<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001477932-22-005188.txt : 20220906
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001477932-22-005188
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220718

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Dunxin Financial Holdings Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001499494
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FINANCE SERVICES [6199]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		27TH FLOOR, LIANFA INTERNATIONAL BLDG.
		STREET 2:		128 XUDONG ROAD, WUCHANG DISTRICT
		CITY:			WUHAN CITY, HUBEI PROVINCE
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			430063
		BUSINESS PHONE:		86 27-87303888

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		27TH FLOOR, LIANFA INTERNATIONAL BLDG.
		STREET 2:		128 XUDONG ROAD, WUCHANG DISTRICT
		CITY:			WUHAN CITY, HUBEI PROVINCE
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			430063

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	China Xiniya Fashion Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100818
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<html><head><title>dxf_corresp.htm</title><!--Document created using EDGARMaster--></head><body style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT: 10pt times new roman; MARGIN-LEFT: 7%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 7%"><p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Dunxin Financial Holdings Limited</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>27th Floor, Lianfa International Building</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>128 Xudong Road, Wuchang District</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Wuhan City, Hubei Province 430063</strong></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:center;"><strong>Tel: +862787303888</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:right;">July 18, 2022</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">VIA EDGAR</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Ms. Sonia Bednarowski</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Division of Corporation Finance</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Office of Finance</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="width:4%;"></td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Re:</strong></p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Dunxin Financial Holdings Limited</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Amendment No. 1 to</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Registration Statement on Form F-3</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>Filed June 23, 2022</strong></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><strong>File No. 333-264179</strong></p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Dear Ms. Bednarowski:&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 45px; text-align:justify;">Dunxin Financial Holdings Limited (the &#8220;Company&#8221;, &#8220;DXF,&#8221; &#8220;we&#8221;, &#8220;us&#8221; or &#8220;our&#8221;) hereby transmits its response to the letter received from the staff (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), dated June 29, 2022 regarding its Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form F-3 (the &#8220;F-3&#8221;) publicly filed on June 23, 2022. For ease of reference, we have repeated the Commission&#8217;s comments in this response letter and numbered them accordingly. An amended F-3 (&#8220;Amendment No. 2 to F-3&#8221;) is being submitted publicly to accompany this response letter.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 45px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form F-3</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Cover Page</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">1. Refer to your response to comment 3. Please revise your disclosure here and throughout to refrain from implying that the VIE agreement is equivalent to an equity ownership in the business of the VIE. For example, on your cover page you refer to &#8220;our operating entities in China.&#8221; Similarly, revise throughout to remove disclosure stating that you or your investors may not have &#8220;direct&#8221; ownership of the VIE as this disclosure suggests a possibility of indirect ownership. </p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><strong><em>Response</em></strong>: Pursuant to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we have revised the disclosure in the Amendment No. 2 to F-3 accordingly.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;margin:0px">1</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td><p style='page-break-after: always'></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">2. Refer to your response to comments 4 and 9. Please clearly disclose on the cover page how you will refer to the holding company, the subsidiaries and the VIEs when providing 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. Please also discuss how cash is transferred to and from each entity and include a cross-reference to the condensed consolidating schedule on pages 12 to 15.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><strong><em>Response</em></strong>: Pursuant to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we have revised the disclosure in the Amendment No. 2 to F-3 accordingly.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>About This Prospectus, page 2</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">3. Please refer to the third bullet point, which includes a definition for China and the PRC. Please remove the exclusion of Hong Kong and Macau from the definition of China and the PRC.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><strong><em>Response</em></strong>: Pursuant to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we have revised the disclosure in the Amendment No. 2 to F-3 accordingly.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><u>Prospectus Summary</u></p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px"><u>Recent Developments</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Recent Regulatory Developments in China, page 7</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">4. Refer to your response to comment 7. We note that you made the determination that you, your subsidiaries, and the VIE are not covered by permission requirements from the CSRC, the CAC or any other Chinese governmental agency by relying on the advice of counsel. Please identify counsel here and file counsel&#8217;s consent as an exhibit to your registration statement. Similarly, file Hubei Weiside Law Firm&#8217;s consent as an exhibit to your registration statement.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><strong><em>Response</em></strong>: Pursuant to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we have revised the disclosure in the Amendment No. 2 to F-3 accordingly and have filed our PRC counsel&#8217;s consent as an exhibit to the registration statement.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><u>Holding Company Structure and Contractual Arrangements with the VIE, page 8</u></p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">5. Refer to your response to comment 8. Please revise the diagram of your corporate structure on page 11 to use dashed lines to show the VIE, and show any subsidiaries of the VIE.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><strong><em>Response</em></strong>: Pursuant to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we have revised the disclosure in the Amendment No.2 to F-3 accordingly.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">6. Refer to your response to comment 6. Please state that if your auditor cannot be inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years all trading of your securities may be prohibited, including over-the-counter trading. Also disclose that the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, if enacted, would decrease the number of non-inspection years from three years to two years.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;"><strong><em>Response</em></strong>: Pursuant to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we have revised the disclosure in the Amendment No.2 to F-3 accordingly.</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;margin:0px">2</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td><p style='page-break-after: always'></p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 45px; text-align:justify;">We thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing. If you have further comments, we ask that you forward them by electronic mail to our counsel, Joan Wu at <u>jwu@htflawyers.com</u> or by telephone at 212-530-2208.</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="width:50%;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="width:3%;"> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="width:35%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Very truly yours,</p></td> <td style="width:12%;"> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid;"><em>/s/ Ricky Qizhi Wei</em></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Ricky Qizhi Wei</p></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Chief Executive Officer </p></td> <td> <p style="margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font-size:10pt;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">cc:</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Joan Wu, Esq. (<u>jwu@htflawyers.com</u>)</p> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Charles Tan, Esq. (<u>ctan@htflawyers.com</u>)</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">Hunter Taubman Fischer &amp; Li LLC</p></td> <td> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="margin:0px"> <table style="border-spacing:0;font:10pt times new roman;width:100%" cellpadding="0"> <tr style="height:15px"> <td class="hpbhr">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr style="height:15px"> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; TEXT-INDENT: 0px;"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;margin:0px">3</p></td></tr></table></p> <p style="margin:0px"></p> <p style="margin: 0px"></p> <p style="margin:0px"> <p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;margin:0px">&nbsp;</p><body>
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