Correspondence 0001104659-22-130215 from Lavoro Ltd (LVRO, LVROW) (CIK 0001945711) (LVRO)
Lavoro Ltd (LVRO, LVROW) (CIK 0001945711)
Date: Dec. 27, 2022 · CIK: 0001945711 · Accession: 0001104659-22-130215
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File numbers found in text: 333-267653
Referenced dates: December 14, 2022
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Manuel Garciadiaz
Elliot M.
de Carvalho
manuel.garciadiaz@davispolk.com elliot.decarvalho@davispolk.com
Davis Polk &
Wardwell llp
450 Lexington
Avenue
New York, NY 10017
December 27, 2022
Re:
Lavoro Limited
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-4
Filed December 6, 2022
File No. 333-267653
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Industrial Applications and Services
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn:
Jeanne Bennett
Terence O'Brien
Alan Campbell
Tim Buchmiller
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client, Lavoro Limited (the “Company”),
this letter sets forth the Company’s responses to the comments provided by the staff (the “Staff”) of the Division
of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) relating to the Company’s
registration statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) contained in the Staff’s letter dated
December 14, 2022 (the “Comment Letter”). In response to the comments set forth in the Comment Letter, the Company
has revised the Registration Statement and is filing concurrently with this letter Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement
(“Amendment No. 2”), which reflects these revisions and certain additional updates.
For the convenience of the Staff, each comment from the Comment Letter
is restated in italics prior to the Company’s response to such comment. All references to page numbers and captions (other
than those in the Staff’s comments) correspond to pages and captions in Amendment No. 2.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-4
Questions and Answers About the Business Combination
What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Business
Combination...?, page 30
1. We note your response to prior comment 8, revised disclosure and re-issue in part. We further note
that you state that the SPAC Mergers "should qualify" as a "reorganization." To the extent the opinion is subject
to uncertainty, please revise the response to this question, and elsewhere in the document as applicable, to clearly explain the facts
and circumstances giving rise to the uncertainty and provide disclosure of possible alternative tax consequences. Please also revise your
response to this question to clearly disclose that this is the opinion of tax counsel and identify counsel.
Response: The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 30, 112 and 204 of Amendment
No. 2 and has filed as Exhibit No. 8.1 to Amendment No. 2 a tax opinion of Cooley LLP, as United States counsel to
TPB Acquisition Corporation I, in response.
Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
Recent Developments, page 40
2. Please revise your disclosure in this section to reflect your disclosure in other filings that Pattern
Ag was founded with an initial investment from an affiliate of the Sponsor and is one of The Production Board's portfolio companies.
Response: The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 40, 228 and 242 of Amendment
No. 2 in response.
Certain Unaudited Projected Financial Information, page 150
3. We note your response to prior comment 21. We further note your disclosure indicating that the projections
were prepared in February and March 2022. Given the passage of time between the preparation of the projections and potential
effectiveness of this registration statement, please revise to clearly state whether or not the projections still reflect Lavoro management’s
views on future performance. To the extent they do not, please describe why.
Response: The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 145 and 146 of Amendment No. 2
in response.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results Of Operations of Lavoro
Overview, page 271
4. We note your disclosure on page F-52 that for the 2022/2023 harvest, given current market conditions,
the Group expects the volume of fertilizers sold by the Group to be adversely affected, which may adversely affect Group`s results of
operations. Please expand your overview to include a balanced, executive-level discussion that identifies the most important themes or
other significant matters with which management is concerned primarily in evaluating the company’s financial condition and operating
results. Discuss material business opportunities, challenges and risks, such as those presented by known material trends and uncertainties,
on which the company’s executives are most focused, and the actions they are taking in response to them. For further guidance on
the content and purpose of the "Overview," see Interpretive Release No. 33-8350 on our website.
Response: The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 267 and 268 of Amendment No. 2
in response.
Lavoro Share Plan, page 332
5. Please disclose whether the Business Combination will satisfy the Market Conditions in order for the
options granted under the Lavoro Share Plan to vest. Please also file that plan as an exhibit.
Response: The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 331 and 332 of Amendment No. 2
and has filed the Lavoro Share Plan as Exhibit No. 10.6 of Amendment No. 2, in response.
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Please do not hesitate to contact me
at +1 212-450-6095 or manuel.garciadiaz@davispolk.com or Elliot M. de Carvalho at +1 212-450-6069 or elliot.decarvalho@davispolk.com
if you have any questions regarding the foregoing or if I can provide any additional information.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Manuel Garciadiaz
Manuel Garciadiaz
cc: Ruy Cunha, Chief Executive Officer, Lavoro Limited
Laurence Beltrão Gomes, Chief Financial Officer,
Lavoro Limited
Renata Solera Ramon El Kalay, Head of Legal and Compliance,
Lavoro Limited
Alessandra Aur, Ernst &
Young Auditores Independentes S.S.
Rachel Proffitt, Cooley LLP
Garth Osterman, Cooley LLP
Kristin VanderPas, Cooley LLP
Peter Byrne, Cooley LLP
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