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When the SEC's staff reviews a filing, it writes to the company with numbered questions, and the company answers each one in a letter. SEC publishes the exchange once the review is over, at least 20 business days later. Below: what the staff asked ABTC, and the company's answer to each question, quoted from the letters. A question is not an accusation; most reviews end with the company adding detail to its next filing.

Form S-4

2018-12-04 to 2019-05-07 · 25 questions · 3 letters from the SEC, 3 from the company
No closing letter
AcquisitionsRevenueResults discussion (MD&A)Risk factorsLiquidity and cashKey metrics
Summary Term Sheet · Parties in the Business Combination, page 9
SEC asked (1)
Please provide a description of your Sponsor, MTech Sponsor LLC, and its relationship to your management and principal stockholders.
ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have provided a description of MTech Sponsor, LLC and its relationship to our management and principal stockholders on pages 9 and 29 of the Amended Registration Statement.

Questions and Answers About the Proposals

Q. Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus?, Read in the reply ↗
Questions and Answers About the Proposals · Q. Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus?, page 18
SEC asked (2)
Please clarify the effect the Business Combination will have on the public MTech Acquisition Corp. ("MTech") warrants. Your disclosure indicates that "outstanding MTech warrants, by their terms, will automatically convert into warrants to purchase an equal number of shares of MTech Holdings’ common stock." Please indicate that the MTech warrants will be exchanged for MTech Acquisition Holdings Inc.
Rest of the question

("MTech Holdings") warrants and the public MTech warrants will be cancelled upon the close of the Business Combination. Also, tell us whether MTech will file a Form 15 for the public Class A common stock, warrants, and units and whether you will file a Form 8-A for the newly issued MTech Holdings common stock and warrants. Q: What equity stake will current stockholders of MTech and the Sellers hold in MTech Holdings after the Closing?, page 19

ABTC answered
We respectfully wish to advise the Staff that the MTech warrants will not be exchanged for MTech Acquisition Holdings Inc. ("MTech Holdings") warrants.

Pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2018 (“Warrant Agreement”), between MTech

Acquisition Corp. (“MTech”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), in the case of any merger or consolidation of MTech with or into another corporation, each holder of an MTech warrant shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive in lieu of the share of MTech common stock immediately
Rest of the answer

theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon the merger that the warrant holder would have received if such warrant holder had exercised his, her or its warrant(s) immediately prior to such event. Accordingly, pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the MTech warrants will remain outstanding but will automatically represent the right to acquire the MTech Holdings stock upon consummation of the Business Combination. In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, MTech Holdings will enter into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Continental and MTech whereby MTech Holdings will assume all the rights and obligations of MTech under the Warrant Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we do not believe a Form 8-A is required with respect to the warrants or newly issued Mtech Holdings common stock as we respectfully believe that MTech Holdings should be deemed a successor issuer to MTech pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Rule 12g-3(a) provides that, where, in connection with a “succession” by merger, consolidation, exchange of securities, acquisition of assets or otherwise, securities of an issuer that are not already registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act are issued to holders of any class of securities of another issuer that are already registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, then the unregistered securities shall be deemed to be registered under the same paragraph of Section 12 of the Exchange Act, subject to certain enumerated exceptions, including if all securities of such class are held of record by more than 300 persons.

Rule 12g-3(f) requires the issuer of the securities deemed registered under Rule 12g-3(a) to indicate in the Form 8-K filed in connection with the succession the paragraph of Section 12 under which the class of securities of the success is deemed issued. MTech Holdings intends to file such a Form 8-K promptly upon consummation of the Business Combination.

