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Article 6
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Listings shall be handled as follows, with the exception of a foreign issuer applying for a primary stock listing that applies or files for a cash capital increase, issuance of bonus shares, or a listing of common stock not issued within the territory of the ROC in accordance with Article 28-12 of the TWSE's Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings:
1. Where a foreign issuer and its agent or depositary institution apply for the listing of additional stock or Taiwan depositary receipts as a result of capital increase by cash and the rights and obligations of the holders of stock or Taiwan depositary receipts to be newly issued are identical with those of the stock or depositary receipts already listed, or where a foreign issuer participated with already-issued stock in the issuance of Taiwan depositary receipts to be listed which carry the same rights and obligations as those of the Taiwan depositary receipts already listed, the TWSE may, after examination of the Application (Report) for Additional Issuance of Foreign Stocks/Market Listing and Trading of Taiwan Depositary Receipts (Attached Charts 23 and 24), issue an approval document for listing, and after approval by the competent authority and completion of issuance, announce the listing thereof.
2. If a foreign issuer and its depositary institution participate by means of shelf registration in the issuance of Taiwan depositary receipts for listing, and those depositary receipts carry the same rights and obligations as those of Taiwan depositary receipts already listed, the TWSE may, after examination of the Application for Additional Issuance and Listing of Taiwan Depositary Receipts by Means of Shelf Registration by a Foreign Issuer (Attached Chart 20), issue an approval document for listing, and after approval by the competent authority and completion of issuance, announce the listing thereof.3. Where a foreign issuer and its agent or depositary institution apply for the listing of additional stock or Taiwan depositary receipts as a result of a cash capital increase through a new share issue to existing shareholders with priority subscription rights or the issuance of bonus shares and the rights and obligations of the newly issued stock or Taiwan depositary receipts are identical with those of the stock or depositary receipts already listed, the TWSE will, after having examined the Application (Report) for Additional Issuance of Foreign Stocks/Market Listing and Trading of Taiwan Depositary Receipts (Attached Charts 23 and 24), publicly announce the listing thereof.4. Where a foreign issuer and its depositary institution apply for the reissuance and listing within the amount of the original issuance, or within the scheduled issue period for shelf registration and the number of units that may be issued, of those Taiwan depositary receipts which carry the same rights and obligations as those of the Taiwan depositary receipts already listed, the undertaking employee shall, upon receipt of the submitted “Application for Re-issuance and Listing by a Foreign Issuer of Taiwan Depositary Receipts Within the Redeemable Limit/ Application for Reissuance and Listing by a Foreign Issuer of Taiwan Depositary Receipts within the Scheduled Issue Period for Shelf Registration” (Attached Charts 26 and 27)publicly announce the listing in accordance with the provisions of Article 28, paragraph 4 of the TWSE’s “Criteria for the Review of Securities Listings.
Where the Taiwan depositary receipts issued by a foreign issuer have already been listed, and the shareholders issue through a depositary institution Taiwan depositary receipts in Taiwan with the already-issued shares that they hold, the TWSE may, after examination of the Application for Issuance and Listing of Unsponsored Taiwan Depositary Receipts (Attached Chart 28), issue an approval document for listing, and after approval by the competent authority and completion of issuance, announce the listing thereof.
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