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August 24, 2022
BY EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
Attn: Evan Ewing
Jay Ingram
Re: | Eve Holding, Inc. |
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed July 29, 2022
File No. 333-265337
Dear Mr. Ewing and Mr. Ingram:
On behalf of our client, Eve Holding, Inc. (the Company), we hereby provide the Companys responses to the comments received from the staff (the Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) by letter dated August 10, 2022 (the Comment Letter) with respect to Amendment No 1. to the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on July 29, 2022.
Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is publicly filing, through the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR), Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the Amended Registration Statement).
The headings and paragraph numbers in this letter correspond to those contained in the Comment Letter and, to facilitate the Staffs review, we have reproduced the text of the Staffs comment in italics below. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Amended Registration Statement. All references to page numbers and captions (other than those in the Staffs comments and unless otherwise stated) correspond to the page numbers and captions in the Amended Registration Statement.
Mr. Evan Ewing and Mr. Jay Ingram
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
August 24, 2022
Page 2
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
The securities being offered in this prospectus represent a substantial percentage of outstanding common stock..., page 54
1. | We note your response to comment 4 and reissue. Please revise to include the percentage that the shares being registered for resale currently represent of the total number of shares outstanding and disclose that even though the current trading price is below the SPAC IPO price, the private investors have an incentive to sell because they will still profit on sales because of the lower price that they purchased their shares than the public investors. |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 54 of the Amended Registration Statement.
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 98
2. | We note your response to comment 5 and reissue. In light of the significant number of redemptions, the current market price for shares of your common stock and the unlikelihood that you will receive significant proceeds from exercises of the warrants because of the disparity between the exercise price of the warrants and the current trading price of the common stock, expand your discussion to address any changes in the companys liquidity position since the business combination. Specifically, we note that you expect approximately $540 million will be required to fund your business plan, received approximately $377 of gross proceeds as a result of your business combination and did not borrow any additional debt in connection with your business combination. Disclose your plan to fully fund your business plan and, if you are likely to have to seek additional capital, discuss the effect of this offering on your ability to raise additional capital. |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 94-96 of the Amended Registration Statement.
General
3. | We note your response to comment 7 and reissue in part. Revise to disclose for each applicable selling securityholder that while such selling securityholder may experience a positive rate of return based on the current trading price, the public securityholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the securities they purchased due to differences in the purchase prices and the current trading price. Please also disclose the potential profit the selling securityholders will earn based on the current trading price. |
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on the cover and pages 55 and 96 of the Amended Registration Statement.
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Please contact me at (212) 687-5122 or [email protected] if the Staff has any questions or requires additional information.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ P. Michelle Gasaway, Esq. |
cc: | Flávia Pavie, General Counsel, Eve Holding, Inc. |
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