MD&A
24 staff comments in this corpus, to 17 registrants, filed 2023-01-04 to 2023-03-31.
Corpus in progress. This is an early build. It does not yet cover every comment letter the SEC has published, so counts here are counts within this corpus and must not be read as complete SEC-wide totals. Every quotation is verbatim and links to its filing; what is incomplete is coverage, not accuracy. See Methodology.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Comments raising this issue | 24 |
| Share of all 4,297 comments in the corpus | 0.6% |
| Distinct registrants | 17 |
| With a recorded company response | 23 |
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SEC staff comment
10. We have reviewed your response to prior comment 7. Please revise MD&A to provide the previously requested disclosure to quantify the cash redemptions of $24.5 million that occurred on December 21, 2022. Please also revise the disclosures on pages F-84 and F- 103 to quantify the cash redemptions.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 123, 124, F-84 and F-103 of Amendment No.1. 3 Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements, page 195
CH AUTO Inc. · filed 2023-03-31 · 0001213900-23-025827
SEC staff comment
2. Disclose that cash proceeds associated with the exercises of the warrants are dependent on the stock price in the prospectus summary, risk factors, MD&A and use of proceeds section. As applicable, describe the impact on your liquidity and update the discussion on the ability of your company to fund your operations on a prospective basis with your current cash on hand.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has added disclosure on page 6 of Amendment No. 1. The Company respectfully points the Staff to the existing disclosure in the MD&A section on page 49 of Amendment No. 1. United States Securities and Exchange Commission March 28, 2023 Page 2 The Company further respectfully advises the Staff that the cash proceeds associated with the exercises of the warrants will not have a material impact on the Company’s liquidity or the ability of the Company to fund its operations on a prospective basis with its current cash on hand.
LanzaTech Global, Inc. · filed 2023-03-28 · 0001628280-23-009621
SEC staff comment
21. We note your discussion of the projected Unit Economics in MD&A. Please revise to provide a cross reference to the Unit Economic Information section and the material assumptions underlying the projections and the limitations of those projections.
The company responded
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on page 285 of the Amended Registration Statement. X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC Financial Statements Note 8 - Debt, page F-90
Ares Acquisition Corp · filed 2023-03-24 · 0001104659-23-036682
SEC staff comment
1. You disclosed that you continue to be affected by ongoing supply chain disruptions. Please revise MD&A in future filings to more fully address whether supply chain disruptions materially affect your outlook or business goals. Quantify and disclose, to the extent possible, how your revenues, profits, and/or liquidity have been impacted, and discuss known trends or uncertainties resulting from mitigation efforts undertaken, including whether any mitigation efforts introduce new material risks, including those related to product quality, reliability, or regulatory approval. CAE
The company responded
We acknowledge the Staff’s comments regarding the disclosure surrounding our ongoing supply chain disruptions and we confirm to the Staff that we undertake, in future filings, to more fully address whether supply chain disruptions materially affect our outlook or business goals, including by quantifying and disclosing, to the extent possible, how our revenues, profits, and/or liquidity have been impacted, and by discussing known trends or uncertainties resulting from mitigation efforts undertaken, including whether any mitigation efforts introduce new material risks, including those related to product quality, reliability, or regulatory approval. Consolidated Financial Statements Note 3 - Business Combinations, page 24
CAE INC · filed 2023-03-09 · 0001173382-23-000007
SEC staff comment
7. Please provide a footnote to the interim balance sheet data to quantify and disclose the facts and circumstances related to MCAF public stockholders exercising redemption rights in connection with the extension that resulted in cash redemptions of over $24 million subsequent to September 30, 2022. Please also disclose and discuss the cash redemptions in MCAF’s MD&A.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 118 of the Registration Statement. Manufacturing, page 141
CH AUTO Inc. · filed 2023-03-03 · 0001213900-23-017237
SEC staff comment
4. As requested in prior comment four, revise your footnotes as well as the Critical Accounting Policies section of the MD&A for DMT Program to clearly confirm that such financial statements reflect all of the revenues and expenses of the program as well as all expenses allocated to the program. Refer to Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 1B.1.
The company responded
The disclosure in the footnotes and critical accounting policies section of the MD&A for the DMT Program has been updated to clearly confirm that the carve-out financial statements reflect all of the assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses of the DMT Program, as well as all expenses allocated to the program. 9. Subsequent Events, page F-20
Algernon Neuroscience Inc. · filed 2023-02-24 · 0001062993-23-004712
SEC staff comment
1. Please revise MD&A in future annual and quarterly filings to more fully address the following: • You disclose that results for fiscal year 2022 were negatively impacted by certain challenges, including supply chain disruptions. Please discuss whether and how supply chain disruptions materially affect your outlook or business goals. Quantify and disclose, to the extent possible, how sales, profits, and/or liquidity have been impacted and discuss known trends or uncertainties resulting from mitigation efforts undertaken, including whether any mitigation efforts introduce new material risks, including those related to product quality, reliability, or approval. • You disclose here, and in quarterly filings, that you are experiencing ongoing inflationary cost increases. Please quantify and disclose the impact of the inflationary pressures you experience, including the combined impact of…
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, in future filings we will disclose and quantify, to the extent possible and appropriate, the impact of how supply chain disruptions affect our outlook and business goals. We will also expand disclosures with regard to the impact of inflationary pressures including the extent to which we are able to pass these costs on to customers. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission February 24, 2023 Page 2 Non-GAAP Financial Measures, page 37
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP · filed 2023-02-24 · 0001193125-23-048842
SEC staff comment
Comment 3: As noted in our comment 22 from our letter dated October 14, 2022, the financial statements presented in your MD&A for the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021 should match the financial statements presented in the back of your filing. Please revise accordingly.
The company responded
We updated the MD&A which now conforms to the information in the financial portion of the filing.
Livento Group, Inc. · filed 2023-02-24 · 0001493152-23-006037
SEC staff comment
2. Disclose the exercise prices of the warrants compared to the market price of the underlying ordinary shares. If the warrants are out of the money, please disclose the likelihood that warrant holders will not exercise their warrants. Similarly, if the market price of the ordinary shares are close to the exercise price, clarify that the amount of ordinary shares that are offered as part of this offering may provide downward pressure on the ordinary share market price, which may result in the market price being out of the money. Provide similar disclosure in the prospectus summary, risk factors, MD&A and use of proceeds section and disclose that cash proceeds associated with the exercises of the warrants are dependent on the stock price. As applicable, describe the impact on your liquidity and update the discussion on the ability of your company to fund your operations on a prospective…
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company respectfully advises the Staff that it has revised the disclosure on the cover page of the Amendment No. 1, the “Summary of the Prospectus” section on page 5 of the Amendment No. 1, the “Risk Factors” section on page 39 of the Amendment No. 1, the “Use of Proceeds” section on page 41 of the Amendment No. 1 and the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section on page 66 of the Amendment No. 1. Securities and Exchange Commission February 22, 2023 Page 2
Gorilla Technology Group Inc. · filed 2023-02-22 · 0001213900-23-013666
SEC staff comment
3. Please tell us how you considered the guidance in ASC 606-10-55-89 through 55-91 regarding presentation of disaggregated revenues for the reporting units identified in Note 21, including Lifestyle, CEC, Automotive, Consumer Devices, Industrial, and Health Solutions. We note that your Results of Operations section in MD&A discusses the percentage change in revenue for each of these “businesses.” Please advise or revise to include disclosure of the revenue related to these businesses in your revenue disaggregation footnote. Company
The company responded
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the Company considered the requirements of ASC 606-10-55-89 through 55-91 which provide examples of disaggregation categories but does not prescribe any specific categories. Rather, the guidance states that “…this disclosure depends on the facts and circumstances….” Management currently provides multiple disaggregated revenue disclosures using the following categories: • Geographic region; • Operating segment; and • Revenue recognition method. ASC 606-10-55-89 discusses how revenue should be disaggregated “…into categories that depict how the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors.” The Company considers the effects that both general macro-economic factors (e.g., inflation, interest rates, wages, tax policy, consumer confidence, etc.) and Company-specific economic factors (e.g.,…
FLEX LTD. · filed 2023-02-10 · 0000866374-23-000019
SEC staff comment
5. We note your disclosure that FAS, FRS and Nextracker represent your three operating and reportable segments. You further indicate that FAS is comprised of CEC, Lifestyle and Consumer Devices reporting units and that FRS is comprised of Automotive, Health Solutions and Industrial reporting units. Please tell us how you analyzed the guidance in ASC 280-10-50-1 in determining that these reporting units do not meet the criteria to be considered operating segments. It appears from your MD&A discussion that revenue related to these reporting units is available and your disclosure on page 43 suggests that reporting unit margins may also be tracked, as you discuss segment margin changes for your Automotive, Industrial, and Health Solutions reporting units. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission February 10, 2023 Page 6 Company
The company responded
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has considered the requirements in ASC 280-10-50-1 in concluding that the Company operates and internally manages three operating and reportable segments. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates the requirements of ASC 280 to determine the Company’s operating and reportable segments. This assessment necessarily includes determining whether CEC, Lifestyle, Consumer Devices, Automotive, Health Solutions and Industrial remain appropriately classified as reporting units in accordance with ASC 350-20-35-34 and ASC 280. All of these reporting units engage in business activities from which they earn revenues and incur expenses and for which discrete financial information is available. As such, they meet two of the three criteria in ASC 280-10-50-1 to be considered operating segments. The determinative criterion in our conclusion…
FLEX LTD. · filed 2023-02-10 · 0000866374-23-000019
SEC staff comment
2. We note your revised disclosure in response to comment 5 on pages 9 and 49, in the Risk Factor and MD&A sections, respectively, and we reissue the comment. To the extent that all or most of the shares being registered for resale were purchased by the selling securityholders for prices considerably below the current market price of your Class A Common Stock, please highlight on your prospectus cover page the significant negative impact sales of shares on this registration statement could have on the public trading price of your Class A Common Stock.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has updated the disclosure on the prospectus cover page of Amendment No. 2. Page 3 Prospectus Summary Recent Developments, page 4
FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC. · filed 2023-02-10 · 0001213900-23-010377
SEC staff comment
5. We note your added risk factor disclosure on page 13 in response to comment 8 that you may lower the exercise price of the Public Warrants and the Private Warrants in accordance with Section 9.8 of the Warrant Agreement. Please revise the prospectus cover page to also disclose that you may lower the exercise price of the Public Warrants and the Private Warrants and provide similar disclosure in the prospectus summary, MD&A and use of proceeds sections. Also please provide appropriate cross-references to your disclosure in the section headed "Description of Securities of the Company - Warrants" to accompany this added disclosure.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure in the prospectus summary, MD&A and use of proceeds sections of Amendment No. 2. Description of Securities Warrants, page 104
FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC. · filed 2023-02-10 · 0001213900-23-010377
SEC staff comment
Comment: In the “Management Discussion and Analysis” section of the Annual Report (the “MD&A”), the gross expenses for the Short Term Tax Aware Portfolio were disclosed as 0.54%. However, the prospectus dated February 28, 2022 (the “Prospectus”), disclosed gross expenses of 0.64%. Please explain the difference.
The company responded
The Registrant confirms that the Portfolio’s gross expenses as stated in the unaudited MD&A for the Portfolio was incorrect and instead stated the Portfolio’s net expenses. The Registrant notes, however, that this error was substantially mitigated because the Portfolio’s gross and net expenses were accurately stated in the audited “Financial Highlights” section of the Annual Report, in the Prospectus under “Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio” and under “Financial Highlights”. Furthermore, the MD&A containing the error has since been replaced with accurate disclosure in the 2022 Annual Report to Shareholders that filed with the SEC on December 27, 2022. Lastly, the Registrant notes that the Portfolio’s expenses were, and they continue to be, contractually limited to 0.55% of its total annual operating expenses. The Registrant has taken into consideration and analyzed the matter,…
GLENMEDE PORTFOLIOS · filed 2023-02-07 · 0001193125-23-026555
SEC staff comment
Comment: The language relating to investment objectives in the MD&A with respect to Strategic Equity Portfolio, Small Cap Equity Portfolio, Core Fixed Income Portfolio, and Muni Intermediate Portfolio are not consistent with the investment objectives disclosed in the Prospectuses. Please confirm that going forward, the Registrants will make such language consistent.
The company responded
The Registrants confirm that going forward, such language will be consistent. The preceding comments and related responses have been provided by and discussed with management of the Registrants. Please contact me at (617) 285-4403 if you have any questions regarding the Registrants’ responses. Very truly yours, /s/ Daniel Bulger Daniel Bulger
GLENMEDE PORTFOLIOS · filed 2023-02-07 · 0001193125-23-026555
SEC staff comment
1. Please revise to update your financial statements, and accompanying Management's Discussion and Analysis and auditor's consent, to reflect the most recent quarter for which you have recently filed a quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
The company responded
We have revised the Registration Statement on Form S-1 to (i) included the financial statements from the most recent filed quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2022, (ii) update the accompanying Management's Discussion and Analysis and (iii) include a currently dated auditor's consent. A copy of this letter and any related documents have also been filed via the EDGAR system. Thank you for your courtesies. Very truly yours, Bakhu Holdings, Corp. /s/ Evripides Drakos By: Evripides Drakos Title: President and Chief Executive Officer,
Bakhu Holdings, Corp. · filed 2023-01-31 · 0001096906-23-000244
SEC staff comment
4. Disclose the exercise price(s) of the warrants compared to the market price of the underlying security. If the warrants are out the money, please disclose the likelihood that warrant holders will not exercise their warrants. Provide similar disclosure in the prospectus summary, risk factors, MD&A and use of proceeds section and disclose that cash proceeds associated with the exercises of the warrants are dependent on the stock price. As applicable, describe the impact on your liquidity and update the discussion on the ability of your company to fund your operations on a prospective basis with your current cash on hand.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on the prospectus cover page, and pages 6, 9, 33 and 49 of Amendment No. 1.
FOXO TECHNOLOGIES INC. · filed 2023-01-27 · 0001213900-23-005774
SEC staff comment
34. Refer your response to comment 55. Please revise your next amendment to break out the cryptocurrency expense line item in your table of cost of revenue to reflect all of the components of this expense (cost of crypto assets, fees paid to obtain crypto assets, etc.) for the periods presented. Please discuss any material changes in specific costs items in MD&A.
GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp. · filed 2023-01-24 · 0001193125-23-014404
SEC staff comment
6. We note your response to comment 25 and your new disclosure. However, we also note based on disclosure on page 48 that you and Megaphoton have an exclusive supplier agreement. Please disclose information about the exclusive supplier agreement in the notes to your financial statements and in your MD&A.
The company responded
The disclosure on page F-17 and page 145 of the Amended Registration Statement has been revised in accordance with the Staff’s comment. 3 Note 1 - Nature of business and organization, page F-26
LBBB Merger Corp. · filed 2023-01-20 · 0001213900-23-004184
SEC staff comment
7. We have considered your response to comments 21 and 22, and note from your response to comment 22 that Nature’s Miracle was formed on March 31, 2022, shortly before it entered into the June 1, 2022 Share Exchange Agreement with Visiontech Group, Inc. and Hydroman, Inc. It further appears from your response to comment 20 that Nature’s Miracle was capitalized via the April 15, 2022 subscription agreement for $394,000, which according to Nature’s Miracle’s September 30, 2022 Statement of Changes to Stockholders’ Equity, appears to be Nature’s Miracle’s sole contribution in its merger with Visiontech and Hydroman. Moreover, it appears from your discussion of results of operations in MD&A that Nature’s Miracle brought little if any revenues and operating expenses to the combined entity. Tell us your consideration of ASC 805-10-55-3A through 55-6 and ASC 805-10-55-8 through 55-9 as to…
The company responded
In accordance with the Staff’s comment, Nature’s Miracle advises the Staff that, according to ASC 805-10-55-4, a business consists of inputs and processes applied to those inputs that have the ability to contribute to the creation of outputs, which is required in order to qualify for a business. Nature’s Miracle, Inc. was formed to facilitate the merger of Visiontech and Hydroman and also raised $394,000 to pay for certain professional costs to complete the merger. James Li is the CEO of Nature’s Miracle and facilitated the merger transaction. Nature’s Miracle has the input (raised capital), process (management and merger process) and output (the reverse merger of Visiontech and Hydroman into Nature’s Miracle). Therefore, the combined company considered Nature’s Miracle to be a business prior to the merger with Visiontech and Hydroman, and therefore falls within the scope of ASC 805.
