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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-008138 to NaaS Technology Inc. (NAAS) (CIK 0001712178) (NAAS)

NaaS Technology Inc. (NAAS) (CIK 0001712178)
Date: July 28, 2023 · CIK: 0001712178 · Accession: 0000000000-23-008138

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File numbers found in text: 001-38235

Date
July 28, 2023
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Form
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Company
NaaS Technology Inc. (NAAS) (CIK 0001712178)

Letter

United States securities and exchange commission logo July 28, 2023 Alex Wu Chief Financial Officer NaaS Technology Inc. Newlink Center, Area G, Building 7, Huitong Times Square, No.1 Yaojiayuan South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100024, The People’s Republic of China Re:NaaS Technology Inc. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year December 31, 2022 File No. 001-38235 Dear Alex Wu: We have limited our review of your filing to the submission and/or disclosures as required by Item 16I of Form 20-F and have the following 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 these comments within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 103 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). 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

FirstName LastNameAlex Wu Comapany NameNaaS Technology Inc. July 28, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastName Alex Wu NaaS Technology Inc. July 28, 2023 Page 2 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. 3.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. 4.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2), (b)(3) and (b)(5) are provided for “NaaS Technology Inc.” or “our company.” We also note that your list of subsidiaries in Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate that you have subsidiaries in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands. 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. 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. Please contact Austin Pattan at (202) 551-6756 or Jennifer Gowetski at (202) 551-3401 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Disclosure Review Program cc: Shu Du

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
July 28, 2023
Alex Wu
Chief Financial Officer
NaaS Technology Inc.
Newlink Center, Area G, Building 7, Huitong Times Square,
No.1 Yaojiayuan South Road, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, 100024,
The People’s Republic of China
Re:NaaS Technology Inc.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year December 31, 2022
File No. 001-38235
Dear Alex Wu:
            We have limited our review of your filing to the submission and/or disclosures as
required by Item 16I of Form 20-F and have the following 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 these comments within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond.
            After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 103
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).
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

 FirstName LastNameAlex Wu
 Comapany NameNaaS Technology Inc.
 July 28, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Alex Wu
NaaS Technology Inc.
July 28, 2023
Page 2
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.
3.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.
4.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2), (b)(3) and (b)(5) are provided
for “NaaS Technology Inc.” or “our company.” We also note that your list of subsidiaries
in Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate that you have subsidiaries in Hong Kong and the
Cayman Islands. 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.
            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.
            Please contact Austin Pattan at (202) 551-6756 or Jennifer Gowetski at (202) 551-3401
with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Disclosure Review Program
cc:       Shu Du