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May 26, 2021
Malcolm Wilson
Chief Executive Officer
GXO Logistics, Inc.
Five American Lane
Greenwich, CT 6831
Re: GXO Logistics, Inc.
Amendment No. 1 to
Draft Registration
Statement on Form 10-12B
Submitted May 14,
2021
CIK No. 0001852244
Dear Mr. Wilson :
We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and
have the following
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 providing the requested
information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your
registration statement on
EDGAR. 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 the information you provide in response to these
comments and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we
may have additional
comments.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form 10
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
GXO's amended and restated certificate of incorporation will contain an
exclusive forum
provision..., page 35
1. You state that your
forum selection provision will identify a Delaware state court (or, if no
jurisdiction, the
federal district court for the District of Delaware) as the exclusive forum
for certain litigation,
including any derivative action." You also state that the provision
will apply to state and
federal law claims, including claims under the federal securities
laws, including the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act. However, you revised
corresponding
disclosure under "Exclusive Forum" on page 113 such that it provides a
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GXO Logistics, Inc.
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different description regarding the provision. Please provide consistent
disclosure as to
whether the exclusive forum provision applies to actions arising under
the Securities Act
or Exchange Act. If it does, please state that there is uncertainty as to
whether a court
would enforce it. If it applies to Securities Act claims, please also
state that investors
cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules
and regulations
thereunder. In that regard, we note that Section 22 of the Securities Act
creates concurrent
jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to
enforce any duty or
liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations
thereunder.
You may contact Yolanda Guobadia, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3562 or
Gus
Rodriguez, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3752 if you have questions
regarding
comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Kevin
Dougherty, Staff
Attorney, at (202) 551-3271 or Timothy S. Levenberg, Special Counsel, at (202)
551-3707 with
any other questions.
Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameMalcolm Wilson
Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameGXO Logistics, Inc.
Office of Energy &
Transportation
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cc: Viktor Sapezhnikov
FirstName LastName