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Xpand Boom Technology Inc. (XPD) (CIK 0002060614)
Date: April 17, 2025 · CIK: 0002060614 · Accession: 0000000000-25-004087
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<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>TEXT-EXTRACT <SEQUENCE>2 <FILENAME>filename2.txt <TEXT> April 17, 2025 Lulu Xing Chief Executive Officer Xpand Boom Technology Inc. 18th Floor, Block B Yuanlun Building, No, 350 Qifei Road Binjiang District, Hangzhou City People's Republic of China Bin Xiong Chief Executive Officer HZJL Cayman Ltd 18th Floor, Block B Yuanlun Building, No. 350 Qifei Road Binjiang District, Hangzhou City People's Republic of China Re: Xpand Boom Technology Inc. Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4 Submitted March 21, 2025 CIK No. 0002060614 Dear Lulu Xing and Bin Xiong: We have reviewed your 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. April 17, 2025 Page 2 Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4 submitted March 21, 2025 Cover Page 1. We note your disclosure on page 195 that Bin Xiong through XB B Limited will have 80% voting power via their Class B Ordinary Share ownership upon completion of the business combination. To the extent PubCo will be a controlled company after the business combination, please revise the proxy statement/prospectus cover page to (i) clearly state as much, (ii) disclose the percentage of voting power to be held by the controlling shareholder following the business combination and (iii) if true, state that the controlling shareholder will have the ability to determine all matters requiring approval by shareholders. Additionally, and if applicable, please include a standalone risk factor that addresses the risks of being a controlled company. 2. Please revise the proxy statement/prospectus cover page to disclose more clearly the RDAC board of directors determination required by Items 1604(a)(1) and 1606(a) of Regulation S-K. 3. Please revise your table regarding the Equity Capitalization Summary, and any other tabular representation regarding redemption scenarios throughout your proxy statement/prospectus including the Dilution table on page 20, to disclose redemption scenarios at quartile intervals. Refer to Item 1604(c) of Regulation S-K. 4. Please refer to the Compensation Received by the Sponsor table on the proxy statement/prospectus cover page. Please revise the "Interest in Securities" column to detail the purchase of Private Units by the Sponsor in connection with RDAC's IPO. Refer to Item 1604(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. Additionally, please make conforming changes to the comparable table on page 29 and elsewhere as applicable. Refer to Item 1604(b)(4) of Regulation S-K. 5. Please refer to the "Conflicts of Interest" section on the proxy statement/prospectus cover page. Please revise to address whether, in connection with the de-SPAC transaction, there may be any actual or potential material conflict of interest between: on one hand, the target company officers or target company directors; and, on the other hand, unaffiliated security holders of the SPAC. Refer to Item 1604(a)(4) of Regulation S-K. 6. Please revise the "Conflicts of Interest" section to provide a cross-reference to your risk factor beginning "We may have conflicts of interest with our largest shareholders..." on page 64. Refer to Item 1604(a)(4) of Regulation S-K. Use of Certain Terms, page i 7. For clarity and consistency, please briefly revise certain terms here to make clear the relationship of certain entities to PubCo, RDAC, HZJL or others. For example, but not limited to, we note that "Lucid" refers to Lucid Capital Markets, LLC. However, it is not until page 168 where you disclose Lucid to be the representative of the underwriters in Rising Dragon's IPO. April 17, 2025 Page 3 8. We note your disclosure that "Investors will only hold equity interests in HZJL, a Cayman Islands holding company and will never have a direct ownership interest in HZJL's PRC Operating Entities." We also note that this registration statement relates to the registration of securities related to PubCo not HZJL. Please reconcile and revise this disclosure as applicable. Questions and Answers about the Business Combination and the Extraordinary General Meeting Q: What is the redemption scenario accompanying with the Business Combination?, page 5 9. For the RDAC Public Shareholders, RDAC Initial Shareholders and Others share amounts presented here and elsewhere throughout the filing, please disclose with quantification in a footnote to the table the composition of the share amounts presented. Also, ensure that the RDAC Public Shareholders and RDAC Initial Shareholders line items are reconciled to share amounts shown in the latest RDAC balance sheet as well. This comment also applies to share amounts titled differently elsewhere in the filing (e.g., shares subject to possible redemption, shares not subject to possible redemption, etc.). Questions and Answers about the Business Combination... Q: What is the redemption scenario accompanying with the Business Combination?, page 5 10. We note that the answer to the included question discusses "book value per share" and pro forma impacts on such value. We also note that the included table doesn't appear to align with the answer and doesn't detail any book value calculations. Please reconcile the answer and included table as applicable. 11. We note that page 114 notes that the parties intend to adopt an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. To the entent known, please revise the "potential sources of dilution" to include details regarding the plan, i.e. the number of reserved shares, etc. Q: What will PubCo's share structure be following the Business Combination?, page 6 12. We note that Bin Xiong through XB B Limited will own all of PubCo's Class B Ordinary Shares. Please revise to disclose their ownerhsip of the Class B Ordinary Shares and the respective voting power to be held by XB B Limited upon closing of the business combination. Q: Did Rising Dragon obtain a fairness opinion prior to entering into the Merger Agreement?, page 9 13. Please revise your disclosure here and elsewhere throughout the proxy statement/prospectus where appropriate to briefly describe the qualifications of CHFT as well as describe the method of selection of CHFT. Refer to Item 1607(b)(1)-(3) of Regulation S-K. Q: After redemptions, how many shares will be outstanding?, page 10 14. We note that the table includes an "Others" line. Please revise to include a footnote to disclose who is included within this line item (i.e. underwriters or financial advisors). April 17, 2025 Page 4 Q: What happens to the funds deposited in the trust account following the Business Combination?, page 13 15. Please revise the answer to discuss in greater detail how the funds in the trust account will be used in connection with the business combination. Consider adding a table or chart to detail the use of such funds. Post-Business Combination Structure and Impact on the Public Float, page 19 16. Please revise this post-business combination structure diagram to include both share holdings as well as voting percentages held by the respective parties. 17. Please revise this corporate structure diagram to include the place of incorporation for each entity. Consider the use of footnotes. In this regard, we note that below the diagram you state that "HZJL 100% owns Joy A Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company, which 100% owns HZJL's other subsidiaries." Summary of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Dilution, page 20 18. The redemption of public shares in an amount that would cause Rising Dragon s net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 could prevent the Business Combination from proceeding. Please revise your dilution table and other redemption scenarios throughout the filing to only reflect redemption scenarios that are possible under current terms, without the need for a waiver. 19. Please revise your SPAC dilution disclosures to start with the SPAC's net tangible book value as of the most recent SPAC balance sheet date presented. 20. The company valuation amounts presented here and elsewhere throughout the filing do not represent your company's valuation. Please revise the title to better reflect what it actually represents. Refer to Item 1604(c)(1) of Regulation S-K. Regulatory Approvals, page 24 21. We note your disclosure that you are required to file with the CSRC in connection with this offering and the business combination. In subsequent amendments, please disclose the date of filing and the status of your filing with the CSRC. Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination, page 30 22. Please revise this section or add a new conflicts of interest section for the target company to disclose any actual or potential material conflict of interests due to the de- SPAC transaction between the target company officers and directors and unaffiliated security holders of RDAC. Refer to Item 1604(b)(3) of Regulation S-K. Summary of Risk Factors, page 33 23. Please amend your disclosure here and risk factors sections to provide an appropriate risk factor and state that, to the extent cash/assets in the business is in the PRC/Hong Kong or a PRC/Hong Kong entity, the funds/assets may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of the PRC/Hong Kong due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on the ability of you or your subsidiaries April 17, 2025 Page 5 by the PRC government to transfer cash/assets. On the cover page, provide cross- references to these other discussions. We note your discussion under the subheading "Cash Transfers among HZJL and its Subsidiaries" on page 23. Risk Factors Risks Related to Ownership of PubCo's Securities We may have conflicts of interest with our largest shareholder..., page 64 24. Please revise this risk factor and elsewhere throughout the proxy statement/prospectus where appropriate to quantify the voting power that will be held by your largest shareholder immediately after the completion of the business combination. In this regard, we note that here you describe the largest shareholder as having "a fair amount" of voting rights. Additionally, we note that the tables in the section titled "Security Ownership of the Combined Company after the Business Combination" reflects voting power by Mr. Bin Xiong of up to 80% assuming no redemptions and up to 83.1% assuming maximum redemptions. Further, please revise this risk factor to name your largest shareholder and state his position. Capitalization, page 84 25. Please discuss each adjustment being made to arrive at the as adjusted amounts in each scenario presented. Also, break out the shareholders' equity line item into its separate components. 26. Your total capitalization equals the sum of your total stockholders' equity and non- controlling interest, however, please note capitalization is generally defined in practice as the sum of a company's debt and equity. Please revise or advise accordingly. Refer to Item 3.B of Form 20-F. U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reincorporation Merger to U.S. Holders, page 93 27. Please provide a tax opinion covering the material federal tax consequences to RDAC security holders regarding the Reincorporation Merger and revise the disclosure in this section to acknowledge and reflect that the tax consequences are the opinion of counsel. Refer to Item 4(a)(6) of Form F-4 and Items 601(b)(8) and 1605(b)(6) of Regulation S-K. For guidance in preparing the opinion and related disclosure, please refer to Section III of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19. Additionally, please revise to address and express a conclusion for each material federal tax consequence, i.e. whether the Reincorporation Merger qualifies as a reorganization with in the meaning of Section 368 of the Code. A description of the law is not sufficient. If there is a lack of authority directly addressing the tax consequences of the transaction, conflicting authority or significant doubt about the tax consequences of the transaction, counsel may issue a should or more likely than not opinion to make clear that the opinion is subject to a degree of uncertainty. In such cases, counsel should explain clearly why it cannot give a will opinion. Refer to Sections III.C.1, III.C.2 and III.C.4 of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19. April 17, 2025 Page 6 Proposal No. 2 - The Acquisition Merger General Description of the Acquisition Merger, page 99 28. Please revise to disclose whether Mr. Bin Xiong, the Chief Executive Officer of HZJL, has entered into any agreement with the company to continue his employment and role with HZJL in connection with the business combination. 29. Please revise this section to describe the effects of the de-SPAC transaction and any related financing transaction on the special purpose acquisition company and its affiliates, the SPAC sponsor and its affiliates, and unaffiliated security holders of the special purpose acquisition company. The description must include a reasonably detailed discussion of both the benefits and detriments of the de-SPAC transaction and any related financing transaction to the special purpose acquisition company and its affiliates, the SPAC sponsor and its affiliates, and unaffiliated security holders of the special purpose acquisition company. The benefits and detriments of the de-SPAC transaction and any related financing transaction must be quantified to the extent practicable. We note your discussion under the subheading "Benefits and Detriments of the Business Combination HZJL" on page 128. Refer to Item 1605(c) of Regulation S-K. Selected Comparable Companies:, page 118 30. We note your disclosure regarding the selection of Supply of Food Products, Online Software Services and Branding Services comparable companies used in reaching the valuation of $350 million for HZJL, including the disclosed differences between HZJL and these companies, and employing a conservative valuation metric. However, please revise your disclosure to briefly discuss why you did not select any earlier- stage companies or companies that are otherwise at more similar revenue or other financial metric levels to that of HZJL in determining a valuation. In this regard, we note your disclosure that states that HZJL is "an early-stage company" as compared to the comparable companies, which are generally better capitalized and more established business operations than HZJL. 2. Online Software Services Business, page 126 31. Please explain the source of and assumptions behind forecasted income derived from agency fees and subscription revenues, as these sources of revenue are not found elsewhere in your filing. In addition, please provide the basis for and discuss the assumptions and factors used to determine the 580 agents in 2025, including how this number of agents was derived from historical data. Similarly revise your disclosures regarding the assumptions and factors used in arriving at the forecasted revenues for the branding services business. Also, disclose your rationale for assuming the volume of promotional units will increase from 260 thousand in 2025 to 11.65 million in 2029. April 17, 2025 Page 7 Proposal No. 2 - The Acquisition Merger Proposal Rising Dragon Board of Director's Reasons for Approving the Business Combination Summary of HZJL Financial Analysis HZJL Management Projections 1. Supply of Food Product Business, page 126 32. Food product busine