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2025-07-07
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2025-08-01
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2025-07-31
STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
References: July 30, 2025
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2025-06-12
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2025-04-11
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| Date | Type | Company | Location | File No | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-05 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-08-05 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-08-01 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-31 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-31 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-30 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-07 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-06-23 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-06-12 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-04-21 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-04-11 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-03-28 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-03-05 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| Date | Type | Company | Location | File No | Link |
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| 2025-07-31 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-30 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-06-23 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-04-21 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| 2025-03-28 | SEC Comment Letter | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | 377-07762 | Read Filing View |
| Date | Type | Company | Location | File No | Link |
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| 2025-08-05 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-08-05 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-08-01 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-31 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-07-07 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-06-12 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-04-11 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
| 2025-03-05 | Company Response | STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP | Cayman Islands | N/A | Read Filing View |
2025-08-05 - CORRESP - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm August 5, 2025 VIA EDGAR Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate and Construction 100 F. Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Ms. Isabel Rivera and Ms. Pam Howell Re: STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-287976) Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness Dear Ms. Rivera and Ms. Howell : In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), A.G.P./ALLIANCE GLOBAL PARTNERS, as representative of the several underwriters, hereby joins STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP (the "Company") in requesting that the Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to cause the Registration Statement to become effective on August 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such other time as the Company or its outside counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective. 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 several underwriters are aware of their obligations under and confirm that they are complying with the provisions of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the delivery requirement contained in such Rule. Very truly yours, A.G.P./ALLIANCE GLOBAL PARTNERS By: /s/ Thomas J. Higgins Name: Thomas J. Higgins Title: Managing Director cc: Arila Zhou, Esq. Robinson & Cole LLP
2025-08-05 - CORRESP - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
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STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
August 5, 2025
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn:
Isabel Rivera
Pam Howell
Ameen Hamady
Kristina Marrone
Re:
STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
(Registration No. 333-287976)
Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness
Dear Ms. Rivera, Ms. Howell, Mr. Hamady and Ms. Marrone,
Pursuant to Rule 461 of Regulation
C ("Rule 461") promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP (the "Company")
hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (the "S-1 Registration
Statement"), be accelerated to, and that the S-1 Registration Statement become effective at, 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time on August 7,
2025 or as soon thereafter as practicable.
If there is any change in
the acceleration request set forth above, the Company will promptly notify you of the change, in which case the Company may be making
an oral request of acceleration of the effectiveness of the S-1 Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461. Such request may be
made by an executive officer of the Company or by any attorney from the Company's U.S. counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP.
The Company understands that
the representative of the underwriters, on behalf of the prospective underwriters of the offering, has joined in this request in a separate
letter filed with the Commission today.
[Signature page follows]
Very truly yours,
STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
By:
/s/
Yan Liang
Name:
Yan Liang
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of Board
2025-08-01 - CORRESP - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office
Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China
Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900
Jia Yan
Tel: 86.21.6137.7980
jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com
August 1, 2025
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Isabel Rivera Pam Howell Ameen Hamady Kristina Marrone
Re:
STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed July 31, 2025
File No. 333-287976
Dear Ms. Rivera, Ms. Howell, Mr. Hamady and Ms. Marrone,
On behalf of our client, STARRY
SEA ACQUISITION CORP, a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), we submit to the staff (the "Staff") of the Division
of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") this letter setting forth the Company's
responses to the comments contained in the Staff's letter dated July 31, 2025 (the "Comment Letter"), with respect to
the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 12, 2025 (as amended on July 7, 2025, July 25,
2025 and July 31, 2025, the "Registration Statement").
Concurrently with the transmission
of this letter, the Company is filing Amendment No.4 to the Registration Statement (the "Amendment") with the Commission through
EDGAR, which reflects the Company's responses to the comments provided by the Staff and certain updated information. For ease of
reference, each comment contained in the Comment Letter is printed below and is followed by the Company's response. All page references
in the responses set forth below refer to the page numbers in the Registration Statement.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com
Amendment No. 3 to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed July 31, 2025
Exhibits
1.
We note the revised legality opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1. We note that certain provisions of the directors' certificate, upon which counsel relied without further
verification, either assume away the relevant issue or assume away facts that underlie the opinion or are readily
ascertainable. For instance, we note paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, and 17. Please revise to remove these provisions or
advise. Refer to Section II.B.3.a of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19.
Response : The Company respectfully
acknowledges the Staff's comment and has filed an amended Cayman Islands counsel opinion (including a revised director's certificate)
accordingly. The Company further advises that, pursuant to its Cayman Islands legal counsel, Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (" Maples "),
most of the paragraphs identified in the Staff's comment have been removed. However, the latter portion of paragraph 3 (which does
not conflict with the Staff's comments) and the entirety of former paragraph 10 (now renumbered as paragraph 8) have been reinstated.
With respect to former paragraph 10
(now paragraph 8), Maples respectfully advises the Staff as follows:
(a) While public searches in the Cayman Islands (e.g., court register, director register) may confirm certain
aspects of a company's status, they do not disclose whether there are pending legal, arbitral, or administrative proceedings, nor
do they reveal whether internal steps have been taken toward liquidation, restructuring, or the appointment of a receiver. Many of these
actions-particularly those initiated internally by directors or shareholders, such as the passage of resolutions to wind up the
company-may not be reflected in the public record until formal filings are made and accepted by the Cayman court;
(b) Accordingly, factual confirmation from the Company's directors is necessary to establish that the
Company is not subject to any such proceedings or internal actions that may affect its legal status or capacity. The purpose of the language
in former paragraph 10 (now renumbered as paragraph 8) is not to assume or imply that the Company is involved in insolvency or bankruptcy
proceedings-which would be inconsistent with applicable regulatory requirements-but rather to confirm the absence of such
matters. This confirmation is a statement of fact, not a legal assumption, and is essential to support the legal opinion that the Company
is in good standing and has the requisite capacity and authority to enter into the relevant transactions.
Please
do not hesitate to contact Jia Yan at 86 (021) 6137-7980 or jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com, or Tianze Ma at 86 (010) 8572-1117 or tianze.ma@pillsburylaw.com
of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP with any questions or comments regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/s/
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
cc:
Yan
Liang, Chief Executive Officer
Kong
Wai Yap, Chief Financial Officer
2025-07-31 - CORRESP - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com July 31, 2025 VIA EDGAR United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Isabel Rivera Pam Howell Ameen Hamady Kristina Marrone Re: STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed July 25, 2025 CIK No. 0002059165 Dear Ms. Rivera, Ms. Howell, Mr. Hamady and Ms. Marrone, On behalf of our client, STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP, a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), we submit to the staff (the "Staff") of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") this letter setting forth the Company's responses to the comments contained in the Staff's letter dated July 30, 2025 (the "Comment Letter"), with respect to the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 12, 2025 (as amended on July 7, 2025 and July 25, 2025, the "Registration Statement"). Concurrently with the transmission of this letter, the Company is filing Amendment No.3 to the Registration Statement (the "Amendment") with the Commission through EDGAR, which reflects the Company's responses to the comments provided by the Staff and certain updated information. For ease of reference, each comment contained in the Comment Letter is printed below and is followed by the Company's response. All page references in the responses set forth below refer to the page numbers in the Registration Statement. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed July 25, 2025 Exhibits 1. Please file an amended Cayman Islands counsel opinion to remove inappropriate assumptions or explain. For example, see assumption 2.10 and assumption 2.12 as it relates to par value. It is not appropriate for counsel to include in its opinion assumptions that assume any of the material facts underlying the opinion. Refer to Section II.B.3.a of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19. Please also attach the Directors' Certificate to the legality opinion. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has filed an amended Cayman Islands counsel opinion accordingly. In addition, the Directors' Certificate has been attached to the amended legal opinion. 2. The trust account termination letter attached as Exhibit A to the Investment Management Trust Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.2 states that " . . . counsel for the Company shall deliver to you written notification that the Business Combination has been consummated, or will be consummated substantially, concurrently with your transfer of funds . . ." Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2(a) states that "[a]t least 90% of the gross proceeds . . . must be deposited in a trust account maintained by an independent trustee." It is unclear how the release of funds earlier than the consummation of the initial business combination would comport with this listing standard. We also note that the disclosure is inconsistent with the disclosure in the prospectus, which states proceeds will not be released until "the completion of our initial business combination within the required time period." Please reconcile the disclosure and advise how this is consistent with the Nasdaq Listing Rule. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised Exhibit A to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.2, to remove the language ", or will be consummated substantially, concurrently with your transfer of funds." Please do not hesitate to contact Jia Yan at 86 (021) 6137-7980 or jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com, or Tianze Ma at 86 (010) 8572-1117 or tianze.ma@pillsburylaw.com of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP with any questions or comments regarding this letter. Sincerely, /s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP cc: Yan Liang, Chief Executive Officer Kong Wai Yap, Chief Financial Officer
2025-07-31 - UPLOAD - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP File: 377-07762
<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> July 31, 2025 Kong Wai Yap Chief Financial Officer Starry Sea Acquisition Corp 418 Broadway #7531 Albany, NY 12207 Re: Starry Sea Acquisition Corp Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed July 31, 2025 File No. 333-287976 Dear Kong Wai Yap: 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 the 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 July 30, 2025 letter. Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed July 31, 2025 Exhibits 1. We note the revised legality opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1. We note that certain provisions of the directors' certificate, upon which counsel relied without further verification, either assume away the relevant issue or assume away facts that underlie the opinion or are readily ascertainable. For instance, we note paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, and 17. Please revise to remove these provisions or advise. Refer to Section II.B.3.a of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19. July 31, 2025 Page 2 Please contact Ameen Hamady at 202-551-3891 or Shannon Menjivar at 202-551- 3856 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Isabel Rivera at 202-551-3518 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction cc: Yanqiu Liu </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>
