Correspondence 0001213900-24-073523 from Jayud Global Logistics Ltd (JYD) (CIK 0001938186) (JYD)
Jayud Global Logistics Ltd (JYD) (CIK 0001938186)
Date: Aug. 29, 2024 · CIK: 0001938186 · Accession: 0001213900-24-073523
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File numbers found in text: 001-41656, 333-269871
Referenced dates: July 22, 2024
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VIA EDGAR
August 29, 2024
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-6010
Attention:
Joseph Klinko
John Cannarella
Re:
Jayud Global Logistics Limited
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2023
Filed April 26, 2024
File No. 001-41656
Dear Messrs. Klinko and Cannarella:
On behalf of our client,
Jayud Global Logistics Limited, a foreign private issuer organized 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”)
to supplement our response submitted on August 12, 2024, in response to the comments contained in the Staff’s letter dated July
22, 2024 on the Company’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed on April 26, 2024 (the “2023 Form
20-F”). The proposed draft amendment to 2023 Form 20-F is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2023
Financial Statements
Note 3 - Going Concern, page F-26
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We note that your auditor includes an explanatory paragraph in the
audit opinion indicating there is substantial doubt about your ability to continue as a going concern, which would be based in part on
the auditor’s consideration of management’s plans to mitigate the underlying conditions or events pursuant to AS 2415.
You provide corresponding disclosures in Note 3, regarding the evaluations
that management performed of the conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about your ability to continue as a going concern,
and of management’s plans to mitigate the underlying conditions or events, to address the requirements in FASB ASC 205-40.
However, you have disclosure on page 88 that is contrary to the
views of the auditor and management as referenced above. Please address the inconsistency between your disclosure on page F-26, stating
that management’s plan cannot alleviate substantial doubt of your ability to continue as a going concern, and disclosure
on page 88, stating that substantial doubt is alleviated by management’s plan.
Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s
comment and proposes to file an amendment to the 2023 Form 20-F (the “20-F Amendment”) with revised disclosure on page 88
as follows:
Based on the approved management plan and shareholder financing,
the Company concluded that substantial doubt is raised but is alleviated by management’s Plans. Based on the approved
management plan and shareholder financing, the Company concluded that substantial doubt is raised and cannot be alleviated by management’s
Plans.
Note 15 - Equity, page F-37
2.
We note your disclosure on page F-38 indicating that U.S. $5 million
received in January and February 2023 pursuant to a subscription agreement involving the issuance of 2 million Class A ordinary shares
“to various third parties” during September 2022, was utilized to make “the reorganization payments.” You appear
to report corresponding reorganization payments of RMB 35 million in your Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity/(Deficit)
and Statements of Cash Flows on pages F-6 and F-7.
However, your disclosure on page F-8 indicates that RMB 35 million
had already been paid by your wholly-owned subsidiary, Jayud Global Logistic (Hong Kong) Limited (“JYD HK”), in exchange for
100% of Shenzhen Jayud Logistics Technology Co., Ltd (“JYD WLKJ”), as part of the reorganization in September 2022.
You disclose that your historical financial statements were prepared
on a combined basis for periods in advance of the reorganization date, as if the reorganization occurred at the beginning of earliest
period shown, and represent that all of the entities involved in the reorganization were under common control before and after the event.
Please revise your disclosures to clarify whether the reorganization
payments made in January and February 2023 correspond to the reorganization payments mentioned in referring to the acquisition of JYD
WLKJ by JYD HK, stating the transaction “resulted in payment of RMB 35Mil for share purchase from initial shareholders.”
Tell us why this transaction is not mentioned in the corresponding
disclosures about the reorganization on page F-10 of the Form F-1/A filed on March 21, 2023, or page F-8 of the Form 20-F filed on May
15, 2023, and if settlement did not occur until 2023, why you did not report a reorganization payment liability on the balance sheets
that were presented on a combined/common control basis for dates prior to settlement.
Please submit the accounting and disclosure revisions that you propose
to provide clarification or to otherwise address the concerns outlined above and that would provide the following additional information.
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The terms of the arrangements under which reorganization payments were made, including the extent to which reorganization payments constitute a return of principal on loans made to the company or its subsidiaries by investors, return of capital related to prior equity investments, or share purchase consideration.
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The terms that would govern any incremental payments to shareholders or prior investors, regardless of the manner by which the payments would be characterized, or clarification if there are no other arrangements that could reasonably result in additional payments, other than in settlement of liabilities that have been appropriately recognized and reported in your financial statements.
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The identities of the recipients of the reorganization payments along with an indication of their relationship with the consolidated entity and its consolidated subsidiaries, to include the extent of any ongoing ownership interests and any change in their interests made in conjunction with the reorganization payments.
With regard to the “share purchase from initial shareholders” described on page F-8, also provide us with an explanation of how you formulated the view that JYD WLKJ was under common control during periods prior to the reorganization, to include details of ownership before and after the exchange requiring the RMB 35 Mil payment.
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Response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s
comments and advises the Staff that:
Reorganization Transaction
On September 6, 2022, Jayud Global Logistic (Hong
Kong) Limited (“JYD HK”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and the shareholders of Shenzhen Jayud Logistics Technology
Co., Ltd. (“JYD WLKJ”), collectively referred to as the “Initial Shareholders,” entered into certain reorganization
agreements (the “Agreements”). On September 6, 2022, the Initial Shareholders of JYD WLKJ transferred their equity interests
in JYD WLKJ to Jayud Hong Kong in exchange for the 15,829,600 ordinary shares issued by the Company to the Initial Shareholders. Therefore,
September 6, 2022, was established as the date on which the reorganization was completed.
On September 6, 2022, JYD HK acquired 100% of the
equity interests in JYD WLKJ from the Initial Shareholders, gaining direct control over JYD WLKJ. Consequently, the Initial Shareholders
indirectly controlled JYD WLKJ through their control of the Company and JYD HK. Since the Company and its subsidiaries were effectively
controlled by the same group of shareholders—the Initial Shareholders, who held 100% of JYD WLKJ both immediately before and after
the reorganization—the reorganization was accounted for as a recapitalization.
Payment of RMB 35 Million
The RMB 35 million payment was made by the Company
under the Agreements dated September 6, 2022 and a supplemental agreement dated September 7, 2022, entered by and among the Company, Initial
Shareholders, and JYD HK (the “Supplemental Agreement”). Pursuant to the Supplemental Agreement, the Initial Shareholders
are entitled to RMB 35 million to be paid by the Company provided that the Company would complete its IPO within one year after the reorganization.
On September 7, 2022, in order to clarify payment terms of the Agreements, the Company entered into this supplemental agreement, which
stipulated that if the IPO was successfully completed within one year of the reorganization date, the Company would pay the Initial Shareholders
RMB 35 million. If the IPO was not completed within that time frame, no payment would be made. Since the liability is conditional upon
the successful completion of the IPO, which was not considered probable until the IPO was finalized, the Company did not accrue this liability
as of December 31, 2022, in accordance with ASC 450.
In January and February 2023, the Company received
$5 million from third-party investors in total in exchange for the issuance of 2,000,000 Class A ordinary shares. The Company cleared
most SEC comments and made public filing on February 17, 2023. Therefore, anticipating the imminent completion of the IPO, the Company
used the proceeds from this issuance to make a cash payment of RMB 35 million to the Initial Shareholders in January and February 2023
pursuant to the Supplemental Agreement.
All the recipients were the Initial Shareholders
of JYD WLKJ, who directly controlled 100% equity interests of JYD WLKJ prior to the reorganization and indirectly controlled 100% equity
interests of JYD WLKJ through the Company and JYD HK on the date of reorganization. Therefore, the Company and its subsidiaries were effectively
controlled by the Initial Shareholders immediately before and after the reorganization completed on September 6, 2022.
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Controlling Shareholders’ commitment
On September 7, 2022, the
controlling shareholder, Xiaogang Geng, signed a commitment letter and agreed that he would assist the Company to raise at least $6 million
within 36 months after the IPO, otherwise, he would commit to contribute at least $6 million to the Company and its subsidiaries for operation
use. The commitment with conditions did not create enforceable obligations from the controlling shareholder to the Company as of December
31, 2022 and 2023 since the IPO was completed in April 2023, therefore, the controlling shareholder’s commitment did not have a
determinable significant effect on the financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and 2023. No disclosure was necessary for the shareholder
commitment in the financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2023.
Proposed Revisions to the 2023 Form 20-F
The Company acknowledges
that it should have disclosed the RMB 35 million payment arrangements in the Form F-1/A filed on March 21, 2023 and in the Form 20-F filed
on May 15, 2023. The Company proposes the following revisions in the 2023 Form 20-F Amendment:
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To rename the RMB 35 million payment from “reorganization payment” to “Payment to the Initial Shareholders” throughout the document to avoid confusion;
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To revise the description of “History and Development of the Company” on page 52 of the 2023 Form 20-F as follows:
In September 2022, Jayud Global Logistic
(Hong Kong) Limited (“JYD HK”) directly invested in Shenzhen Jayud Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. (“JYD WLKJ”)
as its direct wholly-owned subsidiary. On September 6, 2022, the Company and the shareholders of JYD WLKJ, collectively referred to as
the “Initial Shareholders,” entered into certain reorganization agreements (the “Agreements”). On September 6,
2022, the Initial Shareholders transferred their equity interests in JYD WLKJ to JYD HK, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company in exchange
for 15,829,600 ordinary shares issued by the Company to the Initial Shareholders. Therefore, September 6, 2022, was established as the
date on which the reorganization was completed.
The Company entered into a supplemental
agreement (the “Supplemental Agreement”) with the Initial Shareholders on September 7, 2022. This Supplemental Agreement stipulated
that if the IPO was successfully completed within one year of the reorganization date, the Company would pay RMB 35 million to the Initial
Shareholders; otherwise, no payment would be made.
In January and February 2023, anticipating
the imminent completion of the IPO, the Company voluntarily settled and made the payment of RMB 35 million to the Initial Shareholders
pursuant to the Agreements and the Supplemental Agreement. There are no other arrangements that could reasonably result in additional
payments beyond those related to liabilities that have been appropriately recognized and reported in the financial statements.
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To add the description in the third paragraph of “Liquidity and Capital Resources” on page 88 of the 2023 Form 20-F as follows:
On September 7, 2022, the Controlling
Shareholder of the Company signed a commitment letter agreeing to assist the Company in raising at least $6 million within 36 months after
the IPO. Otherwise, he would contribute at least $6 million to the Company and its subsidiaries for operational use without receiving
any consideration.
Please do not hesitate to contact me
by telephone at +1 (310) 728-5129 or via e-mail at lvenick@loeb.com or Rongwei Xie at +1(202) 290-5504 with any questions or comments
regarding this correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
/s/ Lawrence Venick
Lawrence Venick
cc:
Mr. Xiaogang Geng, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jayud Global Logistics Limited
Ms. Lin Bao, Chief Financial Officer, Jayud Global Logistics Limited
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Exhibit A
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM 20-F
(Mark One)
☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________to_________
OR
☐ SHELL
COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of event requiring this shell company
report:__________
For the transition period from________to_________
Commission file number: 333-269871
Jayud Global Logistics Limited
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s name into
English)
Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Building 3, No. 7 Gangqiao Road, Li Lang Community
Nanwan Street, Longgang District
Shenzhen, China
(86) 0755-25595406
(Address of principal executive offices)
Xiaogang Geng, chief executive officer
Telephone: +86 0755-25595406
Email address: xiaogang.geng@jayud.com
Building 3, No. 7 Gangqiao Road, Li Lang Community
Nanwan Street, Longgang District
Shenzhen, China
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number
and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share
JYD
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(The Nasdaq Capital Market)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s
classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:
As of December 31, 2023, there were 14,942,623 Class A ordinary
shares and 6,409,600 Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer,
as defined in R