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Barry J. Miller PLLC

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West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322

 

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E-Mail: bjmiller@bjmpllc.com

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

April 27, 2023

 

Re: Cannabis Bioscience International Holdings, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-267039) – Amendment No. 2

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

On behalf of my client, Cannabis Bioscience International Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), I am responding to the comments from your Staff (the “Staff”) relating to Amendment No. 1 to the referenced Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) contained in the Staff’s letter dated February 8, 2023. In response to these comments, the Company has revised the Registration Statement and has filed a revised draft of the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement also contains certain additional updates and revisions.

 

Set forth below is the Company’s response to the Staff’s comments. For convenience, the Staff’s comments are repeated below in italics, followed by the Company’s response and a summary of the responsive actions taken.

 

Cover Page

 

1.Please revise to include the prospectus “subject to completion” legend pursuant to Item 501(b)(10) of Regulation S-K. Also revise to disclose that Dante Picazo, the Chief Executive Officer, will have voting control of the company even after this offering, including the ability to elect directors.

 

Response:

 

The Company has revised in accordance with your comment.

 

Risk Factors, page 7

 

2.We note your disclosure on page 17, and elsewhere in your registration statement, that you have operations and employees in jurisdictions other than the United States. However, your risk factor on page 9 addressing the legality of being associated with the cannabis trade is focused on US federal law. Please also include risk factor disclosure to address the risks, if any, posed by the legality and regulation of cannabis in the other federal jurisdictions in which you operate. We also note your disclosure on page 36 that you operate in the states of Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia, as well as Puerto Rico. Please include disclosure that describes the relevant cannabis-related state/territory laws of each of the states/territories in which you operate, as well as risk factor disclosure that addresses the associated risks of participating in the cannabis industry in each such state/territory given such laws.

 

 

 

 

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Response:

 

The Company believes that the comment does not take account of the fact that, while it are part of the cannabis industry, it is not in the business of growing or selling cannabis or of manufacturing or selling cannabis-related paraphernalia. In addition, as revised disclosure indicates, the Company is operating only in the state of Texas and its activities there comprise only seminar and classroom teaching. As the risk factor states, the Company is subject to indirect risk principally because its customers’ activities, if illegal, could adversely affect its ability to collect amounts that they owe. To date, this risk has not materialized. In that light, the Company has not revised to provide disclosure as to the laws of Texas, the only state in which it is currently operating, or other jurisdictions in which it may operate, as they do not prohibit any of its present or planned activities.

 

However, the Company has further revised the disclosure to take account of the possibility that state and foreign laws could adversely affect its clients directly and it indirectly through them.

 

We May be Affected by Inflation., page 9

 

3.You state that you may have experienced inflationary pressures or rising costs. Please update this risk factor if inflationary pressures are no longer hypothetical. In addition, if true, please expand to identify the principal factor contributing to the inflationary pressures you have experienced and clarify the resulting impact on you and, to the extent applicable, to your customers.

 

The Company has made changes that are responsive to the comment.

 

We May be Affected by Increasing Interest Rates., page 9

 

4.Please expand your discussion of interest rates to identify the impact that rate increases have had on your operations and business. For example, please update your disclosure to the extent this risk is no longer hypothetical. In addition, please discuss whether you expect to increase prices or otherwise pass along any increased costs to your customers.

 

Response:

 

The Company has made changes that are responsive to the comment.

 

Use of Proceeds, page 22

 

5.We note that in the first line item under “Alpha Research Institute” you intend to increase employees “from 6 to 35.” However, on page 40 you state that you already employ more than 20 full- or part-time investigators. Please reconcile these differences, as well as revise the disclosure in the Business section to provide the total number of full-time and parttime employees that you employ. Refer to Item 101(h)(4)(xii) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

 

 

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Response:

 

The Company has made changes that are responsive to the comment.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 31

 

6.We note the balance of accounts receivable at August 31, 2022 was 31.4% of the amount of revenue generated for the three months then ended. Please explain to us, and disclose as appropriate, the reason for this apparent relatively high relationship. Also explain the impacts on your operating cash flow of carrying such a high balance of accounts receivable, whether you have any concerns on the collectability of the balance, and your expectations on when the balance will be collected.

