Via EDGAR
October 20, 2021
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate and Construction
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
| Attention: | Ron Alper |
| Re: | Iconic Sports Acquisition Corp. Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed October 19, 2021 File No. 333-260096 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Set forth below is the response of Iconic Sports Acquisition Corp. (referred to herein as “we” or the “Company”) to a comment received from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by telephone conference on October 20, 2021.
The Company is proposing to amend the below risk factor that is included in the above referenced Registration Statement as follows:
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that the courts of the Cayman Islands will be the exclusive forum for certain disputes between us and our shareholders and that the federal district courts in the United States shall be the exclusive forum for claims against us under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for complaints against us or our directors, officers or employees.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or otherwise related in any way to each shareholder’s shareholding in us, including but not limited to (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any of our current or former director, officer or other employee to us or our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Companies Act or our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine (as such concept is recognized under the laws of the United States of America) and that each shareholder irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes. Theis forum selection provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will not apply to actions or suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States of America, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that the federal district courts in the United States shall be the exclusive forum for claims against us under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association also provide that, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that we may have, each of our shareholders acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum and that accordingly we shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.
This These choice of forum provisions may increase a shareholder’s cost and limit the shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any of our shares or other securities, whether by transfer, sale, operation of law or otherwise, shall be deemed to have notice of and have irrevocably agreed and consented to these provisions. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provisions. The Securities Act provides that state courts and federal courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction over claims under the Securities Act, and the enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ charter documents has been challenged in legal proceedings. It is possible that a court could find this type of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable, and if a court were to find this provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, which could have adverse effect on our business and financial performance.
If any additional supplemental information is required by the Staff or if you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please direct any such requests or questions to Christian O. Nagler of Kirkland & Ellis LLP at (212) 446-4660.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| ICONIC SPORTS ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Fausto Zanetton | |
| Name: Fausto Zanetton | ||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer | ||
Enclosures
cc: Christian O. Nagler, P.C. (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)