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If any of the following circumstances applies to a listed company, the TWSE shall, in accordance with Article 147 of the Securities and Exchange Act, suspend the trading of such securities and report to the Competent Authority for recordation, or the listed company may apply for delisting pursuant to Article 50-1, paragraph 5:
- Failure to produce and file and publicly announce financial reports or financial forecasts by the deadlines provided in laws and regulations.
- Where any condition specified in Article 282 of the Company Act exists, and a court has prohibited the transfer of its shares pursuant to Article 287, paragraph 1, subparagraph 5 of the Company Act.
- Any document or information that has been submitted is suspected to be untrue, and upon the request of the TWSE to explain the matter, no explanation is provided within the prescribed time period.
- The securities transfer institution established at the location of the TWSE is withdrawn, or a dummy transfer institution is established such that no transfers are processed, and upon the order of the TWSE to correct the situation within a time period, no correction is made.
- The financial report publicly announced and registered pursuant to Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act was not produced pursuant to relevant laws and regulations and generally accepted accounting principles, such violations were serious and corrections or rewrites were not made within the specified time period; or the CPA attesting the publicly announced and registered financial report issues a disclaimer of opinion or an adverse opinion in the audit report, or issues an adverse conclusion or disclaimer of conclusion in the review report. Where, in a publicly announced and registered financial forecast of the listed company reviewed by a CPA, the attesting CPA issues an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion in the review report.
- Violation of relevant bylaws or rules concerning the material information of a listed company, such violation was serious, and there is the need to suspend trading in its securities.
- Where a listed company has breached an undertaking it gave when applying for listing.
- Where a listed company, going public in accordance with Article 6-1 of Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings, critically delays its construction schedule or materially violates provisions prescribed in the concession contract.
- Violation of Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 8, and failure to satisfy paragraph 2, subparagraph 8 of the same Article within 3 months.
- Violation of Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 9, and failure to carry out, within 3 months of the trading day next following the date the trading method was changed, remedial procedures as provided in paragraph 2, subparagraph 9 of the same Article and to submit relevant documentary proof.
- Loss of controlling interest, as defined in Article 4, subparagraph 1 of the Financial Holding Company Act, in a subsidiary, where a competent authority has ordered it to make corrections within a certain period.
- Violation of Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 10, 11, 12, or 13 and inability to achieve compliance with paragraph 2, subparagraph 10, 11, or 12 of the same article within 3 months from the business day next following the date of change of trading method.
- Violation of Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 15, and inability to achieve compliance with paragraph 2, subparagraph 14 of the same article within 3 years from the business day next following the date of change of trading method.
- Change in managerial control, and a material change in the scope of business within a certain period of time before or after the change in managerial control, except in the event of a merger, private placement or public tender offer of a TWSE listed company and a TWSE (or Taipei Exchange) listed company or a TWSE (or Taipei Exchange) primary listed company according to the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act or other laws and regulations.
- Where the requirements of Article 49, paragraph 2, subparagraph 15 cannot be met within two years after the securities have been placed under the altered trading method due to the circumstances in Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 16.
- The TWSE has placed the listed securities of the listed company under an altered trading method in view of an audit report or review report issued by a CPA indicating substantial uncertainty about the ability to continue as a going concern as mentioned in Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3, and the listed company fails to conform to paragraph 2, subparagraph 3 of the same article within three years from the business day following said alteration.
- The TWSE has imposed the periodic call auction trading method for the listed securities of the listed company pursuant to Article 49-2, paragraph 1, subparagraph 4, and the listed company fails to conform to paragraph 2, subparagraph 4 of the same article within three years from the business day following said imposition.
- Other events deemed necessary to suspend the trading in securities.
Where trading of the listed securities of a listed company has been suspended because of a circumstance in a subparagraph of the preceding paragraph, upon satisfying the below conditions, and being free of any other of the above circumstances, the TWSE may in accordance with Article 147 of the Securities and Exchange Act report to and obtain the permission of the Competent Authority to resume trading in the securities:
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph, and a supplementary financial report or financial forecast is duly announced and filed, and there is no audit report containing a qualified opinion or review report with a qualified conclusion as specified in Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3. If the financial forecast has not yet been duly announced on a make-up basis in the current fiscal year, the already announced and filed financial report for the same fiscal year may be used as a substitute.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, and the judicial order prohibiting transfer has expired, and reorganization has not been ordered by the court, or a dismissal of application for reorganization has not been rendered pursuant to Article 285-1, paragraph 3, subparagraph 2 of the Company Act.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections have been made in accordance with regulations or explanations have in fact been provided upon the request of the TWSE.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph, and substantive improvements have in fact been made in accordance with regulations.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 5 of the preceding paragraph, and due to supplementation or correction the circumstance specified by that subparagraph no longer exists, and there is no audit report containing a qualified opinion or review report with a qualified conclusion as specified in Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 6 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections or improvements have been made in accordance with rules governing the confirmation and disclosure of material information by a listed company and other relevant regulations.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 7 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections or improvements have been made pursuant to relevant laws and regulations, so as to be consistent with the undertaking given by the listed company.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 8 of the preceding paragraph, and substantive corrections or improvements have in fact been made pursuant to relevant laws and regulations.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 9 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections or improvements have been made in accordance with relevant regulations.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 10 of the preceding paragraph, and remedial procedures as set forth in subparagraph 9 of paragraph 2 of the preceding article have been carried out within 6 months of the trading day next following the date of suspension of trading, and the listed company has produced relevant documentary proof that it has carried out the remediation.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 11 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections have been made by the deadline set by the competent authority for the target industry.
- Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 12 or 13 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections or improvements have been made within 6 months of the trading day next following the date of suspension of trading.
- Where within 6 months after trading is suspended pursuant to subparagraph 14 of the preceding paragraph, the underwriter's evaluation report has been provided and the following circumstance are met:
- The sum of the net pofit before tax attributable to owners of the parent stated in the publicly announced and filed financial reports for the most recent four periods reaches 2 percent or more of the share capital stated in the financial report for the most recent period.
- The share capital of TWSE listed common shares is NT$300 million or more, and the number of TWSE listed common shares is 30 million shares or more.
- The CPA's project audit report for the internal control system is provided, with an unqualified opinion.
- The company is free of the conditions set out in Article 9, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 12 of the Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
- The requirements of Article 4, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 4 and 5 of the Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings are met.
- The company's directors, supervisors, and greater than 10 percent shareholders have placed all of their common shares in the company into centralized custody (in the case of shares obained through public offering and issuance) or have provided written undertakings that they will not transfer shares (in the case of shares obtained through private placement) and that during the period of the undertaking not to transfer shares, they shall place in centralized custody any of those shares that are approved for retrospective public issuance. They may withdraw or transfer the shares only after the requirements of this subparagraph have been met and one year has passed from the day that the normal trading method has reinstated by the TWSE for the company's securities.
- Within 6 months after trading is suspended pursuant to subparagraph 15 of the preceding paragraph, the sum of the net pofit before tax attributable to owners of the parent in the publicly announced and filed financial reports for the most recent four periods accounts reaches 3 percent or more of the share capital stated in the financial report for the most recent period, and the requirements of items B to F of the preceding subparagraph are met.
- Where suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 16 or 17 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections or improvements have been made in accordance with relevant provisions.
- Where suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 18 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections or improvements have been made in accordance with relevant bylaws, rules, and regulations.
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