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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-002739 to Sable Offshore Corp. (SOC)

Sable Offshore Corp.
Date: March 12, 2024 · CIK: 0001831481 · Accession: 0000000000-24-002739

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File numbers found in text: 333-277072

Date
March 12, 2024
Author
Anuja Majmudar
Form
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Sable Offshore Corp.

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United States securities and exchange commission logo March 12, 2024 James C. Flores Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sable Offshore Corp. 700 Milam Street, Suite 3300 Houston, TX 77002 Re:Sable Offshore Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed February 14, 2024 File No. 333-277072 Dear James C. Flores: We have conducted a limited review of your registration statement and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies 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 this letter, we may have additional comments. Form S-1 filed February 14, 2024 Cover Page 1.We note that you are registering 7,187,500 shares of your common stock issued to certain insiders. Disclose the price that the selling securityholders paid for such shares of common stock. 2.Please revise as necessary to reconcile your cover page disclosure that the warrants are currently "in the money" with your disclosure at pages 18 and 42 that there is no guarantee that the warrants will ever be "in the money."

FirstName LastNameJames C. Flores Comapany NameSable Offshore Corp. March 12, 2024 Page 2 FirstName LastName James C. Flores Sable Offshore Corp. March 12, 2024 Page 2 Risk Factors Risks Related to the Business of the Company Future sales (including pursuant to this Prospectus), or the perception of future sales..., page 41 3.Please revise your risk factor to disclose the purchase price of the securities being registered for resale and the percentage that these shares currently represent of the total number of shares outstanding. Also disclose that whether the current trading price is above the SPAC IPO price as it is as of the date of this prospectus, or even if it drops below the SPAC IPO price, the private investors have an incentive to sell because they will still profit on sales because of the lower price that they purchased their shares than the public investors. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 4.Please expand your discussion here and in your summary to reflect the fact that this offering involves the potential sale of a substantial portion of shares for resale and discuss how such sales could impact the market price of the company’s common stock. Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 87 5.We note you disclose in a Form 8-K filed on February 14, 2024 that following the Special Meeting, a PIPE investor that subscribed for $125,000,000 informed the Company that it would not be able to fund that subscribed amount. You further state in the Form 8-K that the Company secured additional PIPE investments to replace $53,000,000 of the amount previously committed by the PIPE investor and that you would continue to seek additional investments to fund in connection with or shortly after the closing to provide additional liquidity to the Company. In light of the significant number of redemptions and the shortfall of the PIPE investment, expand your discussion of capital resources to address any changes in the company's liquidity position since the business combination. If the company is likely to have to seek additional capital, discuss the effect of this offering on the company's ability to raise additional capital. 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. Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement.

FirstName LastNameJames C. Flores Comapany NameSable Offshore Corp. March 12, 2024 Page 3 FirstName LastName James C. Flores Sable Offshore Corp. March 12, 2024 Page 3 Please contact Anuja Majmudar at 202-551-3844 or Daniel Morris at 202-551-3314 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Energy & Transportation cc: Ryan Maierson

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
March 12, 2024
James C. Flores
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Sable Offshore Corp.
700 Milam Street, Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002
Re:Sable Offshore Corp.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed February 14, 2024
File No. 333-277072
Dear James C. Flores:
            We have conducted a limited review of your registration statement and have the
following comments.
            Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies 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 this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form S-1 filed February 14, 2024
Cover Page
1.We note that you are registering 7,187,500 shares of your common stock issued to certain
insiders.  Disclose the price that the selling securityholders paid for such shares of
common stock.
2.Please revise as necessary to reconcile your cover page disclosure that the warrants are
currently "in the money" with your disclosure at pages 18 and 42 that there is no
guarantee that the warrants will ever be "in the money."

 FirstName LastNameJames C. Flores
 Comapany NameSable Offshore Corp.
 March 12, 2024 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
James C. Flores
Sable Offshore Corp.
March 12, 2024
Page 2
Risk Factors
Risks Related to the Business of the Company
Future sales (including pursuant to this Prospectus), or the perception of future sales..., page 41
3.Please revise your risk factor to disclose the purchase price of the securities being
registered for resale and the percentage that these shares currently represent of the total
number of shares outstanding. Also disclose that whether the current trading price is
above the SPAC IPO price as it is as of the date of this prospectus, or even if it drops
below the SPAC IPO price, the private investors have an incentive to sell because they
will still profit on sales because of the lower price that they purchased their shares than the
public investors.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page
82
4.Please expand your discussion here and in your summary to reflect the fact that this
offering involves the potential sale of a substantial portion of shares for resale and discuss
how such sales could impact the market price of the company’s common stock.
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 87
5.We note you disclose in a Form 8-K filed on February 14, 2024 that following the Special
Meeting, a PIPE investor that subscribed for $125,000,000 informed the Company that it
would not be able to fund that subscribed amount.  You further state in the Form 8-K that
the Company secured additional PIPE investments to replace $53,000,000 of the amount
previously committed by the PIPE investor and that you would continue to seek additional
investments to fund in connection with or shortly after the closing to provide additional
liquidity to the Company.  In light of the significant number of redemptions and the
shortfall of the PIPE investment, expand your discussion of capital resources to address
any changes in the company's liquidity position since the business combination.  If the
company is likely to have to seek additional capital, discuss the effect of this offering on
the company's ability to raise additional capital.
            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.
            Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration
statement.

 FirstName LastNameJames C. Flores
 Comapany NameSable Offshore Corp.
 March 12, 2024 Page 3
 FirstName LastName
James C. Flores
Sable Offshore Corp.
March 12, 2024
Page 3
             Please contact Anuja Majmudar at 202-551-3844 or Daniel Morris at 202-551-3314 with
any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
cc:       Ryan Maierson