Company: NOAH
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000852
Chunk: 156

Company: NOAH HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 156
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 directly liable persons-in-charge and other directly liable persons would be each fined up to RMB 5 million.

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On February 24, 2023, the CSRC, the National Administration of State Secrets Protection, the National Archives Administration of China and the MOF jointly promulgated the Provisions on Strengthening the Confidentiality and Archives Administration Related to Overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities by Domestic Enterprises, which came into effect on March 31, 2023, together with the Filing Measures, and replaced the Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration in Overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities issued in 2009. The provisions aim to develop a gatekeeping mechanism in provision of information by domestic enterprises to the relevant securities companies, securities service institutions, overseas regulatory authorities or other entity or individual, so as to prevent sensitive information from leakage and prescribe protective protocols for any residual sensitive information that still has to be provided. The provisions apply to both domestic issuer applying to or having completed direct overseas offering or listing and domestic operating entity of the issuer applying to or having completed indirect overseas offering or listing.
U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commonly referred to as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, withholding at a rate of 30% will generally be required on certain non-U.S. entities (including investment funds and non-U.S. entities acting as intermediaries). In general, the 30% withholding tax applies to certain payments made to a non-U.S. entity unless (i) the non-U.S. entity is a “foreign financial institution” and the non-U.S. entity undertakes certain due diligence, reporting, withholding, and certification obligations, (ii) the non-U.S. entity is a “nonfinancial foreign entity” and the non-U.S. entity identifies certain of its U.S. investors or provides certification that it does not have any such investors, or (iii) the non-U.S. entity is otherwise exempt from FATCA. An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and another country may also modify these requirements. The Cayman Islands has entered into a Model 1 intergovernmental agreement with the United States, which gives effect to the automatic tax information exchange requirements of FATCA, and a similar intergovernmental agreement with the United Kingdom. We will be required to comply with the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority Act (