SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-000697 to MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (YGMZF)
MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd
Date: Jan. 23, 2023 · CIK: 0001782037 · Accession: 0000000000-23-000697
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
January 23, 2023
Jinlong Yang
Chief Executive Officer
MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited
27F, Yantian Modern Industry Service Center
No. 3018 Shayan Road, Yantian District
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 518081
Re:MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-3
Filed January 9, 2023
File No. 333-267839
Dear Jinlong Yang:
We have reviewed your amended 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. Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our November 2, 2022 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Form F-3
About Mingzhu Logistics Holdings Limited, page 1
1.We note your response to prior comment 3, and reissue such comment in part. On your
cover page, and throughout your prospectus, refrain from using terms such as “we” or
“our” when describing activities or functions of a VIE. For example, we note your revised
disclosure on page ii that includes your VIEs in your definition of the “Company,” “we,”
“our” or “us.”
FirstName LastNameJinlong Yang
Comapany NameMingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited
January 23, 2023 Page 2
FirstName LastName
Jinlong Yang
MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited
January 23, 2023
Page 2
2.We note your response to prior comment 5 and reissue it. Please revise your disclosure in
this section to disclose each permission or approval that you, your subsidiaries, or the
VIEs are required to obtain from Chinese authorities to operate your business and to offer
the securities being registered to foreign investors. State whether you, your subsidiaries, or
VIEs are covered by permissions requirements from the China Securities Regulatory
Commission (CSRC) or any other governmental agency that is required to approve the
VIE’s operations, and state affirmatively whether you have received all requisite
permissions or approvals and whether any permissions or approvals have been denied.
Please also describe the consequences to you and your investors if you, your subsidiaries,
or the VIEs: (i) do not receive or maintain such permissions or approvals, (ii)
inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required, or (iii)
applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change and you are required to obtain such
permissions or approvals in the future.
3.We note you disclose in response to prior comment 6 that "Mingzhu is permitted under
PRC laws and regulations as an offshore holding company to provide funding to its PRC
subsidiaries in China through shareholder loans or capital contributions, subject to
satisfaction of applicable government registration and filing requirements." Please expand
your disclosure to describe the applicable government registration and filing
requirements.
Exhibits
4.Please revise the legal opinion to opine on the legality of all the securities
being registered, as required by Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K. Refer to Item 9 of
Form F-3.
5.We note that the consent of Audit Alliance LLP filed as Exhibit 23.1 consents to the
incorporation by reference of such firm's report dated January 6, 2023 with respect to the
audit of the consolidated financial statements of MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited and
its subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. However, the Audit
Alliance report with respect to such audit does not appear to be dated January 6, 2023.
Please obtain and file a revised consent.
Please contact Karina Dorin, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-3763 or Laura Nicholson,
Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3584 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
cc: Bill Huo