SEC Comment Letter for Aptorum Group Ltd (APM) (CIK 0001734005) (NIKI) — Jul 30, 2019
Aptorum Group Ltd (APM) (CIK 0001734005)
Date: July 30, 2019 · CIK: 0001734005 · Accession: 0000000000-19-011791
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July 30, 2019
Ian Huen
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Aptorum Group Ltd
17th Floor, Guangdong Investment Tower
148 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong
Re:Aptorum Group Ltd
Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed July 2, 2019
File No. 333-232510
Dear Mr. Huen:
We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues we have
addressed in our 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 this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed July 2, 2019
Establishment of Smart-ACT Platform, page 8
1.Clarify what it means to "successfully screen" compounds against a target by clarifying
what results would be deemed successful.
Smart Pharma Token, page 8
2.We note your disclosure that SMPT tokens will be issued in transactions exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Regulation S. The basis for
your reliance on Regulation S is unclear in light of the prominence of the disclosure in
your registration statement and the materials provided on the SMTPH website. Please
provide a detailed legal and factual analysis supporting your determination that these are
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not directed selling efforts in the U.S. Additionally, tell us what restrictions are in place to
ensure that US persons are not able to access the trading platform(s) on which SMPT
tokens are listed or acquire SMPT tokens.
3.Your disclosure on page 8 indicates that the Pharma Token tokenizes rights to a “portion”
of the royalty income derived from the commercialization of intellectual property rights of
drug candidates discovered under your Smart-ACT platform. Please revise to quantify the
portion of the royalties token holders will be entitled to. We note that materials appearing
on the Smart Pharma website are inconsistent with some materials indicating that token
holders are entitled to net profits from Smart Pharmaceutical Limited Partnership, and
others indicating that token holders are entitled to royalties upon commercialization, a
percentage of sublicensing revenue and consideration for assignment of intellectual
property rights to third parties. Please revise your disclosure to clarify how the amounts
payable to token holders will be determined and when you are required to make these
payments..
4.Please disclose whether you expect the proceeds from token sales to fund all of Smart
Pharma's operations, including validation and assessment of candidates, operation and
improvement of the platform, legal/professional fees and exchange listing costs.
Additionally, clarify how you will define the portion of royalties/profits that token holders
receive. For example, will it be based on the percentage of Smart Pharma's operations
funded by token sales relative to funding you provide?
5.Please clarify whether distributions to token holders will be considered dividends and
whether they will be limited to profits or your share premium account.
Risk Factors, page 12
6.Please consider including a risk factor disclosing the token holders' security interest in
Smart Pharma's assets, including current and future intellectual property. Alternatively,
explain why the security interest does not present a risk to your investors.
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.
Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration
statement.
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You may contact Jeffrey Gabor at 202-551-2544 or Suzanne Hayes at 202-551-3675 with
any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Healthcare & Insurance
cc: Louis Taubman, Esq.