Correspondence 0001213900-24-040841 from BIMI Holdings Inc. (BIMI) (CIK 0001213660)
BIMI Holdings Inc. (BIMI) (CIK 0001213660)
Date: May 8, 2024 · CIK: 0001213660 · Accession: 0001213900-24-040841
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May 7 , 2024
Nasreen Mohammed
Adam Phippen
Taylor Beech
Mara Ransom
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: BIMI Holdings Inc.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2022 Filed May 4, 2023
Correspondence Filed April 24, 2023
File No. 001-34890
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are submitting this letter in response to your
letter dated March 7, 2024 in which the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) provided comments to the
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed by BIMI Holdings Inc. (the “Company”).
Set forth below are our responses to the comments.
For your convenience, the text of each of such comments are reproduced in italics before our response. Disclosure changes made in response
to the Staff’s comments have been made in the Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which is being
filed to the Commission contemporaneously with the submission of this letter.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Regulation of Overseas Listing, page 19
1. We note your response to prior comment 5, however, the proposed
disclosure you have included in your response letter does not materially differ from the disclosure that appears in your annual report,
so we are unable to determine how this proposed disclosure is responsive to our comment. Please revise or advise.
Response:
1.1 On February 17, 2023, the China Securities Regulatory
Commission (CSRC) issued the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Domestic Enterprises Issuing Securities and Listing Abroad,”
which will be implemented starting March 31, 2023. On February 24, 2023, the CSRC, the Ministry of Finance, the State Secrecy Bureau,
and the State Archives Administration issued the “Regulations on Strengthening the Confidentiality and Archives Management of Domestic
Enterprises Issuing Securities and Listing Abroad,” which will also take effect on March 31, 2023.
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
May 7, 2024
Page 2
1.2. If the subsidiaries of BIMI Holdings Inc. in China do
not directly issue securities or list abroad, they are not required to comply with the “Interim Measures for the Administration of
Domestic Enterprises Issuing Securities and Listing Abroad” and the “Regulations on Strengthening the Confidentiality and Archives
Management of Domestic Enterprises Issuing Securities and Listing Abroad” in terms of filing and other related administrative approval
procedures.
1.3 If the subsidiaries of BIMI Holdings Inc. in China meet
the criteria set forth in the second clause of Article 2 of the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Domestic Enterprises
Issuing Securities and Listing Abroad” which defines indirect overseas issuance and listing by domestic enterprises as instances
where the main business activities are in China, but the listing is done in the name of an overseas registered entity based on the equity,
assets, earnings, or similar rights of the domestic enterprise, and Article 15 which states that an issuer is considered to be engaging
in indirect overseas issuance and listing by a domestic enterprise if it simultaneously meets the following conditions: (a) any one of
the indicators such as revenue, total profit, total assets, or net assets of the domestic enterprise in the most recent fiscal year accounts
for more than 50% of the corresponding data in the audited consolidated financial statements of the issuer; (b) the main elements of business
operations are conducted in China, or the main location is in China, or most of the senior management personnel are Chinese citizens or
usually reside in China, then they need to comply with the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Domestic Enterprises Issuing
Securities and Listing Abroad” and the “Regulations on Strengthening the Confidentiality and Archives Management of Domestic
Enterprises Issuing Securities and Listing Abroad” in terms of filing and other related administrative approval procedures.
1.4. If the subsidiaries of BIMI Holdings Inc. in China meet
the conditions mentioned in point 3 above but fail to comply with the required filings and other related administrative approval procedures,
the relevant authorities may impose penalties on the subsidiaries of BIMI Holdings Inc. in China and their related personnel in accordance
with the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Domestic Enterprises Issuing Securities and Listing Abroad,” the “Regulations
on Strengthening the Confidentiality and Archives Management of Domestic Enterprises Issuing Securities and Listing Abroad,” and
other relevant laws and regulations.
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
May 7, 2024
Page 3
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 73
2. We note your response to prior comment 9. Please provide
Exhibit A with the revised Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.
Response: Please see the attachment Exhibit A-C.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, page F-6
3. We note your response to prior comment 11. Please provide
Exhibit B, the revised Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, and Exhibit C, the revised Consolidated Statements
of Stockholders’ Equity.
Response: Please see the attachment Exhibit A-C.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, page F-7
4. We note your response to prior comment 12. Please provide
the accounting guidance for presenting stock compensation as a non-cash transaction in the supplemental information and not as an adjustment
in operating activities.
Response: We update cash flow this time for the stock compensation
as operating activity rather than non cash effect supplementary.
If you have any further questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me at song@usbimi.com, copying tiantian@usbimi.com.
Sincerely,
By:
/s/ Tiewei Song
Name:
Tiewei Song
Title:
CEO
Exhibit A
BIMI
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
For the years ended December 31
2022
2021
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss
$ (22,318,058 )
$ (34,921,746 )
Net loss from discontinued
operations
(2,436,244 )
(17,278,833 )
Net loss from continuing operations
(19,881,814 )
(17,642,913 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
104,237
244,116
Profit/Loss on disposal of discontinuing operations and subsidiaries
(529,320 )
-
Stock compensation
2,250,000
Impairment loss of Goodwill
3,598,712
26,128,171
Allowance for inventory provision
-
93,884
Allowance for doubtful accounts
1,381,259
(53,698 )
Amortization of discount of convertible promissory notes
3,260,788
2,252,401
Change in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable
1,285,062
877,440
Advances to suppliers
392,838
(203,053 )
Inventories
(5,415,550 )
(1,429,785 )
Prepayments and other receivables
464,103
7,325,103
Operating lease-right of use assets
(1,233,525 )
(1,214,165 )
Accounts payable, trade
5,582,713
(1,248,623 )
Advances from customers
(970,688 )
1,699,733
Taxes payable
(219,026 )
(479,750 )
Operating lease liabilities
1,262,203
1,283,039
Other payables and accrued liabilities
1,095,289
(2,380,066 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from continuing operations
(7,572,719 )
15,251,834
Net cash used in
operating activities from discontinued operations
(997,882 )
(14,286,423 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
(8,570,601 )
965,411
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Payment for the acquisition of Phenix Bio Inc
(180,000 )
-
Disposal of Zhuoda
-
-
Payment for the acquisition of Qiangsheng,Eurasia and Mingkang Hospitals
-
(3,136,910 )
Deposit for the acquisition of Cogmer
-
3,065,181
Cash received from acquisition of acquisition companies
-
28,457
Discontinued operations-Disposal of Zhuoda
-
-
Discontinue operations-held for sale of Zhongshan, qiangsheng, Eurasia and Mingkang
-
-
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment
-
(242,726 )
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations
(180,000 )
(285,998 )
Net cash used in
investing activities from disontinued operations
-
(4,608,271 )
Net cash used in investing activities
(180,000 )
(4,894,269 )
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Issuance of common stocks
5,000,000
-
Proceeds from short-term loan
-
(135,685 )
Proceeds from long-term loan
-
151,995
Repayment of short-term loans
49,882
-
Repayment of long-term loans
(486,442 )
-
Net proceeds from issuance of convertible promissory notes
-
6,500,000
Amount financed from (to) related parties
2,250,156
361,573
Net cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations
6,813,596
6,877,883
Net cash provided
by financing activities from discontinued operations
-
1,030,851
Net cash provided by financing activities
6,813,596
7,908,734
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON CASH
(335,790 )
494,246
INCREASE IN CASH
(2,272,795 )
4,474,122
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
4,609,431
135,309
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
$ 2,336,636
$ 4,609,431
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for income tax
$ 6,092
$ 422,033
Cash paid for interest expense, net of capitalized interest
$ 113,413
$ 147,676
NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS
Issuance of shares of common stock for the equity acquisition of Chongqing GuanzanTechnology Co., Ltd.
$ -
$ 3,818,000
Issuance of shares of common stock for equity acquisition of Guoyitang Hospital
$ -
$ 3,820,000
Issuance of shares of common stock for payment of improvements to offices
$ -
$ 696,896
Goodwill recognized from equity acquisition of Guoyitang Hospital
$ -
$ 7,154,392
Outstanding payment for equity acquisition of Guoyitang Hospital
$ -
$ 6,100,723
Common stock to be issued upon conversion of convertible promissory notes
$ 7,797,000
$ 8,917,231
Note: The highlight parts have been modified.
Exhibit B
BIMI INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL, INC.
AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
For the Years Ended December 31
2022
2021
REVENUES
$ 11,830,379
$ 21,319,610
COST OF REVENUES
9,880,429
18,893,667
GROSS PROFIT
1,949,950
2,425,943
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Sales and marketing
1,302,775
2,153,205
General and administrative
10,599,818
6,056,584
Impairment loss of goodwill
3,598,712
9,077,464
Total operating expenses
15,501,305
17,287,253
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS
(13,551,355 )
(14,861,310 )
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest income
707
3,087
Interest expense
(170,480 )
(190,829 )
Exchange loss
(6,583 )
24,967
Amortization of convertible notes
(3,260,788 )
(2,252,401 )
Other expense
(2,887,223 )
(336,753 )
Total other expense, net
(6,324,367 )
(2,751,929 )
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES
(19,875,722 )
(17,613,239 )
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
6,092
29,674
NET LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
(19,881,814 )
(17,642,913 )
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Loss from operations of discontinued operations-disposal
-
-
Loss from operations of discontinued operations-held for sale
(2,436,244 )
(17,278,833 )
NET LOSS
(22,318,058 )
(34,921,746 )
Less: net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
(75,203 )
64,211
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO BIMI INTERNATIONAL MEDICIAL INC.
(22,242,855 )
(34,985,957 )
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
(475,541 )
494,245
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(22,793,599 )
(34,427,501 )
Less: comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
(55,088 )
(130,292 )
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO BIMI INTERNATIONAL MEDICIAL INC.
$ (22,738,511 )
$ (34,297,209 )
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES
Basic and diluted
2,664,653
536,293
LOSS PER SHARE
Continuing operation-Basic and diluted
(7.47 )
(32.90 )
Discontinued operation-Basic and diluted
(0.91 )
(32.22 )
Basic and diluted
(8.38 )
(65.12 )
Note: The highlight parts have been modified.
Exhibit C
BIMI INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
Common Stock
Additional
Paid-in
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Statutory
Non
Controlling
Accumulated
Total
Stockholders’
Shares
Amount
Capital
(Loss)/ Income
Reserve
Interest
Deficit
Equity
Balance as of December 31, 2020
265,092
265
26,357,909
1,003,392
2,263,857
183,021
(12,914,973 )
16,893,471
Issuance of common shares
585,130
585
28,869,873
28,870,458
Net income/(loss)
64,211
(34,985,957 )
(34,921,746 )
Disposal of discontinued operations and subsidiaries-disposal
-
-
-
Discontinued operations and subsidiaries-held for sale
-
-
-
Foreign currency translation adjustment
494,245
494,245
Balance as of December 31, 2021
850,222
850
55,227,782
1,497,637
2,263,857
247,232
-47,900,930
11,336,428
Issuance of common shares
2,914,558
2,915
16,671,489
16,674,404
Net income/(loss)
(75,203 )
(22,242,855 )
(22,318,058 )
Discontinued operations and subsidiaries -held for sale
-
-
-
Foreign currency translation adjustment
(475,541 )
-
-
(475,541 )
Balance as of December 31, 2022
3,764,780
3,765
71,899,271
1,022,096
2,263,857
172,029
-70,143,785
5,217,233
Note: The highlight parts have been modified.