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| 2025-09-02 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-08-22 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 377-08347 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-15 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-05-01 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 377-07955 | Read Filing View |
| 2024-07-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2024-06-17 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2024-05-17 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 333-275506 | Read Filing View |
| 2024-05-03 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2024-02-13 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 333-275506 | Read Filing View |
| 2024-01-30 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2024-01-19 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 001-41534 | Read Filing View |
| 2023-12-14 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 333-275506 | Read Filing View |
| 2022-10-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-10-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-07-29 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-07-26 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-05-12 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-05-12 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-05-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-05-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-03-08 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-09-14 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-08-20 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-07-19 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-06-29 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-06-16 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
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| 2025-08-22 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 377-08347 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-05-01 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 377-07955 | Read Filing View |
| 2024-05-17 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 333-275506 | Read Filing View |
| 2024-02-13 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 333-275506 | Read Filing View |
| 2024-01-19 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 001-41534 | Read Filing View |
| 2023-12-14 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | 333-275506 | Read Filing View |
| 2022-07-26 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-09-14 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-07-19 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-06-16 | SEC Comment Letter | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
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| 2025-09-02 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-15 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2024-07-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
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| 2024-01-30 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-10-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-10-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-07-29 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-05-12 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-05-12 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-05-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-05-11 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2022-03-08 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-08-20 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2021-06-29 | Company Response | CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. | DE | N/A | Read Filing View |
2025-09-02 - CORRESP - CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC.
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. 11 Commerce Drive, First Floor Cranford, NJ 07016 September 2, 2025 VIA EDGAR U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Joshua Gorsky Re: Acceleration Request Citius Oncology, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed September 2, 2025 File No. 333-289979 Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), Citius Oncology, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") take appropriate action to accelerate the effective date of the above-referenced registration statement (the "Registration Statement") so as to become effective on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant hereby authorizes Alexander M. Donaldson, Andrew Gibbons, or Christopher Agoranos of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration. Once the Registration Statement is effective, please orally confirm the event with our counsel, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, by calling Alexander M. Donaldson or Christopher Agoranos at (919) 781-4000. We also respectfully request that a copy of the written order from the Commission verifying the effective date and time of the Registration Statement be sent to Mr. Donaldson via email at adonaldson@wyrick.com and Mr. Agoranos via email at cagoranos@wyrick.com. Very truly yours, CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. By: /s/ Leonard Mazur Leonard Mazur Chairman and Chief Executive Officer cc: Alexander M. Donaldson, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
2025-08-22 - UPLOAD - CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. File: 377-08347
<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> August 22, 2025 Leonard Mazur Chief Executive Officer Citius Oncology, Inc. 11 Commerce Drive, First Floor Cranford, NJ 07016 Re: Citius Oncology, Inc. Draft Registration Statement on Form S-3 Submitted August 20, 2025 CIK No. 377-08347 Dear Leonard Mazur: This is to advise you that we do not intend to review your registration statement. We request that you publicly file your registration statement and non-public draft submission on EDGAR at least two business days prior to the requested effective date and time. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. 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. Please contact Joshua Gorsky at 202-551-7836 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences cc: Alexander M. Donaldson, Esq. </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>
2025-07-15 - CORRESP - CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC.
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. 11 Commerce Drive, First Floor Cranford, NJ 07016 July 15, 2025 VIA EDGAR U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Jessica Dickerson Re: Acceleration Request Citius Oncology, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed July 14, 2025, as amended on July 14, 2025 File No. 333-288656 Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), Citius Oncology, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby requests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") take appropriate action to accelerate the effective date of the above-referenced registration statement (the "Registration Statement") so as to become effective on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant hereby authorizes Alexander M. Donaldson, Jonathan Greene, Andrew Gibbons, Nicholas Massey and/or Christopher P. Agoranos of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration. Once the Registration Statement is effective, please orally confirm the event with our counsel, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, by calling Alexander M. Donaldson or Nicholas Massey at (919) 781-4000. We also respectfully request that a copy of the written order from the Commission verifying the effective date and time of the Registration Statement be sent to Mr. Donaldson via email at adonaldson@wyrick.com and Mr. Massey via email at nmassey@wyrick.com. Very truly yours, CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. By: /s/ Leonard Mazur Leonard Mazur Chairman and Chief Executive Officer cc: Alexander M. Donaldson, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
2025-05-01 - UPLOAD - CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. File: 377-07955
<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> May 1, 2025 Leonard Mazur Chief Executive Officer Citius Oncology, Inc. 11 Commerce Drive, First Floor Cranford, NJ 07016 Re: Citius Oncology, Inc. Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted April 28, 2025 CIK No. 0001851484 Dear Leonard Mazur: This is to advise you that we do not intend to review your registration statement. We request that you publicly file your registration statement at least two business days prior to the requested effective date and time. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. 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. Please contact Jessica Dickerson at 202-551-8013 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences cc: Lorna A. Knick, Esq. </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>
2024-07-11 - CORRESP - CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC.
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VIA
EDGAR
July
11, 2024
TenX
Keane Acquisition
420 Lexington Ave.
Suite
2446
New
York, NY 10170
(347) 627-0058
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Life Sciences
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Amendment
No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed
July 11, 2024
File
No. 333-275506
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Pursuant
to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), TenX Keane Acquisition
(the “Registrant”) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-275506)
filed by the Registrant on November 13, 2023, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on January 30, 2024, Amendment No. 2 filed on May 3,
2024, Amendment No. 3 filed on June 17, 2024, Amendment No. 4 filed on July 11, 2024, and Amendment No. 5 filed on July 11, 2024 (the
“Registration Statement”), be accelerated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
to 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, on July 12, 2024, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
If
you have any questions, please feel free to contact Eric Mendelson (emendelson@cronelawgroup.com / telephone: (917) 538-1775) of The
Crone Law Group, P.C. In addition, please notify Mr. Mendelson when this request for acceleration has been granted.
Very
truly yours,
TenX
Keane Acquisition
By:
/s/
Taylor Zhang
Title:
Chief
Financial Officer
cc:
Eric Mendelson
The Crone Law Group, P.C.
2024-06-17 - CORRESP - CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC.
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Mark
Crone
Managing
Partner
mcrone@cronelawgroup.com
VIA
EDGAR
June
17, 2024
THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES
AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Division
of Corporation Finance
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attn:
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Life Sciences
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed
May 3, 2024
File
No. 333-275506
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
On
behalf of our client, TenX Keane Acquisition, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), we are responding
to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
contained in the letter dated May 17, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”), relating to the above referenced amended Registration
Statement on Form S-4, filed May 3, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”). Concurrently with the submission of this letter,
the Company is filing Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 3”).
Set
forth below are the Company’s responses to the Staff’s comments. The Staff’s comments are repeated below in bold and
are followed by the Company’s responses. Page references in the text of this response letter correspond to the page numbers of
the Registration Statement.
Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Risk
Factors and Risk Factor Summary
If
TenX is deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act..., page 92
1. We
note your response to our prior comment 4 regarding the risks associated with being deemed
to be an unregistered investment company. Please also state that if you are deemed to be
an unregistered investment company you may be required to change your operations and that
with respect to the consequences to investors any TenX Rights would expire worthless.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on page 92 of Amendment
No. 3.
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
June
17, 2024
Page
2
The
TenX Board’s Discussion of Valuation and Reasons for the Approval..., page 142
2. We
note that SpinCo agreed to transfer the patent rights immediately after it is commercially
able to do so. Please clarify if there is an agreement in place. If so, please discuss all
material terms and file such agreement as an exhibit or otherwise advise.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included clarifying disclosure on page 145 of Amendment No. 3.
LYMPHIR
(denileukin diftitox-cdxl)
Phase
3 Trial (E7777-G000-302) Design, page 193
3. You
make several assertions regarding the safety and efficacy of your lead candidate LYMPHIR.
Please revise your disclosure to eliminate suggestions of safety and efficacy as those determinations
are solely within the authority of the FDA or comparable foreign regulators. Note that you
may present clinical trial end points and objective data without concluding efficacy and
you may state that your product is well tolerated, if accurate. For instance, and without
limitation, we note the following statements:
● “the
primary and secondary endpoints of Study E7777-G000-302 demonstrated safety and efficacy
of 9 μg/kg/day LYMPHIR...”;
● “per
protocol, LYMPHIR was considered efficacious...”;
● and
“FDA accepted the Study E7777-G000-302 data which demonstrated both safety and efficacy...”.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 193 and 194 of Amendment No. 3 accordingly.
Please
feel free to contact me should you require additional information at (917) 538-1775 or emendelson@cronelawgroup.com.
THE
CRONE LAW GROUP, P.C.
By:
/s/
Eric Mendelson
Eric
Mendelson
2024-05-17 - UPLOAD - CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. File: 333-275506
United States securities and exchange commission logo
May 17, 2024
Taylor Zhang
Chief Financial Officer
TenX Keane Acquisition
420 Lexington Ave Suite 2446
New York, NY 10170
Re:TenX Keane Acquisition
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed May 3, 2024
File No. 333-275506
Dear Taylor Zhang:
We have reviewed your amended 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. Unless we note otherwise,
any references to prior comments are to comments in our February 13, 2024 letter.
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Risk Factors and Risk Factors Summary
If TenX is deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act..., page 92
1.We note your response to our prior comment 4 regarding the risks associated with being
deemed to be an unregistered investment company. Please also state that if you are
deemed to be an unregistered investment company you may be required to change your
operations and that with respect to the consequences to investors any TenX Rights would
expire worthless.
The TenX Board's Discussion of Valuation and Reasons for the Approval..., page 142
2.We note that SpinCo agreed to transfer the patent rights immediately after it is
commercially able to do so. Please clarify if there is an agreement in place. If so, please
discuss all material terms and file such agreement as an exhibit or otherwise advise.
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
May 17, 2024 Page 2
FirstName LastName
Taylor Zhang
TenX Keane Acquisition
May 17, 2024
Page 2
LYMPHIR (denileukin diftitox-cdxl)
Phase 3 Trial (E7777-G000-302) Design, page 193
3.You make several assertions regarding the safety and efficacy of your lead candidate
LYMPHIR. Please revise your disclosure to eliminate suggestions of safety and efficacy
as those determinations are solely within the authority of the FDA or comparable foreign
regulators. Note that you may present clinical trial end points and objective data without
concluding efficacy and you may state that your product is well tolerated, if accurate. For
instance, and without limitation, we note the following statements:
•"the primary and secondary endpoints of Study E7777-G000-302 demonstrated safety
and efficacy of 9 µg/kg/day LYMPHIR...";
•"per protocol, LYMPHIR was considered efficacious..."; and
•"FDA accepted the Study E7777-G000-302 data which demonstrated both safety and
efficacy...".
Please contact Christine Torney at 202-551-3652 or Angela Connell at 202-551-3426 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Doris Stacey Gama at 202-551-3188 or Tim Buchmiller at 202-551-3635 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
cc: Tammara Fort, Esq.
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Mark
Crone
Managing
Partner
mcrone@cronelawgroup.com
VIA
EDGAR
May
3, 2024
THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES
AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Division
of Corporation Finance
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attn:
Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed
January 30, 2024
File
No. 333-275506
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
On
behalf of our client, TenX Keane Acquisition, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), we are responding
to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
contained in the letter dated February 13, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”), relating to the above referenced amended Registration
Statement on Form S-4, filed January 30, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”). Concurrently with the submission of this letter,
the Company is filing Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 2”).
Set
forth below are the Company’s responses to the Staff’s comments. The Staff’s comments are repeated below in bold and
are followed by the Company’s responses. Page references in the text of this response letter correspond to the page numbers of
the Registration Statement.
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Questions
and Answers
Q:
What equity stake will current TenX Shareholders and SpinCo stockholders hold..., page 16
1. Your
response to prior comment 2 indicates that there is revised disclosure in response to the
comment but we do not see such disclosure in your filing. Therefore, we reissue the comment.
Please revise to disclose all possible sources and extent of dilution that shareholders who
elect not to redeem their shares may experience in connection with the Business Combination.
Provide disclosure of the impact of each significant source of dilution, including the amount
of equity held by founders and convertible securities retained by redeeming shareholders
at each of the redemption levels detailed in your sensitivity analysis, including any needed
assumptions.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure in the summary disclosure
and on pages 16, 17, 37, 50-54, 56-58, 94, and 111-112 of Amendment No. 2.
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
May
3, 2024
Page
2
Summary
of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
Transaction
Steps, page 32
2. In
the organizational chart showing the parties to the transaction after the anticipated Domestication
and Business Combination, please indicate the ownership of New Citius Oncology by Citius
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. after the Business Combination.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and notes that the Business Combination between TenX Keane Acquisition (“TenX”)
and Citius Oncology, Inc. (“SpinCo”) will be accomplished by way of the following transaction steps:
● TenX’s
jurisdiction of incorporation will be changed by its deregistering as an exempted company
in the Cayman Islands and continuing and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”);
● In
connection with the consummation of the Domestication, TenX will change its name to “Citius
Oncology, Inc.” (“New Citius Oncology”);
● Following
the above steps, TenX Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”) will merge with and into
SpinCo (the “Merger”), with SpinCo continuing as the surviving company in the
Merger and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Citius Oncology (formerly known as TenX Keane
Acquisition); and
● In
connection with the consummation of the Merger, SpinCo, the surviving company in the Merger,
will be renamed with a name that has not yet been determined.
As
a result of the foregoing steps, following the anticipated Domestication and Business Combination, (a) the renamed SpinCo (formerly known
as Citius Oncology, Inc.) will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Citius Oncology (formerly known as TenX Keane Acquisition), and (b)
Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (currently SpinCo’s sole shareholder) will continue to control a majority of the voting power of New
Citius Oncology, owning approximately 86.8% (assuming the Minimum Redemption Scenario) or 92.0% (assuming the Maximum Redemption Scenario)
of the outstanding shares of New Citius Oncology Common Stock). The Company has updated the organizational chart showing the parties
to the transaction after the anticipated Domestication and Business Combination on page 33 of Amendment No. 2 to indicate the
ownership of New Citius Oncology by Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. after the Business Combination.
Related
Agreements
Amended
& Restated Shared Services Agreement, page 36
3. We
note your response to prior comment 6. Please also disclose the total quarterly fee within
the registration statement.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has disclosed the total quarterly fee of approximately $940,000 on pages 36,
131, and 224 of Amendment No. 2
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Factors and Risk Factor Summary, page 59
4. If
the assets in your trust account are securities, including U.S. Government securities or
shares of money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act and regulated pursuant
to rule 2a-7 of that Act, disclose the risk that you could be considered to be operating
as an unregistered investment company. Disclose that if you are found to be operating as
an unregistered investment company, you may be required to change your operations, wind down
your operations, or register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Also
include disclosure with respect to the consequences to investors if you are required to wind
down your operations as a result of this status, such as the losses of the investment opportunity
in a target company, any price appreciation in the combined company, and any warrants, which
would expire worthless.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on page 92 of Amendment
No. 2.
Summary
of the Ancillary Agreements
Sponsor
Support Agreement, page 131
5. We
note your response to our prior comment 13 that the Sponsor received no consideration in
connection with its agreement to waive its redemption rights. Please also include this disclosure
within the registration statement.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on page 131 of Amendment
No. 2.
Background
of the Business Combination, page 132
6. You
state that the business combination partners were refined to exclude potential partners who
did not meet all or most of the key criteria or who TenX’s management believed were
not likely to consider the business combination. Please describe how TenX’s management
determined that a company was not likely to consider a business combination with TenX.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises that the Company determined that a potential partner was not likely
to consider a business combination with TenX, if the potential partner either (a) had unrealistically high expectations of the amount
to be left in TenX’s trust following the initial business combination under current market conditions, or (b) was undecided on,
and unlikely to decide in the near future on, their path to becoming a listed company through an IPO, SPAC merger, or sale to a larger
company. This additional disclosure has been added on page 132 of Amendment No. 2.
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7. We
note your response to our prior comment 15, specifically, that the initial target exploration
focused on those companies that could satisfy some or all of the key criteria identified.
Please also discuss how you chose the seven companies to have detailed discussions with,
for example, discuss whether they met all or most of the criteria, how you narrowed down
those seven companies to the five you signed non-disclosure agreements with, and how you
further chose to narrow down the five companies to the. two you entered into non-binding
agreements with.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises that the eight companies that were eliminated prior to conducting
substantive due diligence did not meet at least two of the Company’s four criteria set forth in disclosure. The remaining seven
companies met at least three of the four required criteria. Two of the seven companies did not sign the non-disclosure agreements the
Company provided to them. After review of detailed financial information, there were unbridgeable gaps between TenX and three companies
in terms of either: (i) valuation expectations, (ii) projected growth by the management in consideration of industry trends, or (iii)
uncertainty of future free cash flow generation due to current cash burn rates and gaps in potential and likely funding both internally
and externally. This additional disclosure has been added on page 133 of Amendment No. 2
8. We
note your response to our prior comment 18 that from the time TenX was made aware of SpinCo
through Maxim on April 25, 2023, until the time that a letter of intent was signed in May
2023, the Company was not in discussions with any other companies. Please also include this
disclosure within the filing.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on page 134 of Amendment
No. 2.
9. We
note your response to our prior comment 19. Please disclose the aggregate equity value of
SpinCo and the cap on third-party fees of TenX proposed by Citius Pharma and by Mr. Zhang.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on page 135 of Amendment
No. 2.
Opinion
of Revere Securities
Fees
and Expenses, page 142
10. We
note your response to our prior comment 25 that Revere Securities will receive a fee of $50,000
upon completion of the Business Combination. Please also disclose such fee within the registration
statement.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has disclosed the total quarterly fee on page 142 of Amendment No. 2.
The
TenX Board’s Discussion of Valuation and Reasons for the Approval..., page 142
11. We
note from the disclosure added in response to prior comment 27 that SpinCo agreed to transfer
the patent rights immediately after it is commercially able to do so. Please file the agreement
related to this arrangement as an exhibit. We also note the disclosure on page 204 that Citius
Pharma assigned the asset purchase agreement with Dr. Reddy, and the license agreement with
Eisai, to SpinCo on April 1, 2022. Please file the related assignment agreement as an exhibit.
Please also describe the material terms of these agreements in an appropriate location.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on page 204 of Amendment
No. 2. In addition, the Company has filed the Contribution Agreement, dated April 1, 2022, by and between Citius Pharma and SpinCo,
as Exhibit 10.21 to Amendment No. 2.
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Lymphir
Phase
3 Trial (E7777-G000-302) Design, page 193
12. We
note your response to our prior comment 30. Please clearly state whether your primary and
secondary endpoints were met for the lead-in phase and the main phase of the clinical trial.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on pages 193 and 194 of
Amendment No. 2.
13. Please
revise your disclosure to include the substance of your response to prior comment 29.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on pages 193 and 194 of
Amendment No. 2.
Phase
3 Trial Efficacy & Safety Results, page 194
14. We
note your disclosure describing the different five grades of adverse events. We also note
your chart on page 195, specifically that you include two columns, one for all grades and
another for grades 3 or 4. Please clarify if LYMPHIR experienced grade 5 adverse.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on page 193 of Amendment
No. 2.
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Financial
Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, page F-3
15. Under
the shareholders’ equity (deficit) section, include the as of date that corresponds
to the periods presented on the balance sh
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February 13, 2024
Taylor Zhang
Chief Financial Officer
TenX Keane Acquisition
420 Lexington Ave Suite 2446
New York, NY 10170
Re:TenX Keane Acquisition
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed January 30, 2024
File No. 333-275506
Dear Taylor Zhang:
We have reviewed your amended 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. Unless we note otherwise,
any references to prior comments are to comments in our December 13, 2023 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
Question and Answers
Q: What equity stake will current TenX Shareholders and SpinCo stockholders hold..., page 16
1.Your response to prior comment 2 indicates that there is revised disclosure in response to
the comment but we do not see such disclosure in your filing. Therefore, we reissue the
comment. Please revise to disclose all possible sources and extent of dilution that
shareholders who elect not to redeem their shares may experience in connection with the
Business Combination. Provide disclosure of the impact of each significant source of
dilution, including the amount of equity held by founders and convertible securities
retained by redeeming shareholders at each of the redemption levels detailed in your
sensitivity analysis, including any needed assumptions.
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
February 13, 2024 Page 2
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Taylor Zhang
TenX Keane Acquisition
February 13, 2024
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Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
Transaction Steps, page 32
2.In the organizational chart showing the parties to the transaction after the anticipated
Domestication and Business Combination, please indicate the ownership of New Citius
Oncology by Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. after the Business Combination.
Related Agreements
Amended & Restated Shared Services Agreement, page 36
3.We note your response to prior comment 6. Please also disclose the total quarterly fee
within the registration statement.
Risk Factors and Risk Factor Summary, page 59
4.If the assets in your trust account are securities, including U.S. Government securities or
shares of money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act and
regulated pursuant to rule 2a-7 of that Act, disclose the risk that you could be considered
to be operating as an unregistered investment company. Disclose that if you are found to
be operating as an unregistered investment company, you may be required to change your
operations, wind down your operations, or register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act. Also include disclosure with respect to the consequences to
investors if you are required to wind down your operations as a result of this status, such
as the losses of the investment opportunity in a target company, any price appreciation in
the combined company, and any warrants, which would expire worthless.
Summary of the Ancillary Agreements
Sponsor Support Agreement, page 131
5.We note your response to our prior comment 13 that the Sponsor received no
consideration in connection with its agreement to waive its redemption rights. Please also
include this disclosure within the registration statement.
Background of the Business Combination, page 132
6.You state that the business combination partners were refined to exclude potential partners
who did not meet all or most of the key criteria or who TenX's management believed were
not likely to consider the business combination. Please describe how TenX's management
determined that a company was not likely to consider a business combination with TenX.
7.We note your response to our prior comment 15, specifically, that the initial target
exploration focused on those companies that could satisfy some or all of the key criteria
identified. Please also discuss how you chose the seven companies to have detailed
discussions with, for example, discuss whether they met all or most of the criteria, how
you narrowed down those seven companies to the five you signed non-disclosure
agreements with, and how you further chose to narrow down the five companies to the
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
February 13, 2024 Page 3
FirstName LastName
Taylor Zhang
TenX Keane Acquisition
February 13, 2024
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two you entered into non-binding agreements with.
8.We note your response to our prior comment 18 that from the time TenX was made aware
of SpinCo through Maxim on April 25, 2023, until the time that a letter of intent was
signed in May 2023, the Company was not in discussions with any other companies.
Please also include this disclosure within the filing.
9.We note your response to our prior comment 19. Please disclose the aggregate equity
value of SpinCo and the cap on third-party fees of TenX proposed by Citius Pharma and
by Mr. Zhang.
Opinion of Revere Securities
Fees and Expenses, page 142
10.We note your response to our prior comment 25 that Revere Securities will receive a fee
of $50,000 upon completion of the Business Combination. Please also disclose such fee
within the registration statement.
The TenX Board's Discussion of Valuation and Reasons for the Approval..., page 142
11.We note from the disclosure added in response to prior comment 27 that SpinCo agreed to
transfer the patent rights immediately after it is commercially able to do so. Please file the
agreement related to this arrangement as an exhibit. We also note the disclosure on page
204 that Citius Pharma assigned the asset purchase agreement with Dr. Reddy, and the
license agreement with Eisai, to SpinCo on April 1, 2022. Please file the related
assignment agreement as an exhibit. Please also describe the material terms of these
agreements in an appropriate location.
Lymphir
Phase 3 Trial (E7777-G000-302) Design, page 193
12.We note your response to our prior comment 30. Please clearly state whether your primary
and secondary endpoints were met for the lead-in phase and the main phase of the clinical
trial.
13.Please revise your disclosure to include the substance of your response to prior comment
29.
Phase 3 Trial Efficacy & Safety Results, page 194
14.We note your disclosure describing the different five grades of adverse events. We also
note your chart on page 195, specifically that you include two columns, one for all grades
and another for grades 3 or 4. Please clarify if LYMPHIR experienced grade 5 adverse
events.
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
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Taylor Zhang
TenX Keane Acquisition
February 13, 2024
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TenX Keane Acquisition
Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, page F-3
15.Under the shareholders' equity (deficit) section, include the as of date that corresponds to
the periods presented on the balance sheet for the authorized, issued and outstanding
shares, respectively. Apply this same comment to the equity section of each balance sheet
presented in the filing.
Citius Oncology, Inc.
Financial Statements for the Years Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
In-process Research and Development, page F-37
16.In your response to prior comment 44, you indicate that the license for E777 acquired
from Dr. Reddy's has alternative future use as it is currently advancing in a late-stage trial
of oncology immunotherapy for the treatment of CTCL and it also grants you the ability to
develop additional indications in Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL) as well as
Immuno-Oncology (I/O). Please provide us with a comprehensive analysis considering the
guidance in paragraphs 3.13 - 3.27 of the AICPA Audit & Accounting Guide, Assets
Acquired to Be Used in Research and Development Activities to support your
determination that the acquired IPR&D had alternative future use on the date which it was
acquired. Specifically address whether at the date the IPR&D was acquired you
reasonably expected that you would use it in the alternative manner, whether you
anticipated economic benefit from such alternative use, and whether use of the IPR&D in
the alternative manner was contingent on further development.
Please contact Christine Torney at 202-551-3652 or Angela Connell at 202-551-3426 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Doris Stacey Gama at 202-551-3188 or Tim Buchmiller at 202-551-3635 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
cc: Tammara Fort, Esq.
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THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES
AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Division
of Corporation Finance
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attn:
Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Registration
Statement on Form S-4
Filed
November 13, 2023
File
No. 333-275506
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
On
behalf of our client, TenX Keane Acquisition, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), we are responding
to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
contained in the letter dated December 13, 2023 (the “Comment Letter”), relating to the above referenced Registration Statement
on Form S-4, filed November 13, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the
Company is filing Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 1”).
Set
forth below are the Company’s responses to the Staff’s comments. The Staff’s comments are repeated below in bold and
are followed by the Company’s responses. Page references in the text of this response letter correspond to the page numbers of
the Registration Statement.
Registration
Statement on Form S-4
Cover
Page
1. We
note your disclosure that after the completion of the Business Combination, Citius Pharma
will control a majority of the voting power and therefore New Citius Oncology will be a controlled
company. Please also revise the cover page to include Citius Pharma’s ownership percentage.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the disclosure on the cover page of Amendment No. 1 has been revised to include Citius
Pharma’s ownership percentage after the completion of the Business Combination.
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Questions
and Answers
Q:
What equity stake will current TenX Shareholders and SpinCo stockholders hold in New Citius Oncology immediately after..., page 16
2. Please
revise to disclose all possible sources and extent of dilution that shareholders who elect
not to redeem their shares may experience in connection with the Business Combination. Provide
disclosure of the impact of each significant source of dilution, including the amount of
equity held by founders and convertible securities retained by redeeming shareholders at
each of the redemption levels detailed in your sensitivity analysis, including any needed
assumptions.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has included the additional requested disclosure on page 16 of Amendment No.
1.
How
does the Sponsor intend to vote its shares?, page 26
3. We
note the disclosure on page 26 indicating that the Sponsor may purchase TenX Ordinary Shares,
TenX Units or TenX Rights in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either
prior to or following the Business Combination and that the Sponsor intends to vote such
shares in favor of the Business Combination. Please provide your analysis on how such purchases
will comply with Rule 14e-5. To the extent that you are relying on Tender Offer Compliance
and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01 (March 22, 2022), please provide an analysis regarding
how it applies to your circumstances.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises that, to the extent that Rule 14e-5 applies, any such purchases by
the Sponsor or its affiliates will comply with the conditions set forth in Tender Offer Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01,
as follows:
● the
Registration Statement filed for the business combination discloses the possibility that
the Sponsor or its affiliates may purchase the Company’s securities outside the redemption
process, along with the purpose of such purchases;
● the
Sponsor or its affiliates will purchase such securities at a price no higher than the price
offered through the Company’s redemption process;
● the
Registration Statement filed for the Business Combination includes a representation that
any such securities purchased by the Sponsor or its affiliates would not be voted in favor
of approving the Business Combination;
● the
Sponsor and its affiliates do not possess any redemption rights with respect to the Company’s
securities or, if they possess redemption rights, they have waived such rights; and
● the
Company will disclose in a Form 8-K, before to the Company’s security holder meeting
to approve the Business Combination, the following material items:
○ the
amount of the Company’s securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by the
Sponsor or its affiliates, along with the purchase price;
○ the
purpose of the purchases by the Sponsor or its affiliates;
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○ the
impact, if any, of the purchases by the Sponsor or its affiliates on the likelihood that
the Business Combination will be approved;
○ the
identities of Company security holders who sold to the Sponsor or its affiliates (if not
purchased on the open market) or the nature of Company security holders (e.g., 5% security
holders) who sold to the Sponsor or its affiliates; and
○ the
number of Company securities for which the Company has received redemption requests pursuant
to its redemption offer.
The
Company has made conforming revisions on pages 27, 45, 85 and 149 of Amendment No. 1.
Summary
of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, page 30
4. Please
revise the Summary to include an organizational chart depicting the parties to the transaction
both prior to and after the Domestication and Business Combination.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has added an organizational chart on pages 32 and 33 of Amendment
No. 1 depicting the parties to the transaction, both prior to and after the Domestication and Business Combination.
SpinCo,
page 31
5. We
note your disclosure that on July 28, 2023, the FDA issued a complete response letter regarding
your BLA. We also note your disclosure that “[t]he FDA has required SpinCo to incorporate
enhanced product testing, and additional controls agreed to with the FDA during the market
application review.” Please provide further details regarding the underlying issues
outlined in the FDA’s complete response letter. Additionally, please provide further
details about the “enhanced product testing” and “additional controls”
that were agreed to with the FDA.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page 32 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
Amended
& Restated Shared Services Agreement, page 35
6. We
note your disclosure that “the fees for each of the services are set forth in the A&R
Shared Services Agreement as a quarterly fee[.]” Please disclose the quarterly fee
here.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises that the quarterly fee is $941,267.58, which is for services related
for personnel and office space.
Interests
of TenX’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Business Combination, page 40
7. Please
disclose the Sponsor and its affiliates’ total potential ownership interest in the
combined company, assuming the exercise and conversion of all securities.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 44 of Amendment No. 1 to include
the Sponsor and its affiliates’ total potential ownership interest in the combined company, assuming the exercise and conversion
of all securities.
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Unaudited
Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
General,
page 49
8. Please
revise to clarify the financial statement periods included in your pro forma Statements of
Operations and how such information was derived. In this respect, it appears that given the
difference in fiscal year-ends between the registrant and SpinCo, certain adjustments were
made to the historical financial statements of SpinCo to conform to the annual and interim
periods presented by the registrant. Refer to Article 11-02(c)(3) of Regulation S-X. Please
also clarify whether the combined company will adopt December 31st as its new fiscal year-end.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises that the Company has amended the disclosure set forth on pages 50
through 58 to include the following information:
The
pro forma statement of operations for SpinCo for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was prepared by subtracting the results of
operations for SpinCo for the three months ended December 31, 2022 from the statement of operations for SpinCo for the year ended September
30, 2023. The pro forma statement of operations for SpinCo for the year ended December 31, 2022 was prepared by adding the results of
operations for the three months ended December 31, 2022 to the statement of operations for SpinCo for the year ended September 30, 2022
(SpinCo did not begin operations until April 1, 2022.)
The
Combined Company will adopt September 30 as its fiscal year-end.
Risk
Factors
Risks
Related to SpinCo’s Business and its Industry
SpinCo
relies exclusively on third parties to formulate and manufacture its product candidates, page 70
9. We
note your disclosure that one of the contract manufacturers for LYMPHIR is foreign. Please
disclose where this manufacturer is located.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page 72 of Amendment No. 1 to include
that the manufacturer for the finished drug product is located in Italy.
