SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-008012 to Oklo Inc. (OKLO)
Oklo Inc.
Date: July 15, 2024 · CIK: 0001849056 · Accession: 0000000000-24-008012
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July 15, 2024
R. Craig Bealmear
Chief Financial Officer
Oklo Inc.
3190 Coronado Dr.
Santa Clara, California 95054
Re:Oklo Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed June 20, 2024
File No. 333-280344
Dear R. Craig Bealmear:
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.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Cover Page
1.We note the significant number of redemptions of your Class A Common Stock in
connection with your extension proxy and business combination and that the shares being
registered for resale will constitute a considerable percentage of your public float. We also
note that some of the shares being registered for resale were purchased by the selling
securityholders for prices considerably below the current market price of the Class A
Common Stock. Highlight the significant negative impact sales of shares on this
registration statement could have on the public trading price of the Class A Common
Stock.
July 15, 2024
Page 2
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page
73
2.We note your disclosure on page 37 that you will likely need additional capital from
external sources and may seek to raise capital through private or public equity or debt
financings or through other sources of financing. Please discuss the effect of this offering
on your ability to raise additional capital.
3.Please expand your discussion here 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 your common stock. Your discussion should highlight the fact
that the shares being registered for resale by the selling securityholders collectively
represent approximately 51.1% of your outstanding shares and that your Sponsor and
Chief Executive Officer, beneficial owners of 11% and 18% of your outstanding shares,
respectively, will be able to sell all of their shares for so long as the registration statement
of which this prospectus forms a part is available for use.
General
4.Revise your prospectus to disclose the price that each selling securityholder paid for the
shares being registered for resale. Highlight any differences in the current trading price,
the prices that the Sponsor and selling securityholders acquired their shares, and the price
that the public securityholders acquired their shares. Disclose that while the Sponsor and
selling securityholders may experience a positive rate of return based on the current
trading price, the public securityholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the
securities they purchased due to differences in the purchase prices and the current trading
price. Please also disclose the potential profit the selling securityholders will earn based
on the current trading price. Lastly, please include appropriate risk factor disclosure.
5.Include an additional risk factor highlighting the negative pressure potential sales of
shares pursuant to this registration statement could have on the public trading price of
your Class A common stock. To illustrate this risk, 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 even though the
current trading price is at or below the SPAC IPO price, some 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.
July 15, 2024
Page 3
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.
Please contact Claudia Rios at 202-551-8770 or Karina Dorin at 202-551-3763 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
cc:Ryan Maierson, Esq.