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EDWARD H.P. LAM ¨* |
TEL: (852) 3740-4700 |
HOUSTON |
G.S. PAUL MITCHARD QC ¨ |
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LOS ANGELES |
CLIVE W. ROUGH ¨ |
www.skadden.com |
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ALEC P. TRACY * |
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FRANKFURT |
WILL H. CAI (CALIFORNIA) |
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LONDON |
Z. JULIE GAO (CALIFORNIA) |
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MOSCOW |
BRADLEY A. KLEIN (ILLINOIS) |
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MUNICH |
RORY MCALPINE (ENGLAND & WALES) |
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PARIS |
GREGORY G.H. MIAO (NEW YORK) |
May 9, 2014 |
SÃO PAULO |
ALAN G. SCHIFFMAN (NEW YORK) |
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VIA EDGAR
Mara L. Ransom, Assistant Director
Daniel Porco, Staff Attorney
William Thompson, Accounting Branch Chief
Anthony Watson, Staff Accountant
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: JD.com, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-193650)
Response to the Comment Letter Dated April 23, 2014
Dear Ms. Ransom, Mr. Porco, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Watson:
On behalf of our client, JD.com, Inc., a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the Company), we submit to the staff (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) this letter setting forth the Companys responses to the comments contained in the Staffs letter dated April 23, 2014. Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is filing its amended registration statement on Form F-1, including the estimated offering size and price range (the Amended Registration Statement), and certain exhibits via EDGAR.
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it will commence the marketing activities in connection with the offering immediately and plans to request the Staffs declaration of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on or about May 20, 2014. The Company would greatly appreciate the Staffs continuing assistance and support in meeting this timetable.
To facilitate your review, we have separately delivered to you today five courtesy copies of the Amended Registration Statement, marked to show changes to the draft registration statement publicly filed with the Commission on March 19, 2014, and two copies of the submitted exhibits.
The Staffs comment is repeated below in bold and is followed by the Companys response. We have included page references in the Amended Registration Statement where the language addressing a particular comment appears. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Amended Registration Statement.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements, page P-1
1. Basis of Pro Forma Presentation, page P-7
1. We reviewed your response to comment 17 in our letter dated April 9, 2014 and the revisions to your disclosure. Please tell us why you did not reflect the transaction costs related to the acquisition of the Combined Platform Business in the balance sheet as of December 31, 2013.
In response to the Staffs comment, the Company has revised the disclosure on pages P-4, P-5 and P-13.
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If you have any questions regarding the Amended Registration Statement, please contact the undersigned by phone at +852-3740-4863 or by e-mail at julie.gao@skadden.com. Questions pertaining to accounting and auditing matters may be directed to the audit engagement partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, Geoffrey Wang, by telephone at +86 10 6533-2928, or by email at geoffrey.wang@cn.pwc.com. PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP is the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company.
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/s/ Z. Julie Gao | |
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Very truly yours, | |
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Z. Julie Gao | |
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Enclosures |
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Richard Qiangdong Liu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JD.com, Inc. | |
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Sidney Xuande Huang, Chief Financial Officer, JD.com, Inc. | |
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Geoffrey Wang, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP | |
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James C. Lin, Esq., Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | |