Correspondence 0001829126-23-007643 from Amphitrite Digital Inc (CIK 0001933762)
Amphitrite Digital Inc (CIK 0001933762)
Date: Nov. 22, 2023 · CIK: 0001933762 · Accession: 0001829126-23-007643
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File numbers found in text: 333-275379
Referenced dates: November 20, 2023
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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 Avenue, NW
Suite
900
Washington
D.C., 20001
T:
202.689.2800 F: 202.689.2860
nelsonmullins.com
November
22, 2023
Division
of Corporation Finance
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Attention:
Jenifer
Gallagher
Karl
Hiller
Anuja
A. Majmudar
Timothy
S. Levenberg
RE:
Amphitrite
Digital Incorporated
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Submitted
November 22, 2023
File
No. 333-275379
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
On
behalf of Amphitrite Digital Incorporated (the “Company”), we are hereby responding to the letter dated November
20, 2023 (the “Comment Letter”) from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), regarding the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1
filed on November 7, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). In response to the Comment Letter and to update certain
information in the Registration Statement, the Company is publicly filing its Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(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.
Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed November 7, 2023
Unaudited
Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Information, page 62
1. We
understand that your pro forma balance sheet is intended to give effect to the proposed acquisition
of Paradise Group of Companies (PGC) and the offering, as if these events occurred on September
30, 2023, although you also include an adjustment indicating you intend to repay a note payable
that arose in connection with your acquisition of Paradise Adventures, LLC, (PA) earlier
in the year, as referenced in Note A on page 70. However, unless the counterparty is intending
to return cash that had been paid as interest on the loan, we do not see support for the
related adjustments described in Note B on page 70 and Note L on page 71, to remove interest
expense previously recorded and to restore the associated cash expenditure. Please revise
your pro forma balance sheet accordingly.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that it has removed adjustments related to repayment
of the note payable that arose in connection with the acquisition of Paradise Adventures LLC. The Company has revised the Amended Registration
Statement on pages 18, 58, 70, and 71 accordingly.
2. We
note that in response to prior comment 5 you present details of management’s adjustments
depicting the synergies you believe you will realize upon completion of the acquisitions
of PA and PGC. Please revise your tables on pages 73 and 75 to present accurate summations
of management’s adjustments.
Please
also revise your reconciliations as necessary to begin with the pro forma net loss amounts that are presented in your pro forma statements
of operations. For example, the pro form net loss amounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 do not presently agree.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has revised its disclosures on
pages 73 and 75 of the Amended Registration Statement to present accurate summations of management adjustments. The Company further acknowledges
the Staff’s comment on reconciliation of pro forma net loss amounts and has revised its disclosures accordingly.
3. On
the pro forma statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 you include
an adjustment to decrease interest expense by $1,553,065; however, this amount does not agree
to details included in the note for pro forma adjustment M.
Please
revise pro forma adjustment M or the associated disclosures as necessary to resolve this inconsistency.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has revised its disclosure in
Note I in the Amended Registration Statement to provide the pro forma decrease of interest expense to resolve the inconsistency.
* * * * *
If
you have any additional questions regarding any of our responses or the Amended Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact
Andrew Tucker at (202) 689-2987.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Andrew M. Tucker
Andrew
M. Tucker
cc:
Scott
Stawski, Executive Chairman, Amphitrite Digital, Inc.
Rob
Chapple, Chief Executive Officer, Amphitrite Digital, Inc.