January 2, 2025
Yu Qu
Chief Financial Officer
NIO Inc.
Building 19, No. 1355, Caobao Road
Minhang District, Shanghai 201804
People s Republic of China
Re: NIO Inc.
Schedule TO-I filed December 26, 2024
File No. 005-90661
Dear Yu Qu:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In some of
our
comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your
disclosure.
Please respond to these comments by providing the requested information
or advise us
as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments
apply to your
facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional
comments.
Schedule TO-I filed December 26, 2024; Repurchase Right Notice
General
1. We note the disclosure that the offer period began on December 30, 2024.
However,
the Repurchase Right Notice was filed on December 26, 2024 and included
as Annex
A a Repurchase Notice that certain note holders may use to tender.
Please advise how
this is consistent with the Company's obligations under Rule 13e-4(e).
See also CDI
101.04 under "Tender Offer Rules and Schedules" available on our website
at
www.sec.gov.
Information Concerning the Notes, page 7
2. Refer to the following sentence on page 7: "If we extend the offer
period, we will
publicly disclose the new expiration date by filing an amendment to the
Schedule
TO and/or by issuing a press release" (emphasis added). As written, this
implies that,
if the offer period is extended, the Company may either file an
amendment to the
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Schedule TO or issue a press release but need not take both actions.
Please revise,
here as well as relevant parts of the Summary Term Sheet, to omit "or"
from the
sentence, or advise. See Rules 13e-4(c)(1) and (3).
3. We note the disclosure on pages 2 and 9 that the Company may, at its
option, redeem
for cash all or part of the Notes on or after February 6, 2025, subject
to the provisions
of the Indenture. Please advise how redemptions during the period ten
business days
after the expiration of the offer would be consistent with Rule
13e-4(f)(6)(i). If no
redemptions will occur during that period, please revise to so state.
Procedures to Be Followed by Holders Electing to Exercise the Repurchase Right,
page 10
4. Refer to the disclosure on page 10 that, by "exercising the Repurchase
Right with
respect to any portion of your Notes," a holder "release[s] and
discharge[s] the
Company and its directors, officers, employees, and affiliates from any
and all claims
[the note holder] may now have, or may have in the future, arising out
of, or related
to, the Notes." Please revise to clarify, if true, that the waiver does
not include claims
arising under federal securities laws, or advise.
Right of Withdrawal, page 13
5. We note your reference on page 13 to Rule 13e-4(f)(2)(ii), but January
30, 2025, does
not appear to be the 40th business day from the commencement of the
offer. Please
revise.
6. On page 13, you state the following: "We will determine all questions as
to the
validity, form and eligibility, including time of receipt, of notices of
withdrawal."
Please revise this statement to include a qualifier indicating that note
holders are not
foreclosed from challenging the Company s determination in a court of
competent
jurisdiction.
Plans or Proposals of the Company, page 14
7. We note your disclosure on page 14 that [e]xcept as publicly
disclosed on or prior to
the date of this Repurchase Right Notice, neither the Company nor its
directors and
executive officers currently has any plans, proposals, or negotiations
that would be
material to a Holder s decision to exercise the Repurchase Right
(emphasis added).
Please revise this section to remove this qualifying language and
describe (or
specifically incorporate by reference) any of the Company's plans,
proposals or
negotiations. See Instruction E to Schedule TO and Item 1006(c) of
Regulation M-A.
Additional Information, page 17
8. Please omit the reference on page 17 to a "Public Reference Section of
the SEC"
where documents may be inspected. The SEC no longer provides a physical
space for
inspection and copying of filings.
We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy
of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence
of action by
the staff.
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Please direct any questions to Blake Grady at 202-551-8573.
Sincerely,
Division of
Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers &
Acquisitions