SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-012720 to Great Restaurant Development Holdings Ltd (CIK 0001990643)
Great Restaurant Development Holdings Ltd (CIK 0001990643)
Date: Nov. 20, 2023 · CIK: 0001990643 · Accession: 0000000000-23-012720
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
November 20, 2023
Siu Ming Law
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Great Restaurant Development Holdings Ltd
Ground Floor and 1st Floor
No. 73 Chung On Street
Tsuen Wan, New Territories
Hong Kong
Re:Great Restaurant Development Holdings Ltd
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Submitted November 7, 2023
CIK No. 0001990643
Dear Siu Ming Law:
We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following
comments.
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 a comment applies 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 this letter and your amended
draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1, Submitted November 7, 2023
Cover Page
1.We note your response to comment 2 and reissue in part. In addition to the new disclosure
in the fifth paragraph that addresses recent PRC regulatory concerns, please ensure you
also disclose that these actions have or may impact the company’s ability to conduct its
business, accept foreign investments, or list on a U.S. or other foreign exchange, similar to
the disclosure you have included on page 12.
2.We note your response to comment 4 and reissue in part. In addition to the cover page
reference to funds or assets that may not be available to fund operations or for other use
outside of Hong Kong, please provide cross-references to these other discussions in the
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Prospectus Summary and Risk Factor sections. Please also disclose whether the holding
company, not just the Operating Subsidiary, has any cash management policies. Lastly,
we note your disclosure that you plan on making a dividend prior to listing on Nasdaq.
Please disclose the date and quantify the amount of the dividend once it has occurred.
3.We note your response to comment 5 and reissue. In addition to your cross references to
individual china based company risk factors, please revise the prospectus cover page to
include a cross-reference to the Risk Factors section including the page number where this
section appears in the prospectus. Highlight this cross-reference by prominent type or in
another manner. Refer to Item 501(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.
Prospectus Summary
Our auditor has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern,
page 8
4.We note your response to comment 7 and reissue in part. We acknowledge the addition of
this new sub-section; however, please also explicitly disclose the dollar amount required
to fund your operations for the next 12 months. In addition, please disclose the amount of
debt that you anticipate incurring in the next 12 months.
Recent Regulatory Development in the PRC, page 12
5.We note your response to comment 6 and reissue in part. We acknowledge the new
disclosure added to page 14 of your registration statement. However, please also disclose
each permission or approval that you or your subsidiaries are required to obtain from
Chinese or Hong Kong authorities to operate your business, not just whether permissions
or approvals required to offer the securities being registered to foreign investors.
Similarly, please state whether you or your subsidiaries are covered by permissions or
approvals requirements from the CSRC, CAC or any other governmental agency that is
required to approve your operations, and state affirmatively whether you have received all
requisite permissions or approvals and whether any permissions or approvals have been
denied. Lastly, we note your disclosure that you have been "advised" by Robertsons,
please clarify if a legal opinion has been provided.
Corporate Structure, page 16
6.It appears a response to comment 9 was not included in the response letter, as a result, we
reissue comment 9. Please move this disclosure to a more prominent place in your
prospectus summary. In addition, please clearly identify the entity in which investors are
purchasing an interest and the entity(ies) in which the company’s operations are
conducted.
Table of Contents, page II-10
7.We note your response to comment 24 and reissue. Please ensure that the prospectus
Table of Contents and the Resale Prospectus Table of Contents are aligned. As one
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example only, the resale prospectus Table of Contents has a section labeled "Executive
Compensation," but the prospectus Table of Contents does not.
Please contact Aamira Chaudhry at 202-551-3389 or Joel Parker at 202-551-3651 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Nicholas Nalbantian at 202-551-7470 or Donald Field at 202-551-3680 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
cc: William S. Rosenstadt