Correspondence 0001213900-23-000971 from CNFinance Holdings Ltd. (CNF) (CIK 0001733868) (CNF)
CNFinance Holdings Ltd. (CNF) (CIK 0001733868)
Date: Jan. 5, 2023 · CIK: 0001733868 · Accession: 0001213900-23-000971
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File numbers found in text: 333-259304
Referenced dates: December 23, 2022
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Davis
Polk & Wardwell
Hong
Kong Solicitors
The
Hong Kong Club Building
3A Chater Road
Hong Kong
davispolk.com
Resident
Hong Kong Partners
Karen
Chan **
Yang
Chu **
James
C. Lin *
Gerhard
Radtke *
Martin
Rogers **
Miranda
So *
James
Wadham **
Xuelin
Wang *
Hong
Kong Solicitors
*
Also Admitted in New York
**
Also Admitted in England and Wales
January 5, 2023
Re:
CNFinance
Holdings Ltd.
Amendment
No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form F-3
Filed
December 2, 2022
File
No. 333-259304
Mr.
John Stickel
Ms.
Tonya Aldave
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Finance
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
DC 20549
USA
Dear
Mr. John Stickel and Ms. Tonya Aldave:
On
behalf of our client CNFinance Holdings Limited (the “Company”), a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman
Islands, we are submitting 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 December 23, 2022
(the “Comment Letter”) on the Company’s Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed on December
2, 2022 (the “Amendment No. 3 to Form F-3”). Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is submitting
its Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (the “Revised Form F-3”) via EDGAR to the Commission
for review in accordance with the procedures of the Commission.
Set
forth below are the Company’s responses to the Staff’s comments in the Comment Letter. The responses and information below
are based on information provided to us by the Company. The Company has responded to the Staff’s comments by revising the
Amendment No. 3 to Form F-3 to address the comments, by providing an explanation if the Company has not so revised the Amendment No.
3 to Form F-3, or by providing supplemental information as requested. The Staff’s comments are repeated below in bold, followed
by the Company’s responses to such comments. We have included page numbers to refer to the location in the Revised Form F-3 where
the language addressing a particular comment appears.
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Davis Polk includes Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and its associated entities.
Amendment
No. 3 to Form F-3 filed December 2, 2022
About
this Prospectus, page ii
1.
Please revise your definition
of “China or the PRC” to include Hong Kong and Macau and to clarify that the “legal and operational” risks
associated with operating in China also apply to your operations in Hong Kong. The definition may clarify that the only time that
“China or the PRC” does not include Hong Kong or Macau is when you are referencing specific laws and regulations adopted
by the PRC. If it does, please revise your disclosure to discuss any commensurate laws or regulations in Hong Kong, if applicable,
and any risks and consequences to the company associated with those laws and regulations. As one example, your enforceability of
civil liabilities discussion should discuss the enforceability of civil liabilities in Hong Kong.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page ii and page 18 of the Revised Form F-3.
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If
you have any questions regarding this submission, please contact James C. Lin at +852-2533-3368 or james.lin@davispolk.com.
Thank
you again for your time and attention.
Yours sincerely,
/s/ James
C. Lin
James C. Lin
cc:
Bin Zhai, Chief Executive Officer
CNFinance Holdings Limited
January 5, 2023
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