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NHALE INC.

42 Mott Street

4th Floor

New York, NY 10013

 

 

September 17, 2021

 

Brian Fetterolf

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re: Nhale Inc.
  Form 10-12(g)
  File No. 000-56324
  Filed August 11, 2021

 

Dear Mr. Fetterolf:

 

Set forth below are the responses of Kemiao Garment Holding Group, a Nevada corporation (“Nhale” “we, “us,” “our” or the “Company”), to the comments received from you, the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by emailed letter, dated August 26, 2021, with respect to our Form 10-12(g) filed on August 11, 2021. The responses provided below are numbered to correspond to your comments, which have been reproduced and emboldened herein for ease of reference.

 

Introductory Comment, page ii

 

1.        Given that you plan to conduct the majority of your operations in China, please describe what the organizational structure would entail and whether you may use a variable interest entity structure to conduct China-based operations. Disclose prominently that your potential organizational structure, to be developed in connection with your business plan, could involve unique risks to investors. Explain that the entity in which investors may hold their interest may not be the entity or entities through which the company's operations may be conducted in China. Discuss how this type of corporate structure may affect investors and the value of their investment, including how and why the contractual arrangements, to the extent you use them may be less effective than direct ownership and that the company may incur substantial costs to enforce the terms of the arrangements. Disclose the uncertainties regarding the status of the rights of a holding company with respect to its contractual arrangements with a variable interest entity, its founders and owners and the challenges the company may face enforcing these contractual agreements due to uncertainties under Chinese law and jurisdictional limits. Your disclosure should acknowledge, if true, that Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow your potential structure, which would likely result in a material change in your contemplated operations and/or value of your common stock, including that it could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless. Provide a cross-reference to your detailed discussion of risks facing the company and the offering as a result of this structure.

 

Response:

 

The company does not have a variable interest entity at this time. The following language was inserted in the Introductory Comment, page ii:

 

The Company is currently organized under the operating structure of the public entity, Nhale Inc., incorporated in the state of Nevada. NHLE plans to conduct operations in China and may acquire Chinese companies as subsidiaries to carry out its plan of operation.

 

 

 

 

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The Company is not currently organized under a variable interest entity (VIE) creating a question of whether China’s Foreign Investment Law (FIL)[1] prevents foreign ownership in our company. We will continue to monitor the changes in FIL, and NHLE may consider migrating to a VIE structure to continue receiving participation from foreign investors.

 

The VIE structure enables a Chinese company to list on an overseas stock exchange, such as OTC Markets, because direct ownership in the shares of the Chinese company is restricted by China’s laws.

 

The VIE, as described by structure consists of at least three core entities: a Chinese company with legitimate operations (referred to as the VIE); a wholly foreign-owned enterprise established as an intermediary in China; and an offshore shell company that lists on a U.S. or other foreign exchange.[2]

 

Because foreign investors do not have direct equity ownership through the VIE structure, substantial legal uncertainties surround the contractual arrangements associated VIEs.

 

The Chinese government could rule that the structure is against public policy and this ruling would likely result in a material change in our contemplated operations. Furthermore, the value of our common stock may decline or become worthless, and the shareholder could lose their entire investment.

 

Any failure by our VIEs or their shareholders to perform their obligations under our contractual arrangements with them would have a material and adverse effect on our business. If our VIEs or their shareholders fail to perform their respective obligations under the contractual arrangements, we may have to incur substantial costs and expend additional resources to enforce such arrangements. We may also have to rely on legal remedies under PRC law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, and contractual remedies, which we cannot assure you will be sufficient or effective under PRC law.

 

In addition, if any third parties claim any interest in such shareholders' equity interests in our VIEs, our ability to exercise shareholders' rights or foreclose the share pledge according to the contractual arrangements may be impaired. If these or other disputes between the shareholders of our VIEs and third parties were to impair our control over our VIEs, our ability to consolidate the financial results of our VIEs would be affected, which would in turn result in a material adverse effect on our business, operations and financial condition.

 

We may lose the ability to use and enjoy assets held by our VIEs that are critical to the operation of our business if our VIEs declare bankruptcy or become subject to a dissolution or liquidation proceeding.

 

Our VIEs will hold certain assets that may be critical to the operation of our business. If the shareholders of our VIEs breach the contractual arrangements and voluntarily liquidate our VIEs, or if our VIEs declare bankruptcy and all or part of its assets become subject to liens or rights of third-party creditors or are otherwise disposed of without our consent, we may be unable to continue some or all of our business activities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if any of our VIEs undergoes an involuntary liquidation proceeding, third-party creditors may claim rights to some or all of its assets, thereby hindering our ability to operate our business, which could materially or adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

2.        Provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated with being based in or having the majority of your contemplated operations in China. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your contemplated operations and/or the value of your common stock or 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. Your disclosure should address how recent statements and regulatory actions by the Chinese government, such as those related to the use of variable interest entities and data security or anti-monopoly concerns, has or may impact the company’s ability to conduct its business, accept foreign investments, or list on a U.S. or other foreign exchange.

 

 

 

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Response:

 

The following language was inserted in the Introductory Comment, page ii:

 

There are greater legal and operational risks associated having the majority of our contemplated operations in China.

 

We are subject to differing and sometimes conflicting laws and regulations in the various China jurisdictions where we provide our services. As the carbon neutrality and air purification is still at a relatively early stage of development, new laws and regulations may be adopted from time to time to address new issues that come to the authorities' attention. In addition, considerable uncertainties still exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of existing laws and regulations governing our contemplated business activities. A large number of proposals are before various national, regional, and local legislative bodies and regulatory entities regarding issues related to our industry or our business model. As we implement our business plan and expand into new cities or countries or as we add new products and services to our platform, we may become subject to additional laws and regulations that we are not subject to now. Existing or new laws and regulations could expose us to substantial liability, including significant expenses necessary to comply with such laws and regulations, and could dampen our growth, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

The Chinese government could rule that the structure is against public policy and this ruling would likely result in a material change in our contemplated operations. Furthermore, the value of our common stock may decline or become worthless, and the shareholder could lose their entire investment. If we implement the VIE structure, our VIE will hold certain assets that may be critical to the operation of our business. If the shareholders of our VIEs breach the contractual arrangements and voluntarily liquidate our VIEs, or if our VIEs declare bankruptcy and all or part of its assets become subject to liens or rights of third-party creditors or are otherwise disposed of without our consent, we may be unable to continue some or all of our business activities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if any of our VIEs undergoes an involuntary liquidation proceeding, third-party creditors may claim rights to some or all of its assets, thereby hindering our ability to operate our business, which could materially or adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Recent statements and regulatory actions by the Chinese government have addressed the issue of anti-monopoly concerns. Where a business operator’s abuse of intellectual property rights to exclude or restrict competition constitutes a monopoly agreement, the anti-monopoly law enforcement agency shall order it to stop the illegal activity, confiscate the illegal income, and impose fines. Upon execution of our business plan, NHLE will be subject to anti-monopoly laws and, if found in violation, our stock price could decline or become worthless.

 

It will be difficult for investors to assert claims against China-based issuers, including their officers, directors, and agents and it may be challenging for investors to pursue their claims in U.S. courts. Even if an investor secures a judgment, the investor may still be unable to enforce it in China.

 

In addition, the assertion of new regulation by the Chinese government could hinder our ability to continue to offer our stock to foreign investors and our ability to execute of our business plan.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3.        Disclose the risks that being based in or having the majority of your contemplated operations in China poses to investors. In particular, describe the significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks. For example, specifically discuss risks arising from the legal system in China, including risks and uncertainties regarding the enforcement of laws and that rules and regulations in China can change quickly with little advance notice; and the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your contemplated operations at any time, or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change in your contemplated operations and/or the value of your common stock. Acknowledge any risks 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:

 

The majority of our contemplated operations will be in China.

 

China may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability. Investments in securities of Chinese issuers involve risks that are specific to China, including regulatory, liquidity and enforcement risks.

 

Regulatory cycles are not uncommon in China. Policy and regulatory scrutiny should be seen as ongoing risks when it comes to investing in China. The revised Chinese regulations have not ruled on for our industry. We are not currently engaged in a VIE structure, however that could change moving forward.

 

We are subject to differing and sometimes conflicting laws and regulations in the various China jurisdictions where we provide our services. As the carbon neutrality and air purification is still at a relatively early stage of development, new laws and regulations may be adopted from time to time to address new issues that come to the authorities' attention. In addition, considerable uncertainties still exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of existing laws and regulations governing our contemplated business activities. As we implement our business plan and expand into new cities or countries or as we add new products and services to our platform, we may become subject to additional laws and regulations that we are not subject to now. Existing or new laws and regulations could expose us to substantial liability, including significant expenses necessary to comply with such laws and regulations, and could dampen our growth, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations. 

 

China’s legal system is substantially different from the legal system in the United States and may raise risks and uncertainties concerning the intent, effect, and enforcement of its laws, rules, and regulations, including those that restrict the inflow and outflow of foreign capital or provide the Chinese government with significant authority to exert influence on a China-based Issuer’s ability to conduct business or raise capital. This lack of certainty may result in the inconsistent and unpredictable interpretation and enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations, which may change quickly. China-based Issuers face risks related to evolving laws and regulations, which could impede their ability to obtain or maintain permits or licenses required to conduct business in China. In the absence of required permits or licenses, governmental authorities may impose material sanctions or penalties on the company. Such actions 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. 

