SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
PARTNERS CHRISTOPHER W. BETTS WILL H. CAI ^ GEOFFREY CHAN * ANDREW L. FOSTER * BRADLEY A. KLEIN CHI T. STEVE KWOK * EDWARD H.P. LAM ¨* HAIPING LI * RORY MCALPINE ¨ CLIVE W. ROUGH ¨ JONATHAN B. STONE * ^ (ALSO ADMITTED IN CALIFORNIA) ¨ (ALSO ADMITTED IN ENGLAND & WALES) (ALSO ADMITTED IN ILLINOIS) * (ALSO ADMITTED IN NEW YORK)
REGISTERED FOREIGN LAWYER Z. JULIE GAO (CALIFORNIA) |
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September 19, 2018 |
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Barbara C. Jacobs
Mr. Jeffrey Kauten
Ms. Kathleen Collins
Ms. Rebekah Lindsey
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Information Technologies and Services
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C., 20549
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CooTek (Cayman) Inc. (CIK No. 0001734262) |
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Response to the Staffs Comments on |
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Registration Statement on Form F-1 |
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Filed on August 16, 2018 |
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Dear Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Kauten, Ms. Collins and Ms. Lindsey:
On behalf of our client, CooTek (Cayman) Inc., a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the Company), we are filing herewith the Companys Amendment No.1 to the registration statement on Form F-1 (the Registration Statement) and certain exhibits via EDGAR with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission).
To facilitate your review, we have separately delivered to you today five courtesy copies of the Registration Statement, marked to show changes to the registration statement filed with the Commission on August 16, 2018.
Concurrently with the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company is hereby setting forth the Companys responses to the comments contained in the letter from the staff of the Commission (the Staff) dated August 21, 2018. The Staffs comments are repeated below in bold and are followed by the Companys responses. We have included page references in the 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 Registration Statement.
The Company will commence the marketing activities in connection with the offering shortly after the date hereof. The Company plans to request that the Staff declare the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on or about September 27, 2018, and will file the joint acceleration requests in time before the requested effective time. The Company would greatly appreciate the Staffs continuing assistance and support in meeting its timetable.
Cover Page
1. Given Mr. Zhangs ownership of all of CooTeks Class B ordinary shares with each Class B ordinary share entitled to 25 votes, please clarify whether the company will be a controlled company under the definition of the New York Stock Exchange after the offering and provide disclosure in this section as well as in the prospectus summary and risk factors sections, to the extent appropriate.
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it will be a controlled company under the definition of the Corporate Governance Rules of the New York Stock Exchange after this offering. In response to the Staffs comments, the Company has revised the disclosure on the cover page and pages 5 and 36 of the Registration Statement.
Management, page 143
2. We note that you have appointed Mr. Haibing Wu and Ms. Jue Yao as independent directors upon effectiveness of the registration statement. Please file their written consents as required by Securities Act Rule 438.
The Staffs comments are well noted. The Company has filed the consent letters of Mr. Haibing Wu and Ms. Jue Yao as exhibit 23.4 and 23.5, respectively.
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If you have any questions regarding the Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by phone at +852-3740-4863 or via e-mail at julie.gao@skadden.com or Hui Feng, by telephone at +86 21-6141-2173 or via email at hufeng@deloitte.com.cn. Deloitte Touche Tohmastu CPA LLP is the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.
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Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Z. Julie Gao |
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Z. Julie Gao |
Enclosures.
cc: Karl Kan Zhang, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Architect, CooTek (Cayman) Inc.
Jean Liqin Zhang, Chief Financial Officer, CooTek (Cayman) Inc.
Haiping Li, Esq., Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Hui Feng, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmastu CPA LLP
Shuang Zhao, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP