Correspondence 0001213900-24-056760 from CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC. (CERO)
CERO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: June 27, 2024 · CIK: 0001870404 · Accession: 0001213900-24-056760
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File numbers found in text: 333-279156
Referenced dates: June 13, 2024
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Goodwin Procter LLP
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
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+1 (212) 813-8800
June 27, 2024
BY EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-3628
Attention:
Tamika Sheppard
Tim Buchmiller
Re:
CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed June 5, 2024
File No. 333-279156
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is submitted on behalf of CERo Therapeutics
Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) in response to comments from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance
(the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission in a letter dated June 13, 2024 (the “Comment
Letter”) with respect to the above-referenced Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on June 5,
2024 (the “Registration Statement”). The Company is concurrently submitting Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement (“Amendment No. 2”), which includes changes in response to certain of the Staff’s comments.
For your convenience, the Staff’s numbered
comments set forth in the Comment Letter have been reproduced in bold with responses immediately following each comment. Unless otherwise
indicated, page references in the descriptions of the Staff’s comments refer to the Registration Statement, and page references
in the responses below refer to Amendment No. 2. Defined terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to
them in Amendment No. 2.
The responses provided herein are based upon information
provided to Goodwin Procter LLP by the Company.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on
Form S-1
Cover Page
1. With respect to first paragraph, you disclose that this
prospectus relates to the resale of up to 29,393,459 shares of common stock, but the aggregate of the number of shares indicated in clauses
(i) through (vi) does not appear to reconcile to 29,393,459 shares of common stock. Please advise or revise as appropriate.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the
Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on the Cover Page of the Prospectus included in Amendment
No. 2 to correct the total number of shares issued to Selling Securityholders (as defined in the Registration Statement) in the Business
Combination (as defined in the Registration Statement) offered for resale in clause (i) and the resulting total of clauses (i) through
(vii).
2. We note your revisions in response to prior comment 1.
Please continue to revise to disclose the exercise price of the Common Warrants and the Preferred Warrants.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the
Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has provided this disclosure on the Cover Page of the Prospectus included in Amendment
No. 2.
3. As requested by prior comment 2, please update your cover
page to discuss your ability to fund your operations on a prospective basis with your current cash on hand.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the
Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has provided this disclosure on the Cover Page of the Prospectus included in Amendment
No. 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations of Cero
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 124
4. As requested by prior comment 4, discuss the effect of
this offering on the company’s ability to raise capital.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the
Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has provided this disclosure in the Liquidity and Capital Resources subsection of
the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of CERo section included in Amendment
No. 2 on page 129.
Exhibit 5.1, page II-4
5.
Please tell us how the 35,773,704 shares referred to in clause
(a)(x), and the 2,055,709 shares referred to in clause (a)(x)(i), of the opinion ties to your disclosure or file a revised opinion as
appropriate.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the
Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has revised this disclosure in Exhibit 5.1 of Amendment No. 2 and revised such Exhibit
5.1 to correct the share numbers in conformance with the changes made in response to Comment 1 above.
If you have any questions or would like further
information concerning the Company’s responses to your Comment Letter, please do not hesitate to contact me at sdavis@goodwinlaw.com
or (212) 813-8804.
Sincerely,
/s/ Stephen Davis
Stephen Davis, Esq.
cc:
Brian Atwood, CERo Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.
Jeffrey A. Letalien, Goodwin Procter LLP