 

4.        Disclose each permission that you or any of your potential or existing subsidiaries are required to obtain from Chinese authorities to operate and issue these securities to foreign investors. State whether you or any of your potential or existing subsidiaries are or expect to be covered by permissions requirements from the CSRC, CAC or any other entity that is required to approve of your contemplated operations, and state affirmatively whether you have received all requisite permissions and whether any permissions have been denied. 

 

Response:

 

Our contemplated operations are governed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and Cyber Administration of China (CAC).

 

CAC oversees data security and recently revised its laws to include operators that possess personal information for over one million individuals would be subject to cybersecurity review when listing of foreign exchanges. Personal information is defined in Article 76(5) of Cybersecurity Law as various information which is recorded in electronic or any other form and used alone or in combination with other information to recognize the identity of a natural person, including but not limited to name, date of birth, ID number, personal biological identification information, address and telephone number of natural persons.

 

As we have not implemented our business plan, NHLE does not meet the criteria to trigger the CAC revised rule. However, we anticipate that, upon executing our business model, we will be subject to CAC rules and regulations. Our operations could be suspended if the CAC finds we are in violation of data security laws.

 

 

 

 

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The CRSC oversees China's nationwide centralized securities supervisory system, with the power to regulate and supervise securities issuers, as well as to investigate, and impose penalties for illegal activities related to securities and futures.

 

NHLE will be subject to CRSC rules and regulations. As such, we will be required to submit information about our business to CRSC for approval and will be subject to continued compliance. If we become noncompliant with CRSC rules, our business operations could be suspended. In addition, the CRSC could deny us permission as an issuer to foreign investors if it is ruled that VIE’s are illegal.

 

The value of NHLE’s stock could decline or become worthless. The CRSC and SEC are working together to ensure compliance and protection of foreign investor rules. NHLE could be delisted as a result of not complying with these rules.

 

5.         Provide a clear description of how cash is and/or will be transferred through your organization if the majority of your operations are based in China. Describe any restrictions on foreign exchange and your ability to transfer cash between entities, across borders, and to U.S. investors. Describe any restrictions and limitations on your ability to distribute earnings from your businesses, including subsidiaries and/or consolidated VIEs, to the parent company and U.S. investors as well as the ability to settle amounts owed under the VIE agreements, to the extent applicable, NHLE plans to conduct operations in China and may acquire Chinese companies as subsidiaries to carry out its plan of operation. Daily operations in PRC include purchase of raw materials, manufacturing, selling, hiring labor forces, and R&D. Cash associated with these activities will circulate in PRC in the form of local currency. Activities such as raising capitals to support PRC operations, hiring US employees, paying for working capital, and paying out dividends will involve cross-border payments.

 

Cross-border payments must comply with the relevant regulation of the China State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). PRC adopts a partial foreign exchange administration. Foreign currency is forbidden to circulate within the territory. It allows exchange and payment on current accounts such as trading while implementing certain controls on capital accounts such as investment. Shanghai Free-Trade Zone even implements a more relaxed policy.

 

Payrolls and working capitals are on current accounts and there usually no restrictions. Investment and dividends payment are on capital accounts. There will not be obstacles if transactions are legal and reasonable after proper registration. So far, NHLE has not yet to establish a VIE nor has determined the structure. However, NHLE might also set up a structure to fully utilize the more relaxed policy in Free-Trade Zone to lower down the restrictions.

 

In compliance with US laws, PRC laws and regulations, NHLE will also work out financial plans scientifically to guarantee cash flow on parent company level, subsidiaries level and VIE level regarding daily operation and dividends pay out.

 

Response:

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors, page 5

 

6.         Given the Chinese government’s significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of your contemplated business operations in China, please revise to separately highlight the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your contemplated operations at any time, which could result in a material change in your contemplated operations and/or the value of your common stock. Also, given recent statements by the Chinese government indicating an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, acknowledge the risk that any such action 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:

 

Our business is subject to numerous legal and regulatory risks that could have an adverse impact on our contemplated business.

 

We are subject to differing and sometimes conflicting laws and regulations in the various China jurisdictions where we provide our services. As the carbon neutrality and air purification is still at a relatively early stage of development, new laws and regulations may be adopted from time to time to address new issues that come to the authorities' attention. In addition, considerable uncertainties still exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of existing laws and regulations governing our contemplated business activities. A large number of proposals are before various national, regional, and local legislative bodies and regulatory entities regarding issues related to our industry or our business model. As we implement our business plan and expand into new cities or countries or as we add new products and services to our platform, we may become subject to additional laws and regulations that we are not subject to now. Existing or new laws and regulations could expose us to substantial liability, including significant expenses necessary to comply with such laws and regulations, and could dampen our growth, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations. 

 

 

 

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Risks Related to Access to Information and Regulatory Oversight

 

PRC Securities Law state that no overseas securities regulator can directly conduct investigations or evidence collection activities within the PRC and no entity or individual in China may provide documents and information relating to securities business activities to overseas regulators without Chinese government approval. The SEC, U.S. Department of Justice, and other U.S. authorities face substantial challenges in bringing and enforcing actions against China-based Issuers and their officers and directors. As a result, investors in China-based Issuers may not benefit from a regulatory environment that fosters effective enforcement of U.S. federal securities laws.

 

Risks Related to the Regulatory Environment

 

China’s legal system is substantially different from the legal system in the United States and may raise risks and uncertainties concerning the intent, effect, and enforcement of its laws, rules, and regulations, including those that restrict the inflow and outflow of foreign capital or provide the Chinese government with significant authority to exert influence on a China-based Issuer’s ability to conduct business or raise capital. This lack of certainty may result in the inconsistent and unpredictable interpretation and enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations, which may change quickly. China-based Issuers face risks related to evolving laws and regulations, which could impede their ability to obtain or maintain permits or licenses required to conduct business in China. In the absence of required permits or licenses, governmental authorities may impose material sanctions or penalties on the company. Such actions 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.

 

Limitations on Shareholder Rights and Recourse

 

Legal claims, including federal securities law claims, against China-based Issuers, or their officers, directors, and gatekeepers, may be difficult or impossible for investors to pursue in U.S. courts. Even if an investor obtains a judgment in a U.S. court, the investor may be unable to enforce such judgment, particularly in the case of a China-based Issuer, where the related assets or persons are typically located outside of the United States and in jurisdictions that may not recognize or enforce U.S. judgments. If an investor is unable to bring a U.S. claim or collect on a U.S. judgment, the investor may have to rely on legal claims and remedies available in China or other overseas jurisdictions where the China-based Issuer may maintain assets. The claims and remedies available in these jurisdictions are often significantly different from those available in the United States and difficult to pursue.

 

7.        In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace Administration of China over data security, particularly for companies seeking to list on a foreign exchange, please revise your disclosure to explain how this oversight impacts your business and your offering and to what extent you believe that you are compliant, or will be required to comply, with the regulations or policies that have been issued by the CAC to date.

 

Response:

 

Greater Chinese regulatory oversight may impact our contemplated business

 

We are not currently required to comply with regulations and policies of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) because we have not commenced our business in China.

 

CAC regulates the collection of personal information, which is recorded electronically, or in any other form, to recognize the identity of a natural person. In light of greater oversight regarding the collection of personal information we will be subject to cybersecurity review upon execution of our contemplated business plan.

 

If CAC determines that we have violated any portion of PRC laws and regulation, our ability to obtain or maintain permits or licenses required to conduct business in China may be affected. In the absence of required permits or licenses, governmental authorities may impose material sanctions or penalties on the company. Such actions 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.

 

 

 

 

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8.          To the extent that you will use a variable interest entity structure to conduct China-based operations, please revise your risk factors to acknowledge that if the PRC government determines that the contractual arrangements constituting part of your VIE structure do not comply with PRC regulations, or if these regulations change or are interpreted differently in the future, your shares may decline in value or be worthless if you are unable to assert your contractual control rights over the assets of your PRC subsidiaries that may conduct all or substantially all of your operations

 

Response:

 

Risks Related to the Company’s Organizational Structure

 

Although NHLE has not implemented a VIE structure at this time, the Company use this structure once its contemplated business operations have been implemented. The China-based Issuer VIE structures pose risks to U.S. investors that are not present in other organizational structures. The Chinese government could determine that the agreements establishing the VIE structure do not comply with Chinese law and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership, which could subject a China-based Issuer to penalties, revocation of business and operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interests. A China-based Issuer’s control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreements, is subject to legal proceedings, or if any physical instruments, such as chops and seals, are used without the China-based Issuer’s authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China.

 

If you have any questions or comments concerning this response, please call Rhonda Keaveney, our company consultant, at (602) 793 -8058 or email Ms. Keaveney at Rhonda@smallcapcompliance.com.

 

  Sincerely,
   
  Nhale, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Yang Chong Yi
    Yang Chong Yi
    Chief Executive Officer
     
cc: Wayne Chin  
     
     
         

 

 


[1] Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China

https://en.ndrc.gov.cn/policies/202105/t20210527_1281403.html

[2] Counsel of Institutional Investors, The Voice of Corporate Governance, December 2017

Buyer Beware: Chinese Companies and the Vie Structure

https://www.cii.org/files/publications/misc/12_07_17%20Chinese%20Companies%20and%20the%20VIE%20Structure.pdf

 

 

 

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