SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-011570 to Titan America SA (TTAM) (CIK 0002035304) (TTAM)
Titan America SA (TTAM) (CIK 0002035304)
Date: Oct. 11, 2024 · CIK: 0002035304 · Accession: 0000000000-24-011570
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October 11, 2024
Bill Zarkalis
Chief Executive Officer
Titan America SA
1000 Bruxelles
Square de Meeûs 37, Belgium
Re:Titan America SA
Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Submitted September 16, 2024
CIK No. 0002035304
Dear Bill Zarkalis:
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 F-1
Industry and Market Data, page 1
1.We note your disclosure on page 1 that you rely on and refer to reports prepared by
industry consultants. If you commissioned any research or reports for use in
connection with the registration statement, please file consents pursuant to Rule 436
of the Securities Act as an exhibit to your registration statement.
October 11, 2024
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The Reorganization Transactions, page 18
2.Please revise to include an organizational chart here and on page 140 depicting
your organizational structure both prior to and after the reorganization transactions
and following the offering. The organizational chart should reflect the domicile of
each owner and entity, and quantify the post-offering holdings of your current
shareholders and the public investors.
Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Information, page 25
3.Please revise to indicate that Cash flows related to investing and financing activities
were used, rather than provided by.
Risks Related to the Reorganization Transactions and Our Relationship with Titan Cement
International
After the Reorganization Transactions, certain members of management, directors and
shareholders, page 41
4.We note your disclosure that, after the Reorganization Transactions, the management
and directors of each of Titan America and Titan Cement International may own both
Titan America common shares and Titan Cement International common shares, and
that this ownership overlap could create, or appear to create, potential conflicts of
interest. Please revise to describe how you anticipate resolving such conflicts. Provide
similar disclosure in your related risk factor at page 55.
Use of Proceeds, page 65
5.We note your disclosure that you intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for
capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes; and that you may also use a
portion of the proceeds for the acquisition of technologies or businesses that
complement your business, although you have no present commitments or agreements
to enter into any such acquisitions or investments. Please revise to more specifically
identify the principal intended uses of the net proceeds and provide the estimated
amounts you intend to allocate to each identified purpose. If you do not have a current
specific plan for the proceeds of this offering, please state this explicitly and discuss
the principal reasons for the offering in greater detail. In this regard we note your
disclosure that the principal purposes of selling your common shares in this offering
are to obtain additional capital, to create a public market for your common shares and
to facilitate your future access to the public equity markets. Refer to Item 3.C.1 of
Form 20-F.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,
page 71
6.We notice numerous instances where you reference "external" sales, revenue and
other similar disclosures in Management's Discussion and Analysis. However, it does
not appear that you have any internal sales. Please advise.
Non-IFRS Measures, page 74
It appears that you are using the Ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA as a non-IFRS
measure of liquidity, as it gives insight into the ability to pay debts. Please reconcile 7.
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the Ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable IFRS
financial measure Additionally, provide equally prominent disclosure of your cash
flows from operating, investing and financing activities. Refer to Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A)
and Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K and Questions 102.06 of the Compliance
and Disclosure Interpretations regarding Non-GAAP Measures.
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 90
8.Please file all material agreements relating to your revolving credit facilities, cash
management agreement, term loans, and leases as exhibits to your registration
statement. Refer to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
Business, page 113
9.Please revise your prospectus to eliminate or substantiate claims regarding your
business and market position. For example, you state here and throughout the filing
that you are a leading provider of building materials that contribute to lower carbon
emissions than traditional building materials and/or beneficial reuse of waste
materials. You also state that you are one of the largest suppliers of cement in Florida,
Virginia and the Carolinas, and occupy a leading position in Metro New York, and
that your Pennsulco plant is the largest cement plant in Florida. Please provide the
bases and, if appropriate, citations for these statements and any similar unsupported
statements in the prospectus.
10.Please include a description of the material effects of government regulations on your
business, including identifying relevant regulatory bodies. Refer to Item 4.B.8 of
Form 20-F.
Growth Strategies, page 130
11.Please clarify whether you have entered into any agreements related to your growth
strategies, and, if so, advise what consideration you have given to filing
any agreements as exhibits to the registration statement. For example, you state that
you will have a "priority right" in the berth in front of your Port Tampa Bay Terminal.
You also indicate that two of your projects are partially funded by the DOE. See Item
601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
Customers, page 134
12.Please clarify whether you have entered into any agreements with the customers and
suppliers you reference on page 134, and, if so, advise what consideration you have
given to filing any agreements as exhibits to the registration statement. In this regard,
we note your disclosure that your customer base "includes a diverse range of clients
within the construction and building materials sector" and that you "maintain strong
relationships" with your key suppliers "both contractually and operationally." Please
indicate the general terms of such agreements.
Additionally, please provide summary information regarding the extent to which the
company is dependent on any contracts with customers or suppliers, if they are
material to your business or profitability, in accordance with Item 4.B of Form 20-F.
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Resources and Reserves, page 147
13.We note that you disclose measured resources and indicated resources for Pennsuco in
the summary table on page 147, however the measured and indicated resources have
not been totaled. Please revise the summary resource table on page 147 to total the
measured and indicated resources for Pennsuco.
14.We note your disclosure of resources and reserves and that the point of reference for
Pennsuco is the limestone surge pile at the plant area and the point of reference for
Roanoke is the raw material stack, after the primary crusher. Please disclose the
process or metallurgical recovery factor for each operation, as required by Item
1304(d)(1) of Regulation S-K.
