Company: DDC
Filing Date: 2025-07-22
Form Type: F-3
Source: 0001213900-25-066338
Chunk: 157

Company: DDC Enterprise Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-07-22
Form: F-3
Chunk 157
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 extensive than the
forms available to a foreign private issuer. We will also have to mandatorily comply with U.S. federal proxy requirements, and our
officers, directors and principal shareholders will become subject to the short-swing profit disclosure and recovery provisions of Section 16
of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will lose our ability to rely upon exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements
under the NYSE rules. As a U.S. listed public company that is not a foreign private issuer, we will incur significant additional
legal, accounting and other expenses that we will not incur as a foreign private issuer, and accounting, reporting and other expenses
in order to maintain a listing on a U.S. securities exchange.

Failure to comply with anticorruption and anti-money laundering laws, including the FCPA and similar laws associated with activities outside of the United States, could subject us to penalties and other adverse consequences.

We are subject to the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq., referred to as the FCPA, the U.S. domestic
bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C. § 201, the U.S. Travel Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, the UK Bribery Act, and possibly other
anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in countries in which we conduct activities. We face significant risks if we fail to comply
with the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws that prohibit companies and their employees and third-party intermediaries from promising,
authorizing, offering, or providing, directly or indirectly, improper payments or benefits to foreign government officials, political
parties, and private-sector recipients for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business, directing business to any person, or securing
any advantage. Any violation of the FCPA, other applicable anti-corruption laws, and anti-money laundering laws could result in whistleblower
complaints, adverse media coverage, investigations, loss of export privileges, or severe criminal or civil sanctions, which could have
a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, operating results, and prospects. In addition, responding to any enforcement action
may result in a significant diversion of management’s attention and resources, significant defense costs, and other professional
fees.

We expect to incur significant additional costs as a result of being a public company, which may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Upon