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| Richard A. Kline 650.752.3139 rkline@ goodwinprocter.com |
Goodwin Procter LLP Counselors at Law 135 Commonwealth Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 T: 650.752.3100 F: 650.853.1038 |
July 1, 2013
Russell
Mancuso
Branch Chief
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Dear Mr. Mancuso:
This letter is submitted on behalf of Control4 Corporation (the "Company") in response to the comments of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the "Staff") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") with respect to the Company's Confidential Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 submitted on May 23, 2013 (the "Draft Registration Statement"), as set forth in your letter dated June 3, 2013 addressed to Martin Plaehn, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the "Comment Letter"). The Company is concurrently filing a Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement"), which includes changes that reflect responses to the Staff's comments.
For reference purposes, the text of the Comment Letter has been reproduced herein with responses below each numbered comment. For your convenience, we have italicized the reproduced Staff comments from the Comment Letter. Unless otherwise indicated, page references in the descriptions of the Staff's comments refer to the Draft Registration Statement, and page references in the responses refer to the Registration Statement. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Draft Registration Statement.
The responses provided herein are based upon information provided to Goodwin Procter LLP by the Company. In addition to filing this letter via EDGAR, we are sending via courier four (4) copies of each of this letter and the Registration Statement (marked to show changes from the Draft Registration Statement).
Furthermore, in response to the Staff's prior comment #8 in its letter dated February 27, 2013, the Company is supplementally providing to the Staff with this filing a copy of the materials presented to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
We have entered into several strategic arrangements, page 17
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has revised pages 17 and 18 of the Registration Statement to revise the risk factor to clarify the risk regarding the Company's strategic relationships. Furthermore, the Company has revised page 113 of the Registration Statement to
disclose the duration, renewal and termination provisions of the Company's agreement with Cisco Systems, Inc.
If security breaches in connection with the delivery of our services, page 32
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has revised pages 32 and 33 of the Registration Statement to disclose the risks associated with port forwarding.
Products, page 84
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has revised page 55 of the Registration Statement to clarify that the increase in gross margin, as a percentage of revenue, was partially due to higher sales of third-party products sold through the Company's online distribution platform. As disclosed on page F-10 of the Registration Statement, the Company recognizes revenue net of cost of revenue for third-party products sold through the Company's online distribution platform and, therefore, sales of third-party products sold through the Company's online distribution platform have a higher gross margin, as a percentage of revenue, than sales of the Company's products. The Company advises the Staff that revenue generated from the sales of third-party products sold through the Company's online distribution platform was less than $50,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2012 and was less than $500,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2013.
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that sales of these third-party products began late in the first quarter of 2012 and, therefore, the positive impact on the gross margin, as a percentage of revenue, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 when compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012 was more significant than it is expected to be in future periods. The Company will continue to monitor the impact of sales of third-party products sold through the Company's online distribution platform and, if there is a foreseen trend, will disclose such information to investors as a known trend.
Description of Capital Stock, page 117
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has revised page 119 of the Registration Statement to describe the second paragraph of Article IV of Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement and to disclose the implications of such provision.
Anti-Takeover Effects, page 119
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has revised page 122 of the Registration Statement to disclose the provisions of the last paragraphs of Article VI and Article IX of Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement.
Lock-Up Agreements, page 122
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has revised page 125 of the Registration Statement to disclose the exceptions from the lock-up agreement with the underwriters of this offering.
Exhibits
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has re-filed the agreement with Lite-On Electronic Company Ltd. dated December 3, 2010 (the "Agreement") with the attachments referred to in Schedule H of the Agreement. The Company advises the Staff that no additional attachments were attached to the Agreement, and that the Agreement, as filed with the Registration Statement, is the full and complete executed version of the Agreement.
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has re-filed Exhibit 1.1 of the Registration Statement with all exhibits.
Exhibit 3.2- Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
RESPONSE: In response to the Staff's comment, the Company has revised page 120 of the Registration Statement to disclose that it is possible that the choice of forum clause is inapplicable or unenforceable.
If you should have any questions concerning the enclosed matters, please contact the undersigned at (650) 752-3139.
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/s/ RICHARD A. KLINE |
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Richard A. Kline |