CORRESP Filing
WORK Medical Technology Group LTD
Date: April 29, 2025 · CIK: 0001929783 · Accession: 0001213900-25-036782
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File numbers found in text: 333-271474, 333-284006
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WORK Medical Technology Group LTD
April 29, 2025
Via EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Industrial Applications and Services
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C., 20549
Attention:
Nicholas O'Leary
Margaret Sawicki
Re:
WORK Medical Technology Group LTD
Amendment No. 1 Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed April 9, 2025
File No. 333-284006
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is in response
to the letter dated April 23, 2025, from the staff (the "Staff") of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
addressed to WORK Medical Technology Group LTD (the "Company," "we" and "our"). For ease of reference,
we have recited the Commission's comments in this response and numbered them accordingly. An amended registration statement on Form
F-1 ("Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement") is being filed to accompany this letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on
Form F-1 filed April 9, 2025
Cover Page
1.
We note you are registering "[u]p to
10,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Pre-Funded Ordinary Units." You describe the Pre-Funded Ordinary Units as consisting
of "one Pre-Funded Warrant, one Series A Warrant to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share and one Series B Warrant to purchase one
Class A Ordinary Share." Therefore, it appears the Pre-Funded Units do not include Class A Ordinary Shares.
We note the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 also
does not opine on these shares, and you appear to separately reference the Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Series A, Series B and
Pre-Funded Warrants on the cover page. Please revise or advise.
In response to the Staff's comments, we
have revised the disclosure on the cover page of the Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to clarify that the Pre-Funded Units
do not include Class A Ordinary Shares by deleting "[u]p to 10,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Pre-Funded Ordinary
Units."
2.
We note your disclosure on the cover page of
an "assumed public offering price" and your disclosure on page 15 that the number of Ordinary Units offered is "10,000,000
Ordinary Units, based on an assumed public offering price of $0.50 per Ordinary Unit." We also note your disclosure in the Underwriting
section that "[t]he offering price of the Ordinary Units (and Pre-Funded Ordinary Units, as applicable) is based on the last reported
sale price of [y]our Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq immediately prior to effectiveness of the registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part." Rather than disclosing only an assumed public offering price, revise the cover page to clearly disclose
the offering price for the securities offered pursuant to this registration statement. Refer to Item 501(b)(3) of Regulation S-K. Alternatively,
include a placeholder for this disclosure and confirm that you will include the actual public offering price in a prospectus supplement
filed in accordance with Rule 430A.
In response to the Staff's comments, we
have revised the disclosure by including placeholders throughout Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement. The Company confirms that
it will include the actual public offering price in a prospectus filed in accordance with Rule 430A.
3.
Please revise the cover page narrative and
Summary to explain, if true, that as a result of the alternative cashless exercise feature you do not expect to receive any cash proceeds
from the exercise of the Series B Warrants, or, upon a Share Combination Event, from exercise of the Series A Warrants, because it is
highly unlikely that a warrant holder would wish to pay an exercise price to receive one share when they could choose the alternative
cashless exercise option and pay no additional consideration to receive more than one share.
In response to the Staff's comments, we
have revised the disclosure on the cover page and pages 16 and 57 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to explain that that
as a result of the alternative cashless exercise feature, we do not expect to receive any cash proceeds from the exercise of the Series
B Warrants, or, upon a Share Combination Event, from the exercise of the Series A Warrants.
Summary of Risk Factors, page 9
4.
In comparing your China-based company disclosure
against your Registration Statement on Form F-1 that went effective on August 22, 2024 (File No. 333-271474) we note certain changes to
your disclosure appearing in the Summary and Risk Factor sections relating to legal and operational risks associated with operating in
the PRC. It is unclear to us that there have been changes in the regulatory environment in the PRC since that Form F-1 was declared effective
warranting revised disclosure to mitigate the challenges you face and related disclosures. Please restore your disclosures in these areas
to the disclosures as they existed in your Form F-1 effective as of August 22, 2024.
Specifically, we note that you no longer include
the following Summary Risk Factor: "We may rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by the PRC subsidiaries to fund
any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of the PRC subsidiaries to make payments to us could
have a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business." We note your Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2024, incorporated by reference herein, includes the following risk factor: "We rely to a significant extent
on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries to fund offshore cash and financing requirements and any limitation
on the ability of the PRC subsidiaries to make remittance to pay dividends to us could limit our ability to access cash generated by the
operations of those entities." Please include this disclosure as a Summary Risk Factor while noting the material adverse effect
this may have on your ability to conduct your business, as was mentioned in the F-1 effective as of August 22, 2024.
Additionally, we note that you deleted the
following disclosure from the Risk Factors: "Any material delay in our ability to fully comply with new regulatory requirements
may . . . cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severely damage our reputation, which would materially and adversely
affect our financial condition and results of operations and cause our Ordinary Shares to significantly decline in value or become worthless."
In response to the Staff's comments,
we restored our disclosure in the Summary of Risk Factors and Risk Factor sections relating to legal and operational risks associated
with operating in the PRC.
Specifically, we have revised our disclosure on page 10 of
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement by adding "[w]e rely to a significant extent on dividends and other
distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries to fund offshore cash and financing requirements and any limitation on the ability
of the PRC subsidiaries to make remittance to pay dividends to us could limit our ability to access cash generated by the operations
of those entities, including to make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our businesses, pay dividends to our
shareholders or otherwise fund and conduct our business, and therefore have a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct
our business" into the Summary of Risk Factors.
We have also revised our disclosure on page 18
of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement by adding a risk factor and including the following disclosure under such risk factor:
"Any material delay in our ability to fully comply with new regulatory requirements may significantly limit or completely hinder
our ability to offer or continue to offer our Class A Ordinary Shares, cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severely
damage our reputation, which would materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and cause our Class
A Ordinary Shares to significantly decline in value or become worthless."
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Prospectus Summary
Risks Relating to Our Capital Structure, page
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5.
We note your disclosure of your dual class
share structure. Please revise here and in the Risk Factor section to disclose that future issuances of Class B Ordinary Shares may be
dilutive to holders of Class A Ordinary Shares.
Please also revise to disclose the percentage
of outstanding shares that Class B shareholders must keep to continue to control the outcome of matters submitted to shareholders for
approval.
In response to the Staff's comments, we
have revised our disclosure on page 30 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement by adding a risk factor entitled "Future
issuances of Class B Ordinary Shares may be dilutive to holders of Class A Ordinary Shares."
We have also revised our disclosure on page
30 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement by adding the percentage of outstanding shares that Class B shareholders must keep
to continue to control the outcome of matters submitted to shareholders for approval.
General
6.
We note your references throughout the prospectus
to an "alternative cashless exercise" provision. The term "cashless exercise" is generally understood to allow
a warrant holder to exercise a warrant without paying cash for the exercise price and reducing the number of shares receivable by the
holder by an amount equal in value to an aggregate exercise price the holder would otherwise pay to exercise the warrant(s). In cashless
exercises, it is expected that the warrant holder receives fewer shares than they would if they opted to pay the exercise price in cash.
Please clarify your disclosure by removing the references to "alternative cashless exercise" and using the term "zero
exercise price" exclusively or another appropriate term that conveys that, in addition to the Company receiving no cash upon the
"alternative cashless exercise," the warrant holders would be entitled to receive more shares than they would under the cash
exercise terms.
In response to the Staff's comments, we
have revised our disclosure throughout Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement by replacing "alternative cashless exercise"
with "zero price exercise" or other appropriate terms.
7.
We note that your Series A Warrants have an
exercise price reset feature in the event that a Share Combination Event occurs, in which case an alternative cashless exercise is also
available to the holder. We note that, in the event the exercise price is reset, the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable would
be increased such that the aggregate exercise price of the Series A Warrants on the issuance date for the Class A Ordinary Shares then
outstanding would remain unchanged following such reset. We also note that the reset exercise price would be subject to the Series A Floor
Price, but that the Series A Floor Price can be reduced by written notice to the holders of the Series A Warrants. Given that, in these
circumstances, the Series A Floor Price can be set to any amount at your discretion, and the number of shares issuable would increase
based on a lowering of the Series A Floor Price, please tell us how you calculated the maximum number of Class A Ordinary Shares that
can be issued in the event an exercise price reset of the Series A Warrants occurs, and relatedly, how you determined the number of Class
A Ordinary Shares that need to be registered on this registration statement.
In response to the Staff's comments, we have revised the form
of Series A Warrant and disclosure on page 58 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to confirm that the Floor Price cannot
be reduced by the Company's written notice to the holders of the Series A Warrants. Therefore, we have determined that the maximum
number of Class A Ordinary Shares that can be issued in the event an exercise price reset of the Series A Warrants occurs is 30,000,000.
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8.
We note the legal opinion filed as Exhibit
5.2 states that the "Registration Statement relates to the following securities of the Company: . . . at the election of the purchasers,
pre-funded ordinary units . . . in lieu of the Ordinary Units . . . and (iii) up to 30,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the
Warrants (the "Warrant Shares")." Please have counsel revise its opinion to include the total potential amount of Pre-Funded
Ordinary Units that could be issued and the total amount of Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants that could be issued.
Similarly, please have counsel quantify the
total potential Class A Ordinary Shares that could be issued in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1.
Please also have counsel revise the opinions
filed as Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit 5.2 to remove the assumption that the Company has taken all corporate actions necessary to authorize
the issuance of the securities. Refer to Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19. 9.
In response to the Staff's comments,
we have filed the revised legal opinions as Exhibit 5.1 and Exhibit 5.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement.
9.
We note that the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2
is "limited to the agreements specifically identified in exhibit 1.1 (Form of Underwriting Agreement), exhibit 4.2 (Form of Prefunded
Warrant), exhibit 4.3 (Form of Series A Warrant), and exhibit 4.4 (Form of Series B Warrant, collectively with the Form of Pre-funded
Warrant and the Form of Series A Warrant, the "Forms of Warrants") to the Registration Statement without regard to any agreement
or other document referenced in any such agreement (including agreements or other documents incorporated by reference or attached or annexed
thereto)." Please have counsel revise to remove this limitation. Refer to Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19.
In response to the Staff's comments, we
have filed the revised legal opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement.
10.
We note your disclosure on the cover page that
in February of 2025 you adopted an Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association to, in part, reflect an
increase in the Company's authorized share capital, as approved by shareholders. We note that you increased your authorized share
capital from 100 million shares to 400 million shares. We note the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association filed as Exhibit 3.1
states that your authorized share capital is 100 million shares, and the effective date is August 22, 2024. The Amended and Restated Articles
of Association filed as Exhibit 3.2 also has an effective date of August 22, 2024. Please revise to file your current Memorandum of Association
and Articles of Association or advise.
In response to the Staff's comments,
we have filed our current Memorandum and Articles of Association as Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement.
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We appreciate the assistance
the Staff has provided with its comments. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call our counsel, Ying Li, Esq., of Hunter
Taubman Fischer & Li LLC, at (212) 530-2206.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Shuang Wu
Name:
Shuang Wu
Title:
Chief Executive Officer, Director, and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
cc:
Ying Li, Esq.
Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC
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