Correspondence 0001104659-23-071334 from American Oncology Network, Inc. (AONC, AONCW) (CIK 0001839998)
American Oncology Network, Inc. (AONC, AONCW) (CIK 0001839998)
Date: June 14, 2023 · CIK: 0001839998 · Accession: 0001104659-23-071334
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
File numbers found in text: 001-40177, 333-271482
Referenced dates: February 2, 2023, May 19, 2023
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June 14, 2023
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Industrial Applications and Services
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention:
Ms. Jeanne Bennett
Mr. Brian Cascio
Ms. Jane Park
Ms. Loan Lauren Nguyen
Re:
Digital Transformation Opportunities Corp.
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed April 28, 2023
File No. 333-271482
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client, Digital Transformation
Opportunities Corp. (the “Company” or “DTOC”), we are submitting this letter in response
to the comments of the staff of the Division of Corporate Finance (the “Staff’) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”), conveyed by the Staff’s letter dated May 19, 2023 (the “Comment
Letter”), with respect to the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”).
Concurrently with the submission of this response letter, the Company is filing its first amendment to the Registration Statement (“Amendment
No. 1”) via EDGAR.
For the convenience of the Staff, the numbering
of the paragraphs below corresponds to the numbering of the comment in the Comment Letter, the text of which we have incorporated into
this response letter for convenience in italicized type and which is followed by the Company’s response. In the responses below,
page number references are to Amendment No. 1.
In acknowledgment of and response to the Staff’s
previous comments 1, 4, 5, 6, 12, 33 and 34, conveyed by the Staff’s letter dated February 2, 2023, relating to the terms of
a contemplated PIPE financing detailed in the Preliminary Proxy Statement of the Company on Schedule 14A, filed January 6, 2023 (File
No. 001-40177), we note that the structure of the contemplated business combination has changed such that the PIPE financing is no
longer being considered. As such, we have not provided supplemental responses to those comments herein.
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June 14, 2023
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Summary of Proxy
Statement/Prospectus, page 35
1. We note your revised disclosure to prior comment 8, which we reissue in part. Please revise to balance
your disclosure to include equally prominent disclosure of the limitations and challenges you face in implementing your business strategy,
including but not limited to, your net income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2022 and your dependence on a limited number
of payors.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the “Summary
of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus” section of the Registration Statement to balance our disclosure to include equally prominent
disclosure of the limitations and challenges AON faces in implementing its business strategy.
Unaudited Pro
Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
Unaudited Pro
Forma Condensed Balance Sheet, page 107
2. Please reconcile the pro forma adjustment of $36,302 to additional paid-in capital to the amount in
Note (g) of $36,899.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the pro forma adjustment of $36,302 on the
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet is a monetary amount, and the 36,899,330 in Note (g) is a share total. The Company
respectfully advises the Staff that in Amendment No. 1 filed herewith, the 36,899,330 in Note (g) has been updated to 36,393,433.
Further, the Company has revised the Registration Statement to include a reconciliation to the $36,302 within Note (g), as follows:
in thousands
Pro Forma Adjustments
(Assuming No
Additional
Redemptions)
Book Value of AON Class A units
$ 7,725
Book Value of AON Class A-1 units
28,500
Book Value of AON Class B units
80
Total Historical AON stockholders’ equity
36,305
Less: par value
3
Additional paid in capital
$ 36,302
June 14, 2023
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DTOC Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations,
page 133
3. Please revise to explain the reason for the significant gains each period resulting from the change
in fair value of the warrant liabilities.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on page 140
of Amendment No. 1 in response to the Staff’s comment.
Our Network
Physician Practices, page 138
4. We acknowledge your revised disclosure in
response to prior comment 23. Please revise your disclosure relating to the management fees to give investors a reasonable idea of the
amount of management fees that does not exceed ten percentage points. If material, please file the agreement as an exhibit to the registration
statement or explain to us why you believe you are not required to do so. Refer to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K..
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on page 146
of Amendment No. 1 to give investors a reasonable idea of the amount of management fees that does not exceed ten percentage points.
In connection with the Amendment No. 1, we have filed the management agreements as exhibits to the Registration Statement.
Our Value Proposition, page 139
5. We note your revised disclosure in response
to prior comment 24. Please also revise your disclosure in the AON Management’s MD&A section on page 150 accordingly.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the “AON
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of the Registration Statement
on page 157 in response to the Staff’s comment.
Background of the Business Combination, page 193
6. We acknowledge your revised disclosure in
response to prior comment 35, which we reissue in part. Please revise to expand your disclosure of the seven potential business combination
targets the DTOC Board considered and determined not to pursue.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that is has revised the disclosure on pages 204-205
of Amendment No. 1 in response to the Staff’s comment.
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7. We acknowledge your revised disclosure on pages 201 and 202 in response to prior comment 38, which
we reissue in part. Please expand your discussion of the selection criteria for the comparable valuations of publicly traded peer companies,
whether any companies meeting the selection criteria were excluded from the analysis and disclose the multiples for each company in the
analysis and the financial data used to derive such multiples.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that is has revised the disclosure on pages 212-213
of Amendment No. 1 in response to the Staff’s comment.
Certain Material
U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, page 213
8. We acknowledge your revised disclosures in response to prior comment 42. We note that the tax opinion
exhibit refers to assumptions, exceptions, limitations and qualifications set forth in the registration statement and that the registration
statement also refers to the assumptions, exceptions, limitations and qualifications set forth in the tax opinion exhibit. Please revise
to clarify the qualifications in the registration statement upon which the tax opinion relies.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, DTOC respectfully advises the Staff that it does not believe there is a lack of clarity in the
Registration Statement’s reference to the “assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in the opinion” or
in the tax opinion’s reference to the “qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and limitations stated in the Registration
Statement.” There is not any circularity in these references, as the registration statement and the tax opinion contain separate
assumptions, qualifications, exceptions, and limitations. We further note that the registration statement contains common limitations
regarding the applicability of the tax consequences discussed in the registration statement to certain types of holders (e.g., financial
institutions, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, and pass-through entities).
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June 14, 2023
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We
hope the foregoing answers are responsive to your comments. Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at +1.310.620.5750
(davidhernand@paulhastings.com) of this firm with any questions or comments regarding this correspondence.
Sincerely,
/s/ David Hernand
David Hernand
of PAUL HASTINGS LLP
Enclosures
cc: Kevin Nazemi, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Transformation Opportunities Corp.
Kyle Francis, Chief Financial Officer, Digital Transformation
Opportunities Corp.
David Gould, Chief Financial Officer, American Oncology Network,
LLC
Jonathan Ko, Esq., Paul Hastings LLP
Sahand Moarefy, Esq., Paul Hastings LLP
Brian Lee, Dentons US LLP
Ilan Katz, Dentons US LLP