Correspondence 0001829126-24-004220 from Aura Fat Projects Acquisition Corp (CIK 0001901886)
Aura Fat Projects Acquisition Corp (CIK 0001901886)
Date: June 14, 2024 · CIK: 0001901886 · Accession: 0001829126-24-004220
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File numbers found in text: 001-41350
Referenced dates: June 10, 2024
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NELSON
MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP
ATTORNEYS
AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
Andrew
M. Tucker
T:
202.689.2987
andy.tucker@nelsonmullins.com
101
Constitution Ave, NW, Suite 900
Washington,
DC 20001
T:
202.689.2800 F: 202.689.2860
nelsonmullins.com
June 14,
2024
Via
EDGAR
Division
of Corporation Finance
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Attention:
Rebekah Reed
Dietrich King
RE:
Aura Fat Projects Acquisition Corp.
Proxy
Statement
Filed May 29, 2024
File No. 001-41350
On
behalf of Aura Fat Projects Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), we are hereby responding to the letter dated June 10,
2024 (the “Comment Letter”) from the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”
or the “Commission”), regarding the Company’s Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on May 29,
2024 (the “Proxy Statement”). In response to the Comment Letter, the Company is re-submitting its Proxy Statement with the
Commission today.
Capitalized
terms used but not defined in this letter have the meanings as defined in the Proxy Statement.
For
ease of reference, the text of the Staff’s comment is included in bold-face type below, followed by the Company’s response.
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June 14,
2024
Page
2
Proxy
Statement
Risk
Factors, page 23
1.
We note that
risk factor disclosure regarding, among other things, potential review of your initial business combination by the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and your sponsor’s status as a “foreign person” under CFIUS regulations
was included in the amended preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed June 20, 2023 and the registration statement
on Form F-4 filed June 8, 2023. Please revise to provide comparable risk factor disclosure addressing how these facts could
impact your ability to complete your initial business combination, or advise. Ensure that your disclosure discusses the risk to investors
that you may not be able to complete your initial business combination should the transaction be subject to review by a U.S. government
entity, such as CFIUS, or ultimately prohibited. Disclose that the time necessary for government review of the transaction or a decision
to prohibit the transaction could prevent you from completing an initial business combination and require you to liquidate. Disclose
the consequences of liquidation to investors, such as the losses of the investment opportunity in a target company, any price appreciation
in the combined company, and the warrants, which would expire worthless.
Response:
The Proxy Statement has been revised on page 25 to include the risk factor regarding the potential review of the Company’s
initial business combination by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
General
2.
We note that
you are seeking to extend your termination date to July 18, 2025, a date which is 39 months from your initial public offering.
We also note that you are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market and that Nasdaq IM-5101-2 requires that a special purpose acquisition
company complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement. Please
revise to explain that the proposal to extend your termination deadline to July 18, 2025 does not comply with this rule, or
advise, and to disclose the risks of your non-compliance with this rule, including that your securities may be subject to suspension
and delisting from The Nasdaq Capital Market.
Response:
The Proxy Statement has been revised on page 23 to include a risk factor regarding the Company’s potential non-compliance with
Nasdaq listing rule IM-5101-2.
* * * * *
Given
the Company’s time constraints to complete an initial business combination, we would be very appreciative of the Staff’s
expeditious review of the Company’s responses and updates to the Proxy Statement. Please contact me with any questions or follow
up requests. I can be reached at 202-689-2987 or andy.tucker@nelsonmullins.com. Thank you very much for your assistance.
Very truly
yours,
Andrew M. Tucker
AMT
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