15.We note that you do not use a cut-off grade at each of your material mines as nearly
all material from the quarries can be used. Please tell us how you distinguish ore from
waste at your mines. For example, clarify if there is a minimum calcium carbonate
content that distinguishes ore from waste, or other material characteristics.
16.Please correct the total resource quantity for the Roanoke resources on page 153. It
appears the measured dolostone resource has been added to the measured and
indicated dolostone resource.
17.Please revise each material property description to describe the mining and processing
operations as required by Item 1304(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.
18.Please file the written consent of the qualified person to the use of the qualified
person's name, or quotation from the technical report summary as required by Item
1302(b)(4)(iv) of Regulation S-K.
19.Please revise to include the disclosure required under Item 1302(b)(5) of Regulation
S-K.
Management, page 157
20.Please disclose any arrangement or understanding with major shareholders pursuant to
which any person was selected as a director or officer. Refer to Item 6.A of Form 20-
F.
21.We note certain members of your management also devote time to the management of
other entities. In light of these other positions, please disclose how much time each
individual intends to devote to the company.
Principal and Selling Shareholders, page 169
22. You indicate that a stock split will be effected prior to the offering. Please provide
more information here and elsewhere in the filing about this stock split.
23.Please disclose the number of shareholders in the United States. Refer to Item 7.A.2
of Form 20-F. Please also indicate in this section whether your major shareholders
have different voting rights, or an appropriate negative statement, as required by Item
7.A.1.c. of Form 20-F. Revise your table to identify the natural person(s) who have or
share voting and/or dispositive powers with respect to the shares held by Titan
Cement International SA.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. General information and summary of material accounting policies, page F-12
24.Please revise the Reorganization Transaction disclosure to address the sale of the
STET segment.
Exhibit 96.1, page II-2
25.Please tell us if you consider the material density to be a key assumption in the
determination of your mineral resources and, if so, revise to include consistent with
Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(i) of Regulation S-K.
26.We note your disclosure on page 39 that remnant limestone materials left in
previously mined pits (Pets A through H) are considered probable reserves. Please
provide disclosure explaining how these remnant materials were quantified. We
suggest including separate rows in your resource tables, if applicable, and reserve
tables identifying the tons and quality of these materials.
27.We note your disclosure on page 57 that you generate on average 400 t/h of tailings.
Please provide additional clarification in the technical report summary regarding mine
tailings, for example quantify the amount that is consumed through reprocessing and
the quantity that is sent to your tailings facility.
Considering that you report your reserves and resources at a point of reference prior to
mineral processing, please include the metallurgical or process recovery factor with
you resource and reserve tables in order to quantity process losses.
28.Please revise sections 18 and 19 to include process costs. At a minimum, the technical
report summaries should assess the property from the point of mineral extraction up to
the first point of material external sale, including processing, transportation, and
warehousing, as suggested in the materiality analysis in Item 1301(c)(3) of Regulation
S-K, and included in Table 1 to paragraph (d) of Item 1302. We note that you have
described your mineral processing in the technical report summary however the
processing cost has not been included in your analysis.
We also note that the price selected by your qualified person is a price associated with
a saleable product, which does not correlate to operating costs that exclude process
costs in your cash flow model. Please revise accordingly.
29.Please expand Table 19-1 to include the annual production schedule and cash flow
forecast for the life of the project as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(19)(ii) of
Regulation S-K.
Exhibit 96.2, page II-2
30.We note that you reference the name/term Lapis throughout the technical report
summary. We are unable to locate a reference to this name/term in the
document. Please advise.
We note that you do not provide a cut-off grade with your mineral resource or mineral
reserve disclosure as required under Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(iii) and Item 31.
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601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(12)(iii) of Regulation S-K. Please describe how you determine
waste from ore. For example, clarify if the cut-off is based on a minimum percent
calcium carbonate within certain pit boundaries, certain gradations, or other means.
32.We note your disclosure on page 72 of your technical report summary that the annual
production from the quarry as delivered to the primary crusher or the cement mills is
projected to be 2.0 million tons. The disclosure on page 72 also states that cement
annual production rate is taken to be 1.46 million tons. Please provide additional
detail regarding the difference between these two numbers. For example, tell us if the
difference is a result process losses, a reduction in moisture context, or other.
In addition please explain the difference between the production schedule tonnage on
page 45 of your technical report summary that shows approximately 1.6 million tons
per year mined, which is less than the 2.0 million tons per year on page 72.
33.Please revise sections 18 and 19 to include process costs. At a minimum, the technical
report summaries should assess the property from the point of mineral extraction up to
the first point of material external sale, including processing, transportation, and
warehousing, as suggested in the materiality analysis in Item 1301(c)(3) of Regulation
S-K, and included in Table 1 to paragraph (d) of Item 1302. We note that you have
described your mineral processing in the technical report summary however the
processing cost has not been included in your analysis.
We also note that the price selected by your qualified person is a price associated with
a saleable product, which does not correlate to operating costs that exclude process
costs in your cash flow model. Please revise accordingly.
34.Please expand Table 19-1 to include the annual production schedule and cash flow
forecast for the life of the project as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(19)(ii) of
Regulation S-K.
General
35.Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so
on your behalf, present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the
Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies of the communications.
October 11, 2024
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Please contact Ranjit Singh Pawar at 202-551-2702 or Kimberly Calder at 202-551-
3701 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. You may contact John Coleman at 202-551-3610 for questions regarding the
engineering comments. Please contact Claudia Rios at 202-551-8770 or Liz Packebusch at
202-551-8749 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
cc:Jeffrey D. Karpf, Esq.