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Going concern

12 staff comments in this corpus, to 10 registrants, filed 2023-01-12 to 2023-03-31.

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MeasureValue
Comments raising this issue12
Share of all 4,297 comments in the corpus0.3%
Distinct registrants10
With a recorded company response12

The exchanges

Verbatim, most recent first. Quotations are exact spans from the filing linked beneath each one; long passages are truncated with an ellipsis and never altered.

SEC staff comment
4. Please provide balanced disclosure in your prospectus summary. Disclose prominently that you have not yet commenced production level satellite manufacturing and satellite launch activities, that your auditors have expressed substantial doubt concerning your ability to continue as a going concern, and that you have incurred minimal revenue and net losses.
The company responded
Responsive to the Staff’s comments, we have added the following disclosure on page 12of the Revised Registration Statement: “We have incurred significant losses since our inception. While we have generated limited revenue to date, we have not yet achieved production level satellite manufacturing, launch and data activities, and it is difficult for us to predict our future operating results. Our auditors have also raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, the details of which can be found in the Financial Statements of this Registration Statement.”
ANGKASA-X HOLDINGS CORP. · filed 2023-03-31 · 0001493152-23-010002
SEC staff comment
9. Refer to the second full paragraph on page 183, specifically the last sentence that begins “Our third-party independent auditor also issued auditor opinion as to...prepared assuming that we would continue as a going concern”. We note your revisions in response to prior comment 4; however, we note no revisions to this sentence which appears to contradict the first sentence of the paragraph that states your auditors’ included an explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt about your ability to continue as a going concern in their report.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 24, 105 and 188 of Amendment No.1. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of MCAF, page 190
CH AUTO Inc. · filed 2023-03-31 · 0001213900-23-025827
SEC staff comment
4. We note your revisions in response to prior comment 6. Refer to the sentence that begins “In light of the foregoing circumstances, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has included...the six months ended June 30, 2022 were issued”. Please clarify that the auditors included an explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt in their report on your December 31, 2021 consolidated financial statements since there is no auditors’ report for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Please also revise the related disclosures on pages 62-64, 97-98 and 175. Further, please clarify in the last sentence of the top paragraph on page 176 that your auditors issued a going concern paragraph in their report on your December 31, 2021 and 2020 consolidated financial statements expressing substantial doubt as to your ability to continue as a going concern.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages 22, 51, 52, 100 and 183 of the Registration Statement.
CH AUTO Inc. · filed 2023-03-03 · 0001213900-23-017237
SEC staff comment
25. You highlight certain conditions that cast doubt over your ability to continue as a going concern including your significant net current liability position and net losses in each of the periods presented and state that you are dependent on the undertaking of your shareholders to provide continuing financial support to enable you to meet your liabilities as and when they fall due. Please tell us how you concluded that these conditions were alleviated and explain why a going concern paragraph was not included in the report of your independent auditor.
The company responded
The Group’s independent auditor has advised the Company that a going concern paragraph is not included in its report for the following reasons: (1) the Group had positive operating cash flows in 2021 of $2,492,708; (2) the Group forecasted free cash flows of approximately $2,800,000 through 2023 and approximately $49,800,000 through 2025; and (3) the Group was preparing for an IPO at the time the financial statements were issued. Exhibits
ESGL Holdings Ltd · filed 2023-02-28 · 0001493152-23-006288
SEC staff comment
2. We note disclosure indicating there are 273,265 Bbls of proved undeveloped oil reserves as of February 28, 2022 that have remained undeveloped for a period greater than five years. The reasons that you identify for the extended period for conversion in your discussion on page 25 (e.g. depressed crude oil and natural gas prices and a lack of capital available for drilling), do not appear to support the reserve characterization when the period required for conversion is longer than five years. Based on your current financial condition, lack of capital available for drilling and going concern audit opinion, it is unclear that you have the financing as of February 28, 2022 necessary to develop your undeveloped reserves at this time. Please refer to Rule 4-10(a)(26) regarding the requirement to have the financing required to implement the project, Rule 4-10(a)(31)(ii) of Regulation S-X…
The company responded
We have reviewed the guidance provided under Rule 4-10(a)(26) and Rule 4-10(a)(31)(ii) of Regulation S-X concerning the reasonable expectation of financing availability to drill locations; and classifying undrilled locations as undeveloped oil and gas reserves within a five-year period; Item 1203(d) of Regulation S-K concerning reasons for lack of progress made to convert proved undeveloped reserves into proved developed reserves; and, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) question 131.03 concerning special circumstances for development of reserves in a period exceeding five years. We strive to follow the above mentioned guidance when we file our reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”). We do believe the February 28, 2022 10-K filing accurately presents the condition of the Company at February 28, 2022 and that the Company is correct in allowing…
DAYBREAK OIL & GAS, INC. · filed 2023-02-21 · 0001515971-23-000012
SEC staff comment
32. We note your disclosure here and in other instances in your filing (e.g. pages 149, 153 and F-48) which state that there are conditions that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. However, we do not note a reference to this fact or explanatory paragraph in the audit report on page F-58. Please advise. Refer to AU Section 341.
The company responded
The comment requests the response “Refer to AU Section 341”. This standard is not current and does not reflect any amendments effective on or after December 31, 2016. FGMK performed audit procedures in accordance with PCAOB Auditing Standard (“AS”) 2415: Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. The Company prepared its financial statements in accordance with FASB ASC 205-40. FGMK performed audit procedures on management’s assessment of the conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that may raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. FGMK’s procedures included an assessment of prior operating results, which included profitability and positive cash flow from operations and noted in discussions with management that the member debts could be renegotiated. The Company believes that management’s plans would…
Binah Capital Group, Inc. · filed 2023-02-10 · 0001104659-23-018655
SEC staff comment
10. Please revise the summary disclosure concerning Royalty to highlight the going concern determinations.
The company responded
The Summary has been revised in accordance with the Staff’s comment. Interests of Certain Persons in the Business Combination, page 23
American Acquisition Opportunity Inc. · filed 2023-02-03 · 0001654954-23-001290
SEC staff comment
57. The going concern paragraph of the audit report references management discussion about the ongoing losses in Note 2 to the financial statements. We are not able to locate the disclosure referenced. Please advise.
The company responded
Note 2 on page F-40 has been revised to include the disclosure referenced in the audit report. Benjamin Holt Jeffrey Gabor February 3, 2023 Page 13 Land Betterment Exchange (LBX), page F-48
American Acquisition Opportunity Inc. · filed 2023-02-03 · 0001654954-23-001290
SEC staff comment
2. Please include a risk factor that specifically discusses the substantial doubt over your ability to continue as a going concern. The audit report disclosure on page F-2 should be addressed as well as the substantial increase in your FY 22 operating cash flow deficit.
The company responded
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has accordingly revised page 15 of the Amendment. Risk Factors The offering price of the primary offering and resale offering could differ., page 36
Gelteq Ltd · filed 2023-02-03 · 0001213900-23-008079
SEC staff comment
1. We note your response to the second bullet of prior comment 4, which we reissue in part. Please further enhance your Summary Risks and Risk Factors by explicitly referencing your auditor’s issuance of a going concern opinion.
The company responded
We note the Staff’s comment, and in response thereto, respectfully advise the Staff that we have revised the disclosure on pages 5, 28, and 58 in the Registration Statement to highlight the auditor’s explanatory paragraph regarding our ability to continue as a going concern and described the material risks associated with the going concern opinion. Also, we have described the Company’s plans to satisfy its cash requirements for the next 12 months, and disclosed the potential consequences to our business if we are unable to raise additional financing. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Results of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, page 45
Cordyceps Sunshine Biotech Holdings Co., Ltd. · filed 2023-01-20 · 0001213900-23-004031
SEC staff comment
1. On page 29 you disclose that there is substantial doubt about your ability to continue as a going concern, yet we note that both the auditor report on page F-2 and footnotes to the audited financial statements beginning on page F-7 omit any mention of this uncertainty. Furthermore, in your Item 4.01 8-K filed on October 17, 2022 you state that the auditor report did include an uncertainty about your ability to continue as a going concern. Please advise.
The company responded
We respectfully advise the Staff that no going concern issue was identified and the Company inadvertently included the following statements in the Form 10-K and the Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2022 (the “Form 8-K”) respectively: ● “ As indicated in the accompanying financial statements, at December 31, 2021, we had approximately $1,365,181 in cash, and accrued liabilities of approximately $475,948. In the short term, we expect to incur costs in connection with consummating this offering. Thereafter, we expect to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our initial business combination plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. ” on page 29 of the Form 10-K. ● “ except that the audit report on the…
Inception Growth Acquisition Ltd · filed 2023-01-13 · 0001213900-23-002697
SEC staff comment
21. We note your auditor’s report includes a going concern modification. Please revise to provide the applicable disclosures required by either ASC 205-40-50-12 or ASC 205-40- 50-13.
The company responded
In response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has added requisite a note 25 on page F-36 of the Form-10 of Amendment No. 3. Note 2. Basis of Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements Significant Accounting Policies, page F-9
GlobalTech Corp · filed 2023-01-12 · 0001477932-23-000215