The
Combined Company’s Proposed Certificate of Incorporation will provide that the Court..., page 98
10. Please
revise your risk factor to disclose that there is also a risk that your exclusive forum provision
may result in increased costs for investors to bring a claim in the chosen forum.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the risk factor on page 99 of Amendment No. 1 to include
the risk that the exclusive forum provision may result in increased costs for investors to bring a claim in the chosen forum.
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Proposal
No. 1 - The Business Combination Proposal Summary of the Merger Agreement
Fees
and Expenses, page 129
11. We
note your disclosure that the Sponsor has agreed to pay any transaction expenses of “Parent”
in excess of $500,000. Please revise your disclosure here to clarify, if true, that “Parent”
refers to Citius Pharma.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page 130 of Amendment No. 1 to clarify
that the Sponsor has agreed to pay any transaction expenses of TenX Keane Acquisition in excess of $500,000.
Amended
&Restated Registration Rights Agreement, page 130
12. Please
revise here and throughout, as appropriate, to disclose how many shares will be covered by
the Amended & Restated Registration Rights Agreement.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 36 and 131 of Amendment No.1 to
disclose the number of shares of New Citius Oncology that will be covered by the Amended & Restated Registration Rights
Agreement.
Sponsor
Support Agreement, page 130
13. We
note that the Sponsor agreed to waive its redemption rights. Please describe any consideration
provided in exchange for this agreement.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises that the Sponsor received no consideration in connection with its
agreement to waive its redemption rights. The decision to waive its redemption rights was made by the Sponsor to demonstrate its commitment
to the Business Combination and is consistent with market practices.
Background
of the Business Combination, page 131
14. Please
disclose here whether the Sponsor, management, or any affiliates of TenX have a track record
with SPACs. If so, please provide disclosure about this record and the outcomes of those
prior transactions.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises that, although the Sponsor and the Company’s management and
board members collectively have experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities laws, they do not have a specific
track record with SPACs.
15. We
note that you reviewed approximately 15 potential targets, eight of which were eliminated,
leading you to engage in detailed discussions with seven potential combination targets. Furth
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Taylor Zhang
Chief Financial Officer
TenX Keane Acquisition
420 Lexington Ave Suite 2446
New York, NY 10170
Re:TenX Keane Acquisition
Schedule 14A Preliminary Proxy Statement
Filed December 28, 2023
File No. 001-41534
Dear Taylor Zhang:
We have completed our review of your filing. 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.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
cc: Tammara Fort, Esq.
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
December 13, 2023
Taylor Zhang
Chief Financial Officer
TenX Keane Acquisition
420 Lexington Ave Suite 2446
New York, NY 10170
Re:TenX Keane Acquisition
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed November 13, 2023
File No. 333-275506
Dear Taylor Zhang:
We have reviewed your registration statement and have the following comment(s).
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-4
Cover Page
1.We note your disclosure that after the completion of the Business Combination, Citius
Pharma will control a majority of the voting power and therefore New Citius Oncology
will be a controlled company. Please also revise the cover page to include Citius Pharma's
ownership percentage.
Questions and Answers
Q: What equity stake will current TenX Shareholders and SpinCo stockholders hold in New
Citius Oncology immediately after..., page 16
2.Please revise to disclose all possible sources and extent of dilution that shareholders who
elect not to redeem their shares may experience in connection with the Business
Combination. Provide disclosure of the impact of each significant source of dilution,
including the amount of equity held by founders and convertible securities retained by
redeeming shareholders at each of the redemption levels detailed in your sensitivity
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
December 13, 2023 Page 2
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TenX Keane Acquisition
December 13, 2023
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analysis, including any needed assumptions.
How does the Sponsor intend to vote its shares?, page 26
3.We note the disclosure on page 26 indicating that the Sponsor may purchase TenX
Ordinary Shares, TenX Units or TenX Rights in privately negotiated transactions or in the
open market either prior to or following the Business Combination and that the Sponsor
intends to vote such shares in favor of the Business Combination. Please provide your
analysis on how such purchases will comply with Rule 14e-5. To the extent that you are
relying on Tender Offer Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01 (March 22,
2022), please provide an analysis regarding how it applies to your circumstances.
Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, page 30
4.Please revise the Summary to include an organizational chart depicting the parties to the
transaction both prior to and after the Domestication and Business Combination.
SpinCo, page 31
5.We note your disclosure that on July 28, 2023, the FDA issued a complete response letter
regarding your BLA. We also note your disclosure that "[t]he FDA has required SpinCo to
incorporate enhanced product testing, and additional controls agreed to with the FDA
during the market application review." Please provide further details regarding the
underlying issues outlined in the FDA's complete response letter. Additionally, please
provide further details about the "enhanced product testing" and "additional controls" that
were agreed to with the FDA.
Amended & Restated Shared Services Agreement, page 35
6.We note your disclosure that "the fees for each of the services are set forth in the A&R
Shared Services Agreement as a quarterly fee[.]" Please disclose the quarterly fee here.
Interests of TenX's Directors and Executive Officers in the Business Combination, page 40
7.Please disclose the Sponsor and its affiliates' total potential ownership interest in the
combined company, assuming the exercise and conversion of all securities.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
General, page 49
8.Please revise to clarify the financial statement periods included in your pro forma
Statements of Operations and how such information was derived. In this respect, it
appears that given the difference in fiscal year-ends between the registrant and SpinCo,
certain adjustments were made to the historical financial statements of SpinCo to conform
to the annual and interim periods presented by the registrant. Refer to Article 11-02(c)(3)
of Regulation S-X. Please also clarify whether the combined company will adopt
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December 31st as its new fiscal year-end.
Risk Factors
Risks Related to SpinCo's Business and its Industry
SpinCo relies exclusively on third parties to formulate and manufacture its product candidates,
page 70
9.We note your disclosure that one of the contract manufacturers for LYMPHIR is foreign.
Please disclose where this manufacturer is located.
The Combined Company's Proposed Certificate of Incorporation will provide that the Court...,
page 98
10. Please revise your risk factor to disclose that there is also a risk that
your exclusive forum provision may result in increased costs for investors to bring a claim
in the chosen forum.
Proposal No. 1 - The Business Combination Proposal
Summary of the Merger Agreement
Fees and Expenses, page 129
11.We note your disclosure that the Sponsor has agreed to pay any transaction expenses of
"Parent" in excess of $500,000. Please revise your disclosure here to clarify, if true, that
"Parent" refers to Citius Pharma.
Amended & Restated Registration Rights Agreement, page 130
12.Please revise here and throughout, as appropriate, to disclose how many shares will be
covered by the Amended & Restated Registration Rights Agreement.
Sponsor Support Agreement, page 130
13.We note that the Sponsor agreed to waive its redemption rights. Please describe any
consideration provided in exchange for this agreement.
Background of the Business Combination, page 131
14.Please disclose here whether the Sponsor, management, or any affiliates of TenX have a
track record with SPACs. If so, please provide disclosure about this record and the
outcomes of those prior transactions.
15.We note that you reviewed approximately 15 potential targets, eight of which were
eliminated, leading you to engage in detailed discussions with seven potential
combination targets. Further, you signed non-disclosure agreements with five potential
targets and entered into non-binding letters of intent with two companies. Please expand
this section to discuss how these targets were identified, which industries they were in,
when these discussions took place and what criteria was used to eliminate certain
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companies.
16.We note that you entered into two non-binding letters of intent with two companies.
Please provide a general description of the two potential targets. Additionally, we note
that you allowed the exclusive period of negotiations with respect to these two parties to
terminate in early February 2023 and April 2023. Please revise your disclosure to specify
why these companies did not represent attractive targets, explain the nature of the
difference in valuation expectations, and provide further context regarding one of the
potential target's unwillingness to engage with you given conflicting business objectives.
17.We note your disclosure that in May 2022, Citius Pharma announced that it "intended to
split its assets into two separate publicly traded entities." Please revise your disclosure in
this section to explain whether Citius Pharma considered any transaction structures aside
from a SPAC business combination in order to effectuate the "split of its assets into two
separate publicly traded entities." If so, please explain why Citius Pharma elected to
pursue a SPAC business combination as opposed to an alternative transaction structure.
18.We note that TenX was made aware of SpinCo through Maxim on April 25, 2023 and that
a letter of intent was signed in May 2023. Please disclose if during this time TenX was in
discussions with any other companies.
19.We note that on May 6, 2023, Citius Pharma sent to Ten X an initial draft of the LOI, on
May 6 and 7, 2023 Maxim worked on a possible valuation of SpinCo, on May 8, 2023
TenX provided overall comments on the scope of the draft, and on May 9, 2023 a revised
LOI was provided to TenX and on the same day Citius Pharma, SpinCo, and TenX
negotiated the draft LOI. Please include a discussion as to how the material terms and
consideration evolved during the negotiations.
20.We note your disclosure that on June 1, 2023, Citius Pharma and SpinCo "confirmed that
a full spin-off of SpinCo from Citius Pharma prior to closing of the proposed transaction
would not take place." Please explain what is meant by "full spin-off" in this instance and
please also explain why and how it was confirmed that a "full spin-off" would not take
place prior to closing.
21.Please disclose how the provision of the Merger Agreement that permits Citius Pharma to
seek an alternative transaction to the Business Combination was negotiated.
Opinion of Revere Securities, page 136
22.Please disclose whether any companies that met the comparable selection criteria were
excluded from the analyses. If so, please explain why.
23.Please explain why Revere reviewed the values of the companies set forth in the
Comparable Public Company Analysis as of October 8, 2023.
24.You state that "[t]he estimates of the future performance of New Citius Oncology in or
underlying Revere Securities’ analyses are not necessarily indicative of actual values or
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actual future results[.]" Please clarify if Revere relied on any financial projections in
analyzing the transaction and rendering the opinion.
Fees and Expenses, page 140
25.Please disclose here the fees that Revere will receive upon completion of the Business
Combination.
The TenX Board's Discussion of Valuation and Reasons for the Approval..., page 140
26.You state on page 143 that the TenX Board also considered that the initial TenX
Shareholders, including TenX directors and executive officers, have interests in the
Business Combination as individuals that are in addition to, and may be different from,
the interests of TenX Shareholders generally. You also state that Revere "reviewed and
considered these interests in its fairness opinion delivered to the TenX Board[.]" Please
clarify, if true, that Revere reached an opinion regarding only the merger consideration
and, although Revere may have considered the initial TenX Shareholders' interests, it did
not reach a conclusion as to the fairness of those interests.
27.Please revise your disclosure in this section to explain whether the TenX Board
considered any potential risks associated with SpinCo holding an exclusive license for its
lead drug candidate as opposed to owning the patent rights to that candidate.