Although the definition of “succession” in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act specifically contemplates the “direct” acquisition of the assets comprising a going business, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase or other direct transfer,” and does not explicitly contemplate a holding company reorganization, no-action positions taken by the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Commission

(the “Division”) in the past indicate that the structure of the Business Combination should constitute a “succession” for purposes of Rule 12g-3(a). In addition, in Release No. 33-7431, in which the Commission eliminated Form 8-B under the Exchange

Act and amended Rule 12g-3, the Commission noted:

“Rule 12g-3 is now being amended to include other transactions, such as the succession of a non-reporting issuer to more than one reporting issuer, either through consolidation into a new entity or a holding company formation. Currently, in this type of succession, both existing issuers must deregister their securities under the Exchange Act, and the success must file a Form 8-B. As a result of the amendments adopted today, the securities of the successor issuer will be deemed automatically registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.”

It should be noted that the definition of “succession” in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act also contemplates the “acquisition of control of a shell company in a transaction required to be reported on Form 8-K,” which is the case with the Business Combination. Furthermore, in Section 250.01 of the Division of Corporation Finance’s (the “Division”) Exchange Act Rules Compliance and

Disclosure Interpretations, the Division states:

“Under Rule 12g-3, the securities issued by a holding company that acquires a company with a class of securities registered under Section 12(g) of the

Exchange Act are automatically deemed to be registered under Section 12(g), whether or not a Form 8-K or 8-A has been filed with respect to such securities.”

We note that upon consummation of the Business Combination, MTech Holdings will not satisfy Rule 12g-3’s requirement that the MTech Holdings common stock and warrants be held of record by at least 300 persons. It is our opinion, however, that the application of Rule 12g-3(a) is appropriate notwithstanding the fact that MTech Holdings may have less than 300 record holders upon consummation of the Business Combination and the Division has granted no-action relief from the 300 person threshold of Rule 12g-3(a) in a number of successor situations.

See, e.g., Sanchez Production Partners LLC (February 19, 2015), Endo Health Solutions Inc. (available February 28, 2014), Genworth

Financial, Inc. (available March 27, 2013), Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (available January 12, 2012), Galileo Holding Corp. (available

December 19, 2008), Harveys Casino Resorts (available October 31, 2000), IPC Information Systems, Inc. (available May 20, 1999),

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (available March 29, 1999). In our view, the application of Rule 12g-3(a) to the Business Combination is consistent with the relief that the Division has granted in similar circumstances, as well as the protection of investors. As noted in numerous no-action letters, presumably Rule 12g-3’s threshold of 300 holders of record was to permit a successor to terminate its Exchange Act reporting and to coordinate with the standard for termination under Rule 12g-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act. See, e.g., Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (available December 22, 2008), IPC Information Systems, Inc. (available

April 26, 2005). MTech’s common stock and warrants are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market and it is intended that the MTech

Holdings common stock and warrants will be so listed following the Business Combination. Continued Exchange Act registration is essential to such listing and there is no intention to terminate MTech Holdings’ Exchange Act registration or reporting as a result of, or in connection with, the Business Combination.

The purpose behind Rule 12g-3 is “to eliminate any possible gap in the application of the Exchange Act protection to the securityholders of the predecessor.”

See Section 250.01 of the Division’s Exchange Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations. We note the Staff has taken the position that “Section 12(g) registration could be voluntarily continued by the successor pursuant to Rule 12g-3 in circumstances where the predecessor had fewer than 300 record holders without the filing of a new Exchange Act registration statement.” See Section 250.02 of the Division’s Exchange Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation.

Accordingly, we respectfully submit that the warrants and, upon issuance, the MTech Holdings common stock, will be deemed registered under Section 12(b) pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) of the Exchange Act notwithstanding that, upon consummation of the Business Combination, there are less than 300 holders of record.

Read in the reply ↗
Questions and Answers About the Proposals · Q. Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus?, page 18
SEC asked (3)
Please discuss the impact of the MTech Class B stockholders, also known as Founder Shares, on the vote of the transaction and the Business Combination. For example, clarify that Class B stockholders have the right to vote for the Business Combination and that the Class B shares will convert to Class A shares at the close of the Business Combination and be exchanged for shares of MTech Holdings.
Rest of the question

We note that that the conversion of the Class B shares to Class A shares provides that Class B stockholders will hold 20% beneficial ownership of MTech.

ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have discussed the impact of the Founder Shares on the vote of the transaction and the Business Combination on pages

21, 68 and 75 of the Amended Registration Statement.

What Will Happen in the Business Combination, Read in the reply ↗
What Will Happen in the Business Combination, page 19
SEC asked (4)
You explain that holders of unvested profit interest units of MJ Freeway LLC ("MJF") will receive pro-rata shares of MTech Holdings as part of the Business Combination transaction, but these MTech Holdings shares will continue to be unvested until they meet the vesting criteria even after the close of the Business Combination.
Rest of the question

Please describe the vesting criteria for these unvested profit interest units and quantify how many common stock shares of MTech Holdings will be issued in exchange for them.

ABTC answered
Please be advised that, assuming that 6,889,764 shares of MTech Holdings common stock are issued to the current holders of MJF in the business combination ( using the aggregate merger consideration amount of $70 million, assuming that there are no adjustments to the merger consideration at the closing for net working capital or indebtedness, divided by the fixed price of $10.16 per share, and including the shares of MTech Holdings common stock to be held in escrow), an aggregate of 282,716 shares of MTech

Holdings common stock will be issued to the holders of all of the unvested profit
Rest of the answer

interests of MJF after giving effect to the allocation agreement by and among the holders of MJF’s preferred and common stock and the parties to the

Merger Agreement, as described on page 53 of the Amended Registration Statement. These shares would be subject to the same vesting as the unvested profit interests for which they are exchanged. Typically, the profits interest units of MJF vest in four equal 25% annual installments, with the first tranche vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Vesting of each tranche is conditioned upon the holder thereof being employed by MJF on the vesting date. We have added relevant disclosure on pages 19, 81 and 137 of the Amended Registration Statement.

Read in the reply ↗
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information · Pro Forma Adjustments to the Unaudited Combined Statements of Operations, page 53
SEC asked (5)
Please reconcile the explanation of column (C) indicating that the MJF data is for the twelve months ended June 30, 2018 to the disclosure in your introduction to the pro forma financial information on page 46 indicating the data is for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017.
ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the explanation of column (C) to indicate that the MJF data is for the twelve months ended December 31,

2017 on page 53 of the Amended Registration Statement. Read in the reply ↗
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information · Pro Forma Adjustments to the Unaudited Combined Statements of Operations, page 53
SEC asked (6)
In pro forma adjustment (5), please further explain the assumptions you used in computing pro forma weighted average shares outstanding and address the following: • Explain why the public shares expected to be redeemed under Scenario 2 appear to be included in your computation of weighted average shares outstanding as of December 31, 2017; and • Describe how you computed the number of MTech shares issued in the
Rest of the question

Mergers.

ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have adjusted the computation of weighted average shares outstanding as of December 31, 2017 to exclude the public shares expected to be redeemed under Scenario 2 and have included in pro forma adjustment (5) a description of how we computed the number of MTech shares issued in the Mergers. The revised disclosure can be found on page 53 of the Amended Registration Statement. Read in the reply ↗
Merger Consideration, page 81
SEC asked (7)
Please provide a more detailed description of the closing adjustments of the $70 million in merger consideration to be provided to MJF unit holders. You reference a net capital adjustment, a target capital adjustment and an indebtedness adjustment. Please clarify the mechanics of these adjustments as to how they would be calculated, and clarify the types of indebtedness that would result in such an adjustment.
ABTC answered
We have provided a more detailed description of the closing adjustments on page 81 of the Amended Registration Statement.

Background of the Business Combination, Read in the reply ↗
Background of the Business Combination, page 86
SEC asked (8)
You indicate that MTech engaged the technology consulting firm Thought Ensemble to provide a report with recommendations on how to improve MJF's platform and processes. You further indicate that meetings or conference calls were held by MTech with representatives of Thought Ensemble to review and discuss its final report. Please revise to provide more details of these discussions with Thought Ensemble.
Rest of the question

Clarify whether MTech's board of directors considered the final report by Thought Ensemble to be a material factor in approving the Business Combination. If so, please provide a summary of the report, including the recommendations communicated to MTech's board.

ABTC answered
We respectfully advise the Staff that the discussions with Thought Ensemble and the final report were part of MTech’s ordinary course of due diligence on

MJF and were not a standalone material factor considered by MTech’s board of directors for approving the Business Combination.

We have revised our disclosure to reflect the foregoing on page 90 of the Amended Registration Statement. Read in the reply ↗
Background of the Business Combination, page 86
SEC asked (9)
This section references MTech receiving various information from MJF such as an indepth investor presentation, access to a data room, preliminary financials and other business information, and an annual budget and financial projections. This information was provided on April 6, April 26, June 25, and August 10, 2018, respectively.
Rest of the question

Please revise to provide a description of the substance of the financial information provided to MTech, to the extent material, and used by MTech's board as a material factor in its consideration to approve the Business Combination.

ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosure on pages 88, 89 and 90 of the Amended Registration Statement. Read in the reply ↗
Background of the Business Combination, page 86
SEC asked (10)
On August 28, 2018, MTech management agreed to raise the value of the merger consideration to $70 million, in part, due to the Series C financing and "change in public market activity in the cannabis industry." Please provide more details as to the prior negotiations of the merger consideration, including the prior amount(s) that was being discussed and/or negotiated before the August 28, 2018 meeting.
Rest of the question

In addition, please clarify what you mean by "change in the public market activity in the cannabis industry" and clarify the value of the MJF based on the Series C financing.

ABTC answered

No numbered answer found in the reply. Read the reply ↗

The Business Combination Proposal · MTech's Board of Directors' Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination, page 92
SEC asked (11)
Please clarify whether the MTech board performed a valuation of MJF and whether such an evaluation of MJF's valuation was a material reason the board considered to approve the Business Combination. We note that on page 66, you disclose that the MTech board did not hire an third-party investment firm to provide a fairness opinion, but the "fair market value of MJF has been determined by MTech’s board of directors
Rest of the question

based upon standards generally accepted by the financial community, such as potential sales, earnings and cash flow, and the price for which comparable businesses or assets have been valued." To the extent that the MTech board performed a valuation of MJF, please revise to disclose the methodology used by the MTech board and analysis performed, including specific financial information and projections provided by MJF management.

ABTC answered
that the MTech board of directors performed a valuation of MJF and the valuation was a material reason that the board of directors determined to approve the Business Combination. We have revised our disclosure on pages 89, 90 and 92 of the Amended Registration

Statement to disclose the methodology used by the MTech board of directors and the analysis performed. Read in the reply ↗
Sources and Uses of Funds for the Business Combination, page 96
SEC asked (12)
You disclose that you will receive between $10.4 million and $63.4 million in cash proceeds from the SPAC trust as "Cash to Balance Sheet" if the Business Combination is consummated. Throughout your registration statement, you reference such proceeds to be used as part of the MJF's "growth strategy." On pages 61 and 62, you disclose such a growth strategy would include organic initiatives and potential acquisitions.
Rest of the question

Please describe in more detail what MJF's growth strategy involves and how it will use proceeds from the trust for the components and initiatives of your growth strategy. Further, please clarify whether the growth strategy of MJF as communicated to MTech as disclosed on page 88 has changed since the Business Combination proposal has been voted by MTech's board.

ABTC answered
We respectfully direct the Staff to the disclosure that has been added on page 61 of the Amended Registration Statement providing details on MJF’s growth strategy and the use of the proceeds of this offering to implement that strategy. Please note that there have been no material changes to MJF’s growth strategy since its initial discussions with MTech described on page 88 of the original filing. Read in the reply ↗
The Charter Amendments Proposal, page 101
SEC asked (13)
In your table of the summary of principal changes between the certificates of incorporation of MTech and MTech Holdings subject to the Charter Amendments Proposal, you indicate that the MTech charter is silent as to the forum for stockholder lawsuits. This appears to be inconsistent with your disclosure on page 155 which indicates that MTech has an exclusive forum of Delaware courts for stockholder lawsuits.
Rest of the question

Please revise to reconcile and clarify how the exclusive forum provision of MTech Holdings differs from the exclusive forum provision of MTech. Further, clarify whether either exclusive forum provision excludes stockholders from suing in federal court for claims under the federal securities laws.

