Correspondence 0001104659-24-092875 from Baird Medical Investment Holdings Ltd (BDMD) (CIK 0001982444) (BDMD)
Baird Medical Investment Holdings Ltd (BDMD) (CIK 0001982444)
Date: Aug. 26, 2024 · CIK: 0001982444 · Accession: 0001104659-24-092875
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File numbers found in text: 333-274114
Referenced dates: August 22, 2024
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August 26, 2024
VIA EDGAR
Tracey Houser
Jeanne Baker
Conlon Danberg
Lauren Nguyen
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Industrial Applications and Services
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited
Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form F-4
Filed August 12, 2024
File No. 333-274114
Dear Mr. Newberry:
This letter is in response
to the comments of the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) contained in your
letter dated August 22, 2024 (the “Comment Letter”), regarding Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement
on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which was filed by Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited (the
“Company”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 12,
2024.
The Company has filed today
Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 7”) together with this letter via EDGAR correspondence.
For the convenience of the Staff, the numbering of the paragraphs below corresponds to the numbering of the comment in the Comment Letter,
the text of which the Company has incorporated into this response letter in italicized type, and which is followed by the Company’s
response. Unless otherwise indicated, all page references in the responses are to page numbers in Amendment No. 7. Capitalized
terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Amendment No. 7.
Material U.S. Federal Income
Tax Considerations, page 236
1. Comment: We continue to note your disclosure that “[t]he surrender by a U.S. holder of
the shares of Common Stock in exchange for the PubCo Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Merger, when taken together with the Share Contribution
and PIPE Investment, is expected to qualify as a non-recognition transaction pursuant to Section 351(a) of the Code.”
Please revise to clearly state the material tax consequences of the Merger and make clear whether the parties expect the Merger to be
tax-free to U.S. holders. Please also amend your disclosure to include the tax consequences of all of the transactions covered by this
proxy/registration statement, including the Second Merger. See Item 4(a)(6) of Form F-4.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 32, 149, 237, 240 and 241 of
Amendment No. 7 to clarify that the parties expect the First Merger to be tax-free to U.S. holders, and to clarify that the
Second Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement will not impact such tax treatment.
Exhibits
2. Comment: We note your statement at the top of the first page of Exhibit 99.10 stating
that certain information has been redacted because it is both not material and the type of information that the company treats as private
or confidential. Please revise your Exhibit index to disclose that certain of such exhibit has been omitted pursuant to Item 601
of Regulation S-K.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on the Exhibit Index of Amendment No. 7
to disclose that certain of Exhibit 99.10 has been omitted pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
General
3. Comment: Your disclosures currently take into account a PIPE Investment. Please revise the disclosure
to discuss the key terms of any PIPE Investment. To the extent that negotiation and marketing processes for a PIPE are ongoing, please
disclose material details of those processes, including who selected the potential PIPE investors, the relationships the PIPE investors
have to ExcelFin, the Sponsor, Baird Medical and their affiliates, and the placement agent and how the terms of the PIPE transaction were
determined, as applicable.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised the disclosure on pages 10, 45, 59 and 185 of Amendment
No. 7 disclose that “as of the date of this proxy statement/prospectus, no PIPE Investors have committed to fund any PIPE
Investment.” On page 224 of Amendment No. 7, all of the investment banks who have been engaged at any time by
ExcelFin or Baird Medical in connection with the potential PIPE Investment are described in detail. As of the date hereof, the
parties have received no firm offers for investments from any investors identified by those investment banks or any other potential
investors, so there are no parties, deal terms or relationships to describe. There is no requirement for a minimum PIPE Investment
as a closing condition to the Business Combination. If the parties subsequently obtain PIPE financing, prior to the Special Meeting
for the approval of the Business Combination, stockholders will be notified of the terms of such investment through an amendment to
the Registration Statement or as definitive additional proxy materials, as applicable, and/or, if such PIPE financing is obtained
after the Special Meeting, on current reports on Form 8-K.
If you have any questions
regarding the responses to the comments of the Staff, or require additional information, please contact me by phone at (215) 994 –
2621.
Sincerely,
/s/ Stephen M. Leitzell
Stephen M. Leitzell
cc:
Wu Haimei (Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited)