SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-002359 to Sunlands Technology Group (STG)
Sunlands Technology Group
Date: March 10, 2023 · CIK: 0001723935 · Accession: 0000000000-23-002359
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
March 10, 2023
Lu Lv
Chief Financial Officer
Sunlands Technology Group
Building 4-6, Chaolai Science Park, No. 36
Chuangyuan Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, 100012, the People’s Republic of China
Re:Sunlands Technology Group
Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2021
Correspondence dated January 12, 2023
File No. 001-38423
Dear Lu Lv:
We have reviewed your January 12, 2023 response to our comment letter 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. If you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional
comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our
December 23, 2022 letter.
Correspondence Filed January 12, 2023
Item 3. Key Information, page 1
1.We note your response to comment 6 and proposed revised future disclosure. The
disclosure regarding permissions or approvals should not be limited by materiality. Please
make appropriate revisions to your disclosure. Additionally, 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, aside from the CAC cybersecurity review. If you did not rely
upon an opinion of counsel, please state as much an explain why such an opinion was not
obtained. Lastly, where you disclose that you are not required to obtain permissions to
offer securities or maintain your NYSE listing status, please revise to ensure your
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disclosure also states whether you are required to obtain such permissions to operate your
business.
Summary of Risk Factors, page 2
2.We note your summary risk factors and disclosure of risks related to doing business in
China. Please revise to include cross-references to the relevant individual detailed risk
factors in that section.
3.D. Risk Factors
Risks Related to Doing Business in China, page 27
3.We note your response to comment 10 and your proposed revised disclosure. It appears
that you did not rely upon an opinion of counsel with respect to your conclusion that you
are compliant with PRC laws and regulations regarding data security. If true, state as
much and explain why such an opinion was not obtained.
Item 4. Information on the Company
Recent Regulatory Development Draft Cybersecurity Measures, page 45
4.We note your revised disclosure in response to comment 14. Please further revise your
disclosure that you are not currently required to obtain any permission from or complete
any filing with the CAC in order for you to conduct a securities offering or maintain your
listing status on the NYSE to also state, if true, that you are not required to obtain any
permission from the CAC to conduct your business.
Potential CSRC Approval Required for the Listing of our ADSs, page 46
5.We note your response to comment 15 and your proposed revise disclosure. Please
expand your discussion to state whether your subsidiaries are covered by permissions
requirements from the CSRC.
You may contact Nasreen Mohammed at 202-551-3773 or Joel Parker at 202-551-3651 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Alyssa Wall at 202-551-8106 or Taylor Beech at 202-551-4515 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
cc: Li He