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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-008027 to I-Mab (IMAB) (CIK 0001778016) (NBP)

I-Mab (IMAB) (CIK 0001778016)
Date: July 27, 2023 · CIK: 0001778016 · Accession: 0000000000-23-008027

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File numbers found in text: 001-39173

Date
July 27, 2023
Author
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Form
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Company
I-Mab (IMAB) (CIK 0001778016)

Letter

United States securities and exchange commission logo July 27, 2023 Richard Yeh Chief Financial Officer I-Mab 555 West Haiyang Road Pudong District, Shanghai, 200124 People’s Republic of China Re:I-Mab Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2022 Filed May 1, 2023 File No. 001-39173 Dear Richard Yeh: 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 Year Ended December 31, 2022 Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 213 1.We note your statement that you reviewed your register of members and public EDGAR 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

FirstName LastNameRichard Yeh Comapany NameI-Mab July 27, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastName Richard Yeh I-Mab July 27, 2023 Page 2 instance, please tell us how the board members’ current or prior memberships on, or 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.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2)and (b)(3) are provided for “I- Mab” or “I-Mab and its subsidiaries.” We also note that your list of subsidiaries in Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate that you have subsidiaries in Hong Kong. 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), 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 Tyler Howes at 202-551-3370 or Andrew Mew at 202-551-3377 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Disclosure Review Program cc: Haiping Li, Esq.

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
July 27, 2023
Richard Yeh
Chief Financial Officer
I-Mab
555 West Haiyang Road
Pudong District, Shanghai, 200124
People’s Republic of China
Re:I-Mab
Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2022
Filed May 1, 2023
File No. 001-39173
Dear Richard Yeh:
            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 Year Ended December 31, 2022
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections, page 213
1.We note your statement that you reviewed your register of members and public EDGAR
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

 FirstName LastNameRichard Yeh
 Comapany NameI-Mab
 July 27, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Richard Yeh
I-Mab
July 27, 2023
Page 2
instance, please tell us how the board members’ current or prior memberships on, or
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.We note that your disclosures pursuant to Items 16I(b)(2)and (b)(3) are provided for “I-
Mab” or “I-Mab and its subsidiaries.”  We also note that your list of subsidiaries in
Exhibit 8.1 appears to indicate that you have subsidiaries in Hong Kong.  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), 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 Tyler Howes at 202-551-3370 or Andrew Mew at 202-551-3377 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Disclosure Review Program
cc:       Haiping Li, Esq.