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January 14, 2022

 

CONFIDENTIAL – VIA EDGAR

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Trade & Services

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Attention: Brian Fetterolf
  Jennifer Lopez-Molina

 

Re:ShiftPixy, Inc.
  Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3
  Filed December 7, 2021
  File No. 333-259619

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter sets forth the response of ShiftPixy, Inc. (the “Company”) to the comment letter, dated January 5, 2022, of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) with respect to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 publicly filed with the Commission on December 7, 2021. Concurrently, the Company is filing publicly an amendment to the registration statement (the “Amendment”). Defined terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Amendment.

 

In order to facilitate your review, we have repeated each comment in its entirety in italicized text in the original numbered sequence and followed by the Company’s response. When indicated, the responses below are contained in the Amendment. References to page numbers in this letter refer to the pagination of the Amendment.

 

1.We note your response to comment 1, as well as your amended disclosure that you have "advanced an aggregate of $820,000 to the SPACs" and "anticipate that each of the SPACs will repay these advanced expenses to Investments from the proceeds of their respective SPAC IPOs, as permitted." Please explain what you mean by "as permitted." In this regard, we note that your disclosure on page 72 of Industrial Human Capital, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, which states that such loans advanced to Industrial Human Capital, Inc. would be "repaid upon completion of [the] offering" (e.g., page 72). As such IPO has been completed, please revise your disclosure to discuss whether you have been repaid any portion of the $820,000. Please also discuss whether you have since advanced, or plan to advance, any working capital loans leading up to Industrial Human Capital, Inc.'s initial business combination, and distinguish between such loans (which may be converted into warrants) and your loans of up to $2 million (which will be repaid). Last, in your amended risk factor on page 11, please discuss the risk that any loans advanced in connection with the remaining three SPAC IPOs may not be repaid in the event that such IPOs are not completed.

 

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 5 and 11 of the Amendment.

 

 

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MINTZ

January 14, 2022
Page 2
 

 

 

2.We note your response to comment 2, as well as your amended disclosure that you anticipate that "the bulk of the gross proceeds [from this offering] will be applied toward funding expenses associated with [y]our activities related to [y]our sponsorship of the SPACs." We reissue the comment in-part. Please revise your disclosure to clarify what you mean by "funding expenses" and state whether you will be using the proceeds as the funding source to purchase the private placement warrants from your three remaining SPACs, or if certain proceeds will be alternatively used to fund the potential loans in connection with the SPAC IPOs, the potential working capital loans leading up to the initial business combinations, or an alternative expense. In this regard, we also note your amended disclosure on page 5 that you may use capital to "support [y]our sponsorship of the SPACs, including the acquisition activities being conducted by IHC." To the extent that you will be using the proceeds to support Industrial Human Capital Corp. in acquisition activities, please discuss to provide investors additional context as to how the funds will move from you to the sponsor and your SPACs.

 

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of the Amendment.

 

3.We note your response to comment 3, as well as your amended disclosure, and we reissue the comment in-part. Please tell us whether the private placement on August 31, 2021 and this resale transaction are related to funding your SPACs' IPOs and subsequent acquisition activity. If related, please revise your disclosure to discuss the relationship and the timing of the private placement, this resale transaction, your SPACs' IPOs and any risks to your investors if you are not be able to appropriately fund your investment in the SPACs.

 

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 3, 10 and 11 of the Amendment.

 

4.We note your amended disclosure that you "expect to invest . . . an aggregate amount of $17,531,408 in the SPACs (or up to $18,656,408 . . . ) through the purchase of private placement warrants in addition to [y]our initial $25,000 investment for the purchase of [y]our founder shares in each SPAC." We also note your amended disclosure on page 11 that you "anticipate purchasing private placement warrants in each of the three other SPACs [you] are sponsoring, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, for an aggregate of $17,531,408 (or up to $18,656,408 if the over-allotment option of each SPAC is exercised in full), which includes [y]our investment in founder shares . . . ." Please revise your disclosure to clarify whether the aggregate amount noted here (i) includes or is in addition to your initial investments for the purchase of founder shares and (ii) includes the private placement purchase in all four SPACs (including the $4,639,102 to IHC) or only the three remaining SPACs.

 

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 4 and 11 of the Amendment.

 

5.We note your response to comment 5, as well as your amended disclosure that you "expect to obtain additional financing in the form of public or private equity offerings over the next twelve months to sponsor the SPACs." Please revise your disclosure to provide greater detail regarding whether such additional financing is in connection with funding your SPACs' initial business combinations, sponsoring your SPACs' IPOs, or a combination thereof. Additionally, with regards to your statement that you are not certain "if or when any such SPAC IPO will be consummated . . . ," please revise your disclosure to state that you are not certain if any of your three remaining SPAC IPOs will be consummated, as we note that one of your SPAC IPOs has been consummated.

 

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 4, 5, 10 and 11 of the Amendment.

 

 

 

 

MINTZ

January 14, 2022
Page 3
 

 

 

6.We note your inclusion of the unaudited pro forma balance sheet after giving effect to the consummation of Industrial Human Capital Corp.'s IPO as if it were consummated on August 31, 2021. Please also provide the income statement. Alternatively, please explain why the consummation of such IPO does not have a material impact on your income statement and include a statement to that effect in this section. Please refer to Article 11 of Regulation S-X.

 

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 16 and 17 of the Amendment.

 

7.We continue to evaluate your response to comment 11 and may have further comments.

 

Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff's comment.

 

If you have any questions or comments in connection with this letter or the Amendment, please contact the undersigned by phone at (212) 692-6784 or via e-mail at ikblumenthal@mintz.com.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   
  /s/ Ivan K. Blumenthal
  Ivan K. Blumenthal

 

cc:           Scott W. Absher, Chief Executive Officer (ShiftPixy, Inc.)