SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-010089 to Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd (AEHL) (CIK 0001470683) (AEHL)
Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd (AEHL) (CIK 0001470683)
Date: Sept. 12, 2023 · CIK: 0001470683 · Accession: 0000000000-23-010089
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
September 12, 2023
Weilai Zhang
Chief Executive Officer
Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd
Room 1802, Block D, Zhonghai International Center
Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu
Sichuan Province, PRC
Re:Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
File No. 001-34944
Dear Weilai Zhang:
We have reviewed your August 17, 2023 response to our comment letter 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 these comments 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 our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 82
1.We note your statement that you reviewed your register of members and public filings
made by your shareholders in connection with your required submission under paragraph
(a). Please supplementally describe any additional materials that were reviewed and tell us
whether you relied upon any legal opinions or third party certifications such as affidavits
as the basis for your submission. In your response, please provide a similarly detailed
discussion of the materials reviewed and legal opinions or third party certifications relied
upon in connection with the required disclosures under paragraphs (b)(2) and (3).
FirstName LastNameWeilai Zhang
Comapany NameAntelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd
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FirstName LastName
Weilai Zhang
Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd
September 12, 2023
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2.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), and (b)(5) are
provided for "our company.” Please note that Item 16I(b) requires that you provide
disclosures for yourself and your consolidated foreign operating entities, including
variable interest entities or similar structures.
•With respect to (b)(2), please supplementally clarify the jurisdictions in which your
consolidated foreign operating entities are organized or incorporated and provide the
percentage of your shares or the shares of your consolidated operating entities owned
by governmental entities in each foreign jurisdiction in which you have consolidated
operating entities in your supplemental response.
•With respect to (b)(3), (b)(4), and (b)(5), please provide the required information for
you and all of your consolidated foreign operating entities in your supplemental
response.
3.In order to clarify the scope of your review, please supplementally describe the steps you
have taken to confirm that none of the members of your board or the boards of your
consolidated foreign operating entities are officials of the Chinese Communist Party. For
instance, please tell us how the board members’ current or prior memberships on, or
affiliations with, committees of the Chinese Communist Party factored into your
determination. In addition, please tell us whether you have relied upon third party
certifications such as affidavits as the basis for your disclosure.
4.With respect to your disclosure pursuant to Item 16I(b)(5), we note that you have included
language that such disclosure is “to our best knowledge.” Please supplementally confirm
without qualification, if true, that your articles and the articles of your consolidated
foreign operating entities do not contain wording from any charter of the Chinese
Communist Party.
Please contact Kyle Wiley at (202) 344-5791 or Andrew Mew at (202) 551-3377 with
any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Disclosure Review Program
cc: Joan Wu