2025-07-30 - UPLOAD - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP File: 377-07762
<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> July 30, 2025 Kong Wai Yap Chief Financial Officer Starry Sea Acquisition Corp 418 Broadway #7531 Albany, NY 12207 Re: Starry Sea Acquisition Corp Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed July 25, 2025 File No. 333-287976 Dear Kong Wai Yap: 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 June 23, 2025 letter. Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed July 25, 2025 Exhibits 1. Please file an amended Cayman Islands counsel opinion to remove inappropriate assumptions or explain. For example, see assumption 2.10 and assumption 2.12 as it relates to par value. It is not appropriate for counsel to include in its opinion assumptions that assume any of the material facts underlying the opinion. Refer to Section II.B.3.a of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19. Please also attach the Directors' Certificate to the legality opinion. 2. The trust account termination letter attached as Exhibit A to the Investment Management Trust Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.2 states that " . . . counsel for the Company shall deliver to you written notification that the Business Combination has been consummated, or will be consummated substantially, concurrently with your July 30, 2025 Page 2 transfer of funds . . ." Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2(a) states that [a]t least 90% of the gross proceeds . . . must be deposited in a trust account maintained by an independent trustee. It is unclear how the release of funds earlier than the consummation of the initial business combination would comport with this listing standard. We also note that the disclosure is inconsistent with the disclosure in the prospectus, which states proceeds will not be released until "the completion of our initial business combination within the required time period." Please reconcile the disclosure and advise how this is consistent with the Nasdaq Listing Rule. Please contact Ameen Hamady at 202-551-3891 or Kristina Marrone at 202-551-3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Isabel Rivera at 202-551-3518 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction cc: Yanqiu Liu </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>
2025-07-07 - CORRESP - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com July 7, 2025 VIA EDGAR United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Isabel Rivera Pam Howell Ameen Hamady Kristina Marrone Re: STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed June 12, 2025 CIK No. 0002059165 Dear Ms. Rivera, Ms. Howell, Mr. Hamady and Ms. Marrone, On behalf of our client, STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP, a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), we submit to the staff (the "Staff") of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") this letter setting forth the Company's responses to the comments contained in the Staff's letter dated June 23, 2025 (the "Comment Letter"), with respect to the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on June 12, 2025 (the "Registration Statement"). Concurrently with the transmission of this letter, the Company is filing the Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement (the "Amendment") with the Commission through EDGAR, which reflects the Company's responses to the comments provided by the Staff and certain updated information. For ease of reference, each comment contained in the Comment Letter is printed below and is followed by the Company's response. All page references in the responses set forth below refer to the page numbers in the Registration Statement. Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed June 12, 2025 Risk Factors Risks Associated with Our Business Our letter agreement with our sponsor, officers and directors may be amended without shareholder approval., page 52 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com 1. We note your disclosure in response to prior comment 4. Please expand your disclosure to address the difficulty that a replacement sponsor may have in finding a business combination target. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on page 52 of the Amendment accordingly. Executive Officer and Director Compensation, page 129 2. We note the form of the employment agreement filed as Exhibit 10.8 and the form of the director service agreement filed as Exhibit 10.9. Please revise this section to clearly disclose any compensation arrangements that have been entered into or that will be entered into after the completion of this offering with the executive officers and directors. See Item 402 of Regulation S-K. Please also revise the cover page, summary, and the table on page 128 as required by Items 1602(a)(3), 1602(b)(6), and 1603(a)(6) of Regulation S-K. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and advises that, other than the share-based compensation arrangements disclosed on the cover page, in the summary section, and in the table on page 129 of the Amendment, there are no additional compensation arrangements that have been entered into or are currently contemplated to be entered into with the Company's executive officers or directors following the completion of this offering. General 3. We note the exclusive forum provision in the form of the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Please provide clear disclosure of this provision, including whether it applies to federal securities law claims, and any risks to shareholders. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has provided disclosures on pages 60, 61 and 151 of the Amendment accordingly. Please do not hesitate to contact Jia Yan at 86 (021) 6137-7980 or jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com, or Tianze Ma at 86 (010) 8572-1117 or tianze.ma@pillsburylaw.com of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP with any questions or comments regarding this letter. Sincerely, /s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP cc: Yan Liang, Chief Executive Officer Kong Wai Yap, Chief Financial Officer
2025-06-23 - UPLOAD - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP File: 377-07762
