Correspondence 0001213900-25-011400 from Abpro Holdings, Inc. (ABP, ABPWW) (CIK 0001893219) (ABP)
Abpro Holdings, Inc. (ABP, ABPWW) (CIK 0001893219)
Date: Feb. 7, 2025 · CIK: 0001893219 · Accession: 0001213900-25-011400
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File numbers found in text: 333-284021
Referenced dates: January 3, 2025
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NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
Jonathan H. Talcott
T: 202.689.2806
Jon.talcott@nelsonmullins.com
101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington D.C., 20001
T: 202.689.2800 F: 202.689.2860
nelsonmullins.com
February 7, 2025
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention:
Daniel Crawford
Joe McCann
RE:
Abpro Holdings, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed December 23, 2024
File No. 333-284021
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Abpro Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”),
we are hereby responding to the letter dated January 3, 2025 (the “Comment Letter”) from the staff (the “Staff”)
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”), regarding the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on December 23, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”). In response to the Comment
Letter and to update certain information in the Registration Statement, the Company is submitting its Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement (the “Amended Registration Statement”) with the Commission today. The numbered paragraphs below correspond
to the numbered comments in the Comment Letter, and the Staff’s comments are presented in bold italics.
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed December 23, 2024
Cover Page
1.
Please revise the prospectus cover page and page 150 to identify Yorkville as an underwriter. For guidance, refer to Securities
Act Sections Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation Q. 139.13.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s
comment and advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on the cover page and page 152 of the Amended Registration Statement
as requested.
Risk Factors
Risks Related to an Investment in Our Securities, page 46
2.
Please revise where appropriate under this heading to disclose, if true, the possibility that the company may not have access to
the full amount available to it pursuant to the SEPA with Yorkville, that Yorkville may engage in short-selling activities, and, if so,
how any sales activities after announcement of a put may negatively affect the company’s share price.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s
comment and advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on page 55 of the Amended Registration Statement as requested.
Description of New Abpro’s Business, page 77
3.
Please revise your Description of New Abpro’s Business section to disclose the material terms of the SEPA with Yorkville
including without limitation, the term of the agreement. For guidance, refer to Securities Act Sections Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation
Q. 139.13.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s
comment and advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on page 78 of the Amended Registration Statement as requested.
Plan of Distribution, page 150
4.
Please revise to disclose whether Yorkville engaged in any short-selling or other hedging activities of your securities, including
prior to entering into the agreement and prior to the receipt of any shares pursuant to the terms of the SEPA. Disclose whether Yorkville
may engage in such hedging activities pursuant to the SEPA.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s
comment and advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on page 152 of the Amended Registration Statement as requested.
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If you have any additional questions regarding
any of our responses or the Amended Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact Peter Strand at (202) 689-2806.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Jonathan H. Talcott
Jonathan H. Talcott
cc: Ian Chan, Chief Executive Officer, Abpro Holdings,
Inc.