SEC Comment Letter for BioNexus Gene Lab (BGLC) — Feb 19, 2019
BioNexus Gene Lab Corp
Date: Feb. 19, 2019 · CIK: 0001737523 · Accession: 0000000000-19-002677
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February 19, 2019
Chi Yuen Leong
President
BioNexus Gene Lab Coporation
Level 8, Tower 8, Avenue 5, The Horizon
Bangar South
No. 8 Jalan Kerinchi
59200 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Re:BioNexus Gene Lab Coporation
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed January 29, 2019
File No. 333-229399
Dear Mr. Leong:
We have reviewed your registration statement 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 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 S-1
Facing page
1.Please check the box for a Rule 415 offering on the facing page. Also, indicate whether
you have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards.
Cover Page
2.We note your statement that the shares will be sold at a fixed price of $0.05 per share until
the shares are quoted on the PINK SHEET tier of OTC Markets or an Exchange. Please
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Comapany NameBioNexus Gene Lab Coporation
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note that we do not consider the OTC Pink Sheets to constitute a sufficient existing
market, under Item 501(b)(3), for selling shareholders to offer their shares at market
prices. Therefore, please revise here and throughout the prospectus that the offering price
will be at a fixed price for the duration of the offering or revise the OTC Market system
on which your shares will be quoted and on which selling shareholders may sell at market
prices. Refer to Item 201(a)(1)(iii) of Regulation S-K, which provides that "the existence
of limited or sporadic quotations" such as the Pink Sheets "should not of itself be deemed
an established public trading market." Please revise your disclosure here and in your Plan
of Distribution section accordingly.
Selling Security Holders, page 21
3.Please revise the last column of the table to show the percentage of the class to be owned
by each security owner after completion of the offering. Refer to Item 507 of Regulation
S-K.
Our Growth Strategy, page 29
4.Please clarify the number of sales and marketing personnel you intend to hire in the first
quarter of 2019.
Executive Compensation, page 40
5.Please update the information in this section as of the most recently completed fiscal year
ended December 31, 2018. In addition, please disclose in the narrative following the
table the reason for the issuance of shares of stock to Wei Li Leong in the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2017.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, page 41
6.Please revise to include disclosure required by Item 404(d)(1) of Regulation S-K
regarding the amount owed to directors, as reflected in the financial statements.
Signatures, page II-21
7.Please include the signature of your controller or principal accounting officer. See
Instruction 1 to the Signatures to Form S-1.
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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Comapany NameBioNexus Gene Lab Coporation
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FirstName LastName
Chi Yuen Leong
BioNexus Gene Lab Coporation
February 19, 2019
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You may contact Steve Lo at 202-551-3394 or Linda Cvrkel at 202-551-3813 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact
Ruairi Regan at 202-551-3269 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
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