SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-010796 to Stellar V Capital Corp. (Cayman Islands) (SVCC, SVCCU) (CIK 0002033593) (SVCC)
Stellar V Capital Corp. (Cayman Islands) (SVCC, SVCCU) (CIK 0002033593)
Date: Sept. 23, 2024 · CIK: 0002033593 · Accession: 0000000000-24-010796
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September 23, 2024
Prokopios Tsirigakis
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Stellar V Capital Corp. (Cayman Islands)
230 Park Avenue
Suite 1540
New York, NY 10169
Re:Stellar V Capital Corp. (Cayman Islands)
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Submitted August 28, 2024
CIK No. 0002033593
Dear Prokopios Tsirigakis:
We have reviewed your draft registration statement and have the following comments.
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.
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Cover Page
1.Please expand your disclosure in paragraph 6 to include the anti-dilution adjustment to the
founder shares in connection with your initial business combination, and disclose
the amount of any other payments you consider compensation, such as payments
discussed on page 32. Please also discuss whether this compensation and securities
issuance may result in a material dilution of the purchasers' equity interests. Lastly, please
provide a cross-reference, highlighted by prominent type or in another manner, to the
locations of related disclosures in the prospectus. See Item 1602(a)(3) of Regulation S-K.
2.We note your disclosure in paragraph 12. Please revise to state clearly that there may be
actual or potential material conflicts of interest between the sponsor, its affiliates, or
promoters on one hand, and purchasers in the offering on the other. Please refer to Item
1602(a)(5) of Regulation S-K.
September 23, 2024
Page 2
3.We note your disclosure that certain institutional investors may purchase non-managing
sponsor membership interests and may purchase shares in the offering. Please disclose the
number of institutional investors. Please disclose whether there is a cap on the amount
that each investor may purchase. Please disclose that the non-managing sponsor investors
will have the potential to realize enhanced economic returns from their investment as
compared to other investors purchasing in the offering and the incentive this creates for
these investors to vote in favor of the initial business combination. Further, please
disclose the potential material impact of these purchases on public investors and clarify
whether the potential limited number of public investors would impact your listing
eligibility. Lastly, please file any agreement or form of any agreements with the non-
managing sponsor investors as exhibits.
4.We note the disclosure in paragraph 8 and elsewhere that the proceeds in the trust account
will not be released until "(i)the completion of our initial business combination or an
earlier redemption in connection with the commencement of the procedures to
consummate the initial business combination if we determine it is desirable to facilitate
the completion of the initial business combination." However, Nasdaq Rule IM-5101-2(a)
states that "[a]t least 90% of the gross proceeds from the initial public offering . . . must
be deposited in a trust account maintained by an independent trustee . . . ." It is unclear
how the release of funds earlier than the consummation of the initial business combination
would comport with this listing standard. Please revise for consistency with the Nasdaq
Listing Rules
Summary, page 1
5.Please provide tabular disclosure regarding the nature and amount of the compensation
received or to be received by the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and promoters, the amount
of securities issued or to be issued by the SPAC to the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and
promoters and the price paid or to be paid for such securities. Outside the table, please
disclose the extent to which this compensation and securities issuance may result in a
material dilution of the purchasers' equity interests. See Item 1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-
K.
Initial Business Combination, page 7
6.We note that you may seek to extend the time to complete a business combination beyond
24 months. Please disclose whether there are any limitations on extensions, including the
number of times you may seek to extend. Please also disclose the consequences to the
sponsor of not completing an extension of this time period. See Item 1602(b)(4) of
Regulation S-K.
Additional Financing, page 10
7.Please disclose how the terms of additional financings may impact unaffiliated security
holders. See Item 1602(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.
Transfer restrictions on founder shares and private units, page 18
We note your disclosure that you could "agree to permit the holders of your founder
shares to transfer shares or agree to cancel such securities." Please add risk factor
disclosure regarding any risk that the sponsor may remove itself as Sponsor from the 8.
September 23, 2024
Page 3
company before identifying a business combination, including through the ability to
transfer the founder shares or otherwise.
Permitted purchases of public shares..., page 24
9.We note the disclosure in this section that in the event your sponsor, initial shareholders,
directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates were to purchase shares from public
shareholders that your registration statement/proxy statement filed for your business
combination transaction would include a representation that any of your securities
purchased by your sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their
affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction.
Please reconcile with the disclosure on pages 27 through 28 regarding the letter agreement
entered into with the sponsor, officers and directors, whereby they agreed to vote any
shares held by them, including any public shares purchased during or after this offering
(including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor of your initial
business combination.
Conflicts of Interest, page 33
10.Please revise disclosure in this section to address the following:
•In the first and second paragraph, please explain why you do not believe that
fiduciary duties or contractual obligations, or the involvement of the sponsor, officers
or directors with other SPACs would materially affect your ability to complete a
business combination.
•Add disclosure of the conflicts of interest relating to items listed under "Payments to
insiders" such as compensation, repayment of loans and reimbursement of expenses
that will be paid to officers and directors affiliated with the sponsor upon completion
of a de-SPAC transaction.
•Clarify the conflicts associated with entering into a business combination with an
affiliate of your sponsor, officers or directors, as referenced on page 8. Please refer to
Item 1602(b)(7) of Regulation S-K
Dilution, page 85
11.Please expand your disclosure outside the table to describe each material potential source
of future dilution. Your revisions should address, but not be limited to, founder shares'
anti-dilution rights, shares that may be issued in connection with the closing of your initial
business combination, additional financing in connection with the closing of your initial
business combination, and up to $1,500,000 of working capital loans that may be
convertible into private placement warrants. Reference is made to Item 1602(c) of
Regulation S-K.
Officer and Director Compensation, page 121
12.Please revise to discuss the shares to be issued to your independent directors, as disclosed
on page 9 and the nature of such issuance. See Item 402(r)(3) of Regulation S-K.
September 23, 2024
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Conflicts of Interest, page 124
13.Please revise to disclose the nominal price paid for the founder shares, and any actual or
potential material conflicts of interest relating to compensation, repayment of loans, and
reimbursements of expenses that will be paid to your sponsor, officers, or directors. Your
disclosure should include conflicts between your sponsor or its affiliates, or your officers,
directors or promoters on one hand, and your unaffiliated security holders on the other.
See Item 1603(b) of Regulation S-K.
Transfer of Founder Shares and Private Units, page 130
14.Please provide the disclosure in this section in a tabular format to the extent practicable,
as required by Item 1603(a)(9) of Regulation S-K. Please clarify the exception "by virtue
of the laws of the Cayman Islands or our sponsor’s operating agreement." Please also
clarify the statement that "we could agree to permit the holders of our founder shares to
transfer shares or agree to cancel such securities." Clarify whether there are any limitation
on this exception. Lastly, please discuss the lock-up agreement with the underwriters as
disclosed on page 165.
General
15.Please provide the disclosure required by Item 1603(a)(6) of Regulation S-K. Please
disclose the nature and amount of all compensation that has been or will be awarded to,
earned by, or paid to your sponsor, its affiliates, and any promoters for all services
rendered or to be rendered in all capacities, and the amount of securities issued or to be
issued to your sponsor, its affiliates, and any promoters and the price paid for such
securities. Disclose any circumstances or arrangements under which your sponsor, its
affiliates, and promoters, directly or indirectly, have transferred or could transfer
ownership of securities of you, or that have resulted or could result in the surrender or
cancellation of such securities, such as the shares to be issued to the independent directors
as referenced on page 9. In addition, disclose the nature and amounts of any
reimbursements to be paid to your sponsor, its affiliates, and any promoters upon the
completion of a de-SPAC transaction.
Please contact Peter McPhun at 202-551-3581 or Wilson Lee at 202-551-3468 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Stacie Gorman at 202-551-3585 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc:Giovanni Caruso, Esq.