0001104659-22-108132.txt : 20230718 0001104659-22-108132.hdr.sgml : 20230718 20221012164956 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-22-108132 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20221012 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ramaco Resources, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001687187 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE MINING [1220] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 WEST MAIN STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LEXINGTON STATE: KY ZIP: 40507 BUSINESS PHONE: (859) 244-7455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 WEST MAIN STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: LEXINGTON STATE: KY ZIP: 40507 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

 

October 12, 2022

 

VIA EDGAR

Robert Babula

Gus Rodriguez

Irene Barberena-Meissner

Loan Lauren Nguyen

Division of Corporation Finance

Office of Energy and Transportation

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re:Ramaco Resources, Inc.
 Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
 Filed August 30, 2022
 File No. 001-38003

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter sets forth the responses of Ramaco Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) to the comments of the Staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) set forth in your letter, dated September 26, 2022, with respect to the Company’s Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on August 30, 2022, File No. 001-38003 (the “Proxy Statement”).

 

Concurrently with the submission of this letter, we are publicly filing Amendment No. 1 to the Preliminary Proxy Statement (“Amendment No. 1”) in response to the Staff’s comments. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Amendment No. 1. For your convenience, each of the Staff’s comments is reprinted in bold below, followed by the Company’s responses thereto.

 

 

 

 

Robert Babula

Gus Rodriguez

Irene Barberena-Meissner

Loan Lauren Nguyen

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

October 12, 2022

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Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on August 30, 2022

 

General

 

1.Item 1 in your preliminary proxy statement appears to ask your shareholders to consider and vote on the tracking stock proposal to approve the adoption of an amendment and restatement of your amended and restated certificate of incorporation, among other things, to (1) reclassify your existing common stock as Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share and (2) distribute tracking stock to be designated as Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share to existing holders of Class A common stock. Please clarify whether you are asking shareholders to approve your distribution of tracking stock and, if so, please revise your proxy statement to state this clearly. Also, tell us whether shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on any subsequent distributions of tracking stock. If not, please clarify.

 

RESPONSE:

 

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the disclosure on pages 1 and 5 of Amendment No. 1.

 

2.Please expand your disclosures regarding the CORE Assets and your dividend policy to provide context for Item 1.  We note your related disclosures in the registration statement on Form S-3 that you filed concurrently with this preliminary proxy statement.

 

RESPONSE:

 

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the disclosure on pages 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Amendment No. 1.

 

3.Please revise this proxy statement, as necessary, to reflect corresponding revisions made in response to our comments on the related registration statement on Form S-3 that you filed concurrently with this preliminary proxy statement.

 

RESPONSE:

 

In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the disclosure throughout Amendment No. 1 to reflect corresponding revisions made in response to the Staff’s comments on the related registration statement.

 

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  Sincerely,
     
  /s/ Randall W. Atkins
  Name: Randall W. Atkins
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

cc:Matthew R. Pacey, P.C., Kirkland & Ellis LLP
 Anthony L. Sanderson, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

 

 

 

 

 

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