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HAIPING LI * |
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September 11, 2018 |
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VIA EDGAR
Mr. Robert Littlepage
Mr. Joseph Cascarano
Ms. Kathleen Krebs
Mr. Paul Fischer
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Telecommunications
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C., 20549
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Viomi Technology Co., Ltd (CIK No. 0001742770) | |
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Response to the Staffs Comments on | |
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File No. 333-227063 |
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Dear Mr. Littlepage, Mr. Cascarano, Ms. Krebs and Mr. Fischer:
On behalf of our client, Viomi Technology Co., Ltd, a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the Company), we submit to the staff (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) this letter setting forth the Companys responses to the comments contained in the Staffs letter dated September 7, 2018 on the Companys Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed on August 28, 2018 (the Registration Statement).
Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is publicly filing Amendment No. 1 to its registration statement on Form F-1 (the Revised Registration Statement) and certain exhibits via EDGAR with the Commission.
To facilitate your review, we have separately delivered to you today five courtesy copies of the Revised Registration Statement, marked to show changes to the Registration Statement.
The Staffs comments are repeated below in bold and are followed by the Companys responses. We have included page references in the Revised Registration Statement where the language addressing a particular comment appears. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Revised Registration Statement.
The Company plans to request that the Staff declare the effectiveness of the Revised Registration Statement on or about September 24, 2018, and will file the joint acceleration requests in time before the requested effective time. The Company would greatly appreciate the Staffs continued assistance and support in meeting its timetable.
Prospectus Summary
Our dual class share structure with different voting rights will limit your ability to influence corporate matters..., page 51
1. We note that you have adopted a dual-class share structure with different voting rights that will become effective upon completion of the offering. Please discuss why the Board determined to adopt this dual-class structure in connection with the companys initial public offering.
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has inserted the relevant disclosure on page 50 of the Revised Registration Statement.
2. To provide further context regarding how your dual-class structure will operate in practice, please discuss the following:
· the percentage of outstanding shares that the Class B shareholders must keep to continue to control the outcome of matters submitted to shareholders for approval;
· whether the company may issue additional Class B ordinary shares and how this may further dilute the holders of Class A ordinary shares and ADSs;
· the circumstances under which the Class B ordinary shareholders may convert their shares to Class A ordinary shares or are required to convert their Class B ordinary shares; and
· the resulting impact of the conversion of Class B ordinary shares on holders of Class A ordinary shares and ADSs, including dilution and lowering of the aggregate voting power of the Class B shareholders, but the increase of the relative voting power of individual Class B ordinary shareholders who retain their shares.
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has inserted the relevant disclosure on page 50 of the Revised Registration Statement.
3. To the extent that Mr. Chen and/or the other Class B shareholders will have complete control over the outcome of matters put to a vote of shareholders, please make this clear in the risk factor heading and disclosure.
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on page 50 of the Revised Registration Statement.
As an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, we are permitted to adopt certain home country practices..., page 58
4. Please explain how, with your dual-class structure with different voting rights, you will determine whether more than 50 percent of your outstanding voting securities are owned of record by U.S. residents for purposes of satisfying the foreign private issuer definition. Refer to Securities Act Rule 405, Exchange Act Rule 3b-4 and Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 203.17.
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that, as of the date hereof, none of the holders of Class B ordinary shares are U.S. residents. Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 405, Exchange Act Rule 3b-4 and Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 203.17, when an issuer determines whether more than 50 percent of its outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned of record by residents in the United States, the issuer may choose one of the two methods. The issuer may look to whether more than 50 percent of the voting power of those classes on a combined basis is directly or indirectly owned of record by residents of the United States. Alternatively, an issuer may make the determination based on the number of voting securities. The Company believes that it qualifies as a foreign private issuer under either method as of the date hereof. When making the determination in the future, the Company will adopt a consistent method as requested by the interpretation.
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If you have any questions regarding the Revised Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by phone at +86-21-6193-8210 or via e-mail at haiping.li@skadden.com.
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Very truly yours, |
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/s/Haiping Li |
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Haiping Li |
Enclosures.
cc: Xiaoping Chen, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Viomi Technology Co., Ltd
Shun Jiang, Chief Financial Officer, Viomi Technology Co., Ltd
Z. Julie Gao, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Alex Chan, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP
Shuang Zhao, Esq., Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP