Exhibit 99.7
January 8, 2024
Via EDGAR
Division of Corporate Finance
Office of Technology
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Attn: | | Mr. Dave Edgar Ms. Christine Dietz Ms. Lauren Pierce Mr. Matthew Crispino |
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Re: | | Lucas GC Ltd. Registration Statement on Form F-1 CIK No. 0001954694 |
| | Request for Waiver and Representation under Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F |
Dear Mr. Edgar, Ms. Dietz, Ms. Pierce, and Mr. Crispino:
The undersigned, Lucas GC Limited, a foreign private issuer organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), is submitting this letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, as amended, initially filed on February 28, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to a proposed initial public offering and listing of the Company’s ordinary shares in the United States.
The Company has included in the Registration Statement its audited consolidated financial statements, prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and for each of the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and unaudited interim consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2023, and for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023.
The Company respectfully requests that the Commission waive the requirement of Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F, which states that in the case of a company’s initial public offering, the registration statement on Form F-1 must contain audited financial statements of a date not older than 12 months from the date of the offering (the “12-Month Requirement”). See also Division of Corporation Finance, Financial Reporting Manual, Section 6220.3.
The Company is submitting this waiver request pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F, which provides that the Commission will waive the 12-Month Requirement “in cases where the company is able to represent adequately to us that it is not required to comply with this requirement in any other jurisdiction outside the United States and that complying with this requirement is impracticable or involves undue hardship.” See also the 2004 release entitled International Reporting and Disclosure Issues in the Division of Corporation Finance (available on the Commission’s website at