SEC Comment Letter for GFL Environmental Holdings Inc. (GFL) (CIK 0001780232) (GFL) — Jan 21, 2020
GFL Environmental Holdings Inc. (GFL) (CIK 0001780232)
Date: Jan. 21, 2020 · CIK: 0001780232 · Accession: 0000000000-20-000517
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
File numbers found in text: 333-232731
Show Raw Text
January 21, 2020
Patrick Dovigi
President and Chief Executive Officer
GFL Environmental Holdings Inc.
100 New Park Place, Suite 500
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada L4K 0H9
Re:GFL Environmental Holdings Inc.
Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed October 23, 2019
File No. 333-232731
Dear Mr. Dovigi:
We have reviewed your amended registration 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 registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our [Month day, year] letter.
Form F-1/A Filed January 8, 2020
Capitalization, page 73
1.Note (1) to the table indicates that you intend to reflect the application of net proceeds to
repay certain indebtedness in your Capitalization table whereas your Use of Proceeds
disclosures on page 71 indicate that you are not able to estimate the amount of net
proceeds that will be used to repay indebtedness. Please clarify your disclosures
accordingly.
2.Given the stated uncertainty over the completion of the Unit Offering, it is not clear
whether there is a firm commitment for the Unit Offering and correspondingly whether
the Unit offering proceeds should be reflected in the Capitalization Table or in the Pro
Forma Financial Information. Please advise or revise as necessary. In regards to the pro
FirstName LastNamePatrick Dovigi
Comapany NameGFL Environmental Holdings Inc.
January 21, 2020 Page 2
FirstName LastNamePatrick Dovigi
GFL Environmental Holdings Inc.
January 21, 2020
Page 2
forma financial information, please specifically address how reflecting the Unit offering
proceeds would be considered to be factually supportable pursuant to Rule 11-02(b)(6) of
Regulation S-X.
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information, page 79
3.Please tell us what consideration you gave to also presenting a pro forma statement of
operations for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2019 to reflect the Pre-Closing
Capital Changes and Offering Adjustments.
Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements
Share-Based Compensation, page 134
4.For any equity issuances subsequent to April 30, 2019 as well as any planned future
equity issuances, please provide the following for each transaction:
• Please identify the parties, including any related parties as well as the purpose of
the issuance;
• Please tell us how you accounted or will account for the issuance;
• Please tell us the nature of any consideration;
• Please tell us the fair value of your underlying common stock used and your basis for
this fair value, including a detailed explanation of the significant factors, assumptions,
and methodologies used in determining fair value;
• Please tell us the significant factors that contributed to differences in the fair
value determined between each valuation date; and
• To the extent applicable, please reconcile the fair values you used for equity transactions
to the fair value indicated by the anticipated IPO price.
Description of Purchase Contracts
Waiver of Jury Trial, page A-58
5.We note your disclosure on pages A-58 and A-66 regarding the jury trial provision in your
purchase contract agreement or indenture. Please disclose whether the jury waiver
provision applies to claims under the U.S. federal securities laws. If the provision does
apply to claims under the U.S. federal securities laws, please clearly disclose that by
agreeing to the provision, investors cannot waive your compliance with the federal
securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Please include a
risk factor to highlight the material risks related to this provision, including the possibility
of less favorable outcomes, uncertainty regarding its enforceability, the potential for
increased costs to bring a claim, whether it may discourage or limit suits against you and
whether the provision applies to purchasers in secondary transactions.
You may contact Nudrat Salik, Staff Accountant, at 202-551-3692 or Al Pavot, Staff
Accountant, at 202-551-3738 at if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact at Asia Timmons-Pierce, Special Counsel, at 202-
FirstName LastNamePatrick Dovigi
Comapany NameGFL Environmental Holdings Inc.
January 21, 2020 Page 3
FirstName LastName
Patrick Dovigi
GFL Environmental Holdings Inc.
January 21, 2020
Page 3
551-3754 or Jay Ingram, Legal Branch Chief, at 202-551-3397 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing
cc: Ryan Bekkerus