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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-010259 to Planet Image International Ltd (YIBO)

Planet Image International Ltd
Date: Sept. 18, 2023 · CIK: 0001868395 · Accession: 0000000000-23-010259

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File numbers found in text: 333-263602

Date
September 18, 2023
Author
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Form
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Company
Planet Image International Ltd

Letter

United States securities and exchange commission logo September 18, 2023 Shaofang Weng Chief Executive Officer Planet Image International Ltd No. 756 Guangfu Road Hi-tech Development Zone Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province People’s Republic of China Re:Planet Image International Ltd Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form F-1 Filed September 8, 2023 File No. 333-263602 Dear Shaofang Weng: 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. Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form F-1 General 1.We note the changes you made to your disclosure appearing on the cover page, Prospectus Summary and Risk Factor sections relating to legal and operational risks associated with operating in China and PRC regulations. It is unclear to us that there have been changes in the regulatory environment in the PRC since the amendment that was filed on June 7, 2023, warranting revised disclosure to mitigate the challenges you face and related disclosures. The Sample Letters to China-Based Companies sought specific disclosure relating to the risk that the PRC government may intervene in or influence your operations at any time, or may exert control over operations of your business, which could result in

FirstName LastNameShaofang Weng Comapany NamePlanet Image International Ltd September 18, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastName Shaofang Weng Planet Image International Ltd September 18, 2023 Page 2 a material change in your operations and/or the value of the securities you are registering for sale. We remind you that, pursuant to federal securities rules, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with”) as defined in Securities Act Rule 405 means “the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.” The Sample Letters also sought specific disclosures relating to uncertainties regarding the enforcement of laws and that the rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice. We do not believe that your revised disclosure referencing the significant degree of influence any changes in applicable PRC laws and regulations implemented by PRC regulatory authorities have over the manner in which the PRC subsidiaries must conduct their business activities conveys the same risk. Please restore your disclosures in these areas to the disclosures as they existed in the registration statement as of June 7, 2023. You may contact Joanna Lam, Staff Accountant, at 202-551-3476 or Raj Rajan, Staff Accountant, at 202-551-3388 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Irene Barberena-Meissner, Staff Attorney, at 202- 551-6548 or Karina Dorin, Staff Attorney, at 202-551-3763 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Energy & Transportation cc: Cindy Li, Esq.

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
September 18, 2023
Shaofang Weng
Chief Executive Officer
Planet Image International Ltd
No. 756 Guangfu Road
Hi-tech Development Zone
Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province
People’s Republic of China
Re:Planet Image International Ltd
Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed September 8, 2023
File No. 333-263602
Dear Shaofang Weng:
            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.
Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
General
1.We note the changes you made to your disclosure appearing on the cover page, Prospectus
Summary and Risk Factor sections relating to legal and operational risks associated with
operating in China and PRC regulations.  It is unclear to us that there have been changes
in the regulatory environment in the PRC since the amendment that was filed on June 7,
2023, warranting revised disclosure to mitigate the challenges you face and related
disclosures.  The Sample Letters to China-Based Companies sought specific disclosure
relating to the risk that the PRC government may intervene in or influence your operations
at any time, or may exert control over operations of your business, which could result in

 FirstName LastNameShaofang  Weng
 Comapany NamePlanet Image International Ltd
 September 18, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Shaofang  Weng
Planet Image International Ltd
September 18, 2023
Page 2
a material change in your operations and/or the value of the securities you are registering
for sale.  We remind you that, pursuant to federal securities rules, the term “control”
(including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with”) as
defined in Securities Act Rule 405 means “the possession, direct or indirect, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.”  The Sample
Letters also sought specific disclosures relating to uncertainties regarding the enforcement
of laws and that the rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance
notice.  We do not believe that your revised disclosure referencing the significant degree
of influence any changes in applicable PRC laws and regulations implemented by PRC
regulatory authorities have over the manner in which the PRC subsidiaries must conduct
their business activities conveys the same risk.  Please restore your disclosures in these
areas to the disclosures as they existed in the registration statement as of June 7, 2023.
            You may contact Joanna Lam, Staff Accountant, at 202-551-3476 or Raj Rajan, Staff
Accountant, at 202-551-3388 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters.  Please contact Irene Barberena-Meissner, Staff Attorney, at 202-
551-6548 or Karina Dorin, Staff Attorney, at 202-551-3763 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
cc:       Cindy Li, Esq.