28.We note your disclosure that the TenX Board determined that "SpinCo's clinical data for
LYMPHIR is significant and likely to be approved by the FDA." Please remove the
statement that SpinCo's clinical data is "likely to be approved by the FDA[,]" as such a
determination is not within the control of the company.
Information About the SpinCo Business
Phase 3 Trial (E7777-G000-302) Design, page 191
29.We note your disclosure that "no new safety signals were identified compared to
ONTAK." Please note that you do not have a basis to compare your candidate to other
products or third-party product candidates unless you have conducted head-to-head trials.
Please revise your registration statement accordingly, or advise.
30.We note your disclosure of your Phase III trial design and results. Please expand your
disclosure to discuss when the Phase III trial was conducted or commenced, the duration
of the trial, who conducted the trial, where it was conducted, any primary or secondary
endpoints and whether they were met.
31.We note your table listing the adverse reactions in patients with relapsed or refractory
stage I-III CTCL who received LYMPHIR. Please include a short description of the
different grades identified.
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Investigator Initiated Trials, page 193
32.We note that you initiated a Phase I trial in June 2021 at the University of Minnesota,
Masonic Cancer Center and initiated a second Phase I study in September 2022 at the
University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Hillman Cancer Center. Given the passage of
time, please include a description of the current status of each study and whether each is
currently ongoing.
LYMPHIR License Agreement, page 195
33.Please clarify here and elsewhere as appropriate, if true, that Eisai owns the intellectual
property rights of the LYMPHIR product and that SpinCo is an exclusive licensee of that
intellectual property.
34.We note your disclosure that the exclusive license with Eisai includes the rights to
develop and commercialize LYMPHIR "in all markets except for Japan and certain parts
of Asia." Please specify the "certain parts of Asia" that are excluded from this agreement.
Obligations to Dr. Reddy's under the License Agreement, page 196
35.We note your description of the obligations to Dr. Reddy's under the License Agreement.
Please revise to include a description of all the material terms of the agreement including a
description of each party's rights and obligations and the termination provisions.
36.We note your disclosure that pursuant to the License Agreement, SpinCo will be obligated
to pay on a fiscal quarter basis tiered royalties equal to "low double-digit percentages of
net product sales." Please revise this disclosure to specify a percentage rate or range that
does not exceed ten percentage points.
LYMPHIR Patents, page 197
37.We note your disclosure that Citius Pharma acquired and later transferred to SpinCo
two method of use patents. Please include the expected expiration dates of each issued
patent and applicable jurisdictions for the international patent.
Regulation
U.S. Government Regulation, page 197
38.We note your discussion of the FDA process that must be completed in order to be able to
market your product candidate in the U.S. In each step listed, please expand your
discussion to include more detail to properly reflect what each step consists of so that
investors can understand and make informed decisions based on the current status of your
products.
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Management of New Citius Oncology After Business Combination
Executive Officers, page 207
39.We note your descriptions of each executive officer and director. Please revise to describe
the business experience during the past five years of each executive officer and director.
In this regard, we note that the discussion of Jaime Bartushak and Myron S. Czuczman do
not cover this period. Refer to Item 401(e) of Regulation S-K for guidance.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, page F-2
40.Please have Marcum LLP revise and reissue their audit report to identify the name of the
company whose financial statements were audited. Refer to PCAOB Auditing Standard
(AS) 3101.08a.
Citius Acquisition Corp
Financial Statements for the Year Ended September 30, 2022
Balance Sheet, page
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Maxim
Group LLC
300
Park Avenue
New
York, NY 10174
October
11, 2022
VIA
EDGAR
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Attention:
Jennifer Monick
Re:
TenX Keane Acquisition
Registration
Statement on Form S-1, as amended
File
No. 333- 256271
Dear
Ms. Monick:
Pursuant
to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), we, as representative of the underwriters
of the proposed public offering of securities of TenX Keane Acquisition (the “Company”), hereby join the Company’s
request that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 be accelerated so that it will be declared
effective at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 13, 2022, or as soon thereafter as possible.
Pursuant
to Rule 460 under the Securities Act, we, as representative of the underwriters, wish to advise you that there will be distributed to
each underwriter, who is reasonably anticipated to participate in the distribution of the security, as many copies of the proposed form
of preliminary prospectus as appears to be reasonable to secure adequate distribution of the preliminary prospectus.
The
undersigned advises that it has complied and will continue to comply, and that it has been informed by the participating underwriters
and dealers that they have complied with and will continue to comply, with the requirements of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Very truly yours,
Maxim Group LLC
By:
/s/
Clifford Teller
Name:
Clifford
Teller
Title:
President
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TenX
Keane Acquisition
420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 2446
New
York, NY 10170
October
11, 2022
VIA
EDGAR
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Jennifer Monick
Mary Beth
Breslin
Re:
TenX Keane Acquisition
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
Filed May 19, 2021
File No. 333-256271
Dear
Ms. Monick:
Pursuant
to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, TenX Keane Acquisition hereby requests acceleration of effectiveness of the
above referenced Registration Statement so that it will become effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 13, 2022, or as soon as
practicable thereafter.
Very truly yours,
/s/
Xiaofeng Yuan
Xiaofeng Yuan
Chief Executive Officer
cc:
The Crone Law Group P.C.
Lucosky Brookman, LLP
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U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Real Estate and Construction
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Attn:
Jennifer
Monick
Bob
Telewicz
Mary
Beth Breslin
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Amendment
No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed
May 24, 2022
File
No. 333-256271
Dear
Ms. Monick:
On
behalf of TenX Keane Acquisition, a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), we hereby file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Amended S-1”) in response
to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”), dated July 26, 2022, with reference to the Company’s Registration Statement
on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on May 24, 2022.
For
the convenience of the Staff, each of the Staff’s comments is included and is followed by the corresponding response of the Company.
Amendment
No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
General
1.
With a view toward disclosure, please tell us whether your sponsor is, is controlled by, or has substantial ties with a non-U.S. person.
If so, also include risk factor disclosure that addresses how this fact could impact your ability to complete your initial business combination.
For instance, discuss the risk to investors that you may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company
should the transaction be subject to review by a U.S. government entity, such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
(CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited. Disclose that as a result, the pool of potential targets with which you could complete an initial
business combination may be limited. Further, disclose that the time necessary for government review of the transaction or a decision
to prohibit the transaction could prevent you from completing an initial business combination and require you to liquidate. Disclose
the consequences of liquidation to investors, such as the losses of the investment opportunity in a target company, any price appreciation
in the combined company, and the warrants, which would expire worthless.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has included the following risk factor disclosure on pages 23 and 25 of the
Amended S-1 and related disclosure on the cover page of the Amended S-1:
The
fact that our sponsor is controlled by, and has substantial ties with, a non-U.S. person could impact our ability to complete our initial
business combination.
Our
sponsor, 10XYZ Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, is controlled by its general partner, 10XYZ Management LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company. 10XYZ Management LLC’s managing members are Xiaofeng Yuan, a non-U.S. person, and Dahe Zhang, a U.S. lawful
permanent resident, i.e., green card holder, and U.S. resident. We may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a
U.S. target company since such initial business combination may be subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S.
government entity, such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and ultimately prohibited. As a result,
the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited and the time necessary for
government review of the transaction or a decision to prohibit the transaction could prevent us from completing an initial business combination
and require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, the investors will lose any potential investment opportunity in a target company and the
chance of realizing future gains on investment through any price appreciation in the combined company, and the rights will expire worthless.
For the consequences of liquidation, please see the risk factors titled “Because of our limited resources and the significant
competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If
we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share,
or less in certain circumstances, on our redemption, and our rights will expire worthless.” and “If we are unable to consummate
our initial business combination within 12 months of the closing of this offering (or up to 21 months from the closing of this offering
if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time), our public shareholders may be forced
to wait beyond such 12 months (or up to 21 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business
combination by the full amount of time) before redemption from our trust account.”
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2.
Given the significant ties that a majority of your officers and directors have to China, please provide prominent disclosure about the
legal and operational risks associated with this fact. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material
change in your search for a target company.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has included the following disclosure on the cover page and related risk factor
disclosures on pages 23 and 25 of the Amended S-1:
Due
to our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman being located in China and a majority of our officers and directors having significant ties
to China (including Hong Kong), not being able to target a business in China may make it more difficult to find an attractive target
company outside of China, and we may be a less attractive partner to non-PRC or non-Hong Kong based target companies. Therefore, this
may make it more difficult for us to complete an initial business combination with a target company within 12 months from the closing
of this offering (or up to 21 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination
by the full amount of time, as described in more detail in this prospectus). Because we are a Cayman Islands company, our offices are
in the United States, we will not acquire a business in China (including Hong Kong and Macau), and we do not operate in China, we believe
that we are not subject to Chinese regulations, such as regulations implemented by the China Securities Regulatory Commission or Cyberspace
Administration of China. However, the relationships of our officers and directors to China could influence the types of targets that
they select or result in a material change in our search for a target company to acquire due to changes in laws or regulations in China,
which could result in materially adversely affecting our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects,
as well as the trading price of our securities or the continued listing on a U.S. stock exchange.
Prospectus
Summary, page 1
3.
In your summary of risk factors, disclose the risk that having a majority of your officers and directors with significant ties to China
poses to investors. In particular, describe the significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks with cross-references to the
more detailed discussion of these risks in the prospectus. For example, specifically discuss risks arising from the legal system in China,
including risks and uncertainties regarding the enforcement of laws and that rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little
advance notice, and the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your search for a target company or completion of
your initial business combination at any time, which could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of the securities
you are registering for sale.
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Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has included the following disclosure in the summary of risk factors on page
23 of the Amended S-1:
Since
a majority of our directors and officers have significant ties to China, the Chinese government may have potential oversight and discretion
over the conduct of our directors’ and officers’ search for a target company. The Chinese government may intervene or influence
our operations at any time through the directors and officers who have significant ties in China, which could result in a material change
in our search for a target business and/or the value of the securities we are offering. Changes in the policies, regulations, rules,
and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government may be adopted quickly with little advance notice and could have a significant impact
upon our ability to operate.
4.
Disclose each permission or approval that your officers and directors are required to obtain from Chinese authorities to search for a
target company. State whether your officers and directors are covered by permissions requirements from the China Securities Regulatory
Commission (CSRC), Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) or any other governmental agency, and state affirmatively whether the officers
and directors have received all requisite permissions or approvals and whether any permissions or approvals have been denied. Please
also describe the consequences to you and your investors if
your officers and directors: (i) do not receive or maintain such permissions
or approvals, (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, or (iii) applicable laws, regulations,
or interpretations change and you or your officers and directors are required to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has included the following disclosure on pages 5 and 74 of the Amended S-1:
Permission
Required from the Chinese Authorities for this Offering and a Business Combination
Although
our offices are located in United States, a majority of our directors and officers have significant ties to China. As a result, our directors
and officers who have significant ties to China may be subject to certain risks relating to regulatory oversight by the PRC government.
In particular, changes in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government may be adopted quickly
with little advance notice. The Chinese government may also intervene or influence our search for a target business or the completion
of an initial business combination at any time through our directors and officers who have significant ties to China. This could significantly
and negatively impact our search for a target business and/or the value of the securities we are offering for sale.
As
a Cayman Islands company with no operations or subsidiaries in China and expected to conduct a target search outside of China, we are
not required to obtain permission from any Chinese authorities to operate or to issue the securities being issued in this offering to
any investors, including Chinese investors, if any, nor have we been contacted by any Chinese authorities in connection with our operations
or this offering, and we do not expect that permission will be required from the Chinese authorities in the future in connection with
our business combination since we will not undertake our initial business combination with any entity that is based in, located in or
with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
Accordingly,
as of the date of this prospectus, we have not applied or received any permission or approvals for this offering. If applicable laws,
regulations, or interpretations change and require us and/or our directors and officers to obtain such permissions or approvals in the
future, these regulatory agencies (a) may impose fines and penalties on our officers and directors and (b) may also take actions requiring
our directors and officers, or making it advisable for directors and officers, to terminate this offering before settlement and delivery
of our units or delay our potential business combination and therefore, we may have to liquidate the funds held in the trust account
(in which case our rights may be worthless). Any uncertainties and/or negative publicity regarding such an approval requirement could
have a material adverse effect on the trading price of our securities.
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Factors, page 25
5.
Given the Chinese government’s significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of your directors’ and officers’
search for a target company, please revise to highlight separately the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your
operations at any time, which could result in a material change in your operations search and/or the value of the securities you are
registering.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has included the following risk factor disclosure on page 25 of the Amended
S-1:
Since
a majority of our directors and officers have significant ties to China, the Chinese government may have potential oversight and discretion
over the conduct of our directors’ and officers’ search for a target company. The Chinese government may intervene or influence
our operations at any time through our directors and officers who have significant ties in China, which could result in a material change
in our search for a target business and/or the value of the securities we are offering. Changes in the policies, regulations, rules,
and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government may be adopted quickly with little advance notice and could have a significant impact
upon our ability to operate.
Although
our offices are located in the United States, a majority of our directors and officers have significant ties to China. We may be subject
to certain risks relating to regulatory oversight by the PRC government. This may significantly limit our ability to search for candidates
for our initial business combination. In particular, changes in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the
PRC government may be adopted quickly with little advance notice. The Chinese government may also intervene or influence our search for
a target business or the completion of an initial business combination at any time through our directors and officers who have significant
ties to China. This could significantly and negatively impact our search for a target business and/or the value of the securities we
are offering for sale. Based on our understanding of the current PRC laws and regulations, our company is not required to obtain any
prior permission from any PRC governmental authorities for this offering. Accordingly, as of the date of this prospectus, we have not
applied or received any permission or approvals for this offering and our search for an initial business combination target company post
offering. If applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and require us and/or our directors and officers to obtain such
permissions or approvals in the future, Chinese regulatory agencies (a) may impose fines and penalties on our officers and directors
and (b) may also take actions requiring our directors and officers, or making it advisable for our directors and officers, to terminate
this offering before settlement and delivery of our units or delay our potential business combination and therefore, we may have to liquidate
the funds held in the trust account (in which case our rights may be worthless). Any uncertainties and/or negative publicity regarding
such an approval requirement could result in materially adversely affecting our business, financial condition, results of operations,
reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our securities or the continued listing on a U.S. stock exchange.
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6.
In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) over data security, pl
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July 26, 2022
Taylor Zhang
Chief Executive Officer
TenX Keane Acquisition
500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 938
New York, NY 10110
Re:TenX Keane Acquisition
Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed May 24, 2022
File No. 333-256271
Dear Mr. Zhang:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply 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 these comments, we may have additional comments.
Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed May 24, 2022
General
1.With a view toward disclosure, please tell us whether your sponsor is, is controlled by, or
has substantial ties with a non-U.S. person. If so, also include risk factor disclosure that
addresses how this fact could impact your ability to complete your initial business
combination. For instance, discuss the risk to investors that you may not be able to
complete an initial business combination with a target company should the transaction be
subject to review by a U.S. government entity, such as the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited. Disclose that as a
result, the pool of potential targets with which you could complete an initial business
combination may be limited. Further, disclose that the time necessary for government
review of the transaction or a decision to prohibit the transaction could prevent you from
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completing an initial business combination and require you to liquidate. Disclose the
consequences of liquidation to investors, such as the losses of the investment opportunity
in a target company, any price appreciation in the combined company, and the warrants,
which would expire worthless.
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2.Given the significant ties that a majority of your officers and directors have to China,
please provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated with
this fact. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material
change in your search for a target company.
Prospectus Summary, page 1
3.In your summary of risk factors, disclose the risk that having a majority of your officers
and directors with significant ties to China poses to investors. In particular, describe the
significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks with cross-references to the more
detailed discussion of these risks in the prospectus. For example, specifically discuss risks
arising from the legal system in China, including risks and uncertainties regarding the
enforcement of laws and that rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little
advance notice, and the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your
search for a target company or completion of your initial business combination at any
time, which could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of the
securities you are registering for sale.
4.Disclose each permission or approval that your officers and directors are required to
obtain from Chinese authorities to search for a target company. State whether your
officers and directors are covered by permissions requirements from the China Securities
Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) or any
other governmental agency, and state affirmatively whether the officers and directors have
received all requisite permissions or approvals and whether any permissions or approvals
have been denied. Please also describe the consequences to you and your investors if
your officers and directors: (i) do not receive or maintain such permissions or approvals,
(ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, or (iii)
applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and you or your officers and
directors are required to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future.
Risk Factors, page 25
5.Given the Chinese government’s significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of
your directors’ and officers’ search for a target company, please revise to highlight
separately the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your
operations at any time, which could result in a material change in your operations search
and/or the value of the securities you are registering.
6.In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace Administration of
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
July 26, 2022 Page 3
FirstName LastName
Taylor Zhang
TenX Keane Acquisition
July 26, 2022
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China (CAC) over data security, please revise your disclosure to explain how this
oversight impacts your officers and directors and to what extent you believe that you are
compliant with the regulations or policies that have been issued by the CAC to date.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors,
officers, advisors and their affiliates..., page 29
7.We note disclosure that your sponsor, officers, directors and affiliates may purchase
shares from public stockholders for the purpose of voting those shares in favor of a
proposed business combination, thereby increasing the likelihood of the completion of the
combination. Please explain how such purchases would comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act. Refer to Tender Offer Rules and Schedules
Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01 for guidance.
Financial Statements of TenX Keane Acquisition, page F-1
8.We note you have included interim financial statements for the period from January 1,
2022 to March 31, 2022. Please revise your filing to include a statement of operations, a
statement of changes in shareholders' deficit, and a statement of cash flows for the
comparable period of the preceding fiscal year (i.e. March 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021).
Please refer to Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X.
You may contact Jennifer Monick at 202-551-3295 or Bob Telewicz at 202-551-3438 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Mary Beth Breslin at 202-551-3625 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc: Liang Shih
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TenX
Keane Acquisition
500
Fifth Avenue, Suite 938
New
York, NY 10110
May
12, 2022
VIA
EDGAR
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Jennifer
Monick
Mary
Beth Breslin
Re:
TenX Keane Acquisition
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
Filed May 19, 2021
File No. 333-256271
Dear
Ms. Monick:
Reference
is made to our letter, filed as correspondence via EDGAR on May 11, 2022, in which we requested the acceleration of the effective date
of the above-referenced Registration Statement for Friday, May 13, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, in accordance with Rule 461 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We are no longer requesting that such Registration Statement be declared effective at this time
and we hereby formally withdraw our request for acceleration of the effective date.
Very truly yours,
/s/
Xiaofeng Yuan
Xiaofeng Yuan
Chief Executive Officer
cc:
The
Crone Law Group P.C.
Lucosky
Brookman, LLP
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Maxim
Group LLC
300 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10174
May
12, 2022
VIA
EDGAR
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Jennifer Monick
Mary
Beth Breslin
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Registration
Statement on Form S-1, as amended
Filed
May 19, 2021
File
No. 333-256271
Dear
Ms. Monick:
Reference
is made to our letter, filed as correspondence via EDGAR on May 11, 2022, in which we requested the acceleration of the effective date
of the above-referenced Registration Statement for Friday, May 13, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, in accordance with Rule 461 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We are no longer requesting that such Registration Statement be declared effective at this time
and we hereby formally withdraw our request for acceleration of the effective date.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Clifford Teller
Clifford
Teller
Co-President
cc:
The
Crone Law Group P.C.
TenX
Keane Acquisition
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TenX
Keane Acquisition
500
Fifth Avenue, Suite 938
New
York, NY 10110
May
11, 2022
VIA
EDGAR
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Jennifer Monick
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Registration
Statement on Form S-1, as amended
Filed
May 19, 2021
File
No. 333-256271
Dear
Ms. Monick:
Pursuant
to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, TenX Keane Acquisition hereby requests acceleration of effectiveness of the
above referenced Registration Statement so that it will become effective at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 13, 2022, or as soon as practicable
thereafter.
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Xiaofeng Yuan
Xiaofeng
Yuan
Chief
Executive Officer
cc:
The
Crone Law Group P.C.
Lucosky
Brookman, LLP
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Maxim
Group LLC
300 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10174
May
11, 2022
VIA
EDGAR
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Attention:
Jennifer Monick
Re:
TenX Keane Acquisition
Registration
Statement on Form S-1, as amended
File
No. 333- 256271
Dear
Ms. Monick:
Pursuant
to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), we, as representative of the underwriters
of the proposed public offering of securities of TenX Keane Acquisition (the “Company”), hereby join the Company’s
request that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 be accelerated so that it will be declared
effective at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 13, 2022, or as soon thereafter as possible.
Pursuant
to Rule 460 under the Securities Act, we, as representative of the underwriters, wish to advise you that there will be distributed to
each underwriter, who is reasonably anticipated to participate in the distribution of the security, as many copies of the proposed form
of preliminary prospectus as appears to be reasonable to secure adequate distribution of the preliminary prospectus.
The
undersigned advises that it has complied and will continue to comply, and that it has been informed by the participating underwriters
and dealers that they have complied with and will continue to comply, with the requirements of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Very
truly yours,
Maxim
Group LLC
By:
/s/
Clifford Teller
Name:
Clifford
Teller
Title:
Co-President
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TenX
Keane Acquisition
500
Fifth Avenue, Suite 938
New
York, NY 10110
VIA
EDGAR
March
8, 2022
U.S.
Securities & Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Real Estate & Construction
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attn:
Howard Efron
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed
August 20, 2021
File
No. 333-256271
Dear
Mr. Efron:
TenX
Keane Acquisition (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) hereby
transmits its response to the comment letter received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”), on September 13, 2021, regarding the above-referenced Amendment No. 2 to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Commission on August 20, 2021.
For
the Staff’s convenience, we have repeated below the Staff’s comments in bold, and have followed each comment with the Company’s
response. Disclosure changes made in response to the Staff’s comments have been made in the Amendment No. 3 to the Registration
Statement (“Amendment No. 3”), which is being filed to the Commission contemporaneously with the submission of this
letter. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Registration Statement.
Amendment
No. 2 to Form S-1 filed on August 20, 2021
Cover
Page
1.
We
note that your principal executive offices are located in China, a majority of your executive officers and directors are located
in or have significant ties to China or Hong Kong, and your disclosure that you are seeking to acquire a company that may be based
in Asia in an initial business combination. Please disclose this prominently on the prospectus cover page. Your disclosure also should
describe the legal and operational risks associated with being based in or acquiring a company that does business in China. Your
disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your or the target company’s post-combination
operations and/or the value of your ordinary shares or could significantly limit or completely hinder your ability to offer or continue
to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Your disclosure
should address how recent statements and regulatory actions by China’s government, such as those related to the use of variable
interest entities and data security or anti-monopoly concerns, has or may impact the company’s ability to conduct its business,
accept foreign investments, or list on an U.S. or other foreign exchange. Your prospectus summary should address, but not necessarily
be limited to, the risks highlighted on the prospectus cover page.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the cover page of Amendment No. 3 to reflect that our principal executive offices
have been relocated to New York, New York, and four of our five current executive officers, directors, and independent director nominees,
including our Chief Financial Officer, Dahe “Taylor” Zhang, and our independent director nominees, Joel Mayersohn, Briand
Hartzband, and Cathy Jiang, are either United States citizens or permanent residents based in the United States. Each of them has previously
resided in the United States for a significant period of time. Only Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Xiaofeng Yuan, is currently
located in or has significant ties to the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”), which we have
also disclosed on the cover page.
In
addition, the Company respectfully informs the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the prospectus to reflect that it intends
to focus its search initially on target businesses operating in Asia (excluding China). The Company will not undertake its initial business
combination with a target business with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
Prospectus
Summary, page 1
2.
Given
that you may be seeking to acquire a company that uses or may use a variable interest entity structure to conduct China-based operations,
please describe what that organizational structure would entail. Explain that the entity in which investors may hold their interest
may not be the entity or entities through which the company’s operations may be conducted in China after the business combination.
Discuss how this type of corporate structure may affect investors and the value of their investment, including how and why the contractual
arrangements may be less effective than direct ownership and that the company may incur substantial costs to enforce the terms of
the arrangements. Disclose the uncertainties regarding the status of the rights of a holding company with respect to its contractual
arrangements with a VIE, its founders and owners and the challenges the company may face enforcing these contractual agreements due
to uncertainties under Chinese law and jurisdictional limits
Response:
The Company respectfully informs the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the prospectus to reflect that it intends to focus its
search initially on target businesses operating in Asia (excluding China). The Company will not undertake its initial business combination
with a target business with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
3.
Although
we note your disclosure on page 23, in your summary of risk factors, please more specifically disclose the risks that being based
in or acquiring a company whose corporate structure or whose operations in China poses to investors. In particular, describe the
significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks with cross-references to the more detailed discussion of these risks in
the prospectus. For example, specifically discuss risks arising from the legal system in China, including risks and uncertainties
regarding the enforcement of laws and that rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice; and the
risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your operations at any time, or may exert more control over offerings
conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change in your operations and/or
the value of your ordinary shares. Acknowledge any risks that any actions by the Chinese government to exert more oversight and control
over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers could significantly limit or completely
hinder your ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly
decline or be worthless.
Response:
The Company respectfully informs the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the prospectus to reflect that it intends to focus its
search initially on target businesses operating in Asia (excluding China). The Company will not undertake its initial business combination
with a target business with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
4.
Disclose
each permission that you are required to obtain from Chinese authorities to operate and issue these securities to foreign investors.
State affirmatively whether you have received all requisite permissions and whether any permissions have been denied.
Response:
We respectfully advise the Staff that, as a Cayman Islands company currently with our principal executive offices relocated to New York,
New York, we are not required to obtain any permission from Chinese authorities to operate and issue securities to foreign investors
under any existing PRC law, regulations or rules, or any other relevant Chinese regulatory agencies that is required to approve of our
operations or issue securities to foreign investors.
5.
We
note your risk factor disclosure regarding foreign exchange and restrictions on distributions. Please revise your Prospectus Summary
to provide a clear description of how cash will be transferred through the post-combination organization if you acquire a company
based in China. Describe any restrictions on foreign exchange and your ability to transfer cash between entities, across borders,
and to U.S. investors that may apply after a business combination with a company based in China. Describe any restrictions and limitations
on your ability to distribute earnings from your businesses, including subsidiaries and/or consolidated VIEs, to the parent company
and U.S. investors as well as the ability to settle amounts owed under the VIE agreements
Response:
The Company respectfully informs the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the prospectus to reflect that it intends to focus its
search initially on target businesses operating in Asia (excluding China). The Company will not undertake its initial business combination
with a target business with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
6.
Disclose
that trading in your securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB determines that
it cannot inspect or fully investigate the auditor of a company you may target for an initial business combination, and that as a
result an exchange may determine to delist your securities.
Response:
We have revised pages 7 and 49 of Amendment No. 3 in response to the Staff’s comment. We respectfully advise the Staff that our
present auditor is subject to SEC and PCAOB inspections.
Risk
Factors, page 25
7.
To
the extent that you may acquire a company that uses or may use a variable interest entity structure to conduct China-based operations,
please expand your risk factors on pages 41 - 42 to acknowledge that if the PRC government determines that the contractual arrangements
constituting part of your VIE structure do not comply with PRC regulations, or if these regulations change or are interpreted differently
in the future, your shares may decline in value or be worthless if you are unable to assert your contractual control rights over
the assets of your PRC subsidiaries that may conduct all or substantially all of your operations.
Response:
The Company respectfully informs the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the prospectus to reflect that it intends to focus its
search initially on target businesses operating in Asia (excluding China). The Company will not undertake its initial business combination
with a target business with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
8.
Given
the Chinese government’s significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of your business and/or the business of any
China-based company that you may target for an initial business combination, please revise to separately highlight the risk that
the Chinese government may intervene or influence your operations at any time, which could result in a material change in your operations
and/or the value of your ordinary shares. Also, given recent statements by the Chinese government indicating an intent to exert more
oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China based issuers, acknowledge the
risk that any such action could significantly limit or completely hinder your ability to offer or continue to offer securities to
investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
Response:
The Company respectfully informs the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the prospectus to reflect that it intends to focus its
search initially on target businesses operating in Asia (excluding China). The Company will not undertake its initial business combination
with a target business with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
9.
In
light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace Administration of China over data security, particularly for
companies seeking to list on a foreign exchange, please expand your disclosure on pages 48 - 49 to explain how this oversight could
impact the process of searching for a target and completing an initial business combination.
Response:
The Company respectfully informs the Staff that it has revised the disclosure in the prospectus to reflect that it intends to focus its
search initially on target businesses operating in Asia (excluding China). The Company will not undertake its initial business combination
with a target business with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
We
thank the Staff in advance for its review of the foregoing and the Registration Statement. If you have further comments, please feel
free to contact to our counsel, Liang Shih, Esq., at lshih@cronelawgroup.com or by telephone at (216) 387-0823.
Sincerely,
/s/ Xiaofeng Yuan
Xiaofeng
Yuan
Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
cc:
Liang
Shih, Esq.
The
Crone Law Group P.C.
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Taylor Zhang
Chief Executive Officer
TenX Keane Acquisition
No.99, Tiangu 7th Road
Yanta District
Xi’an City, Shanxi Province, China 71000
Re:TenX Keane Acquisition
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed August 20, 2021
File No. 333-256271
Dear Mr. Zhang:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply 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 these comments, we may have additional comments.
Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 filed on August 20, 2021
Cover Page
1.We note that your principal executive offices are located in China, a majority of your
executive officers and directors are located in or have significant ties to China or Hong
Kong, and your disclosure that you are seeking to acquire a company that may be based in
Asia in an initial business combination. Please disclose this prominently on the prospectus
cover page. Your disclosure also should describe the legal and operational risks associated
with being based in or acquiring a company that does business in China. Your disclosure
should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your or the
target company’s post-combination operations and/or the value of your ordinary shares or
could significantly limit or completely hinder your ability to offer or continue to offer
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
September 13, 2021 Page 2
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
TenX Keane Acquisition
September 13, 2021
Page 2
securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be
worthless. Your disclosure should address how recent statements and regulatory actions
by China’s government, such as those related to the use of variable interest entities and
data security or anti-monopoly concerns, has or may impact the company’s ability to
conduct its business, accept foreign investments, or list on an U.S. or other foreign
exchange. Your prospectus summary should address, but not necessarily be limited to, the
risks highlighted on the prospectus cover page.
Prospectus Summary, page 1
2.Given that you may be seeking to acquire a company that uses or may use a variable
interest entity structure to conduct China-based operations, please describe what that
organizational structure would entail. Explain that the entity in which investors may hold
their interest may not be the entity or entities through which the company’s operations
may be conducted in China after the business combination. Discuss how this type of
corporate structure may affect investors and the value of their investment, including how
and why the contractual arrangements may be less effective than direct ownership and that
the company may incur substantial costs to enforce the terms of the arrangements.
Disclose the uncertainties regarding the status of the rights of a holding company with
respect to its contractual arrangements with a VIE, its founders and owners and the
challenges the company may face enforcing these contractual agreements due to
uncertainties under Chinese law and jurisdictional limits.
3.Although we note your disclosure on page 23, in your summary of risk factors, please
more specifically disclose the risks that being based in or acquiring a company whose
corporate structure or whose operations in China poses to investors. In particular, describe
the significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks with cross-references to the
more detailed discussion of these risks in the prospectus. For example, specifically discuss
risks arising from the legal system in China, including risks and uncertainties regarding
the enforcement of laws and that rules and regulations in China can change quickly with
little advance notice; and the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence
your operations at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas
and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change
in your operations and/or the value of your ordinary shares. Acknowledge any risks that
any actions by the Chinese government to exert more oversight and control over offerings
that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers could
significantly limit or completely hinder your ability to offer or continue to offer securities
to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
4.Disclose each permission that you are required to obtain from Chinese authorities to
operate and issue these securities to foreign investors. State affirmatively whether you
have received all requisite permissions and whether any permissions have been denied.
