, we note that Section 27 of the Exchange
Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty
or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, and
Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state
courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities
Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. If the provision applies to Securities Act
claims, please also revise your prospectus to state that there is uncertainty as to whether
a court would enforce such provision.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectively advise the Staff that the Company’s forum selection provision
does apply to Securities Act claims to the fullest extent permitted by law. Accordingly, the Company has revised the applicable
disclosure on page 82 of Amendment No. 1 to address the Staff’s comment.
Background
of the Business Combination, page 106
4. Please
revise to clarify the aggregate proposed purchase price included in the August 9 and
September 12, 2018 indications of interest.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on page 108 of Amendment No. 1 to clarify the aggregate purchase price in the indications of interest.
5. We
note the disclosure on page 108 regarding a downward revision in One Madison’s
view of Ranpak’s adjusted EBITDA and on page 109 regarding a downward revision
in One Madison’s view of Ranpak’s topline growth and margin expectations.
Please revise to clarify and quantify the extent of those downward revisions.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on pages 108 and 109 of Amendment No. 1.
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6. Please
revise to clarify the “certain market perspectives and certain valuation perspectives
with respect to Ranpak and the proposed transaction,” as noted on page 112. Please
also refer to Items 4(b) and 21(c) to Form S-4.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on page 112 of Amendment No. 1 to further describe the market perspectives and valuation perspectives discussed by Citigroup Global
Markets (“Citi”) at the December 12, 2018 telephonic meeting (the “Board Meeting”) of the
Company’s board of directors (the “Board”).
The
Company respectfully submits that the disclosure required by Items 4(b) and 21(c) of Form S-4 is not applicable to the discussion
(the “Discussion”) led by a representative of Citi at the Board Meeting. Items 4(b) and 21(c) require disclosure
regarding any “report, opinion or appraisal materially relating to the transaction” that has been received from an
outside party and referred to in the Registration Statement. The Company does not believe the Discussion constitutes a report,
opinion or appraisal materially relating to the proposed transaction, notwithstanding the reference to the Discussion in the Registration
Statement. Citi was retained by the Company to assist in (i) the preparation of financial and valuation analysis, (ii) business,
operating and financial due diligence, (iii) developing a general strategy for accomplishing the transaction and (iv) the
negotiation of the transaction. Citi was not engaged to, and therefore did not, render a report or fairness opinion. The Discussion
was never intended by the Company’s Board, the Company’s management, Citi or the Company’s other advisers to
be a report or opinion, but rather was intended to be considered as discussion material in connection with the Board’s consideration
of the transaction. Moreover, the Discussion constituted only one source of information considered by the Board in connection
with its consideration of the transaction. The Company does not believe that any further information about the Discussion is required
by Form S-4.
One
Madison’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for Approval of the Business Combination, page 112
7. We
note the extensive positive reasons cited in this section, such as the significant market
opportunity and growth potential, attractive margins, strong visibility into revenue,
compelling financial metrics and valuation and an attractive financial profile. We note
similar disclosures on pages 179 and 180. Please clarify how the downward revisions referenced
in pages 108 and 109 are consistent with these reasons. Also clarify how those revisions
were considered by your board in reaching its conclusions regarding the positive reasons
cited in your disclosure.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comments and respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on
page 116 of Amendment No. 1.
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U.S.
Federal Income Tax Considerations, page 129
8. It
appears from your disclosure that the tax treatment for the transactions you mention
is uncertain and that those transactions may not be taxable. We note, for example,
your disclosure on page 136 as to what the tax consequences of the domestication “should”
be. Please file the opinion required by Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that we have filed the opinion of counsel as Exhibit
8.1 to Amendment No. 1.
Unaudited
Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
Notes
to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
Note
3 - Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information, page 171
9. Please
expand your disclosure of intangible assets in footnote (C) to explain how you determined
the fair value estimates of the assets and the significant underlying assumptions utilized.
In addition, disclose the potential effects of uncertainties regarding the assets’
respective amortization periods.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comments and respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on
page 172 of Amendment No. 1.
Our
Business Model, page 183
10. Please
revise to clarify how the paper consumables you sell work exclusively with your packaging
systems.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on page 183 of Amendment No. 1 to clarify how the paper consumables work exclusively with Ranpak’s packaging systems.
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Factors Affecting the Comparability of Ranpak’s
Results of Operations, page 192
11. You
state that your depreciation and amortization, including the depreciation components
of cost of sales, are expected to change, possibly significantly, reflecting the valuations
of property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets with finite useful lives. Please
expand your disclosure to include an estimate for the annual increase in depreciation
and amortization expense.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on page 193 of Amendment No. 1 to indicate that depreciation and amortization, including the depreciation components of cost of sales,
would increase on a pro forma basis by approximately $7.0 million.
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Results
of Operations, page 196
12. Your
disclosure, like on pages 179 and 192, indicates that your sales consist of packaging
systems as well as consumables, contrary to your disclosure on page 183 that substantially
all sales relate to consumables. Please revise to clarify the portion of your net sales
for each period that was comprised of packaging systems and the portion comprised of
consumables. Also revise to clarify the impact changes in price and volume had on net
sales. We note, for example, disclosure that paper prices increased by 12% in 2018 and
that you raised product prices in response. However, the extent of the increase is unclear.
Response:
We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the applicable disclosure on page 183 of Amendment No. 1 and elsewhere in the Registration Statement to indicate, after the reference to “substantially
all,” that over 90% of Ranpak’s net sales in each period presented were derived from its paper consumables. Ranpak’s
business model entails providing its protective packaging systems to customers and end-users for their use, as described on pages
179 and 192 of Amendment No. 1. Ranpak retains ownership of its protective packaging systems, though customers generally pay
a nominal quarterly fee for their use, as disclosed elsewhere on pages 183 and 195 of Amendment No. 1. Following Ranpak’s
acquisition of e3neo in October 2017, Ranpak commenced sales of e3neo’s automated, integrated box-sizing systems to certain
high-volume end-users, as described on pages 181 and 186 of Amendment No. 1. We have revised our disclosure in the relevant
parts of the Registration Statement to make these distinctions clearer.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have also revised the applicable disclosure on pages 196 and 198 of Amendment No.
1 to provide, in percentage point terms, the relative portions of the increase in net sales between periods that were attributable
to volume and price.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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If
you have any questions regarding these matters, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (212) 763-0935.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
David Murgio
David
Murgio
Secretary
cc:
John B. Meade, Davis Polk
& Wardwell LLP
Lee Hochbaum, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP