Ilan Katz Partner
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Dentons US LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1089 United States
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December 28, 2022
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attn: Melanie Singh and Jeffrey Gabor
Re: | Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. |
Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
Filed December 21, 2022
File No. 001-41250
Dear Ms. Singh and Mr. Gabor:
By your letter dated December 28, 2022 (the SEC Letter), the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Staff) provided a comment to the Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the Preliminary Proxy Statement) filed on December 21, 2022, by our client, Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. (the Company). This letter sets forth our response with respect to the comment contained in the SEC Letter.
For your convenience, we have set forth below the Staffs comment in bold italic typeface followed by the Companys response thereto.
Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed December 21, 2022
General
1. | With a view toward disclosure, please tell us whether your sponsor is, is controlled by, or has substantial ties with a non-U.S. person. If so, also include risk factor disclosure that addresses how this fact could impact your ability to complete your initial business combination. For instance, discuss the risk to investors that you may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company should the transaction be subject to review by a U.S. government entity, such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited. Disclose that as a result, the pool of potential targets with which you could complete an initial business combination may be limited. Further, disclose that the time necessary for government review of the transaction or a decision to prohibit the transaction could prevent you from completing an initial business combination and require you to liquidate. Disclose the consequences of liquidation to investors, such as the losses of the investment opportunity in a target company, any price appreciation in the combined company, and the warrants, which would expire worthless. |
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Response: The Company acknowledges the Staffs comment and respectfully advises the Staff that the Companys sponsor, ATAC Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Sponsor), is not, is not controlled by, and does not have any substantial ties with, a non-U.S. person. Furthermore, we are of the view that insofar as the Sponsor is not, is not controlled by, and does not have any substantial ties with, a non-U.S. person, the risks referred to in the Staffs comment do not represent material risks to the Company or its shareholders, and as a result, no additional risk disclosure needs to be added to the definitive proxy materials.
If you have any questions or comments concerning this submission or require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Ilan Katz at (212) 632-5556 or ilan.katz@dentons.com or Grant Levine at (212) 768-5384 or grant.levine@dentons.com, respectively.
Sincerely, |
/s/ Ilan Katz |
Ilan Katz |
cc: | Grant Levine |
Dentons US LLP
cc: | Zachary Wang, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman |
Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp.