SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-008506 to Chagee Holdings Ltd. (CHA)
Chagee Holdings Ltd.
Date: July 26, 2024 · CIK: 0002013649 · Accession: 0000000000-24-008506
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July 26, 2024
Junjie Zhang
Chief Executive Officer
Chagee Holdings Limited
Tower B, Hongqiao Lianhe Building
No. 99 Kaihong Road
Changning District, Shanghai
People’s Republic of China, 200051
Re:Chagee Holdings Limited
Amendment No. 3 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1
Submitted July 11, 2024
CIK No. 0002013649
Dear Junjie Zhang:
We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following
comment(s).
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. Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our
July 1, 2024 letter.
Amendment No. 3 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-1 submitted July 11, 2024
Risk Factors
Risks Relating to the ADSs and This Offering
As an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, we are permitted to adopt certain
home country..., page 63
Revised disclosure in the Management section beginning at page 143 indicates that you
intend to rely on certain exemptions from Nasdaq listing requirements at the time this
offering is consummated, including the requirement that you have a majority independent
board of directors. Please revise this risk factor and elsewhere as appropriate, including 1.
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the cover page and prospectus summary, to reflect that you intend to rely on such
exemptions. Clarify whether you are relying on any exemptions from requirements related
to board committee composition, and if so, disclose this as well.
General
2.We note the changes you have made to your disclosure appearing on the cover page,
prospectus summary, and risk factor sections relating to legal and operational risks
associated with operating in China and PRC regulations. As examples only, you have
removed the statement that rules and regulations in China can change "quickly with little
advance notice," that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your operations
"at any time," that there are "uncertainties" with the Chinese legal and regulatory
system, and that funds in the PRC may not be available due to "interventions in or the
imposition of restrictions and limitations...by the PRC government..." It is unclear to us
that there have been changes in the regulatory environment in the PRC since the
amendment that was submitted June 3, 2024 warranting revised disclosure to mitigate the
challenges you face and related disclosures. The Sample Letters to China-Based
Companies sought specific disclosure relating to the risk that the PRC government may
intervene in or influence your operations at any time, or may exert control over operations
of your business, which could result in a material change in your operations and/or the
value of the securities you are registering for sale. We remind you that, pursuant to federal
securities rules, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and
“under common control with”) as defined in Securities Act Rule 405 means “the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by contract, or otherwise.” The Sample Letters also sought specific disclosures relating to
uncertainties regarding the enforcement of laws and that the rules and regulations in
China can change quickly with little advance notice. We do not believe that your revised
disclosure conveys the same risks. Please restore your disclosures in these areas to the
disclosures as they existed in the draft registration statement as of June 3, 2024.
Please contact Stephen Kim at 202-551-3291 or Suying Li at 202-551-3335 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact
Rebekah Reed at 202-551-5332 or Taylor Beech at 202-551-4515 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Trade & Services
cc:Li He