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Title：

Regulations Governing Share Repurchase by Exchange-Listed and OTC-Listed Companies  CH

Amended Date： 2022.08.15 
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Title： Regulations Governing Share Repurchase by Exchange-Listed and OTC-Listed Companies(2012.08.22)
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Article 2     A company repurchasing its own shares at a centralized securities exchange market or at the place of business of a securities firm shall, within two days counting from and inclusively of the day on which the resolution was made at a meeting of the board of directors, announce the repurchase, and report the below listed items to the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC):
  1. Purpose of the repurchase.
  2. Types of shares to be repurchased.
  3. Ceiling on total monetary amount of the repurchase.
  4. Planned period for the repurchase, and number of shares to be repurchased.
  5. Price range of the shares to be repurchased.
  6. Method for the repurchase.
  7. Number of shares held at the time of reporting.
  8. Any repurchases within three years prior to the time of reporting.
  9. Any repurchases that have been reported but not completed.
  10. Record of decision to repurchase shares resolved by the board of directors.
  11. Rules for Transfer of Shares provided in Article 10 of these Regulations.
  12. Rules for Conversion of Shares or Rules for Subscription of Shares provided in Article 11 of these Regulations.
  13. Declaration that the financial state of the company was considered at a meeting of the board of directors and that the maintenance of its capital would not be affected by the repurchase.
  14. Appraisal by a certified public accountant or securities firm of the reasonableness of the price of the shares to be repurchased.
  15. Other items specified by the FSC.
    Within two months counting from and inclusively of the day of expiration of the reporting period for the planned repurchase, the company may, through a majority vote at a meeting of the board of directors attended by at least a two-thirds quorum, amend the originally reported purpose of the repurchase by filing a report with the FSC.
    Reporting documents filed pursuant to these Regulations shall be prepared in the format prescribed by the FSC and submitted in bound form. The same shall apply to any subsequent supplementation.
Article 3     If a company fails to effect announcement and reporting in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, it may not repurchase its own shares on a centralized securities exchange market or at the place of business of a securities firm. Whenever the cumulative number of shares repurchased accounts for at least two percent of the shares issued by the company, or the cumulative value of shares repurchased amounts to at least NT$300 million, the company shall, within two days counting from and inclusively of the day of the occurrence of one of the above facts, make an announcement of the date, number, type, and price of the shares.
Article 5     A company repurchasing its own shares shall complete the repurchase within two months counting from and inclusively of the reporting date specified in Article 2 of these Regulations, and, upon expiration of that period or within five days counting from and inclusively of the date after completion of the repurchase, it shall submit a report to the FSC and announce the status of execution of the repurchase. If execution of the repurchase has not been completed upon expiration of said period and execution of another repurchase is required, a repurchase proposal shall again be submitted and resolved at a meeting of the board of directors.
Article 8     For a company repurchasing its own shares for reasons specified in Article 28-2, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1 through 3 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the total monetary amount of shares repurchased shall not exceed the retained earnings plus the following realized capital gains:
  1. gain on disposal of assets that has not yet been transferred to the retained earnings account; and
  2. the gains listed under Article 241 of the Company Act ("income derived from the issue of new shares at a premium" and "income from endowments received by the company"); provided, however that where the endowment received consists of the company's own shares, the income shall not be recorded until the shares have been sold.
    The term "retained earnings" as used in the preceding paragraph includes legal reserve, special reserve, and undistributed earnings. However, the following items shall be excluded:
  1. Earnings distributed through resolution of a meeting of the board of directors or a meeting of the shareholders.
  2. Special reserve set aside by the company pursuant to Article 41, paragraph 1 of the Securities and Exchange Act. However, special reserve set aside pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 1 of the Regulations Governing Securities Firms shall not be subject to this restriction.
    Calculation of the dollar amount of shares that may be repurchased shall be based on financial reports for the latest accounting period prior to a resolution of a meeting of the board of directors. The financial reports must have been audited or reviewed in a lawful and transparent manner by a certified public accountant, and must have been issued an audit report or review report with an unqualified opinion or an unqualified opinion with modified wording. However, this shall not apply with respect to an interim financial report for which the CPA has issued a qualified opinion because equity-method investment and the share of the profit or loss of associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method was calculated based on financial reports of the invested company that were not audited or reviewed by a certified public accountant.
Article 11-1     These Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to primary exchange-listed and primary OTC-listed companies as defined in Article 3, subparagraph 2 of the Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Foreign Issuers.
    With respect to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2 regarding income derived from the issuance of shares at a premium and from endowments received, for primary exchange-listed and primary OTC-listed companies, the laws and regulations of the company's country of registration shall control.
    When a primary exchange-listed or primary OTC-listed company buys back shares, it shall apply to the stock exchange for registration in compliance with the Regulations Governing Investment in Securities by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals and the operating rules and bylaws of the stock exchange.
    When a primary exchange-listed or primary OTC-listed company performs amendment registration in connection with a buyback of shares, unless there is any compulsory provision otherwise in the laws of the country of registration, the company shall perform amendment registration for the cancellation of the shares in compliance with Article 28-2, paragraph 4 of the Securities and Exchange Act, and within 10 days counting from and inclusively of the date of completion of the cancellation procedures, apply to the Stock Exchange or the GreTai Securities Market to carry out the matters in connection with the amendment.
Article 13     These Regulations shall enter into force from the date of issuance.
    The amended articles of these Regulations shall enter into force from the date of issuance, with the exception of Article 10-1 as amended on 16 March 2007, which shall enter into force from 1 January 2008, and the proviso to paragraph 3 of Article 8 as amended on 22 August 2012, which shall enter into force from the fiscal year of 2013.