Company: ARBK
Filing Date: 2025-05-15
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-049311
Chunk: 146

Company: Argo Blockchain Plc
Filing Date: 2025-05-15
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 10
Chunk 146
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, if we were a PFIC or, with respect to particular U.S. Holder, were treated as a PFIC for the taxable year in which we paid a dividend or for the prior taxable year, the preferential dividend rates discussed above with respect to dividends paid to certain non-corporate U.S. Holders that would otherwise be eligible for taxation as qualified dividend income would not apply.
If a U.S. Holder owns ordinary shares or ADSs during any year in which we are a PFIC, the holder must file annual reports containing such information as the U.S. Treasury may require on IRS Form 8621 (or any successor form) with respect to us as well as any of our subsidiaries that are PFICs, with the holder’s federal income tax return for that year.

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U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisers concerning our potential PFIC status and the potential application of the PFIC rules to their investments in our ordinary shares or ADSs.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Payments of dividends and sales proceeds that are made within the United States or through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries are subject to certain information reporting requirements, and may be subject to backup withholding, unless (i) the U.S. Holder is a corporation or other exempt recipient or (ii) in the case of backup withholding, the U.S. Holder provides a correct taxpayer identification number and certifies under penalties of perjury that it is not subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax, and the amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a U.S. Holder will be allowed as a credit against the holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle it to a refund, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisers regarding the backup withholding tax and information reporting rules.
Information Reporting With Respect to Foreign Financial Assets
Certain U.S. Holders may be required to report information relating to an interest in “specified foreign financial assets,” which include an interest in our ordinary shares or ADSs, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for ordinary shares or ADSs held in accounts maintained by certain U.S. financial institutions). Persons who are required to report specified foreign financial assets and fail to do so may be subject to substantial penalties. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisers regarding the effect, if any, of this legislation on their ownership and disposition of the ordinary shares or ADSs.

F.   Dividends