SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-011373 to FST Corp. (KBSX)
FST Corp.
Date: Oct. 8, 2024 · CIK: 0002014254 · Accession: 0000000000-24-011373
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October 8, 2024
David Chuang
Principal Executive Officer
FST Corp.
No. 3, Gongye 1st Rd., Minxiong Township
Chiayi County 621018, Taiwan
David Chuang
Principal Executive Officer
Femco Steel Technology Co., Ltd.
No. 3, Gongye 1st Rd., Minxiong Township
Chiayi County 621018, Taiwan
Re:FST Corp.
Amendment No. 2 to
Registration Statement on Form F-4
Filed September 19, 2024
File No. 333-280879
Dear David Chuang and David Chuang:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comment(s).
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing
the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information
you provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our August 23, 2024 letter.
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form F-4
Cover Page
1.We note your revisions in response to prior comment 2. Please address the part of that
comment that requests disclosure for the New SPAC Sponsor.
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2.We note your revisions in response to prior comment 3 and reissue in part. Please
revise to state whether the out-of-pocket reimbursements received or to be received
and securities issued or to be issued to the New SPAC Sponsor, its affiliates and
promoters may result in a material dilution of the equity interests of non-redeeming
shareholders who hold the securities until the consummation of the Business
Combination.
3.We note your revisions in response to prior comments 4 and 10. Please provide the
total outstanding as of a recent practicable date for each of the October 2023 Note and
the July 2024 Note.
Summary of Registration Statement/Proxy Statement
Potential Sources of Dilution, page 50
4.Your dilution table and related disclosures do not appear to comply with those
required by Item 1604(c) of Regulation S-K. Please revise to address the following:
•Present in the tabular format the nature and amounts of each source of dilution
used to determine net tangible book value per share, as adjusted.
•Footnote (6) appears to indicate that the net tangible book value per share
presented in the table does not give effect to probable or consummated
transactions (excluding the de-SPAC transaction itself) and other material effects
on the SPAC's net tangible book value per share from the de-SPAC transaction
(e.g., transaction costs; repayment of loans). Present the net tangible book value
per share, as adjusted, giving effect to those transactions.
•Remove dilution information related to Fully Diluted Scenario, as information in
the table should not give effect to the de-SPAC transaction and transactions that
are not probable or consummated.
•Your "minimum company valuation" includes both SPAC public and private
warrants. Tell us how you determined that it is appropriate to assume that the
exercise of both the public and private warrants are probable if they will
remain outstanding after the consummation of the business combination
regardless of the level of redemptions.
•Outside of the table, describe each material potential source of future dilution that
non-redeeming shareholders may experience by electing not to tender their shares
in connection with the de-SPAC transaction, including sources not included in the
table.
Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination, page 59
We note your revisions in response to prior comment 7 and reissue in full. In a tabular
format, please provide the terms and amount of the compensation received or to be
received by the New SPAC Sponsor, its affiliates, and promoters in connection with
the Business Combination, including their out-of-pocket reimbursements, the amount
of securities issued or to be issued by Chenghe to the New SPAC Sponsor, its
affiliates, and promoters and the price paid or to be paid for such securities in
connection with the Business Combination. Outside of the table, please briefly
describe the extent to which that compensation and securities issuance have resulted
or may result in a material dilution of the equity interests of Chenghe’s non-5.
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redeeming shareholders.
Risk Factors, page 63
6.Please revise to include the risk factor on pages 20 and 21 of your definitive proxy
statement on Schedule 14A, filed on September 30, 2024. Further, please revise the
filing to discuss this definitive proxy statement and Chenghe’s delisting risk due to
extending the time to consummate a business combination past 36 months from the
date of Chenghe’s IPO.
Risks Related to CayCo and the Company's Business
Loss of a key supplier or lack of product availability from suppliers could adversely affect the
Company's business..., page 65
7.We note your disclosures on pages F-78 and F-96 that three, three and two suppliers
represented more than 10% of the target company’s total purchases as of the fiscal
years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and six months ended June
30, 2024, respectively. Please update this risk characterized as potential if you have
experienced these risks, or advise.
Extraordinary General Meeting of SPAC Shareholders
Recommendation to Shareholders, page 106
8.We note your revisions in response to prior comments 12 and 22. Please provide the
total outstanding as of a recent practicable date for each of the October 2023 Note and
the July 2024 Note. Further, please quantify the aggregate dollar amount of out-of-
pocket expenses for which the New SPAC Sponsor and its executive officers,
directors or affiliates are awaiting reimbursement.
SPAC Shareholder Proposal No. 1 - The Business Combination Proposal
Background of the Business Combination, page 114
9.We note your disclosure on page 48 about the FST Advisor, who “agreed to act as the
arranger for FST in a potential business combination or merger with a U.S.-listed
special purpose acquisition company” and its “responsibilities include introducing a
US SPAC to FST and facilitating the transaction that could result in FST being listed
on a U.S. stock exchange.” Please revise this section to describe this relationship. In
this regard, we note your disclosure that the target company’s financial advisor
“introduced FST to the New SPAC Sponsor as a business combination target that
could potentially achieve investment criteria of the New SPAC Sponsor” and
discussions began in July 2023, which is prior to the time that the Geneva Agreement
was executed. Please revise to resolve this apparent discrepancy. Finally, please file
the Geneva Agreement. Refer to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
Summary of Financial and Valuation Analyses of FST, page 124
We note your disclosure that the projections reflect the target company
“management’s review about its future performance as of September 30, 2023.”
