SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-007480 to Assure Holdings Corp. (IONM) (CIK 0001798270)
Assure Holdings Corp. (IONM) (CIK 0001798270)
Date: July 1, 2024 · CIK: 0001798270 · Accession: 0000000000-24-007480
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July 1, 2024
John Farlinger
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Assure Holdings Corp.
7887 East Belleview Avenue, Suite 240
Denver, Colorado 80111
Re:Assure Holdings Corp.
Schedule TO-I filed June 21, 2024
File No. 005-92920
Dear John Farlinger:
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.
Capitalized terms not defined herein have the same meaning as in your filing.
Schedule TO-I filed June 21, 2024; Offer Document
General
1.Please revise the disclosure to include the actual amount of the offer consideration, which,
it appears, is 4,291.85 shares of Common Stock (i.e., $1,000 divided by $0.233).
2.Please disclose in the opening paragraph of the Schedule TO, and the opening paragraph
of the offer document, that the offer consideration may be adjusted to reflect the Reverse
Stock Split.
3.We note the following disclosure on the cover page of the offer document: "Holders
otherwise entitled to receive a fractional share will receive a cash payment in an amount
equal to product ( sic) of the Exchange Price multiplied by the fraction of a share to which
such Holder is entitled." As it is unclear whether "Exchange Price" is defined to mean
$0.233, or, alternatively, "the quotient of $1,000 divided by $0.233," it is also unclear
what consideration a fractional share will receive. Please revise to clarify.
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4.In the Schedule TO, we note references to "Assure Holdings Inc." and "Assure Holdings
Corporation," as opposed to "Assure Holdings Corp." Please revise, or advise.
5.In the Schedule TO, in both Item 12 and the Index to Exhibits, please replace the
reference to "Form of Letter of Transmittal" with "Letter of Transmittal" and provide a
link to the document.
6.We note the following statement on page 2 of the Letter of Transmittal: "The undersigned
acknowledges that the Convertible Debenture will be exchanged within 1 business days
(sic) of the full completion of the Offer with certificates or a DRS advice slip representing
the shares of common stock to be issued in the exchange to be sent within 10 business
days of the exchange." With a view towards more fulsome disclosure, please clarify what
you mean by "full completion of the Offer" (e.g., whether this relates to the offer
expiration date) and what the triggering event is for calculating the period "within 10
business days of the exchange."
In addition, please clarify whether (and if so, how) the phrase "within 10 business days of
the exchange" in your Letter of Transmittal differs from the phrase "(within 10 days)
following the expiration of the Offer Period" on page 25 of your offer document.
Further, the term "Offer" does not appear to be defined in the Letter of Transmittal or
elsewhere. Please revise.
Summary Terms of Convertible Note Exchange Offer, page 4
7.We note your disclosure on page 5 that "Assure reserves the right to terminate the
Convertible Note Exchange Offer, in its sole discretion, at any time and for any reason
without accepting any of the tendered Assure Convertible Debentures. This right of
termination is for the sole benefit of Assure and may be asserted by Assure regardless of
the circumstances giving rise to such decision at any time." We also note similar language
on page 21. Such ability to terminate the offer in your sole discretion, unrelated to the
triggering of a listed condition, raises illusory offer concerns under Section 14(e) of the
Exchange Act. Please revise, or advise.
Unaudited Pro Forma Summary Consolidated Financial Data, page 7
8.We note that there appear to be notes/footnotes in the summary financial statements that
are not explained. Please revise to include.
Questions & Answers, page 8
9.We note your statement in Question and Answer 15 that "[y]our determination of these
matters will be final and binding on all parties" regarding the validity, form, eligibility,
and acceptance of any debentures. Please revise this and similar statements throughout
your materials (such as on pages 16 and 22) to remove the implication that holders may
not challenge your determinations and interpretations in a court of competent jurisdiction.
10.The second and third paragraphs under A.28 on page 12 appear to be incorrect. Please
delete, or advise.
Risk Factors, page 14
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11.We note the disclosure on page 16 regarding potential future acquisitions of Assure
Convertible Debentures. Please confirm your understanding that any such acquisitions
must be made in compliance with both Rule 14e-5 and Rule 13e-4(f)(6) under the
Exchange Act.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements, page 18
12.We note the references to Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the
Exchange Act. Please note that the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements
contained in the federal securities laws do not apply to statements made in connection
with a tender offer. See, e.g., Section 21E(b)(2)(C) of the Exchange Act. Please revise
your disclosure to remove any potential implication to the contrary.
Conditions of the Convertible Note Exchange Offer, page 21
13.The disclosure in this section does not appear to identify any conditions to the offer other
than properly submitting a completed Letter of Transmittal and the holder's Assure
Convertible Debenture (which is not ordinarily thought of as an offer condition). Yet we
note references to "the terms and conditions" of the offer throughout your offer document,
as well as to "customary conditions" on the cover page of your offer document. Please
clarify what conditions you are referring to throughout your document, and revise your
disclosure accordingly as appropriate.
Further, we note the following disclosure on page 22: "We may assert [the conditions] in
our discretion regardless of the circumstances giving rise to them before the Expiration
Date. We may waive any condition, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time
before the expiration date, in our discretion, whether or not we waive any other condition
to the Convertible Note Exchange Offer." When an offer condition is "triggered," a bidder
must promptly notify subject security holders whether it intends to waive that condition
and proceed with the offer, or assert the condition and terminate the offer. To the extent
you disclose any conditions to this offer in your offer document, please revise this
disclosure accordingly.
Acceptance for Issuance of the Exchange Consideration, page 25
14.Refer to the following statement in this section: "The certificates or DRS advice slips
representing the shares of Common Stock to be issued as the Exchange Consideration
upon the exchange of Assure Convertible Debentures during the Offer Period, will be
delivered promptly (within 10 days) following the expiration of the Offer Period." Please
reconcile this statement and a similar statement in your Letter of Transmittal with your
disclosure on page 10 and elsewhere throughout your offer document that "the Exchange
Consideration will be sent to [holders] within 2 trading days" of the offer's expiration. In
addition, to the extent that payment of the Exchange Consideration will not in fact be
made within two business days, please advise as to how the offer complies with Rule 14e-
1(c).
Where You Can Find More Information and Incorporation by Reference, page 33
We note your statement at the top of page 34 that you "incorporate by reference all future
documents we file with the SEC [...] until the expiration of the Convertible Note 15.
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Exchange Offer." Schedule TO does not specifically permit "forward incorporation" of
documents to be filed in the future. Rather, you must amend your document to specifically
list any such filings. Please revise.
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data, page 34
16.The explanation of note/footnote 5 appears to be missing, while there does not appear to
be a note/footnote 4 at all. Please revise, or advise.
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 Brian Soares at 202-551-3690 or David Plattner at 202-
551-8094.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers & Acquisitions