SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-22-012443 to HUHUTECH International Group Inc. (HUHU) (CIK 0001945415) (HUHU)
HUHUTECH International Group Inc. (HUHU) (CIK 0001945415)
Date: Nov. 16, 2022 · CIK: 0001945415 · Accession: 0000000000-22-012443
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November 16, 2022
Yujun Xiao
Chief Executive Officer
HUHUTECH International Group Inc.
3-1208 Tiananzhihui Compound
228 Linghu Road
Xinwu District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province
People’s Republic of China 214135
Re:HUHUTECH International Group Inc.
Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed on October 21, 2022
File No. 377-06419
Dear Yujun Xiao:
We have reviewed your 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.
Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed October 21, 2022
Cover Page
1.We note your disclosure that you are not a Chinese operating company but a Cayman
Islands holding company with operations conducted by one or more subsidiaries. Provide
a cross-reference to your detailed discussion of risks facing the company and the offering
as a result of this structure.
2.Clearly disclose how you will refer to the holding company and subsidiaries when
providing the disclosure throughout the document so that it is clear to investors which
entity the disclosure is referencing and which subsidiaries or entities are conducting the
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business operations. For example, refrain from using terms such as “we” or “our” or “the
Company” when disclosing the entity in which investors are purchasing an interest. In
addition, please revise throughout the filing to clarify which subsidiary is currently an
operating subsidiary and refer to your subsidiaries consistently. If there are any other
operating subsidiaries outside of China, please revise your disclosure to provide material
information to prospective investors.
3.Please explain whether you will be a controlled company under exchange rules and, as a
result, may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements. Please
update your disclosure as appropriate.
4.We note your general disclosure regarding how cash is transferred through your
organization here and in the prospectus summary and have the following comments:
•Please revise to describe more specifically for each subsidiary.
•Please clarify whether any dividends or distributions have been made and if so,
quantify the amount. If no dividends or distributions have been made, please revise
your disclosure elsewhere in the filing.
•Please confirm whether you and your subsidiaries do not expect to pay cash
dividends in the foreseeable future to the other subsidiaries and to investors.
•Please clarify whether any of your China-based subsidiaries have incurred debt on
their own behalf, which restrict their ability to pay dividends to HUHUTECH.
•When describing the “statutory foreign debt upper limit” elsewhere in the document,
please use consistent terminology for clarity.
Prospectus Summary, page 1
5.Please refer to the table on page 1 and explain how the information is consistent with the
table included on F-14.
6.Please clarify whether you have written agreements with the customers and suppliers
mentioned in this section. Also, file the agreements as exhibits to your registration
statement. In the alternative, please explain why you are not required to do so.
7.In your risk factor summary, please revise your risks related to doing business in the PRC
to include cross-references to the more detailed discussion of these risks in the filing.
8.Please revise both the risk factor summary and the risk factors section to move forward
the risks related to doing business in the PRC so that such risks are prominently disclosed
within each section in relation to other identified material risks.
9.We note your disclosure that management concluded that your internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 was ineffective. Consider revising your
summary risk factors to include this risk.
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Risk Factors
COVID-19, page 20
10.We note your COVID-19 discussion that you experienced significant business disruptions,
including production and sales activities, and that COVID-19 had a material adverse effect
on your results of operations and financial condition. Please revise your disclosure to
describe these effects.
Risk Factors
Inflation, page 24
11.We note you identify inflation among the factors that may materially affect your results on
page 24. If recent inflationary pressures have materially impacted your operations, please
include appropriate risk factor disclosure and revise throughout the filing. Identify the
types of inflationary pressures you are facing, describe how your business has been
affected and the resulting impact on your financial condition and results of operation, and
identify the actions planned or taken, if any, to mitigate inflationary pressure. Finally,
please disclose whether and how your business segment, products, lines of service,
projects, or operations are materially impacted by supply chain disruptions, especially in
light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. For example, discuss whether you have or expect
to:
•suspend the production, purchase, sale or maintenance of certain items;
•experience higher costs due to constrained capacity or increased commodity prices or
challenges sourcing materials;
•experience surges or declines in consumer demand for which you are unable to
adequately adjust your supply;
•be unable to supply products at competitive prices or at all due to export restrictions,
sanctions, or the ongoing invasion; or
•be exposed to supply chain risk in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and/or related
geopolitical tension or have sought to “de-globalize” your supply chain.
Explain whether and how you have undertaken efforts to mitigate the impact and where
possible quantify the impact to your business.
Risk Factors
Business segments, page 27
12.Please clarify whether you have multiple business segments.
Risk Factors
HFCAA, page 38
13.We note your disclosure about the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. Please
update to specifically reference that the United States Senate has passed the Accelerating
Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which, if enacted, would reduce the time
before your securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted.
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Risk Factors
Shareholder noncompliance, page 38
14.Please expand your disclosure to clarify which of your shareholders are not in compliance
with PRC regulations relating to offshore investment activities by PRC residents. If any
of these shareholders is a director or member of senior management of the company and
disclosure is required pursuant to Item 8.A.7. of Form 20-F, please update your
disclosure. Revise your filing to discuss any current legal or administrative proceedings.
Risk Factors
Nasdaq approval, page 42
15.Please add risk factor disclosure regarding the risks that Nasdaq may not approve your
application for listing. In this regard, we note disclosure on the prospectus cover pages
that states the offering will not be completed in the absence of Nasdaq listing approval
(i.e., “if it is not approved, we will not complete this offering”).
Use of Proceeds, page 49
16.We note your disclosure that approximately 30% of the net proceeds from the offering is
expected to be used for the acquisitions of, or investments in, or setting up enterprises
focused in the same industry in other countries. Please clarify whether this is specific to
HUHU Japan or refer to any other current or future subsidiaries and revise throughout the
filing. Please also describe how your disclosure complies with Item 3.C.2. and 3.C.3. of
Form 20-F.
Capitalization, page 51
17.The footnotes to your capitalization table refer to a "non-accountable expense allowance"
as a deduction to expected offering proceeds. Please tell us and explain in your
disclosure, the nature of this adjustment.
Enforceability of Civil Liberties, page 53
18.Please revise to disclose whether your directors, officers, or senior management are
located in China or Hong Kong and, if so, state that it will be more difficult to bring
actions and enforce judgments against these individuals.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
General, page 57
19.Please refer to comment 47 below. On page 58, please tell us how you determined to
include a reference to interim results ended March 31, 2022 without providing
corresponding interim financial statements. Revise disclosures as appropriate.
20.Please identify any trend information that is reasonably likely to have a material effect on
your results of operation or financial condition. By way of example only, for the current
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financial year, discuss any known trends or uncertainties in average contract price and
number of contracts for your system integration projects as well as cash requirements
related to the expansion of HUHU Japan, if any. Refer to Item 5.D. of Form 20-F.
21.Revise your disclosure to include the expected construction of a 5,000 square meter R&D
plant, as discussed the Use of Proceeds section, and management’s expectations regarding
R&D spending.
22.Please revise to include the information required by Item 11 of Form 20-F.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
System integration projects contracts, page 59
23.Please clarify whether your system integration projects are long-term contracts or short-
term contracts. Please update your disclosure to identify actions planned or taken, if any,
to mitigate inflationary pressures from these contracts and update your risk factor
disclosure as applicable.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
State-owned companies benefit, page 60
24.We note your disclosure that you expect state-owned companies “will bring future
benefits to the Company’s operations even with lower profit margin.” Please provide any
statistical data that you believe will enhance a reader’s understanding of this statement.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Bank loans, page 62
25.Please clarify whether you have written loan agreements with banks mentioned in this
section. Also, file the agreements as exhibits to your registration statement. In the
alternative, please explain why you are not required to do so.
26.Please discuss your bank loans as sources of liquidity.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Material cash requirements, page 64
27.Please revise to describe all material cash requirements, including short-term and long-
term requirements, the anticipated source of funds needed to satisfy such cash
requirements and the general purpose of such requirements.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Critical accounting estimates, page 65
28.Please explain how your disclosure in this section complies with Item 5.E. of Form 20-F,
including how the disclosure supplements, but does not duplicate, the description of
accounting policies in the Notes to the Financial Statements.
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Business
Development opportunities, page 70
29.We note your disclosure that “new production lines of domestic fabrication plants ('fabs')
will bring development opportunities for us as such new fabs may require high-purity.”
Please elaborate on how you determined that these will bring development opportunities.
Business
Marketing, page 76
30.Please explain how you determined that this Sales and Marketing disclosure is consistent
with the operating expenses discussion in on page 61, which states that “[s]elling expenses
primarily consisted of salary and compensation expenses relating to our sales personnel,
advertising expenses, promotional service fees . . ."
Business
Leases, page 79
31.Please clarify whether you have written agreements for your leases mentioned in this
section. Also, file the agreements as exhibits to your registration statement. In the
alternative, please explain why you are not required to do so.
Regulation, page 89
32.Please revise throughout whether you applied for approval from the Ministry of
Commerce related to the reorganization and whether approval is pending or has been
granted. Please also clarify whether the referenced reorganization relates to the
reorganization that was completed in January 2022 or the restructuring that was completed
in March 2022 and revise the disclosures in the filing.
33.To the extent HUHU Japan conducts operations in Japan, please update this section to
describe, as an example only, regulatory permissions to conduct its business. Refer to
Item 4.B.8. of Form 20-F.
Management, page 90
34.Please clarify who is the current chairperson of the Board and revise throughout the filing.
35.Explain whether Yujun Xiao’s business experience at Shanghai Tongcheng Enterprise
Management Co., Ltd, as described in the Related Party Transaction section, should be
disclosed in this section.
36.Please revise throughout the filing to clarify which specific provisions will apply pursuant
to your Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which is
expected to take effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of your registration
statement, as compared to the current Memorandum and Articles of Association. In
addition, please file your Memorandum and Articles of Association as currently in effect
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as an exhibit and clarify that the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
Association will be effective in connection with the completion of this offering.
37.Please describe whether there are any arrangements or understandings with respect to
shareholders, customers, suppliers or others, pursuant to which any person referred to in
the Management section was selected as a director or member of senior management.
Refer to Item 6.A.5. of Form 20-F.
38.Please describe how your disclosure complies with Item 6.E. of Form 20-F and revise
your filing throughout to clarify.
39.Please update to include compensation information for your directors. Refer to Item 6.B.
of Form 20-F.
Related Party Transactions, page 94
40.Please update this section to reflect the information as of the date of the document,
including any additional related parties. By way of example only, disclose your issuance
of securities to related parties to the extent applicable. Refer to Item 7.