SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-000135 to SOS Ltd (SOS)
SOS Ltd
Date: Jan. 4, 2024 · CIK: 0001346610 · Accession: 0000000000-24-000135
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
January 4, 2024
Steven Lee
Chief Financial Officer
SOS Ltd
Building 6, East Seaview Park, 298 Haijing Road, Yinzhu Street
West Coast New District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province 266400
People’s Republic of China
Re:SOS Ltd
Form F-1 filed December 12, 2023
File No. 333-276006
Dear Steven Lee:
We have conducted a limited review of your registration statement and have the
following comments.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies 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 this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form F-1 filed December 12, 2023
Cover Page
1.Provide a description of how cash is transferred through your organization. State whether
any transfers, dividends, or distributions have been made to date between the holding
company and its subsidiaries, or to investors, and quantify the amounts where applicable.
Provide cross-references to the consolidated financial statements.
2.Tell us whether any investors have entered into agreements to purchase securities in this
offering.
About this Prospectus, page ii
3.Reference is made to the last sentence on page ii and the eighth bullet on page iii. Clearly
disclose how you will refer to the holding company, subsidiaries and other entities when
providing the disclosure throughout the document so that it is clear to investors which
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entity the disclosure is referencing and which subsidiaries or entities are conducting the
business operations. Refrain from using terms such as “we” or “our” when describing
activities or functions of subsidiaries.
Prospectus Summary
Summary of Risk Factors
Risks Related to Doing Business in China, page 3
4.In your summary of risk factors, we note your disclosure of some of the risks that your
corporate structure and being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations
in China poses to investors. Specifically discuss risks arising from the legal system in
China, including risks and uncertainties regarding the enforcement of laws and that rules
and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice; and the risk that
the Chinese government may intervene or influence your operations at any time, or may
exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-
based issuers, which could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value
of the securities you are registering for sale. Acknowledge any risks that any actions by
the Chinese government to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are
conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers could significantly
limit or completely hinder your ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors
and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
5.State affirmatively whether you have received all requisite permissions or approvals and
whether any permissions or approvals have been denied. Please also describe the
consequences to you and your investors if you, your subsidiaries: (i) do not receive or
maintain such permissions or approvals, (ii) inadvertently conclude that such permissions
or approvals are not required, or (iii) applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations
change and you are required to obtain such permissions or approvals in the future.
Cash and Asset Flows through Our Organization, page 8
6.In the final paragraph on page 8, quantify any cash flows and transfers of other assets by
type that have occurred between the holding company and its subsidiaries, and
the direction of transfer.
Risk Factors
In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the CAC, over data security..., page 31
7.Reference is made to the penultimate paragraph on page 32. Please revise your disclosure
to explain how this oversight impacts your offering and to what extent you believe that
you are compliant with such regulation.
Company History and Structure, page 60
8.Reference is made to the third paragraph on page 60 and elsewhere in the
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prospectus where you state, "As of the date of this prospectus, our current corporate
structure does not contain any VIE in mainland China and neither we nor our subsidiaries
has intention establishing any VIEs in mainland China in the future." We note in the
second paragraph on page 60 you state that you own YBT, "which controls its variable
interest entity, SOS Information Technology Co., Ltd (“SOS Information”)." We also note
from the second paragraph on page 61 that SOS Information Technology Co.,
Ltd. appears to have been sold. Finally, we note the final paragraph on page 8 where you
refer to VIE agreements. Please reconcile the disclosure throughout the prospectus and
confirm that the company's subsidiaries do not operate through VIE contracts. Revise
your disclosure, in this section and throughout, to discuss all instances where you rely on
contractual relationships or variable interests to exert control over your operating
subsidiaries in mainland China, or in Hong Kong. Make conforming changes to your
disclosure in the forepart.
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 Todd Schiffman at 202-551-3491 or Christian Windsor at 202-551-3419
with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Finance