UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

(Mark One)

☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report         

For the transition period from          to        

Commission file number: 001-41590

QuantaSing Group Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English) 

Cayman Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation) 

2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102

People’s Republic of China

(Address of principal executive offices)

Dong Xie, Chief Financial Officer

Telephone: +86-10 6493-7857

E-mail: tim.xie@quantasing.com

2/F, Building D, Ronsin Technology Center

Chaoyang District, Beijing 100102

People’s Republic of China

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

None

Indicate the number of issued and outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 each 115,759,408 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2023

Class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 each 49,859,049 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2023

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Of 1934.   Yes  ☐    No  ☒

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.   Yes  ☐    No  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes  ☒    No    ☐ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards † provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (10 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.   Item 17  ☐    Item 18  ☐

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes  ☐    No  ☒

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.   Yes  ☐    No  ☐

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Except where the context otherwise requires and for purposes of this annual report on Form 20-F only:

Names of certain companies provided in this annual report are translated or transliterated from their original Chinese legal names.

Discrepancies in any table between the amounts identified as total amounts and the sum of the amounts listed therein are due to rounding.

This annual report on Form 20-F includes our audited consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2022 and 2023 and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

This annual report on Form 20-F contains information from an industry report commissioned by us and prepared by Frost & Sullivan in September 2023, an independent research firm, to provide information regarding our industry and our market position in China. We refer to this report as the F&S report.

This annual report contains translations of certain Renminbi amounts into U.S. dollars at specified rates solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise stated, the translation of Renminbi into U.S. dollars has been made at RMB7.2513 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on June 30, 2023 as set forth in the H.10 Statistical Release of the Federal Reserve Board. We make no representation that any Renminbi or U.S. dollar amounts could have been, or could be, converted into U.S. dollars or Renminbi, as the case may be, at any particular rate, the rates stated below, or at all. The PRC government imposes controls over its foreign currency reserves in part through direct regulation of the conversion of Renminbi into foreign exchange and through restrictions on foreign trade.

The ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “QSG.”

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT

This annual report contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current expectations and views of future events. These forward-looking statements are made under the “safe harbor” provision under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this annual report constitute forward-looking statements. We have used words or phrases such as “may,” “would,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “seek,” “estimate,” “plan,” “believe,” “is/are likely to” or other similar expressions in this annual report to identify some of these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, including, among others, those relating to our future business prospects, product development, revenues, profits, costs, capital expenditures, cash flows and working capital, are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of directors and management and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. As a consequence, these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in this annual report.

These statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this annual report, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and our projections of the future, about which we cannot be certain. Forward-looking statements in this annual report include, but are not limited to, statements about:

You should read this annual report, including the risk factors disclosed in “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors” and the documents that we refer to in this annual report thoroughly and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

Market data and certain industry forecasts used in this annual report were obtained from internal surveys, market research, publicly available information and industry publications. Industry publications generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that the accuracy and completeness of such information is not guaranteed. Similarly, internal surveys, industry forecasts and market research, while believed to be reliable, have not been independently verified, and we make no representation as to the accuracy of such information.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The forward-looking statements made in this annual report relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this annual report. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

The forward-looking statements made in this annual report relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this annual report. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should read this annual report and the documents that we refer to in this annual report and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this annual report is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.

PART I

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not applicable.

ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

Our Company

QuantaSing Group is the largest service provider in China’s online adult learning market and China’s adult personal interest learning market in terms of revenue in 2022, according to the F&S report. Our mission is to improve people’s quality of life and well-being by providing them lifelong personal learning and development opportunities.

We offer easy-to-understand, affordable, and accessible online courses to adult learners under various brands empowering them to pursue personal development. We provide our financial literacy courses under the brand QiNiu to democratize financial learning for the mass market, and other personal interest courses under the brands JiangZhen and QianChi to help adults improve their quality of life and well-beings. We are the largest online financial learning service provider for adults in China in terms of revenue in 2022, according to the F&S report. 

Our fast-growing user base creates an immense business opportunity for us to become a two-sided service provider, delivering services to both individual learners and enterprises. We offer marketing services and enterprise talent management services to our enterprise customers.

Our Holding Company Structure and Contractual Arrangements with the VIE and Its Individual Shareholders

QuantaSing Group Limited is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with no substantive operation. We carry out our business in China through Beijing Liangzizhige, our WFOE, and its contractual arrangements, commonly known as the VIE structure, with Beijing Feierlai, a variable interest entity based in China, and its nominee shareholder.

A series of contractual agreements, including voting rights proxy agreement, equity pledge agreement, exclusive consultancy and service agreement and exclusive option agreement, have been entered into by and among our WFOE, the VIE and its shareholder. The contractual arrangements allow us to (1) be considered as the primary beneficiary of the VIE for accounting purposes and consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities, (2) receive substantially all of the economic benefits of the affiliated entities, (3) have the pledge right over the equity interests in the VIE as the pledgee, and (4) have an exclusive option to purchase all or part of the equity interests in the VIE when and to the extent permitted by PRC law.  For more details of these contractual arrangements, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—C. Organizational Structure—Our Contractual Arrangements.”

The VIE structure is used to provide investors with exposure to foreign investment in China-based companies where the PRC law restricts direct foreign investment in certain operating companies, such as certain value-added telecommunication services and other internet related business. Neither QuantaSing Group Limited nor our WFOE owns any equity interests in the affiliated entities. Our contractual arrangements with the VIE and its nominee shareholder are not equivalent of an investment in the equity interest of the VIE, and investors may never hold equity interests in the Chinese operating companies, including the affiliated entities. Instead, we are regarded as the primary beneficiary of the VIE and consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities under U.S. GAAP in light of the VIE structure. Investors in the ADSs are purchasing the equity securities of QuantaSing Group Limited, the Cayman Islands holding company, rather than the equity securities of the affiliated entities. As used in this annual report, “we,” “us,” “our company,” “our,” “QuantaSing,” or “QuantaSing Group” refers to QuantaSing Group Limited, together as a group with its subsidiaries, and, in the context of describing the substantive operations and financial information relating to such operations of QuantaSing Group Limited and its subsidiaries and the affiliated entities as a whole, refers to QuantaSing Group Limited and its subsidiaries and the affiliated entities.

The following diagram illustrates our simplified corporate structure, including our principal subsidiaries and the affiliated entities, as of the date of this annual report:

However, neither QuantaSing Group Limited nor our WFOE owns any equity interests in the affiliated entities. Our contractual arrangements with the VIE and its nominee shareholder are not equivalent of an investment in the equity interest of the affiliated entities. Instead, as described above, we are regarded as the primary beneficiary of the VIE and consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities under U.S. GAAP in light of the VIE structure.

The VIE structure involves unique risks to investors in the ADSs. It may be less effective than direct ownership in providing us with operational control over the VIE or its subsidiaries and we may incur substantial costs to enforce the terms of the arrangements. For instance, the VIE and its shareholder could breach their contractual arrangements with us by, among other things, failing to conduct the operations of the VIE in an acceptable manner or taking other actions that are detrimental to our interests. If we had direct ownership of the VIE in China, we would be able to exercise our rights as a shareholder to effect changes in the board of directors of the VIE, which in turn could implement changes, subject to any applicable fiduciary obligations, at the management and operational level. However, under the current contractual arrangements, we rely on the performance by the VIE and its shareholder of their obligations under the contracts to direct the VIE’s activities. The shareholder of the VIE may not act in the best interests of our company or may not perform its obligations under these contracts. If any dispute relating to these contracts remains unresolved, we will have to enforce our rights under these contracts through the operations of PRC law and arbitration, litigation and other legal proceedings and therefore will be subject to uncertainties in the PRC legal system.

We may face challenges in enforcing the contractual arrangements due to jurisdictional and legal limitations. There are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current and future PRC laws, regulations and rules regarding the status of the rights of our Cayman Islands holding company with respect to its contractual arrangements with the VIE and its nominee shareholder through our WFOE. As of the date of this annual report, the agreements under the contractual arrangements among our WFOE, the VIE and its nominee shareholder have not been tested in a court of law. It is uncertain whether any new PRC laws or regulations relating to VIE structures will be adopted or, if adopted, what they would provide. If we or the VIE is found to be in violation of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations or fail to obtain or maintain any of the required licenses, permits, registrations or approvals, the relevant PRC regulatory authorities would have broad discretion to take action in dealing with such violations or failures. The PRC regulatory authorities could disallow the VIE structure at any time in the future. If the PRC government deems that our contractual arrangements with the VIE do not comply with PRC regulatory restrictions on foreign investment in the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change or are interpreted differently in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties and may incur substantial costs to enforce the terms of the arrangements, or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations. Our Cayman Islands holding company, our subsidiaries, the affiliated entities, and investors in our securities (including the ADS) face uncertainty with respect to potential future actions by the PRC government that could affect the enforceability of the contractual arrangements with the VIE and, consequently, significantly affect the financial performance of our company and the affiliated entities as a whole. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China” and “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure” for details.

Permissions and Licenses Required from the PRC Authorities for Our Operations and Overseas Securities Offerings

To the extent that the discussions in this section on permissions and licenses required from the PRC authorities for our operations in China, it is the opinion of CM Law Firm, our PRC counsel. The operations of the businesses that we own and operate are subject to PRC laws and regulations. The laws and regulations governing the internet industry in China are relatively new and quickly evolving, hence bringing uncertainties to their interpretation and enforcement. For example, our operations in China are subject to regulatory approvals and permit requirements, oversight on cybersecurity and data privacy, and anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition laws, with respect to which the applicable laws and regulations have evolved substantially in recent years. For details, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation” in this annual report.

We, through our WFOE and the affiliated entities, conduct our operations in China. Our operations in China are governed by PRC laws and regulations. We and the affiliated entities are required to obtain certain licenses, permits from or filing with relevant governmental authorities in China in order to operate our business and conduct overseas securities offerings and listings. As of June 30, 2023, as advised by our PRC counsel, our WFOE and the affiliated entities had obtained the licenses, permits and registrations from the PRC government authorities necessary for our business operations in China, including, among others, the Value-added Telecommunications Business Operating License for internet information service, the Permit for Production and Operation of Radio and Television Programs, and the Publication Operation License, except for the License for Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Program for offering certain courses in live streaming or audio-visual contents. Given the uncertainties of interpretation and implementation of relevant laws and regulations and the enforcement practice by relevant government authorities, and the promulgation of new laws and regulations and amendment to the existing ones, we may be required to obtain additional licenses, permits, registrations, filings or approvals for our business operations in the future. For instance, we or the affiliated entities may be required to obtain the Online Publishing Service License for our online learning services. We cannot assure you that we or the affiliated entities will be able to obtain, in a timely manner or at all, or maintain such licenses, permits or approvals, and we or the affiliated entities may also inadvertently conclude that such permissions or approvals are not required. Any lack of or failure to maintain requisite approvals, licenses or permits applicable to us or the affiliated entities may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects and cause the value of any securities we offer to significantly decline or become worthless. For details, see “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—We may face risks and uncertainties with respect to the licensing requirement for our business. Any lack of or failure to maintain requisite approvals, licenses or permits applicable to us may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.”

On December 28, 2021, the CAC and other twelve PRC regulatory authorities jointly revised and promulgated the Measures for Cybersecurity Review (the “Cybersecurity Review Measures”), which became effective on February 15, 2022. As a network platform operator who possesses personal information of more than one million users for purposes of the Cybersecurity Review Measures, we had applied for and completed a cybersecurity review for the initial public offering and listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Stock Market pursuant to the Cybersecurity Review Measures. The review was completed in August 2022. We have not received any material adverse findings in such review. As of the date of this annual report, save as disclosed above, we have not received any notice that we are a critical information infrastructure operator from any government authority, nor have we received any request from the CAC, to undergo a cybersecurity review pursuant to any PRC laws or regulations. Moreover, none of us, our subsidiaries or the affiliated entities have received any notice from any PRC authority requiring us to obtain any permissions, in each case in connection with our previous issuance of securities to foreign investors.

On February 17, 2023, the CSRC, as approved by the State Council, released the Trial Measures for Administration of Overseas Securities Offerings and Listings by Domestic Enterprises and five interpretive guidelines (collectively, the “CSRC Filing Rules”), which came into effect on March 31, 2023. Under the CSRC Filing Rules, a filing-based regulatory system shall be applied to “indirect overseas offerings and listings” of PRC domestic enterprises, which refers to securities offerings and listings in an overseas market made under the name of an offshore entity but based on the underlying equity, assets, earnings or other similar rights of a domestic enterprise that operates its main business domestically. The CSRC Filing Rules state that, any post-listing follow-on offering by an issuer in the same overseas market where it has previously offered and listed securities, including issuance of shares, convertible notes and other similar securities, shall be subject to filing requirement within three business days after the completion of the offering, and if the subsequent offering is conducted in other overseas markets, it shall be filed with the CSRC within three working days after the applications for such offerings are submitted. Therefore, any of our future offering and listing of our securities in an overseas market shall be subject to the filing requirements under the CSRC Filing Rules. In addition, we are required to submit a report to CSRC after the occurrence and public disclosure of the following material events: (1) change of control; (2) investigations or sanctions imposed by overseas securities regulatory agencies or other relevant competent authorities; (3) change of listing status or transfer of listing segment and (4) voluntary or mandatory delisting. If we fail to complete the filing or reporting procedures, under the CSRC Filing Rules or otherwise, for any future overseas securities offering or listing, we may face sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities, which may include orders for correction, warnings and fines. Any adverse regulatory actions or sanctions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs. For details, see “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—The filing with and reporting to the CSRC will be required in connection with our capital raising activities and occurrences of other specific events, and we cannot assure you that we or the affiliated entities will be able to make such filing or reporting in a timely manner or at all, in which case we may face regulatory sanctions for failure to make such filing or reporting.”

Cash and Asset Flows through Our Organization

In light of our holding company structure and the VIE structure, our ability to pay dividends to the shareholders, including the investors in the ADSs, and to service any debt we may incur may highly depend upon dividends paid by our WFOE to us and service fees paid by the affiliated entities to our WFOE, despite that we may obtain financing at the holding company level through other methods. For instance, if any of our WFOE or the VIE incurs debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing such debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends to us and the investors in the ADS as well as the ability to settle amounts owed under the contractual arrangements. As of the date of this annual report, none of QuantaSing Group Limited, our WFOE and the VIE has paid any dividends or made any distributions to their respective shareholder(s), including any U.S. investors. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, the total amount of the service fees that the VIE paid to our WFOE under the contractual arrangements was RMB204.1 million, RMB239.6 million and RMB415.7 million, respectively. For details, see “—Financial Information Relating to the Affiliated Entities.” We expect to continue to distribute earnings and settle the service fees owed under the VIE agreements at the request of our WFOE and based on our business needs, and do not expect to declare dividend in the foreseeable future. We currently have not maintained any cash management policies that specifically dictate how funds shall be transferred among QuantaSing Group Limited, the subsidiaries of QuantaSing Group Limited (including our WFOE), the affiliated entities and investors. We will determine the payment of dividends and fund transfer based on our specific business needs in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.

Under PRC laws and regulations, our WFOE is permitted to pay dividends only out of their retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Furthermore, our WFOE and the affiliated entities are required to make appropriations to certain statutory reserve funds or may make appropriations to certain discretionary funds, which are not distributable as cash dividends except in the event of a solvent liquidation of the companies. Remittance of dividends by our WFOE out of China is also subject to certain procedures with the banks designated by the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”). These restrictions are benchmarked against the paid-up capital and the statutory reserve funds of our WFOE and the net assets of the VIE in which we have no legal ownership. In addition, while there are currently no such restrictions on foreign exchange and our ability to transfer cash or assets between QuantaSing Group Limited and our Hong Kong subsidiary, if certain PRC laws and regulations, including existing laws and regulations and those enacted or promulgated in the future were to become applicable to our Hong Kong subsidiary in the future, and to the extent our cash or assets are in Hong Kong or a Hong Kong entity, such funds or assets may not be available due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on our ability to transfer funds or assets by the PRC government. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not intervene or impose restrictions on QuantaSing Group Limited, its subsidiaries and the affiliated entities to transfer or distribute cash within the organization, which could result in an inability of or prohibition on making transfers or distributions to entities outside of mainland China and Hong Kong. For details, see “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our WFOE to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our WFOE to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business,” and “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—Restrictions on the remittance of Renminbi into and out of China and governmental control of currency conversion may limit our ability to pay dividends and other obligations, and affect the value of your investment.”

Under PRC laws and regulations, we, the Cayman Islands holding company, may fund our WFOE only through capital contributions or loans, and fund the affiliated entities only through loans, subject to satisfaction of applicable government registration and approval requirements. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, (1) the aggregate amount of capital contribution by EW Technology Limited to our subsidiaries in the BVI and Hong Kong was nil, RMB51.7 million and nil, respectively, which was presented in “net cash provided by transactions with related parties” of the “cash flows from financing activities” under the “Other subsidiaries” column in the condensed consolidating cash flows information; (2) the aggregate amount of loans and capital contribution by QuantaSing Group Limited to our subsidiaries in the BVI and Hong Kong was nil, RMB47.1 million and RMB114.3 million, respectively, which was presented in “net cash used in transactions with intra-group companies” of the “cash flows from investing activities” under the “QuantaSing Group Limited” column, and in “net cash provided by transactions with intragroup companies” of the “cash flows from financing activities” under the “Other subsidiaries” column in the condensed consolidating cash flows information; and (3) the aggregate amount of capital contribution by QuantaSing Group Limited to our WFOE through our subsidiaries in the BVI and Hong Kong was nil, RMB64.2 million and nil, respectively, which was presented in “net cash used in transactions with intra-group companies” of the “cash flows from investing activities” under the “Other subsidiaries” column, and was also included as a part of “net cash provided by transactions with intra-group companies” of the “cash flows from financing activities” under the “Primary beneficiary of the VIE” column in the condensed consolidating cash flows information. As of June 30, 2022 and 2023, (1) the outstanding balance of the principal amount of loans by the VIE to our WFOE was RMB156.0 million and nil, respectively, which was presented in “amounts due from intra-group companies” under “The VIE and its subsidiaries” column, and “amounts due to intra-group companies” under the “Primary beneficiary of the VIE” column in the condensed consolidating balance sheet information, (2) the outstanding balance of the principal amount of loans by our WFOE to the VIE was nil and RMB17.0 million, respectively, which was presented in “amounts due from intra-group companies” under “Primary beneficiary of the VIE” column, and “amounts due to intra-group companies” under the “The VIE and its subsidiaries” column in the condensed consolidating balance sheet information, and (3) the outstanding balance of the principal amount of loans by QuantaSing Group limited to our subsidiaries was nil and RMB121.7 million, respectively, which was included as part of “amounts due from intra-group companies” under “QuantaSing Group Limited” column, and “amounts due to intra-group companies” under the “our subsidiaries” column in the condensed consolidating balance sheet information. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021 and 2022, the net cash transferred by the VIE to our WFOE was nil, RMB156.0 million, respectively, in addition to the service fees paid under the contractual arrangements. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, the net cash repaid by our WFOE to the VIE was RMB156.0 million, in addition to the net cash of RMB17.0 million transferred by our WFOE to the VIE. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, no assets other than cash were transferred within our organization. For details, see “—Financial Information Relating to the Affiliated Entities.”

Under the Cayman Islands laws, QuantaSing Group Limited is not subject to tax on income or capital gains. Upon payments of dividends to our shareholders, no Cayman Islands withholding tax will be imposed. For purposes of illustration, the following discussion reflects the hypothetical taxes that might be required to be paid in mainland China and Hong Kong, assuming that: (1) we have taxable earnings in the VIE and (2) we determine to pay a dividend in the future:

The table above has been prepared under the assumption that all profits of the VIE will be distributed as fees to our WFOE under tax neutral contractual arrangements. If, in the future, the accumulated earnings of the VIE exceed the service fees paid to our WFOE (or if the current and contemplated fee structure between the inter-group entities is determined to be non-substantive and disallowed by PRC tax authorities), the VIE could make a non-deductible transfer to our WFOE for the amounts of the stranded cash in the VIE. This would result in such transfer being non-deductible expenses for the VIE but still taxable income for our WFOE. Such a transfer and the related tax burdens would reduce our after-tax income to approximately 50.6% of the pre-tax income. Our management believes that there is only a remote possibility that this scenario would happen.

Financial Information Relating to the Affiliated Entities

The following tables present the condensed consolidating schedules for QuantaSing Group Limited (including share-based compensation expenses pushed down by Witty network Limited (“Witty network”) and EW Technology Limited (“EW Technology”), our WFOE that is the primary beneficiary of the VIE under the U.S. GAAP (the “primary beneficiary of the VIE”), the VIE and its subsidiaries, and our other subsidiaries that are not the primary beneficiary of the VIE (i.e., our subsidiaries in the BVI and Hong Kong) for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

Condensed consolidating statements of operations information

Condensed consolidating balance sheets information

Condensed consolidating cash flows information

Notes to the condensed consolidating financial information:

Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and PCAOB’s Inspection over Financial Statements

Pursuant to the HFCAA, if 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 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. 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 do not expect to be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA 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 PCAOB determines in the future that it no longer has full access to inspect and investigate completely accounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong and we continue to use an accounting firm headquartered in one of these jurisdictions to issue an audit report on our financial statements filed with the SEC, we would be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer following the filing of the annual report on Form 20-F for the relevant fiscal year. There can be no assurance that we would not be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer for any future fiscal year, and if we were so identified for two consecutive years, we would become subject to the prohibition on trading under the HFCAA. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—The PCAOB had historically been unable to inspect our auditor in relation to their audit work performed for our financial statements and the inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of our auditor in the past has deprived our investors with the benefits of such inspections,” and “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—The ADSs may be prohibited from trading in the United States under the HFCAA in the future if the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely auditors located in China. The delisting of the ADSs, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.”

A. [Reserved]

B. Capitalization and Indebtedness

Not applicable.

C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.

D. Risk Factors

Summary of Risk Factors

Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including risks that may prevent us from achieving our business objectives or may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and prospects. These risks are discussed more fully below and include, but are not limited to, risks related to:

Risks related to our business and industry

Risks related to doing business in China

Risks related to our corporate structure

Risks related to our corporate governance

Risks related to the ADSs

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

We have a limited history in providing adult personal interest learning services and have grown rapidly. Our historical operating and financial performance as well as growth rate, however, may not be indicative of our future performance. If we fail to manage our growth or implement our future business strategies effectively, the success of our business may be compromised.

We began to offer our financial literacy learning services in July 2019, which accounted for 88.8%, 80.2% and 60.8% of our total revenues in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. In August 2021, we launched additional courses for other personal interests, which accounted for 6.8% and 27.9% of our total revenues in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2023, respectively. We are continuously initiating new course offerings to further diversify and expand our business in online adult learning market for personal interest courses, and we also selectively explore new business initiatives that synergize with our existing businesses. As such, our limited history under the current business model may not serve as an adequate basis for evaluating our prospect and future operating and financial results, including, among others, our revenue growth, operating cash flows, operating margins, conversion and repeat purchase rate. For instance, we have experienced significant growth in terms of the number of registered users and paying learners since the inception of our business. However, our progressive online course mode is relatively new and subject to many uncertainties, such as the attractiveness of the course mode, methods to project market demand, measurable industry standards, and monetization opportunities. Additionally, we have experienced, and may continue to experience, fluctuations in our revenues from various subjects of courses we offer, in part, due to the changes in allocation of our marketing and corporate resources among such courses in an effort to diversify our business. Furthermore, we have recorded, and may continue to record, disparate repeat purchase rates for different subjects of courses, depending on their developmental stages. We have had higher repeat purchase rate for financial literacy courses, which are well-established, compared to other personal interest courses, which are generally in a ramp-up stage, primarily due to the market acceptance of the relevant courses and the efficiency level of our targeted sales and marketing activities. As we continue to diversify our course offerings and allocate our marketing and corporate resources among various subjects of courses, especially other personal interest courses, the dollar amount and/or proportion of such resources devoted to financial literacy courses may continue to decline, which may negatively affect the revenues generated from our financial literacy courses and its growth rate. As a result, the historical revenue and growth of our financial literacy courses may not be indicative of our future performance. If any increase in revenues from the other course offerings or business line cannot compensate any such negative impact on our financial literacy courses, our total revenue and growth prospects may also be adversely affected.

The online adult learning market and the interests of the general public have also been evolving rapidly in recent years. We have encountered, and may continue to encounter, risks, challenges and uncertainties associated with operating an online adult learning market, such as expanding the learner base, increasing the number of paying learners and their spending, ensuring the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts, improving and expanding our offerings, addressing regulatory compliance and uncertainty, engaging and retaining high-quality staff, and building and managing reliable and secure IT systems and infrastructure. If we do not manage these risks successfully, our operating and financial results may suffer and differ materially from our historical performance and expectations.

If we are unable to continue to attract and retain learners, particularly paying learners, or increase their spending on our platforms, our business, results of operations, financial condition and future prospects will be materially and adversely affected.

We currently generate revenue primarily from the course fees paid by learners on our platforms. The success of our business depends heavily on the number of paying learners and the amount of fees that our learners are willing to pay, and the effectiveness of converting introductory course learners to paying learners over time. Our ability to continue to attract learners to attend and pay for our paid online courses and other offerings as well as to increase their spending on our platforms is critical to the continued success and growth of our business. If our learners do not purchase our premium courses or other paid services or products we may offer, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

Our ability to attract and retain learners in turn will depend on several factors particular to our learner engagement and retention capabilities, including, but not limited to, our ability to market our business and acquire new users and learners, the effectiveness of our progressive course made, the conversion of learners from introducing courses into paying learners, our ability to maintain the quality of the learning experience, the level of engagement of our live lectures, and the performance and rigor of our instructors and tutors. It also depends on our ability to develop and enhance the quality of our course offerings and other paid offerings to meet the changes in the online adult learning market and the evolving learner demands. However, we may not always be able to meet our learners’ expectations in terms of the quality and benefits of our offerings due to a variety of reasons, many of which are beyond our control. We may face learner dissatisfaction due to our learners’ perceptions of our failure to help them enhance their knowledge, achieve their learning goals, and their overall dissatisfaction over our offerings, instructors and tutors. We may also face learners’ reduced interest in financial literacy and other personal interest courses or other fields that our courses are designed for. In addition, we may also face other challenges such as (1) our ability to effectively market our offerings, enhance our brand awareness, and compete with comparable offerings; (2) negative publicity or perceptions regarding us or online learning services in general; (3) the emergence of alternative course modes; (4) increasing market competition, including price reductions by competitors that we are unable or unwilling to match; and (5) adverse changes in government policies or general economic conditions.

If one or more of these factors reduce the market demand for our offerings, especially our premium courses, our user base and, in particular, our paying learner base could be negatively affected, and the costs associated with customer acquisition and retention could increase. These developments could also harm our brand and reputation, which would negatively impact our ability to expand our business. If we are unable to continue to attract learners to pay for our courses and increase their spending on our course offerings, our revenue may decline and our growth prospects may be adversely affected. In addition, failure to maintain and increase our learner base could also affect our marketing services, which depends in part on the strength of our learner base. As a result, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

The interests and needs of the general public in the field of personal development is changing rapidly. If we fail to adapt and expand our course offerings to effectively and timely address the change of market demands, we may fail to maintain or increase our existing learner base or attract new learners and become less competitive.

Our course offerings primarily focus on courses relating to financial literacy and selected subjects on personal interests, such as short video production. Many of our learners attend and purchase our courses for personal interest and development needs such as personal wealth management, personal well-being and creative pursuits. Such needs may change from time to time due to various reasons, including, but not limited to, the shift of interests and trending topics. To attract new learners and increase revenue from existing learners, we need to continuously expand and adjust our course offerings to meet their evolving interests and needs. As such, our future growth and profitability depend in part on our ability to develop courses in response to our learners’ interests and demands in new course subjects. However, we may not have adequate financial or technological resources to respond to such changes and develop content efficiently to satisfy the demands for these new course subjects. Our lack of familiarity with new course subjects may make it more difficult for us to keep pace with the evolving customer demands and preferences. If the learners are no longer interested in the topics covered by our current courses, or if we are unable to develop content that addresses learners’ evolving needs or to enhance and improve our platforms in a timely manner, we may not be able to maintain or increase market acceptance of our platforms. In addition, there may be existing market leaders in the new course subjects that we intend to expand our courses into. These companies may compete more effectively than us by leveraging their deeper industry experience, stronger brand recognition, and greater funding on content development. If we fail to maintain adequate resources or compete effectively with our competitors, our business could be harmed. Furthermore, if we fail to comply with laws and regulations applicable to these new course offerings, our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

We have a limited operating history with service offerings to enterprise customers and live e-commerce business. We cannot assure you that such new business initiatives and monetization strategies will be successfully implemented and achieve desired benefits to us.

We continue to expand our services and products to grow our business. In February 2020, we launched our marketing services to enterprise customers. In June 2022, we launched our enterprise talent management services. In early 2023, we also began to engage in live e-commerce business leveraging our existing market position and user base. We have a limited track record or experience in generating revenue from such new initiatives, which may adversely affect our prospects and ability to compete with the existing market players in the relevant fields. The endeavors to offer new services, contents and products, which are usually costly and time-consuming, could disrupt our ongoing business, divert our management resources, and require us to make significant investments in establishing and maintaining cooperative relations, pursuing R&D projects, and furthering sales and marketing efforts, all of which may not be successful. We may also have to optimize our employee structure to adapt to the evolving market and business conditions, which may adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and reputation. We cannot assure you that any of such new business initiatives will achieve market acceptance or generate sufficient revenues in a timely manner, or at all, to offset the costs and expenses incurred prior to their launch. We also cannot assure you that any such initiatives, will generate a desired level of profit or be compatible with our other offerings. These new businesses may differ significantly from our existing businesses and fail to generate any synergistic effect or let us achieve any operating leverage. Our new business initiatives, whether successful or not, may also incur negative publicity, cause a negative impact to our user and learner base and reputation, and subject us to relevant legal and regulatory risks. If we are unsuccessful in the exploration of new businesses due to financial constraints, failure to attract qualified personnel, lack of relevant experience or other reasons, we may not be able to maintain or increase our revenue or recover any associated costs, expenses and expenditures, and our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

To seize the rising demands in oversea markets for online learning services, we are also exploring opportunities to expand into our service offering into overseas markets where we have limited experience in developing and operating overseas business. For instance, in September 2023, we acquired KELLY’S EDUCATION LIMITED, a personalized online language education service provider in Hong Kong, which marks our entry into the global online education market and the language learning sector. The investment and additional resources required to establish operations and manage growth in other regions and countries may not produce desired levels of revenue or profitability, or at all. In addition, we may in the future introduce new services and products to further diversify our revenue streams, including services with which we have little or no prior operating experience. These activities may also require significant capital expenditures and investment of valuable management and financial resources, and our growth will continue to place significant demands on such resources. We cannot assure you that we will be able to effectively manage any future growth in an efficient, cost-effective and timely manner, or at all. If we do not effectively manage the growth of our new business and strategies, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We may face risks and uncertainties with respect to the licensing requirement for our business. Any lack of or failure to maintain requisite approvals, licenses or permits applicable to us may have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are subject to government regulations for our operations in China. In particular, the online learning and live streaming business in China are highly regulated by the PRC government. As of June 30, 2023, as advised by our PRC counsel, CM Law Firm, our WFOE and the affiliated entities had obtained the licenses, permits and registrations from the PRC government authorities necessary for our business operations in China, including, among others, the Value-added Telecommunications Business Operating License for internet information service (the “ICP License”), the Permit for Production and Operation of Radio and Television Programs, and the Publication Operation License, except for the License for Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Program (the “Audio-Visual License”) for offering certain courses in live streaming or audio-visual contents.

According to relevant PRC laws and regulations, no entities or individuals may provide internet audio-visual program services, which include making and editing of audio-visual programs concerning educational content and broadcasting such content to the general public online, without the Audio-Visual License, issued by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (the “SAPPRFT”) (currently known as National Radio and Television Administration), or its local bureaus, and only state-owned or state-controlled entities are eligible to apply for an Audio-Visual License. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on online transmission of audio-visual programs.” We have not obtained the Audio-Visual License for offering certain courses in live streaming format and video recordings of live streaming courses and certain other audio-video contents such as short, pre-recorded videos and audio podcasts through our platforms to our users. We are, however, not eligible to apply for such license since we are not a state-owned or state-controlled entity. As of the date of this annual report, we have not been subject to any penalties imposed by, or any investigations initiated by, the relevant government authorities due to our provision of internet audio-visual contents through our platforms without any requisite license, but we may be subject to penalties, fines, legal sanctions or an order to suspend the provision of our relevant content in the future.

We cannot assure you that local PRC authorities will not adopt different enforcement practice or will not issue more explicit interpretation and rules or promulgate new laws and regulations from time to time to further regulate the online learning industry, which may subject us to additional licensing requirements. We may also be required to apply for and obtain additional licenses or permits for our operations in China as the interpretation and implementation of current PRC laws and regulations continue to evolve. We may be deemed to provide certain services or conduct certain activities and be subject to certain licenses, approvals, permits, registrations and filings due to the lack of official interpretations of the relevant terms under internet related PRC regulations and laws. For instance, due to the ambiguity of the definition of “online publishing service” under the PRC laws and regulations, the online distribution of content, including our audio-visual contents and other course materials, through our platforms, may be regarded as an “online publishing service” and, therefore, we or the affiliated entities may be required to obtain an Online Publishing Service License. Failure to obtain such licenses may subject us to fines, confiscation of relevant gains, suspension of the operations of our online platforms and other liabilities. As of the date of this annual report, we have not been required by the relevant regulatory authorities to obtain such license, nor have we been subject to any penalties imposed by, or any investigations initiated by, the relevant government authorities for failure to obtain such license. However, we cannot assure that we or the affiliated entities will not be required to obtain such license or subject to penalties, fines, legal sanctions or an order to suspend the relevant services in the future.

The interpretation or implementation of existing laws and regulations are subject to changes from time to time, and the implementation of new laws and regulations is subject to uncertainties. If government authorities determine that our operations in China fall within the scope of business operations that require additional licenses, permits or approvals, we or the affiliated entities may not be able to obtain such licenses, permits or approvals in a timely manner or on commercially reasonable terms or at all, and failure to obtain such licenses, permits or approvals may subject us to fines, legal sanctions or an order to suspend our related operations. Moreover, we or the affiliated entities may fail to renew or update any of our existing licenses and permits in a timely manner and on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Government authorities may also from time to time issue new laws, rules and regulations and enhance enforcement of existing laws, rules and regulations, which could require us to obtain new and additional licenses, permits or approvals. Considerable uncertainties could exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of existing and future laws and regulations governing our business activities. If we or the affiliated entities are not able to comply with the applicable legal requirements, we may be subject to fines, confiscation of the gains derived from non-compliant operations, or suspension of non-compliant operations, any of which may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, as we expand our business scope and explore different business initiatives, the business measures we have adopted or may adopt in the future may be challenged under PRC laws and regulations, and we or the affiliated entities may be required to apply for and obtain additional licenses, permits or approvals, make additional registrations, update our registrations or expand the scope of our permits and approvals. We cannot assure you that we or the affiliated entities will be able to meet these requirements in a timely manner, or at all.

Our business depends on the success of our brand, and if we fail to maintain and enhance our brand recognition, we may face difficulty in expanding our services and attracting users and learners, and in turn our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition may be harmed.

We believe that market awareness of our brand has contributed, in part, to the success of our business. We currently operate our online learning services mainly under the brand of “QiNiu,” “JiangZhen,” and “QianChi.” We rebranded QiNiu from Kuaicai in January 2021 and QianChi from Bancai in June 2022. Maintaining and enhancing our brand is critical to our efforts to increase the market awareness of our services and attract users and learners, which are in turn critical to our business growth. Our ability to maintain and enhance brand recognition and reputation depends primarily on the continued marketing activities and the increasing recognition of our course offerings by the public. Negative publicity about us and our business, brands (including the legacy brands), shareholders, affiliates, directors, officers, instructors, tutors and other employees, and the industry in which we operate can harm our brand recognition and reputation. In recent years, we have devoted significant resources to our brand promotion efforts, hiring and training our teaching staff and improving our course offerings, but we cannot assure you that these efforts will continue to be successful. If we are unable to further enhance our brand recognition, or if our brand image is negatively impacted by any negative publicity, regardless of its veracity, we may not be able to expand our services or attract new learners successfully or efficiently, and our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

We may be adversely affected by negative publicity concerning us or our business, brands, shareholders, affiliates, directors, officers, instructors, tutors and other employees, the industry in which we operate regardless of its accuracy.

Negative publicity about us and our business, brands (including the legacy brands), shareholders, affiliates, directors, officers, instructors, tutors and other employees, the industry in which we operate can harm our brand recognition and reputation. For instance, we have, from time to time, been subject to online complaints by alleged users or third parties claiming that our paid courses were overpriced and not useful, or claiming that the contents on our platforms and the description about our services are invalid and misleading, or against our current or legacy brands. We have also been subject to claims of fraudulent activities for the provision of our online learning services, which could harm consumer interests. Such negative publicity concerning the foregoing could be related to a wide variety of matters, including but not limited to:

In connection with our marketing services to enterprise customers, we are also subject to the risk that users and third parties may attribute any fraudulent and inappropriate contents from enterprise customers to us, and direct their claims and complaints against us, which will have a material adverse impact on our reputation and business.

In addition to traditional media, there has been an increasing use of social media and similar tools in China, including instant messaging applications, social media websites and other forms of internet-based communications that provide individuals with access to a broad audience of consumers and other interested persons. The availability of information on instant messaging applications and social media is virtually immediate, without affording us an opportunity for redress or correction. The opportunity for dissemination of information, including inaccurate information, is seemingly limitless and readily available. Information concerning us, our shareholders, affiliates, directors, officers, instructors, tutors and other staff, may be posted on such platforms at any time. The risks associated with any such negative publicity or incorrect information cannot be completely eliminated or mitigated and may materially harm our brand, reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition.

We face intensive industry competition. If we fail to compete effectively, it could divert learners to our competitors, lead to pricing pressure and loss of market shares, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The online adult learning market in China is competitive, and we expect competition in this sector to persist and intensify. We face competition from other market participants in each part of our service offerings, including both individual online learning services and enterprise services. Some of our current or future competitors may have longer operating history, greater brand recognition, or greater financial, technical or marketing resources than we do. We compete with these industry participants across a range of dimensions, including, among others, high-quality instructors, technology infrastructure, data analytics capability, quality of services and learning experience, brand recognition, and scope of course offerings. Our competitors may adopt similar curriculums and marketing approaches, with different pricing and service packages that may have greater appeal than our offerings. In addition, some of our competitors may have more resources than we do and may be able to devote greater resources than we can to the development and promotion of their services. They may also respond more quickly than we can to the changes in learners’ preferences, market needs or new technologies. Therefore, we may have to reduce course fees or increase spending in response to such competition, which may impair our business, results of operations and financial condition. If we are unable to successfully compete for learners, maintain or increase the level of course fees, attract and retain competent instructors or other key personnel, or maintain the quality of our online learning services in a cost-effective manner, we may lose market shares to our competitors and our profitability and future prospects may also be materially and adversely affected.

If we are not able to improve or maintain the efficiency of our customer acquisition efforts, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

Our business success and expansion depend significantly on our ability to continue to grow our learner base. Customer acquisition in the online adult learning market is a sophisticated process that requires substantial resources and careful planning. We acquire new learners primarily through certain limited marketing channels, including popular live streaming mobile apps and/or social media such as Douyin, Weixin and Kuaishou. The outcome of our customer acquisition efforts depends on a number of factors, such as the efficacy of our sales and marketing activities, the cost incurred in customer acquisition, the competitiveness of our course offerings, and external market forces, some of which may be beyond our control. We have incurred significant sales and marketing expenses historically and we expect such trend will continue. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, we incurred sales and marketing expenses of RMB1,694.9 million, RMB2,254.5 million and RMB2,408.5 million (US$332.1 million), representing 96.3%, 78.6% and 78.2% of our total revenues during the same periods, respectively. Our sales and marketing expenses primarily comprise marketing and advertising fees paid to third-party online social media to attract new users and promote our brands, and we expect such expenditures to continue to account for a significant portion of the operating expenses in the future. Beginning in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, we have allocated an increasing portion of marketing and corporate resources to the promotion of various subjects of courses, in addition to our flagship financial literacy courses, in an effort to diversify our business, and as a result, we have experienced, and may continue to experience, fluctuations in revenue generated from those courses. As such, the cost-effectiveness of our sales and marketing depends heavily on our ability to enhance returns from such marketing channels, especially for different subjects of courses. However, as we continue to diversify our business, we have experienced, and may continue to experience, lower returns from our sales and marketing activities targeted at various subjects of courses in the ramp-up stage, as compared to our flagship financial literacy courses, which are well-established, and as a result, we cannot assure that such expenditures will bring the desired benefits to our business as a whole and generate sufficient revenues to offset the costs and expenses incurred in a timely manner or at all. In addition, we cannot assure you that our sales and marketing activities, including those through our marketing channels, will be effective to grow our user or learner base as we anticipate, which will materially and adversely affect our results of operations and future prospects. To the extent that we fail to leverage such channels, or if there is any change, disruption or discontinuity in our marketing channels, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

In addition, the sales and marketing approaches, technologies and tools used in China’s online adult learning market are evolving, which requires us to enhance our marketing and branding approaches and experiment with new methods and technology to keep pace with industry developments and learners’ preferences. Failure to refine our existing sales and marketing approaches or to incorporate new approaches in a cost-effective manner may affect our revenue, operating margins and other financial indicators, as well as our market position and growth potentials.

Furthermore, our ability to enhance our customer acquisition efficiency also depends significantly on the effectiveness of our progressive course mode to attract users to our premium courses. Once we bring new users onto our platforms, we encourage them to attend our introductory courses, and subsequently, to enroll in our premium courses. Substantially all of our paying learners have previously attended our introductory courses. We cannot assure you that our progressive course mode will continue to enlarge our paying learner base as we anticipate. To the extent that we fail to maintain the effectiveness of such organic business mode in converting users to paying learners, our business, results of operations and financial conditions may be materially and adversely affected.

We may not be able to timely develop and enrich the contents of our course offerings to make them appealing to existing and prospective learners or in a cost-effective manner, or at all.

We continue to develop and enrich the contents of our course offerings to improve the learning experience and results. We proactively seek learner feedback and refer to market research to upgrade or enrich our course offerings, including improving the content and teaching methods for our existing courses and developing new contents. We develop, update and improve our course offerings and materials to stay abreast of learner feedback, market demand and new trends in course subjects, and we may, from time to time, adjust our course mix by ceasing the offering of outdated or unpopular courses and launching new courses. We cannot assure you, however, that the adjustments to our course mix will always be efficient or successful. We also rely in part on our intelligent tools for content development to generate insights on learners’ perception of and response to our course offerings, which allows us to adjust our courses accordingly. However, the modifications, updates and expansions of our existing course content and the development of new course subjects may not be accepted by or attractive to existing or prospective learners. The degree of acceptance and adoption may also deviate from our projections. We may also fail to introduce or deliver our course content and learning materials as swiftly as learners expect or as fast as our competitors introduce their comparable content and materials. Furthermore, offering new content and materials or upgrading existing ones may incur significant costs and expenses, human capital, management attention and other resources, and we may be unable to generate the level of return as we expect or at all. Our new offerings may also compete with or otherwise fail to fit well with our existing ones. If we are unsuccessful or inefficient in developing and modifying our course offerings, the quality and appeal of our course offerings and the learning experience could be impaired, which may materially and adversely affect our reputation and performance.

We have a limited number of instructors and content development staff, and may rely on certain top-quality instructors and content development staff for our course offerings. If we fail to engage, train and retain such staff or a sufficient number of them, or if they underperform, the quality of our course offerings and our ability to attract prospective learners may be materially and adversely affected.

Our instructors and content development staff are critical to the attractiveness of our course offerings, the learning experience, our reputation and market recognition, and our ability to convert more registered users to paying learners. In addition, the caliber and performance of our instructors, whether actual or perceived, are crucial to the quality of our offerings and the learning experience. The number of qualified personnel in the online adult learning market is limited, and we must provide competitive compensation and attractive career development opportunities to attract and retain them. We must also provide training and other support to our instructors and/or content development staff to ensure that they precisely capture the demand of learners and deliver course offerings effectively with consistent high quality. Furthermore, as we continue to develop new learning contents, we may need to engage additional instructors and/or content development staff with compatible skillsets.

However, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to provide the desired compensation, career paths and other opportunities to recruit, retain and support instructors or content development staff. Any of their departure may reduce the attractiveness of our course offerings, harm the course enrollments and result in temporary or prolonged disruptions to our operations. If our instructors and/or content development staff join our competitors, existing and potential learners may decide to follow and enroll in courses offered by our competitors, which may weaken our position in the market. In addition, we cannot assure you that our instructors can consistently deliver each session to meet our learners’ expectations or our standards, or otherwise maintain or improve their credentials and overall performance in line with the evolving requirements of our course offerings. Furthermore, from time to time, our reliance on certain top-quality instructors may expose us to concentration risks. As a result, any shortage of high-quality instructors or any significant increase in the cost to retain high-quality instructors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may not be able to price our courses and other services effectively.

Our results of operations are affected by the pricing of our courses and other services, especially our premium courses. We consider a number of factors in determining the prices of our courses, primarily including our course quality and service capabilities, as well as the macroeconomic environment. We believe our high-quality course offerings have allowed us to price our courses effectively. However, our ability to price our courses and other services effectively may be subject to a number of factors, such as the market demand of our existing and new offerings, the changes in macroeconomic factors, in particular the individual disposable income and consumer spending, and the pricing of our competitors, many of which could be beyond our control. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—A. Operating Results—Key Factors Affecting Results of Operations—Specific factors affecting results of operations—Ability to effectively price our courses.” If we fail to price our courses and other services effectively, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

The success and future growth of our business will be affected by the acceptance and interests of individual learners in online learning services and the market trends in the integration of technology and such services.

We primarily operate at the intersection of the online learning and technology industries, and our business model features the integration of technology and online learning services to provide an engaging and immersive online learning experience. However, adult personal interest learning is a relatively new concept in China, and there are limited proven methods to project learners’ demand or preference or available industry standards on which we can rely. The general public, many of whom are our potential learners, may not recognize and accept the concept of learning through digital platforms. They may also have concerns over the effectiveness of our platforms, considering our relatively new business model and the fragmented market landscape. Even with the proliferation of the internet and mobile devices in China, we believe that some of our target learners may still be inclined to choose traditional and face-to-face lessons and paper materials over pre-recorded videos, live streaming and online contents, as they could find the traditional method more reliable. As a result of the foregoing, the general public may not choose our platforms and may stay with traditional offline programs. If our offerings become less appealing to learners in the future, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

If we fail to maintain and expand our relationships with enterprise customers, our ability to grow our enterprise services and revenue may be materially and adversely affected.

We launched our marketing services to enterprises in February 2020. Furthermore, we began to provide enterprise talent management services in June 2022 to enterprise customers. We believe that our future success depends, in part, on our ability to grow our service offerings to enterprises, both by retaining and expanding our relationship with existing customers and attracting new ones. Our revenues generated from enterprise services was RMB144.3 million, RMB185.5 million and RMB340.9 million (US$47.0 million) in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. We have experienced significant growth in our enterprise services, but we cannot assure you that we will continue to achieve similar growth, or achieve any growth at all, in the future. Our ability to retain enterprise customers and expand our services to them may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including enterprise customers’ satisfaction with our services, the growth of our online learning services to individual learners, the quality and timeliness of our customer success and customer support services, our prices, and the prices and features of competing services. If customers do not purchase additional services or renew their existing services, renew on less favorable terms, or fail to continue to expand their engagement with us, our revenue may decline or grow less quickly than anticipated, which would harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are subject to the complex and evolving PRC laws and regulations, many of which are subject to change and uncertain interpretation, and could result in claims, changes to business practices, monetary penalties, increased cost of operations, or declines in learner growth or engagement, or otherwise harm our business.

We are subject to a variety of laws and regulations that involve matters important to or may otherwise impact our business, including, among others, our service offerings, cybersecurity, data security, personal information protection, foreign exchange and taxation. The introduction of new products and services may also subject us to additional laws, regulations or other government scrutiny. Moreover, the PRC regulatory framework governing financial marketing services is involving, and new laws or regulations may be promulgated to impose new requirements or prohibitions that render our operations or services non-compliant. For instance, on December 31, 2021, the People’s Bank of China, jointly with other six government authorities, issued the draft of Measures for Administration of Internet Marketing of Financial Products for public comments, to regulate, among others, financial institutions and internet platform marketing financial products. If such draft measures is enacted as proposed, our existing business model in our marketing services to enterprise customers may be materially and adversely affected and therefore be adjusted to comply with such amendments, and thus our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

These laws and regulations are continually evolving and may change significantly. As a result, the application, interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations are often uncertain, particularly in the rapidly evolving industry in which we operate. In addition, these laws and regulations may be interpreted and applied inconsistently by different agencies or authorities, and inconsistently with our current policies and practices. These laws and regulations may also be costly to comply with, and such compliance or any associated inquiries or investigations or any other government actions may delay or impede our development of new services and products; result in negative publicity and increase our operating costs; require significant management time and attention; and subject us to remedies, administrative penalties and even criminal liabilities that may harm our business, including fines assessed for the current or historical operations in China, or demands or orders that we modify or cease existing business practices.

The promulgation of new laws or regulations, or the new interpretation of existing laws and regulations, in each case that restrict or otherwise unfavorably impact the ability or manner in which we provide our services could require us to change certain aspects of our business to ensure compliance, which could decrease demand for our products and services, reduce revenues, increase costs, require us to obtain more licenses, permits, approvals or certificates, or subject us to additional liabilities. To the extent any new or more stringent measures are required to be implemented, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We are subject to a variety of evolving laws and regulations regarding cybersecurity, data security and personal information protection. If the data security measures adopted by us underperform, or if we otherwise fail to protect data security and personal information as required by relevant laws and regulations or by our users, we may lose existing users, fail to attract new users, and be subject to liabilities and other negative consequences.

Maintaining data security and protecting personal information are critical to our business. We process a large amount of data and information in various aspects of our business, in particular certain personally identifiable information relating to our users. For instance, users generally provide their mobile phone number and/or social media account information used for user registration and mailing address and bank account information for receipt of our delivery and refund services. Such information is potentially vulnerable to cyber-attacks, computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins or similar disruptions. We face risks inherent in handling large volumes of data and in protecting the security and privacy of such data. In addition, we are also subject to a variety of laws and regulations regarding cybersecurity, data security and personal information protection, including restrictions on the collection, storage and use of personal information and requirements to take steps to prevent personal data from being divulged, stolen or tampered with. To ensure the confidentiality and integrity of our data, we have implemented comprehensive and rigorous data security policies and measures to safeguard against unauthorized data access and disclosure to effectively address concerns related to privacy and data sharing. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Technology and Infrastructure—Data security and personal information protection.”

These policies and measures, however, may not be as effective as we anticipate. A party may nevertheless circumvent our security measures and disseminate or misappropriate proprietary and confidential information and jeopardize the confidential nature of such information. Any unauthorized or otherwise inappropriate disclosure or leakage of data, whether willful or accidental, may give rise to wrongful access, misuse or loss of our proprietary and confidential information or other records, which could disrupt our business and expose us to potential liabilities, costly litigations and negative publicity. If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in our technology infrastructure are exposed and exploited, our relationships with users and business partners could be severely damaged, we could incur significant liability and our business and operations could be adversely affected. Furthermore, we have expanded our services to enterprise customers, including provision of enterprise talent management services. Any failure or perceived failure by us to prevent information security breaches or to comply with privacy policies or privacy-related legal obligations, or any compromise of security that results in the unauthorized release or transfer of personally identifiable information or other customer data, could cause our clients to lose trust in us and could expose us to legal claims. A security breach that leads to leakage of data and information of our users and/or customers could subject us to legal liabilities, regulatory sanctions, reputational damage and loss of user confidence. In addition, data breaches or any misconduct during the process of collection, analysis, and storage of data, could result in a violation of applicable PRC data privacy and protection laws and regulations, and subject us to regulatory actions, investigations or litigations. As of the date of this annual report, we have not incurred any material actions, investigations or litigations relating to cybersecurity and personal information protection. However, we cannot guarantee that we will not encounter such incidents in the future. If any of such events occurs, we could incur significant costs in investigating and defending against them, and could be subject to negative publicity about our privacy and data protection practices, which may affect our reputation in the marketplace. Any potential risks related to our processing of data could require us to implement measures to reduce our exposure to liability, which may require us to expend substantial resources and limit the attractiveness of our services to learners. As a result, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. Any of these issues could harm our reputation, adversely affect our ability to attract prospective learners, reduce their willingness to pay, or subject us to third-party lawsuits, regulatory fines or other action or liability. Any reputational damage resulting from breach of our security measures could create distrust of our company by prospective learners or investors. We may be required to spend significant additional resources to protect us against the threat of security measures breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such disruptions or breaches. Any concerns or claims about our practices and compliance with regard to the processing of personal information or other privacy-related matters, even if ungrounded, could damage our reputation and results of operations.

The PRC regulatory framework for data security and personal information protection is rapidly evolving, and we could face challenges in our continued compliance with the heightened regulatory scrutiny.

The PRC regulatory framework for data security and personal information protection is rapidly evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. For instance, on June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“SCNPC”) promulgated the PRC Data Security Law, which took effect on September 1, 2021. The PRC Data Security Law, among other things, requires data collection to be conducted in a legitimate and proper manner, and stipulates that, for the purpose of data security, data processing activities must be conducted based on data classification and hierarchical protection system. Furthermore, on July 7, 2022, the CAC promulgated the Security Assessment Measures for Outbound Data Transfer, effective from September 1, 2022, to regulate outbound data transfer activities, protect the rights and interests of personal information, safeguard national security and social public interests, and promote the cross-border security and free flow of data. In addition, on December 8, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PRC (the “MIIT”) released the Administrative Measures for Data Security in Industry and Information Technology Sectors (Trial), effective from January l, 2023, which, among other things, impose specific data security management requirements and certain filing and reporting obligations on processors of important data and core data in industry and information technology sectors. Since the categories of important data and core data still remain unclear, it is uncertain how the measures will be interpreted and implemented.

On August 20, 2021, the SCNPC passed the PRC Personal Information Protection Law (the “PIPL”), which took effect on November 1, 2021. The PIPL accentuates the importance of processors’ obligations and responsibilities for personal information protection and sets out the basic rules for processing personal information and the rules for cross-border transfer of personal information. Pursuant to the PIPL, a personal information processor is allowed to process (including to collect, store, use, transmit, provide, disclose and delete) personal information only under certain circumstances, such as processing with consent from such individual, or for necessity of performance of a contract to which such individual is a contracting party or statutory duties, management of human resource under the labor rules and regulations developed in accordance with the law or a collective contract signed in accordance with the law, protection of public interest, or reasonable usage of legally disclosed information. Processing of sensitive personal information, such as the personal information that is likely to result in damage to personal dignity, personal or property safety once illegally disclosed, as well as the personal information of minors under the age of 14, is subject to higher regulatory requirements including specific purpose, sufficient necessity, duty of explanation to such individuals and consent from a parent or a guardian of such minors. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on Privacy Protection” for details. We do not foresee any material impediments for us to comply with the PIPL and other existing PRC laws and regulations on cybersecurity, data security and personal data protection in all material respects, based on the following reasons: as of the date of this annual report, (1) we have implemented comprehensive cybersecurity and data protection policies, procedures and measures to safeguard personal information rights and ensure secured storage and transmission of data and prevent unauthorized access or use of data; (2) there has been no material leakage of data or personal information or violation of cybersecurity and data protection and privacy laws and regulations by us which will have a material adverse impact on our business operations; (3) we have not been subject to any material fines or administrative penalties, mandatory rectifications, or other sanctions by any competent regulatory authorities in relation to the infringement of cybersecurity and data protection laws and regulations; (4) there has been no material cybersecurity and data protection incidents or infringement upon the rights of any third parties, or other legal proceedings, administrative or governmental proceedings, pending or, to the best of the knowledge of our company, threatened against or relating to our company; and (5) we have not been involved in any investigations on cybersecurity review initiated by the CAC on such basis and have not received any inquiry, notice, warning or sanctions in this respect.

We cannot assure you that our existing data security and personal information protection system and technical measures will always be considered sufficient under applicable laws, regulations and other privacy standards, or that we will comply with the applicable laws and regulation in all respects. If relevant government authorities interpret or implement these and other laws or regulations in ways that may negatively affect us, our current practice of collecting and processing data and personal information may be ordered to be rectified or terminated by regulatory authorities. We may also become subject to fines and other penalties which may have material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We could be adversely affected if PRC legislation or regulations require changes in business practices or privacy policies, or if the relevant PRC government authorities interpret or implement their legislation or regulations in ways that negatively affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Refunds or potential refund disputes of our course fees may negatively affect our reputation, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

For our financial literacy courses, we generally offer paying learners for premium courses a full and unconditional refund within the first three months after their payment and before they unlock the courses. For details of our refund policy and revenue recognition, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—A. Operating Results—Key Components of Results of Operations—Revenues.” For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, we made refund payments of RMB137.4 million, RMB249.7 million and RMB292.4 million (US$40.3 million), respectively, most of which were made pursuant to our tuition refund policy. The number of refund requests and the amount of refunds could be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control. For instance, paying learners may request refund due to reasons including but not limited to their dissatisfaction with our offerings, privacy concerns, accuracy of advertising contents regarding us, negative publicity regarding us or the industry in general, and any change or development in related PRC laws and regulations. Furthermore, our paying learners may disagree with us over the terms of our refund policies, the interpretation of relevant clauses, and the resolution of refund-related issues. Any refund payments that we may be required to make to our learners, as well as the expenses and resources involved for processing refunds and resolving refund disputes, could be substantial and could adversely affect our business operations and financial condition. A high volume of refunds and refund disputes may also generate negative publicity that could harm our reputation, brand image and market position. We have experienced in the past, and may experience in the future, negative publicity in relation to refund disputes between us and our learners, which may significantly harm our brand name and divert our attention from operating our business.

We may be subject to liability claims for any inappropriate or illegal content in our course offerings and on our platforms, which could cause us to incur legal costs and suffer reputational damage and harm our future business prospects.

The PRC government and regulatory authorities have adopted regulations governing illegal content and information over the internet. Under these regulations, internet content providers are prohibited from posting or displaying over the internet content that, among other things, violates PRC laws and regulations, impairs the national dignity of China or the public interest, propagates superstition, insults others, or is obscene or violent. Internet content providers are also prohibited from displaying content that may be deemed by relevant government authorities as socially destabilizing or leaking state secrets of China. The PRC government and regulatory authorities strengthen the regulation on internet content from time to time. For instance, the Circular of the SAPPRFT on Issues Concerning Strengthening the Administration of Online Live Streaming of Audio-Visual Programs requires online audio-visual live streaming service providers to monitor the living streaming content, and to have an established emergency reaction plan to replace content that violates PRC laws and regulations.

We implement strict monitoring procedures to remove inappropriate or illegal content in our courses and on our platforms. However, we cannot assure you that there will be no inappropriate or illegal materials included in our courses and learning materials and on our platforms. Therefore, we may face civil, administrative or criminal liability if an individual or corporate, governmental or other entity believes that the contents in our course offerings or on our platforms violates any laws, regulations or governmental policies or infringes their legal rights. Even if such a claim were not successful, defending such a claim may cause us to incur substantial costs. Moreover, any accusation of inappropriate or illegal content in our content offerings and on our platforms could lead to significant negative publicity, which could harm our reputation and future business prospects.

Our reputation and business may be adversely affected by the misconduct and improper activities by our learners, teaching staff, other employees, enterprise customers and other stakeholders.

We could be liable for actions taken by misconduct and improper activities by our learners, teaching staff, other employees, enterprise customers and other stakeholders. For instance, we allow instructors to engage in real-time communication with our learners. Our courses undergo internal review and pilot testing before being broadcasted. We also monitor our live courses, chat messages and other content of our courses to ensure that we are able to identify content that may be deemed inappropriate or violation of laws, regulations and government policies. When any inappropriate or illegal content is identified, we will promptly remove such content. We have also adopted a set of intelligent tools to reduce the chance that such illegal or inappropriate content might appear on our platforms. However, since we have limited control over the real-time and offline behavior of our instructors, tutors, learners, as well as their behaviors outside our platforms, to the extent any improper behavior is associated with our platforms, our ability to protect our brand image and reputation may be limited.

In addition, if any of our learners and potential learners associated with our platforms or business suffer or allege to have suffered financial or other harm following the services and products provided or contact initiated on our platforms, we may face civil lawsuits or other liability claims initiated by the affected person or governmental or regulatory authorities. In response to allegations of illegal or inappropriate activities conducted on our platforms or any negative media coverage about us, PRC government authorities may intervene and hold us liable for non-compliance with PRC laws and regulations concerning the dissemination of information on the internet and subject us to administrative penalties or other sanctions, such as requiring us to restrict or discontinue some of the features and services provided on our platforms. As a result, our brand image and learner base may suffer, and our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

We are also exposed to the risks associated with our marketing services such as fraud or other misconduct of our enterprise customers, other stakeholders and other persons relating to our platforms. For instance, the enterprises that we serve may be subject to regulatory penalties because of their regulatory compliance failures, which may, directly or indirectly, disrupt our business. The legal liabilities and regulatory actions on our enterprise customers or other third parties involved in our business may affect our business activities and reputation and in turn, our results of operations. Other types of misconduct also include intentionally failing to comply with government regulations, engaging in unauthorized activities and misrepresentation to our prospective learners during marketing activities, which could harm our reputation. It is not always possible to deter such misconduct, and the precautions we take to prevent and detect this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses, which could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The marketing and promotion content on or relating to our platforms may subject us to penalties and other administrative actions or liabilities.

Under PRC advertising laws and regulations, we are obligated to monitor the marketing and promotion contents on our platforms to ensure that such content is true and accurate and in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law prohibits business operators from making false or misleading commercial promotions regarding its performance, functions, quality, sales, user feedback or accolades, to defraud or mislead customers. Violation of these laws and regulations may subject us to penalties, including fines, confiscation of the related income, orders to cease dissemination of the advertisements and orders to publish an announcement correcting the misleading information. We have been and could, from time to time in the future continue to be, subject to such penalties and fines. For instance, Beijing Feierlai historically received certain administrative penalties of warning and fines for making false and misleading promotion of its instructors and the effectiveness and benefits of its financial literacy course offerings. Moreover, in circumstances involving serious violations by us, PRC government authorities may force us to terminate our marketing or promotion-related operations or revoke our licenses. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on Advertisement.”

While we have made significant efforts to ensure that the marketing and promotion materials on our platforms are in full compliance with applicable PRC laws and regulations, we cannot assure you that all the content contained in such materials will always comply with the relevant advertising laws and regulations, especially given the uncertainty in the interpretation of these PRC laws and regulations. For instance, we cannot guarantee that all descriptions of our online courses on our mobile apps and other social medial platforms are precise representations of the underlying services that we offer to our learners. In addition, we may fail to consistently and/or clearly present our contents and offerings as advertisements, where applicable, as required by the relevant laws and regulations. Moreover, in connection with our marketing services for enterprises, although we generally require our enterprise customers to be responsible for the legality, authenticity and appropriateness of those materials and have little control over the activities and procedures of such enterprise customers to create and modify these materials, we are nevertheless obliged to refuse to display such materials on our platform if we know or should know those materials are not in compliance with PRC law and regulations. If we are found to be in violation of applicable PRC laws and regulations, we may be subject to penalties and our reputation may be harmed, which may negatively affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We have been and may continue to be subject to litigations, allegations, complaints, investigations and penalties from time to time, which may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We have been and may continue to be involved in legal and other disputes, including labor disputes, customer complaints in relation to our refund policy, course advertisements, unfair competition and other dissatisfactions, contractual disputes, and administrative penalties in the ordinary course of our business operations. We have encountered and may also, in the future, encounter, disputes from time to time over rights and obligations concerning intellectual property rights and allegations against us for potential infringement of third party’s intellectual property rights, and we may not prevail in those disputes. Any claims against us, with or without merit, could be time consuming and costly to defend or litigate, divert our management’s attention and resources, or harm our brand equity. If a legal or administrative proceeding against us is successful, we may be required to pay substantial damages or fines and/or enter into agreements that may not be based upon commercially reasonable terms, or we may be unable to enter into such agreements at all. We may also lose, or be limited in, the rights to offer some of our content, products and services or be required to make changes to our content offerings or business model. As a result, the scope of our content, product and service offerings could be reduced, which could adversely affect our ability to attract new learners, harm our reputation and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We have incurred cumulative net loss and may not achieve or profitability in the future.

We have incurred cumulative net loss in the past. We generated net loss of RMB316.0 million, RMB233.4 million and RMB108.7 million (US$15.0 million) in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. We cannot assure you that we will be able to generate net profits or positive cash flow from operating activities in the future. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitability will depend in large part on our ability to maintain or increase our operating margin, either by growing our revenues at a rate faster than our costs and operating expenses increase, or by reducing our costs and operating expenses as a percentage of our revenues. Accordingly, we intend to continue to invest to attract new learners, hire high-quality instructors and tutors, and strengthen our technologies and data analytics capability to enhance learner experience. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitability will depend on the success of our existing and new service offerings, including our newly launched new course offerings and enterprise talent management services, which may result in a large amount of upfront investment, costs and expenses. As a result of the foregoing, we may not be able to achieve profitable or increase our profitability in the future.

Changes in our service offering mix may affect our results of operations.

Our results of operations have been, and are expected to continue to be, affected by changes in service offering mix. Our profit margins vary across different business lines, such as our online learning services and enterprise services. Our course fees also vary among different courses, such as between financial literacy courses and other personal interest courses, and between introductory courses and premium courses. We also adopt different revenue recognition and accounting treatment policies for our individual online learning services, and enterprise services. For our online courses, we typically collect our course fees in full upon course enrollment which are recognized over the longer of the corresponding contractual service period of the course and an estimated average learning period (“Average Learning Period”) of the learners. For our marketing services to enterprises, we generally calculate and collect service fees based on the quality and quantity of the leads generated and/or amount of services offered. The revenue contribution of other personal interest courses and enterprise services to our total revenues is increasing, which affected, and may continue to affect, our overall profit margin and results of operations. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—A. Operating Results—Key Factors Affecting Results of Operations—Key Factors Affecting Results of Operations—Specific factors affecting results of operations—Change in service offering mix.” We also began to provide enterprise talent management services to enterprise customers in June 2022. The different nature of such service offerings may further affect the overall profit margin and cost structure. Any future change in our service offering mix could subject our results of operations and financial condition to substantial uncertainties.

China’s online adult learning market, including the online adult learning market for personal interest courses, has been evolving rapidly. If we are unable to anticipate and adapt to industry trends in time, our business and prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

The online adult learning market in China, including the online adult learning market for personal interest courses, is constantly evolving. Our limited history as an online learning service provider may not serve as an adequate basis for evaluating our future prospect and results of operations, including our revenue, cash flows and profitability. We have encountered, and may continue to encounter in the future, risks, challenges and uncertainties associated with operating an internet-based business, such as building and managing reliable and secure IT systems and infrastructure, addressing regulatory compliance and uncertainty, and hiring and training IT support staff, all of which we have limited experience with. In addition, we may face additional risks and challenges associated with responding to evolving industry trends, standards and new developments, including new technologies and applications made possible by the increasing mobile penetration in China. If we do not rise up to the challenges successfully, our business may suffer and our operating and financial results may differ materially from our expectations.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition have been and may continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 has significantly affected China and many other countries. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, various nations imposed various measures to keep COVID-19 in check, including travel restrictions from time to time. Such measures have adversely affected our operation, as it has caused inconvenience to our day-to-day operating activities. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—A. Operating Results—Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic” for details.

While many of the measures to keep COVID-19 in check in China have been lifted since December 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic has broadly affected China’s online adult learning market and the macroeconomy. Our results of operations and financial performance have been and may continue to be adversely affected, to the extent that COVID-19 exerts long-term negative impact on the Chinese economy. Historically, the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the growth of China’s online adult learning market, and in turn, our business growth. However, we are not able to quantify the proportion of the increase in revenue that is attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic as opposed to other factors contributing to our growth in the same periods. Furthermore, the circumstances that have driven our business growth during the COVID-19 pandemic may not persist in the future. While the lessening of the COVID-19 pandemic could have a positive impact on our normal operations, it may also shift the public’s focus to offline activities and reduce their interest in online learning. Moreover, to the extent that future waves of COVID-19 pandemic disrupt normal business operations, we may face operational challenges with our services, and we likely will have to adopt similar remote work arrangements and other measures to minimize such impact. Furthermore, any decline in the individual disposable income and learners’ willingness to spend on personal development opportunities due to a worsening economic performance and outlook as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may also lessen demands for our services or put price pressure on our services. In addition, as we have expanded into more enterprise services, including enterprise talent management services, the demand from enterprise customers may also stagnate if they encounter operational and financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The duration and extent of impact of such business disruptions, lower demands or price pressure on our results of operations and financial performance cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our results of operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, including the availability and effectiveness of any new vaccines and the emergence of any new COVID-19 variants, among others.

Any failures or underperformance of our information technology system and infrastructure, in particular those relating to live streaming and business intelligence, could reduce learner satisfaction, harm our reputation, and cause our services to be less attractive to our learners and customers.

The performance and reliability of our technology system and infrastructure are critical to our business operations. We rely on a combination of in-house and external technology system and infrastructure to provide our services, the failure or underperformance of which may materially disrupt our business operations. For instance, we rely on certain external service providers to support the delivery of our live courses. Any capacity or bandwidth limit, service interruptions or delays or other errors of the live streaming service providers could materially and adversely affect our learner experience, reputation and brand image and the business operations of the consolidated affiliated entities. In addition, our network infrastructure is currently deployed, and our data is mainly maintained by certain third-party cloud computing service providers in China. We depend on such service providers’ ability to protect their and our system in their facilities against events such as damage or interruption from natural disasters, power or telecommunications failures, air quality issues, environmental conditions, computer viruses or attempts to harm our systems, criminal acts and similar events, which events are beyond our control. If our arrangements with such service providers are terminated or if there is a lapse of service or damage to their facilities, we could experience interruptions in our service. Any interruptions in the accessibility of or deterioration it the quality of access to our platform and offerings could reduce the attractiveness of our services and products, impair learners’ satisfaction and result in reduction in the number of our learners, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We rely on third-party service providers to support certain of our online course delivery and business operation and any disruption of or interference with our use of such third-party services would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We rely on third parties to support certain of our online course delivery and business operation, including sales and marketing activities on certain major social media platforms, such as Weixin, Douyin and Kuaishou. We are, therefore, vulnerable to problems experienced by such third-party service providers. We may experience interruptions, delays or outages with respect to our third-party service providers in the future due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human, hardware or software errors, hosting disruptions and capacity constraints. The level of services provided by these providers, or regular or prolonged interruptions in that service, could also adversely affect our learners’ experience, consequently, our business and reputation. In addition, costs generated from third parties’ services will increase as our learner base grows, which could adversely affect our business if we are unable to grow our revenue sufficiently to offset such increase. Furthermore, our providers have broad discretion to change and interpret the terms of service and other policies with respect to us, including the fees charged to us, and those actions may be unfavorable to our business operations. Our providers may also take actions beyond our control that could seriously harm our business, including discontinuing or limiting our access to one or more services, increasing service prices, terminating or seeking to terminate our contractual relationship altogether, or altering how we are able to process data in a way that is unfavorable or costly to us. Although we expect that we could obtain similar services from other third parties, if our arrangements with our current providers were terminated, we could experience interruptions in our ability to make our online live streaming courses available to learners, as well as delays and additional expenses in arranging for alternative services. As a result, we may incur additional costs, fail to attract or retain learners, or be subject to potential liability, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Failure to protect our intellectual property rights, in particular those relating to trademarks and copyrights as well as the contents on our platforms, may undermine our competitive position, and litigation to protect such intellectual property rights or defend against third-party allegations of infringement may be costly and ineffective.

We believe that our copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property are essential to our success. We have devoted considerable time and energy to the development and improvement of our course materials, platforms and technologies. We rely primarily on copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other contractual restrictions for the protection of the intellectual property used in our business. Nevertheless, these provide only limited protection and the actions we take to protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate. Third parties may pirate our course materials and infringe upon or misappropriate our other intellectual property. Our trade secrets may become known or be independently discovered by our competitors. Infringement upon or the misappropriation of, our proprietary technologies, course contents or other intellectual property could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. While we have taken steps to protect our proprietary rights, such steps may not be adequate to prevent the infringement or misappropriation of our intellectual property.

As of the date of this annual report, we have not registered certain trademarks for certain goods or services we use in our business, and are in the process of registering certain trademarks that are necessary based on the current scope of our business. Certain trademarks relating to and potentially important to our business have been registered by third parties, some of which relates to our key brands “QiNiu,” “JiangZhen,” and “QianChi.” We cannot assure you that any of our trademark applications will ultimately proceed to registration or will result in registration with adequate scope for our business, particularly if such requested trademarks are found to conflict with the registered trademarks owned by third parties, including our competitors. Some of our pending applications or registrations may be successfully challenged or invalidated by others. If our trademark applications are not successful, we may have to use different marks for the affected services, or seek to enter into arrangements with any third parties who may have prior registrations, applications or rights, which might not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.

We have been, and expect to continue to be involved with litigation and other legal proceedings to protect our intellectual property rights. For instance, certain of our competitors are infringing certain copyrights of our financial literacy course contents and we have sued such companies and claimed for, among others, injunctive relief and monetary damages. As of the date of this annual report, some of such legal proceedings are still ongoing. Litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets, or determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Such litigation, however, may be costly and divert management’s attention away from our business. An adverse determination in any such litigation would impair our intellectual property rights and may harm our business, prospects and reputation. Enforcement of judgments in China is uncertain, and even if we are successful in litigation, it may not provide us with an effective remedy. In addition, we have no insurance coverage against litigation costs and would have to bear all costs arising from such litigation to the extent we are unable to recover them from other parties. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could result in substantial costs and diversion of our resources, and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We may from time to time be subject to infringement claims relating to intellectual properties of third parties.

We cannot assure you that our course contents, IT technologies and platforms do not or will not infringe upon copyrights or other intellectual property rights held by third parties. We may encounter disputes from time to time over rights and obligations concerning intellectual properties, and we may not prevail in those disputes. For instance, we were historically subject to a competitor’s claim that we infringed the copyrights relating to their financial literacy course contents, which we eventually settled with that party. In addition, although we develop most of our introductory and premium level courses in house, we have obtained the license to use certain learning materials on our platforms from third parties. If our rights to such contents are disputed or if we lose such rights, we may be forced to remove the disputed content from the offerings as well as pay certain penalties. In this case, our business, results of operations, financial condition and reputation would be adversely affected.

We have adopted policies and procedures to prohibit our employees from infringing upon third-party copyright or intellectual property rights. However, we cannot ensure that they will not, against our policies, use third-party copyrighted materials or intellectual property without proper authorization in our platforms or via any medium through which we provide our services. We may incur liability for unauthorized duplication or distribution of materials posted on our online platforms or mobile apps. We may be subject to claims against us alleging our infringement of third-party intellectual property rights in the future. Any such intellectual property infringement claim could result in costly litigation and divert our management attention and resources, which in turn could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

If our senior management and other key personnel are unable to work together effectively or efficiently or if we lose their services, our business may be severely affected.

The continued services of our senior management and other key personnel are important to our continued success. If they cannot work together effectively or efficiently, our business may be severely disrupted. If one or more of our senior management members was unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, we might not be able to replace them easily or at all, and our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected. If any of our senior management joins a competitor or forms a competing business, we face the risk of losing other key personnel, our instructors, technology and R&D and other staff, as well as our learners. Our senior management has entered into employment agreements with us which contain confidentiality clauses, as well as standalone confidentiality and non-compete agreements. However, if any dispute arises between our senior management and us, we may have to incur substantial costs and expenses in order to enforce such agreements in China or we may be unable to enforce them at all.

A material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting has been identified, and if we fail to implement and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we could be unable to accurately report our results of operations, meet our reporting obligations or prevent fraud, and investor confidence and the market price of the ADSs may be materially and adversely affected.

In the course of preparing and auditing our consolidated financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, we and our independent registered public accounting firm identified one material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2023. As defined in the standards established by the PCAOB, a “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidate financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

The material weakness identified relates to lack of sufficient financial reporting and accounting personnel with appropriate knowledge of U.S. GAAP and reporting requirements set forth by the SEC to properly address complex U.S. GAAP technical accounting issues, and to prepare and review the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements set forth by the SEC. The material weakness, if not remediated timely, may lead to material misstatements in our consolidated financial statements in the future.

To remedy our identified material weakness, we have begun to, and will continue to, improve our internal control over financial reporting. For details, see “Item 15. Controls and Procedures—Internal Control over Financial Reporting.” The implementation of these measures, however, may not fully address the material weakness identified in our internal control over financial reporting, and we cannot conclude that it has been fully remedied. Our failure to correct the material weakness or our failure to discover and address any other material weaknesses or deficiencies could result in inaccuracies in our financial statements and impair our ability to comply with applicable financial reporting requirements and related regulatory filings on a timely basis. Moreover, ineffective internal control over financial reporting could significantly hinder our ability to prevent fraud.

We are subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the “Section 404”) requires that we include a report from management on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in our annual report on Form 20-F beginning with our annual report on Form 20-F beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. In addition, once we cease to be an “emerging growth company” as such term is defined in the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm must attest to and report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Our management may conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is not effective. Moreover, even if our management concludes that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, our independent registered public accounting firm, after conducting its own independent testing, may issue a report with adverse opinion on our internal control over financial accounting if it is not satisfied with our internal controls or the level at which our controls are documented, designed, operated or reviewed, or if it interprets the relevant requirements differently from us. In addition, as a public company, our reporting obligations may place a significant strain on our management, operational and financial resources and systems for the foreseeable future. We may be unable to timely complete our evaluation testing and any required remediation.

During the course of documenting and testing our internal control procedures, in order to satisfy the requirements of Section 404, we may identify other weaknesses and deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, as these standards are modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, we may not be able to conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404. Generally, if we fail to achieve and maintain an effective internal control environment, it could result in material misstatements in our financial statements and could also impair our ability to comply with applicable financial reporting requirements and related regulatory filings on a timely basis. As a result, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs, may be materially and adversely affected. Additionally, ineffective internal control over financial reporting could expose us to increased risk of fraud or misuse of corporate assets and subject us to potential delisting from the stock exchange on which we list, regulatory investigations and civil or criminal sanctions. We may also be required to restate our financial statements from prior periods.

If we fail to adopt new technologies, our competitive position and ability to generate revenues may be materially and adversely affected.

The technology used in online learning services may evolve rapidly. We must anticipate and adapt to such technological changes in a timely fashion, including but not limited to those relating to live broadcasting, data analytics and artificial intelligence. If we fail to upgrade our existing technologies or adopt new technologies important to our business, our ability to enhance and expand our course and other offerings, enlarge our learner base and encourage spending on our course and other offerings may be impaired. As a result, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

Any change, disruption, discontinuity in the features and functions of major social media in China could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We leverage social media in China as a tool for learner acquisition and engagement. For instance, we acquire new learners through social media, such as Weixin, Douyin and Kuaishou, and our course operations depend in part on Weixin. To the extent that we fail to leverage such platforms, our ability to attract or retain learners may be severely harmed. If any of these platforms makes changes to its functions or support unfavorable to us, or even stops offering its functions or support to us, we may not be able to locate alternative platforms of similar scale to provide similar functions or support on commercially reasonable terms in a timely manner, or at all. Furthermore, we may fail to establish or maintain relationships with additional social network operators to support the growth of our business on economically viable terms, or at all. Any interruption to or discontinuation of our relationships with major social network operators in China may severely and negatively impact our ability to continue growing our learner base, and any occurrence of the circumstances mentioned above may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our platforms incorporate open-source software, which may pose risks and uncertainties in a manner that negatively affects our business.

We currently use certain open-source software on our online platforms and will continue to do so in the future. There is a risk that open-source software licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to provide or distribute our content on our online platforms. Additionally, we may face claims from third parties claiming ownership of, or demanding release of, the open-source software or derivative works that we developed using such software. These claims could result in litigation and could require us to make our software source code freely available, purchase a costly license or cease offering the implicated products or services unless and until we can re-engineer them to avoid infringement. This re-engineering process could require significant additional research and development resources, and we may not be able to complete it successfully. As a result, our business, results of operations and financial condition might be adversely and materially affected.

We are subject to risks related to third-party payment processing.

We accept payments through major third-party online payment channels in China and bank transfers from our customers. We may also be susceptible to fraud, user data leakage and other illegal activities in connection with the various payment methods we offer. In addition, our business depends on the billing, payment and escrow systems of the third-party payment service providers to maintain accurate records of payments by customers and collect such payments. If the quality, utility, convenience or attractiveness of these payment processing and escrow services declines, or if we have to change the pattern of using these payment services for any reason, the attractiveness of our company could be materially and adversely affected. We are also subject to various rules, regulations and requirements, regulatory or otherwise, governing electronic funds transfers which could change or be reinterpreted to make it difficult or impossible for us to comply. If we fail to comply with these rules or requirements, we may be subject to fines and higher transaction fees and become unable to accept the current online payments solutions from customers, and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. Business involving online payment services is subject to a number of risks that could materially and adversely affect third-party online payment service providers’ ability to provide payment processing and escrow services to us, including:

We currently have limited business insurance coverage.

Insurance companies in China currently do not offer as extensive an array of insurance products as insurance companies in more developed economies. We rarely maintain liability insurance or property insurance policies covering users, equipment and facilities for injuries, death or losses due to fire, earthquake, flood or any other disaster. Consistent with customary industry practice in China, we rarely maintain any business interruption insurance or key-man life insurance. We have determined that the costs of insuring for these risks and the difficulties associated with acquiring such insurance on commercially reasonable terms make it impractical for us to have such insurance. Any uninsured business disruptions may result in our incurring substantial costs and the diversion of resources, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We face uncertainties with respect to our leased properties.

We lease real properties from third parties primarily for our offices in China, and the lease agreements for most of these leased properties have not been registered with the PRC government authorities as required by PRC law. Although the failure to do so does not in itself invalidate the leases, we may be ordered by the PRC government authorities to rectify such noncompliance and, if such noncompliance were not rectified within a given period of time, we may be subject to fines imposed by PRC government authorities ranging from RMB1,000 and RMB10,000 for those of our lease agreements that have not been registered with the relevant PRC government authorities. As of the date of this annual report, we are not aware of any regulatory or governmental actions, claims or investigations being contemplated or any challenges by third parties to our use of such leased properties. However, we cannot assure you that the government authorities will not impose fines on us due to our failure to register any of our lease agreements, which may negatively impact our financial condition. In addition, the ownership certificates or other similar proof of some of our leased properties have not been provided to us by the relevant lessors. Therefore, we cannot assure you that such lessors are entitled to lease the relevant real properties to us. If the lessors are not entitled to lease the real properties to us and the owners of such real properties decline to ratify the lease agreements between us and the respective lessors, we may not be able to enforce our rights to lease such properties under the respective lease agreements against the owners. If this occurs, we may have to renegotiate the leases with the owners or other parties who have the right to lease the properties, and the terms of the new leases may be less favorable to us. In addition, in the event that our use of properties is successfully challenged, we may be forced to relocate. As of the date of this annual report, we are not aware of any claim or challenge brought by any third parties against us or our lessors with respect to the defects in our leasehold interests. We cannot assure you that suitable alternative locations are readily available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, and we may be unable to relocate our offices in a timely manner, which may adversely affect our business.

Failure to make adequate contributions to social insurance and housing fund as required by PRC regulations may subject us to penalties.

In accordance with the PRC Social Insurance Law and the Administrative Measures on Housing Fund and other relevant laws and regulations, an employer is required to pay basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance and housing fund (the “Employee Benefits”), for its employees in accordance with the rates provided under relevant regulations and withhold the Employee Benefits that should be assumed by the employees. Historically, we had not made sufficient contribution of the Employee Benefits for some employees. We started to make sufficient contribution of Employee Benefits for all employees from July 2023 in accordance with relevant regulations in China. We have been, and may, from time to time, be subject to case-by-case requests to make up for our insufficient contributions to the Employee Benefits and/or, if any, the associated late fees or fines. We have made adequate provision in relation to the insufficient contribution of the Employee Benefits in our financial statements. However, we cannot assure you that the relevant government authorities will not, in the future, require us to pay the outstanding amount and impose late fees or fines on us, in which case our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

Increases in labor costs, inflation and implementation of stricter labor laws in the PRC may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Under the PRC Labor Contract Law, employees have the right, among others, to have written employment contracts, to enter into employment contracts with no fixed term under certain circumstances, to receive overtime wages and to terminate or alter terms in labor contracts. Because the PRC government authorities have introduced various new labor-related regulations since the PRC Labor Contract Law took effect, and the interpretation and implementation of these regulations are still evolving, our employment practice could violate the PRC Labor Contract Law and related regulations and could be subject to related penalties, fines or legal fees. We have been, and may in the future be, subject to certain employment related disputes from time to time. We cannot assure you that we will not be subject to any material labor disputes or penalties from regulatory authorities in the future. If we are subject to severe penalties or incur significant legal fees in connection with labor law disputes or investigations, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

China’s overall economy and the average salary have increased in recent years and are expected to continue to grow. The average salary level for our employees has also increased in recent years. If the inflation intensifies in China, we may have to increase the price level of our services while our costs and operating expenses may also increase in the mean time. In that case, our profit margin will depend on our ability to pass on the additional costs and operating expenses to our customers. In addition, a rising inflation level will also have a negative impact on the willingness and ability of learners and enterprises to pay for our offerings, which will in turn reduce the demand of our offerings and negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition. We expect that our labor costs, including salaries and employee benefits, will continue to increase. Unless we are able to pass on these increased labor costs to our customers by attracting new paying learners, increase learners’ spending on our offerings or increasing the prices of our offerings, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.

We may, from time to time, evaluate and potentially consummate investments and acquisitions or enter into alliances, which may require significant management attention and adversely affect our business operations, results of operations and financial condition.

We may evaluate and consider strategic investments, combinations, acquisitions or alliances to further increase the value of our platforms and better serve our learners and enterprise customers. For instance, in September 2023, we entered into an agreement relating to the acquisition of KELLY’S EDUCATION LIMITED, a personalized online language education service provider in Hong Kong, pursuant to which we acquired all of the issued share capital of KELLY’S EDUCATION LIMITED for a total consideration of HK$2.0 million. We may not be able to identify suitable strategic alliances or acquisition opportunities, complete such transactions on commercially favorable terms, or successfully integrate business operations, infrastructure and management philosophies of acquired businesses and companies. Furthermore, these transactions could be material to our business if consummated. We may not have the financial resources necessary to consummate any acquisitions in the future or the ability to obtain the necessary funds on satisfactory terms. There may be particular complexities, regulatory or otherwise, associated with further expansion into new markets, and our strategies may not succeed beyond our and current markets. Any future acquisitions may also result in significant transaction expenses in addition to integration and consolidation risks. Because acquisitions historically have not been a core part of our growth strategy, we have no material experience in successfully utilizing acquisitions. We may not have sufficient management, financial and other resources to integrate any such future acquisitions or to successfully operate new businesses, and we may be unable to profitably operate our expanded company. If we are unable to effectively address these challenges, our ability to execute acquisitions will be impaired, which could have an adverse effect on our growth.

We rely on certain key operating metrics to evaluate the performance of our business, and real or perceived inaccuracies in such metrics may harm our reputation and negatively affect our business.

We rely on certain key operating metrics, such as the number of registered users, introductory course learners and paying learners, among other things, to evaluate the performance of our business. Our operating metrics may differ from estimates published by third parties or from similarly titled metrics used by other companies due to differences in methodology and assumptions. We calculate these operating metrics using internal company data and certain external data. If we discover material inaccuracies in the operating metrics we use, or if they are perceived to be inaccurate, our reputation may be harmed and our evaluation methods and results may be impaired, which could negatively affect our business. If investors make investment decisions based on operating metrics we disclose that are inaccurate, we may also face potential lawsuits or disputes.

Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations.

We generally face a higher number of learners on our platforms in summer vacations and other long holidays when the adults have more spare time for learning, as well as when our and the overall marketing and promotional activities are more active. Overall, the historical seasonality of our business has been relatively mild due to our rapid growth, but seasonality may increase in the future. Due to our limited history, the seasonal trends that we have experienced in the past may not be indicative of our future prospects. Our results of operations and financial condition for future periods may continue to fluctuate. As a result, the trading price of the ADSs may fluctuate from time to time due to seasonality.

We have granted and will continue to grant share-based awards under our share incentive plans, which may result in increasing share-based compensation expenses.

In connection with our restructuring and spin-off, we adopted our 2018 share incentive plan (the “2018 Plan”) and 2021 global share plan (the “2021 Plan”) in May 2022 to reflect the respective interests of grantees prior to the restructuring and spin-off and to provide for future incentive grants to our employees, directors and consultants. Under the 2018 Plan and the 2021 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares which may be issued pursuant to all awards is 38,240,745 Class A ordinary shares. As of October 18, 2023, options to purchase a total of 17,993,221 Class A ordinary shares under the 2021 Plan had been granted and outstanding, and 241,143 of such options had been exercised. As of October 18, 2023, there had been no options granted under the 2018 Plan. We recorded share-based compensation of RMB101.8 million, RMB291.4 million and RMB191.6 million (US$26.4 million) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. We may continue to record significant share-based compensation expenses in relation to such share option grants. We expect to grant awards under such plans, which we believe is of significant importance to our ability to attract and retain key personnel and employees and may therefore record additional amount of share-based compensation expenses. See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—B. Compensation—Share Incentive Plans” for details. As a result, our expenses associated with share-based compensation may increase, which may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

The performance of the internet infrastructure and telecommunications networks in China is critical to our business.

The performance of the internet infrastructure and telecommunications networks in China is critical to our business. Almost all access to the internet is maintained through state-owned telecommunications operators under the administrative control and regulatory supervision of the MIIT. Moreover, we have entered into contracts with various subsidiaries of a limited number of telecommunications service providers at provincial level and rely on them to provide us with data communications capacity through local telecommunications lines. We have limited access to alternative networks or services in the event of disruptions, failures or other problems with China’s internet infrastructure or the telecommunications networks provided by telecommunications service providers. With the expansion of our business, we may be required to upgrade our technology and infrastructure to keep up with the increasing traffic on our online platform. However, we have no control over the costs of the services provided by telecommunications service providers. If the prices we pay for telecommunications and internet services rise significantly, our results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. If internet access fees or other charges to internet users increase, our user traffic may decline, and our business may be harmed.

We may need additional capital in the future to pursue our business objectives.

