Correspondence 0001493152-23-033801 from Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd (AEHL) (CIK 0001470683) (AEHL)
Antelope Enterprise Holdings Ltd (AEHL) (CIK 0001470683)
Date: Sept. 26, 2023 · CIK: 0001470683 · Accession: 0001493152-23-033801
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Antelope
Enterprise Holdings Ltd
Room
1802, Block D, Zhonghai International Center,
Hi-Tech
Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PRC
September
26, 2023
VIA
EDGAR
Mr.
Kyle Wiley
Mr.
Andrew Mew
Division
of Corporation Finance
Disclosure
Review Program
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re:
Antelope
Enterprise Holdings Ltd
Form
20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
File
No. 001-34944
Dear
Kyle Wiley and Andrew Mew
Antelope
Enterprise Holdings Ltd. (“we” or the “Company”) is hereby providing responses to comments of the Staff (the
“Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued on September 12, 2023 regarding the
Company’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the “2022 Form 20-F”) and addressed to Weilai Zhang
(the “Staff’s Letter”).
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).
RESPONSE:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we respectfully advise the Staff that we did not rely on any legal opinions or third-party
certifications as the basis for its submission. However, we have received written confirmations
from the directors of the Company and its consolidated foreign operating entities and each of them represented that he/she is not an
official of the Chinese Communist Party.
We
respectfully advise the Staff that we also reviewed (i) the shareholder register provided by Transhare Corporation, and (ii) Schedules
13D and 13G filed by the shareholders, the absence of any Schedule 13D or 13G filing made by any foreign governmental entity with respect
to the Company’s securities, and the absence of foreign government representation on its board of directors, the Company has no
awareness or belief that it is owned or controlled by a government entity in mainland China.
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.
RESPONSE:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we respectfully advise the Staff that:
With
respect to (b)(2) of Item 16I, the Company respectfully submits that the jurisdictions in which the Company’s consolidated foreign
operating entities are incorporated include mainland China, Hong Kong, and British Virgin Islands. The Company holds 100% equity interests
in its consolidated operating entities, except for Hainan Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd., in which the Company indirectly
holds 51% equity interest. Therefore, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no governmental entity in mainland China, Hong Kong,
or the British Virgin Islands owns shares of the Company’s significant consolidated foreign operating entities.
With
respect to (b)(3) of Item 16I, the Company respectfully supplements that, the governmental entities in mainland China do not have a controlling
financial interest in Company’s subsidiaries in Hong Kong or any of the Company’s other consolidated foreign operating entities.
With
respect to (b)(4) of Item 16I, the Company respectfully supplements that the Company received written
confirmations from the directors of the Company and its consolidated foreign operating entities and each of them represented that he/she
is not an official of the Chinese Communist Party
With
respect to (b)(5) of Item 16I, the Company respectfully confirms that the currently effective memorandum and articles of association
of the Company and equivalent organizing documents of the Company’s consolidated foreign operating entities do not contain any
charter of the Chinese Communist Party.
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.
RESPONSE:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we respectfully advise the Staff that we did not rely on any legal opinions or third-party
certifications as the basis for its disclosure. However, the Company has received written confirmations from the directors of the Company
and its consolidated foreign operating entities and each of them represented that he/she is not an official of the Chinese Communist
Party. The Company believes that all of its directors and the directors of its consolidated foreign operating entities have demonstrated
honesty and integrity in their business activities. The Company did not, however, request written confirmations from the directors of
the Company and its consolidated foreign operating entities regarding their current or prior membership or affiliation with the Chinese
Communist Party (other than with respect to current status as an official) in light of the language of Item 16I(b)(4), which the Company
understood to require disclosure regarding current officials of the Chinese Communist Party.
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.
RESPONSE:
In response to the Staff’s comment, we respectfully confirm that the Company’s articles and the articles and the articles
of Company’s consolidated foreign operating entities do not contain any charter of the Chinese Communist Party, including the text
of any such charter.
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If
you have any questions relating to the foregoing or wish to discuss any aspect of the Company’s filings please don’t hesitate
to contact us.
Sincerely,
Antelope
Enterprise Holdings Ltd
By:
/s/
Weilai Zhang
Name:
Weilai
Zhang
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer