SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-22-013206 to Mingteng International Corp Inc. (MTEN)
Mingteng International Corp Inc.
Date: Dec. 7, 2022 · CIK: 0001948099 · Accession: 0000000000-22-013206
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Show Raw Text
United States securities and exchange commission logo
December 7, 2022
Yingkai Xu
Chief Executive Officer
Mingteng International Corp Inc.
Lvhua Village, Luoshe Town
Huishan District, Wuxi
Jiangsu Province, China 214189
Re:Mingteng International Corp Inc.
Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Submitted November 10, 2022
CIK No. 0001948099
Dear Yingkai Xu:
We have reviewed your 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.
Registration Statement on Form F-1
Cover Page
1.We note your disclosure that Yingkai Xu owns 41.82% and Jingzhu Ding, Mr. Yingkai
Xu's spouse, owns 40.18% of your ordinary shares. Please disclose whether you will be a
"controlled company" following this offering under the applicable Nasdaq listing
standards and, if so, whether you will use related exemptions to governance rules under
those standards. If so, please revise the registration statement to describe the exemptions
from corporate governance on which you will be entitled to rely and the related risks to
investors.
FirstName LastNameYingkai Xu
Comapany NameMingteng International Corp Inc.
December 7, 2022 Page 2
FirstName LastName
Yingkai Xu
Mingteng International Corp Inc.
December 7, 2022
Page 2
2.Please revise the cover page to provide a narrower estimate of the offering price range.
For initial public offerings, a price range in excess of $2 for offerings up to $10 per share
will not be considered bona fide. Please refer to the guidance provided in Question 134.04
in the Regulation S-K Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
Risk Factors, page 21
3.We note recent instances of extreme stock price run-ups followed by rapid price declines
and stock price volatility seemingly unrelated to company performance following a
number of recent initial public offerings, particularly among companies with relatively
smaller public floats. Revise to include a separate risk factor addressing the potential for
rapid and substantial price volatility and any known factors particular to your offering that
may add to this risk and discuss the risks to investors when investing in stock where the
price is changing rapidly. Clearly state that such volatility, including any stock-run up,
may be unrelated to your actual or expected operating performance and financial
condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly
changing value of your stock.
4.Please disclose whether you are subject to material cybersecurity risks in your supply
chain based on third-party products, software, or services used in your products, services,
or business and how a cybersecurity incident in your supply chain could impact your
business. Discuss the measures you have taken to mitigate these risks.
We have pledges on our intellectual property..., page 27
5.We note your disclosure that you have pledged two patents in connection with short-term
bank loans, however, it appears that your loans with Jiangsu Wuxi Rural Commercial
Bank have been repaid. Please clarify and revise to disclose the terms of any existing
short-term bank loans.
Use of Proceeds, page 59
6.We note that you intend to use the proceeds from this offering to invest in new production
facilities to improve production capacity and purchase high-end production equipment.
We further note that you plan to build an intelligent production workshop
and acquire aluminum alloy product manufactures. If the proceeds are being used directly
or indirectly to acquire assets, other than in the ordinary course of business, briefly
describe the assets and their cost. If the assets will be acquired from affiliates of the
company or their associates, disclose the persons from whom they will be acquired and
how the cost to the company will be determined. If the proceeds may or will be used to
finance acquisitions of other businesses, give a brief description of such businesses and
information on the status of the acquisitions. Refer to Item 3.C of Form 20-F.
FirstName LastNameYingkai Xu
Comapany NameMingteng International Corp Inc.
December 7, 2022 Page 3
FirstName LastName
Yingkai Xu
Mingteng International Corp Inc.
December 7, 2022
Page 3
Dilution, page 61
7.Expand the disclosure to show how the numbers and percentages would change assuming
the exercise and conversion of all outstanding securities.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page
74
8.We note your disclosure that you "do not believe that inflation has had a material impact
on [y]our financial position or results of operations to date, a high rate of inflation in the
future may have an adverse effect on [y]our ability to maintain current levels of gross
margin and operating expenses if the revenues from [y]our products do not increase with
such increased costs." Please update your disclosure to identify actions planned or taken,
if any, to mitigate inflationary pressures.
9.Please discuss whether supply chain disruptions materially affect your outlook or business
goals. Specify whether these challenges have materially impacted your results of
operations or capital resources and quantify, to the extent possible, how your sales, profits,
and/or liquidity have been impacted.
Business, page 97
10.We are unable to read the notations contained in the graphics on pages 88 and 89. Please
revise.
Related Party Transactions, page 119
11.We note your disclosure on page F-19 that the "company provides personal loans to
individuals, such as employees and friends of managers, anticipating that these individuals
will provide the Company with corresponding services or business conveniences in the
future." Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 prohibits public companies from
extending or maintaining credit in the form of personal loans to or for any director or
executive officer. To the extent necessary, disclose the action that will be taken to ensure
any applicable arrangements will be extinguished prior to the completion of the initial
public offering.
12.Please revise to provide the information for the period since the beginning of the
company’s preceding three financial years up to the date of the document. Refer to Item
7.B. of Form 20-F. Additionally, please revise the disclosure to update for your current
shareholders, directors and officers. For example, you state that Jingzhu Ding is a current
director.
Principal Shareholders, page 120
13.We note your disclosure that Jingzhu Ding, through Jocelyn Ding Limited, an
intermediate holding company for DJZ Holding Limited, holds 90% shares of Hongze
FirstName LastNameYingkai Xu
Comapany NameMingteng International Corp Inc.
December 7, 2022 Page 4
FirstName LastName
Yingkai Xu
Mingteng International Corp Inc.
December 7, 2022
Page 4
L.P. and has dipositive power over the shares held by Hongze L.P. Please clarify why it
appears that the 450,000 shares held by Hongze L.P. are not included in the beneficial
ownership of DJZ Holding Limited or YK Xu Holding Limited.
Exhibits
14.We note your disclosure of leased property on page 99. Please file all material lease
agreements or tell us why you are not required to do so.
15.If true, revise the exhibit index to clarify that Exhibits 10.7 and 10.8 are the form of your
purchase and sales contracts. If you have redacted information from Exhibits 10.7 and
10.8 pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) of Regulation S-K, please mark the exhibit index to
indicate that portions of your exhibits have been omitted, refile to clearly indicate where
information is omitted and include a prominent statement on the first page of each
redacted exhibit that certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit
because it is both not material and is the type that the company treats as private or
confidential.
General
16.Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf,
present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or
not they retain copies of the communications. Please contact legal staff associated with the
review of this filing to discuss how to submit the materials, if any, to us for review.
You may contact Kevin Stertzel at 202-551-3723 or Kevin Woody at 202-551-3629 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Eranga Dias at 202-551-8107 or Evan Ewing at 202-551-5920 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Manufacturing