We may need to raise additional capital to respond to business challenges or opportunities, accelerate our growth, develop new offerings or enhance our technological capacities. Due to the unpredictable nature of the capital markets and our industry, we cannot assure you that we will be able to raise additional capital on terms favorable to us, or at all, if and when required, especially if we experience disappointing results of operations. If adequate capital is not available to us as required, our ability to fund operations, take advantage of unanticipated opportunities, develop or enhance our infrastructure or respond to competitive pressures could be significantly limited. If we do raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interests of our shareholders could be significantly diluted. These newly issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing shareholders.

Natural disasters and unusual weather conditions, power outages, pandemic outbreaks, terrorist acts, global political events and other extraordinary events could materially and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and future prospects.

In addition to the impact of COVID-19, natural disasters, such as fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, unusual weather conditions, power outages, other pandemic outbreaks, terrorist acts or disruptive global political events, or similar disruptions could materially and adversely affect our business operations and financial performance. These events could result in server interruptions, breakdowns, system failures, technology platform failures or internet failures, which could cause the loss or corruption of data or malfunctions of software, hardware, storage and network. Any interruptions to our live streaming capabilities due to extraordinary event can materially affect our ability to grow our learner base and impair our user experience, disrupt normal business operations, and be detrimental to our reputation and growth prospects. In addition, in recent years, there have been other breakouts of epidemics in China and globally. Normal business operations could be disrupted if one of our employees is suspected of having H1N1 flu, avian flu, or another epidemic, since it could require our employees to be quarantined and/or our offices to be disinfected. Our results of operations could be also adversely affected to the extent that any of the extraordinary events harms the PRC economy in general.

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure

If the PRC government deems that our contractual arrangements with the VIE do not comply with PRC regulatory restrictions on foreign investment in the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, the ADSs may decline in value or become worthless if we are unable to assert our contractual control rights over the assets of the affiliated entities that conduct substantially all of the revenue-generating operations.

In June 2018, MOFCOM and the National Development and Reform Commission (the “NDRC”) promulgated the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for Foreign Investment Access (the “Negative List”), which became effective on July 28, 2018, in order to amend the Guidance Catalog of Industries for Foreign Investment. The Negative List was latest amended on December 27, 2021. Pursuant to the latest Negative List, foreign ownership in entities that provide internet and other related businesses, including but not limited to, certain value-added telecommunication services, internet audio-visual program services and radio and television program production and operation, is subject to restrictions under current PRC laws and regulations, unless certain exceptions are available. Specifically, the operation of certain value-added telecommunications services is considered as “restricted,” while the provision of radio and television program production and operation and the internet audio-visual program services are considered as “prohibited.”

QuantaSing Group Limited is a Cayman Islands holding company with no substantive operations. Beijing Liangzizhige, our WFOE, is our wholly-owned PRC subsidiary and a foreign-invested enterprise under PRC laws. Accordingly, our WFOE is not eligible to engage in businesses that are subject to foreign ownership restriction under the PRC laws. We currently conduct our business in China through the contractual arrangements entered into by our WFOE with the VIE based in China. Investors in the ADSs are purchasing the equity securities of QuantaSing Group Limited, the Cayman Islands holding company, rather than the equity securities of the VIE or its subsidiaries. Our WFOE has entered into a series of contractual arrangements with the VIE and its shareholder, which enable us to (1) be considered as the primary beneficiary of the VIE for accounting purposes and consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities, (2) receive substantially all of the economic benefits of the affiliated entities, (3) have the pledge right over the equity interests in the VIE as the pledgee, and (4) have an exclusive option to purchase all or part of the equity interests in the VIE when and to the extent permitted by PRC law. We have been and expect to continue to be dependent on the affiliated entities to operate our business in China. As a result of these contractual arrangements, we are the primary beneficiary of the VIE and consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities under U.S. GAAP. See “Corporate History and Structure” for details.

In the opinion of our PRC counsel, CM Law Firm, (1) the ownership structures of our WFOE and the VIE in China are not in any violation of the applicable PRC laws or regulations currently in effect; and (2) the agreements under the contractual arrangements among our WFOE, the VIE and its shareholder governed by PRC law are valid and binding upon each party to such agreements and enforceable against each party thereto in accordance with their terms and applicable PRC laws and regulations currently in effect. However, we have been further advised by our PRC counsel that there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current or future PRC laws and regulations. The PRC government may ultimately take a view contrary to or otherwise different from the opinion of our PRC counsel. The agreements under the contractual arrangements among our WFOE, the VIE and its shareholder have not been tested in a court of law. If the PRC government otherwise find that we are in violation of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations or lack the necessary permits or licenses to operate our business, the relevant government authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such violation, including, without limitation:

Any of these events could cause significant disruption to our operations and materially and adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition. If the PRC government determines that the contractual arrangements and/or the VIE structure do not comply with PRC regulations, or if these regulations change or are interpreted differently in the future, we may be unable to direct the VIE’s activities in China that significantly impact its economic performance and/or to receive the economic benefits and residual returns from the VIE, and we are unable to restructure our ownership structure and our operations in a satisfactory manner, we may not be able to consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities in our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and the ADSs may decline in value or become worthless.

The contractual arrangements with the VIE and its shareholder may be less effective than direct ownership in providing operational control.

We have relied and expect to continue to rely on contractual arrangements with the VIE and its shareholder to conduct our operations in China. These contractual arrangements, however, may be less effective than direct ownership in providing us with operational control over the VIE. For instance, the VIE and its shareholder could breach their contractual arrangements with us by, among other things, failing to conduct the operations of the VIE in an acceptable manner or taking other actions that are detrimental to our interests.

If we had direct ownership of the VIE in China, we would be able to exercise our rights as a shareholder to effect changes in the board of directors of the VIE, which in turn could implement changes, subject to any applicable fiduciary obligations, at the management and operational level. However, under the current contractual arrangements, we rely on the performance by the VIE and its shareholder of their obligations under the contracts to direct the VIE’s activities. The shareholder of the VIE may not act in the best interests of our company or may not perform its obligations under these contracts. If any dispute relating to these contracts remains unresolved, we will have to enforce our rights under these contracts through the operations of PRC law and arbitration, litigation and other legal proceedings and therefore will be subject to uncertainties in the PRC legal system. See “—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure—We face uncertainty with respect to the enforceability of the contractual arrangements with the VIE and its shareholder, and any failure by the VIE or its shareholder to perform their obligations under our contractual arrangements with them would have a material adverse effect on our business.”

We face uncertainty with respect to the enforceability of the contractual arrangements with the VIE and its shareholder, and any failure by the VIE or its shareholder to perform their obligations under our contractual arrangements with them would have a material adverse effect on our business.

If the VIE or its shareholder fail to perform their respective obligations under the contractual arrangements, we may have to incur substantial costs and expend additional resources to enforce such arrangements. We may also have to rely on legal remedies under PRC law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, and contractual remedies, which we cannot assure you will be sufficient or effective under PRC law. For instance, if the shareholder of the VIE were to refuse to transfer its equity interests in the VIE to us or our designee if we exercise the purchase option pursuant to these contractual arrangements, or if they were otherwise to act in bad faith toward us, then we may have to take legal actions to compel them to perform their contractual obligations. In addition, if any third parties claim any interest in such shareholder’s equity interests in the VIE, our ability to exercise shareholder’s rights or foreclose the share pledge according to the contractual arrangements may be impaired. If these or other disputes between the shareholder of the VIE and third parties were to impair our contractual control over the VIE, our ability to consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities would be affected, which would in turn result in a material adverse effect our business, operations and financial condition.

All the agreements under our contractual arrangements with the VIE are governed by PRC law and provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitration in China. Accordingly, these contracts would be interpreted in accordance with PRC law and any disputes would be resolved in accordance with PRC legal procedures. However, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements. Meanwhile, there are very few precedents and little formal guidance as to how contractual arrangements in the context of a consolidated variable interest entity should be interpreted or enforced under PRC law. There remain significant uncertainties regarding the ultimate outcome of such arbitration should legal action become necessary. In addition, under PRC law, rulings by arbitrators are final, parties cannot appeal the arbitration results in courts, and if the losing parties fail to carry out the arbitration awards within a prescribed time limit, the prevailing parties may only enforce the arbitration awards in PRC courts through arbitration award recognition proceedings, which would require additional expenses and delay. In the event we are unable to enforce these contractual arrangements, or if we suffer significant delay or other obstacles in the process of enforcing these contractual arrangements, we may not be able to exert effective contractual control over the VIE, and our ability to conduct our business may be negatively affected. See “—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—Uncertainties with respect to the enforcement of and changes in laws and regulations in China could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and future prospects, and cause the ADSs to significantly decline in value or become worthless.”

The shareholder of the VIE may have actual or potential conflicts of interest with us, which may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The shareholder of the VIE may have actual or potential conflicts of interest with us. The shareholder may breach, or cause the VIE to breach, or refuse to renew, the existing contractual arrangements we have with the shareholder and the VIE, which would have a material adverse effect on our ability to consolidate the financial results of the affiliated entities and receive economic benefits from them. For instance, the shareholder may be able to cause our agreements with the VIE to be performed in a manner adverse to us by, among other things, failing to remit payments due under the contractual arrangements to us on a timely basis. We cannot assure you that when conflicts of interest arise the shareholder will act in the best interests of our company or such conflicts will be resolved in our favor.

We do not currently have any arrangements to address potential conflicts of interest between the shareholder and our company, except that we could exercise our purchase option under the exclusive option agreement with the shareholder to request it to transfer all of its equity interests in the VIE to a PRC entity or individual designated by us, to the extent permitted by PRC law. For individuals who are also our directors and officers, we rely on them to abide by the laws of the Cayman Islands, which provide that directors and officers owe a fiduciary duty to the company that requires them to act in good faith and in what they believe to be the best interests of the company and not to use their position for personal gains. The shareholder of the VIE have executed powers of attorney to appoint our WFOE or a person designated by our WFOE to vote on its behalf and exercise voting rights as shareholder of our respective VIE. If we cannot resolve any conflict of interest or dispute between us and the shareholder of the VIE, we would have to rely on legal proceedings, which could result in disruption of our business and subject us to substantial uncertainty as to the outcome of any such legal proceedings.

The shareholder of the VIE may be involved in disputes with third parties or other incidents that may have an adverse effect on their respective equity interests in the VIE and the validity or enforceability of our contractual arrangements with the VIE and its shareholder. For instance, if any of the equity interests of the VIE is assigned to a third party with whom the current contractual arrangements are not binding, we could lose our contractual control over the VIE or have to maintain such control by incurring unpredictable costs, which could cause significant disruptions to our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Although under our current contractual arrangements, it is expressly provided that the VIE and its shareholder shall not assign any of their respective rights or obligations to any third party without the prior written consent of our WFOE, we cannot assure you that these arrangements will be complied with or effectively enforced. In the case any of them is breached or becomes unenforceable and leads to legal proceedings, it could disrupt our business, distract our management’s attention and subject us to substantial uncertainties as to the outcome of any such legal proceedings.

Contractual arrangements we have entered into with the VIE may be subject to scrutiny by the PRC tax authorities and they may determine that we or the VIE owe additional taxes, which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and the value of your investment.

Under applicable PRC laws and regulations, arrangements and transactions among related parties may be subject to audit or challenge by the PRC tax authorities. We could face material adverse tax consequences if the PRC tax authorities determine that the contractual arrangements in relation to the VIE were not entered into on an arm’s length basis in such a way as to result in an impermissible reduction in taxes under applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations, and adjust income of the VIE in the form of a transfer pricing adjustment. A transfer pricing adjustment could, among other things, result in a reduction of expense deductions recorded by the VIE for PRC tax purposes, which could in turn increase their tax liabilities without reducing our WFOE’s tax expenses. In addition, the PRC tax authorities may impose late payment fees and other penalties on the VIE for the adjusted but unpaid taxes according to the applicable regulations. Our financial position could be materially and adversely affected if the VIE’s tax liabilities increase or if they are required to pay late fees and other penalties.

Uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of the newly enacted Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact the viability of our current corporate structure, corporate governance, and our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress promulgated the Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2020. Since it is relatively new, uncertainties exist in relation to its interpretation and implementation. The Foreign Investment Law does not explicitly classify whether variable interest entities that are controlled through contractual arrangements would be deemed as foreign invested enterprises if they are ultimately “controlled” by foreign investors. However, it contains a catch-all provision under the definition of “foreign investment”, which includes investments made by foreign investors in China through means stipulated in laws or administrative regulations or other methods prescribed by the State Council. Therefore, it still leaves leeway for future laws, administrative regulations or provisions promulgated by the Stale Council to provide for contractual arrangements as a form of foreign investment, at which time it will be uncertain whether our contractual arrangements with the VIE will be deemed to be in violation of the market access requirements for foreign investment in China and if yes, how our contractual arrangements with the VIE should be dealt with.

The Foreign Investment Law grants national treatment to foreign-invested entities, except for those foreign-invested entities that operate in industries specified as either “restricted” or “prohibited” from foreign investment in the Negative List. The Foreign Investment Law provides that (1) foreign-invested entities operating in “restricted” industries are required to obtain market entry clearance and other approvals from relevant PRC government authorities; (2) foreign investors shall not invest in any industries that are “prohibited” under the Negative List. If our contractual control over the VIE through contractual arrangements are deemed as foreign investment in the future, and any business of the VIE is “restricted” or “prohibited” from foreign investment under the “negative list” effective at the time, we may be deemed to be in violation of the Foreign Investment Law, the contractual arrangements that allow us to have contractual control over the VIE may be deemed as invalid and illegal, and we may be required to unwind such contractual arrangements and/or restructure our business operations, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business operations.

Furthermore, if future laws, administrative regulations or provisions mandate further actions to be taken by companies with respect to existing contractual arrangements, we may face substantial uncertainties as to whether we can complete such actions in a timely manner, or at all. Failure to take timely and appropriate measures to cope with any of these or similar regulatory compliance challenges could materially and adversely affect our corporate structure and our business operations.

We may lose the ability to use and enjoy the assets held by the VIE that are material to the operations of certain portion of our business if the entities go bankrupt or become subject to a dissolution or liquidation proceeding.

As part of our contractual arrangements with the VIE, the VIE holds certain assets that are material to the operations of certain portion of our business, including licenses, permits, and some of our IP rights. If the shareholder of the VIE breach the contractual arrangements and voluntarily liquidate the VIE, or if the VIE goes bankrupt and all or part of their assets become subject to liens or rights of third-party creditors or are otherwise disposed of without our consent, we may be unable to continue some or all of our business activities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. If the VIE undergoes a voluntary or involuntary liquidation proceeding, the independent third-party creditors may claim rights to some or all of these assets, thereby hindering our ability to operate our business, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Doing Business in China

The filing with and reporting to the CSRC will be required in connection with our capital raising activities and occurrences of other specific events, and we cannot assure you that we or the affiliated entities will be able to make such filing or reporting in a timely manner or at all, in which case we may face regulatory sanctions for failure to make such filing or reporting.

Under the current Regulations on Merger and Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the “M&A Rules”), as jointly adopted by six PRC regulatory agencies in 2006 and amended in 2009, an offshore special purpose vehicle that is controlled by PRC domestic companies or individuals and that has been formed for the purpose of an overseas listing of securities through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies or assets is required to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. However, substantial uncertainty remains regarding the scope and applicability of the M&A Rules to offshore special purpose vehicles. It remains uncertain as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted or implemented in the context of an overseas offering and its opinions summarized above are subject to any new laws, regulations and rules or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules. We cannot assure you that relevant PRC government agencies, including the CSRC, might, from time to time, further clarify or interpret the M&A Rules in writing or orally and require their approvals to be obtained for an offering. If we fail to obtain required CSRC approval under the M&A Rules in a timely manner, we may face sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies, which may include fines and penalties on the operations in China, delays in or restrictions on the repatriation of the proceeds from the relevant offering into China, restrictions on or prohibition of the payments or remittance of dividends by our WFOE or the VIE in China, or other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs.

On July 6, 2021, the General Office of the State Council of the PRC, together with another regulatory authority, jointly promulgated the Opinions on Strictly Cracking Down Illegal Securities Activities in Accordance with the Law, which calls for enhanced administration and supervision of overseas-listed China-based companies, proposes to revise the relevant regulation governing the overseas issuance and listing of shares by such companies, and clarifies the responsibilities of competent domestic industry regulators and government authorities.

Moreover, on February 17, 2023, the CSRC, as approved by the State Council, released a new filing-based regime to regulate overseas offerings and listings by domestic companies. The new filing rules consist of the Trial Measures for Administration of Overseas Securities Offerings and Listings by Domestic Companies (the “Trial Measures”) and five interpretive guidelines (collectively, the “CSRC Filing Rules”), which came into effect on March 31, 2023. Under the CSRC Filing Rules, a filing-based regulatory system shall be applied to “indirect overseas offerings and listings” of PRC domestic companies. Pursuant to the CSRC Filing Rules, if the issuer meets either of the following conditions, its securities offerings and listing will be deemed as an “indirect overseas offering and listing by a PRC domestic company” and is therefore subject to the filing requirements: (1) any of the revenues, profits, total assets or net assets of the issuer’s Chinese operating entities in the most recent financial year accounts for more than 50% of the corresponding data in the issuer’s audited consolidated financial statements for the same period; and (2) the key link of its business operations are conducted in mainland China or its principal place of business is located in the mainland China, or the majority of senior management in charge of business operations are Chinese citizens or have domicile in the PRC. The CSRC Filing Rules state that, any post-listing follow-on offering by an issuer in an the same overseas market where it has previously offered and listed securities, including issuance of shares, convertible notes and other similar securities, shall be subject to filing requirement within three business days after the completion of the offering, and if the subsequent offering is conducted in other overseas markets, it shall be filed with the CSRC within three working days after the applications for such offerings are submitted. Therefore, any of our future offering and listing of our securities in an overseas market will be subject to the filing requirements under the CSRC Filing Rules. In addition, we are required to submit a report to CSRC after the occurrence and public disclosure of the following material events: (1) change of control; (2) investigations or sanctions imposed by overseas securities regulatory agencies or other relevant competent authorities; (3) change of listing status or transfer of listing segment and (4) voluntary or mandatory delisting. If we fail to complete the filing or reporting procedures with the CSRC as required, we may face sanctions by the CSRC, which may include orders for correction, warnings and fines. Any adverse regulatory actions or sanctions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs.

On February 24, 2023, the CSRC, together with other relevant government authorities, issued the Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “Archives Rules”), which became effective on March 31, 2023. According to the Archives Rules, domestic mainland China companies, whether offering and listing securities overseas directly or indirectly, must strictly abide the applicable laws and regulations when providing or publicly disclosing, either directly or through their overseas listed entities, documents and materials to securities companies, securities services providers such as accounting firms, or overseas regulators in the process of their overseas offering and listing. If such documents or materials contain any state secrets or government authorities work secrets, domestic companies must obtain the approval from competent governmental authorities according to the applicable laws, and file with the secrecy administrative department at the same level with the approving governmental authority. Furthermore, the Archives Rules also provides that securities companies and securities service providers shall also fulfill the applicable legal procedures when providing overseas regulatory institutions and other relevant institutions and individuals with documents or materials containing any state secrets or government authorities work secrets or other documents or materials that, if divulged, will jeopardize national security or public interest. For more details of the laws and regulations, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on M&A and overseas listings.”

We believe, to the best of our knowledge, we and our affiliated entities are in compliance with the above-described PRC laws and regulations currently in force in all material respects. Nevertheless, we cannot assure you that we or the affiliated entities would be able to complete all the requirements, to the extent that they may be subsequently required by the relevant regulatory authorities, in a timely manner, or at all, or that completion of any other compliance requirements would not be imposed. Any failure to complete or delay in completing such procedures for our future capital raising activities or occurrences of specific events mentioned above as required under the CSRC Filing Rules and other relevant laws and regulations, would subject us to sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC regulatory authorities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects, as well as the trading price of the ADSs. Accordingly, the value of your investment may be materially and adversely affected or become worthless.

Furthermore, the PRC government authorities may further strengthen oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers like us. Any such action may adversely affect our operations and significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to you and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

The impact of the CAC’s increasing oversight over data security remains highly uncertain , which could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability in capital raising activities and materially and adversely affect our business and the value of your investment.

On December 28, 2021, the CAC and several other PRC government authorities jointly issued an amendment to the Measures for Cybersecurity Review, which took effect on February 15, 2022 and provides that the relevant operators shall apply with the Cybersecurity Review Office of CAC for a cybersecurity review under certain circumstances. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on internet information security and censorship.” As a network platform operator who possesses personal information of more than one million users for purposes of the Cybersecurity Review Measures, we had applied for and completed a cybersecurity review for the offering and listing of the ADSs on the Nasdaq Stock Market pursuant to the Cybersecurity Review Measures. The review was completed in August 2022. We have not received any material adverse findings in such review. We are in compliance with the existing regulations and policies by the CAC regarding the Cybersecurity Review as of the date of this annual report. However, it remains uncertain as to how the existing regulatory measures will be interpreted or implemented in the future, and whether the PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, may adopt new laws, regulations, rules, or detailed implementation and interpretation related to the measures, which may have a material adverse impact on our future capital raising activities, or even retrospectively, on our previous offering and listing. If any such new laws, regulations, rules, or implementation and interpretation comes into effect, we face uncertainty as to whether any review or other required actions can be timely completed, or at all. Given such uncertainty, we may be further required to suspend our business, shut down our platforms, or face other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, and/or the value of the ADSs, or could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors. In addition, if any of these events causes us unable to direct the VIE’s activities or lose the right to receive their economic benefits, we may not be able to consolidate the VIE into our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which could cause the value of the ADSs to significantly decline or become worthless.

The PCAOB had historically been unable to inspect our auditor in relation to their audit work performed for our financial statements and the inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of our auditor in the past has deprived our investors with the benefits of such inspections.

Our auditor, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this annual report, as an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. The auditor is located in mainland China, a jurisdiction where the PCAOB was historically unable to conduct inspections and investigations completely before 2022. As a result, we and investors in the ADSs were deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China in the past has made it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our independent registered public accounting firm’s audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to the PCAOB inspections. 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. However, if the PCAOB determines in the future that it no longer has full access to inspect and investigate completely accounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong, and we use an accounting firm headquartered in one of these jurisdictions to issue an audit report on our financial statements filed with the SEC, we and investors in the ADSs would be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections again, which could cause investors and potential investors in the ADSs to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of our financial statements.

The ADSs may be prohibited from trading in the United States under the HFCAA in the future if the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely auditors located in China. The delisting of the ADSs, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.

Pursuant to the HFCAA, if 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 PCAOB for two consecutive years, the SEC will prohibit our shares or 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 and our auditor was subject to that determination. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB 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 do not expect to be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer under the HFCAA after we file this annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023.

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 the PCAOB determines in the future that it no longer has full access to inspect and investigate completely accounting firms in mainland China and Hong Kong and we use an accounting firm headquartered in one of these jurisdictions to issue an audit report on our financial statements filed with the SEC, we would be identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer following the filing of the annual report on Form 20-F for the relevant fiscal year. In accordance with the HFCAA, our securities would be prohibited from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States if we are identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer for two consecutive years under such circumstances. If our shares and the ADSs are prohibited from trading in the United States, there is no assurance that we will be able to list on a non-U.S. exchange or that a market for our shares will develop outside of the United States. A prohibition of being able to trade in the United States would substantially impair your ability to sell or purchase the ADSs when you wish to do so, and the risk and uncertainty associated with delisting would have a negative impact on the price of the ADSs. Also, such a prohibition would significantly affect our ability to raise capital on terms acceptable to us, or at all, which would have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and prospects.

The PRC government has significant authority to exert influence on the China operations of an offshore holding company, and offerings conducted overseas and foreign investment in China-based issuers, such as us. Changes in China’s economic, political or social conditions or government policies could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and the value of our securities.

We conduct our business in China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. Accordingly, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be influenced to a significant degree by the PRC political, economic, and social conditions. The PRC government may intervene or influence our operations at any time, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our securities. The PRC government has released regulations and policies that have significantly impacted various industries in general and specific operators within such industries, and may in the future release new regulations or policies that could intervene in or influence our operations or the industry sectors in which we operate. The PRC government may also require us to obtain new permits or approvals to continue our operations. If we fail to comply with these regulations, policies or requirements, it could result in a material change in our operations or significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer the ADSs to investors and cause the value of the ADSs to significantly decline or become worthless. Therefore, investors of our company and our business face uncertainties from potential actions taken by regulators that may affect our business and the value of the ADSs.

Our ability to successfully maintain or grow business operations in China also depends on various factors, which are beyond our control. These factors include, among others, macro-economic and other market conditions, political stability, social conditions, measures to control inflation or deflation, changes in the rate or method of taxation, changes in laws, regulations and administrative directives or their interpretation, and changes in industry policies. If we fail to take timely and appropriate measures to adapt to any of the changes or challenges, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

A severe or prolonged downturn in the global or Chinese economy could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a widespread impact on the global economy since 2020. The pandemic remains ongoing and continues to evolve, and its long-term impact on economic growth is unknown. Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, the global macroeconomic environment was facing numerous challenges. There is considerable uncertainty over the long-term effects of the monetary and fiscal policies adopted by the central banks and financial authorities of some of the world’s leading economies, including the United States and China. There have been concerns over the economic and other impacts of the tensions in the international relationship, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and unrest, terrorist threat and potential for war in the Middle East and Africa, as well as concerns over the United States trade policies, treaties and tariffs. There have also been concerns about the relationship between China and other countries, including the surrounding Asian countries, which may potentially have economic effects. In particular, there is significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the United States and China with respect to trade policies, treaties, government regulations and tariffs. Economic conditions in China are sensitive to global economic conditions, as well as changes in domestic economic and political policies, and the expected or perceived overall economic growth rate in China. There were and could be in the future a number of domino effects from such incidents on our business, including decreased interests in personal financing and wealth management, changes in consumption and investment behaviors, and lower willingness to pay for our courses and other services. Any severe or prolonged slowdown in the global or Chinese economy may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, and continued turbulence in the international capital markets may adversely affect our access to capital markets to meet liquidity needs.

Uncertainties with respect to the enforcement of and changes in laws and regulations in China could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and future prospects, and cause the ADSs to significantly decline in value or become worthless.

We are governed by PRC laws, rules and regulations. The PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike the common law system, prior court decisions in a civil law system may be cited as reference but have limited precedential value. The interpretations of such laws and regulations may evolve rapidly, and enforcement of these laws and regulations involves significant uncertainties.

Moreover, developments in the online learning industry and other industries and that we are and will be involved in may lead to changes in PRC laws, regulations and policies or in the interpretation and application thereof. As a result, we may be required by the regulators to upgrade or obtain the licenses, permits, approvals, to complete additional filings or registrations for the products and services we offer, or to modify business practices that may subject us to various penalties, including criminal penalties for individual and entity. We cannot assure you that our business operations would not be deemed to violate any existing or future PRC laws or regulations, which in turn could materially and adversely affect our business operations.

Furthermore, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules, some of which are not published on a timely basis, or at all, and may have a retroactive effect. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of any of these policies and rules until sometime after the violation. Such unpredictability and uncertainties could limit the legal protections available to you and us, significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer the ADSs, cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severely damage our reputation, which would materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition and cause the ADSs to significantly decline in value or become worthless.

From time to time, we may have to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce our legal rights. Any administrative and court proceedings in China may be protracted, resulting in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management’s attention. Since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory provisions and contractual terms, it may be more difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection we enjoy than in more developed legal systems. These uncertainties may impede our ability to enforce the contracts we have entered into and could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

These uncertainties may also affect our decisions on the policies and actions to be taken to comply with PRC laws and regulations, and may affect our ability to enforce contractual rights, property (including intellectual property) or tort rights. In addition, the regulatory uncertainties may be exploited through unmerited legal actions or threats in an attempt to extract payments or benefits from us. Such uncertainties may therefore increase the operating expenses and costs, and materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

You may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing actions in China against us or our management based on foreign laws.

We conduct our business in China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. In addition, all our senior executive officers reside within China for a significant portion of the time and all are PRC nationals. In addition, China does not have treaties providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments of courts with the Cayman Islands and many other countries and regions. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, PRC laws may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our or the VIE’s assets or the assets of our directors and officers.

It may be difficult for overseas regulators to conduct investigation or collect evidence within China.

Shareholder claims or regulatory investigation that are common in the United States generally are difficult to pursue as a matter of law or practicality in China. For instance, in China, there are significant legal and other obstacles to providing information needed for regulatory investigations or litigations initiated outside China. Although the authorities in China may establish a regulatory cooperation mechanism with the securities regulatory authorities of another country or region to implement cross-border supervision and administration, such cooperation with the securities regulatory authorities in the Unities States may not be efficient in the absence of mutual and practical cooperation mechanism.

According to Article 177 of the PRC Securities Law (the “Article 177”), which became effective in March 2020, no overseas securities regulator is allowed to directly conduct investigation or evidence collection activities within the territory of the PRC. Accordingly, without PRC government approval, no entity or individual in China may provide documents and information relating to securities business activities to overseas regulators when it is under direct investigation or evidence discovery conducted by overseas regulators, which could present significant legal and other obstacles to obtaining information needed for investigations and litigation conducted outside of China. The inability for an overseas securities regulator to directly conduct investigation or evidence collection activities within China may further increase difficulties faced by you in protecting your interests. Furthermore, as of the date of this annual report, there have not been implementing rules or regulations regarding the application of Article 177, and it remains unclear as to how it will be interpreted, implemented or applied by relevant government authorities. As such, there are also uncertainties as to the procedures and requisite timing for the oversea securities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence within the territory of the PRC. If the U.S. securities regulatory agencies are unable to conduct such investigations, there exists a risk that they may determine to suspend or de-register our registration with the SEC and may also delist our securities from trading market within the United States.

See also “—Risks Related to the ADSs—You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U.S. courts may be limited, because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands law and our operations are primarily conducted in emerging markets.”

Recent litigation and negative publicity surrounding China-based companies listed in the United States may result in increased regulatory scrutiny of us and negatively impact the trading price of the ADSs.

We believe that litigation and negative publicity surrounding companies with operations in China that are listed in the United States have negatively impacted stock prices for such companies. Certain politicians in the United States have publicly warned investors to shun China-based companies listed in the United States. The SEC and the PCAOB also issued a joint statement on April 21, 2020, reiterating the disclosure, financial reporting and other risks involved in the investments in companies that are based in emerging markets as well as the limited remedies available to investors who might take legal action against such companies. Furthermore, various equity-based research organizations have published reports on China-based companies after examining, among other things, their corporate governance practices, related party transactions, sales practices and financial statements that have led to special investigations and listing suspensions on U.S. national exchanges. Any similar scrutiny of us, regardless of its lack of merit, could cause the market price of the ADSs to fall, divert management resources and energy, cause us to incur expenses in defending ourselves against rumors, and increase the premiums we pay for director and officer insurance.

The tension in international trade and rising political tension, particularly between the United States and China, may adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our business could be materially and adversely affected by the tensions in international trade such as the one between the United States and China in recent years. Changes to international trade policies could adversely affect the global economic conditions. In addition, geopolitical tensions between the United States and China have escalated due to, among other things, trade disputes, the COVID-19 outbreak, sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of Treasury, and the executive orders issued by the U.S. government that may prohibit transactions with certain selected Chinese companies as well as their products and services. Rising political tensions could reduce levels of trades, investments, technological exchanges, and other economic activities between the two major economies. Such tensions involving China, and any escalation thereof, may negatively affect trading and business environments, which may, in turn, adversely impacting our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our WFOE to fund any cash and financing requirements we may have, and any limitation on the ability of our WFOE to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business.

QuantaSing Group Limited is a Cayman Islands holding company with no Chinese operations. We rely on dividends and other distributions on equity paid by our WFOE for our cash and financing requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders and service any debt we may incur. In the fiscal years ended June 30, 2021, 2022 and 2023, the VIE transferred certain cash proceeds to our WFOE as payment of services fees, and our WFOE and the VIE provided certain cash loans to each other, for capital needs or to fund business operation. In the same periods, QuantaSing, our WFOE and subsidiaries in Hong Kong and BVI also received certain capital contribution from each other for restructuring purpose. See “Item 3. Key Information—Cash and Asset Flows through Our Organization” and “Item 3. Key Information—Financial Information Related to the Affiliated Entities” for details. To the extent our cash or assets in the business are in mainland China or Hong Kong or a mainland China or Hong Kong entity, the funds or assets may not be available to fund operations or for other use outside of mainland China or Hong Kong due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on the ability of QuantaSing Group Limited, our subsidiaries or the affiliated entities to transfer cash or assets. Current PRC regulations permit our WFOE to pay dividends to us only out of their accumulated after-tax profits upon satisfaction of relevant statutory conditions and procedures, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. In addition, our WFOE is required to set aside at least 10% of its accumulated profits each year, after making up previous years’ accumulated losses, if any, to fund certain reserve funds until the total amount set aside reaches 50% of its registered capital. For a detailed discussion of applicable PRC regulations governing distribution of dividends, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on dividend distribution.” As a result of these laws, rules and regulations, our WFOE is restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their respective net assets to their shareholders as dividends.

While there are currently no such restrictions on foreign exchange and our ability to transfer cash or assets between QuantaSing Group Limited and our Hong Kong subsidiary, if certain PRC laws and regulations, including existing laws and regulations and those enacted or promulgated in the future were to become applicable to our Hong Kong subsidiary in the future, and to the extent our cash or assets are in Hong Kong or a Hong Kong entity, such funds or assets may not be available due to interventions in or the imposition of restrictions and limitations on our ability to transfer funds or assets by the PRC government. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not intervene or impose restrictions on QuantaSing Group Limited, its subsidiaries and the affiliated entities to transfer or distribute cash within the organization, which could result in an inability of or prohibition on making transfers or distributions to entities outside of mainland China and Hong Kong.

Furthermore, if our WFOE incurs debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing their debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to us. Any limitation on the ability of our WFOE to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business. In addition, our WFOE also relies on the service fees paid by the VIE to pay dividends to us. Any limitation on the ability of the VIE to make remittance to our WFOE to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business.

The Enterprise Income Tax Law enacted by the National People’s Congress, which became effective on January 1, 2008, and its implementation rules provide that a withholding tax at a rate of 10% will be applicable to dividends payable by Chinese companies to non-PRC-resident enterprises unless reduced under treaties or arrangements between the PRC central government and governments of other countries or regions where the non-PRC resident enterprises are tax resident. See “—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—If we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise for PRC income tax purposes, such classification could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders or ADS holders.” Furthermore, the PRC tax authorities may require our WFOE to adjust its taxable income under the contractual arrangements it currently has in place with the VIE in a manner that would materially and adversely affect its ability to pay dividends and other distributions to us.

Any restriction on currency exchange may limit the ability of our WFOE to use their Renminbi revenues to pay dividends to us. The PRC government may continue to strengthen its capital controls and our WFOE’ dividends and other distributions may be subject to tightened scrutiny in the future. Any limitation on the ability of our WFOE to pay dividends or make other distributions to us could materially and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business.

Restrictions on the remittance of Renminbi into and out of China and governmental control of currency conversion may limit our ability to pay dividends and other obligations, and affect the value of your investment.

The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of Renminbi into foreign currencies and the remittance of funds out of China. We receive substantially all of our revenue in Renminbi. Under our current corporate structure, our income is primarily derived from dividend payments from our WFOE. We may convert a portion of our revenue into other currencies to meet our foreign currency obligations, such as payments of dividends declared in respect of the ADSs, if any. Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict the ability of our WFOE to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends or other payments to us, or otherwise satisfy their foreign currency denominated obligations.

Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments, and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior SAFE approval by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, approval from or registration or filings with competent government authorities is required where Renminbi 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. Pursuant to the SAFE Circular 19, a foreign-invested enterprise may convert up to 100% of the foreign currency in its capital account into Renminbi on a discretionary basis according to the actual needs. The SAFE Circular 16 provides for an integrated standard for conversion of foreign exchange under capital account items on a discretionary basis, which applies to all enterprises registered in China. In addition, the SAFE Circular 16 has narrowed the scope of purposes for which an enterprise must not use the Renminbi funds so converted, which include, among others, (1) payment for expenditure beyond its business scope or otherwise as prohibited by the applicable laws and regulations, (2) investment in securities or other financial products other than banks’ principal-secured products, (3) provision of loans to non-affiliated enterprises, except where it is expressly permitted in the business scope of the enterprise, and (4) construction or purchase of real properties for use by third parties, except for real estate developers. The PRC government may at its discretion further restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions or capital account transactions in the future. If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currencies to satisfy our foreign currency needs, we may not be able to pay dividends in foreign currencies to our shareholders. Further, there is no assurance that new regulations will not be promulgated in the future that would have the effect of further restricting the remittance of Renminbi into or out of China.

China’s M&A Rules and certain other PRC regulations establish complex procedures for some acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign investors, which could make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions in China.

The M&A Rules and some other regulations and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions established complex procedures and requirements for acquisition of Chinese companies by foreign investors, including requirements in some instances that MOFCOM be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise. Moreover, the Anti-monopoly Law promulgated by the SCNPC requires that transactions which are deemed concentrations and involve parties with specified turnover thresholds must be cleared by the anti-monopoly enforcement agency before they can be completed. In addition, the Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment promulgated by the NDRC and MOFCOM in December 2020 specify that foreign investments in military, national defense-related areas or in locations in proximity to military facilities, or foreign investments that would result in acquiring the actual control of assets in certain key sectors, such as critical agricultural products, energy and resources, equipment manufacturing, infrastructure, transport, cultural products and services, information technology, internet products and services, financial services and technology sectors, are required to obtain approval from designated government authorities in advance.

In the future, we may pursue potential strategic acquisitions that are complementary to our business. Complying with the requirements of the above-mentioned regulations and other rules to complete such transactions could be time-consuming, and any required approval processes may delay or inhibit our ability to complete such transactions, which could affect our ability to expand business or maintain market share. Furthermore, there is a possibility that the PRC regulators may promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtain the approval of MOFCOM or other PRC government authorities for our mergers and acquisitions. There is no assurance that we can obtain such approval from MOFCOM or any other relevant PRC government authorities for our or the VIE’s mergers and acquisitions. Any uncertainties regarding such approval requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations and our corporate structure.

PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from making loans to or additional capital contributions to our WFOE, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

QuantaSing Group Limited is a Cayman Islands holding company. We conduct our operations in China through our WFOE and the affiliated entities. We may make loans to our WFOE or the VIE subject to the approval from or registration with government authorities and limitation on amount, or we may make additional capital contributions to our WFOE. Any loan to our WFOE is required to be registered with SAFE or its local branches.

SAFE promulgated the Circular on Reforming of the Management Method of the Settlement of Foreign Currency Capital of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (the “SAFE Circular 19”), effective from June 2015, in replacement of a former regulation. According to SAFE Circular 19, the flow and use of the RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company is regulated such that RMB capital may not be used for the issuance of RMB entrusted loans, the repayment of inter-enterprise loans or the repayment of bank loans that have been transferred to a third party. Although SAFE Circular 19 allows RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested enterprise to be used for equity investments within China, it also reiterates the principle that RMB converted from the foreign currency-denominated capital of a foreign-invested company may not be directly or indirectly used for purposes beyond its business scope. Thus, it is unclear whether SAFE will permit such capital to be used for equity investments in China in actual practice. SAFE promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming and Standardizing the Foreign Exchange Settlement Management Policy of Capital Account (the “SAFE Circular 16”), effective from June 2016, which reiterates some of the rules set forth in SAFE Circular 19, but changes the prohibition against using RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company to issue RMB entrusted loans to a prohibition against using such capital to issue loans to non-associated enterprises. Violations of SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 could result in administrative penalties. The SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 may significantly limit our ability to transfer any foreign currency we hold, including the net proceeds from our initial public offering, to our WFOE, which may adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business in China. On October 23, 2019, the SAFE promulgated the Circular of Further Facilitating Cross-border Trade and Investment (the “SAFE Circular 28”) which, among other things, allows all foreign-invested companies to use Renminbi converted from foreign currency-denominated capital for equity investments in China, as long as the equity investment is genuine, does not violate applicable laws, and complies with the negative list on foreign investment. On April 10, 2020, the SAFE promulgated the Circular on Optimizing Administration of Foreign Exchange to Support the Development of Foreign-related Business (the “SAFE Circular 8”), under which eligible enterprises are allowed to make domestic payments by using their capital funds, foreign loans and the income under capital accounts of overseas listing without providing the evidentiary materials concerning authenticity of each expenditure in advance, provided that their capital use shall be authentic and conforms to the prevailing administrative regulations on the use of income under capital accounts. However, since the SAFE Circular 28 and SAFE Circular 8 are newly promulgated, it is unclear how SAFE and competent banks will carry this out in practice.

In light of the various requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government approvals on a timely basis, or at all, with respect to future loans by us to our WFOE or the VIE or their subsidiaries or with respect to future capital contributions by us to our WFOE. If we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such approvals, our ability to use the proceeds from our securities offerings and to capitalize or otherwise fund the PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and the ability to fund and expand our business.

PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC resident beneficial owners or our WFOE to liability or penalties, limit our ability to inject capital into our WFOE, limit our WFOE’s ability to increase its registered capital or distribute profits to us, or may otherwise adversely affect us.

SAFE promulgated the SAFE Circular on Relevant Issues Relating to Domestic Resident’s Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment through Special Purpose Vehicles (the “SAFE Circular 37”) in July 2014. SAFE Circular 37 requires PRC residents or entities to register with SAFE or its local branch in connection with their establishment or control of an offshore entity established for the purpose of overseas investment or financing with such PRC residents or entities’ legally owned assets or equity interests in domestic enterprises or offshore assets or interests. On February 13, 2015, SAFE issued Circular on Further Simplifying and Improving the Foreign Currency Management Policy on Direct Investment (the “SAFE Circular 13”), effective on June 1, 2015, pursuant to which the power to accept SAFE registration was delegated from local SAFE to local qualified banks where the assets or interest in the domestic entity was located. In addition, such PRC residents or entities must update their SAFE registrations when the offshore special purpose vehicle undergoes material events relating to any change of basic information (including change of such PRC citizens or residents, name and operation term), increases or decreases in investment amount, transfers or exchanges of shares, or mergers or divisions.

If our shareholders who are PRC residents or entities do not complete their registration with the local SAFE branches, our WFOE may be prohibited from distributing its profits and proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to us, and we may be restricted in our ability to contribute additional capital to our WFOE. Moreover, failure to comply with the SAFE registration described above could result in liability under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions. In addition, our shareholders who are PRC entities shall complete their overseas direct investment filings according to applicable laws and regulations regarding the overseas direct investment by PRC entities, including filings with MOFCOM, the NDRC, or their local branches based on the investment amount, invested industry or other factors thereof.

We have used our best efforts to notify PRC residents or entities who directly or indirectly hold shares in our Cayman Islands holding company and who are known to us as being PRC residents or entities to complete the foreign exchange registrations or overseas direct investment filings. However, we may not at all times be fully aware or informed of the identities of all the PRC residents or entities holding direct or indirect interest in our company, nor can we compel our beneficial owners to comply with SAFE registration requirements. Mr. Peng Li, being the relevant beneficial shareholder of our company, has completed the initial registrations with the local SAFE branch or qualified banks as required by SAFE Circular 37. We cannot assure you that all other shareholders or beneficial owners of ours who are PRC residents or entities have complied with, and will in the future make, obtain or update any applicable registrations, filings or approvals required by SAFE regulations or other regulations relating to overseas investment activities issued by MOFCOM and NDRC. Failure by such shareholders or beneficial owners to comply with such regulations, or failure by us to amend the foreign exchange registrations of our WFOE, could subject us to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our WFOE’s ability to make distributions or pay dividends to us or affect our ownership structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects.

If we fail to comply with PRC regulations regarding the registration requirements for employee stock ownership plans or share option plans, the PRC plan participants or we could be subject to fines and other legal or administrative sanctions.

In February 2012, SAFE promulgated the Notices on Issues Concerning the Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating in Stock Incentive Plan of Overseas Publicly Listed Company (the “SAFE Circular 7). Pursuant to SAFE Circular 7, directors, supervisors, senior management and other employees participating in any stock incentive plan of an overseas publicly listed company who are PRC citizens or who are non-PRC citizens residing in China for a continuous period of not less than one year, are required to register with SAFE through a domestic qualified agent, which could be the PRC subsidiary of such overseas-listed company, and complete certain other procedures, unless certain exceptions are available. In addition, an overseas-entrusted institution must be retained to handle matters in connection with the exercise or sale of stock options and the purchase or sale of shares and interests. We and our executive officers and other employees who are PRC citizens or non-PRC citizens living in China for a continuous period of not less than one year and have been granted options are subject to these regulations as our company has become an overseas-listed company. Failure to complete SAFE registrations may subject them to fines of up to RMB50,000 for individuals and may also limit our ability to contribute additional capital into our WFOE and our WFOE’ ability to distribute dividends to us. We also face regulatory uncertainties that could restrict our ability to adopt additional incentive plans for our directors, executive officers and employees under PRC law. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Regulation—Regulations on foreign exchange—Regulations relating to stock incentive plans.”

In addition, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation (the “SAT”) have issued certain circulars concerning employee share options and restricted shares. Under these circulars, our employees working in China who exercise share options or are granted restricted shares will be subject to PRC individual income tax. Our WFOE has obligations to file documents related to employee share options or restricted shares with relevant tax authorities and to withhold individual income taxes of those employees who exercise their share options or are granted restricted share. If our employees fail to pay or we fail to withhold their income taxes according to relevant laws and regulations, we may face sanctions imposed by the tax authorities or other PRC government authorities.

If we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise for PRC income tax purposes, such classification could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders or ADS holders.

Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementation rules, an enterprise established outside of the PRC with a “de facto management body” within China is considered a “resident enterprise” and will be subject to the enterprise income tax on its global income at the rate of 25%. The implementation rules define the term “de facto management body” as the body that exercises full and substantial control and overall management over the business, productions, personnel, accounts and properties of an enterprise. In 2009, the SAT issued the Circular Regarding the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Offshore Incorporated Enterprises as PRC Tax Resident Enterprises on the Basis of De Facto Management Bodies (the “SAT Circular 82”), which provides certain specific criteria for determining whether the “de facto management body” of a PRC-controlled enterprise that is incorporated offshore is located in China. Although this circular only applies to offshore enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises or PRC enterprise groups, not those controlled by PRC individuals or foreigners like us, the criteria set forth in the circular may reflect SAT’s general position on how the “de facto management body” test should be applied in determining the tax resident status of all offshore enterprises. According to SAT Circular 82, an offshore incorporated enterprise controlled by a PRC enterprise or a PRC enterprise group will be regarded as a PRC tax resident by virtue of having its “de facto management body” in China and will be subject to PRC enterprise income tax on its global income only if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the primary location of the day-to-day operational management is in China; (2) decisions relating to the enterprise’s financial and human resource matters are made or are subject to approval by organizations or personnel in China; (3) the enterprise’s primary assets, accounting books and records, company seals, and board and shareholder resolutions, are located or maintained in China; and (4) at least 50% of voting board members or senior executives habitually reside in China.

We believe none of our entities outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes. However, the tax resident status of an enterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term “de facto management body.” If the PRC tax authorities determine that our company or any of our subsidiaries outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes, we could be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 25% on our worldwide income, which could materially reduce our net income, and we will be required to comply with PRC enterprise income tax reporting obligations. In addition, non-resident enterprise shareholders (including the ADS holders) may be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 10% on gains realized on the sale or other disposition of ADSs or our ordinary shares, if such income is treated as sourced from within China. Furthermore, if we are deemed a PRC resident enterprise, dividends payable to our non-PRC individual shareholders (including the ADS holders) and any gain realized on the transfer of ADSs or our ordinary shares by such shareholders may be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 10% in the case of non-PRC enterprises or a rate of 20% in the case of non-PRC individuals unless a reduced rate is available under an applicable tax treaty. It is unclear whether non-PRC shareholders of our company would be able to claim the benefits of any tax treaties between their country of tax residence and the PRC in the event that we are treated as a PRC resident enterprise. Any such tax may reduce the returns on your investment in the ADSs.

In addition to the uncertainty as to the application of the “resident enterprise” classification, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not amend or revise the taxation laws, rules and regulations to impose stricter tax requirements or higher tax rates. Any of such changes could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

We face uncertainties with respect to indirect transfer of equity interests in PRC resident enterprises by their non-PRC holding companies.

On February 3, 2015, the SAT issued the Bulletin on Issues of Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfers of Assets by Non-PRC Resident Enterprises (the “SAT Bulletin 7”). SAT Bulletin 7 extends its tax jurisdiction to transactions involving the transfer of taxable assets through offshore transfer of a foreign intermediate holding company. In addition, SAT Bulletin 7 provides certain criteria on how to assess reasonable commercial purposes and has introduced safe harbors for internal group restructurings and the purchase and sale of equity through a public securities market. SAT Bulletin 7 also brings challenges to both foreign transferor and transferee (or other person who is obligated to pay for the transfer) of taxable assets. On October 17, 2017, the SAT issued the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues Concerning the Withholding of Non-resident Enterprise Income Tax at Source (the “SAT Bulletin 37”), which came into effect on December 1, 2017. SAT Bulletin 37 further clarifies the practice and procedure of the withholding of non-resident enterprise income tax.

Where a non-resident enterprise transfers taxable assets indirectly by disposing of the equity interests of an overseas holding company, which is an indirect transfer, the non-resident enterprise as either transferor or transferee, or the PRC entity that directly owns the taxable assets, may report such indirect transfer to the relevant tax authority. Using a “substance over form” principle, the PRC tax authority may disregard the existence of the overseas holding company if it lacks a reasonable commercial purpose and was established for the purpose of reducing, avoiding or deferring PRC tax. As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC enterprise income tax, and the transferee or other person who is obligated to pay for the transfer is obligated to withhold the applicable taxes, currently at a rate of 10% for the transfer of equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise.

We face uncertainties as to the reporting and other implications of certain past and future transactions where PRC taxable assets are involved, such as offshore restructuring, sale of the shares in our offshore subsidiaries and investments. For transfer of shares in our company by investors who are non-PRC resident enterprises, our WFOE may be requested to assist in the filing under SAT Bulletin 7 and/or SAT Bulletin 37. As a result, we may be required to expend valuable resources to comply with SAT Bulletin 7 and/or SAT Bulletin 37, or to establish that we and our non-PRC resident investors should not be taxed under these circulars, which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

The custodians or authorized users of our controlling non-tangible assets, including chops and seals, may fail to fulfill their responsibilities, or misappropriate or misuse these assets.

Under PRC laws, legal documents for corporate transactions are executed using the chop or seal of the signing entity or with the signature of a legal representative whose designation is registered and filed with the relevant branch of the SAMR. Although we usually utilize chops to enter into contracts, the designated legal representatives of our WFOE and the VIE have the apparent authority to enter into binding contracts on behalf of these entities without chops. In order to maintain the physical security of our chops, we generally have them stored in secure locations accessible only to authorized employees. Although we monitor such authorized employees, the procedures may not be sufficient to prevent all instances of abuse or negligence. There is a risk that our employees could abuse their authority, for instance, by entering into a contract not approved by us or the VIE, or seeking to gain control of any of our subsidiary or the VIE. If any employee obtains, misuses or misappropriates corporate chops and seals or other controlling non-tangible assets for whatever reason, the business operations of the relevant entities could be disrupted. We may have to take corporate or legal action to seek the return of the chops, apply for new chops with the relevant authorities, or otherwise seek legal redress for the violation of the representative’s fiduciary duties against us, which could involve significant time and resources to resolve and divert management attention from business operations. In addition, the affected entity may not be able to recover corporate assets that are sold or transferred out of our control in the event of such a misappropriation if a transferee relies on the apparent authority of the representative and acts in good faith.

Fluctuations in exchange rates could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment.

The conversion of Renminbi into foreign currencies, including the U.S. dollar, is based on rates set by the People’s Bank of China. The Renminbi has fluctuated against the U.S. dollar and other currencies, at times significantly and unpredictably. The value of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies is affected by changes in China’s political and economic conditions and by China’s foreign exchange policies, among other things. We cannot assure you that Renminbi will not appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollar and other currencies in the future. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC, or U.S. government policy may impact the exchange rate between Renminbi and U.S. dollar in the future.

Any significant appreciation or depreciation of Renminbi may materially and adversely affect our revenues, earnings and financial position, and the value of, and any dividends payable on, the ADSs in U.S. dollars. For instance, to the extent that we or the VIE need to convert U.S. dollars we receive into Renminbi to pay our operating expenses, appreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar would have an adverse effect on the RMB amount we would receive from the conversion. Conversely, a significant depreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar may significantly reduce the U.S. dollar equivalent of our earnings, which in turn could adversely affect the price of the ADSs.

Very limited hedging options are available in China to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. We have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. While we may decide to enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these hedges may be limited and we may not be able to adequately hedge our exposure, or at all. In addition, our currency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert Renminbi into foreign currency.

Risks Related to Our Corporate Governance

We are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, and may take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements. We cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make the ADSs less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, most significantly, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for so long as we remain an emerging growth company. As a result, if we elect not to comply with such auditor attestation requirements, our investors may not have access to certain information they may deem important. The JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company does not need to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards until such date that a private company is otherwise required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards. Further, as an emerging growth company, we have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards. As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates because of the potential differences in accounting standard used. We cannot predict if investors will find the ADSs less attractive because we may rely on these provisions. If some investors find the ADSs less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for the ADSs and the trading price of the ADSs may be more volatile.

We have incurred, and may continue to incur, increased costs as a result of being a public company, particularly after we cease to qualify as an “emerging growth company.”

We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses as a result of being a public company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market, impose various requirements on the corporate governance practices of public companies. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some corporate activities more time-consuming and costly.

As a public company, we have increased the number of independent directors and adopted policies regarding internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures. Operating as a public company also makes it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. In addition, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur additional costs associated with our public company reporting requirements. It may also be more difficult for us to find qualified persons to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers. We are currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these rules and regulations, and we cannot predict or estimate with any degree of certainty the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.

In addition, after we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the other rules and regulations of the SEC.

We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act, and as such we are exempt from certain provisions applicable to U.S. domestic public companies.

Because we qualify as a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act, we are exempt from certain provisions of the securities rules and regulations in the United States that are applicable to U.S. domestic issuers, including:

We are required to file an annual report on Form 20-F within four months of the end of each fiscal year. In addition, we intend to publish our results on a quarterly basis as press releases, distributed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Press releases relating to financial results and material events will also be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K. However, the information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers. As a result, you may not be afforded the same protections or information that would be made available to you were you investing in a U.S. domestic issuer.