SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-010404 to Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (BACQ, BACQU) (CIK 0002028707) (BACQ)
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I (BACQ, BACQU) (CIK 0002028707)
Date: Sept. 13, 2024 · CIK: 0002028707 · Accession: 0000000000-24-010404
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September 13, 2024
Andrew Gundlach
Chief Executive Officer
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
1345 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 47
New York, NY 10105
Re:Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. I
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed August 21, 2024
File No. 333-280777
Dear Andrew Gundlach:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments.
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 9, 2024, letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Cover Page
1.We note your response to prior comment 1. In your discussion of the Class B ordinary
shares issued to the sponsor, please briefly describe the anti-dilution adjustments that may
give the sponsor additional shares upon conversion of the Class B shares. We do note that
you reference "adjustments described herein" in this context. Please also revise the
compensation and securities table on page 11 to include a brief description of the anti-
dilution adjustments applicable to the Class B shares so that it is clear that the $25,000 of
consideration for the original Class B shares covers any additional shares issued to the
sponsor under anti-dilution provisions.
September 13, 2024
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Summary, page 1
2.Please revise the appropriate section of your Summary to disclose that your ability to
identify and evaluate a target company may be impacted by significant competition
among other SPACs in pursuing business combination transaction candidate and that
significant competition may impact the attractiveness of the acquisition terms that the
SPAC will be able to negotiate. In this regard, we note your disclosure on page 65 that
there are numerous special purpose acquisition companies seeking targets and that fewer
attractive targets may be available.
Initial Business Combination, page 7
3.In connection with prior comments 5 and 8, please revise here, on page 34, and elsewhere
that similar disclosure appears to further explain the type of transaction that you would
target and why it would be of a nature substantially different than what the sponsor, co-
founders, directors and officers would target. Explain how this difference supports the
conclusion that potential conflicts of interest would not materially affect your ability to
complete a business combination. Also, please elaborate on why the fact that the sponsor,
co-founders, directors and officers have financial interests in the completion of a business
combination resolves conflicts of interest that they may have as a result of their fiduciary,
contractual or other duties to other entities.
Sponsor Information, page 11
4.We note disclosure that other than Mr. Combes and Mr. Gundlack "and members of our
management team and their affiliates," no other person will have a direct or indirect
material interest in the sponsor. Please revise to specifically identify all of the persons
who have a direct or indirect material interest in the SPAC sponsor, as well as the nature
and amount of their interests, as required by Item 1603(a)(7) of Regulation S-K.
5.We note the disclosure on page 14 and 110 that "in order to facilitate our initial business
combination or for any other reason determined by our sponsor in its sole discretion, our
sponsor may surrender or forfeit, transfer or exchange our founder shares, private
placement warrants or any of our other securities, including for no consideration, as well
as subject any such securities to earn-outs or other restrictions, or otherwise amend the
terms of any such securities or enter into any other arrangements with respect to any such
securities." Please add risk factor disclosure regarding any risk that the sponsor may
remove itself as Sponsor from the company before identifying a business combination,
including through the unconditional ability to transfer the founder shares or otherwise.
6.We note your disclosure on page 12 that in the event of a transfer of sponsor membership
interests by members of the sponsor or their affiliates, there will be an indirect transfer of
the founder shares and private placement warrants held by the sponsor. Please disclose
any circumstances or arrangements under which the sponsor, it affiliates, and promoters
could indirectly transfer ownership of your securities through transfers of sponsor
membership interests. Please see Item 1603(a)(6).
September 13, 2024
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Risk Factors
The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares may result in significant
dilution..., page 75
7.We note your response to comment 10. The $9.53 implied value per share upon
consummation of initial business combination does not take into account 6,250,000
founder shares which will also be outstanding upon consummation of the initial business
combination. We also note that the $7.62 initial implied value per public share appears to
include founders shares as well as public shares. Please revise or explain to us why
revisions are not necessary.
Use of Proceeds, page 88
8.Based upon the gross proceeds raised and offering expenses incurred, proceeds after
offering expenses will be approximately $251,000,000 and $288,312,500, depending on
whether or not the over-allotment is exercised. Please revise your use of proceeds table to
reflect the correct amounts or advise us why a revision is not necessary and ensure any
changes to the proceeds after offering expenses are also reflected in the table on page 93.
9.Please tell us whether and where the portion of the non-deferred underwriting
commissions sourced from permitted withdrawals appears in the table.
Proposed Business
Sponsor Information, page 107
10.We note your response to prior comment 16. Please revise the disclosures here and on
page 11, outside of the tables, to describe the extent to which the conversion of the
working capital loans into warrants may result in material dilution of the purchasers'
equity interests. See Item 1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-K. Further, we note your disclosure
on pages 14 and 109 regarding the payment of consulting, success or finder fees, salaries
and other fees to your affiliates. Please ensure that this disclosure is included in the
compensation table and in the compensation information required on the cover page. See
Items 1602(a)(3) and 1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-K.
Exhibits
11.The Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included as Exhibit 23.1
references their report dated August 19, 2024. However, the audit report in the filing is
dated August 21, 2024. Please obtain and file an updated consent that references the
correct report date.
September 13, 2024
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Please contact William Demarest at 202-551-3432 or Kristina Marrone at 202-551-3429
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Stacie Gorman at 202-551-3585 or Pam Long at 202-551-3765 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc:Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.