Company: LICN
Filing Date: 2025-01-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001213900-25-007741
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Company: Lichen International Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-01-29
Form: 424B5
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 is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as
the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may also at its discretion restrict access in the future
to foreign currencies for current account transactions. Current PRC regulations permit our PRC subsidiaries to pay dividends to the Company
only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. As of the date
of this prospectus, there are no restrictions or limitations imposed by the Hong Kong government on the transfer of capital within, into
and out of Hong Kong (including funds from Hong Kong to the PRC), except for transfer of funds involving money laundering and criminal
activities. Cayman Islands law prescribes that a company may only pay dividends out of its profits. Other than that, there is no restrictions
on Lichen China Limited’s ability to transfer cash to investors. See “Risk Factors - Risks Related to Doing Business in China
- To the extent cash or assets in the business is in the PRC or Hong Kong or a PRC or Hong Kong entity, the funds or assets may not be
available to fund operations or for other use outside of the PRC or Hong Kong due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions
and limitations on the ability of us or our subsidiaries by the PRC government to transfer cash or assets,” “Risk Factors
- Risks Related to Doing Business in China - We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our PRC subsidiaries to fund
any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our PRC subsidiaries to make payments to us could
have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business,” and “Risk Factors - Risks Related to Doing Business
in China - Our PRC subsidiaries are subject to restrictions on paying dividends or making other payments to us, which may have a material
adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.”

As
a holding company, we may rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our subsidiaries, including those based in the PRC,
for our cash and financing requirements. If any of our PRC subsidiaries incurs debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing
such debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends to us. Lichen China Limited is permitted under the laws of the Cayman Islands to
provide funding to our subsidiaries incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong through loans or capital contributions