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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-011906 to Jackson Acquisition Co II (JACS, JACS-UN) (CIK 0002039058) (JACS)

Jackson Acquisition Co II (JACS, JACS-UN) (CIK 0002039058)
Date: Oct. 24, 2024 · CIK: 0002039058 · Accession: 0000000000-24-011906

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October 24, 2024
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Jackson Acquisition Co II (JACS, JACS-UN) (CIK 0002039058)

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October 24, 2024 Richard L. Jackson Chief Executive Officer Jackson Acquisition Co II 2655 Northwinds Parkway Alpharetta, GA 30009 Re:Jackson Acquisition Co II Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed September 27, 2024 File No. 333-282393 Dear Richard L. Jackson: We have reviewed your 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. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Cover page 1.Please disclose all compensation received or to be received by the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and promoters. In this regard, while we note your disclosure on page 10. Please disclose the extent to which such compensation and securities issuances, including the exercise of the private placement warrants, 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.When discussing the class B ordinary shares, please revise to clarify that the class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors. 3.Please revise the cross-references to conflicts of interest and dilution disclosures to be highlighted by prominent type or in another manner, as required by Items 1602(a)(4) and (a)(5) of Regulation S-K.

October 24, 2024 Page 2 Summary, page 1 4.Please revise your summary section to disclose any plans to seek additional financings and how the terms of additional financings may impact unaffiliated security holders. In this regard, we note your disclosure on pages 49, 52 and 54 relating to potential additional financings, including debt and PIPE transactions. See Item 1602(b)(5) of Regulation S-K. 5.When discussing the ownership of the sponsor after this offering, please revise to also disclose the ownership including the common stock included in the private placement units that will be purchased by the sponsor. Initial Business Combination, page 8 6.We note the disclosure that "the NYSE listing rules require that our initial business combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the Marketing Fee and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account)." In light of the disclosure that the marketing fee is for additional services the underwriter will provide as an advisor in connection with the business combination, please advise how this is consistent with NYSE Rule 102.06, which only allows for the exclusion of the amount of any deferred underwriting discount held in the trust. In addition, please reconcile the reference to this fee as deferred underwriting in the dilution table on page 81 or advise. Our Acquisition Process, page 8 7.Please state the basis for your statement here, and elsewhere that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of your officers or directors will not materially affect your ability to complete your initial business combination. Sponsor Information, page 9 8.Please revise the disclosure outside the table to describe the extent to which the exercise of private placement warrants and the conversion of working capital loans may result in a material dilution of the purchasers' equity interests. See Item 1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-K. 9.Please include in the tabular disclosure beginning on page 11 the lock-up agreement with the underwriters as disclosed on page 162. Redemption Rights for Public Shareholders, page 25 10.Please clearly disclose, here and elsewhere as needed, any limitations upon redemptions, such as the requirement in the articles of incorporation that would require net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,001, as referenced on page 104. See Item 1602(b)(3) of Regulation S-K. Similarly, reconcile with disclosure on page 51 indicating there is no maximum redemption threshold.

October 24, 2024 Page 3 Redemption of public shares and distribution and liquidation if no initial business combination, page 29 11.We note your disclosure on page 30 that "[i]f we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the 24-month period, we may seek an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the period of time we have to complete an initial business combination beyond 24 months." Please revise to disclose 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. Conflicts of interest, page 31 12.Please expand your disclosure here to discuss all actual or potential material conflict of interest between the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, or promoters; and purchasers in the offering, including conflicts of interest relating to founder shares and private placement units expiring worthless, repayment of loans, reimbursement of the sponsor and others for any out-of-pocket expenses and forfeiture of fees in the event you do not complete a de-SPAC transaction within the allotted time. See Item 1602(b)(7) of Regulation S-K. Risk Factors, page 37 13.We note your disclosure on page 12 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 units 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. 14.Please include a risk factor that describes the potential material effect on your shareholders of the stock buyback excise tax enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. If applicable, include in your disclosure that the excise tax could reduce the trust account funds available to pay redemptions or that are available to the combined company following a de-SPAC transaction. Also describe, if applicable, the risk that if existing SPAC investors elect to redeem their shares such that their redemptions would subject the SPAC to the stock buyback excise tax, the remaining shareholders that did not elect to redeem may economically bear the impact of the excise tax. Risks Relating to our Search for, Consummation of, or Inability to Consummate, a Business Combination . . . We may not be able to complete an initial business combination . . . , page 42 15.With a view toward disclosure, please tell us whether your sponsor is, is controlled by, has any members who are, or has substantial ties with, a non-U.S. person.

October 24, 2024 Page 4 If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act . . . , page 16.Where you disclose the risk that you may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company, please confirm that if your facts and circumstances change over time, you will update your disclosure to reflect how those changes impact the risk that you may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company. Risks Relating to our Securities We may issue our shares to investors in connection with our initial business combination . . . , page 54 17.We note your disclosure that potential PIPE transactions are meant to enable you to provide sufficient liquidity to the post-business combination entity. Clearly disclose their impact to you and investors, including that the arrangements result in costs particular to the de-SPAC process that would not be anticipated in a traditional IPO. If true, disclose that the agreements are intended to ensure a return on investment to the investor in return for funds facilitating the sponsor’s completion of the business combination or providing sufficient liquidity. Dilution, page 80 18.Please revise the disclosure outside of the table to describe each material potential source of future dilution following the registered offering by the special purpose acquisition company, including sources not included in the table with respect to the determination of net tangible book value per share, as adjusted. Your revisions should address, but not be limited to, 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. See Item 1602(c) of Regulation S-K. Related Party Transactions, page 87 19.Please reconcile the disclosure regarding the fee to be paid to Roth of "a fee equal to the product of 4.0% and the amount in the trust account up to $100 million upon the consummation of our initial business combination" with the disclosure elsewhere that references this fee as a $8 million fee. Proposed Business Permitted purchases and other transactions with respect to our securities, page 102 Please revise your disclosure here, and on pages 24 and 42 to explain how such purchases would comply with Rule 14e-5. While we note your disclosure regarding Tender Offer Rules and Schedules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01, your disclosure does not seem consistent with all of requisite representations. For example, we note the disclosure on page 102 that the purpose of such transactions could be to vote in favor of the business combination, and we note the letter agreement requires the initial shareholders to vote any public shares in favor 20.

October 24, 2024 Page 5 of a business combination, as disclosed on page 126. Refer to Tender Offer Rules and Schedules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01. Conflicts of Interest, page 115 21.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. Management Officer and Director Compensation, page 120 22.Please revise to include the membership interests in the sponsor to be received by your independent directors, as disclosed on page 9. See Item 402(r)(3) of Regulation SK. Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Units, page 128 23.Please revise to disclose those circumstances when the members of the sponsor may transfer their membership interests, as required by Item 1603(a)(6) of Regulation S-K. Exhibits 24.Please include the consents of the director nominees, as required by Rule 438 of Regulation C. General 25.We note reference on the cover page and the summary to non-managing sponsor investors participating in the private placement indirectly through interests in the sponsor. Please revise to provide clear disclosure of the participation. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. 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 Kibum Park at 202-551-6836 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other questions.

October 24, 2024 Page 6 Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction cc:Michael K. Bradshaw, Jr., Esq.

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October 24, 2024
Richard L. Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Jackson Acquisition Co II
2655 Northwinds Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30009
Re:Jackson Acquisition Co II
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed September 27, 2024
File No. 333-282393
Dear Richard L. Jackson:
            We have reviewed your 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.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Cover page
1.Please disclose all compensation received or to be received by the SPAC sponsor, its
affiliates, and promoters. In this regard, while we note your disclosure on page 10.
Please disclose the extent to which such compensation and securities issuances,
including the exercise of the private placement warrants, 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.When discussing the class B ordinary shares, please revise to clarify that the class B
ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors.
3.Please revise the cross-references to conflicts of interest and dilution disclosures to be
highlighted by prominent type or in another manner, as required by Items 1602(a)(4)
and (a)(5) of Regulation S-K.

October 24, 2024
Page 2
Summary, page 1
4.Please revise your summary section to disclose any plans to seek additional financings
and how the terms of additional financings may impact unaffiliated security holders.
In this regard, we note your disclosure on pages 49, 52 and 54 relating to potential
additional financings, including debt and PIPE transactions. See Item 1602(b)(5) of
Regulation S-K.
5.When discussing the ownership of the sponsor after this offering, please revise to also
disclose the ownership including the common stock included in the private placement
units that will be purchased by the sponsor.
Initial Business Combination, page 8
6.We note the disclosure that "the NYSE listing rules require that our initial business
combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair
market value equal to at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding
the Marketing Fee and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account)." In
light of the disclosure that the marketing fee is for additional services the underwriter
will provide as an advisor in connection with the business combination, please advise
how this is consistent with NYSE Rule 102.06, which only allows for the exclusion of
the amount of any deferred underwriting discount held in the trust. In addition, please
reconcile the reference to this fee as deferred underwriting in the dilution table on
page 81 or advise.
Our Acquisition Process, page 8
7.Please state the basis for your statement here, and elsewhere that the fiduciary duties
or contractual obligations of your officers or directors will not materially affect your
ability to complete your initial business combination.
Sponsor Information, page 9
8.Please revise the disclosure outside the table to describe the extent to which the
exercise of private placement warrants and the conversion of working capital
loans may result in a material dilution of the purchasers' equity interests. See Item
1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-K.
9.Please include in the tabular disclosure beginning on page 11 the lock-up agreement
with the underwriters as disclosed on page 162.
Redemption Rights for Public Shareholders, page 25
10.Please clearly disclose, here and elsewhere as needed, any limitations upon
redemptions, such as the requirement in the articles of incorporation that would
require net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,001, as referenced on page 104. See
Item 1602(b)(3) of Regulation S-K. Similarly, reconcile with disclosure on page 51
indicating there is no maximum redemption threshold.

October 24, 2024
Page 3
Redemption of public shares and distribution and liquidation if no initial business
combination, page 29
11.We note your disclosure on page 30 that "[i]f we are unable to complete an initial
business combination within the 24-month period, we may seek an amendment to our
amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the period of
time we have to complete an initial business combination beyond 24 months." Please
revise to disclose 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.
Conflicts of interest, page 31
12.Please expand your disclosure here to discuss all actual or potential material conflict
of interest between the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, or promoters; and purchasers in
the offering, including conflicts of interest relating to founder shares and private
placement units expiring worthless, repayment of loans, reimbursement of the sponsor
and others for any out-of-pocket expenses and forfeiture of fees in the event you do
not complete a de-SPAC transaction within the allotted time. See Item 1602(b)(7) of
Regulation S-K.
Risk Factors, page 37
13.We note your disclosure on page 12 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 units 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.
14.Please include a risk factor that describes the potential material effect on
your shareholders of the stock buyback excise tax enacted as part of the Inflation
Reduction Act in August 2022. If applicable, include in your disclosure that the excise
tax could reduce the trust account funds available to pay redemptions or that are
available to the combined company following a de-SPAC transaction. Also describe,
if applicable, the risk that if existing SPAC investors elect to redeem their shares such
that their redemptions would subject the SPAC to the stock buyback excise tax, the
remaining shareholders that did not elect to redeem may economically bear the impact
of the excise tax.
Risks Relating to our Search for, Consummation of, or Inability to Consummate, a Business
Combination . . .
We may not be able to complete an initial business combination . . . , page 42
15.With a view toward disclosure, please tell us whether your sponsor is, is controlled
by, has any members who are, or has substantial ties with, a non-U.S. person.

October 24, 2024
Page 4
If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act . . . , page
46
16.Where you disclose the risk that you may be considered to be operating as
an unregistered investment company, please confirm that if your facts and
circumstances change over time, you will update your disclosure to reflect how those
changes impact the risk that you may be considered to be operating as an unregistered
investment company.
Risks Relating to our Securities
We may issue our shares to investors in connection with our initial business combination . . . ,
page 54
17.We note your disclosure that potential PIPE transactions are meant to enable you to
provide sufficient liquidity to the post-business combination entity. Clearly disclose
their impact to you and investors, including that the arrangements result in costs
particular to the de-SPAC process that would not be anticipated in a traditional IPO. If
true, disclose that the agreements are intended to ensure a return on investment to the
investor in return for funds facilitating the sponsor’s completion of the business
combination or providing sufficient liquidity.
Dilution, page 80
18.Please revise the disclosure outside of the table to describe each material potential
source of future dilution following the registered offering by the special purpose
acquisition company, including sources not included in the table with respect to the
determination of net tangible book value per share, as adjusted. Your revisions should
address, but not be limited to, 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. See Item 1602(c) of
Regulation S-K.
Related Party Transactions, page 87
19.Please reconcile the disclosure regarding the fee to be paid to Roth of "a fee equal to
the product of 4.0% and the amount in the trust account up to $100 million upon the
consummation of our initial business combination" with the disclosure elsewhere that
references this fee as a $8 million fee.
Proposed Business
Permitted purchases and other transactions with respect to our securities, page 102
Please revise your disclosure here, and on pages 24 and 42 to explain how such
purchases would comply with Rule 14e-5. While we note your disclosure
regarding Tender Offer Rules and Schedules Compliance and Disclosure
Interpretation 166.01, your disclosure does not seem consistent with all of requisite
representations. For example, we note the disclosure on page 102 that the purpose of
such transactions could be to vote in favor of the business combination, and we note
the letter agreement requires the initial shareholders to vote any public shares in favor 20.

October 24, 2024
Page 5
of a business combination, as disclosed on page 126. Refer to Tender Offer Rules and
Schedules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01.
Conflicts of Interest, page 115
21.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.
Management
Officer and Director Compensation, page 120
22.Please revise to include the membership interests in the sponsor to be received
by your independent directors, as disclosed on page 9. See Item 402(r)(3) of
Regulation SK.
Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Units, page 128
23.Please revise to disclose those circumstances when the members of the sponsor may
transfer their membership interests, as required by Item 1603(a)(6) of Regulation S-K.
Exhibits
24.Please include the consents of the director nominees, as required by Rule 438 of
Regulation C.
General
25.We note reference on the cover page and the summary to non-managing sponsor
investors participating in the private placement indirectly through interests in the
sponsor. Please revise to provide clear disclosure of the participation.
            We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence
of action by the staff.
            Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration
statement.
            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 Kibum Park at 202-551-6836 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with
any other questions.

October 24, 2024
Page 6
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc:Michael K. Bradshaw, Jr., Esq.