Correspondence 0001575872-24-001254 from EOS INC. (CIK 0001651958)
EOS INC. (CIK 0001651958)
Date: Dec. 12, 2024 · CIK: 0001651958 · Accession: 0001575872-24-001254
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THE VERONA FIRM PLLC
P.O. Box 18191
Tampa, Florida 33679
(813) 258-0852
brett@theveronafirm.com
TheVeronaFirm.com
December 11, 2024
Mr. Nicholas O’Leary
US Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Industrial Applications and Services
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: EOS, Inc., Amendment No. 2 to Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December
31, 2023
File No. 000-55661
Mr. O’Leary:
Below please find our response to your questions and comments posed in
your correspondence of November 19, 2024. We have revised the 10-K and will be uploading it accordingly.
1. At the onset of Part I, please disclose prominently that you are a Nevada
holding company with operations conducted by your subsidiaries. In addition, please provide early in the Business section a diagram of
your company’s structure.
Response: We have revised the filing accordingly.
2. Provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated
with being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China. Your disclosure should make clear whether these
risks could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of your securities or 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. Your disclosure should address how recent statements and regulatory actions by China’s government, such as those
related to data security or anti-monopoly concerns, have or may impact the company’s ability to conduct its business, accept foreign
investments, or list on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. Also disclose that regulatory actions related to data security or anti-monopoly
concerns in Hong Kong or Macau have or may impact your ability to conduct your business, accept foreign investments, or list on a U.S.
or foreign exchange.
Response: The Company is headquartered in Taiwan, not
in China, though the Company was previously based in Hong Kong. While the Company’s was previously undertaking most of its business
in Hong Kong, in recent years it has shifted to the Taiwan market. Additionally, although Hong King is part of China, its legal system
is different from that of China. Management believes that the Hong Kong government does not restrict Hong Kong residents from purchasing
products from the Company. However, we have made some revisions to the Risk Factors in the filing.
3. Clearly disclose how you will refer to the holding company and subsidiaries
when providing the disclosure throughout the document so that it is clear to investors which entity the disclosure is referencing and
which subsidiaries or entities are conducting the business operations. For example, disclose, if true, that your subsidiaries conduct
operations in China.
Response: This has been clarified in the document.
4. Provide a clear description of how cash is transferred through your
organization. Disclose your intentions to distribute earnings. Quantify any cash flows and transfers of other assets by type that have
occurred between the holding company and its subsidiaries, and direction of transfer. Quantify any dividends or distributions that a subsidiary
have made to the holding company and which entity made such transfer, and their tax consequences. Similarly quantify dividends or distributions
made to U.S. investors, the source, and their tax consequences. Your disclosure should make clear if no transfers, dividends, or distributions
have been made to date. Describe any restrictions on foreign exchange and your ability to transfer cash between entities, across borders,
and to U.S. investors. Describe any restrictions and limitations on your ability to distribute earnings from the company, including your
subsidiaries, to the parent company and U.S. investors. To the extent you have cash management policies that dictate how funds are transferred
between you, your subsidiaries, or investors, summarize the policies, and disclose the source of such policies (e.g., whether they are
contractual in nature, pursuant to regulations, etc.); alternatively, state that you have no such cash management policies that dictate
how funds are transferred.
Response: All of the business of the Company is contracted
through its subsidiary Emperor Star International Trade Co., Ltd. All funds from their operations are maintained in their bank account,
and used for their operations. They make no transfers to any other subsidiaries nor to the parent company, EOS, Inc., so there are no
tax ramifications from making transfers. There are no restrictions on foreign exchange or our ability to transfer cash between entities
nor across borders, we have just not done so. We do not currently have cash management policies in place that dictate how funds are transferred.
5. Please disclose the location of your auditor’s headquarters and
whether and how the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, and related regulations
will affect your company.
Response: Our auditors are headquartered in Singapore,
this will not affect them, and they are inspected by PCOAB regularly.
6. Disclose each permission or approval that you or your subsidiaries are
required to obtain from Chinese authorities to operate your business and to offer securities to foreign investors. State whether you or
your subsidiaries are covered by permissions requirements from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Cyberspace Administration
of China (CAC) or any other governmental agency that is required to approve your operations, and state affirmatively whether you have
received all requisite permissions or approvals and whether any permissions or approvals have been denied. Revise to disclose if you relied
on the opinion of counsel to reach the conclusion that you do or do not need CSRC or CAC approval. Please also describe the consequences
to you and your investors if you or 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.
Response: While we hold a controlling interest in Shanghai
Maosong Co., Ltd., through our subsidiary EOS International, Inc., this company has no operations and Counsel has indicated that these
regulations do not apply to us.
7. We note your statement on page 8: "it is uncertain whether and
on what basis a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court in the United States." Please revise to state whether this
includes judgments based upon the U.S. Federal securities laws, and whether this includes judgments against you or your directors and
officers or both. Additionally, please revise to describe an investor's ability to effect service of process within the United States
on you or your directors and officers and an investor's ability to bring an original action in an appropriate foreign court to enforce
liabilities against you or your directors and officers based upon the U.S. Federal securities laws.
Response: The filing has been revised accordingly.
8. Given the Chinese government’s significant oversight and discretion
over the conduct and operations of your business, please revise to describe any material impact that intervention, influence, or control
by the Chinese government has or may have on your business or on the value of your securities. Highlight separately the risk that the
Chinese government may intervene or influence your operations at any time, which could result in a material change in your operations
and/or the value of your securities. Also, given recent statements by the Chinese government indicating an intent to exert more oversight
and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, acknowledge the risk that any
such action 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. We remind you that, pursuant to federal securities rules, the term
“control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with”)
means “the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.”
Response: The Chinese government does not have oversight
nor control of our business, as we are not based in China. However, our subsidiary, EOS International, Inc. does own a controlling interest
in Shanghai Maosong Co., Ltd., which is based in China, but which is not currently operating. We have sales generated in Hong Kong, but
our business is not based there. The filing has been revised to add these as additional Risk Factors in an abundance of caution, however.
9. In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace
Administration of China (CAC) over data security, particularly for companies seeking to list on a foreign exchange, please revise your
disclosure to explain how this oversight impacts your business and your securities and to what extent you believe that you are compliant
with the regulations or policies that have been issued by the CAC to date.
Response: While we hold a controlling interest in Shanghai
Maosong Co., Ltd., through our subsidiary EOS International, Inc., this company has no operations, and its securities are not listed on
a foreign exchange, so this would have no impact on our business or securities. Additionally, while these regulations would not impact
our business, our Counsel has indicated that we are in compliance with these regulations.
10. We note your response to prior comment 2. Your disclosure on pages
22-23 refers to Zongjiang He as "acting CFO" and He-Siang Yang as "Chief Financial Officer." Please revise to clarify
which of these individuals is your current Chief Financial
Officer.
Response: He-Siang Yang is the Chief Financial Officer.
Unfortunately, He-Sing Yang was ill for a while, and Zongjiang He was temporarily appointed as the acting Chief Financial Officer in his
absence. Zongjiang He submitted his resignation letter as the acting Chief Financial Officer on November 18, 2024, to be effective as
of December 18, 2024.
If you have any questions, or need anything further, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Kind regards.
Brett Verona