ABTC answered
that the forum selection provision of MTech and MTech Holdings is the same. Each forum selection provision provided that Delaware courts are an exclusive forum for stockholder lawsuits related to any derivative action or proceeding on behalf of the corporation, any action asserting breach of fiduciary duty, any action asserting a claim under the Delaware general corporation law or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine.
Rest of the answer

By its terms, each forum selection provision does not exclude stockholders from suing in federal court for claims under the federal securities laws. We have removed the forum section provision as one of the principal changes between the certificates of incorporation of the two entities requiring stockholder approval from page 101 in the Amended Registration Statement.

Read in the reply ↗
The Charter Amendments Proposal, page 101
SEC asked (14)
With respect to your Forum Selection and Corporate Opportunity changes in the MTech Holdings certificate, please add a risk factor that addresses the effect of these changes on investors. Your discussion of the Corporate Opportunity charter amendment should address the conflicts of interest that may result from the provision as it relates to your prospective management's outside activities.
ABTC answered
that the Corporate Opportunity provision of MTech and MTech Holdings is the same. We have removed the Corporate provision as one of the principal changes between the certificates of incorporation of the two entities requiring stockholder approval from page

101 in the Amended Registration Statement. We have added risk factors for Forum Selection and Corporate Opportunity provisions in MTech Holdings certificate of incorporation on page 71 of the Amended Registration Statement. Read in the reply ↗
Information About MJF · General, page 122
SEC asked (15)
On page 122, you describe MJF as the "largest cannabis technology company providing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to the cannabis industry." Please clarify how you determined that you are the "largest" provider and explain upon what basis do you make this claim. We note similar language on pages 12, 35, and 92.
Rest of the question

It is unclear, for example, whether you are the largest provider in the industry by market share derived by revenues.

ABTC answered
We respectfully submit that

MJF’s contention that it is the largest competitor in the industry is supported by numerous private and public sources, including company collected competitive data, publicly available state tax rolls, and industry resources. For example, comparative industry-related websites, such as https://www.owler.com/company/mjfreeway, routinely list the top ten competitors in the cannabis industry, which includes MJF. The comparative data available at such site indicates that MJF is at the top of this list in terms of annual revenues and number of employees.
Rest of the answer

Further, MJF competes in more segments of the cannabis industry than all of its competitors. Indeed, MJF services the entire cannabis supply chain, and also supplies its clients with business intelligence and consulting services, something MJF’s competitors currently do not provide. There has been no single competitor in the cannabis that competes with MJF in all of the areas in which MJF provides products and services. Additionally, MJF has the longest operating history in the industry amongst these competitors, and holds the largest global footprint amongst these competitors, serving cannabis operators in 29 states and 11 countries globally. We have included additional disclosure relating to the foregoing on page 133 of the Amended Registration Statement.

Read in the reply ↗
Information About MJF · General, page 122
SEC asked (16)
Please provide more information as to the nature of your clients under the Commercial Software and Consulting Services areas, such as whether you have a concentration in terms of size, type or geographic locations that is material in nature. To the extent that it is material, identify the two states in the United States where medical marijuana is legalized in which you do not provide products and services.
ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have added disclosure on page 122 of the Amended Registration Statement providing detail on MJF’s commercial software and consulting services. Read in the reply ↗
Leaf Data Systems, page 123
SEC asked (17)
Please disclose the material terms of your agreements, including duration and termination provisions, with the government agencies in Pennsylvania and Washington. We note that the Leaf Data Systems products represented 43% of your revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 and you only have 2 customers.
ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have added disclosure on page 126 of the Amended Registration Statement providing more information on the clients of MJF’s government contracts with the States of Pennsylvania and Washington. Read in the reply ↗
Leaf Data Systems, page 123
SEC asked (18)
On page 61, you provided a risk factor noting that you are dependent on third-party service providers for some services and applications. On page 147, you attribute increased cost of revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 to costs related to a patient registry product and integration provided by Oracle.
Rest of the question

