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E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd.

Floor 9, Building 14, HaixiBaiyue Town

No. 14 Duyuan Road, Luozhou Town

Cangshan District, Fuzhou City 350001

People’s Republic of China

 

November 2, 2021

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC. 20549
Attn: Stacey Peikin

 

  Re: E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd.
    Registration Statement on Form F-3
    Filed September 10, 2021
    File No. 333-259464

  

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We hereby submit the responses of E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) set forth in the Staff’s letter, dated September 29, 2021, providing the Staff’s comments with respect to the above-referenced Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”). Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is submitting its Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (the “Amendment No. 1”) via EDGAR with the Commission.

 

For the convenience of the Staff, each of the Staff’s comments is included and is followed by the corresponding response of the Company.  Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this letter to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to the Company on a consolidated basis.

 

Registration Statement on Form F-3 Filed September 10, 2021

 

Prospectus Cover Page, page i

 

1.We note your current disclosure on page i. Please revise to explain whether the VIE structure is used to replicate foreign investment in Chinese-based companies where Chinese law prohibits direct foreign investment in the operating companies, and disclose that investors may never directly hold equity interests in the Chinese operating company. Your disclosure should acknowledge that Chinese regulatory authorities could disallow this structure, which would likely result in a material change in your operations and/or value of the securities being offered in this registration statement, including that it could cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless.

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that as disclosed in the Amendment No. 1, we dissolved the Company’s VIE structure in October 2021 and as a result, we believe we are no longer subject to the risks indicated in the above comment.

 

2.We note your current disclosure on page i. Provide prominent disclosure about the legal and operational risks associated with being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China. Your disclosure should make clear whether these risks could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of the securities being offered in this registration statement 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 China’s 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 an U.S. or other foreign exchange. Your prospectus summary should address, but not necessarily be limited to, the risks highlighted on the prospectus cover page.

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that we revised our disclosures on the prospectus cover page accordingly.

 

 

 

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

November 2, 2021

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3.Clearly disclose how you will refer to the holding company, subsidiaries, and VIEs when providing the disclosure throughout the document so that it is clear to investors which entity the disclosure is referencing and which subsidiaries or entities are conducting the business operations. Refrain from using terms such as “we” or “our” when describing activities or functions of a VIE. Disclose clearly the entity (including the domicile) in which investors are purchasing their interest.

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that as disclosed in the Amendment No. 1, we dissolved the Company’s VIE structure in October 2021. We also revised our disclosures in the Amendment No.1 to ensure that it is clear to investors which entity the disclosure is referencing and which subsidiaries or entities are ducting the business operations.

 

4.Please revise to add a prospectus summary and address the following comments in that section.

 

Response: We have added a prospectus summary and addressed the Staff’s comments in that section.

 

5.Disclose clearly that the company uses a structure that involves a VIE based in China and what that entails and provide early in the summary a diagram of the company’s corporate structure, including who the equity ownership interests are of each entity. Describe all contracts and arrangements through which you purport to obtain economic rights and exercise control that results in consolidation of the VIE’s operations and financial results into your financial statements. Identify clearly the entity in which investors are purchasing their interest and the entity(ies) in which the company’s operations are conducted. Describe the relevant contractual agreements between the entities and how this type of corporate structure may affect investors and the value of their investment, including how and why the contractual arrangements 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 the Cayman Islands holding company with respect to its contractual arrangements with the VIE, its founders and owners, and the challenges the company may face enforcing these contractual agreements due to uncertainties under Chinese law and jurisdictional limits.

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that as disclosed in the Amendment No. 1, we dissolved the Company’s VIE structure in October 2021 and as a result, we do not believe this comment is applicable to the Company.

 

6.Revise your disclosure to include a summary of risk factors, and disclose the risks that your corporate structure and being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China poses to investors. In particular, describe the significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks with cross-references to the more detailed discussion of these risks in the prospectus. 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 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 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: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that we revised our disclosures to include a required summary of risk factors.

 

 

 

 

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

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that we added a sub-section entitled “Regulatory Permissions and Developments” in the section of “Prospectus Summary” on Page 3.

 

8.Provide a clear description of how cash is transferred through your organization. Disclose your intentions to distribute earnings or settle amounts owed under the VIE agreements. Quantify any cash flows and transfers of other assets by type that have occurred between the holding company, its subsidiaries, and consolidated VIEs, and direction of transfer. Quantify any dividends or distributions that a subsidiary or consolidated VIE have made to the holding company and which entity made such transfer, and their tax consequences. Similarly quantify dividends or distributions made to U.S. investors, the source, and their tax consequences. 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.