Please revise to disclose whether or not the target company has affirmed to Chenghe
that its projections reflect the view of the target company's management or board of
directors (or similar governing body) about its future performance as of the most 10.
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recent practicable date. If the projections no longer reflect the views of the target
company's management or board of directors (or similar governing body) regarding
the future performance of its company as of the most recent practicable date, state the
purpose of disclosing the projections and the reasons for any continued reliance by the
management or board of directors (or similar governing body) on the projections.
Refer to Item 1609(c) of Regulation S-K. Update this disclosure as necessary.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Information, page 178
11.We note your disclosure on page 42 that FST and Chenghe expect the business
combination expenses to amount to approximately $8 million, and as of June 30,
2024, there was approximately $5.63 million in unpaid business combination
expenses. In this regard, please expand your disclosure to clarify how much of these
business combination expenses are expected by FST and Chenghe,
individually. Please also clarify whether these expenses are reflected in your pro
forma financial statements, and revise to reflect them if you have not done so already.
Company Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Results of Operations
Comparison of Results of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 to the Six
Months Ended June 30, 2023, page 244
12.We note your disclosure that your research and development expenses decreased by
17.3%, mainly due to “the Group became [sic] an agent of Parametric Technology
Corporation (‘PTC’) in the first half of 2024, the original research and development
expenses provided to the related parties was reclassified as software cost.” Please
revise to elaborate on what this means. Further, if PTC is a related party, please
consider whether your disclosures in your Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions section should be updated.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Material Contractual Obligations and Commitments, page 248
13.We note your cross-reference to Note 16 “Commitments and Contingencies” of your
financial statements. Please revise to elaborate on your short-term and long-term
material cash requirements for the six months ended June 30, 2024. Further, please
revise to discuss your bank borrowings and lease commitments on pages F-91 and F-
97. Refer to Item 5.B.2 and Item 5.B.3 of Form 20-F.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, page 294
14.We note your revisions in response to prior comment 27. We note that for Factory
Automation Technology Co., Ltd., FST America and FST Japan, your disclosure
includes information for your preceding three financial years. Please revise to also
provide the information up to the date of the registration statement. Further, please
revise to discuss the related party transaction discussed on page F-105 from inception
up to the date of the registration statement.
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Part II Information Not Required in Prospectus
Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules
(a) Exhibits, page II-1
15.Please obtain revised consents from Enrome LLP, auditor for Femco Steel
Technology Co., Ltd. and FST Corp., that reference the audit report dates consistent
with those included in the filing.
16.We note that the footnote to your Exhibit Index for Exhibits 2.1 and 10.3 indicates
that schedules and exhibits were omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) and that you
agree to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC
upon request. It appears that you are relying on Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. If
so, please update your exhibit index accordingly. If you are relying on Item 601(b)(2),
then for each exhibit please include a prominent statement on the first page that
certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both
not material and is the type that the registrant treats as private or confidential.
General
17.We note your revisions in response to prior comment 37. Please revise to address the
last sentence of that comment.
18.Please revise to update your disclosures throughout the filing and address areas that
appear to need updating or that present inconsistencies. Non-exclusive examples of
areas where disclosure should be updated are as follows:
•We note your disclosures on the cover page and elsewhere that you intend to
apply for listing of the CayCo Ordinary Shares on either NYSE or Nasdaq.
However, we also note your other disclosure on page 287 that you intend to list
the CayCo Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq. Please revise throughout the filing to
clearly state the stock exchange that you intend to list the CayCo Ordinary Shares.
•We note your disclosures in the redemption tables that, assuming maximum
redemptions, FST Advisor will hold 3.42% of CayCo. However, we note your
other disclosures on the cover page and pages 27, 45 and 87 that this percentage is
3.25%. Please revise throughout the filing to reconcile this discrepancy.
•We note your disclosures on the cover page and elsewhere that “[b]ased on the
closing price for the Public Shares of $11.55 on the Nasdaq on September 11,
2024, the value of the Founder Shares held by the New SPAC Sponsor would be
$18,386,133.15.” However, you state on page 88 that this value would be
$25,316,133.15. Please revise throughout the filing to reconcile this discrepancy.
19.We note your revisions in response to prior comment 19. Please revise to provide the
federal income tax consequences of the de-SPAC transaction to (i) the SPAC, (ii) the
target company, and (iii) target security holders. Refer to Item 1605(b)(6) of
Regulation S-K. Please make appropriate revisions throughout the prospectus to
address the federal income tax consequences.
October 8, 2024
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Please contact Eiko Yaoita Pyles at 202-551-3587 or Ernest Greene at 202-551-3733
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please contact Jenny O'Shanick at 202-551-8005 or Asia Timmons-Pierce at 202-
551-3754 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing
cc:Gary J. Ross
Francis Chang