SEC Company Response from Ebang International Holdings Inc. (EBON) (CIK 0001799290) (EBON) — Apr 24, 2020
Ebang International Holdings Inc. (EBON) (CIK 0001799290)
Date: April 24, 2020 · CIK: 0001799290 · Accession: 0001213900-20-010073
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Referenced dates: April 23, 2020
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Unit 2901, 29F, Tower C
Beijing Yintai Centre
No. 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022
People’s Republic of China
Phone: 86-10-6529-8300
Fax: 86-10-6529-8399
Website: www.wsgr.com
中国北京市朝阳区建国门外大街2号
银泰中心写字楼C座29层2901室
邮政编码:
100022
电话:
86-10-6529-8300
传真:
86-10-6529-8399
网站: www.wsgr.com
April 24, 2020
Confidential
Ms. Claire Erlanger
Mr. Charles Eastman
Ms. Asia Timmons-Pierce
Mr. Thomas Jones
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Information Technologies and Services
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re: Ebang
International Holdings Inc. (CIK No. 0001799290)
Response
to the Staff’s Comments on
Draft
Registration Statement on
Form
F-1 Confidentially Submitted on April 10, 2020
Dear Ms.
Erlanger, Mr. Eastman, Ms. Timmons-Pierce and Mr. Jones,
On behalf of our client, Ebang International
Holdings Inc., a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), we are
hereby submitting to the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
this letter setting forth the Company’s responses to the comments contained in the Staff’s letter dated April 23, 2020
on the Company’s draft registration statement on Form F-1 confidentially submitted on April 10, 2020 (the “Draft
Registration Statement”). Concurrently with the submission of this letter, we are filing herewith the Company’s
registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) and certain exhibits via EDGAR to the Commission.
To facilitate your review, we have separately
delivered to you today five courtesy copies of Registration Statement, marked to show changes to the Draft Registration Statement,
and two copies of the submitted exhibits.
The Company has also updated the Registration
Statement to reflect a change in the offering structure from the listing and offering of American depositary shares (representing
Class A ordinary shares) to Class A ordinary shares.
The Staff’s comments are repeated
below in bold and are followed by the Company’s responses. We have included page references in the Registration Statement
where the language addressing a particular comment appears. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
set forth in the Registration Statement.
General
1.
Please ensure that the opinion of your PRC counsel includes discussion of the new PRC Foreign Investment Law that took effect on January 1, 2020 and the extent that it may be applicable to and have material effects on any of your PRC businesses. Include disclosure, as necessary, under the risk factors and regulations sections of the filing.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the
Company has filed with the Registration Statement a revised opinion from its PRC counsel and revised the disclosure on page
124 of the Registration Statement.
Wilson
Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
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2.
Please revise the annex of the opinion to present the names in English or revise the body of the opinion to explicitly name, in English, each of the entities referenced. You may also revise your opinion to qualify the extent that the referenced annex includes all of your PRC entities.
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company
has filed with the Registration Statement a revised opinion from its PRC counsel.
***
If you have any questions regarding
the Revised Draft Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by telephone at 86-10-6529-8308 or via e-mail at douyang@wsgr.com.
Questions pertaining to accounting and auditing matters may be directed to the audit engagement partner at MaloneBailey, LLP,
George Qin, by telephone at 1-713-343-4211, or by email at gqin@malone-bailey.com. MaloneBailey, LLP is the independent registered
public accounting firm of the Company.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Dan Ouyang
Dan Ouyang
Enclosures
cc:
Dong Hu, Chief Executive Officer, Ebang International Holdings Inc.
George Qin, Partner, MaloneBailey, LLP
Weiheng Chen, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation
David Zhang, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis International
LLP
Benjamin W. James, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis International
LLP
Amanda Mi Tang, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis International
LLP