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Amendments

Title:

Operating Rules of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation  CH

Amended Date: 2026.01.09 (Articles 43, 47, 48, 49-1, 49-4, 59, 63 amended,English version coming soon)
Current English version amended on 2025.07.14 
Categories: Basic Laws and Regulations

Title: Operating Rules of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation(2025.06.09)
Date:
49     If any of the following circumstances applies to aTWSE listed company, the TWSE may place its listed securities under an altered trading method:
  1. The latest individual financial report, as registered and publicly announced in accordance with Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act, shows that its net worth is less than one-half of its share capital stated on the financial report.
  2. A shareholders meeting has not been held within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year.
  3. The attesting CPA for the most recent financial report publicly announced and registered pursuant to Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act issues an audit report or review report indicating substantial uncertainty about the ability to continue as a going concern, or the attesting CPA issues a qualified audit report or a review report with a qualified conclusion. However, this shall not apply if it is otherwise permitted by the laws and regulations of the competent authority, or in the case of an interim financial report if the reason is that the calculation of investment in a non-major subsidiary, or investment accounted for using the equity method, and the amount of profit or loss thereupon, is based on a financial report that has not been audited or reviewed by a CPA, and the attesting CPA has fully disclosed in the audit or review report the reasons for the qualified opinion and the monetary amounts of any accounting items that may be affected thereby, and no material irregularities are present. However, if an above-mentioned non-major subsidiary is a subsidiary of a financial holding company, its interim financial report shall also be audited or reviewed by a CPA in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
  4. Violation of relevant bylaws or rules concerning the material information of a TWSE listed company, and failure to rectify the situation within the specified time after having been notified to proceed with disclosure process, and such violation was serious.
  5. Two-thirds or more of the directors or supervisors have been provisionally ordered to be suspended of the performance of their authorities and duties.
  6. A petition for re-organization has been filed to the court in accordance with Article 282 of the Company Act.
  7. Half or more of the directors have changed, such that any of the following circumstances exists, and it fails to make improvement within a specified time period ordered by the TWSE:
    1. The shareholding is too concentrated to meet the then-current shareholding dispersion criteria for listing.
    2. The newly appointed directors, supervisors, or president meet any of the conditions under Article 9, paragraph 1, subparagraph 8 of the TWSE Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
  8. The company is unable to punctually pay for the common corporate bonds or convertible corporate bonds which have matured or which the creditors requested it to redeem.
  9. Dishonor of a negotiable instrument by a financial institution because of insufficient funds on deposit, where the TWSE is aware of such dishonor.
  10. After a demerger, the paid-in capital of an ordinary company or a technology company fails to comply with Article 4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2 or Article 5, subparagraph 1, respectively, of the Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
  11. The number of companies held by an investment holding company falls below two companies; provided, for investment holding companies created as a result of share conversion, sale and assignment, transfer of business, demerger, or change of company name, this shall not apply within 1 year from the date of listing for trading.
  12. Failure to abide by an undertaking to purchase the shares held by other shareholders of a TWSE listed (or Taipei Exchange listed) subsidiary in which it has shareholding of more than 70 percent or a TIB listed subsidiary or TIB primary listed subsidiary in which it has shareholding of more than 80 percent.
  13. Any of the following circumstances occurs in the handling of stock affairs:
    1. The company has not engaged an agent of stock affairs, and has not obtained the Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation's review and agreement to handle stock affairs.
    2. The Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation has audited and discovered a material irregularity in stock affairs, and the company has failed to correct the irregularity within the deadline set by the TWSE for corrections.
  14. Where explanations given in a press conference concerning material information fail to clarify points in question, and the TWSE deems it necessary to protect the rights and interests of investors.
  15. The number of TWSE listed common shares does not reach 25 percent of the total number of the company's issued common shares, and any of the circumstances in the following items exists:
    1. The share capital of TWSE listed common shares does not reach NT$600 million.
    2. The number of TWSE listed common shares does not reach 30 million shares.
  16. The requirements of Article 50, paragraph 2, subparagraph 13 cannot be met within 6 months after trading is suspended pursuant to Article 50, paragraph 1, subparagraph 14.
  17. A venture capital company’s current financial reports show any of the following:
    1. The number of shares it invests and holds in any public company exceeds 30 percent of the total issued voting shares of said company, and the venture capital company fails to rectify within the time limit prescribed by the TWSE.
    2. The total investment it holds in any invested company exceeds 20 percent of the total assets shown in the venture capital company's most updated financial reports, and the venture capital company fails to rectify within the time limit prescribed by the TWSE.
    3. Its total investment fails to reach 60 percent of its total assets, and it fails to rectify within the subsequent 12 financial report periods, unless the prescribed ratio is conformed to after adjustments to the investment value being a net increase as measured at fair value are deducted from total assets.
    4. It engages in any business other than those stipulated in the Rules Governing Guidance to Venture Capital Enterprises.
  18. The board of directors resolves to refer a dissolution proposal to a shareholders meeting for resolution.
  19. Upon other necessary reasons as determined by the TWSE.
    If securities of a TWSE listed company have been placed under an altered trading method because of a circumstance in a subparagraph of the preceding paragraph, upon satisfaction of the below conditions, and freedom of any other of the above circumstances, the TWSE may resume trading of the company's securities by the normal trading method:
  1. Where the change of trading method was imposed pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph, the financial reports for the most recent two periods registered and publicly announced pursuant to Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act each shows net worth exceeding NT$300 million and reaching one-half or more of the share capital stated on the financial report; in the event of a capital reduction, the operations for exchange of securities upon capital reduction are additionally completed.
  2. Where the change of trading method was imposed pursuant to subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, and the shareholders meeting has been held.
  3. Where the change of trading method was imposed pursuant to subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph, and due to supplementation or correction, the circumstances specified in that subparagraph no longer exist.
  4. Where the change of trading method was imposed pursuant to subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph, and disclosure proceeding is commenced in compliance with the notice.
  5. After the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 5 of the preceding paragraph, the preliminary injunction order was canceled by the court and one-third or more of the directors or supervisors are able to perform their authorities and duties.
  6. After the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 6 of the preceding paragraph, the petition for re-organization was withdrawn or was conclusively dismissed by court pursuant to Article 283-1, subparagraph 1 or Article 285-1, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1; provided that the execution period of the altered trading method shall not be less than 3 months where the petition for re-organization was withdrawn.
  7. After the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 7 of the preceding paragraph, supplementation or correction was made.
  8. After the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 8 of the preceding paragraph, the company has repaid the debt or reached a settlement agreement with the creditors.
  9. Within 3 months of the trading day next following the date the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 9 of the preceding paragraph, the listed company has completed any of the remedial procedures enumerated herein below, and the listed company has produced a direct or indirect note in evidence thereof from the clearing house, and no further instance of dishonor of negotiable instruments has occurred prior to resumption of normal settlement. However, if the listed company adopts the remedial procedure of "extinguish the debt under the negotiable instrument by actual settlement of the amount of the instrument," it shall additionally submit a rechecking form prescribed by the TWSE. The form shall be signed and certified by a CPA and a lawyer and submitted to the TWSE along with the other relevant documents and materials for approval and recordation:
    1. Extinguish the debt under the negotiable instrument by actual settlement of the amount of the instrument.
    2. Deposit the amount of the instrument into the financial enterprise that dishonored the instrument with a request that it be listed as provision for payment under "other payables."
    3. Pay the amount of the instrument out of the checking account or other payables account upon re-presentment of the instrument subsequent to its dishonoring.
  10. Where correction or improvement has been made by the listed company within 3 months of the trading day next following the date the trading method of the securities was changed pursuant to subparagraph 10 of the preceding paragraph.
  11. Where correction or improvement has been made within 3 months after the change of trading method of the securities pursuant to subparagraph 11 or subparagraph 12 of the preceding paragraph.
  12. Where supplementation or correction has been made after the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 13 of the preceding paragraph.
  13. Where the points in question have been clarified after the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 14 of the preceding paragraph, provided that if the TWSE determines there is any material deficiency in the design and execution of the company's internal control system, in addition to clarifying the points in question, the company shall revise its internal control system and shall have implemented the revisions for at least 3 months and obtained a CPA-issued audit opinion letter regarding the effectiveness of the aforementioned internal control system's design and execution.
  14. Where supplementation or correction has been made after the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 15 of the preceding paragraph, and the single-quarter net profit before tax attributable to owners of the parent for each of the most recent consecutive two quarters is positive.
  15. Within two years after the securities have been placed under the altered trading method due to the circumstances in subparagraph 16 of the preceding paragraph, the sum of the net profit before tax attributable to owners of the parent stated in the publicly announced and filed financial reports for the most recent four periods reaches 3 percent or more of the share capital stated in the financial reports for the most recent period, and the requirements of Article 50, paragraph 2, subparagraph 13, items B to F are met.Where the shares of the company have no par value or a par value other than NT$10, the aforementioned ratio is caluclated using the company's net worth in its most recent financnial reports in place of capital stock and must reach at least half of the prescribed ratio.
  16. After the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 17 of the preceding paragraph, correction or improvement is made.
  17. After the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 18 of the preceding paragraph, the dissolution proposal is revoked by the board of directors, or the shareholders meeting fails to pass a resolution for the proposal.
  18. After the trading method was changed pursuant to subparagraph 19 of the preceding paragraph, correction or improvement is made upon the request of the TWSE.
    Where the TWSE changes the trading method of listed securities pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph, or where the TWSE restores the trading method to normal settlement pursuant to subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, within 1 month of such action, the TWSE shall report such action to the Competent Authority for recordation.
    The net worth referred to in Chapter IV and IV-1 means the equity attributable to owners of the parent as stated in the balance sheet prepared in accordance with the regulations issued by the competent authority to govern the preparation of financial reports for the relevant industry.
49-4     If any of the following circumstances applies to a TIB listed company or a TIB primary listed company, the TWSE may place its listed stocks under the altered trading method:
  1. The latest financial report, as registered and publicly announced in accordance with Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act, shows that its net worth is less than one-third of its share capital stated on the financial report.
  2. A regular shareholders meeting has not been held within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year.
  3. The attesting CPA for the most recent financial report publicly announced and registered pursuant to Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act issues a qualified audit report or a review reportwith a qualifiedconclusion. However, this shall not apply if it is otherwise permitted by the laws and regulations of the competent authority, or in the case of an interim financial report if the reason is that the calculation of investment in a non-major subsidiary, or investment accounted for using the equity method, and the amount of profit or loss thereupon, is based on a financial report that has not been audited or reviewed by a CPA, and the attesting CPA has fully disclosed in the audit or review report the reasons for the qualified opinion and the monetary amounts of any accounting items that may be affected thereby, and no material irregularities are present.
  4. Violation of relevant bylaws or rules concerning the material information of a TWSE listed company, and failure to rectify the situation within the specified time after having been notified to proceed with disclosure process, and such violation was serious.
  5. Two-thirds or more of the directors have been provisionally ordered to be suspended of the performance of their authorities and duties.
  6. A petition for re-organization has been filed to the court in accordance with Article 282 of the Company Act or to the court of the jurisdiction of incorporation.
  7. Half or more of the directors have changed, such that any of the following circumstances exists, and it fails to make improvement within a specified time period ordered by the TWSE:
    1. The shareholding is too concentrated to meet the shareholding dispersion criteria under Article 29, paragraph 1, subparagraph 4 of the TWSE Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
    2. The newly appointed directors or president meet any of the conditions under Article 31, paragraph 1, subparagraph 7 of the TWSE Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
  8. The company is unable to punctually pay for the common corporate bonds or convertible corporate bonds which have matured or which the creditors requested it to redeem.
  9. Dishonor of a negotiable instrument by a financial institution because of insufficient funds on deposit, where the TWSE is aware of such dishonor.
  10. Failure to abide by an undertaking to purchase the shares held by other shareholders of a TWSE listed (or TPEx listed) subsidiary in which it has shareholding of more than 70 percent or a TIB listed subsidiary or TIB primary listed subsidiary in which it has shareholding of more than 80 percent.
  11. Any of the following circumstances occurs in the handling of stock affairs:
    1. The company has not engaged an agent of stock affairs, and has not obtained the Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation's review and agreement to handle stock affairs.
    2. The Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation has audited and discovered a material irregularity in stock affairs, and the company has failed to correct the irregularity within the deadline set by the TWSE for corrections.
  12. Where explanations given in a press conference concerning material information fail to clarify points in question, and the TWSE deems it necessary to protect the rights and interests of investors.
  13. The number of listed common shares does not reach 25 percent of the total number of the company's issued common shares and5 million shares.
  14. It fails to meet the requirements under Article 50-9, paragraph 2, subparagraph 12 within 6 months after trading is suspended according to paragraph 1, subparagraph 12 of the same article.
  15. The board of directors resolves to refer a dissolution proposal to a shareholders meeting for resolution.
  16. Directors of a TIB primary listed company with registered household in the Republic of China take less than a majority seats in the board, or fewer than two independent directors have a registered household in the Republic of China, and no special shareholders meeting has been held for a re-election within 60 days of occurrence of the fact.
  17. The TWSE deems it necessary to do so for any other reason.
    Where the listed stocks of a TIB listed company or a TIB primary listed company are placed under an altered trading method due to a circumstances provided in the subparagraphs of the preceding paragraph, if the following subparagraphs are met and none of the circumstances under the subparagraphs of the preceding paragraph exists, the TWSE may resume the original trading method of its stocks:
  1. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph, the latest two financial reports, as registered and publicly announced in accordance with Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act, both show that its net worth is more than than one-third of its share capital stated on the financial report. However, in the case of decrease of capitalization, the procedure to replace securities for capital reduction should be completed.
  2. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph,
  3. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph, it has made corrections or improvements and the circumstances under that subparagraph no longer exist.
  4. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph, it has rectified the situation after having been notified to proceed with disclosure process.
  5. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 5 of the preceding paragraph, the court has vacated the provisional order and then more than one-third of the company’s directors are able to perform their authorities and duties.
  6. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 6 of the preceding paragraph, the petition for re-organization was withdrawn or was conclusively dismissed by court pursuant to Article 283-1, subparagraph 1 or Article 285-1, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, or was conclusively dismissed by court of the jurisdiction of incorporation pursuant to law;provided that the execution period of the altered trading method shall not be less than 3 months where the petition for re-organization was withdrawn
  7. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 7 of the preceding paragraph, corrections or improvements were made.
  8. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 8 of the preceding paragraph, the company has repaid the debt or reached a settlement agreement with the creditors.
  9. Within 3 months of the trading day next following the date its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 9 of the preceding paragraph, the company has completed any of the remedial procedures enumerated herein below, and the company has produced a direct or indirect note in evidence thereof from the clearing house, and no further instance of dishonor of negotiable instruments has occurred prior to resumption. However, if the company adopts the remedial procedure of “extinguish the debt under the negotiable instrument by actual settlement of the amount of the instrument” or “complete negotiation of settlement with correspondence financial institution”, it shall additionally submit a rechecking form prescribed by the TWSE. The form shall be signed and certified by a CPA and a lawyer and submitted to the TWSE along with the other relevant documents and materials for approval and recordation:
    1. Extinguish the debt under the negotiable instrument by actual settlement of the amount of the instrument.
    2. Deposit the amount of the instrument into the financial enterprise that dishonored the instrument with a request that it be listed as provision for payment under "other payables."
