SEC Comment Letter for ALE Group Holding Ltd (ALEH) (CIK 0001806905) (ALEH) — Apr 27, 2022
ALE Group Holding Ltd (ALEH) (CIK 0001806905)
Date: April 27, 2022 · CIK: 0001806905 · Accession: 0000000000-22-004491
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
April 27, 2022
Tak Ching Poon
Chief Executive Officer
ALE Group Holding Ltd
Unit 1005, 10/F, Tower A
Mandarin Plaza, 14 Science Museum Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Re:ALE Group Holding Ltd
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed January 28, 2022
File No. 333-239225
Dear Mr. Poon:
We have reviewed your post-effective amendment 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.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed January 28, 2022
Prospectus Cover Page, page i
1.We note your disclosure that you do not believe that PRC laws have a “material impact”
on your company, significant changes to “current political arrangements” between the
PRC and Hong Kong could result in Hong Kong companies facing similar risks as PRC
companies, and the PRC has recently expanded its authority in Hong Kong. Here and
elsewhere as appropriate, please revise to state that, if changes to the arrangements
between the PRC and Hong Kong and the PRC’s expanded authority in Hong Kong result
in PRC regulatory authorities disallowing your current structure, it would likely result in a
material change in your operations and/or a material change in the value of your
securities.
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Comapany NameALE Group Holding Ltd
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2.Please provide a description of how cash is transferred through your organization and
disclose your intentions to distribute earnings or settle amounts owed. Please state whether
any transfers, dividends, or distributions have been made to date between the holding
company and its subsidiaries, or to investors, and quantify the amounts where applicable.
Please state the source of any such cash management policies (e.g., regulations). Please
amend your disclosure here and in the summary risk factors and risk factors sections to
state that, to the extent cash/assets in the business are in Hong Kong or Hong Kong entity,
the funds/assets may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of Hong
Kong due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on the ability
of you or your subsidiaries by the PRC government to transfer cash/assets. On the cover
page, please provide cross-references to these other discussions.
Other Pertinent Information, page ii
3.We note here you have defined “we,” “us,” the “Company” and “ALE” to include ALE
Group Holding Limited and its subsidiaries, including BVI Sub and ALECS. Please revise
this definition to avoid using the same terms to refer to the holding company in
which investors are purchasing an interest and the subsidiaries that are conducting
operations. Please use different terms for these entities.
4.Please revise the definitions of China and PRC to include Hong Kong and Macau.
Risks Relating to Doing Business in Hong Kong and Having Clients from China, page 2
5.Please revise to discuss the risks regarding the enforcement of laws in the PRC.
Prospectus Summary
Corporate History and Holding Company Structure, page 3
6.Please revise the organizational chart on page 4 to reflect, if true, that each subsidiary is
wholly-owned by the entity above it in the chart. In addition, please describe any relevant
contractual agreements between the entities and how this type of corporate structure may
affect investors and the value of their investment, including how and why the contractual
arrangements may be less effective than direct ownership and that the company may incur
substantial costs to enforce the terms of the arrangements.
Recent Regulatory Development in PRC, page 6
7.We note your statement that you are not required to obtain approvals to offer your
securities; here and elsewhere as appropriate, please revise to also state that you are not
required to obtain approvals to operate your business. Please revise your disclosure to
describe the consequences to you and your investors if you or your subsidiaries
inadvertently conclude that PRC permissions or approvals are not required.
8.Please state affirmatively whether or not you are subject to the CAC. Also, please provide
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Comapany NameALE Group Holding Ltd
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ALE Group Holding Ltd
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greater detail regarding the requirements of the CSRC, state affirmatively whether you are
subject to the CSRC, and provide the basis for that determination.
General
9.We note that you do not appear to have relied upon an opinion of counsel with respect to
your conclusions that you do not need any PRC permissions or approvals to operate your
business and to offer securities to investors. If true, please disclose this in the prospectus
and explain why such an opinion was not obtained.
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.
You may contact Scott Anderegg at 202-551-3342 or Dietrich King at 202-55-8071 if
you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services