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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-001181 to Aeries Technology, Inc. (AERT, AERTW) (CIK 0001853044) (AERT)

Aeries Technology, Inc. (AERT, AERTW) (CIK 0001853044)
Date: Jan. 30, 2024 · CIK: 0001853044 · Accession: 0000000000-24-001181

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File numbers found in text: 333-276173

Date
January 30, 2024
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Aeries Technology, Inc. (AERT, AERTW) (CIK 0001853044)

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United States securities and exchange commission logo January 30, 2024 Sudhir Panikassery Chief Executive Officer Aeries Technology, Inc. 60 Paya Lebar Road, #08-13 Paya Lebar Square Singapore 409051 Re:Aeries Technology, Inc. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed January 17, 2024 File No. 333-276173 Dear Sudhir Panikassery: We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following comment(s). 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. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our January 4, 2024 letter. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed January 17, 2024 Cover Page 1.In your revised disclosure responsive to prior comment 3 here and on page 33, you state that the Class A ordinary shares being offered for resale pursuant to this prospectus "represent approximately 425.2% of the Class A ordinary shares outstanding as of January 11, 2024," while on page 67, you state that this percentage refers to "our public float." Please revise for consistency. 2.We note your response to prior comment 10 and added disclosure on page 33 of potential profit that certain selling securityholders will earn based on the current trading price. Please revise to provide this disclosure on the prospectus cover page as well. Additionally,

FirstName LastNameSudhir Panikassery Comapany NameAeries Technology, Inc. January 30, 2024 Page 2 FirstName LastName Sudhir Panikassery Aeries Technology, Inc. January 30, 2024 Page 2 please clarify the potential return associated with the 3,711,667 Class A ordinary shares issued pursuant to certain subscription agreements and subject to the forward purchase arrangement discussed on page 46. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information Description of the Business Combination, page 44 3.We note your response to prior comment 8 and added disclosure regarding the Forward Purchase Agreements on page 46. Please further elaborate on the mechanics of the Forward Purchase Agreements, their impact to your financial condition, and how they operate in conjunction with the related Subscription Agreements. Clarify how the purchase price of the shares subject to the Forward Purchase Agreements has been or will be paid to the company, whether such payment is subject to return to the FPA holders pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements, and what will happen to the unsold shares held by the FPA holders at the end of the one-year term of the Forward Purchase Agreements. For example, please explain how payment to the company under the Subscription Agreements works in relation to the "prepayment" provisions of the Forward Purchase Agreements. Aeries' Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 67 4.We note your response to prior comment 6 and reissue in part. In light of the significant number of redemptions, consideration paid pursuant to Non-Redemption Agreements and other uses of funds held in the SPAC’s trust account, and the unlikelihood that the company will receive significant proceeds from exercises of the warrants, expand your discussion of capital resources to address any changes in the company’s liquidity position since the business combination. If there has been no material change in your liquidity position since the closing of the business combination in November 2023, please revise to state as much. Please contact Rebekah Reed at 202-551-5332 or Mara Ransom at 202-551-3264 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Trade & Services cc: Lance Hancock

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
January 30, 2024
Sudhir Panikassery
Chief Executive Officer
Aeries Technology, Inc.
60 Paya Lebar Road, #08-13
Paya Lebar Square
Singapore 409051
Re:Aeries Technology, Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed January 17, 2024
File No. 333-276173
Dear Sudhir Panikassery:
            We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comment(s).
            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. Unless we note otherwise,
any references to prior comments are to comments in our January 4, 2024 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed January 17, 2024
Cover Page
1.In your revised disclosure responsive to prior comment 3 here and on page 33, you
state that the Class A ordinary shares being offered for resale pursuant to this prospectus
"represent approximately 425.2% of the Class A ordinary shares outstanding as of January
11, 2024," while on page 67, you state that this percentage refers to "our public float."
Please revise for consistency.
2.We note your response to prior comment 10 and added disclosure on page 33 of potential
profit that certain selling securityholders will earn based on the current trading price.
Please revise to provide this disclosure on the prospectus cover page as well. Additionally,

 FirstName LastNameSudhir Panikassery
 Comapany NameAeries Technology, Inc.
 January 30, 2024 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Sudhir Panikassery
Aeries Technology, Inc.
January 30, 2024
Page 2
please clarify the potential return associated with the 3,711,667 Class A ordinary shares
issued pursuant to certain subscription agreements and subject to the forward purchase
arrangement discussed on page 46.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
Description of the Business Combination, page 44
3.We note your response to prior comment 8 and added disclosure regarding the Forward
Purchase Agreements on page 46. Please further elaborate on the mechanics of the
Forward Purchase Agreements, their impact to your financial condition, and how they
operate in conjunction with the related Subscription Agreements. Clarify how the
purchase price of the shares subject to the Forward Purchase Agreements has been or will
be paid to the company, whether such payment is subject to return to the FPA holders
pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements, and what will happen to the unsold shares
held by the FPA holders at the end of the one-year term of the Forward Purchase
Agreements. For example, please explain how payment to the company under the
Subscription Agreements works in relation to the "prepayment" provisions of the Forward
Purchase Agreements.
Aeries' Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 67
4.We note your response to prior comment 6 and reissue in part. In light of the significant
number of redemptions, consideration paid pursuant to Non-Redemption Agreements and
other uses of funds held in the SPAC’s trust account, and the unlikelihood that the
company will receive significant proceeds from exercises of the warrants, expand your
discussion of capital resources to address any changes in the company’s liquidity position
since the business combination. If there has been no material change in your liquidity
position since the closing of the business combination in November 2023, please revise to
state as much.
            Please contact Rebekah Reed at 202-551-5332 or Mara Ransom at 202-551-3264 with
any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
cc:       Lance Hancock