Company: NOAH
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000852
Chunk: 161

Company: NOAH HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 161
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 is prohibited from declaring and paying any dividend without Noah Group’s prior consent. The term of this exclusive option agreement is ten years and will be automatically renewed upon expiration of each ten-year period if there has been no objection by the parties thereunder. In June 2022, the Registered Shareholders have amended the Exclusive Option Agreement, removing the above ten-year term and the automatic renewal arrangement, upon which the Exclusive Option Agreement will remain effective without subject to the consent of the parties thereunder until all of the equity interests held by the Registered Shareholders in Noah Investment have been transferred to Noah Group or its designee according to the terms and conditions thereunder.
Exclusive Support Service Agreement. Pursuant to the exclusive support service agreement entered into by Noah Investment and Noah Group in September 2007, or the Exclusive Support Service Agreement, Noah Investment engages Noah Group as its exclusive technical and operational consultant to support Noah Investment’s operational activities. Noah Group has agreed to provide certain support services to Noah Investment, including client management, technical and operational support and other services, for which Noah Investment has agreed to pay to Noah Group service fees determined based on actual services provided, which shall be the income of Noah Investment, less (i) expenses and costs, and (ii) the License Fee (as defined below). Noah Group is also obligated to grant Noah Investment licenses to use certain intellectual property rights, for which Noah Investment has agreed to pay license fees, or the License Fee, at the rates set by the board of Noah Group. The term of the Exclusive Support Service Agreement is ten years and will be automatically renewed upon expiration of each ten-year period if no objection by each party thereunder. In June 2022, Noah Investment and the Registered Shareholders have amended the Exclusive Support Service Agreement, removing the above ten year term and the automatic renewal arrangement, upon which the Exclusive Support Service Agreement will remain effective without subject to the consent of the parties thereunder until all of the equity interests held by the Registered Shareholders in Noah Investment have been transferred to Noah Group or its designee according to the Exclusive Option Agreement.
Share Pledge Agreement. Pursuant to the share pledge agreement entered into by each of the Registered Shareholders and Noah Group in September 2007, or the Share Pledge Agreement, the Registered Shareholders pledged all of their equity interests in Noah Investment, or the Pledge Equity Interests, to Noah Group as collateral to secure their obligations under the Exclusive Option Agreement. and Noah Investment’s obligations under the Exclusive Support Service Agreement. In the case that Noah Investment