Correspondence 0001213900-24-061844 from La Rosa Holdings Corp. (LRHC)
La Rosa Holdings Corp.
Date: July 16, 2024 · CIK: 0001879403 · Accession: 0001213900-24-061844
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File numbers found in text: 333-278901, 333-280124
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July 16, 2024
Via EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn:
Mr. Benjamin Holt/ Ms. Dorrie Yale
Re:
La Rosa Holdings Corp.
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed July 3, 2024
File No. 333-278901
Dear Mr. Holt and Ms. Yale:
On behalf of La Rosa Holdings Corp. (the “Company”),
we have set forth below responses to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) contained in its letter, dated July 12, 2024, regarding the Company’s Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1” or the “Registration Statement”) as noted above.
For your convenience, the text of the Staff’s
comments is set forth below in bold, followed in each case by the Company’s responses. All capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Form S-1.
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-1 filed July 3, 2024
General
1.
We acknowledge your response to our prior comment 1. We note your statement that your calculations contemplate the fact that the conversion price would be adjusted in the event you fail to pay an Amortization Payment when due under the respective notes. In this regard, we note the number of shares of common stock you are registering for resale includes an amount that is nearly two times the number of shares currently issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. Please tell us how including such a potential event in your calculations reflect a good-faith estimate of the maximum number of shares that may be issued on conversion.
Response:
The Company respectfully advises the Staff
that the Company has made a good-faith estimate of the maximum number of shares that it may issue upon conversion of the February
2024 Convertible Note (“February Note”) and the April 2024 Convertible Note (“April Note”)
based on principal and accrued interest outstanding as of July 3, 2024, the maturity date of both notes, and a maximum conversion
price of such notes, which was based on the Market Price, defined in each note as 85% of the lowest Volume Weighted Average Price
(VWAP) recorded on any trading day in the five trading days preceding the conversion date of the respective note.
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The Company used the Market Price for their estimation
in good faith due to the following reasons:
- it is a smaller reporting company with a limited operating history, which has incurred recurring net losses,
the Company’s operations have not provided net positive cash flows;
- the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm’s report for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2023 contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a “going concern”;
- the Company did not close on the underwritten public offering as contemplated by the Company’s registration
statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-280124) filed with the SEC on June 11, 2024, and withdrawn on June 16, 2024, the proceeds of which
were supposed to be used for repayment of the notes;
- Section 3.22 of February Note and April Note and Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreements between
the Company and the Selling Stockholder require the registration of the securities at then prevailing market prices and not at the fixed
conversion price of the notes and such terms were negotiated in good faith based on arm-length discussions.
In accordance with the guidance provided by the
SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (“C&DI”) 139.10, an issuer registering
shares on behalf of a selling stockholder “must make a good-faith estimate of the maximum number of shares that it may issue
on conversion to determine the number of shares to register for resale.” As noted above, the Company is of the position that it
has made a good-faith estimate of the “maximum number” of shares that it may issue on conversion of the February Note and
the April Note when determining the number of shares of common stock for resale on behalf of the Selling Stockholder pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
As also noted in C&DI 139.10, “the selling
securityholder information in the registration statement, at the time of effectiveness, must include the total number of shares
of common stock that each selling securityholder intends to sell (based on current market price if there is a floating conversion rate
tied to market price), regardless of any contractual or other restriction on the number of securities a particular selling securityholder
may own at any point in time.” (Emphasis mine.) The Company hereby asserts that it has registered the total number of shares of
common stock that the Selling Stockholder intends to sell, which has been determined based on the current market price rather than the
fixed conversion price in the convertible notes referenced above and irrespective of the beneficial ownership limitations set forth in
such convertible notes. The Company believes that registering the maximum number of shares issuable upon the conversion of the notes based
on the Market Price ensures that the Registration Statement accurately reflects the potential market-driven fluctuations in share quantity,
thereby aligning the total number of shares intended for sale by the Selling Stockholder is grounded in market realities at the time of
conversion of the notes.
We trust that the above is responsive to your comments.
Should you have any questions relating to the
foregoing or wish to discuss any aspect of the Company’s filing, please contact me at 646-661-5203.
Sincerely,
/s/ Philip Magri
Philip Magri, Esq.
Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP
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