Correspondence 0001213900-24-095371 from Nok Therapeutics, Inc. (CIK 0002038166)
Nok Therapeutics, Inc. (CIK 0002038166)
Date: Nov. 7, 2024 · CIK: 0002038166 · Accession: 0001213900-24-095371
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File numbers found in text: 024-12511
Referenced dates: October 23, 2024
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NÖK THERAPEUTICS, INC.
1452 N. US HWY 1, Suite 123
Ormond Beach, FL 32174
November 7, 2024
Vanessa Robertson
Lynn Dicker
Chris Edwards
Alan Campbell
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Life Sciences
Washington, DC
Re:
NÖK Therapeutics, Inc.
Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Filed September 26, 2024
File No. 024-12511
Dear Mses. Robertson and Dicker and Messrs. Edwards and Campbell,
We are in receipt of your comment letter dated
October 23, 2024 in the above referenced matter and hereby respond to same as follows:
Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Cover Page
1. Please revise the cover page to remove the description of your business that appears in the second and
third paragraphs. Please further revise the cover page to include:
● the format the offering circular is meant to follow, as required by Part II(a)(1) of Form 1-A;
● the legend required by Rule 254(a) of Regulation A, pursuant to Part II(a)(4) of Form 1-A;
● the date of the offering circular, pursuant to Item 1(c) of Part II of Form 1-A;
● a cross reference to “Description of Capital.” Refer to Part II, Item 1(d) of Form 1-A;
● any arrangements to place the funds received in an escrow, trust or similar arrangement, pursuant to
Item 1(e) of Part II of Form 1-A; and
● the approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale to the public, pursuant to Item 1(i) of Part
II of Form 1-A.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Summary, page 1
2. We note your statement that you are a clinical-stage biotechnology company. Please disclose the product
candidates you are pursuing and include a discussion of any development activities conducted to date, the current development status of
your product candidates and the indications you are targeting.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Risk Factors, page 4
3. Several of your risk factors appear broad and generic. As a general rule, a risk factor is probably
too generic if it is readily transferable to other offering documents or describes circumstances or factual situations that are equally
applicable to other similarly situated businesses. Please revise your risk factors as appropriate to ensure they are specific to your
circumstances.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
4. We note your disclosure on page 3 that “[t]here is no guarantee that the Shares
will be publicly listed or quoted or that a market will develop for them.” Please include a risk factor discussing any potential
risks associated with there being “no guarantee that the Shares will be publicly listed or quoted or that a market will develop for
them.”
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
The Company faces significant competition,
page 4
5. Please provide the basis for your belief that you are well-positioned to be the market leader in your
industry or remove this assertion.
RESPONSE: ALTHOUGH THE COMPANY BELIEVES THE STATEMENT TO
BE TRUE, WE HAVE REMOVED THE SUBJECT LANGUAGE.
The Company’s founders, directors
and executive officers own or control a majority of the Company, page 5
6. Please quantify the amount of shares owned by the founders, directors and executive officers who own
or control a majority of the Company.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements, page 10
7. We note your disclosure that “neither [you] nor any other person assumes responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements.” Please delete this statement as you may not disclaim responsibility
for disclosure in the offering statement.
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RESPONSE: WE HAVE REMOVED THE SUBJECT LANGUAGE.
Dilution, page 11
8. Please revise the Dilution section to quantify the disparity between the public contribution and the
effective cash cost to existing shareholders. Refer to the instructions to Form 1-A, Item 4. Dilution.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Plan of Distribution, page 11
9. Please describe any arrangements for the return of funds to subscribers if all of the securities to
be offered are not sold. If there is no such arrangement, please so state. Refer to Item 5(e) for guidance.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Use of Proceeds, page 11
10. As this is a best-efforts offering with no minimum investment required, please revise the use of proceeds
information to include a sensitivity analysis reflecting varying amounts of possible sales (e.g., 25%, 50%, 75%), to supplement the current
100% presentation. As part of that disclosure, discuss the intended uses for the proceeds and quantify the approximate amount intended
to be used for each such purpose.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Business, page 14
11. Please include information in this section about the product candidates you are pursuing, including,
for example only, the mechanism of action of your product candidates, the current stage of development, any prior material preclinical
studies and results and any regulatory submissions or filings made to date.
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RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
12. Please revise this section to include a description of the clinical trials you are conducting for your
product candidates that are in clinical development. Please provide specific details, parameters and results, including, to the extent
applicable:
● dates of trials and locations;
● trial design;
● patient information (e.g., number of patients enrolled and treated and the criteria for participation
in the study);
● duration of treatment and dosage information;
● primary and secondary endpoints; and
● discussion of results, including adverse events and serious adverse events, if any.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
13. Please update your disclosure to include a discussion of the regulatory landscape for your products
and any required regulatory compliance efforts.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
14. Please revise to identify the renowned NK cell experts who form a part of your team. Please also disclose
the total number of persons employed by the company and indicate the number employed full time.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE REMOVED THE SUBJECT LANGUAGE AS WE HAVE
NOT YET FINALIZED FORMAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
Intellectual Property, page 14
15. For each material patent, please describe the type of patent protection such as composition of matter, use or process; patent expiration
dates and expected expiration dates for pending patent applications; and the identification of all applicable jurisdictions where patents
are granted or patent applications are pending.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
16. Please revise to describe the material terms of the patent transfer and assignment agreement with the
bankruptcy estate of XNK Therapeutics AB. In your revisions, please quantify all payments made to date, describe any applicable royalty
provisions and disclose any applicable expiration or termination provisions.
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RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations Results of Operations for the period from inception (May 22, 2024) to June 30, 2024 (audited), page
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17. You disclose that the company incurred $162,500 in general and administrative expenses for the period
from inception to June 30, 2024. However, the table on page 17 shows that the majority of the $162,500 in expenses relate to research
and development expense, rather than general administrative expense. Please revise your disclosure to separately quantify and explain
the nature of the research and development expenses.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 18
18. Please expand your discussion to provide information about your liquidity (both short and long term),
including a description and evaluation of the internal and external sources of liquidity and a brief discussion of any material unused
sources of liquidity. Discuss any material deficiency in liquidity and state the course of action that you have taken or propose to take
to remedy the deficiency. Include a statement indicating whether, in the company’s opinion, the proceeds from the offering will
satisfy your cash requirements or whether you anticipate it will be necessary to raise additional funds in the next six months to implement
your plan of operations. Refer to Items 9(b) and (c) of the Offering Circular in Part II of Form 1-A.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Directors, Executive Officers, and Significant Employees,
page 19
19. We note the disclosure that directors are elected annually at the annual meeting. We also note that
Section 2.06 of the bylaws indicates the initial board members are serving a three-year term. Please revise this section to clarify the
term of office for the current directors.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
20. Please include the principal occupations and employment during the past five years for Robert Lewis
and the name and principal business of any corporation or other organization in which such occupations and employment were carried on.
See Item 10(c) of Form 1-A.
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RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
21. We note your disclosure that your Chief Financial Officer and Director, Brian Cogley, became the Chief
Financial Officer of Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. in May 2023. Please clarify your disclosure here to explain whether Mr. Cogley
is currently serving in this role for Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. and clarify whether Mr. Cogley is working part-time in his role
as Chief Financial Officer for the Company. If Mr. Cogley is working part-time in his role with NӦK
Therapeutics, please revise your disclosure to indicate approximately the average number of hours per week or month he works or is anticipated
to work for the Company. To the extent any of your other executive officers or significant employees are working part-time for the Company,
please indicate that average numbers per week or month such officers or employees work or are anticipated to work.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Security Ownership of Management and Certain Securityholders,
page 22
22. Please revise your disclosure here to include all of the information required by Item 12 of Form 1-A.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Description of Capital, page 23
23. Please revise your disclosure here to include all of the information required by Item 14 of Form 1-A.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Additional Information, page 25
24. The SEC no longer maintains a public reference room where filings can be inspected and copied by the
public. Please revise the disclosure in this section accordingly.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY AND REMOVED
THE SUBJECT LANGUAGE.
Signatures, page 27
25. Please revise your signature page to conform to the requirements of Instruction 1 to the Signatures
section of Form 1-A. In this regard, please separately identify and include the signatures for your principal executive officer, principal
financial officer and principal accounting officer.
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RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A ACCORDINGLY.
Exhibits
26. Please file the form of subscription agreement for the offering and the unsecured note agreement with
GoLabs Research and Development LLC as exhibits to the offering statement.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE ADDED BOTH AGREEMENTS TO THE EXHIBIT LIST
AS REQUESTED.
27. Please have counsel revise the legality opinion to opine on whether the shares to be issued by the company
will be fully paid and non-assessable.
RESPONSE: WE HAVE AMENDED THE FORM 1-A LEGALITY OPINION ACCORDINGLY.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/ Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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