0001213900-22-000594.txt : 20220708 0001213900-22-000594.hdr.sgml : 20220708 20220105060701 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001213900-22-000594 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Microvast Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001760689 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690] IRS NUMBER: 832530757 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12603 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY, SUITE 210 CITY: STAFFORD STATE: TX ZIP: 77477 BUSINESS PHONE: (281) 491-9595 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12603 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY, SUITE 210 CITY: STAFFORD STATE: TX ZIP: 77477 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Tuscan Holdings Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20181204 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

 

 

599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6069

+1.212.848.4000

 

January 5, 2022

 

Via Edgar

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance 100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Sherry Haywood and Asia Timmons- Pierce

 

Re:Microvast Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”)
Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1

Filed December 14, 2021

File No. 333-258978

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are writing on behalf of the Company in response to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) set forth in the letter dated December 23, 2021 (the “Comment Letter”) with respect to Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company on December 14, 2021.

 

This letter is being submitted together with the Company’s filing of Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Amendment No. 4”), which reflects revisions and updates, among other things, address the Staff’s comments.

 

Each comment of the Staff is set forth below, followed by the corresponding response. For ease of reference the headings and numbered paragraphs below correspond to the headings and numbered comments in the Comment Letter. Page numbers in the text of the Company’s responses correspond to page numbers in Amendment No. 4. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Amendment No. 4.

 

Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed January 5, 2022

 

Prospectus Cover Page, page i

 

1. Provide a description of how cash is transferred through your organization and disclosure regarding your intentions to distribute earnings or settle amounts owed under your agreements. State whether any transfers, dividends, or distributions have been made to date.

 

Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has provided additional disclosure on the Prospectus Cover Page, page i.

 

Prospectus Summary, page 1

 

2. Please revise both the risk factors summary and the Risk Factors section to move forward the risks related to doing business in the PRC so that such risks are prominently disclosed within each section in relation to other identified material risks.

 

Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised disclosure in the risk factors summary, pages 13-14, and in the risk factors section, pages 19-33.

 

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We hope that the forgoing has been responsive to the Staff’s comments. Please do not hesitate to contact me at 214-271-5658 if there are any comments or questions concerning the foregoing or if I can be of assistance in any way.

 

  Sincerely,
   
  /s/ Alain Dermarkar
  Alain Dermarkar

 

cc:Bill Nelson, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Emily Leitch, Shearman & Sterling LLP

 

 

 

 

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