Correspondence 0001493152-24-007363 from Freight Technologies, Inc. (FRGT)
Freight Technologies, Inc.
Date: Feb. 21, 2024 · CIK: 0001687542 · Accession: 0001493152-24-007363
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File numbers found in text: 001-38172
Referenced dates: September 29, 2023
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February
21, 2024
VIA
EDGAR
Jennifer
Gowetski
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Disclosure
Review Program
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re:
Freight
Technologies, Inc.
Amendment
No.1 to Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
File
No. 001-38172
Dear
Ms. Gowetski,
On
behalf of our client, Freight Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), we submit to the staff (the “Staff”) of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) this letter setting forth the Company’s responses to the comments
contained in the Staff’s letter dated September 29, 2023.
For
the ease of review, the Staff’s comments are repeated below and are followed by the Company’s responses.
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Amendment
No. 1 to Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Item
16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 1
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:
The
Company did not review any additional materials other than previously described nor did it rely upon any legal opinions or third party
certifications such as affidavits as to the basis of its submission.
2. 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:
The
Company had each of the members of its board or the boards of its consolidated foreign operating entities complete a Director and Officer
Questionnaire (the “Questionnaire”) which, among other things, required disclosure of the person’s citizenship, current
and prior membership of organizations and provision of a copy of the individual’s passport. Based on the completed Questionnaires,
it was determined that its board members, as of August 23, 2023, namely, Javier Selgas, Nicholas H. Adler, William Samuels and Marc Urbach
were not and have never been citizens of the People’s Republic of China and accordingly, they had no prior or current memberships
on, or affiliations with, committees of the Chinese Communist Party. The Company did not rely on third party certifications such as affidavits
as the basis for its disclosure.
3.
We
note that the disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2), (b)(3) and (b)(5) are provided for “our company.” We also note
that your list of subsidiaries in Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate that you have subsidiaries in countries outside 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 in your supplemental response.
●
With
respect to (b)(3) and (b)(5), please provide the required information for you and all of your consolidated foreign operating entities
in your supplemental response.
Response:
The
Company was previously involved in providing financial advisory services in the People’s Republic of China. However, on February
14, 2022 it consummated a merger with its current operating entities and since March 30, 2022, when it sold its wholly-owned Hong Kong
subsidiary, Hongkong Internet Financial Services Limited (“HKIFS”), which held and operated its financial advisory business,
in its entirety to a private investor, the Company is no longer in the financial advisory business and no longer have any presence or
holdings outside of North America.
Instead,
the Company is now, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Freight App, Inc. (formerly known as “Freight Hub, Inc.”
and hereinafter referred to as “Fr8App”) and Fr8App’s wholly-owned Mexico subsidiary, Freight App de México,
S.A De C.V. (“Freight App Mexico”) involved in the freight management business. Fr8App and Freight App Mexico are the Company’s
only consolidated operating entities.
Subsidiary
Place
of Incorporation
Percentage
Ownership
Percentage
Ownership
By
Foreign Governmental Entities
Freight
App, Inc.
Delaware
100%
0%
Freight
App de México, S.A De C.V.
Mexico
100%
(indirectly through Fr8App)
0%
4. We
note your disclosure pursuant to Item 16I(b)(3) addresses ownership or control by governmental
entities in “China.” However, we note your definition of “China”
on page 2 of your Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on April 21, 2023 distinguishes between
mainland China and Hong Kong. Please supplementally tell us the ownership or control by governmental
entities in Hong Kong as well as in China.
Response:
There
is no ownership or control of the Company and its subsidiaries by governmental entities in either Hong Kong or China.
5. 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:
The
Company confirms that its articles and the articles of its consolidated foreign operating entities do not contain wording from any charter
of the Chinese Communist Party.
If
you have any questions regarding the above responses, please contact the undersigned by phone at (212) 930 9700 or via e-mail at btan@srfc.law.
Very
truly yours,
SICHENZIA
ROSS FERENCE CARMEL LLP
/s/
Benjamin Tan
Benjamin
Tan Esq.
1185
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