 

Response:

 

The Company has added a disclosure in response to the comment.

 

Description of Business

 

History, page 33

 

7.In this section, you disclose that “No information about the Company is available from early 2012 to early 2015, but the current management believes that the Company was dormant during that period.” However, we note that you have made a number of Exchange Act filings during this period. Please reconcile this with your disclosure that no information is available. Also include in this section a summary of the company’s historic reporting, registration and trading activity; include risk factor disclosure discussing the risks to investors and the company associated with the company’s historical record of not timely filing reports and/or being a delinquent filer.

 

Response:

 

Examination of the filings with the Commission during the 2012-15 period will show that the last report related to the Company’s operations was filed in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on April 20, 2012. In 2013 and 2014, amendments to Schedule 13G were filed by a shareholder group, but, although they appear in the list of filings related to the Company, they are not its filings. Of the filings made in 2015, one was a report of the election of a director and the other a notice of suspension of the Company’s duty to report. Neither contained information about the Company’s business, financial position or operations. Thus, it believes that the quoted statement was essentially correct. However, in light of the comment, the Company has made clarifying revisions.

The Company has added a risk factor regarding risks to investors and the company associated with the company’s historical record of not timely filing reports and/or being a delinquent filer.

 

Business, page 34

 

8.We note that on page 12 you disclose that you derive the majority of your revenues from a few customers. Please disclose in this section the number of customers on which you rely and the percentage of your revenue derived from such customers. File your agreements with these customers as exhibits, or tell us why you are not required to do so. Refer to Items 101(h)(4)(vi) and 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

 

 

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Response:

 

The Company has added disclosure on page 47 under the caption “Concentration of Revenues” and cross-referenced the disclosure on page 12 to it.

The Company has filed relevant agreements as additional exhibits.

 

Expanding Legalization of Cannabis, page 35

 

9.We note your disclosure that “there is no guarantee that the FDA will find our products safe or effective or grant us the required approvals under the FDCA.” Please clarify what is meant by “our products” as elsewhere in the registration statement you disclose that you sell no cannabis related products.

 

Response:

 

The Company has removed this language.

 

Educational Services, page 37

 

10.You disclose that “students receive a certification of completion to indicate they are certified to work in the relevant field.” However, we note that on page 36 you disclose that Pharmacology University has no public or private accreditation. Please revise to clarify, if true, that these are not certifications of a student’s ability to work in a particular field, but certificates that recognize completion of a non-accredited class or continuing education requirement.

 

Response:

 

The Company has revised in line with your comment.

 

Franchising, page 39

 

We note your disclosure that you had four franchisees that produced revenue of $28,202 and $34,000 in the years ended May 31, 2021 and May 31, 2020, respectively, but that they have produced no revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please update this disclosure for the year ended May 31, 2022 and the period required to be reflected in your financial statements, and to clarify how the COVID-19 pandemic reduced revenue to zero starting on April 1, 2021, despite the fact the pandemic began in March 2020.

 

Response:

 

The Company has revised the disclosure under this caption.

 

Summary Compensation Table, page 45

 

11.We note that in your disclosure above the Summary Compensation Table you say that the table covers your fiscal years ended May 31, 2022 and May 31, 2021. However, the year column in the table references 2021 and 2020. Please clarify this discrepancy.

 

 

 

 

 

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Response:

 

The Company has updated the table.

 

Plan of Distribution, page 61

 

12.We note your disclosure that you “may” sell the offered securities (i) through underwriting, (ii) directly or (iii) through agents, however later you say that the “offering will be conducted by the executive officers of the Company.” Please clarify your disclosure here and on the cover page as to what method of distribution you are utilizing for this registration statement. Refer to Item 508 of Regulation S-K. It is unclear why you refer in this section to prospectus supplements for a “particular offering” of common stock, as the offerings of the company and its selling shareholders are contained in this prospectus and changes to your plan of distribution likely will require filing of posteffective amendments; please delete such references throughout this section. Please delete subsection (ii) in the second paragraph of this section, as you are selling at a fixed price. Revise your statement that you “may offer unregistered shares of Common Stock to investors in private placements at prices per share that may be higher or lower than the public offering price” to clarify that this may be done only if federal securities laws, including Rule 152 under the Securities Act, permit you to do so. Delete your statement that underwriters engaged by the selling stockholders “may resell the Common Stock in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale,” as this offering is being made at a fixed price. Please delete your discussion of market making activities and hedging transactions given that you are selling at a fixed price, or tell us why such disclosure is appropriate.

