SEC Company Response from Guardforce AI Co., Ltd. (GFAI, GFAIW, GRDAF) (CIK 0001804469) (GFAI) — Jul 11, 2022
Guardforce AI Co., Ltd. (GFAI, GFAIW, GRDAF) (CIK 0001804469)
Date: July 11, 2022 · CIK: 0001804469 · Accession: 0001213900-22-038583
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File numbers found in text: 001-40848
Referenced dates: July 5, 2022
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GUARDFORCE AI CO., LTD.
10 Anson Road, #28-01 International Plaza
Singapore 079903
July 11, 2022
Via EDGAR and E-Mail
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Blaise Rhodes and Rufus Decker
Re: Guardforce AI Co., Ltd.
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Filed April 1, 2022
File No. 001-40848
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby submit the responses of Guardforce AI
Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) set forth in the Staff’s letter, dated July 5, 2022, providing the Staff’s
comments with respect to the above-referenced Company’s annual report on Form 20-F, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Form 20-F”). Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company
is submitting its Amendment No. 2 to the Form 20-F (the “Amendment No. 2”) together with certain exhibits via EDGAR
with the Commission.
For the convenience of the Staff, each of the
Staff’s comments is included and is followed by the corresponding response of the Company. Unless the context indicates otherwise,
references in this letter to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to the Company.
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
2021
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm, page F-2
1. Please make arrangements for your auditors to revise their audit report to reference:
● International
Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards
Board and
● the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), rather than just their auditing standards. Refer to PCAOB Auditing Standard 3101 and Rule 1-02(d) of Regulation
S-X.
It also appears
that in the sixth paragraph of the audit report that:
● the reference to Note 1 should be to Note 2 and
● the reference to negative cash flows from operating activities
is inconsistent with your cash inflows from operating activities for each of the three years ended December 31, 2021 shown in your statements
of cash flows on page F-9.
Finally, it appears
that the net loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 referenced in the eighth paragraph differs from the net loss presented in your
statements of profit and loss on page F-6. Once your auditors have corrected all of these discrepancies in their report, please file an
amended Form 20-F.
RESPONSE: In response to the
Staff’s comments, our auditors revised their audit report on page F-2.
If you would like to discuss any of the responses
to the Staff’s comments or if you would like to discuss any other matters, please contact the undersigned at +65 6702 1179 or Louis
A. Bevilacqua of Bevilacqua PLLC at (202) 869-0888 (ext. 100).
Sincerely,
GUARDFORCE AI CO., LTD.
By:
/s/ Lei Wang
Name:
Lei Wang
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Director
cc: Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.