<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> June 23, 2025 Kong Wai Yap Chief Financial Officer Starry Sea Acquisition Corp 418 Broadway #7531 Albany, NY 12207 Re: Starry Sea Acquisition Corp Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed June 12, 2025 File No. 333-287976 Dear Kong Wai Yap: We have reviewed your registration statement and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our April 21, 2025 letter on your draft registration statement. Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed June 12, 2025 Risk Factors Risks Associated with Our Business Our letter agreement with our sponsor, officers and directors may be amended without shareholder approval., page 52 1. We note your disclosure in response to prior comment 4. Please expand your disclosure to address the difficulty that a replacement sponsor may have in finding a business combination target. Executive Officer and Director Compensation, page 129 2. We note the form of the employment agreement filed as Exhibit 10.8 and the form of the director service agreement filed as Exhibit 10.9. Please revise this section to June 23, 2025 Page 2 clearly disclose any compensation arrangements that have been entered into or that will be entered into after the completion of this offering with the executive officers and directors. See Item 402 of Regulation S-K. Please also revise the cover page, summary, and the table on page 128 as required by Items 1602(a)(3), 1602(b)(6), and 1603(a)(6) of Regulation S-K. General 3. We note the exclusive forum provision in the form of the second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Please provide clear disclosure of this provision, including whether it applies to federal securities law claims, and any risks to shareholders. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. Please contact Ameen Hamady at 202-551-3891 or Kristina Marrone at 202-551-3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Isabel Rivera at 202-551-3518 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction cc: Jia Yan </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>
2025-06-12 - CORRESP - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com June 12, 2025 VIA EDGAR United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Isabel Rivera Pam Howell Ameen Hamady Kristina Marrone Re: STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted April 11, 2025 CIK No. 0002059165 Dear Ms. Rivera, Ms. Howell, Mr. Hamady and Ms. Marrone, On behalf of our client, STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP, a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), we submit to the staff (the "Staff") of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") this letter setting forth the Company's responses to the comments contained in the Staff's letter dated April 21, 2025 (the "Comment Letter"), with respect to the Company's draft registration statement on Form S-1 submitted confidentially with the Commission on March 5, 2025 (as amended on April 11, 2025, the "Draft Registration Statement"). Concurrently with the transmission of this letter, the Company is publicly filing its registration statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") with the Commission through EDGAR, which reflects the Company's responses to the comments provided by the Staff and certain updated information. For ease of reference, each comment contained in the Comment Letter is printed below and is followed by the Company's response. All page references in the responses set forth below refer to the page numbers in the Registration Statement. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 submitted April 11, 2025 Cover Page 1. We note your revisions in response to prior comment 3 and re-issue the comment in part. Please revise your disclosure to specifically address the legal and operational risks associated with a majority of your directors and officers based in or having significant ties to China, and make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your search for a target company and/or the value of the securities you are registering for sale. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page of the Registration Statement accordingly. Prospectus Summary Shareholder approval of, or tender offer in connection with, initial business combination, page 29 2. We note your disclosure in response to prior comment 7. However, we continue to note disclosure throughout the prospectus that all shares purchased in or after this offering will be voted in favor of the business combination. Please revise your disclosure throughout the prospectus to note how such purchases will comply with Rule 14e-5. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 18, 24, 29, 55, 65, 117 and 143 and throughout the Registration Statement accordingly. Risk Factors, page 42 3. We note the disclosure on page 139 that in order to facilitate your initial business combination your sponsor may surrender or forfeit, transfer or exchange your founder shares, private placement units or any of your other securities, including for no consideration, as well as subject any such securities to earn-outs or other restrictions, or otherwise amend the terms of any such securities or enter into any other arrangements with respect to any such securities. Please add risk factor disclosure about risks that may arise from the sponsor having the ability to remove itself as your sponsor before identifying a business combination, including through the unconditional ability to transfer the founder shares or otherwise. Please also revise the disclosure on page 18 regarding transfer restrictions for consistency. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on page 18 and added the risk factor disclosure on page 52 of the Registration Statement accordingly . 2 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com If we were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance . . ., page 56 4. We note your response to prior comment 9 and re-issue the comment in part. Please revise your risk factor disclosure to state that you will update your disclosure if the facts and circumstances underlying your analysis change over time. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on page 57 of the Registration Statement accordingly. Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page F-9 5. We note your response to prior comment 14. You identify formation and operating costs as a key measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by your CODM. However, it does not appear that this income statement line item represents a measure of segment profit or loss for purposes of ASC 280. Given that management has determined that the company only has one operating segment and that the CODM reviews the operating results for the company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance, it appears that consolidated net income or loss would be the key measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the CODM. Please revise your disclosure or tell us why you believe a revision is not necessary. Note that if the CODM uses more than one measure of segment profit or loss, the measure required to be disclosed shall be that which is determined in accordance with the measurement principles most consistent with those used measuring the corresponding amounts in the consolidated financial statements. Additional measures of segment profit or loss may be disclosed voluntarily. Refer to ASC 280-10-50-28A through 50-28C. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on page F-14 of the Registration Statement accordingly. 6. Please revise your segment disclosure to disclose significant segment expenses and other segment items for each reported measure of segment profit or loss. Refer to ASC 280-10-50-26A and 50-26B. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on page F-14 of the Registration Statement accordingly. 3 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com Please do not hesitate to contact Jia Yan at 86 (021) 6137-7980 or jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com, or Tianze Ma at 86 (010) 8572-1117 or tianze.ma@pillsburylaw.com of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP with any questions or comments regarding this letter. Sincerely, /s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP cc: Yan Liang, Chief Executive Officer Kong Wai Yap, Chief Financial Officer 4
2025-04-21 - UPLOAD - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP File: 377-07762
<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> April 21, 2025 Kong Wai Yap Chief Financial Officer STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP 418 Broadway #7531 Albany, NY 12207 Re: STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted April 11, 2025 CIK No. 0002059165 Dear Kong Wai Yap: We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to this letter and your amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our March 28, 2025 letter. Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 submitted April 11, 2025 Cover Page 1. We note your revisions in response to prior comment 3 and re-issue the comment in part. Please revise your disclosure to specifically address the legal and operational risks associated with a majority of your directors and officers based in or having significant ties to China, and make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your search for a target company and/or the value of the securities you are registering for sale. April 21, 2025 Page 2 Prospectus Summary Shareholder approval of, or tender offer in connection with, initial business combination, page 29 2. We note your disclosure in response to prior comment 7. However, we continue to note disclosure throughout the prospectus that all shares purchased in or after this offering will be voted in favor of the business combination. Please revise your disclosure throughout the prospectus to note how such purchases will comply with Rule 14e-5. Risk Factors, page 42 3. We note the disclosure on page 139 that in order to facilitate your initial business combination your sponsor may surrender or forfeit, transfer or exchange your founder shares, private placement units or any of your other securities, including for no consideration, as well as subject any such securities to earn-outs or other restrictions, or otherwise amend the terms of any such securities or enter into any other arrangements with respect to any such securities. Please add risk factor disclosure about risks that may arise from the sponsor having the ability to remove itself as your sponsor before identifying a business combination, including through the unconditional ability to transfer the founder shares or otherwise. Please also revise the disclosure on page 18 regarding transfer restrictions for consistency. If we were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance . . ., page 56 4. We note your response to prior comment 9 and re-issue the comment in part. Please revise your risk factor disclosure to state that you will update your disclosure if the facts and circumstances underlying your analysis change over time. Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page F-9 5. We note your response to prior comment 14. You identify formation and operating costs as a key measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by your CODM. However, it does not appear that this income statement line item represents a measure of segment profit or loss for purposes of ASC 280. Given that management has determined that the company only has one operating segment and that the CODM reviews the operating results for the company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance, it appears that consolidated net income or loss would be the key measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the CODM. Please revise your disclosure or tell us why you believe a revision is not necessary. Note that if the CODM uses more than one measure of segment profit or loss, the measure required to be disclosed shall be that which is determined in accordance with the measurement principles most consistent with those used measuring the corresponding amounts in the consolidated financial statements. Additional measures of segment profit or loss may be disclosed voluntarily. Refer to ASC 280-10-50-28A through 50-28C. April 21, 2025 Page 3 6. Please revise your segment disclosure to disclose significant segment expenses and other segment items for each reported measure of segment profit or loss. Refer to ASC 280-10-50-26A and 50-26B. Please contact Ameen Hamady at 202-551-3891 or Kristina Marrone at 202-551-3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Isabel Rivera at 202-551-3518 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction cc: Jia Yan </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>
2025-04-11 - CORRESP - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com April 11, 2025 VIA EDGAR United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Isabel Rivera Pam Howell Ameen Hamady Kristina Marrone Re: STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted March 5, 2025 CIK No. 0002059165 Dear Ms. Rivera, Ms. Howell, Mr. Hamady and Ms. Marrone, On behalf of our client, STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP, a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), we submit to the staff (the "Staff") of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") this letter setting forth the Company's responses to the comments contained in the Staff's letter dated March 28, 2025 (the "Comment Letter"), with respect to the above-referenced Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 submitted confidentially with the Commission on March 5, 2025 (the "Draft Registration Statement"). Concurrently with the transmission of this letter, the Company is submitting Amendment No. 1 to the Draft Registration Statement (the "Amendment") with the Commission through EDGAR, which reflects the Company's responses to the comments provided by the Staff and certain updated information. For ease of reference, each comment contained in the Comment Letter is printed below and is followed by the Company's response. All page references in the responses set forth below refer to the page numbers in the Amendment. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com Cover Page 1. We note your disclosure regarding compensation in paragraphs 8 through 10 of your cover page. Please expand your disclosure to include cross-references to all compensation disclosure in your prospectus, for example that in response to the requirements of 1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-K. Refer to Item 1602(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page of the Amendment accordingly. 2. Please clearly identify those officers and directors that are located in China. Please also disclose the location of the sponsor. Finally, please disclose the principal executive offices of the company. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page and throughout the Amendment accordingly. 3. Provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated with a majority of your directors and officers based in or having significant ties to China. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your search for a target company and/or the value of the securities you are registering for sale. Your disclosure should address how recent statements and regulatory actions by China's government, such as those related to data security or anti-monopoly concerns, have or may impact the company's ability to conduct its business, accept foreign investments, or list on a 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 : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page and pages 9, 10, 12, 39 and 76 of the Amendment accordingly. 4. We note the disclosure on the cover page and elsewhere that in connection with a business combination or extension of the time period to complete a business combination, public shareholders may redeem their shares "at a per-share price . . . equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account described below, including interest (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding ordinary shares that were sold in this offering." Please advise why you would allocate funds from the trust for dissolution expenses in the event of a business combination or extension and how such provision is consistent with Nasdaq Rule IM-5101-2(d), which says "public Shareholders voting against a business combination must have the right to convert their shares of common stock into a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then in the deposit account (net of taxes payable and amounts distributed to management for working capital purposes)." Please also reconcile such references to dissolution expenses from the interest with the disclosure on page 29 that you will pay the costs of liquidating the trust account from your remaining assets outside of the trust account. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page and throughout the Amendment accordingly. 2 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com 5. Please revise your tabular format of your net tangible book value per share at specified redemption levels to be consistent with and reflect the difference between the offering price of $8.75 and pro forma net tangible book value as calculated in your Dilution section on pages 96 through 98. See Item 1602(c) of Regulation S-K. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page of the Amendment accordingly. Prospectus Summary, page 1 6. Please revise your disclosure regarding extensions to state if there exists a limit to the number of extensions to your deadline to complete the initial business combination and the consequences to your sponsor if you do not complete an initial business combination within the deadline. Refer to Item 1602(b)(4) of Regulation S-K. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page and page 16 of the Amendment accordingly. Shareholder approval of, or tender offer in connection with, initial business combination, page 26 7. We note your disclosure here and throughout your registration statement regarding the letter agreement between your initial shareholders, officers, and directors to vote all of their shares, including shares purchased in or after this offering in favor of any proposed business combination. Please provide your analysis on how such purchases will comply with Rule 14e-5. For guidance, refer to Tender Offer Rules and Schedules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 30 and 31 of the Amendment accordingly. Risk Factors Summary Risks associated with acquiring and operating a target business with its primary operations in China, page 34 8. Please revise this subheading here and in your risk factors on page 71 to clarify that the legal and operational risks of acquiring and operating a target business in China are currently applicable to you as a result of the location in or substantial ties of your officers and directors to China. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on page 76 of the Amendment accordingly. 3 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com If we were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act . . ., page 51 9. Where you disclose the risk that you may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company, please confirm that if your facts and circumstances change over time, you will update your disclosure to reflect how those changes impact the risk that you may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and confirms that it will update its disclosure to reflect changes in facts and circumstances over time and how those changes impact the risk that the Company may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company. Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Target Business with its Primary Operations in China The PRC government has indicated its intent to intervene in or influence a PRC company's business operations at any time . . ., page 73 10. In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace Administration of 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. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 76, 78, 79 and 81 of the Amendment accordingly. Dividend Policy, page 93 11. We note disclosure here that if you increase the size of your offering, you will effect a share capitalization in order to maintain the initial shareholders' ownership at 20.0%of your issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Please revise your prospectus to disclose the additional issuance of ordinary shares upon a change in the size of the offering discuss the extent to which such issuances may result in material dilution to shareholders. Refer to Items 1602(a)(3) and 1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-K. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 19, 23, 24, 56, 107, 136, 140 and 144 of the Amendment accordingly. Dilution, page 94 12. Please amend your filing to provide outside of your dilution tables each material potential source of future dilution following your registered offering, including sources not included in the table with respect to the determination of net tangible book value per share, as adjusted. Refer to Item 1602(c) of Regulation S-K. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on page 99 of the Amendment accordingly. 4 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office Suite 3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People's Republic of China Tel +86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900 Jia Yan Tel: 86.21.6137.7980 jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com Principal Shareholders, page 131 13. Please describe the general character of the SPAC sponsor's business, describe the material roles and responsibilities of the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and any promoters in directing and managing the special purpose acquisition company's activities, disclose, as of the most recent practicable date, and the persons who have direct and indirect material interests in the SPAC sponsor, as well as the nature and amount of their interests. Please also disclose, in a tabular format to the extent practicable, the material terms of any agreement, arrangement, or understanding regarding restrictions on whether and when the SPAC sponsor and its affiliates may sell securities of the special purpose acquisition company, including the date(s) on which the agreement, arrangement, or understanding may expire; the natural persons and entities subject to such an agreement, arrangement, or understanding; any exceptions under such an agreement, arrangement, or understanding; and any terms that would result in an earlier expiration of such an agreement, arrangement, or understanding. See Item 1603(a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(7), and (a)(9) of Regulation S-K. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 138 and 139 of the Amendment accordingly. Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page F-9 14. Please tell us how you have complied with the reportable segment disclosure requirements pursuant to ASU 2023-07, or revise accordingly. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages F-11 and F-14 of the Amendment accordingly. General 15. Please provide a brief description of all duties of each officer and director of the special purpose acquisition company to other companies to which they have fiduciary duties. Refer to Item 1603(c) of Regulation S-K. Response : The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on page 134 of the Amendment accordingly. Please do not hesitate to contact Jia Yan at 86 (021) 6137-7980 or jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com, or Tianze Ma at 86 (010) 8572-1117 or tianze.ma@pillsburylaw.com of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP with any questions or comments regarding this letter. Sincerely, /s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP cc: Kong Wai Yap, Chief Financial Officer 5
2025-03-28 - UPLOAD - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP File: 377-07762
<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> March 28, 2025 Kong Wai Yap Chief Financial Officer STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP PO Box 309 Ugland House Grand Cayman KY1-1104 Cayman Islands Re: STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted March 5, 2025 CIK No. 0002059165 Dear Kong Wai Yap: We have reviewed your draft registration statement and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to this letter and your amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed March 5, 2025 Cover Page 1. We note your disclosure regarding compensation in paragraphs 8 through 10 of your cover page. Please expand your disclosure to include cross-references to all compensation disclosure in your prospectus, for example that in response to the requirements of 1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-K. Refer to Item 1602(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. March 28, 2025 Page 2 2. Please clearly identify those officers and directors that are located in China. Please also disclose the location of the sponsor. Finally, please disclose the principal executive offices of the company. 3. Provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated with a majority of your directors and officers based in or having significant ties to China. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your search for a target company and/or the value of the securities you are registering for sale. Your disclosure should address how recent statements and regulatory actions by China s government, such as those related to data security or anti-monopoly concerns, have or may impact the company's ability to conduct its business, accept foreign investments, or list on a 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. 4. We note the disclosure on the cover page and elsewhere that in connection with a business combination or extension of the time period to complete a business combination, public shareholders may redeem their shares "at a per-share price . . . equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account described below, including interest (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding ordinary shares that were sold in this offering." Please advise why you would allocate funds from the trust for dissolution expenses in the event of a business combination or extension and how such provision is consistent with Nasdaq Rule IM-5101-2(d), which says "public Shareholders voting against a business combination must have the right to convert their shares of common stock into a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then in the deposit account (net of taxes payable and amounts distributed to management for working capital purposes)." Please also reconcile such references to dissolution expenses from the interest with the disclosure on page 29 that you will pay the costs of liquidating the trust account from your remaining assets outside of the trust account. 5. Please revise your tabular format of your net tangible book value per share at specified redemption levels to be consistent with and reflect the difference between the offering price of $8.75 and pro forma net tangible book value as calculated in your Dilution section on pages 96 through 98. See Item 1602(c) of Regulation S-K. Prospectus Summary, page 1 6. Please revise your disclosure regarding extensions to state if there exists a limit to the number of extensions to your deadline to complete the initial business combination and the consequences to your sponsor if you do not complete an initial business combination within the deadline. Refer to Item 1602(b)(4) of Regulation S-K. Shareholder approval of, or tender offer in connection with, initial business combination, page 26 7. We note your disclosure here and throughout your registration statement regarding the letter agreement between your initial shareholders, officers, and directors to vote all of their shares, including shares purchased in or after this offering in favor of any proposed business combination. Please provide your analysis on how such purchases March 28, 2025 Page 3 will comply with Rule 14e-5. For guidance, refer to Tender Offer Rules and Schedules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 166.01. Risk Factors Summary Risks associated with acquiring and operating a target business with its primary operations in China, page 34 8. Please revise this subheading here and in your risk factors on page 71 to clarify that the legal and operational risks of acquiring and operating a target business in China are currently applicable to you as a result of the location in or substantial ties of your officers and directors to China. If we were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act . . ., page 51 9. Where you disclose the risk that you may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company, please confirm that if your facts and circumstances change over time, you will update your disclosure to reflect how those changes impact the risk that you may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company. Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Target Business with its Primary Operations in China The PRC government has indicated its intent to intervene in or influence a PRC company's business operations at any time . . ., page 73 10. In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace Administration of 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. Dividend Policy, page 93 11. We note disclosure here that if you increase the size of your offering, you will effect a share capitalization in order to maintain the initial shareholders' ownership at 20.0% of your issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Please revise your prospectus to disclose the additional issuance of ordinary shares upon a change in the size of the offering discuss the extent to which such issuances may result in material dilution to shareholders. Refer to Items 1602(a)(3) and 1602(b)(6) of Regulation S-K. Dilution, page 94 12. Please amend your filing to provide outside of your dilution tables each material potential source of future dilution following your registered offering, including sources not included in the table with respect to the determination of net tangible book value per share, as adjusted. Refer to Item 1602(c) of Regulation S-K. Principal Shareholders, page 131 13. Please describe the general character of the SPAC sponsor's business, describe the material roles and responsibilities of the SPAC sponsor, its affiliates, and any March 28, 2025 Page 4 promoters in directing and managing the special purpose acquisition company's activities, disclose, as of the most recent practicable date, and the persons who have direct and indirect material interests in the SPAC sponsor, as well as the nature and amount of their interests. Please also disclose, in a tabular format to the extent practicable, the material terms of any agreement, arrangement, or understanding regarding restrictions on whether and when the SPAC sponsor and its affiliates may sell securities of the special purpose acquisition company, including the date(s) on which the agreement, arrangement, or understanding may expire; the natural persons and entities subject to such an agreement, arrangement, or understanding; any exceptions under such an agreement, arrangement, or understanding; and any terms that would result in an earlier expiration of such an agreement, arrangement, or understanding. See Item 1602(a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(7), and (a)(9) of Regulation S-K. Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page F-9 14. Please tell us how you have complied with the reportable segment disclosure requirements pursuant to ASU 2023-07, or revise accordingly. General 15. Please provide a brief description of all duties of each officer and director of the special purpose acquisition company to other companies to which they have fiduciary duties. Refer to Item 1603(c) of Regulation S-K. Please contact Ameen Hamady at 202-551-3891 or Kristina Marrone at 202-551-3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Isabel Rivera at 202-551-3518 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction cc: Jia Yan </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>
2025-03-05 - CORRESP - STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
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Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Shanghai Representative Office
Suite
3001, 30th Floor, Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2, 1539 Nanjing Road West | Shanghai 200041 | People’s Republic of China
Tel
+86.21.6137.7999 | fax +86.21.6137.7900
Jia Yan
Tel: 86.21.6137.7980
jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com
March 5, 2025
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
Confidential Submission of Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Our client, STARRY SEA ACQUISITION
CORP, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Registrant”), has submitted a draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the
“Draft Registration Statement”) to the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
for confidential nonpublic review. The Draft Registration Statement relates to a proposed initial public offering and listing of the Registrant’s
units, each consisting of one ordinary share and one right to receive one-seventh (1/7) of one ordinary share upon the consummation of
an initial business combination. The Registrant confirms that it is an “emerging growth company” pursuant to the Jumpstart
Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and is confidentially submitting the Draft Registration Statement to the Commission in accordance therewith.
The Registrant also confirms that it will publicly file the registration statement and the nonpublic draft registration statements previously
submitted on a confidential basis at least 15 days prior to any road show in connection with the offering.
Please do not hesitate to contact
Jia Yan at 86 (021) 6137-7980 or jia.yan@pillsburylaw.com, or Tianze Ma at 86 (010) 8572-1117 or tianze.ma@pillsburylaw.com of Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP with any questions or comments regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
cc:
Kong Wai Yap, Chief Financial Officer