Company: NOAH
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000852
Chunk: 4

Company: NOAH HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 4
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 and regulations in the future. Furthermore, some of the government policies are not published or not on a timely basis and we may not be aware of our potential violation of these policies and rules as the result. For a detailed description of the related risks, see “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—PRC governmental authorities’ complex regulatory requirements on offerings conducted overseas by, and foreign investment in, China-based issuers could limit or hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and result in a material adverse change in our operations and the value of our ADSs.”
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The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act
Pursuant to the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which was enacted on December 18, 2020 and further amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 signed into law on December 29, 2022, or the HFCAA, if the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, determines that we have filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspections by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB, for two consecutive years, the SEC will prohibit our shares or the ADSs from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States. On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a report to notify the SEC of its determination that the PCAOB was unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong, including our auditor. In May 2022, the SEC conclusively listed us as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA following the filing of our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB issued a report that vacated its December 16, 2021 determination and removed mainland China and Hong Kong from the list of jurisdictions where it is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms. For this reason, we were not identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA after we filed our annual report on Form 20-F for the previous fiscal year and do not expect to be so identified after we file this annual report on Form 20-F. Each year, the PCAOB will determine whether it can inspect and investigate completely audit firms in mainland China and Hong Kong, among other jurisdictions. If