5.We note your risk factor disclosure regarding foreign exchange and restrictions on
distributions. Please revise your Prospectus Summary to provide a clear description of
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
September 13, 2021 Page 3
FirstName LastName
Taylor Zhang
TenX Keane Acquisition
September 13, 2021
Page 3
how cash will be transferred through the post-combination organization if you acquire a
company based in China. Describe any restrictions on foreign exchange and your ability
to transfer cash between entities, across borders, and to U.S. investors that may apply after
a business combination with a company based in China. Describe any restrictions and
limitations on your ability to distribute earnings from your businesses, including
subsidiaries and/or consolidated VIEs, to the parent company and U.S. investors as well as
the ability to settle amounts owed under the VIE agreements.
6.Disclose that trading in your securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign
Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully
investigate the auditor of a company you may target for an initial business combination,
and that as a result an exchange may determine to delist your securities.
Risk Factors, page 25
7.To the extent that you may acquire a company that uses or may use a variable interest
entity structure to conduct China-based operations, please expand your risk factors on
pages 41 - 42 to acknowledge that if the PRC government determines that the contractual
arrangements constituting part of your VIE structure do not comply with PRC regulations,
or if these regulations change or are interpreted differently in the future, your shares may
decline in value or be worthless if you are unable to assert your contractual control rights
over the assets of your PRC subsidiaries that may conduct all or substantially all of your
operations.
8.Given the Chinese government’s significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of
your business and/or the business of any China-based company that you may target for an
initial business combination, please revise to separately highlight the risk that the Chinese
government may intervene or influence your operations at any time, which could result in
a material change in your operations and/or the value of your ordinary shares. Also, given
recent statements by the Chinese government indicating an intent to exert more oversight
and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-
based issuers, acknowledge the risk that any such action could significantly limit or
completely hinder your ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and
cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
9.In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace Administration of
China over data security, particularly for companies seeking to list on a foreign exchange,
please expand your disclosure on pages 48 - 49 to explain how this oversight could impact
the process of searching for a target and completing an initial business combination.
FirstName LastNameTaylor Zhang
Comapany NameTenX Keane Acquisition
September 13, 2021 Page 4
FirstName LastName
Taylor Zhang
TenX Keane Acquisition
September 13, 2021
Page 4
You may contact Howard Efron at 202-551-3439 or Jennifer Monick at 202-551-3295 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Jennifer Gowetski at 202-551-3401 or Mary Beth Breslin at 202-551-3625 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc: Richard I. Anslow
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TenX
Keane Acquisition
No.99,
Tiangu 7th Road
Yanta
District
Xi’an
City, Shanxi Province, China 71000
VIA
EDGAR
August 20,
2021
U.S.
Securities & Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Real Estate & Construction
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attn:
Howard Efron
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed
June 30, 2021
File
No. 333-256271
Dear
Mr. Efron:
TenX
Keane Acquisition (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) hereby
transmits our response to the comment letter received from the staff (the “Staff,” “you”
or “your”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), on July 19, 2021,
regarding Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) submitted to
the Commission on June 30, 2021.
For
your convenience, we have repeated below your comments in bold, and have followed each comment with our response.
Disclosure changes made in response to your comments have been made in the Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment
No. 2”), which is being filed to the Commission contemporaneously with the submission of this letter. Capitalized terms used
but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Registration Statement.
Amended
Form S-1 filed June 30, 2021
Risk
Factors, page 25
1.
We
note your disclosure on pages 38-42 regarding risks associated with acquiring and operating a business outside of the U.S. We further
note the location of your principal executive offices and your disclosure that you may acquire a company located in Asia, including
China. Please expand your risk factor disclosure to describe more specifically the risks that arise from these circumstances, including
risks to which you are subject, or may become subject, as a result of acquiring and operating a business in China. For guidance,
please refer to CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic 10, Disclosure of Considerations for China-Based Issuers (November 23, 2020). Please
also expand your disclosure to address specifically any PRC regulations concerning mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors
that your initial business combination transaction may be subject to, including PRC regulatory reviews, which may impact your ability
to complete a business combination in the prescribed time period.
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Response:
We respectfully advise you that we have expanded the risk factor disclosure from page 38 to page 53 of the Amendment No.
2 to the Registration Statement, which discusses the risks that arise from the location of its principal executive offices and its disclosure
relating to acquiring a company located in Asia, including China, including risks to which the company is subject to, or may become subject
to, as a result of acquiring and operating a business in China. We have further expanded our disclosure to address specifically any PRC
regulations concerning mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors that our initial business combination transaction may be subject
to, including PRC regulatory reviews, which may impact our ability to complete a business combination in the prescribed time period.
We
thank you for your review of the foregoing and the Registration Statement. If you have further comments, please feel free to contact
to our counsel, Richard I. Anslow, Esq., at ranslow@egsllp.com or by telephone at (212) 370-1300.
Sincerely,
/s/
Xiaofeng Yuan
Xiofeng
Yuan
Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
cc:
Richard
I. Anslow, Esq.
Ellenoff
Grossman & Schole LLP
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July 19, 2021
Taylor Zhang
Chief Executive Officer
TenX Keane Acquisition
No.99, Tiangu 7th Road
Yanta District
Xi’an City, Shanxi Province, China 71000
Re:TenX Keane Acquisition
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed June 30, 2021
File No. 333-256271
Dear Mr. Zhang:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following comment.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our 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 these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our June 15, 2021 letter.
Amended Form S-1 filed June 30, 2021
Risk Factors, page 25
1.We note your disclosure on pages 38-42 regarding risks associated with acquiring and
operating a business outside of the U.S. We further note the location of your principal
executive offices and your disclosure that you may acquire a company located in Asia,
including China. Please expand your risk factor disclosure to describe more specifically
the risks that arise from these circumstances, including risks to which you are subject, or
may become subject, as a result of acquiring and operating a business in China. For
guidance, please refer to CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic 10, Disclosure of Considerations
for China-Based Issuers (November 23, 2020). Please also expand your disclosure to
address specifically any PRC regulations concerning mergers and acquisitions by foreign
investors that your initial business combination transaction may be subject to, including
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PRC regulatory reviews, which may impact your ability to complete a business
combination in the prescribed time period.
You may contact Howard Efron at 202-551-3439 or Jennifer Monick at 202-551-3295 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Jennifer Gowetski at 202-551-3401 or Mary Beth Breslin at 202-551-3625 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc: Richard I. Anslow
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TenX
Keane Acquisition
No.99,
Tiangu 7th Road
Yanta
District
Xi’an
City, Shanxi Province, China 71000
VIA
EDGAR
June
29, 2021
U.S.
Securities & Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Real Estate & Construction
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attn:
Howard Efron
Re:
TenX
Keane Acquisition
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
Filed
May 19, 2021
File
No. 333-256271
Dear
Mr. Efron:
TenX
Keane Acquisition (the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) hereby
transmits the Company’s response to the comment letter received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), dated June 15, 2021, regarding Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the
“Registration Statement”) submitted to the Commission on May 19, 2021.
For
the Staff’s convenience, we have repeated below the Staff’s comments in bold, and have followed each comment with the Company’s
response. Disclosure changes made in response to the Staff’s comments have been made in the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement (“Amendment No. 1”), which is being filed to the Commission contemporaneously with the submission of this
letter. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Registration Statement.
Form
S-1 filed May 19, 2021
The
Offering, page 8
1.
We
note your disclosure on page 10 and throughout that your sponsor will own 20% of your issued and outstanding shares after this offering.
We further note the principal shareholders table on page 105 indicates that your founders’ shares will represent 23.8% of your
outstanding shares. Please revise to reconcile this disclosure.
The
Company respectfully advises the Staff that the disclosure on page 10 and throughout the body of the prospectus that our sponsor
will own 20% of our issued and outstanding shares after this offering. This percentage excludes the private placement shares. The
principal shareholder table on page 105 that indicates that our founders’ shares will represent 23.8% of the issued and outstanding
shares includes the private placement shares. The Company has revised the prospectus to disclose the founders’ shares percentage
with and without the private placement shares.
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Summary
of Risk Factors, page 23
2.
We
note your disclosure on page 23 refers to “exclusive forum provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.”
Please revise to provide more specific disclosure elsewhere in the prospectus describing the exclusive forum provisions, clarify
whether such provisions apply to claims under the Securities Act and/or the Exchange Act and describe the risks to investors from
such provisions.
The
Company respectfully advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on page 23 and throughout the prospectus which refers to “exclusive
forum provisions in the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation” to provide more specific disclosure
elsewhere in the prospectus describing the exclusive forum provisions, clarifying that such provisions apply to claims under the Securities
Act and/or the Exchange Act and describing the risks to investors of such provisions.
We
thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing and the Registration Statement. If you have further comments, please feel free to contact
to our counsel, Richard I. Anslow, at ranslow@egsllp.com or by telephone at (212) 370-1300.
Sincerely,
/s/
Taylor Zhang
Taylor
Zhang
Chief
Executive Officer
cc:
Richard
I. Anslow, Esq.
Ellenoff
Grossman & Schole LLP
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2021-06-16 - UPLOAD - CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC.
United States securities and exchange commission logo
June 15, 2021
Taylor Zhang
Chief Executive Officer
TenX Keane Acquisition
No.99, Tiangu 7th Road
Yanta District
Xi’an City, Shanxi Province, China 71000
Re:TenX Keane Acquisition
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed May 19, 2021
File No. 333-256271
Dear Mr. Zhang:
We have reviewed your registration statement and have the following comments. In
some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply 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 these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form S-1 filed May 19, 2021
The Offering, page 8
1.We note your disclosure on page 10 and throughout that your sponsor will own 20% of
your issued and outstanding shares after this offering. We further note the principal
shareholders table on page 105 indicates that your founders’ shares will represent 23.8%
of your outstanding shares. Please revise to reconcile this disclosure.
Summary of Risk Factors, page 23
2.We note your disclosure on page 23 refers to “exclusive forum provisions in our amended
and restated certificate of incorporation.” Please revise to provide more specific
disclosure elsewhere in the prospectus describing the exclusive forum provisions, clarify
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TenX Keane Acquisition
June 15, 2021
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whether such provisions apply to claims under the Securities Act and/or the Exchange Act
and describe the risks to investors from such provisions.
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.
You may contact Howard Efron at 202-551-3439 or Jennifer Monick at 202-551-3295 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Jennifer Gowetski at 202-551-3401 or Mary Beth Breslin at 202-551-3625 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc: Richard I. Anslow