Correspondence 0001213900-24-092722 from GSR III Acquisition Corp. (GSRT, GSRTU) (CIK 0002029023)
GSR III Acquisition Corp. (GSRT, GSRTU) (CIK 0002029023)
Date: Oct. 31, 2024 · CIK: 0002029023 · Accession: 0001213900-24-092722
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File numbers found in text: 333-280842
Referenced dates: October 30, 2024
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of Corporation Finance
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D.C. 20549
Attn: Jeffrey
Lewis
Shannon
Menjivar
Kibum
Park
Jeffrey
Gabor
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Real Estate & Construction
Re: GSR
III Acquisition Corp.
Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed
October 25, 2024
File
No. 333-280842
To
the addressees set forth above:
On
behalf of our client, GSR III Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), we submit this letter setting forth the responses
of the Company to the comments provided by the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) in its comment letter dated October 30, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”)
with respect to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Commission by the Company on October 25, 2024. Concurrently with
the filing of this letter, the Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (the “Registration Statement”)
through EDGAR.
For
your convenience, we have set forth each comment of the Staff from the Comment Letter in bold type below followed by the Company’s
response thereto. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.
October
31, 2024
Page
2
Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Conflicts
of Interest, page 118
1. We
note your response to prior comment 8 and that you are “not aware of any fiduciary
duties or contractual obligations of [your] officers or directors that will materially affect
[your] ability to identify and pursue business combination opportunities or complete [your]
initial business combination.” We also note the entities that your directors and officers
have legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities, listed on pages 130-131.
Please reconcile your disclosure on page 119 and elsewhere as applicable.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has revised disclosure on
pages 10, 32, 98, 119, 129 and 131 of the Registration Statement.
Officer
and Director Compensation, page 125
2. We
note your response to prior comment 9. Please revise to disclose here the number of founder
shares that you intend to transfer to your independent directors, as disclosed on page 70.
In addition, to the extent you do not plan to determine the amount of membership interests
in the sponsor that you will issue to independent directors for services as a director prior
to this offering, please revise this section to so state. In this regard, we note the disclosure
on page 94 and elsewhere that your “independent directors will receive for their services
as a director an indirect interest in the founder shares through membership interests in
GSR Sponsor.”
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has revised disclosure on
pages 5, 94 and 125 of the Registration Statement.
October
31, 2024
Page
3
We
hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staff’s comments and look forward to resolving any outstanding issues as quickly
as possible.
Please
direct any questions or comments regarding the foregoing to Steven B. Stokdyk of Latham & Watkins LLP at (213) 891-7421 or Steven.Stokdyk@lw.com.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Steven B. Stokdyk
Steven
B. Stokdyk
cc:
Gus
Garcia, Co-Chief Executive Officer, GSR III Acquisition Corp.
Lewis
Silberman, Co-Chief Executive Officer, GSR III Acquisition Corp
Mike
Blankenship, Winston & Strawn LLP