Correspondence 0001213900-24-086444 from Park Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (PHH) (CIK 0001986247) (BYAH)
Park Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (PHH) (CIK 0001986247)
Date: Oct. 9, 2024 · CIK: 0001986247 · Accession: 0001213900-24-086444
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File numbers found in text: 333-281783
Referenced dates: October 1, 2024
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Park
Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd.
901
& 901-2, Building C
Phase
2, Wuxi International Life Science Innovation Campus 196 Jinghui East Road
Xinwu
District, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province
People’s
Republic of China 214000
October
9, 2024
Via
EDGAR
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Industrial Applications and Services
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
D.C., 20549
Attn:
Tracey
Houser
Terence
O’Brien
Benjamin
Richie
Katherine
Bagley
Re:
Park
Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd.
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Filed
September 18, 2024
File
No. 333-281783
Dear
Ms. Houser, Mr. O’Brien, Mr. Richie, and Ms. Bagley:
This
letter is in response to the letter dated October 1, 2024 from the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) addressed to Park Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Company”, “we”, and “our”).
For ease of reference, we have recited the SEC’s comments in this response and numbered them accordingly. An amended registration
statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed publicly to accompany this letter.
Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-1
Prospectus
Summary
Our
Franchise Model, page 8
1. We
note your revised disclosure on page 2 in response to comment 1, including that the decrease
in revenue from franchise fees “was primarily due to a decrease in the franchise fees
as a result of (i) a decrease in the number of our franchisees, (ii) additional franchisee
incentives such as our offering of discounts on franchise fees to incentivize renewals, and
(iii) the change in the franchising model for some of our franchisees, from regional franchisees
to single-store franchisees, which led to certain changes in franchise fees.” Please
revise this section and your description of business beginning on page 86 to provide additional
detail about your franchise model, including the types and amount of discounts and other
incentives you offer to current franchisees for renewal or to attract new franchisees, and,
if material, a quantification of historical discounts or incentives to existing franchisees.
Please also provide additional detail about the franchise fees for regional compared to singe-store
franchisees, including the difference in fees for these two models. In your discussion, clarify
the fees received from each type of model for the periods presented in the filing to provide
context for your disclosure that the change in model resulted in a decrease in franchise
fees for the six months ended April 30, 2024. Finally, please revise your risk factors to
discuss the risks, if any, related to discounts or incentives noted in your revised disclosure.
RESPONSE:
We note the Staff’s comment and in response thereto respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised our disclosures under sections
“Prospectus Summary – Our Franchise Model,” “Business – Our Business Model” and “Management’s
Discussion on and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” on pages 3, 8, and 81 to provide additional
detail about our franchise model, franchise fees for different types of franchisees, and the types and amount of incentives such as cash subsidies that we offer to current franchisees for renewal or to attract
new franchisees. We have provided a quantification of historical incentives to existing franchisees and included additional details about
the franchise fees for regional stores compared to single-store franchisees on pages 3, 8, and 81.
We
have also added a risk factor related to our franchise model under “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry
— We offer incentives such as cash subsidies to our franchisees and the amount of such incentives could potentially have adverse
impacts on our financial performance.” on page 57.
Risk
Factors Summary, page 10
2. We
note your revised disclosure in response to prior comment 2. Please revise your Risk Factor
Summary section to include the following removed risk factors and conform the cross-references
to those present:
● “You
may experience difficulties in effecting service of process, enforcing foreign judgments
or bringing actions in China against us or our management named in this prospectus based
on foreign laws.”
● “Our
results of operation may be materially and adversely affected by a change in China or the
global economy.”
● “It
may be difficult for overseas shareholders and/or regulators to conduct cross- border investigation
in China.”
● “Changes
in PRC political, economic and governmental policies may have an adverse impact on our business.”
● “PRC
regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies
and governmental management of currency conversion may delay us from remitting the proceeds
of this offering into China through loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC
subsidiaries, thereby diminishing our ability to fund and expand our business.”
● “PRC
regulations relating to offshore investment activities by PRC residents may limit our PRC
subsidiaries’ ability to change their registered capital or distribute profits to us
or otherwise expose us or our PRC resident beneficial owners to liability and penalties under
PRC laws.”
● “If
the content we produce and distribute through online social and content platforms, or content
available on our website, is deemed to violate PRC laws or regulations, our business and
results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.”
Please
also include the risk that any actions by the Chinese government to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted
overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers could significantly limit or completely hinder your ability to offer or continue
to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
RESPONSE:
We note the Staff’s comment and in response thereto respectfully advise the Staff that we have (i) revised our Risk Factors
Summary on pages 12, 13, and 14 to include the previously removed risk factors and conform the cross-references to those present;
and (ii) revised our disclosure on pages 12 and 27 to specify in the risk factor that any actions by the Chinese government to
exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers could
significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of
such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
Exhibits
3. We
note that the opinion of Mourant Ozannes (Cayman) LLP, filed as Exhibit 5.1, assumes that
“the Company will have sufficient authorised but unissued capital to issue each Share.”
Please revise the legal opinion to remove this assumption. Refer to Section II.B.3.a of Staff
Legal Bulletin No. 19.
RESPONSE:
We note the Staff’s comment and in response thereto respectfully advise the Staff that we have provided a revised legal opinion
by Mourant Ozannes (Cayman) LLP, our Cayman counsel, filed hereto as Exhibit 5.1, to remove the assumption that the Company will have
sufficient authorized but unissued capital to issue each share.
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We
hope this response has addressed all of the Staff’s concerns relating to the comment letter. Should you have additional questions
regarding the information contained herein, please contact the Company’s securities counsel William S. Rosenstadt, Esq., Mengyi
“Jason” Ye, Esq. or Yuning “Grace” Bai, Esq. of Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP at wsr@orllp.legal, jye@orllp.legal or
gbai@orllp.legal.
Very
truly yours,
Park
Ha Biological Technology Co., Ltd.
/s/
Xiaoqiu Zhang
Name:
Xiaoqiu
Zhang
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
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