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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-22-013608 to YS Biopharma Co., Ltd. (LSB, LSBPW) (CIK 0001946399) (LSBCF)

YS Biopharma Co., Ltd. (LSB, LSBPW) (CIK 0001946399)
Date: Dec. 16, 2022 · CIK: 0001946399 · Accession: 0000000000-22-013608

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United States securities and exchange commission logo December 16, 2022 David Hui Shao Chief Executive Officer YishengBio Co., Ltd Building No. 2, 38 Yongda Road Daxing Biomedical Industry Park Daxing District, Beijing, PRC Re:YishengBio Co., Ltd Amendment No. 2 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4 Submitted December 7, 2022 CIK No. 0001946399 Dear David Hui Shao: We have reviewed your amended draft 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 providing the requested information and either submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR. 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 the information you provide in response to these comments and your amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. Amendment No. 2 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4 Frequently Used Terms, page 4 1.We note your response to prior comment 1 and reissue. Please revise your definition of "China" or "PRC" to clearly state that the legal and operational risks associated with China also apply to Hong Kong and Macau.

FirstName LastNameDavid Hui Shao Comapany NameYishengBio Co., Ltd December 16, 2022 Page 2 FirstName LastName David Hui Shao YishengBio Co., Ltd December 16, 2022 Page 2 Questions and Answers About the Proposals Q: What shall be the relative equity stakes of Summit Shareholders, YS Biopharma shareholders immediately after the consummation of the Busi, page 13 2.We note your response to prior comment 2 and the changes made to your tabular disclosure on pages 13 and 14. The sum of the share amounts and ownership interests presented in these tables do not equal the total pro forma shares outstanding, presumably due to double-counting within the (a) Sponsor, (b) Sponsor and certain Summit directors as a group and (c) Sponsor and its affiliates' total potential ownership interest line items. Please revise your tables so that they are mathematically accurate and agree to the pro forma shares outstanding presented elsewhere in the document. In this regard, consider presenting those line items that are not included in the total pro forma shares outstanding below the tables for informational purposes. Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus The Parties to the Business Combination (page 218) YS Group, page 29 3.We note your response to prior comment 3, including your revised footnote disclosure where you discuss the Concert Agreement and disclosure that "[t]he Concert Agreement will continue after the Business Combination and shall remain effective unless otherwise terminated by mutual consent of the Concert Parties." Given that Mr. Yi Zhang is a party to the Concert Agreement, please update your potential controlled company disclosure on page 49, risk factor disclosure on page 119 and your disclosure of YS Group and YS Biopharma Relationships and Related Party Transactions on page 369 to discuss the Concert Agreement. Proposal No. 1 - The Business Combination Proposal Background of the Business Combination Timeline of the Business Combination, page 163 4.We note your response to prior comment 5, including your revised disclosure on page 163 where you discuss how negotiations evolved during the course of the parties exchanging letters of intent and reissue in part. For example, you state that "on June 17, June 22, and June 26, 2022, respectively, YS Biopharma and Summit exchanged several revised versions of the Second Draft LOI." Please update your disclosure to discuss each party's position on the material issues negotiated in the several revised versions of the Second Draft LOI and how and why such issues evolved to the resulting Near-Final LOI or otherwise advise. Valuation Analysis - Projected Information, page 174 5.You disclose that the revenue projections prepared by ValueScope were based on estimates of the YSJA rabies, PIKA rabies and PIKA recombinant COVID-19 vaccines,

FirstName LastNameDavid Hui Shao Comapany NameYishengBio Co., Ltd December 16, 2022 Page 3 FirstName LastNameDavid Hui Shao YishengBio Co., Ltd December 16, 2022 Page 3 taking into consideration the clinical status and expected regulatory approval pathway and timeline for each applicable product. You also disclose that ValueScope reviewed projections provided by YS BioPharma's management and adjusted and postponed the potential launch dates for PIKA rabies and PIKA recombinant COVID-19 vaccines and adjusted the projected market share ramp up accordingly. Please revise to provide more detail as to how these estimates impacted your revenue projections. In this regard, disclose the assumptions with respect to the timing of regulatory approval and potential launch dates and quantify the projected market share ramp up in each period. Summary of Valuation Analysis and Opinion of Financial Advisor to the Summit Board Projected Information, page 174 6.We note your disclosure of the financial projections used and accompanying cautionary language. Specifically, on page 175, where you state that due to the inherent uncertainties in financial projections, "shareholders are cautioned not to place undue, if any, reliance on projections" and on page 176, where you state "[shareholders] ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO RELY ON THE PROJECTIONS." While it may be appropriate to caution investors not to place undue reliance upon prospective financial information, it is not appropriate to tell readers to not rely upon them at all since they are included in your registration statement. Please delete the words "if any" and revise your disclosures accordingly. In addition, we note your disclosure on page 176 and 177 where you disclose that there is no intention to update or revise the forecasts to reflect circumstances existing after the date when made or to reflect the occurrence of future events in the event that any or all the assumptions underlying the forecasts are shown to be in error. Given the amount of time that appears to have passed since the Valuation Date, please tell us whether or not the projections still materially reflect management's views on future performance and whether you intend to revise the forecast to reflect the occurrence of future events prior to the consummation of the Business Combination. Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet, page 324 7.We note your response to our prior comment 11 and reissue. Please address the following in your response as it relates to the 10,000,000 Public Warrants specifically: •Explain your analysis of the Tender Offer Provision described in Section 4.5 of the Warrant Agreement filed as an exhibit to Summit's Registration Statement on Form S-1 in determining that liability classification was required. In this regard, explain how you applied the guidance in ASC 815-40-55-2 through 815-40-55-6 when analyzing the Tender Offer Provision. •Explain whether the consummation of the business combination, and particularly the elimination of the dual class structure of your common shares, impacts your analysis under the guidance referenced above. 8.You disclose at F-15 that on October 12, 2022, Summit had drawn down $700,000 under the Convertible Promissory Note that may be converted into warrants. Please tell us how

FirstName LastNameDavid Hui Shao Comapany NameYishengBio Co., Ltd December 16, 2022 Page 4 FirstName LastName David Hui Shao YishengBio Co., Ltd December 16, 2022 Page 4 you considered its pro forma impact on the balance sheet, as well as the need to disclose it as part of the equity instruments excluded from the pro forma share balances in Note (4) at page 330. General 9.We note your new risk factor on page 130 where you disclose that the Business Combination may be subject to review and approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), including your disclosure that certain transactions "may be subject to mandatory pre-closing CFIUS filing requirements." Please update your risk factor to disclose whether or not the Business Combination is subject to the mandatory pre-closing CFIUS filing requirements or otherwise advise. 10.We note your response to prior comment 14 and reissue. While you have removed your disclosure on pages 41 and 42 and "confirmed with Summit, YS Biopharma and the Sponsor that such persons do not intend to pursue any such transactions," your risk factor disclosure at the bottom of page 127 still states, "Sponsor, Summit’s directors, officers and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or warrants from Summit Public Shareholders, which may influence a vote on the Business Combination and reduce Summit’s public “float."" Please provide your analysis on how such purchases comply with Rule 14e-5 or otherwise advise. You may contact Li Xiao at 202-551-4391 or Angela Connell at 202-551-3426 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Doris Stacey Gama at 202-551-3188 or Jason Drory at 202-551-8342 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences cc: Dan Ouyang, Esq.

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
December 16, 2022
David Hui Shao
Chief Executive Officer
YishengBio Co., Ltd
Building No. 2, 38 Yongda Road
Daxing Biomedical Industry Park
Daxing District, Beijing, PRC
Re:YishengBio Co., Ltd
Amendment No. 2 to
Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4
Submitted December 7, 2022
CIK No. 0001946399
Dear David Hui Shao:
            We have reviewed your amended draft 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 providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on
EDGAR.  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 the information you provide in response to these comments and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments.
Amendment No. 2 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4
Frequently Used Terms, page 4
1.We note your response to prior comment 1 and reissue. Please revise your definition of
"China" or "PRC" to clearly state that the legal and operational risks associated with
China also apply to Hong Kong and Macau.

 FirstName LastNameDavid Hui Shao
 Comapany NameYishengBio Co., Ltd
 December 16, 2022 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
David Hui Shao
YishengBio Co., Ltd
December 16, 2022
Page 2
Questions and Answers About the Proposals
Q: What shall be the relative equity stakes of Summit Shareholders, YS Biopharma shareholders
immediately after the consummation of the Busi, page 13
2.We note your response to prior comment 2 and the changes made to your tabular
disclosure on pages 13 and 14. The sum of the share amounts and ownership interests
presented in these tables do not equal the total pro forma shares outstanding, presumably
due to double-counting within the (a) Sponsor, (b) Sponsor and certain Summit directors
as a group and (c) Sponsor and its affiliates' total potential ownership interest line items.
Please revise your tables so that they are mathematically accurate and agree to the pro
forma shares outstanding presented elsewhere in the document. In this regard, consider
presenting those line items that are not included in the total pro forma shares outstanding
below the tables for informational purposes.
Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
The Parties to the Business Combination (page 218)
YS Group, page 29
3.We note your response to prior comment 3, including your revised footnote disclosure
where you discuss the Concert Agreement and disclosure that "[t]he Concert Agreement
will continue after the Business Combination and shall remain effective unless otherwise
terminated by mutual consent of the Concert Parties." Given that Mr. Yi Zhang is a party
to the Concert Agreement, please update your potential controlled company disclosure on
page 49, risk factor disclosure on page 119 and your disclosure of YS Group and YS
Biopharma Relationships and Related Party Transactions on page 369 to discuss the
Concert Agreement.
Proposal No. 1 - The Business Combination Proposal
Background of the Business Combination
Timeline of the Business Combination, page 163
4.We note your response to prior comment 5, including your revised disclosure on page 163
where you discuss how negotiations evolved during the course of the parties exchanging
letters of intent and reissue in part. For example, you state that "on June 17, June 22, and
June 26, 2022, respectively, YS Biopharma and Summit exchanged several revised
versions of the Second Draft LOI." Please update your disclosure to discuss each
party's position on the material issues negotiated in the several revised versions of the
Second Draft LOI and how and why such issues evolved to the resulting Near-Final LOI
or otherwise advise.
Valuation Analysis - Projected Information, page 174
5.You disclose that the revenue projections prepared by ValueScope were based on
estimates of the YSJA rabies, PIKA rabies and PIKA recombinant COVID-19 vaccines,

 FirstName LastNameDavid Hui Shao
 Comapany NameYishengBio Co., Ltd
 December 16, 2022 Page 3
 FirstName LastNameDavid Hui Shao
YishengBio Co., Ltd
December 16, 2022
Page 3
taking into consideration the clinical status and expected regulatory approval pathway and
timeline for each applicable product. You also disclose that ValueScope reviewed
projections provided by YS BioPharma's management and adjusted and postponed the
potential launch dates for PIKA rabies and PIKA recombinant COVID-19 vaccines and
adjusted the projected market share ramp up accordingly. Please revise to provide more
detail as to how these estimates impacted your revenue projections. In this regard, disclose
the assumptions with respect to the timing of regulatory approval and potential launch
dates and quantify the projected market share ramp up in each period.
Summary of Valuation Analysis and Opinion of Financial Advisor to the Summit Board
Projected Information, page 174
6.We note your disclosure of the financial projections used and accompanying cautionary
language. Specifically, on page 175, where you state that due to the inherent uncertainties
in financial projections, "shareholders are cautioned not to place undue, if any, reliance on
projections" and on page 176, where you state "[shareholders] ARE CAUTIONED NOT
TO RELY ON THE PROJECTIONS." While it may be appropriate to caution investors
not to place undue reliance upon prospective financial information, it is not appropriate to
tell readers to not rely upon them at all since they are included in your registration
statement. Please delete the words "if any" and revise your disclosures accordingly. In
addition, we note your disclosure on page 176 and 177 where you disclose that there is no
intention to update or revise the forecasts to reflect circumstances existing after the date
when made or to reflect the occurrence of future events in the event that any or all the
assumptions underlying the forecasts are shown to be in error. Given the amount of time
that appears to have passed since the Valuation Date, please tell us whether or not the
projections still materially reflect management's views on future performance and whether
you intend to revise the forecast to reflect the occurrence of future events prior to the
consummation of the Business Combination.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet, page 324
7.We note your response to our prior comment 11 and reissue. Please address the following
in your response as it relates to the 10,000,000 Public Warrants specifically:
•Explain your analysis of the Tender Offer Provision described in Section 4.5 of the
Warrant Agreement filed as an exhibit to Summit's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 in determining that liability classification was required. In this regard, explain
how you applied the guidance in ASC 815-40-55-2 through 815-40-55-6 when
analyzing the Tender Offer Provision.
•Explain whether the consummation of the business combination, and particularly the
elimination of the dual class structure of your common shares, impacts your analysis
under the guidance referenced above.
8.You disclose at F-15 that on October 12, 2022, Summit had drawn down $700,000 under
the Convertible Promissory Note that may be converted into warrants. Please tell us how

 FirstName LastNameDavid Hui Shao
 Comapany NameYishengBio Co., Ltd
 December 16, 2022 Page 4
 FirstName LastName
David Hui Shao
YishengBio Co., Ltd
December 16, 2022
Page 4
you considered its pro forma impact on the balance sheet, as well as the need to disclose it
as part of the equity instruments excluded from the pro forma share balances in Note (4) at
page 330.
General
9.We note your new risk factor on page 130 where you disclose that the Business
Combination may be subject to review and approval by the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), including your disclosure that certain
transactions "may be subject to mandatory pre-closing CFIUS filing requirements." Please
update your risk factor to disclose whether or not the Business Combination is subject to
the mandatory pre-closing CFIUS filing requirements or otherwise advise.
10.We note your response to prior comment 14 and reissue. While you have removed your
disclosure on pages 41 and 42 and "confirmed with Summit, YS Biopharma and the
Sponsor that such persons do not intend to pursue any such transactions," your risk factor
disclosure at the bottom of page 127 still states, "Sponsor, Summit’s directors, officers
and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or warrants from Summit Public
Shareholders, which may influence a vote on the Business Combination and reduce
Summit’s public “float."" Please provide your analysis on how such purchases comply
with Rule 14e-5 or otherwise advise.
            You may contact Li Xiao at 202-551-4391 or Angela Connell at 202-551-3426 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters.  Please
contact Doris Stacey Gama at 202-551-3188 or Jason Drory at 202-551-8342 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Life Sciences
cc:       Dan Ouyang, Esq.