SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-000315 to Bit Brother Ltd (BETSF) (CIK 0001543268)
Bit Brother Ltd (BETSF) (CIK 0001543268)
Date: Jan. 9, 2024 · CIK: 0001543268 · Accession: 0000000000-24-000315
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
January 9, 2024
Xianlong Wu
Chief Executive Officer
Bit Brother Ltd
15/F, Block A, Kineer Business Centre
53 Binjiang Road, Yuelu District
Changsha, Hunan Province, China 410023
Re:Bit Brother Ltd
Form 20-F for the Year Ended June 30, 2023
Response dated December 28, 2023
File No. 001-35755
Dear Xianlong Wu:
We have reviewed your December 28, 2023 response to our comment letter and have the
following comments.
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. Unless
we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our November 7, 2023
letter.
Annual Report on Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023
ITEM 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 108
1.We note your supplemental submission indicates that "excluding the beneficial ownership
of the Company’s directors and senior management, no shareholder beneficially owned
5% or more of the Company’s outstanding shares as of December 28, 2023." Please revise
to identify the directors and/or senior management that beneficially owned more than 5%
of your outstanding shares, including their ownership percentage of the relevant class of
securities. Please also explain your calculation of Mr. Xianlong Wu's aggregate voting
power as disclosure on page 94 indicates his Class B shares are entitled to 20 votes per
share. Please further revise to clarify how you considered the Schedule 13Gs, as amended,
filed by S.H.N. Financial Investments Ltd. and Matthew J. Ruck indicating each reporting
person beneficially owns more than 5% of your outstanding shares.
FirstName LastNameXianlong Wu
Comapany NameBit Brother Ltd
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FirstName LastName
Xianlong Wu
Bit Brother Ltd
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2.We note your statement that you reviewed public filings and your shareholder register 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 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).
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.
4.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(5) are provided
for yourself. We also note that your list of subsidiaries in Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate
that you have subsidiaries in Hong Kong, in addition to the British Virgin Islands and
China. 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.
•With respect to (b)(3) and (b)(5), please revise to provide the required information for
you and all of your consolidated foreign operating entities.
5.With respect to your proposed disclosure pursuant to Item 16I(b)(5), we note that you
have included language that such disclosure is “to our best knowledge.” Please revise to
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.
FirstName LastNameXianlong Wu
Comapany NameBit Brother Ltd
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FirstName LastName
Xianlong Wu
Bit Brother Ltd
January 9, 2024
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Please contact Christopher Dunham at 202-551-3783 or Andrew Mew at 202-551-3377
with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Disclosure Review Program
cc: Joan Wu