SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-014106 to Trip.com Group Ltd (TCOM)
Trip.com Group Ltd
Date: Dec. 20, 2024 · CIK: 0001269238 · Accession: 0000000000-24-014106
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December 20, 2024
Cindy Xiaofan Wang
Chief Financial Officer
Trip.com Group Ltd
30 Raffles Place, #29-01
Singapore 048622
Re:Trip.com Group Ltd
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
Filed April 29, 2024
File No. 001-33853
Dear Cindy Xiaofan Wang:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comment(s).
Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
General
We note the changes you have made to your disclosure appearing at the outset of Item
3, "Key Information" and in your risk factor disclosure relating to the legal and
operational risks associated with operating in China and the level of uncertainty in the
PRC's legal and regulatory regimes. For example, you have removed references to
"substantial" uncertainties with respect to PRC laws and regulations throughout and
have revised risk factor disclosure regarding the PRC legal system, including
interpretation and enforcement of certain PRC laws and regulations, to mitigate the
concept that rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance
notice. We also note the changes to your risk factor disclosure regarding cash transfer
and foreign exchange restrictions by the PRC government. It is unclear to us that there
have been changes in the regulatory environment in the PRC since the filing of your
annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the "2022
Annual Report"), warranting revised disclosure to mitigate the challenges you face
and related disclosures. The Sample Letters to China-Based Companies sought
specific disclosure relating to the risk that the PRC government may intervene in or 1.
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influence your operations at any time, or may exert control over operations of your
business, which could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value
of your securities. The Sample Letters also sought specific disclosures relating to
uncertainties regarding the enforcement of laws and that the rules and regulations in
China can change quickly with little advance notice. We do not believe that your
revised disclosure on these topics convey the same risks. In future filings, please
restore your disclosures in these areas to the disclosures as they existed in the 2022
Annual Report, updated only for developments specific to your business or the
passage of time.
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.
Please contact Abe Friedman at 202-551-8298 or Doug Jones at 202-551-3309 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Rebekah Reed at 202-551-5332 or Donald Field at 202-551-3680 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
cc:Haiping Li