To the extent material, please provide a description of your arrangements with third-party service providers and how much of your platform is derived from other sources. Please clarify if your arrangements with Oracle involve material agreements.

ABTC answered
We respectfully note that we use a commercially available Oracle product to provide the patient registry functions required by the State of Pennsylvania. This product is one of numerous solutions available from third party application providers and should we determine to not use the Oracle product, or same should become unavailable, we would have available to us alternative solutions that could be readily integrated into our system. Accordingly, we submit that the Oracle relationship is not material and that the current disclosure is accurate. Read in the reply ↗
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of MJF · Products and Services, page 144
SEC asked (19)
Please clarify how you generate revenues from your Commercial Software and Consulting Services. To the extent material, please provide more information regarding the factors that drive the revenue growth in these areas, such as the number of customers or key performance indicators.
ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have added disclosure on page 145 of the Amended Registration Statement providing clarification on how MJF generates revenues from its Commercial Software and Consulting Services.

Beneficial Ownership of Securities, Read in the reply ↗
Beneficial Ownership of Securities, page 160
SEC asked (20)
Please clarify the natural person(s) that hold voting and/or investment power over the shares that will be beneficially owned by M&J Special Investments LLC and SV MJF Investors LP.
ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have disclosed on page 161 of the Amended Registration Statement the natural persons that hold voting and investment power over the shares that will be beneficially owned by M&J Special Investments LLC and SV MJF Investors LP. Read in the reply ↗
Signatures, page 175
SEC asked (21)
Your registration statement must be signed by your chief accounting officer or controller and a majority of your of directors. Please refer to Instruction 1 to the Signatures section of Form S-4. To the extent an individual performs more than one role, please indicate so in the titles by their respective signature.
ABTC answered
that Scott Sozio is presently the sole director of MTech Holdings and Tahira Rehmatullah is the principal accounting and financial officer of MTech Holdings. We have revised the signature page to indicate their respective titles.

We thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing. If you have further comments, we ask that you forward them by electronic mail to our counsel,

Tamar Donikyan, Esq. at tdonikyan@egsllp.com or by telephone at (212) 370-1300. Read in the reply ↗
Background of the Business Combination, page 86
SEC asked (1)
In your response to prior comment 9 on page 89, you indicate that the MJ Freeway management provided organic revenue growth projections estimated to be approximately 50% for the next several years beyond 2019. Please provide us the basis for these organic growth projections. You indicate that the MJ Freeway projected growth is not based on entering new jurisdictions or new state government contracts.
Rest of the question

While MJ Freeway revenue grew by 87% in fiscal year 2018 from 2017, it appears much of this growth was related to your Washington and Pennsylvania Leaf Data Systems contracts.

ABTC answered
We respectfully advise the Staff that the projected growth is based on three concepts and not on securing additional state contracts: (1) the economic environment in which MJ Freeway is growing; (2) MJ Freeway’s status as a leader and comprehensive compliance solution in its target markets; and (3) existing contracts that can be further monetized in the future.

The Economic Environment:

MJ Freeway’s clients operate and seek to comply with state laws in the cannabis, CBD and hemp markets, which are growing at rapid rates.
Rest of the answer

According to a February 2018 report from

Arcview Market Research, spending on legal cannabis in North America is projected to grow in North America from $9.2 billion in

2017 to an estimated $47.3 billion in 2027, at an 18% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. Internationally, the rest of world markets are expected grow at a 47% CAGR.

