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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-009703 to EUDA Health Holdings Ltd (EUDA, EUDAW) (CIK 0001847846) (EUDA)

EUDA Health Holdings Ltd (EUDA, EUDAW) (CIK 0001847846)
Date: Sept. 1, 2023 · CIK: 0001847846 · Accession: 0000000000-23-009703

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File numbers found in text: 333-268994

Date
August 31, 2023
Author
Conlon Danberg
Form
UPLOAD
Company
EUDA Health Holdings Ltd (EUDA, EUDAW) (CIK 0001847846)

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United States securities and exchange commission logo August 31, 2023 Wei Wen Kelvin Chen Chief Executive Officer EUDA Health Holdings Limited 1 Pemimpin Drive #12-07 One Pemimpin Singapore 576151 Re:EUDA Health Holdings Limited Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1 Filed August 4, 2023 File No. 333-268994 Dear Wei Wen Kelvin Chen: 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 January 4, 2023 letter. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1, filed August 4, 2023 Cover Page 1.We note your response to previous comment 1 and re-issue the comment in part. We note your reference to "1,600,000 ordinary shares issued to two accredited investors pursuant to certain amendments to Forward Purchase Agreements in June 2023 in full satisfaction of any fees or other obligations the Company may have under the original Forward Purchase Agreements." Please revise to state the valuation of the shares that were issued or otherwise explain how you arrived at 1,600,000 ordinary shares as consideration for the satisfaction of any fees or obligations under the Forward Purchase Agreements. 2.We note that the Convertible Note Shares you are registering consist of an indeterminate number of ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of convertible notes in an

FirstName LastNameWei Wen Kelvin Chen Comapany NameEUDA Health Holdings Limited August 31, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastNameWei Wen Kelvin Chen EUDA Health Holdings Limited August 31, 2023 Page 2 aggregate principal amount of $2,413,125. Please note that Securities Act Rule 416 does not apply to shares issuable upon conversion of securities where the conversion is determined by fluctuating market prices. In this regard, we note your disclosure in footnote (1) to the Selling Shareholders table that "Convertible Notes with conversion prices that are variably determined by the volume weighted average price of our ordinary shares are assumed to convert at a rate equal to $0.56 per share, the average of the high and low prices for our ordinary shares on August 1, 2023." Please revise the registration statement to register a reasonable good-faith estimate of the maximum number of shares necessary to cover conversions of the Convertible Notes. If the estimate turns out to be insufficient, the Company must file a new registration statement to register the additional shares for resale. For guidance, please refer to Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, Securities Act Rules, Question 213.02. Prospectus Summary Securities in this Offering, page 8 3.We note your response to previous comment 8 and re-issue the comment in part. We specifically refer to your statement that "[a]lthough the selling shareholders may experience a positive rate of return based on the trading price at the time they sell their ordinary shares, the public shareholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the securities they purchased due to differences in the prices at which such public shareholders purchased their ordinary shares and the trading price." With respect to the 1,437,500 ordinary shares issued in private placements on January 21, 2021 and February 5, 2021 for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 and any other shares issued for per share consideration that is materially lower than the current trading price of your common stock, please expand on this statement to disclose the potential profit the selling securityholders would earn from the sale of their shares based on the current trading price of your common stock. Risk Factors EUDA previously identified material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting..., page 26 4.We note your statement that "EUDA may be unable to report the Company’s financial results accurately on a timely basis..." We also note that prior to your determination that you qualify as a "foreign private issuer," you did not timely file a Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and a Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Please revise your risk factor to state that you did not timely file these reports and that you may not be able to file timely reports in the future. Index to Financial Statements, page F-1 5.We note that you have not included interim financial statements in the amended Registration Statement but, prior to your determination that you qualify for "foreign

FirstName LastNameWei Wen Kelvin Chen Comapany NameEUDA Health Holdings Limited August 31, 2023 Page 3 FirstName LastName Wei Wen Kelvin Chen EUDA Health Holdings Limited August 31, 2023 Page 3 private issuer" status, you filed a Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Pursuant to Item 4.a of Form F-1 and Item 8.A.5 of Form 20-F, "[i]f, at the date of the document, the company has published interim financial information that covers a more current period than those otherwise required by this standard, the more current interim financial information must be included in the document." Please revise your Registration Statement to include your previously published interim financial information or explain to us why you are not required to do so. Please contact Conlon Danberg at 202-551-4466 or Jane Park at 202-551-7439 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Industrial Applications and Services cc: Jane Tam, Esq.

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
August 31, 2023
Wei Wen Kelvin Chen
Chief Executive Officer
EUDA Health Holdings Limited
1 Pemimpin Drive #12-07
One Pemimpin Singapore 576151
Re:EUDA Health Holdings Limited
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed August 4, 2023
File No. 333-268994
Dear Wei Wen Kelvin Chen:
            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 January 4, 2023 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1, filed August 4, 2023
Cover Page
1.We note your response to previous comment 1 and re-issue the comment in part. We note
your reference to "1,600,000 ordinary shares issued to two accredited investors pursuant
to certain amendments to Forward Purchase Agreements in June 2023 in full satisfaction
of any fees or other obligations the Company may have under the original Forward
Purchase Agreements." Please revise to state the valuation of the shares that were issued
or otherwise explain how you arrived at 1,600,000 ordinary shares as consideration for the
satisfaction of any fees or obligations under the Forward Purchase Agreements.
2.We note that the Convertible Note Shares you are registering consist of an indeterminate
number of ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of convertible notes in an

 FirstName LastNameWei Wen Kelvin Chen
 Comapany NameEUDA Health Holdings Limited
 August 31, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastNameWei Wen Kelvin Chen
EUDA Health Holdings Limited
August 31, 2023
Page 2
aggregate principal amount of $2,413,125. Please note that Securities Act Rule 416 does
not apply to shares issuable upon conversion of securities where the conversion is
determined by fluctuating market prices. In this regard, we note your disclosure in
footnote (1) to the Selling Shareholders table that "Convertible Notes with conversion
prices that are variably determined by the volume weighted average price of our ordinary
shares are assumed to convert at a rate equal to $0.56 per share, the average of the high
and low prices for our ordinary shares on August 1, 2023." Please revise the registration
statement to register a reasonable good-faith estimate of the maximum number of shares
necessary to cover conversions of the Convertible Notes. If the estimate turns out to be
insufficient, the Company must file a new registration statement to register the additional
shares for resale. For guidance, please refer to Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations,
Securities Act Rules, Question 213.02.
Prospectus Summary
Securities in this Offering, page 8
3.We note your response to previous comment 8 and re-issue the comment in part. We
specifically refer to your statement that "[a]lthough the selling shareholders may
experience a positive rate of return based on the trading price at the time they sell their
ordinary shares, the public shareholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the
securities they purchased due to differences in the prices at which such public
shareholders purchased their ordinary shares and the trading price." With respect to the
1,437,500 ordinary shares issued in private placements on January 21, 2021 and February
5, 2021 for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 and any other shares issued for per
share consideration that is materially lower than the current trading price of your common
stock, please expand on this statement to disclose the potential profit the selling
securityholders would earn from the sale of their shares based on the current trading price
of your common stock.
Risk Factors
EUDA previously identified material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting..., page 26
4.We note your statement that "EUDA may be unable to report the Company’s financial
results accurately on a timely basis..." We also note that prior to your determination that
you qualify as a "foreign private issuer," you did not timely file a Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2022 and a Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Please
revise your risk factor to state that you did not timely file these reports and that you may
not be able to file timely reports in the future.
Index to Financial Statements, page F-1
5.We note that you have not included interim financial statements in the amended
Registration Statement but, prior to your determination that you qualify for "foreign

 FirstName LastNameWei Wen Kelvin Chen
 Comapany NameEUDA Health Holdings Limited
 August 31, 2023 Page 3
 FirstName LastName
Wei Wen Kelvin Chen
EUDA Health Holdings Limited
August 31, 2023
Page 3
private issuer" status, you filed a Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
Pursuant to Item 4.a of Form F-1 and Item 8.A.5 of Form 20-F, "[i]f, at the date of the
document, the company has published interim financial information that covers a more
current period than those otherwise required by this standard, the more current interim
financial information must be included in the document." Please revise your Registration
Statement to include your previously published interim financial information or explain to
us why you are not required to do so.
            Please contact Conlon Danberg at 202-551-4466 or Jane Park at 202-551-7439 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Industrial Applications and
Services
cc:       Jane Tam, Esq.