# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001940674
**File Stem:** 0000000000-23-003177
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000000000-23-003177

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: UPLOAD

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230329

**FILED FOR**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001940674
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** MISC INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3590]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** L2
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** UPLOAD

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** MESPIL BUSINESS CENTRE, MESPIL HOUSE
- **STREET 2:** SUSSEX ROAD
- **CITY:** DUBLIN 4
- **STATE:** L2
- **ZIP:** D04 T4A6
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 353 1 920 1000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** MESPIL BUSINESS CENTRE, MESPIL HOUSE
- **STREET 2:** SUSSEX ROAD
- **CITY:** DUBLIN 4
- **STATE:** L2
- **ZIP:** D04 T4A6

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Empatan Public Ltd Co
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20220801
**PUBLIC REFERENCE ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-074058

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United States securities and exchange commission logo

                               March 29, 2023

       Haggai Alon
       Chief Executive Officer
       SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co
       Mespil Business Centre, Mespil House, Sussex Road,
       Dublin 4, Ireland

                                                        Re: SMX (Security
Matters) Public Ltd Co
                                                            Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form F-1
                                                            Filed March 17,
2023
                                                            File No. 333-270674

       Dear Haggai Alon:

              We have limited our review of your registration statement to
those issues we have
       addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to
provide us with
       information so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and
       circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell
us why in your
       response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and
the information you
       provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form F-1/A filed March 23, 2023

       Cover Page

   1.                                                   Please disclose on your
cover page the price (and formula for determining it) at which
                                                        Lincoln Park will
receive your shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the term of
                                                        the Purchase Agreement.
       Prospectus Summary, page 1

   2.                                                   Please disclose, if
true, that while the selling securityholder may experience a positive rate
                                                        of return based on the
current trading price, the public securityholders may not experience
                                                        a similar rate of
return on the securities they purchased due to differences in the purchase
                                                        prices and the current
trading price. Please also disclose the potential profit the selling
                                                        securityholders will
earn based on the current trading price. Lastly, please include
 Haggai Alon
SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co
March 29, 2023
Page 2
         appropriate risk factor disclosure.
3.       Please update your disclosure to reflect the amount that would be
available to the
         Company under the Standby Equity Purchase agreement based on the
current trading price
         of the Company   s Ordinary Shares. Further, disclose the amount
available to the
         Company under the applicable floor price.
Risk Factors, page 17

4.       In your risk factor summary, you highlight multiple risks but fail to
include related risk
         factor disclosure. For example, you note that management has limited
experience in
         operating a public company in the U.S but fail to include a related
risk factor. You also
         note that the stock price of your ordinary shares may be volatile but
fail to include a
         related risk factor. These are non-exhaustive examples. Please update
your risk factor
         disclosure to accurately reflect the summary.
It is not possible to predict the actual number of shares we will sell under
the SEPA . . ., page 30

5.       Advise whether there is a risk that the potential depressive effect on
your share trading
         price due to the substantial number of shares you are registering for
resale may also limit
         your ability to utilize the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement to
enhance your cash
         resources. For example, advise whether a decline in the trading price
of your common
         shares may affect the ability or rate at which Yorkville sells its
shares of your Common
         Stock and, as a result, may restrict the amount or timing of
additional financing you are
         able to obtain pursuant to the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement in
light of the
         Beneficial Ownership Limitation.
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 77

6.       In light of the significant number of redemptions and the unlikelihood
that the company
         will receive significant proceeds from exercises of the warrants
because of the disparity
         between the exercise price of the warrants and the current trading
price of the Ordinary
         Shares, expand your discussion of capital resources to address any
changes in the
         company   s liquidity position since the business combination. If the
company is likely to
         have to seek additional capital, discuss the effect of this offering
on the company   s ability
         to raise additional capital.
General

7.     Please disclose whether the company is aware of any material adverse
trends, events or
FirstName LastNameHaggai Alon
       transactions that have occurred subsequent to June 30, 2022 that would
materially impact
Comapany    NameSMX
       an investor's    (Security Matters)
                     understanding of your Public Ltdfinancial
                                           business,  Co       condition,
results of operations and
March cash  flows.
       29, 2023    Refer
                 Page  2 to Item 303 of Regulation S-K.
FirstName LastName
 Haggai Alon
FirstName  LastNameHaggai   Alon
SMX (Security  Matters) Public Ltd Co
Comapany
March      NameSMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co
       29, 2023
March3 29, 2023 Page 3
Page
FirstName LastName
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

        Please contact Austin Pattan, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-6756 or
Matthew Crispino,
Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-3456 with any questions.

                                                           Sincerely,

                                                           Division of
Corporation Finance
                                                           Office of Technology
cc:      Stephen Fox

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### Attached PDF Documents

**Attachment 1:** `filename1`

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CORPORATION FINANCE

# UNITED STATES  
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

March 29, 2023

Haggai Alon  
Chief Executive Officer  
SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co  
Mespil Business Centre, Mespil House, Sussex Road,  
Dublin 4, Ireland

# **Re: SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co  
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1  
Filed March 17, 2023  
File No. 333-270674**

Dear Haggai Alon:

We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues we have addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

Registration Statement on Form F-1/A filed March 23, 2023

# Cover Page

1. Please disclose on your cover page the price (and formula for determining it) at which Lincoln Park will receive your shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the term of the Purchase Agreement.

# Prospectus Summary, page 1

2. Please disclose, if true, that while the selling securityholder may experience a positive rate of return based on the current trading price, the public securityholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the securities they purchased due to differences in the purchase prices and the current trading price. Please also disclose the potential profit the selling securityholders will earn based on the current trading price. Lastly, please include

Haggai Alon  
SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co  
March 29, 2023  
Page 2

appropriate risk factor disclosure.

3. Please update your disclosure to reflect the amount that would be available to the Company under the Standby Equity Purchase agreement based on the current trading price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares. Further, disclose the amount available to the Company under the applicable floor price.

# Risk Factors, page 17

4. In your risk factor summary, you highlight multiple risks but fail to include related risk factor disclosure. For example, you note that management has limited experience in operating a public company in the U.S but fail to include a related risk factor. You also note that the stock price of your ordinary shares may be volatile but fail to include a related risk factor. These are non-exhaustive examples. Please update your risk factor disclosure to accurately reflect the summary.

# It is not possible to predict the actual number of shares we will sell under the SEPA . . . , page 30

5. Advise whether there is a risk that the potential depressive effect on your share trading price due to the substantial number of shares you are registering for resale may also limit your ability to utilize the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement to enhance your cash resources. For example, advise whether a decline in the trading price of your common shares may affect the ability or rate at which Yorkville sells its shares of your Common Stock and, as a result, may restrict the amount or timing of additional financing you are able to obtain pursuant to the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement in light of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.

# Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 77

6. In light of the significant number of redemptions and the unlikelihood that the company will receive significant proceeds from exercises of the warrants because of the disparity between the exercise price of the warrants and the current trading price of the Ordinary Shares, expand your discussion of capital resources to address any changes in the company’s liquidity position since the business combination. If the company is likely to have to seek additional capital, discuss the effect of this offering on the company’s ability to raise additional capital.

# General

7. Please disclose whether the company is aware of any material adverse trends, events or transactions that have occurred subsequent to June 30, 2022 that would materially impact an investor's understanding of your business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Refer to Item 303 of Regulation S-K.

Haggai Alon
SMX (Security Matters) Public Ltd Co
March 29, 2023
Page 3

We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.

Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement.

Please contact Austin Pattan, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-6756 or Matthew Crispino, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-3456 with any questions.

Sincerely,

Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Technology

cc: Stephen Fox