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 November 25, 2022 

Mayer Brown LLP

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Mr. Kibum Park

Mr. Jeffrey Gabor

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 
   

Re: Sagaliam Acquisition Corp.

Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A

Filed November 17, 2022

File No. 001-41182

 

 

Dear Messrs. Park and Gabor

 

This letter is being furnished on behalf of Sagaliam Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) in response to comments received from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by letter, dated November 23, 2022, to Barry Kostiner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The text of the Staff’s comments has been included in this letter below in bold and italics for your convenience, and we have numbered the paragraphs below to correspond to the numbers in the Staff’s letter. We have also set forth the Company’s response to each of the numbered comments immediately below each numbered comment. In addition, on behalf of the Company, we are hereby filing Amendment No. 1 to the Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the “Preliminary Proxy Statement”) with the Commission, and have addressed your comment on pages therein as indicated in our response below.

 

Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A

 

General

 

1.With a view toward disclosure, please tell us whether your sponsor is, is controlled by, or has substantial ties with a non-U.S. person. If so, also include risk factor disclosure that addresses how this fact could impact your ability to complete your initial business combination. For instance, discuss the risk to investors that you may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company should the transaction be subject to review by a U.S. government entity, such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited. Disclose that as a result, the pool of potential targets with which you could complete an initial business combination may be limited. Further, disclose that the time necessary for government review of the transaction or a decision to prohibit the transaction could prevent you from completing an initial business combination and require you to liquidate. Disclose the consequences of liquidation to investors, such as the losses of the investment opportunity in a target company, any price appreciation in the combined company, and the warrants, which would expire worthless.

 

We have included disclosure on pages [x] and [y] of the Preliminary Proxy Statement to address this comment specifically.

 

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Mayer Brown is a global services provider comprising an association of legal practices that are separate entities including

Mayer Brown LLP (Illinois, USA), Mayer Brown International LLP (England), Mayer Brown (a Hong Kong partnership)

and Tauil & Chequer Advogados (a Brazilian partnership).

 

   

 

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

November 25, 2022

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If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, feel free to contact Thomas Kollar at +852 2843 4260 or thomas.kollar@mayerbrown.com. Thank you for your assistance.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Thomas Kollar

Thomas Kollar

Mayer Brown LLP

 

cc: Barry Kostiner, Chief Executive Officer
  Sagaliam Acquisition Corp.