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that we added a sub-section entitled “Dividends and other Distributions” in the section of “Prospectus Summary” on Page 4.

 

9.We note that the consolidated VIEs constitute a material part of your consolidated financial statements. Please provide in tabular form condensed consolidating schedule - depicting the financial position, cash flows and results of operations for the parent, the consolidated variable interest entities, and any eliminating adjustments separately - as of the same dates and for the same periods for which audited consolidated financial statements are required. Highlight the financial statement information related to the variable interest entity and parent, so an investor may evaluate the nature of assets held by, and the operations of, entities apart from the variable interest entity, which includes the cash held and transferred among entities.

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that as disclosed in the Amendment No. 1, we dissolved the Company’s VIE structure in October 2021 and as a result, we believe this comment is no longer applicable to the Company.

 

10.Disclose that trading in your securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate your auditor, and that as a result an exchange may determine to delist your securities. If the PCAOB has been or is currently unable to inspect your auditor, revise your disclosure to so state. Include this as a risk factor in your "Risk Factors."

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that we revised our disclosures to include a summary risk factor to disclose that trading in our securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor, and that as a result an exchange may determine to delist our securities. We have also revised disclosures in the section “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China” to include the following risk factor: “The increased regulatory scrutiny focusing on U.S.-listed companies with significant operations in China in the U.S. could add uncertainties to our business operations, share price and reputation. Although the audit reports of TPS Thayer LLC incorporated by reference into this prospectus were prepared by U.S. auditors who are subject to inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”), there is no guarantee that future audit reports will be prepared by auditors that are completely inspected by the PCAOB and, as such, future investors may be deprived of such inspections, which could result in limitations or restrictions to our access of the U.S. capital markets. In addition, trading in our securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act or the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the SEC subsequently determines our audit work is performed by auditors that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely, and as a result, U.S. national securities exchanges, such as the Nasdaq, may determine to delist our securities. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which, if enacted, would amend the HFCA Act and require the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three.” Please also be advised that our current auditor, TPS Thayer LLC, is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas and is subject to inspection by the PCAOB on a regular basis.

 

 

 

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

November 2, 2021

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Risk Factors, page 3

 

11.We note your current disclosure on page 3. 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, the value of your securities may decline in value or become worthless if you are unable to assert your contractual control rights over the assets of your PRC subsidiaries that conduct all or substantially all of your operations.

 

Response: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that as disclosed in the Amendment No. 1, we dissolved the Company’s VIE structure in October 2021 and as a result, we believe that we are no longer subject to the risks indicated in the above comment.

 

12.Given the Chinese government’s significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of your business, please revise to separately highlight the risk that the Chinese government may intervene or influence your operations at any time, which could result in a material change in your operations and/or the value of the securities being offered in this registration statement. 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: We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, advise the Staff that we included the required disclosures in the following risk factor under “Risk Factors—Doing Business in China”: “The Chinese government may intervene or influence our 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 our operations and in the value of your ordinary shares. 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 our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.”

 

13.We note your current disclosure on pages 7-8. In light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the Cyberspace Administration of China over data security, 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 with the regulations or policies that have been issued by the CAC to date.

 

Response: In response to the Staff’s comment, we have revised disclosures in the section “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China” to include two risk factors: “Our business is subject to complex and evolving laws and regulations regarding privacy and data protection. Compliance with China’s new Data Security Law, Cybersecurity Review Measures (revised draft for public comments), Personal Information Protection Law, as well as additional laws, regulations and guidelines that the Chinese government promulgates in the future may entail significant expenses and could materially affect our business.” and “We may be required to apply for a cybersecurity review under the proposed Cybersecurity Review Measures (revised draft for public comments).”

 

 

 

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

November 2, 2021

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If you would like to discuss any of the responses to the Staff’s comments or if you would like to discuss any other matters, please contact the undersigned at +86-591-87590668 or Kevin Sun of Bevilacqua PLLC at (202) 869-0888 (ext. 101).

 

  Sincerely,
     
  E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd.
     
  By: /s/ Wenshan Xie
    Wenshan Xie
    Chief Executive Officer

cc: Kevin Sun, Esq.