Business Combinations & Significance
What to check in your filing: Support purchase price allocation, identified intangibles, and significance tests for required acquiree financials and pro formas.
6 staff comments from 5 companies. Outcomes: Awaiting / response not in dataset: 2, Agreed to revise: 2, Responded: 1, Explained / pushed back: 1
Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V (LOKV, LOKVU, LOKVW) · 2026-04-24 · Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 Form 8-K Furnished March 31, 2026 · Comment 2 · Historical Financial Results and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures, page 81 Responded
Staff comment: Please remove all references to the non-GAAP measure consolidated Operating EBITDA and associated amounts, including measures the computation of which are based on this measure, such as Pro Forma Operating EBITDA and Return on Equity, since the Corporate Expenses adjustment appears to exclude normal, recurring, cash operating expenses. Refer to Questions 100.01 and 104.04 of the Non-GAAP Financial Measures Corporation Finance Interpretations. letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and is furnishing a copy of the Updated Teamshares Presentation to the Commission as Exhibit 99.1 to the Amended Current Report. The Updated Teamshares Presentation has been revised to remove references to consolidated Operating EBITDA and associated amounts and measures the computation of which are based on or derived from such metric, including Pro Forma Operating EBITDA and Return on Equity . * * * 2 We thank you for your review of the foregoing and the Form 8-K/A and Exhibit 99.1. Should you have any questions or require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact our legal counsel, Meredith Laitner, Esq., of… response letter →
Scilex Holding Co (SCLX, SCLXW) · 2026-04-24 · mpany Registration Statement on From S-3 Filed April 16, 2026 · Comment 1 · Important Information Incorporated by Reference, page 44 Explained / pushed back
Staff comment: Your Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, which has been forward incorporated by reference into your registration statement, reflects the acquisition of Vivasor Holding Company on December 5, 2025. Based on the purchase consideration transferred, this acquisition would appear to exceed the significance thresholds set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X. As such, please tell us how you have complied with the requirements of Item 2.01 of Form 8-K and Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X as it relates to this acquisition. letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and advises the Staff that it reviewed the requirements of Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X and Item 2.01 of Form 8-K in connection with its evaluation of whether the acquisition of certain equity interests in Vivasor Holding Company (“ Vivasor ” and such interests, the “ Vivasor Equity ”) meets any of the significance thresholds set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X and whether such acquisition constitutes a significant amount of assets under Item 2.01 of Form 8-K and has determined that in each case it complies with the requirements of Item 2.01 of Form 8-K and Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X as it relates to this acquisition of the… response letter →
VALVOLINE INC (VVV) · 2026-03-12 · . Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended September 30, 2025 Filed November 21, 2025 · Comment 1 · Recent Developments, page 31 Awaiting / response not in dataset
Staff comment: We note that you provide various disclosures regarding your plans to acquire Breeze Autocare in the annual report and that updates were disclosed in the Form 8-K that you filed on December 1, 2025, and in the Form 10-Q that you filed on February 4, 2026, indicating the transaction was completed in exchange for $638.7 million. Please explain to us how you evaluated the significance of this transaction and the requirements in Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, in determining that you would not file an amendment to the Form 8-K within the allotted period of time to include historical financial statements of the entity and pro forma financial statements illustrating the effects of the transaction, based on… letter →
Kuber Resources Corp (KUBR) · 2026-01-29 · Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2025 · Comment 4 · Note 11 - Acquisition of Business under Common Control, page 21 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note your response to prior comment 8. As previously requested, please describe, in detail, the relationship between and ownership in the entities involved in the transaction before and after the acquisition of Gongfa that supports the common control determination for accounting purposes. Refer to ASC 805-50-15-6. Also, your disclosures and response indicate that the company is still evaluating the transaction and its accounting. As this transaction was completed more than a year ago, please explain to us how you have not yet determined the appropriate accounting. letter →
Company response: to prior comment 8. As previously requested, please describe, in detail, the relationship between and ownership in the entities involved in the transaction before and after the acquisition of Gongfa that supports the common control determination for accounting purposes. Refer to ASC 805-50-15-6. Also, your disclosures and response indicate that the company is still evaluating the transaction and its accounting. As this transaction was completed more than a year ago, please explain to us how you have not yet determined the appropriate accounting. Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and hereby clarifies the relationship between and ownership in the entities involved in the… response letter →
Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ETON) · 2025-12-19 · Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 filed March 18, 2025 Form 8-K filed November 6, 2025 · Comment 1 · Note 4 - Business Combination, page 53 Awaiting / response not in dataset
Staff comment: We note your disclosures in Notes 4 and 15, and Form 8-K/A filed November 18, 2025, of the October 2, 2024 Asset Purchase Agreement with Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Ipsen”) for the acquisition of Increlex, which includes an obligation to purchase additional inventory over 30 months, in an amount not to exceed €15,000. Please tell us the following: • Tell us your accounting under ASC 805 for the additional inventory purchase obligation as no portion of the purchase price was allocated to this consideration. • Please describe to us the payment terms of the related liability to Ipsen for this additional inventory. • Clarify if your disclosures related to "Remaining Inventory" in the… letter →
Kuber Resources Corp (KUBR) · 2025-12-15 · Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2025 · Comment 8 · Note 11 - Acquisition of Business under Common Control, page 21 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: You disclose that the acquisition of Gongfa was accounted for as a business combination of entities under common control. Please describe, in detail, the relationship between and ownership in the entities involved in the transaction prior to and after the acquisition of Gongfa that supports the common control determination for accounting purposes. Refer to ASC 805-50-15-6. In addition, you disclose that "the transaction was structured under a VIE framework, with common control established through the power and economic interests of Mr. Li Jiyong." Please provide us with an analysis explaining which entities are VIEs and how you concluded that the acquisition of the VIE met the criteria for… letter →
Company response: The Company acknowledges the Staff's comment. As noted above, the reference to a "VIE framework" was a mis-description, and the Company proposes to delete that language from its future filings. The Company is preparing an expanded ownership and relationship analysis describing the parties' ownership and relationships before and after the acquisition, and will revise Note 11 accordingly in its future filings. With respect to the accounting conclusion regarding common control under ASC 805-50-15-6, the Company is evaluating its accounting analysis and the related disclosure to ensure it reflects the definitive transaction documents and the applicable authoritative guidance. In the Company's… response letter →
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