SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-001512 to ADDENTAX GROUP CORP. (ATXG) (CIK 0001650101) (ATXG)
ADDENTAX GROUP CORP. (ATXG) (CIK 0001650101)
Date: Feb. 14, 2023 · CIK: 0001650101 · Accession: 0000000000-23-001512
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
February 14, 2023
Hong Zhida
Chief Executive Officer
ADDENTAX GROUP CORP.
Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805
Luohu District, Shenzhen City
China 518000
Re:ADDENTAX GROUP CORP.
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed January 25, 2023
File No. 333-269409
Dear Hong Zhida:
We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues we have
addressed in our 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 this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply 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 these comments, we may have additional comments.
Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed January 25, 2023
Cover Page
1.We acknowledge your cover page disclosure that you are a Nevada holding company, that
shares are not an equity holding in your Chinese subsidiaries, and that the Chinese
government could disallow this structure. In addition, please provide a cross-reference to
your detailed discussion of risks facing the company and the offering as a result of this
structure.
2.We note your definition of “China” and “PRC” excludes Hong Kong. Please clarify in
your disclosure that the legal and operational risks associated with operating in China also
apply to your operations in Hong Kong. Please also discuss in your registration statement
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the applicable laws and regulations in Hong Kong as well as the related risks and
consequences. Examples of applicable laws and regulations include, but are not limited to,
are:
•Enforceability of civil liabilities in Hong Kong;
•Disclose on the cover page how regulatory actions related to data security or anti-
monopoly concerns in Hong Kong have or may impact the company’s ability to
conduct its business, accept foreign investment or list on a U.S./foreign exchange;
and
•Include risk factor disclosure explaining whether there are laws/regulations in Hong
Kong that result in oversight over data security, how this oversight impacts the
company’s business and the offering, and to what extent the company believes that it
is compliant with the regulations or policies that have been issued.
3.Please amend your disclosure here and in the risk factors sections to state that, to the
extent cash in the business is in the PRC/Hong Kong or a PRC/Hong Kong entity, the
funds may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of the PRC/Hong
Kong due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on the ability
of you or your subsidiaries by the PRC government to transfer cash. On the cover page,
provide cross-references to these other discussions. Additionally, to the extent you have
cash management policies that dictate how funds are transferred between you, your
subsidiaries, or investors, summarize the policies on your cover page and in the prospectus
summary, and disclose the source of such policies (e.g., whether they are contractual in
nature, pursuant to regulations, etc.); alternatively, state on the cover page and in the
prospectus summary that you have no such cash management policies that dictate how
funds are transferred. Provide a cross-reference on the cover page to the discussion of this
issue in the prospectus summary.
Prospectus Summary
PRC Limitation on Overseas Listing and Share Issuance, page 5
4.We note your disclosure on page 3 of the registration statement and on page 14 of your
annual report, filed June 23, 2022, that your PRC businesses have the required business
licenses from local authorities and your confirmation that you have all required
permissions and approvals in order to conduct your business. Please confirm in your
disclosure that your PRC business only requires business licenses from local authorities,
otherwise please specifically disclose any other permissions or approvals required to
operate your business. In addition, we note that you do not appear to have relied upon an
opinion of counsel with respect to your conclusions that you do not need any
additional permissions and approvals to operate your business and to offer securities to
investors. If true, state as much and explain why such an opinion was not obtained.
Risk Factors, page 11
5.We note your risk factor disclosure about the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable
Act on page 23 of your annual report filed June 23, 2022. Please include an updated risk
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factor in this registration statement to disclose that on December 29, 2022 the President
signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, which decreases the number
of “non-inspection years” from three years to two years, and thus, would reduce the time
before your securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted.
6.Please revise your risk factor disclosure, or add new risk factor disclosure, to address that
this offering will cause dilution and has the potential to cause price drops for existing
holders of your securities. We note that the current risk factors state that stockholders
"may" experience dilution, but it is this prospectus that is facilitating those sales.
General
7.Please update your disclosures throughout the prospectus regarding the Holding Foreign
Companies Accountable Act to reflect the amendment of the act on December 29, 2022,
to reduce from three years to two years the number of consecutive years an issuer can be
identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer before the Commission must impose an
initial trading prohibition on the issuer’s securities.
8.We acknowledge your disclosure on page 27 of the 10-K filed on June 23, 2022 that your
directors and officers reside outside of the United States and addressing the challenges of
bringing actions and enforcing judgments/liabilities against directors or officers located
outside the United States. In addition to the existing disclosure, please identify the
relevant individuals who are located in Hong Kong or the PRC, as applicable, and include
a separate "Enforceability" section, consistent with Item 101(g) of Regulation S-K.
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 Nicholas Nalbantian at 202-551-7470 or Dietrich King at 202-551-8071
with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
cc: Lawrence Venick