LBBB Merger Corp. · filed 2023-01-20 · 0001213900-23-004184
SEC staff comment
23. We note that you present the results of operations comparison for Digital Health Acquisition Corporations pro forma combined after giving effect to the acquisitions of VSee and iDoc for the six months Ended June 30, 2022 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. Please note that it is inappropriate to merely combine information for the pre-and post-transaction periods without reflecting all relevant pro forma adjustments required by Article 11 of Regulation S-X. Please revise your MD&A as follows: • Please provide Management's Discussion and Analysis in the form and content set forth in Item 303 of Regulation S-K for DHAC, Vsee and iDoc. See Item 14(h) and Item 17(b)(5)of Form S-4; and Response : In response to the Staff’s comment, the disclosure has been revised accordingly and each of…
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the financial statement for Nine months Ended 09.30, 2022 and 2021 Results of Operations” is included in each of iDoc and VSee’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis sections. Critical Accounting Policies, pages 188 and 196
DIGITAL HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP. · filed 2023-01-19 · 0001104659-23-005061
SEC staff comment
4. Please address the following: Revise your footnotes as well as the Critical Accounting Policies section of the MD&A for DMT Program to clearly confirm that such financial statements reflect all of the revenues and expenses of the program as well as all expenses allocated to the program. Refer to Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 1B.1.
The company responded
Note 2(a) of the Notes to the Carve-out financial statements, page F-10 states that "The preparation of carve-out financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the carve-out financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. " Clearly disclose the types of expenses which were allocated versus those recorded on an actual basis.
Algernon Neuroscience Inc. · filed 2023-01-18 · 0001062993-23-001045
SEC staff comment
1. Please expand your discussion of your results of operations to provide a more comprehensive and quantified discussion and analysis of the factors that impacted your results between comparative periods. Please revise your future annual and quarterly filings to provide the following: • Expand your discussion of net sales to quantify how much of the increase in net sales was due to changes in volume, changes in selling prices and changes in product mix. Please also discuss and quantify the impact of market demand and favorable pricing including the impact of the recovery of global markets from the negative effects of COVID-19 on 2020 production. Given your increase of 46% in net sales from the year ended December 31, 2020, please quantify and explain how your supply chain constraints negatively impacted your net sales from period to period; • Expand your discussion of gross profit to…
The company responded
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment. In response, our future quarterly and annual filings beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022, will include enhanced discussion of our results of operations. This will include providing a more comprehensive and quantified discussion and analysis of the factors that impacted our results between comparative periods. By way of illustration, we provide below an example of our enhanced comparative period disclosures for significant financial statement line items as if it had been included in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Please note that the Company considers a combination of volume, mix and net new business when evaluating performance and presenting results to the investment community. The Company currently estimates and reports how…
BORGWARNER INC · filed 2023-01-06 · 0000908255-23-000003
SEC staff comment
4. We note disclosure of the $12 million impairment related to certain trademarks deemed as irrecoverable recorded during the fiscal nine months ended October 2, 2022. Please revise MD&A to clarify where you have recorded this impairment. Also, explain to us where the impairment is included in the intangible assets footnote on page F-10.
The company responded
The Company has revised its disclosure on pages 119, F-10, and F‑14 to address the Staff’s comments by disclosing the intangible impairment, including where the amount was recorded in the results of operations. * * * 2 Should you have any questions or comments concerning the Revised Registration Statement or this response letter, please contact Michael E. Mariani at 212-474-1007. Sincerely, /s/ Michael E. Mariani Michael E. Mariani Abby Adams Dorrie Yale Division of Corporation Finance U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549 VIA EDGAR Copy to: Thibaut Mongon Kenvue Inc. 199 Grandview Road Skillman, NJ 08558 VIA E-MAIL 3
Kenvue Inc. · filed 2023-01-04 · 0001628280-23-000237