Correspondence 0001193805-24-000972 from SEALSQ Corp (LAES)
SEALSQ Corp
Date: July 31, 2024 · CIK: 0001951222 · Accession: 0001193805-24-000972
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File numbers found in text: 333-276877
Referenced dates: July 23, 2024
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SEALSQ CORP
Avenue Louis-Casai 58
Cointrin
Switzerland
July 31, 2024
Mr. Bradley Ecker
Mr. Evan Ewing
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing
100 F Street, N. E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: SEALSQ CorpPost-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration
Statement on Form F-1
Submitted July 2, 2024 (File No. 333-276877)
CIK No. 0001951222
Dear Mr. Ecker and Mr. Ewing:
This letter
responds to the letter dated July 23, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”) containing comments from the staff (the “Staff”)
of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) resulting
from the Staff’s review of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form F-1 of SEALSQ Corp (the “Company,”
or “we”) initially submitted to the Commission on July 2, 2024 (the “Initial Registration Statement”).
We are filing
with the Commission via EDGAR concurrently herewith an amended Registration Statement responding to the Staff’s comment (as amended,
the “Registration Statement”).
For your
convenience, your original comments appear in bold text, followed by our responses. Page references in our responses are to the Post-Effective
Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement.
BUSINESS
General
1. We note your response to prior comments 1 through 4. We do not view these matters as resolved and will continue to consider your
disclosure and responses in these regards. We also note your disclosure that SEALCOIN “is now in development under the umbrella
of WISeKey International Holding AG and will be housed in a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to be named SEALCOIN AG, in the process of being
incorporated by WISeKey International Holding AG as a Swiss company.” In that regard:
• Please revise your disclosure to identify the entity, whether you, your parent, or an affiliate, that currently houses the development
of SEALCOIN.
· State when the transfer of the development of SEALCOIN from you to another entity occurred or is expected to occur.
· State when the incorporation of SEALCOIN AG and the transfer of the development of SEALCOIN to SEALCOIN AG is expected to occur.
· Disclose the terms of transferring your interests in SEALCOIN to another entity, including, but not limited to, what consideration
you received or will receive for transferring your interests in SEALCOIN.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s
comments, the Company has revised its disclosure in the Recent Developments section on page 11
and Risk Factors section on page 23.
2. Refer to your statement in your response that SEALSQ will disclose the material terms of any related
agreement or collaboration between SEALSQ Corp and SEALCOIN AG, the Hashgraph Association and/or Hedera to the extent these agreements
are material to SEALSQ. Please advise us of any such related agreements expected to be entered and what consideration is being given to
disclosing their material terms or to filing them as exhibits to the registration statement.
Response:
The Company confirms that SEALSQ will disclose
the material terms of any related agreement or collaboration between SEALSQ Corp and SEALCOIN AG, the Hashgraph Association and/or Hedera
to the extent these agreements are material to SEALSQ. The Company respectfully informs the Staff that there are no such agreements or
collaborations currently in place between these parties and SEALSQ.
Agreements are to be entered into reflecting the
transfer of the SEALCOIN project and ongoing and future commercial terms upon completion of the incorporation of SEALCOIN AG. The first
such agreement will concern SEALSQ being reimbursed for the time spent by its research and development staff on the SEALCOIN project,
covering time spent in past support and future support on the project (based upon R&D reimbursement rates in the Company’s currently
existing agreements with its third party customers). The Company anticipates that this contract will be negotiated on an arm’s length
basis and that the work performed will be charged at a commercial rate for technological research and development based upon market equivalent
rates.
The second agreement will cover SEALSQ securing
the rights to supply to SEALCOIN AG secure semiconductors for use in the sale of SEALCOIN products and services to the anticipated clients
of SEALCOIN AG. The Company anticipates that the terms of this contract will be negotiated on an arm’s length basis with factors
such as prices, payment terms and quantity discounts being based upon the Company’s currently existing agreements with its third-party
customers and that the Company would be the preferred supplier of secure semiconductors to SEALCOIN AG.
The Company will consider disclosing the material
terms and/or filing them as exhibits to the registration statement according to its disclosure controls and procedures taking into account
the relevant SEC rules and guidance.
We appreciate your comments and
welcome the opportunity to discuss with you our response provided above. Please contact us at 011-41-22-594-3000 or via e-mail at cmoreira@sealsq.com/johara@sealsq.com
or our outside legal counsel from Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP at 212-336-2301 or via e-mail at hhraspe@pbwt.com, if you have
any questions or require additional information.
Respectfully,
SEALSQ Corp
By:
/s/ Carlos Moreira
Name:
Carlos Moreira
Title:
CEO
By:
/s/ John O’Hara
Name:
John O’Hara
Title:
CFO
cc: Herman H. Raspé. Esq. (Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP)