Correspondence 0001493152-24-014256 from Nano Nuclear Energy Inc. (NNE)
Nano Nuclear Energy Inc.
Date: April 10, 2024 · CIK: 0001923891 · Accession: 0001493152-24-014256
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Nano
Nuclear Energy Inc.
10
Times Square, 30th Floor
New
York, New York 10018
VIA
EDGAR
April
10, 2024
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Energy & Transportation
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Joseph Klinko
Karl
Hiller
Cheryl
Brown
Karina
Dorin
Re:
Nano
Nuclear Energy Inc.
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
Filed
March 19, 2024
File
No. 333-278076
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Nano
Nuclear Energy Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) hereby transmits
the Company’s responses to the comment letter received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 4, 2024, relating to the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form S-1, filed by the Company with the Commission on March 19, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”). For the Staff’s
convenience, we have repeated below the Staff’s comments in bold and have followed each comment with the Company’s response.
Concurrently
with the submission of this response letter, the Company is filing Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment
No.1”) via the EDGAR system. Amendment No.1 contains revised disclosure based on the Staff’s comments as noted below
as well as additional updating disclosures and new exhibits. The Staff is also supplementally advised that references to the put right held by a Company investor have been removed
as the subscription agreement with such investor was amended on March 30, 2024 to remove such put right.
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
Prospectus
Summary
Overview,
page 1
1. We
note disclosure here and elsewhere that you expect to receive an exclusive license for a
high capacity HALEU fuel transportation basket design in the first quarter of 2024. Given
that the first quarter of 2024 has passed, please update these disclosures. If such licensing
agreement has been received, please revise to disclose all material terms in the prospectus
and file the agreement as an exhibit to the registration statement, or tell us why you believe
it is not required to be filed.
Response: The
Staff is advised that the Company received the license in question in early April 2024. We have revised our disclosures under the “Prospectus
Summary” section on pages 1 and 5, the “Risk Factor” section on pages 15 and 19, the
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section on page 37,
the “Business” section on pages 41, 51 and 55, of Amendment No.1 accordingly. The Staff is further advised
that the material terms of the license agreement are also disclosed under the “Prospectus Summary” section on
page 5 and the “Business” section on pages 51 and 55, of Amendment No.1.
The
Staff is further advised that while we consider the existence of this license to be material to investors, we do not consider the license
a “material contract” that requires filing as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Our view in this regard is based
on our analysis of the licensing agreement in accordance with section (b)(10) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K in that (i) a license for
this type of technology ordinarily accompanies the kind of business conducted by the Company,
(ii) the license is not a contract upon which our business is substantially dependent, as the license
relates to only one of four proposed business lines of the Company, and (iii) we expect to develop our own intellectual property relating
to our nuclear fuel transportation business as this business concept progresses over time.
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Capitalization,
page 33
2. We
note your disclosure regarding the issuance and sale of 822,146 shares of your common stock
at a price of $3.00 per share. As it appears that you had received some proceeds associated
with this transaction in the form of stock subscriptions prior to December 31, 2023, please
expand your disclosure to clarify the extent to which the effects of this transaction are
shown in the actual, pro forma, and pro forma as adjusted columns.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosures under the “Capitalization” section on
page 33 of Amendment No.1.
3. Please
revise as necessary to reconcile your disclosure indicating the number of common shares that
will be outstanding upon completion of the offering is 26,007,015 shares, with the corresponding
disclosure on page 8, indicating there will be 29,007,015 shares of common stock outstanding
at that point in time.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosures under the “Capitalization” section on
page 33 of Amendment No.1.
4. Please
expand your description of the pro forma as adjusted amounts to quantify the underwriting
discounts and estimated offering expenses that are reflected in your adjustment, also to
include your rationale for the apparent reclassification of the mezzanine equity shares and
balances.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosures under the “Capitalization” section on
page 33 of Amendment No.1.
Dilution,
page 34
5. We
note that you appear to have included prepaid expenses in your computations of the historical
and pro forma historical net tangible book values and that you do not provide details sufficient
to understand how you have calculated the corresponding per share amounts. Please revise
these calculations as necessary to exclude non-tangible assets and to clarify how the shares
being utilized reconcile to those reported on page F-4.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosures under the “Dilution” section on pages
34 and 35 of Amendment No.1.
Business
Description
of Properties, page 58
6. We
note you disclose that you lease office space from Flewber Global, Inc., a related party,
for $10,000 a month. However, Exhibit 10.12 indicates that such office space is leased for
$5,000 per month. Please advise or revise.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosures under the “Business - Description of Properties”
section on page 58 of Amendment No.1. We respectfully advise the Staff that such office space from Flewber Global, Inc. is currently
leased for $10,000 per month as disclosed in the Lease Amendment Agreement to the Lease Agreement dated September 1, 2022, which was
filed as part of Exhibit 10.12 to the Registration Statement filed on March 19, 2024.
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Executive
and Director Compensation
Summary
Compensation Table, page 72
7. Please
revise to disclose the compensation items tabulated in the “All Other Compensation”
column. See Item 402(n)(2)(ix) of Regulation S-K.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosures under the “Executive and Director Compensation”
section on page 72 of Amendment No.1.
Financial
Statements, page F-1
8. Please
address the labeling inconsistency regarding the company name on page F-3.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosures under the “Financial Statements” section
on page F-3 of Amendment No.1.
Exhibits
Exhibit
23.1 - Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, page II-3
9. Please
obtain and file an updated consent from the auditor that does not include the Additional
Guidance and Practice Points.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have filed an updated consent letter from the auditor as an exhibit to Amendment No.1.
General
10. We
note your filing fee table included as Exhibit 107 reflects that you are relying on Rule
457(o). Please revise the “Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price” column
to reflect the maximum offering price that you disclose in the prospectus.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we respectfully advise the Staff that, utilizing Rule 457(o), we have calculated the registration
fee based on the proposed maximum offering price of $17,250,000 (comprised of a $15,000,000 offering plus $2,250,000 for the underwriters’
over-allotment option). We believe this was properly reflected in Exhibit 107 to the Registration Statement filed on March 19, 2024.
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We
thank the Staff for its review of this response. Should you have any questions or require any additional information, please do not hesitate
to contact our legal counsel, Lawrence A. Rosenbloom, Esq. of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, at lrosenbloom@egsllp.com or by telephone
at (212) 370-1300.
Very
truly yours,
NANO
NUCLEAR ENERGY INC.
By:
/s/
James Walker
Name:
James
Walker
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
cc:
Lawrence A. Rosenbloom, Esq.
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