Company: NCL
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001575872-25-000059
Chunk: 51

Company: Northann Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 51
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 control arrangement. In the future, we may grow our business by acquiring complementary businesses. Complying with the
requirements of the above-mentioned regulations and other relevant rules to complete such transactions could be time consuming, and any
required approval processes, including obtaining approval from MOFCOM or its local counterparts may delay or inhibit our ability to complete
such transactions. It is clear that our business would not be deemed to be in an industry that raises “national defense and security”
or “national security” concerns. MOFCOM or other government agencies, however, may publish explanations in the future determining
that our business is in an industry subject to the security review, in which case our future acquisitions in the PRC, including those
by way of entering into contractual control arrangements with target entities, may be closely scrutinized or prohibited. Our ability to
expand our business or maintain or expand our market share through future acquisitions would as such be materially and adversely affected.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock, this Offering, and Our Status as a Public Company

Our common stock may be delisted or prohibited from being traded on a national exchange under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCA Act”) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, if the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) is unable to inspect our auditors for two consecutive years. The delisting of our common stock, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.

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On May 20, 2020, the
U.S. Senate passed the HFCA Act requiring a foreign company to certify it is not owned or controlled by a foreign government if the PCAOB
is unable to audit specified reports because the company uses a foreign auditor not subject to PCAOB inspection. If the PCAOB is unable
to inspect the company’s auditors for three consecutive years, the issuer’s securities are prohibited to trade on a national
exchange. On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the HFCA Act. On December 18, 2020, the HFCA Act was signed
into law.

On March 24, 2021, the
SEC announced the adoption of interim final amendments to implement the submission and disclosure requirements of the HFCA Act. In the
announcement, the SEC clarifies that before any issuer will have to comply with the interim final amendments, the SEC must implement a
process for