SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-011185 to PicoCELA Inc. (PCLA)
PicoCELA Inc.
Date: Oct. 3, 2024 · CIK: 0002018462 · Accession: 0000000000-24-011185
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October 3, 2024
Hiroshi Furukawa
Chief Executive Officer
PicoCELA Inc.
2-34-5 Ningyocho, SANOS Building, Nihonbashi
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013 Japan
Re:PicoCELA Inc.
Amendment No.1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Submitted September 23, 2024
CIK No. 0002018462
Dear Hiroshi Furukawa:
We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following
comment(s).
Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR.
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 the information you provide in response to this letter and your amended
draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our
July 5, 2024 letter.
Amendment No.1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Cover Page
1.Please revise your cover page and summary section to more prominently and clearly
disclose that your shares and ADSs are subject to voting restrictions. Your disclosure
should clearly state that only holders of at least 100 shares will be entitled to exercise
voting rights, while holders of fewer than 100 shares will not be entitled to vote, and that
shares will be rounded down in determining voting rights. Additionally disclose how
voting rights will be determined in relation to ADS holders, and include a cross-refence to
more detailed disclosure regarding ADS treatment elsewhere in your registration
statement.
October 3, 2024
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Prospectus Summary
The Offering, page 8
2.Please revise your disclosure to quantify the number of shares issuable to Spirit Advisors
upon exercise of the warrant.
Risk Factors, page 9
3.Please include risk factor disclosure that addresses your ability to issue classes of stock in
the future that may have greater or more senior voting rights compared to holders of your
common stock. Disclose that this would have a dilutive effect to holders of your common
stock.
Capitalization, page 33
4.Please disclose the total number of Common Shares issued in connection with the
conversion of Class A, B and C Preferred Shares in July 2024 and the total number of
Common Shares issued and outstanding on an as adjusted basis.
Dilution, page 34
5.We note your response to prior comment 6. Please revise your dilution disclosure to
include the issuance of additional Class C Preferred Shares in April 2024 in your
discussion of as adjusted net tangible book value per shares and ensure that you reflect
this issuance in your pro forma calculation.
6.We note that your disclosure related to the calculation of as adjusted net tangible book
value per share does not include a discussion of the conversions of preferred shares that
occurred in July 2024. Please revise accordingly and ensure that you reflect
the conversion in your calculation.
Corporate History and Structure
Recent Development, page 36
7.We note your consulting agreement grants Spirit Advisors the right to purchase up to 3%
of the company's common shares calculated immediately before the IPO and that it is
exercisable at the time of the IPO. Please disclose here and on page 8 whether Spirit
Advisors is subject to lock-up restrictions as part of their right to purchase shares.
Additionally disclose whether Spirit Advisors will be granted any registration rights in
relation to these shares and, if so, describe the terms thereof.
8.We note disclosure on your prospectus cover regarding the expiration without conversion
of two convertible bonds. Please update the disclosure in this section, and elsewhere as
appropriate, to reflect such expiration.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Sales and Marketing, page 57
9.We note your response to our prior comment 11. Please further revise to identify all
significant customers, including "Customer F" referenced on page 61.
October 3, 2024
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Business
Intellectual Property, page 63
10.We note your revisions in response to our prior comment 12. Please further revise your
disclosure to more fully summarize the material terms of your license agreement with
Kyushu University. Discuss, without limitation, whether and on what terms the license
agreement may be (i) renewed past its current expiration date of March 31, 2025, and (ii)
subject to earlier termination. Include risk factor disclosure regarding the material risks
related to potential non-renewal or early termination on your business and financial
condition and results of operation.
Related Party Transactions, page 77
11.Please update this section to additionally reflect information as of the date of the
document. Refer to Item 4(a) of Form F-1 and Item 7.B of Form 20-F.
Description of Share Capital
Voting Rights, page 83
12.We note your disclosure that a resolution can be adopted by a majority of the voting rights
represented at the meeting; please revise to clarify whether this refers to representation
both in-person and by proxy. We further note disclose that the quorum is one-third of the
total number of voting rights. Given the voting restriction on your shares, please revise to
clarify when such voting rights will be determined (for instance, on a record date or as of
the meeting date). Additionally clarify whether the voting rights in respect of shares
underlying ADSs will be counted in relation to the depositary bank or ADS holders, and
describe any related procedures and timing-related considerations in this regard (for
instance, an ADS record date), either here and/or in the section describing American
Depositary Shares.
Unaudited Financial Statements as of and for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
Statements of Shareholders' Equity, page F-4
13.Please revise to include the statement of stockholders' equity for the comparative year-to-
date period ended March 31, 2023. Refer to Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X.
General
14.We note that the number of shares represented by ADRs has yet to be determined. Please
tell us how this ratio will take into account the voting restriction on your shares. For
instance, will each ADR represent 100 shares in order to ensure that each ADS holder is
entitled to exercise at least one vote, and that the voting rights of the depositary (as record
holder) and ADS holders are congruent? If this ratio is not 1:100, include disclosure that
explains how the voting rights of ADS holders will be determined, considering that
the depositary bank will be the shareholder of record (and thus eligible to vote underlying
shares), yet will solicit proxies from ADS holders who beneficially own individual
portions of the underlying shares (and may not collectively have the same voting rights
the depositary would have). To the extent that your ADS program and 100-share voting
restriction effectively give rise to disparate voting effects as between ADS holders and
shareholders, please discuss this and include risk factor disclosure as appropriate.
October 3, 2024
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Please contact Eiko Yaoita Pyles at 202-551-3587 or Kevin Stertzel at 202-551-3723 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Bradley Ecker at 202-551-4985 or Jennifer Angelini at 202-551-3047 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing