SEC Company Response from MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (YGMZ) (CIK 0001782037) (YGMZF) — Sep 27, 2019
MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (YGMZ) (CIK 0001782037)
Date: Sept. 27, 2019 · CIK: 0001782037 · Accession: 0001213900-19-019199
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MingZhu
Logistics Holdings Ltd
27F,
Yantian Modern Industry Service Center
No.
3018 Shayan Road, Yantian District
Shenzhen,
Guangdong, China 518081
September
27, 2019
VIA
EDGAR
U.S.
Securities & Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Transportation and Leisure
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attn:
J. Nolan McWilliams
Re:
MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd.
Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Submitted August 2, 2019
CIK No. 0001782037
Dear
Mr. McWilliams:
On
behalf of our client MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (the “Company”), we hereby transmit the Company’s
response to the comment letter received from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”), on August 29, 2019, regarding the Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1 submitted to
the Commission on August 2, 2019.
For
the Staff’s convenience, we have repeated below the Staff’s comments in bold, and have followed each comment with
the Company’s response. Disclosure changes made in response to the Staff’s comments have been made in a Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”), which is being filed with the Commission contemporaneously
with the submission of this response letter.
Draft
Registration Statement Submitted August 2, 2019
General
1. Please
provide us copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf, present to potential investors
in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies
of the communications.
We
respectfully advise the Staff that, as of the date hereof, no written communications have been provided to potential investors
in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). We will supplementally
provide the Staff with copies of all written communications presented to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the
Securities Act.
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Risk
Factors
Our
reliance on major customers and any loss of our major customers, page 7
2. Please
place the risks described in context by naming each ten percent or greater customer and
the respective percentage of revenues attributable to that customer.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have updated the risk factor. The revised disclosure can be found on page 7 of the Registration
Statement.
We
rely on subcontractors to handle a proportion of our trucking service, page 8
3. To
the extent material, please describe the risks because of your guarantee of the subcontractor
capital lease disclosed on page 42.
As
disclosed in the Registration Statement, in connection with our guarantee to the lessor of the capital lease for our subcontractor,
we entered into another guarantee agreement with Shenzhen Yangang Mingzhu Logistics Co., Ltd. (“MingZhu Logistics”),
a company owned by the sister of Jinlong Yang, our Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the guarantee between us and MingZhu Logistics,
if our subcontractor fails to perform its obligations under the capital lease and we make a payment to the lessor as a guarantor
of the capital lease, MingZhu Logistics has the obligation to immediately pay us the full amount paid by us to the lessor. We
believe that such contractual mechanism mitigates the risks resulting from our guarantee to the lessor and there will not be material
risks resulting from our guarantee of the subcontractor capital lease.
Use
of Proceeds, page 30
4. You
state that PRC laws and regulations limit your ability to utilize the proceeds of this
offering to make loans or capital contributions to PRC subsidiaries on satisfaction of
government registration and approval requirements. Please place this disclosure in context
by quantifying the amount of loans or capital contributions you may currently make to
your PRC subsidiaries without approval. Similarly revise the first full risk factor on
page 20.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the Registration Statement. The revised disclosure can be found on pages
21 and 31 of the Registration Statement.
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis, page 35
5. Please
provide the trend disclosure required by Item 5.D of Form 20-F. For guidance, refer to
Section III.B.3. of Release No. 33-8350. We note by way of example: (i) the second paragraph
on page 38 where you discuss reasons for the decline in revenues from Guangdong province;
and (ii) your disclosure in the third risk factor on page 7 and first risk factor on
page 8 regarding past due receivables and the timing mismatch of customer payments and
trade payables. Also discuss the extent to which percentage growth you attribute to the
Xinjiang expansion is indicative of future growth.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised the Registration Statement. The revised disclosure can be found on pages
37, 39 and 41 of the Registration Statement.
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Customers,
page 65
6. Please
describe the material terms of the master agreements you enter into with customers. Similarly
describe in the last section on page 67 the material terms of the subcontracting master
agreements.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have added descriptions of the material terms of the master agreements with customers
and subcontracting master agreements. The revised disclosure can be found on pages 67 and 70 of the Registration Statement.
Regulations,
page 74
7. Please
discuss here the PRC regulations on and approvals required for uses of proceeds from
offerings such as this, including the regulations on loans or capital contributions to
your PRC subsidiaries. We note your disclosure in the last paragraph on page 30.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have added disclosure relating to PRC regulations on and approvals required for uses
of proceeds from this offering. The revised disclosure can be found on pages 21, 30, 79 and 80 of the Registration Statement.
Description
of Share Capital
Articles
of Association – Exclusive Forum Provision, page 89
8. We
note that your forum selection provision identifies the courts of the Cayman Islands
as the sole and exclusive jurisdiction for certain litigation, including "any derivative
action." Please disclose whether this provision applies to actions arising under
the Securities Act or Exchange Act. If so, please add risk factor disclosure, state that
there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provision, and state that
investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and
regulations thereunder. If this provision does not apply to actions arising under the
Securities Act or Exchange Act, please also ensure that the exclusive forum provision
in your amended articles of association states this clearly, or tell us how you will
inform investors in future filings that the provision does not apply to any actions arising
under the Securities Act or Exchange Act.
In
response to the Staff’s comment, we have removed disclosure relating to forum selection and will file the form of our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association that reflects such change in a subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement.
We
thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing. If you have further comments, we ask that you forward them by electronic mail
to our counsel, Richard Anslow, Esq. at ranslow@egsllp.com or by telephone at (212) 370-1300.
Sincerely,
/s/ Jinlong Yang
Jinglong Yang, Chief Executive Officer
MingZhu Logistics Holdings Ltd.
cc:
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
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