November 12, 2020
VIA EDGAR CORRESPONDENCE
Mr. Chris Edwards
Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Life Sciences
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Sotera Health Company |
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed November 2, 2020
File No. 333-249648
Dear Mr. Edwards:
On behalf of our client, Sotera Health Company (the Company), set forth below is our response to the comment of the staff (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) in its letter dated November 9, 2020, with respect to the above-referenced Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement (the Registration Statement) on Form S-1 submitted on November 2, 2020.
The Company has publicly filed today its second amendment to the Registration Statement (Amendment No. 2), together with this letter, via EDGAR submission.
For your convenience, the text of the Staffs comment is set forth in bold below, followed by the Companys response. The page references in the response are to the pages of Amendment No. 2.
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1
Summary
Mr. Chris Edwards
Securities and Exchange Commission
Page 2 of 2
Exhibits
1. We note your disclosures in the prospectus stating that your amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that derivative actions will be brought in the Court of Chancery, or any state or federal court located within the State of Delaware if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction. However, the exclusive forum provision set forth in your Exhibit 3.1 does not include the reference to a federal court if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction. Please revise to clarify whether this provision applies to actions arising under the Exchange Act, and please also ensure that the exclusive forum provision in the governing documents states this clearly, or tell us how you will inform investors in future filings that the provision does not apply to any actions arising under the Exchange Act.
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has revised Exhibit 3.1 and the disclosures on pages 52 and 170.
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Please direct any comments regarding this submission to David Lopez at (212) 225-2632.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ David Lopez |
David Lopez |
cc: | Tracie Mariner |
Sasha Parikh
Dorrie Yale
Securities and Exchange Commission
Michael B. Petras, Jr.
Matthew J. Klaben
Sotera Health Topco, Inc.
Arthur D. Robinson
John C. Ericson
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP