360 DigiTech Provides Update on the Status Under Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act
May 05 2022 - 09:02AM
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360 DigiTech, Inc. (QFIN) (“360 DigiTech” or the “Company”), a
leading financial technology platform in China, today provided an
update on its status under the Holding Foreign Companies
Accountable Act (the "HFCAA"). The Company was provisionally named
by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
as a Commission-Identified Issuer, among other around 80 U.S.
listed companies with business operations in China, on May 4, 2022
U.S. Eastern Time, following the Company's filing of the annual
report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
with the SEC on April 28, 2022.
The Company understands that this identification
under the HFCAA and its implementation rules issued thereunder
indicates that the SEC determines that the Company used a
registered public accounting firm whose working paper cannot be
inspected or investigated completely by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board of the United States (the "PCAOB") to
issue the audit opinion for its financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2021.
In accordance with the HFCAA, the SEC shall
prohibit a company's shares or American depositary shares ("ADSs")
from being traded on a national stock exchange or in the
over-the-counter trading market in the United States if the company
has been identified by the SEC for three consecutive years due to
PCAOB's inability to inspect the registered public accounting
firm’s working paper.
The Company has been actively exploring possible
solutions to protect the interest of its stakeholders. The Company
will continue to monitor the process of the resolution of such
issues between regulators in China and the United States and comply
with applicable laws and regulations in both China and the United
States.
About 360 DigiTech
360 DigiTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: QFIN) (“360
DigiTech” or the “Company”) is a leading financial technology
platform. Through its platform the Company enables financial
institutions to provide better and targeted products and services
to a broader consumer base. The Company also offers standardized
risk management service, in the form of SaaS modules to
institutional clients. When coupled with its partnership with 360
Group, the Company’s solutions created noticeable advantages in
customer acquisition, funding optimization, risk assessment and
post-lending management.
For more information, please visit:
ir.360shuke.com
Safe Harbor Statement
Any forward-looking statements contained in this
announcement are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the
U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as
"will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans,"
"believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things,
the business outlook and quotations from management in this
announcement, as well as the Company’s strategic and operational
plans, contain forward-looking statements. 360 DigiTech may also
make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports to
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in its annual
report to shareholders, in press releases and other written
materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or
employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical
facts, including the Company’s business outlook, beliefs and
expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement, which factors include
but not limited to the following: the Company’s growth strategies,
the Company’s cooperation with 360 Group, changes in laws, rules
and regulatory environments, the recognition of the Company’s
brand, market acceptance of the Company’s products and services,
trends and developments in the credit-tech industry, governmental
policies relating to the credit-tech industry, general economic
conditions in China and around the globe, and assumptions
underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information
regarding these and other risks and uncertainties is included in
360 DigiTech's filings with the SEC. All information provided in
this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this
press release, and 360 DigiTech does not undertake any obligation
to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under
applicable law.
For more information, please
contact:
360 DigiTechE-mail: ir@360shuke.com
Christensen
In ChinaMr. Eric YuanPhone:
+86-138-0111-0739E-mail: Eyuan@christensenir.com
In USMs. Linda BergkampPhone:
+1-480-614-3004Email: lbergkamp@christensenir.com
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