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Attn:
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Bradley Ecker
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Jennifer Angelini
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Re:
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Momentus Inc.
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Registration Statement on Form S-1
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Submitted June 2, 2025
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File No. 333-287712
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CIK No. 0001781162
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We note that you are seeking to register up to 4,288,232 shares of Common Stock that have not yet been issued to the Selling Stockholder. Please provide your analysis showing how you determined that there was a
completed private placement prior to your attempt to register the resale of these shares. In your analysis, please consider the Commission’s guidance set forth in Questions 134.01 and 139.11 of the Securities Act Sections Compliance and
Disclosure Interpretations. Your response should separately address each of the shares identified in subparagraphs (i)-(iv) on the prospectus cover.
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1.
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Before the S-1 was filed, the Selling Stockholder and the Company executed a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”).
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2.
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The Loan Agreement provides for the issuance of each of the following securities to the Selling Stockholder in a private placement in reliance upon the Section 4(2) exemption from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”):
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(i)
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an initial junior secured convertible note having an original principal amount of $1,012,500 (the “Initial Convertible Note”);
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(ii)
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a warrant to purchase up to 476,470 shares of the Company’s Common Stock accompanying the Initial Convertible Note (the “Initial Warrant”);
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(iii)
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an additional junior secured convertible note having an original principal amount of $1,012,500 (the “Additional Convertible Note”); and
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(iv)
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a warrant to purchase up to 476,470 shares of the Company’s Common Stock accompanying the Additional Convertible Note (the “Additional Warrant”).
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3.
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The Loan Agreement that was executed prior to the filing of the S-1 established the purchase price for each of the Initial Convertible Note, the Initial Warrant, the Additional Convertible Note and the
Additional Warrant.
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Such purchase prices are not contingent on the market price of the Company’s securities at the time of effectiveness of the S-1 or at any subsequent date, and therefore the Selling Stockholder was subject to
market risk at the time of the filing of the S-1.
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5.
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With respect to each of the shares identified in subparagraphs (i)-(iv) on the prospectus cover of the S-1:
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(i)
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Initial Convertible Note: The 595,588 shares of Common Stock described in subparagraph (i) on the prospectus cover of the S-1 are issuable upon conversion of the Initial Convertible Note, which the
Selling Stockholder was irrevocably bound to purchase under the Loan Agreement within three business days of the filing of the S-1, subject only to conditions outside the Selling Stockholder’s control. The Initial Convertible Note was
subsequently issued to the Selling Stockholder by the Company on June 3, 2025, within three business days of the filing of the S-1.
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(ii)
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Additional Convertible Note: The 595,588 shares of Common Stock described in subparagraph (ii) on the prospectus cover of the S-1 are issuable upon conversion of the Additional Convertible Note. The
Company acknowledges that the obligation of the Selling Stockholder to purchase the Additional Convertible Note under the Loan Agreement, while contingent upon the effectiveness of the S-1, was also contingent upon the Company’s Common
Stock meeting certain trading price, market capitalization and trading volume requirements that are “reasonably acceptable” to the Selling Stockholder (see the definition of “Additional Funding Date”
in the Loan Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.33 to the S-1). Because such condition is within the control of the Selling Stockholder, the Company proposes to enter into an amendment to the Loan
Agreement with the Selling Stockholder prior to the effectiveness of the S-1 to remove the discretion of the Selling Stockholder to determine whether such conditions are “reasonably acceptable.” Instead, the amendment to the Loan Agreement
will replace the discretionary conditions with conditions outside the Selling Stockholder’s control, as reflected in the following definition which would replace the current definition of “Additional Funding Date” in the Loan Agreement,
with the blanks filled in to include numerical minimums (marked to show changes):
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(iii)
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Warrants: The 952,940 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of certain warrants described in subparagraph (iii) on the prospectus cover of the S-1 consist of (a) up to 476,470 shares of the
Company’s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Initial Warrant and (b) up to 476,470 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Additional Warrant.
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(a)
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Initial Warrant: As was the case with the Initial Convertible Note, the Selling Stockholder was irrevocably bound to purchase the Initial Warrant under the Loan Agreement in conjunction with the
purchase of the Initial Convertible Note within three business days of the filing of the S-1, subject only to conditions outside the Selling Stockholder’s control. The Initial Warrant was subsequently issued to the Selling Stockholder by
the Company on June 3, 2025, within three business days of the filing of the S-1.
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(b)
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Additional Warrant: The purchase of the Additional Warrant by the Selling Stockholder will occur in connection with the purchase of the Additional Convertible Note. As noted in paragraph 3.(ii) above,
the Company and the Selling Stockholder have proposed an amendment to the Loan Agreement to be entered into prior to effectiveness of the S-1 that would remove the discretion of the Selling Stockholder with respect to conditions to purchase
the Additional Warrant, and replace such conditions with conditions outside the Selling Stockholder’s control. With the amendment, the Selling Stockholder will be irrevocably bound to purchase the Additional Warrant under the Loan Agreement
within three business days of the filing of the S-1 subject only to conditions outside the Selling Stockholder’s control, in accordance with the Staff’s guidance in Questions 134.01 and 139.11 of the Securities Act CDIs.
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(iv)
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Default Conversion Shares: The 2,144,116 shares of Common Stock described in subparagraph (iv) on the prospectus cover of the S-1 (the “Default Conversion Shares”) represents a good-faith
estimate of the number of shares the Company may issue following an event of default on the Convertible Notes, as contemplated by Question 139.10 of the Securities Act CDIs.
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Sincerely,
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/s/ Jon Layman
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Jon Layman
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Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Momentus Inc.
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