According to a 2017 Gartner report, on average, companies in North America spend 2.5% of their gross revenues on technology solutions. These data points, when applied to the forecasted

$47.3 billion sales in North America, reflect a potential 2027 technology spend of $1.2 billion ($47.3 billion x 2.5%) without considering the International impact. Further, the report noted that 37% of respondents reported a preference for the buyrather-than-build strategy including SaaS, which was reported as the most popular model for significant investment.

Industry studies show that current operators in the cannabis, CBD, and hemp market are underspending on technology compared to other industries. MJ Freeway believes those operators will be forced to automate their operations, compliance, and reporting with an integrated ERP system like MJ Freeway if they are to remain competitive in a rapidly growing marketplace.

The Status of MJ Freeway in the Economic Environment

According to state tax agencies records and locator services, MJ Freeway was one of the first, if not the first, technology platforms built for ensuring and monitoring compliance in the cannabis, CBD, and hemp industries. Further, it is the only ERP solution built to scale nationally and internationally while providing technology compliance, monitoring and auditing products across the entire supply chain and all industry verticals of the cannabis, CBD and hemp markets. Importantly, MJ Freeway has already started serving businesses and governments globally. MJ

Freeway currently services clients in 29 of 31 33 medicinally-legal US states and 11 countries. These factors establish MJ Freeway as a mature, vetted solution for the coming global expansion in the industry. MJ Freeway expects to leverage its first-mover advantage and reputation among industry participants throughout the global supply chain to increase market share.

Future Monetization

In addition to the market advantages described above,

MJ Freeway has existing contracts with its current clients that can be monetized in the future. 100% of MJ Freeway’s license agreements provide MJ Freeway with the right to aggregate and monetize client data. MJ Freeway to date has processed and compiled data related to more than $13 billion in sales, resulting in MJ Freeway owning and controlling substantial business intelligence data set that can be monetized for multiple purposes in the future. MJ Freeway believes this database represents the largest statistically relevant dataset of any competitor (by far) and expects to leverage this data to develop and provide additional service offerings to current and future clients.

Read in the reply ↗
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of · MJF, page 144
SEC asked (2)
Please revise to include a discussion and analysis of the two most recent fiscal years. Refer to Instruction 1 to paragraph 303(a) of Regulation S-K.
ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have included a discussion and analysis of the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 starting from page 152 in the Amended Registration Statement.

In addition, the Staff provided the following oral comment: Read in the reply ↗
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information, page 46
SEC asked (1)
You indicate that the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations was prepared using MJ Freeway’s ("MJF") unaudited historical condensed statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 included elsewhere in your filing. However, financial statements covering this period are not included in your filing. Please clarify how the MJF financial information was derived.
Rest of the question

Refer to Rule 11-02(c)(3) of Regulation S-X.

ABTC answered
We respectfully advise the Staff that the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations was prepared using MJ Freeway’s unaudited historical condensed statement of operations for the six months ended December 31, 2018, which is included in the Registration Statement, and the MJ Freeway unaudited results from operations for the six months ended June 30,

2018. We have revised our disclosure on pages 46 and 52 of the Amended

Registration Statement. Read in the reply ↗
The Business Combination Proposal · MTech’s Board of Directors’ Reasons for the Approval of the Business Combination, page 91
SEC asked (2)
Please include your response to prior comment 1 in your registration statement as assumptions underlying your belief regarding the 50% annual organic revenue growth projections for MJF in the next several years. In addition, discuss the limitations of those assumptions, such as any risks and/or uncertainties regarding your future plans to monetize client data.
ABTC answered
to the Staff’s comment, we have revised our disclosure to incorporate our prior response and discuss the limitation of assumptions regarding our future plans to monetize client data. Such disclosure can be found on pages 12,13,36, 91 and 92 of the Amended addition, the Staff provided the following oral comment: Read in the reply ↗
25 other letters: notices that a filing will not be reviewed, requests to declare a registration effective, and the like

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