Correspondence 0001213900-23-047899 from CH AUTO Inc. (CIK 0001930207)
CH AUTO Inc. (CIK 0001930207)
Date: June 9, 2023 · CIK: 0001930207 · Accession: 0001213900-23-047899
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Jin
Mao Tower 38F, Unit 03
88
Century Boulevard
Pudong,
Shanghai 200121
People’s
Republic of China
Phone:
86-21-6165-1700
Fax:
86-21-6165-1799
Website:
www.wsgr.com
中国上海浦东新区
世纪大道88号
金茂大厦38楼03室
邮政编码:
200121
电话:
86-21-6165-1700
传真:
86-21-6165-1799
网站:
www.wsgr.com
Via
EDGAR
June
9, 2023
Attention:
Beverly
Singleton
Anne
McConnell
Evan
Ewing
Asia
Timmons-Pierce
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Manufacturing
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re:
CH
AUTO Inc. (CIK No. 0001930207)
Response
to the Staff’s Comments on
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-4 Filed on April 3, 2023
Ladies
and Gentlemen,
On
behalf of our client, CH AUTO Inc., a foreign private issuer incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”),
we are hereby submitting to the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
this letter setting forth the Company’s responses to the comments contained in the Staff’s letter dated April 21, 2023 on
the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed with the Commission on April 3, 2023 (“Amendment
No.1”). Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is submitting its amendment No.2 to the Registration Statement
(“Amendment No.2”) and via EDGAR with the Commission.
The
Staff’s comments are repeated below in bold and are followed by the Company’s responses. We have included page references
in the Amendment No.2 where the disclosure addressing a particular comment appears. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings set forth in Amendment No.2.
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-4
Will
I experience dilution as a result of the Business Combination?, page 13
1. Please
revise the table to clearly disclose the shares to be issued pursuant to the NextG Tech Convertible
Debts.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the cover page and pages 13, 14, 33, 34, 53, 104, and 203 of Amendment
No.2.
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Summary
of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, page 19
2. We
note your response to comment 3 and reissue. Please revise to (i) quantify the “large
volume delivery” of K50s and (ii) clarify the number of K20 pre-orders that you expect
to fulfill if you raise the low end of your projected financing. For example, disclose the
number if K20s, if any, that will be delivered if the company is able to raise between $55
million and $100 million.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised pages 20, 21, 26, 27, 55, 56, 64, 151 and 154 of Amendment No.2.
Organizational
Structure, page 21
3. We
note your response to prior comment 21. Please revise the chart to explicitly reflect the
equity ownership. In that regard, we note that the solid line in the chart for the various
entities reflects equity ownership.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised page 21 of Amendment No.2.
Going
Concern, page 24
4. It
appears that you removed disclosure from the last paragraph of this section. Please advise
or revise to include the disclosure from the previous filing.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised pages 26 and 27 of Amendment No.2 to include the disclosure from the
previous filing.
5. We
note your response to comment 4. We note your disclosure that your operating income will
be used to satisfy its capital expenditure requirement, which is estimated to be US$150 million
for three years between 2023 and 2025. Please disclose risk regarding your ability to generate
sufficient income to meet your anticipated capital expenditures.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised pages 55 and 56 of Amendment No.2.
CSRC
Approval, page 40
6. We
note that the CSRC recently published Trial Measures that impose certain filing requirements
for direct and indirect overseas listings and offerings and your disclosure that the company
will be required to complete the filing procedures with the CSRC in connection with the business
combination prior to the overseas offering and listing. Please revise to disclose whether
you and relevant parties to this transaction have complied with your obligations under the
Trial Measures.
Response:
Pursuant to the Trial Measures and other currently effective PRC laws and regulations, CH-Auto Tech will be required to comply with the
filing procedures with the CSRC in connection with the Business Combination for purposes of listing of our securities on Nasdaq. In satisfying
the requirements under the Trial Measures, CH-Auto Tech has been in the process of preparing filing materials that contain a filing report
and a legal opinion to be issued by CH-Auto Tech’s PRC legal counsel, which would be submitted to the CSRC in accordance with the
filing procedure as prescribed in the Trial Measures. In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised pages 42, 43, 80 and
82 of Amendment No.2.
Background
of the Business Combination, page 117
7. We
note your response to comment 7 and reissue in part. Please update the background of the
business combination section to discuss (i) the outcome of the reorganization negotiations
with the company’s existing shareholders and (ii) the NextG Tech convertible debt.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised pages 122 and 123 of Amendment No.2.
2
Offline
Sales Network, page 153
8. We
note your disclosure regarding the collaboration arrangement with Mullen Automotive, Inc.
Please expand your disclosure to provide a description of the material facts surrounding
the dispute and the material terms of the collaboration agreement.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised page 156 of Amendment No.2.
Unaudited
Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements, page 200
9. We
have reviewed your response to prior comment 11 and the revisions to the filing, including
the disclosures on pages 22-23, pages 93-94 and the additional pro forma scenarios presented
in the pro forma financial statements. Please further address the following:
● In
regard to the numbers of shares subject to equity pledges and judicial freezes disclosed
on pages 22-23 and pages 93-94, clarify, if accurate, all amounts represent shares before
the Reorganization.
● In
regard to the numbers of shares subject to equity pledges and judicial freezes disclosed
on pages 22-23 and pages 93-94, more fully explain how the numbers of shares disclosed under
Prior to the closing of the Business Combination and following the closing of the Business
Combination were determined or calculated.
● In
regard to shares subject to equity pledges and judicial freezes, you indicate unless you
are able to obtain an aggregate of at least 66.6667% of the voting rights of all the outstanding
shares of CH-AUTO TECH entitled to vote the business combination will not occur; however,
you also appear to indicate events could occur after the business combination that may impact
your equity interests and accounting. To the extent accurate, more fully explain the range
of possible events that could occur after the business combination regarding the shares subject
to equity pledges and judicial freezes and more fully explain the potential consequences
and impact those events could have on the combined entity, including related accounting impacts.
● In
regard to the 3,750,000 advisor shares to be issued, you indicate the shares will be accounted
for as offering costs; however, it appears the value of the shares to be issued exceeds the
amount of “offering proceeds” that would be obtained from MCAF under multiple
pro forma redemption scenarios. More fully explain how you considered the accounting for
the shares given the value of the shares appears to exceed the proceeds that would be obtained
in the business combination under certain pro forma scenarios.
Response:
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that:
● In
response to the Staff’s comments #1-#3, the Company has revised pages 22-24
and 93-96 of Amendment No.2
● The
financial impact of recognizing 3,750,000 advisor shares is to increase deferred offering
cost and additional paid-in-capital at the same time as a share-based payment. Upon the consummation
of the Business Combination, the deferred offering cost offsets the additional paid-in-capital
and the net impact is zero. Therefore, even though the value of advisor shares appears to
be very high, it does not have actual impact to the financial statements of combined entity.
10. We
have reviewed your response to prior comment 12 and your disclosures related to the net tangible
asset requirement. We note the pro forma scenarios that assume maximum redemptions also assume
the proposal to eliminate the net tangible asset requirement is approved. Please tell us
your consideration to presenting an additional pro forma scenario that reflects the maximum
number of shares that could be redeemed and allow the business combination to occur if the
proposal to eliminate the net tangible asset requirement is not approved such that the pro
forma financial statements would reflect the range of possible results as required by Rule
11-02(a)(10) of Regulation S-X.
Response:
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the Company has calculated that the maximum redeemable number of shares is 2,616,866
when the proposal to eliminate the net tangible asset requirement is not approved, and considers this redeemable share of 2,616,288 is
between the 50% Redemption of 1,658,740 shares and Maximum Redemption of 3,317,480 shares with the approval of net tangible asset requirement.
Therefore, the Company considers the range of possible results in the pro forma financial statements have covered the scenario of maximum
redemptions without the approval of net tangible asset requirement and did not add such scenario additionally.
3
Notes
to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements
Note
5. Loss Per Share, page 217
11. Please
expand the number of sub-note explanations on page 220 to correspond with the sub-notes included
in the tables on pages 217 through 220. In this regard, we note the tables include references
to sub-notes 1 through 6; however, the explanations provided on page 220 only include sub-notes
1 and 2. Please clarify or revise accordingly.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised pages 217 and 218 of Amendment No.2 to correct the references in
the tables to sub-notes 1 and 2.
12. In
regard to the tables of total weighted average shares outstanding under Reorganization Scenario
II for the periods ended June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2022 on pages 219 and 220, please
more fully explain how you determined the number of Class B ordinary shares of Pubco, as
the differences in those shares represent the primary difference relative to the total weighted
average shares outstanding under Reorganization Scenario I.
Response:
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the shares subject to equity pledge and judicial freezing are all held by the Founders
of the CH-AUTO TECH, who will receive Class B ordinary shares of Pubco as merger consideration. Therefore, under Reorganization Scenario
II that partial shares of CH-AUTO TECH held by Founders are exercised or auctioned off before the Business Combination, Founders will
receive less Class B ordinary share of Pubco in proportion to such exercised or auctioned-off shares.
Exhibits
13. With
respect to the auditor consents for both UHY LLP and Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, please ensure
all future amendments include currently dated consents from each auditor. In this regard,
we note the current amendment did not include an Exhibit 23.3 consent from UHY LLP and instead
indicated their consent was previously filed.
Response:
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Comp