Correspondence 0001493152-24-012875 from Eightco Holdings Inc. (OCTO) (CIK 0001892492) (ORBS)
Eightco Holdings Inc. (OCTO) (CIK 0001892492)
Date: April 2, 2024 · CIK: 0001892492 · Accession: 0001493152-24-012875
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April
2, 2024
VIA
EDGAR
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Finance
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Robert
Arzonetti
James
Lopez
Re:
Eightco
Holdings Inc.
Registration
Statement on Form S-3
Filed
February 5, 2024
File
No. 333-276876
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
On
behalf of Eightco Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), we are writing to respond to the comments set forth in the comment
letter of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”),
dated March 4, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”), to Brian McFadden, former Chief Executive Officer of the Company, relating
to the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”). In connection with this
response to the Comment Letter, the Company is contemporaneously filing via EDGAR an amendment to the Registration Statement (“Amendment
No. 1”), responding to the Staff’s comments in the Comment Letter and updating the Registration Statement.
The
following are the Company’s responses to the Comment Letter. For your convenience, the Staff’s comments contained in the
Comment Letter have been restated below in their entirety in bold type, with the Company’s corresponding responses set forth immediately
under such comments, including, where applicable, a cross-reference to the location of changes made in Amendment No. 1 in response to
the Staff’s comment. All page references in the responses set forth below refer to page numbers in Amendment No. 1 thereof. Defined
terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Amendment No. 1.
Form
S-3 filed February 5, 2024
General
1.
We
note that your Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023 on page 10 states that “[t]he accompanying financial statements
have been prepared on a going concern basis...” and that there is “...substantial doubt about [your] ability to continue
as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued.” Please revise Summary and where
appropriate regarding the auditor’s doubt about your ability to continue as a going concern.
Response:
The
Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company’s 10-K filed on April 1, 2024,
which is incorporated by reference into Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, includes disclosures regarding the Company’s
auditor’s doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern in the risk factors, auditor’s report, notes to the financial
statements, and in Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The Company
advises the Staff that there is also a reference to the auditor’s doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern in the section titled “Experts” in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement. Please see page 18 of Amendment
No. 1.
April
2, 2024
Page
2
Risk
Factors, page 5
2.
We
note the disclosure in your Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2023 that you received notice of non-compliance with the Nasdaq requirements
pertaining to the minimum bid price for listed stock pursuant to its rules for continued listing. Please revise here and where appropriate
to disclose the risks related to this notice and the risks of a potential delisting, including your continued eligibility to use
Form S-3 and potential violations, if any, of representations and warranties associated with your funding sources.
Response:
The
Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company’s 10-K filed on April 1, 2024,
which is incorporated by reference into Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, includes a risk factor to disclose the risks related
to the notice of non-compliance with the Nasdaq requirements pertaining to the minimum bid price for listed stock pursuant to its rules
for continued listing, as well as the risks of a potential delisting, including the Company’s continued eligibility to use Form
S-3 and potential violations, if any, of representations and warranties associated with the Company’s funding sources. The Company
advises the Staff that Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement includes a further updated version of this risk factor. Please see
page 5 of Amendment No. 1.
Please
direct any questions or comments concerning this response to Rick Werner at (212) 659-4974.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Paul Vassilakos
Paul
Vassilakos
Chief
Executive Officer
cc:
Rick
Werner, Esq., Haynes and Boone, LLP
Alla
Digilova, Esq., Haynes and Boone, LLP