SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-010089 to ASPAC III Acquisition Corp. (ASPC, ASPCU) (CIK 0001890361) (ASPC)
ASPAC III Acquisition Corp. (ASPC, ASPCU) (CIK 0001890361)
Date: Sept. 6, 2024 · CIK: 0001890361 · Accession: 0000000000-24-010089
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September 5, 2024
Claudius Tsang
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
SPAC III Acquisition Corp.
2 Queens Road Central,
Central
Hong Kong
Re:SPAC III Acquisition Corp.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Submitted July 29, 2024
CIK No. 0001890361
Dear Claudius Tsang:
We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following
comments.
Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR.
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 the information you provide in response to this letter and your amended
draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Cover Page
1.If you may extend the time frame to complete your initial business combination beyond
the initial extension to 18 months after closing of this offering, with or without
shareholder approval, revise to so state. See Item 1602(a)(1) of Regulation S-K.
2.Please state the amount of the compensation received or to be received by the SPAC
sponsor, its affiliates, and promoters. Please also revise to discuss whether the
compensation to be paid and securities issued to the sponsor, its affiliates, and promoters,
including any anti-dilution adjustment to the founder shares, may result in a material
dilution of the purchasers’ equity interests. See Item 1602(a)(3) of Regulation S-K.
Please disclose whether there may be actual or potential material conflicts of interest
between the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, or promoters and purchasers in the offering. See 3.
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Item 1602(a)(5) of Regulation S-K.
4.Please provide a cross-reference highlighted by prominent type or in another manner, to
all the sections in the prospectus for disclosures related to each of compensation and
material conflicts of interest, as required by Item 1602(a)(3) and (5) of Regulation S-K.
5.Please revise to highlight your cross-reference to the Risk Factors by prominent type or in
another manner. See Item 501(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.
Summary, page 1
6.Please disclose in a tabular format, the nature and amount of the compensation received or
to be received by the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and promoters, the amount of securities
issued or to be issued by the SPAC to the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and promoters and
the price paid or to be paid for such securities, and, outside of the table, the extent to
which this compensation and securities issuance may result in a material dilution of the
purchasers’ equity interests. Compensation may include items such as the anti-dilution
adjustment to the founder shares, the amount of loan reimbursements, the private
placement units issuance, and the price paid for the private placement units. See Item
1602(b)(6) and 1603(a)(6) of Regulation S-K.
Our Competitive Advantages, page 5
7.When discussing Mr. Tsang’s involvement with other SPACs, please revise to balance
your disclosures. For example, with respect to the de-SPAC transactions with
MultiMetaVerse and NewGenIVF, please revise to disclose the ticker symbols of the
combined companies, and additional information regarding the de-SPAC transactions,
including the financing needed for the transactions and the level of redemptions. With
respect to A SPAC II, please revise to disclose its ticker symbol, highlight the potential
target business industry overlap with yours, A SPAC II's original termination date, the
new extended termination date, and the amount remaining in the trust account, and to the
extent applicable, revise to provide similar disclosures for A SPAC (HK) Acquisition
Corp. In addition, revise your disclosure here to discuss the high level of competition you
may face in pursuing business combination transaction candidates, which you discuss on
page 42, and also explain that the competition may negatively impact the acquisition
terms you are able to negotiate.
Initial Business Combination, page 14
8.Where you describe extensions to complete the business combination, please also disclose
the consequences to the SPAC sponsor of not completing an extension of this time period,
and revise to specifically explain whether you may seek shareholder approval to further
extend the time period, whether shareholders would have voting or redemption rights in
connection therewith, and whether there are any limitations to such potential extensions.
In this regard, we note your disclosure that if you are not able to consummate an initial
business combination within the 18 months, you will, no later than ten business days
thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares and seek to dissolve and
liquidate. Please also clarify your disclosures regarding the extension to 18 months in the
last paragraph on page 14. See Item 1602(b)(4) of Regulation S-K.
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Other Acquisition Considerations, page 14
9.You state that you do not believe the fiduciary duties and contractual obligations of your
directors and officers would materially undermine your ability to complete your initial
business combination. We also note that you state that you expect to focus on business in
the ESG and material technology sector. Please expand your disclosures to explain the
basis for this belief, and in particular, specifically address in your explanation Mr. Tsang's
obligations to A SPAC II Acquisition Corp., which we note from your disclosure has been
searching for a potential target business since it completed its IPO in May 2022, and
which in its initial public offering registration statement, stated that its preference was for
companies that promote ESG principles.
Potential Conflicts, page 16
10.Please revise disclosure in this section to clearly state the conflicts with purchasers in the
offering. See Item 1602(b)(7) of Regulation S-K. For example:
•disclose the sponsor's ownership of your securities, including the nominal price paid
for the founder shares and the conflict of interest in determining whether to pursue a
business combination and that the founder shares and private placement securities
will be worthless if you do not complete a business combination;
•add disclosure of the conflicts of interest relating to payments, such as compensation,
repayment of loans, and reimbursement of expenses that will be paid to the sponsor,
its affiliates or promoters upon completion of a de-SPAC transaction;
•discuss the obligations of the sponsor or management to other SPACs and the order of
priority; and
•clarify the conflicts associated with entering into a business combination with an
affiliate of your sponsor, officers or directors, which you disclose on page 8 and
elsewhere that you may do.
The Offering, page 18
11.In your discussion of founder shares, you state that you would only need 143,751 public
shares to be voted in favor of the initial business combination if the approval requirement
was a majority of shares and the minimum number of shares required for a quorum
attended the meeting, and if all founder shares, private placement shares and
representative shares were voted in favor of the transaction. Please expand your disclosure
to state the quorum requirement and to also disclose the number of public shares needed if
all shares attended the meeting. Please also revise your disclosures as appropriate to
clearly state whether your initial shareholders have agreed to vote their private placement
shares in favor of the initial business combination, and explain to us how you determined
that 143,751 shares would be needed in the scenario described above.
Manner of conducting redemptions, page 27
We note the disclosure that if you conduct redemptions under the tender offer rules, you
will comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act. However, the disclosure on page 21
and elsewhere states that your insiders have agreed to vote their shares and any public
shares issued and/or purchased during or after this offering in favor of your initial 12.
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business combination. We also note your disclosure that the price per share paid in such
transactions may be different than the amount to be received if a shareholder elected to
redeem. Please explain how such purchases would comply with the requirements of Rule
14e-5 under the Exchange Act. See Tender Offer Rules and Schedules C&DI 166.01.
13.We refer to your disclosure that each public shareholder may redeem their public shares
irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. Please expand
your disclosure here, and elsewhere as appropriate, to disclose whether the shareholders
will be permitted to redeem their shares if they abstain. We also note your disclosure that
if shareholder approval is sought for the initial business combination, you expect that a
final proxy statement would be mailed to shareholders at least 10 days prior to the
shareholder vote. Please revise to reconcile this disclosure with Rule 14a-6, which
requires that the proxy statement of a special purpose acquisition company and relating to
a de-SPAC transaction must be distributed to security holders no later than the lesser of
20 calendar days prior to the shareholder meeting date or the maximum number of days
permitted for disseminating the proxy statement under the applicable laws of the
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.
Risk Factors
If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act. . .,, page 45
14.Please revise to confirm that if your facts and circumstances change over time, you will
update your disclosure to reflect how those changes impact the risk that you may be
considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company.
Affiliates of our Sponsor may be involved in other blank check companies, page 49
15.Please revise here, and also elsewhere as appropriate where you discuss the involvement
of your insiders with other special purpose acquisition companies, to specifically discuss
A SPAC II Acquisition Corp, and to the extent applicable, A SPAC (HK) Acquisition
Corp.
We may be unable to obtain additional financing. . ., page 53
16.We refer to your statement that you believe the net proceeds of this offering and the
private placement will be sufficient to allow you to complete your initial business
combination. Please revise your disclosures here and elsewhere as appropriate to reconcile
with your other disclosures stating that you are seeking a target business with a total
enterprise value of between $100 million and $600 million.
Other PRC governmental authorities may take the view now or in the future that an approval from
them is required. . ., page 84
17.Please address any impact PRC law or regulation may have on the cash flows associated
with a business combination, including shareholder redemption rights.
Dilution, page 110
Please expand your narrative disclosure to describe each material potential source of
future dilution. Your revisions should address, but not be limited to, founder shares anti-
dilution rights, shares or other securities that may be issued in connection with the closing
of your initial business combination (including specifically discussing that you intend to 18.
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target a business that has an enterprise value of up to $600 million), and sponsor working
capital loans that may be convertible into equity. Reference is made to Item 1602(c) of
Regulation S-K.
Principal Shareholders, page 162
19.Please revise the table to clarify the number of shares of each class of stock that are
currently and will be owned after the the offering by the person(s) listed in the table.
Please also revise your disclosures as appropriate to discuss the ownership of the shares
by your director nominees (e.g., if the shares will be issued as a form of compensation,
please revise your disclosures as appropriate to discuss such compensation). In addition,
please revise your narrative and tabular disclosure on page 163 to clarify the direct and
indirect ownership of your sponsor, as the current disclosure indicates that Mr. Tsang and
Ms. Shie collectively own 100% of your sponsor, but you also have disclosure referring to
the director nominees and the sponsor itself.
General
20.Please describe the general character of the SPAC sponsor’s business. Disclose the nature
(e.g., cash, shares of stock, warrants and rights) and amounts of all compensation that has
been or will be awarded to, earned by, or paid to the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and any
promoters for all services rendered or to be rendered in all capacities to the SPAC and its
affiliates. In addition, disclose the nature and amounts of any reimbursements to be paid
to the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and any promoters upon the completion of a de-SPAC
transaction, and any circumstances under which the sponsor may surrender or cancel
securities in connection with a de-SPAC transaction, such as in connection with a PIPE
financing or earnout provision. See Items 1603(a)(2) and 1603(a)(6) of Regulation S-K.
21.We note your disclosure that your director nominees will become directors on the
registration statement's effective date. Please revise your signatures to include at least a
majority of the board of directors on the effective date, or, if your director nominees will
become directors after effectiveness or upon closing, please revise to specifically clarify.
Please contact Howard Efron at 202-551-3439 or Wilson Lee at 202-551-3468 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Ronald (Ron) E. Alper at 202-551-3329 or Dorrie Yale at 202-551-8776 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc:Giovanni Caruso