 

Response:

 

The Company has made revisions in accordance with your comment.

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations, page F-17

 

13.It appears you have omitted Cost of Revenue for the year ended May 31, 2021. Please revise to include the amount disclosed on page F-26.

 

Response:

 

The Company has revised in accordance with your comment and made corrections to the statement of operations.

 

Note 1 - Organization and Business

 

Revenue Recognition, page F-21

 

14.Please disclose the significant payment terms on your contracts, such as when payment typically is due and whether the contract has a significant financing component. Refer to ASC 606-10-50-12. This comment also applies to the interim financial statements.

 

Response:

 

The Company has made this disclosure on pages F-6 and F-22.

 

15.Please disclose how you account for contract modifications.

 

 

 

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Response:

 

The Company has made this disclosure in general terms on pages F-6 and F-22. However, because contract modifications are sui generis, the Company is unable to state in advance how a particular modification would be accounted for.

 

16.Please disclose, as applicable, information about remaining performance obligations at the end of the period in accordance with ASC 606-10-50-13.

 

Response:

 

The Company believes that the discussion under “Revenue Recognition” on pages F-6 and F-22 now properly addresses this comment.

 

Annual Financial Statements

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 4 - Debt

Short-Term Loans, page F-25

 

17.Please disclose how you account for the sale of future receivables and the related accounting guidance you followed.

 

The Company has revised Note 4 – Short-Term Loans on pages F-9 and F-26 in light of the comment.

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

18.Please revise the legality opinion to reflect the accurate number of shares being registered in the primary and secondary offerings.

 

Response:

 

A new opinion responsive to this comment has been filed.

 

General

 

19.Please update your disclosure throughout to provide information as of the date of the registration statement, or the most recent practicable date, as applicable. As examples only, we note that the last risk factor on page 15 speaks as of May 31, 2021; the third risk factor on page 10 refers to the House of Representative’s “most recent term” as being the 117th Congress; the industry-related disclosures throughout the prospectus, particularly in the Description of Business-Businesses section, are not current; and disclosure on page 43 references a lease that expired on September 30, 2022. In addition, your descriptions of the Alpha Sleep and Fertility Center throughout the prospectus do not refer to fertility treatments or assessments; please revise for clarity.

 

 

 

 

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Response:

 

The Company has updated the disclosure on cannabis and legislation related thereto but note that industry data for the cannabis industry for 2022-23 is sparse.

 

The Company has made changes throughout to clarify that the Sleep Center does not diagnose or treat fertility problems.

 

20.Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf, present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies of the communications. Please contact the staff member associated with the review of this filing to discuss how to submit the materials, if any, to us for our review.

 

Response:

 

There are no such communications.

 

21.We note your disclosure throughout the prospectus that you have not been able to resume classroom teaching and seminars, consulting services, and franchising and marketing efforts due to the effects of and restrictions related to COVID-19. However, this disclosure does not appear to account for the widespread elimination or relaxation of such restrictions that has taken place across the world, particularly in the last year. If you continue to believe that COVID-19 restrictions prevent you from resuming normal operations, please more specifically describe which restrictions in which countries you are referencing and how they continue to impact your business. Update your disclosure on page 39 that you intend to resume in-person teaching during the year ended May 31, 2023 to account for the steps you have taken toward that goal and the likelihood that you will achieve it.

 

Response:

 

The Company has added disclosure responsive to the comment throughout the Registration Statement.

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding the foregoing or if I can provide any additional information.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Barry J. Miller

Barry J. Miller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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