Company: ATMCW
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-004801
Chunk: 1784

Company: ALPHATIME ACQUISITION CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 1784
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for the issuance of RMB entrusted loans, the repayment of inter-enterprise loans or the repayment of bank loans that have been transferred
to a third party. Although SAFE Circular 19 allows RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested
enterprise to be used for equity investments within the PRC, it also reiterates the principle that RMB converted from the foreign currency-denominated
capital of a foreign-invested company may not be directly or indirectly used for purposes beyond its business scope. Thus, it is unclear
whether the SAFE will permit such capital to be used for equity investments in the PRC in actual practice. The SAFE promulgated the Notice
of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming and Standardizing the Foreign Exchange Settlement Management Policy of Capital
Account, or SAFE Circular 16, effective on June 9, 2016, which reiterates some of the rules set forth in SAFE Circular 19, but changes
the prohibition against using RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company
to issue RMB entrusted loans to a prohibition against using such capital to grant loans to non-associated enterprises. Violations of
SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 could result in administrative penalties. SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 may significantly
limit our ability to transfer any foreign currency we hold, including the net proceeds from our Initial Public Offering, to our PRC entity,
which may adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business in the PRC.

In
light of the various requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to, and direct investment in, PRC entities by offshore holding
companies, and the fact that the PRC government may at its discretion restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions
in the future, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government
approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future loans by us to our PRC entity or with respect to future capital contributions
by us to our PRC entity. If we merge with a China-based operating company, and if we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such
approvals, our ability to use the proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and to capitalize or otherwise fund our PRC operations may
be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.