Company: NTCL
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: F-3
Source: 0001104659-25-124826
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Company: NetClass Technology Inc
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: F-3
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 we may face the same legal and operational risks associated with operating in the PRC. If there is a significant change to current political arrangements between mainland China and Hong Kong, or if the applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations change, the Hong Kong Subsidiaries may become subject to PRC laws or authorities. As a result, the Hong Kong Subsidiaries could incur material costs to ensure compliance, be subject to fines, experience devaluation of securities or delisting, no longer be able to conduct offerings to foreign investors, no longer be permitted to continue their current business operations and/or face restrictions in their conduct of business to which they have not hitherto been subject. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong — There are some political risks associated with conducting business in Hong Kong” and “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong — The PRC laws and regulations that apply or are to be applied to Hong Kong, and the enforcement of the same, can change quickly with little or no advance notice. As a result, the Hong Kong legal system embodies uncertainties which could limit the availability of legal protections, which could result in a material change in the Hong Kong Subsidiaries’ operations and/or the value of our securities” on page 23 of the 2024 Annual Report. The main legislation in Hong Kong concerning data privacy is the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “PDPO”), which regulates the collection, usage, storage, and transfer of personal data and imposes a statutory duty on data users to comply with the six data protection principles contained therein. We confirm that, to the best of our knowledge, information and belief, as of the date of this prospectus, each of the Hong Kong Subsidiaries has complied with the laws and requirements in respect of data privacy in Hong Kong. However, the laws on data privacy are constantly evolving and may be subject to varying interpretations, resulting in uncertainties about the scope of our responsibilities in that regard. Failure to comply with the data privacy requirements in a timely manner, or at all, may subject us or the Hong Kong Subsidiaries to various potential consequences, including government enforcement actions and investigations, fines, penalties, imprisonment and suspension or disruption of the Hong Kong Subsidiaries’ operations, as well as potential civil proceedings. In addition, the Competition Ordinance (Chapter 619 of the Laws of Hong Kong) prohibits and deters undertakings in