Correspondence 0001213900-23-078870 from 1427702 B.C. Ltd (CIK 0001988363)
1427702 B.C. Ltd (CIK 0001988363)
Date: Sept. 22, 2023 · CIK: 0001988363 · Accession: 0001213900-23-078870
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1427702
B.C. Ltd.
2900-550
Burrard Street
Vancouver,
British Columbia
Canada
V6C 0A3
September
22, 2023
VIA
EDGAR
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office
of Life Sciences
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention: Alan
Campbell
Daniel Crawford
Mary Mast
Garry Newberry
Re: 1427702
B.C. Ltd.
Registration Statement on Form F-4
Filed August 14, 2023
File No. 333-273972
To
the addressees set forth above:
1427702
B.C. Ltd. (the “Company” or “we”) hereby transmits its response to the comment letter received
from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”),
dated September 8, 2023 (the “Letter”) regarding the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed on August
14, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). Concurrently with this response letter, the Company is filing Amendment No.
1 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 1”) via EDGAR. Amendment No. 1 includes revisions made in response to the
comments of the Staff in the Comment Letter, as well as additional changes to update certain disclosures contained in the Registration
Statement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in 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.
Registration
Statement on Form F-4 filed August 14, 2023
Questions
and Answers, page 9
1. Please
revise this section, as well as the Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, to add a Q&A
discussing TopCo's liquidity position following the Business Combination. In your revisions,
please describe and quantify the payments required to be made by TopCo following the Business
Combination, including transaction expenses, as well as any other debt obligations. In your
discussion, please also include disclosure regarding TopCo's liquidity position if redemptions
by Public Stockholders cause Jupiter to be unable to meet the closing cash condition and
Filament waives the condition. Disclose how far in the development process you estimate that
the proceeds will allow Filament to reach in both the No Additional Redemptions and Maximum
Redemptions scenarios.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure beginning on page
13 of the Amendment No. 1 in response. The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it will revise the Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to include this information
in a future amendment to the Registration Statement.
2. Please
revise your disclosure in this section as well as the Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
to disclose the equity value assigned to Filament by Jupiter and Filament's equity value
at the time of the signing of the Business Combination Agreement based on its trading price.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on page 17, 34 and
139 of Amendment No. 1 in response.
Q.
What equity stake will Jupiter stockholders and Filament shareholders have in TopCo after
the
Closing?, page 12
3. Please
disclose the sponsor and its affiliates’ total potential ownership interest in TopCo,
assuming exercise and conversion of all securities. Revise to disclose all possible sources
and extent of dilution that shareholders who elect not to redeem their shares may experience
in connection with the Business Combination. Provide disclosure of the impact of each significant
source of dilution, including the amount of equity held by founders, convertible securities,
including warrants retained by redeeming shareholders, Earnout Shares and the Bridge Warrants
at each of the redemption levels detailed in your sensitivity analysis, including any needed
assumptions.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on pages 12 and
35 of Amendment No. 1 in response.
Q.
Who is Filament?, page 12
4. Please
revise this response to quantify Filament's revenues and net losses in recent periods.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on page 12 of Amendment
No. 1 in response.
Q.
Do the Filament securityholders need to approve the Business Combination?, page 14
5. Please
revise the response to this question to disclose when the Filament securityholders will vote
on the Business Combination.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that the date when Filament securityholders will vote
on the Business Combination will be added to the Registration Statement when that date is determined.
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Q.
What happens if a substantial number of the Public Stockholders vote in favor of the Business
Combination
Proposal . . . ., page 18
6. The
Jupiter Public Stockholders figures in the narrative discussion and tables on pages 19, 34
and elsewhere do not appear to reflect the percentages of redemptions referenced. For example,
in reference to the column in your table on page 19 titled “50% Redemptions”
you state that the presentation assumes that the public stockholders holding approximately
28.05% of the public shares redeem, rather than 50%. Please revise the disclosure on pages
19, 34 and elsewhere where similar disclosure appears to provide a sensitivity analysis reflecting
the redemption of public shares in the amount of 25%, 50%, 75% and the maximum potential
redemption level.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure beginning on pages
13, 19, 36 and 119 of Amendment No. 1 in response.
Summary
of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
The
Business Combination Agreement, page 26
7. Please
revise to disclose whether TopCo's common shares will be listed on the Frankfurt Exchange
following the consummation of the Business Combination.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that the Company has not yet determined whether to
list TopCo Common Shares on the Frankfurt Exchange. The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it will add that information to
the Registration Statement when a determination is reached.
Certain
Agreements Related to the Business Combination, page 31
8. Please
disclose how many shares will be subject to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Lock-Up
Agreement.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on pages 33,
157, 158 and 296 of Amendment No. 1 to disclose certain of the securities that are currently expected to be subject to the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreement. At this time, the Company is unable to calculate exactly how many shares
total securities will be subject to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreement. The Company respectfully advises
the Staff that it will add this disclosure in a future amendment to the Registration Statement.
PIPE
Subscription Agreements, page 32
9. Please
revise here and on page 15 to disclose the status of any PIPE financing agreements. To the
extent there are currently no negotiations, disclose this here and on page 15.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on pages 16, 33,
136 and 158 of Amendment No. 1 in response.
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Risks
Related to Jupiter and the Business Combination, page 83
10. Disclose
the material risks to unaffiliated investors presented by taking the company public through
a merger rather than an underwritten offering. These risks could include the absence of due
diligence conducted by an underwriter that would be subject to liability for any material
misstatements or omissions in a registration statement.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on page 84 of Amendment
No. 1 in response.
Additional
Risks Related to TopCo and Its Securities Following the Business Combination
Each
of Jupiter and Filament have incurred and will incur substantial costs in connection with
the
Business Combination . . . ., page 94
11. Please
revise to disclose the aggregate estimated cost for the professional services Jupiter and
Filament utilized.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on page 96 of Amendment
No. 1 in response.
Note
7 - Adjustments and Reclassifications . . ., page 121
12. With
respect to adjustment DD, you state that the preliminary and estimated expense recognized
is based on the excess of the deemed costs of shares issued by TopCo over the fair value
of Jupiter’s identifiable net assets at the date of the Business Combination. Please
provide reference to Adjustment G in Note 5 on page 119 for further clarification.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on page 123 of Amendment
No. 1 in response.
The
Business Combination
Background
of the Business Combination, page 130
13. Please
revise your disclaimer that this section "does not purport to catalogue every conversation
among representatives of Jupiter, Filament and other parties" to clarify that this section
contains all material information related to the negotiation of the Business Combination.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on page 132 of Amendment
No. 1 in response.
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14. Revise
here to discuss the negotiations leading to the parties agreeing “to use their commercially
reasonable efforts to . . . obtain the PIPE Financing.” To the extent it was not discussed
during the business combination negotiations, revise pages 32 and 154 to disclose when the
parties agreed to attempt to obtain PIPE Financing and the current status of these efforts.
Revise to disclose whether the parties discussed the Bridge Financing during the Business
Combination negotiations and if so, revise to summarize the communications. Revise to disclose
the negotiations relating to the Earnout Shares.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on pages 15, 33
and 135 of Amendment No. 1 in response.
15. Please
revise your disclosure to describe the qualitative and quantitative analysis supporting Jupiter's
$176 million pre-money equity valuation of Filament. In your revisions, please disclose Filament's
equity value on May 18, 2023 as indicated by the closing price of Filament's common shares
on Cboe Canada, OTCQB and the Frankfurt Exchange. To the extent that there is a difference
between Filament's equity value as determined by Jupiter and its equity value as indicated
by the trading price of Filament's common shares, please revise here and in the bullet on
page 136 titled "Valuation--Fairness Opinion" to explain the reasons for this difference
and why the Jupiter Board determined that this difference was reasonable.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on pages 135 and
139 of Amendment No. 1 in response.
16. Your
disclosure on page 134 indicates that Jupiter's management and advisors consulted with "industry
key opinion leaders" regarding Filament's business model and industry outlook. Please
revise the Background of the Business Combination to describe these consultations. To the
extent this reference is to the conversations with Ken Belotsky and Kostantin Adamsky described
on page 133, please revise your disclosure to clarify whether Jupiter's management and advisors
held conversations with independent third party industry key opinion leaders.
Response:
The
Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it has amended its disclosure on page 135 of Amendment
No. 1 in response.
Jupiter
Board's Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination, page 134
17. Please
revise your statements on pages 135 and 213 discussing Filament's "first mover advantages"
to clarify that Filament has yet to develop an approved product or realize significant revenues
and that such "first mover advantages" may not be durable or sustainable. Please