SHANGHAI, May 5, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- 111 Inc. ( "111" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: YI), a
leading tech-enabled healthcare platform company in China, today announced that on May 4th, 2022, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") provisionally listed the Company as a
"Commission-Identified Issuer" under the Holding Foreign Companies
Accountable Act of the United
States (the "HFCAA").
This identification was expected by the Company as a routine
application procedure following the Company's filing of its annual
report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 on April
29th, 2022. This identification indicates that the SEC has
determined the Company used an auditor whose working paper cannot
be inspected or investigated completely by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board of the United
States ("PCAOB") to issue the audit opinion for the
Company's financial statements for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2021. The HFCAA requires
the SEC to prohibit the securities of a
"Commission-Identified Issuer" from being traded on any of
the U.S. securities exchanges if the auditor of the
covered issuer's financial statements is not subject to inspection
by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, beginning in 2021.
111 will continue to monitor developments and has been
proactively exploring available options to protect the interest of
its shareholders. 111 will continue to comply with applicable laws
and regulations in all jurisdictions, including the HFCAA, and
strive to maintain its listing status on Nasdaq.
About 111
111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) ("111" or the "Company") is a leading
tech-enabled healthcare platform company committed to digitally
connecting patients with medicine and healthcare services in
China. The Company provides
consumers with better access to pharmaceutical products and
healthcare services directly through its online retail pharmacy, 1
Pharmacy, and indirectly through its offline virtual pharmacy
network. The Company also offers online healthcare services through
its internet hospital, 1 Clinic, which provides consumers with
cost-effective and convenient online consultation, electronic
prescription service, and patient management service. In addition,
the Company's online platform, 1 Medicine, serves as a one-stop
shop for pharmacies to source a vast selection of pharmaceutical
products. With the largest virtual pharmacy network in China, 111 enables offline pharmacies to
better serve their customers with cloud-based services. 111 also
provides an omni-channel drug commercialization platform to its
strategic partners, which includes services such as digital
marketing, patient education, data analytics, and pricing
monitoring.
For more information on 111, please visit:
http://ir.111.com.cn/.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These
statements constitute "forward-looking" statements within the
meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be
identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates,"
"future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "target,"
"confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the
Business Outlook and quotations from management in this
announcement, as well as 111's strategic and operational plans,
contain forward-looking statements. 111 may also make written or
oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to
shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in
oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to
third parties. Such statements are based upon management's current
expectations and current market and operating conditions and relate
to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of
which are beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks, uncertainties and other factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
any such statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, uncertainties as to the Company's ability
comply with extensive and evolving regulatory requirements, its
ability to compete effectively in the evolving PRC general health
and wellness market, its ability to manage the growth of its
business and expansion plans, its ability to achieve or maintain
profitability in the future, its ability to control the risks
associated with its pharmaceutical retail and wholesale businesses,
and the Company's ability to meet the standards necessary to
maintain listing of its ADSs on the Nasdaq Global Market, including
its ability to cure any non-compliance with Nasdaq's continued
listing criteria. Further information regarding these and other
risks, uncertainties or factors is included in the Company's
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All
information provided in this press release is as of the date of
this press release, and 111 does not undertake any obligation to
update any forward-looking statement as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required under
applicable law.
For further information:
111, Inc.
Investor Relations
Email: ir@111.com.cn
111,Inc.
Media Relations
Email: press@111.com.cn
Phone: +86-021-2053 6666 (China)
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