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August 21, 2020
VIA EDGAR
Office of Manufacturing
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Mail Stop 4561
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Mr. John Cash, Accounting Branch Chief |
Mr. Kevin Stertzel, Senior Staff Accountant |
Mr. Jay Ingram, Legal Branch Chief |
Mr. Geoff Kruczek, Attorney |
Re: | XPENG INC. |
Registration Statement on Form F-1
CIK No. 0001810997
Dear Mr. Cash, Mr. Stertzel, Mr. Ingram and Mr. Kruczek:
On behalf of our client, XPeng Inc., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the Company), we are filing herewith an amendment (Amendment No. 2) to the Companys Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the Registration Statement) via EDGAR with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
For your easy reference, we are providing you by overnight delivery five (5) copies of this letter as well as the Registration Statement, which has been marked to show changes to the Companys Registration Statement filed with the Commission on August 11, 2020 (the August 11 Filing).
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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August 21, 2020 |
Set forth below is the Companys response to the Staffs comment conveyed to us on August 13, 2020. The Staffs comment is retyped in bold italics below for your ease of reference. We have included page number to refer to the location in Amendment No. 2 where the disclosure addressing the comment appears.
The risk factor on page 45 refers to a dual-class structure, but the latest revisions indicate that there are three classes of ordinary shares outstanding; please revise the risk factor to reflect the three classes.
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has revised the referenced disclosure on page 45 of the Amendment No. 2.
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If you have any question regarding the Registration Statement, please do not hesitate to contact me at +852-2514-7620 (work), +852-6588-7136 (mobile) or ygao@stblaw.com (email), Kevin P. Kennedy at + 1-650-251-5130 (work), +1-650-868-1776 (mobile) or kkennedy@stblaw.com (email), or Kai Fan at +852-2514-7515 (work), +852-6139-9879 (mobile) or kfan@stblaw.com (email).
Questions pertaining to accounting and auditing matters may also be directed to Alex Chan at +86-20-3819-2385 (work) or alex.p.chan@cn.pwc.com (email) or Alex Du at +86-20-3819-2558 (work) or alex.du@cn.pwc.com (email) of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Yi Gao |
Yi Gao |
cc: | XPeng Inc. |
Xiaopeng He, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Kevin Kennedy
Kai Fan
Latham & Watkins LLP
Benjamin Su
Daying Zhang
PricewaterhouseCooper Zhong Tian LLP
Alex Chan
Alex Du
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