    3. Pay the amount of the instrument out of the checking account or other payables account upon re-presentment of the instrument subsequent to its dishonoring.
  10. Where correction or improvement has been made within 3 motnhs after its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 10 of the preceding paragraph.
  11. Where correction or improvement has been made within 3 motnhs after its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 11 or 13 of the preceding paragraph,
  12. Where the points in question have been clarified after its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 12 of the preceding paragraph, provided that if the TWSE determines there is any material deficiency in the design and execution of the company's internal control system, in addition to clarifying the points in question, the company shall revise its internal control system and shall have implemented the revisions for at least 3 months and obtained a CPA-issued audit opinion letter regarding the effectiveness of the aforementioned internal control system's design and execution.
  13. Within two years after the securities have been placed under the altered trading method due to the circumstances in subparagraph 14 of the preceding paragraph, the sum of the net profit before tax attributable to owners of the parent stated in the publicly announced and filed financial reports for the most recent four periods reaches 3 percent or more of the share capital stated in the financial reports for the most recent period, and the requirements of Article 50-9, paragraph 2, subparagraph 12, items B to F are met.Where the shares of the company have no par value or a par value other than NT$10, the aforementioned ratio is caluclated using the company's net worth in its most recent financnial reports in place of capital stock and must reach at least half of the prescribed ratio.
  14. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 15 of the preceding paragraph, the dissolution proposal is further revoked by the board of directors or is not approved with a resolution at the shareholders meeting.
  15. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 16 of the preceding paragraph, a special shareholders meeting has been held and re-election is completed.
  16. After its stocks have been placed under an altered trading method pursuant to subparagraph 17 of the preceding paragraph, correction or improvement has been made upon requpest of the TWSE.
    Where the TWSE has placed the listed securities of a TIB listed company or a TIB primary listed company under an altered trading method, or has resumed the original trading method of its listed securities pursuant to the preceding paragraphs, the competent authority shall be informed of the change within one month after the implementation for recordation.
    Article 49-1, subparagraphs 4 to 7 shall apply mutatis mutandis to TIB primary listed companies.
50     If any of the following circumstances applies to a TWSE 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:
  1. Failure to produce and file and publicly announce financial reports or financial forecasts by the deadlines provided in laws and regulations.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 with limited assurance by a CPA, the attesting CPA issues an assurance report with a qualified conclusion with explanatory language.
  6. Violation of relevant bylaws or rules concerning the material information of the listed company, such violation was serious, and there is the need to suspend trading in its securities.
  7. Where a TWSE listed company has breached an undertaking it gave when applying for listing.
  8. Where a TWSE 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.
  9. Violation of Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 8, and failure to satisfy paragraph 2, subparagraph 8 of the same Article within 3 months.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Violation of Article 49, paragraph 1, subparagraph 10, 11, 12, 13 or 17 and inability to achieve compliance with paragraph 2, subparagraph 10, 11, 12 or 16 of the same article within 3 months from the business day next following the date of change of trading method.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. The TWSE has placed the listed securities of the TWSE 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.
  17. The TWSE has imposed the periodic call auction trading method for the listed securities of the TWSE 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.
  18. Other events deemed necessary to suspend the trading in securities.
    Where trading of the listed securities of a TWSE 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:
  1. 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.
  2. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph, and the ban on transfer ordered by court has expired or the order has been revoked or reversed by court, 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 TWSE listed company and other relevant regulations.
  7. 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 TWSE listed company.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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 TWSE listed company has produced relevant documentary proof that it has carried out the remediation.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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:
    1. The sum of the net profit 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.Where the shares of the company have no par value or a par value other than NT$10, the aforementioned ratio is caluclated using the company's net worth in its most recent financnial reports in place of capital stock and must reach at least half of the prescribed ratio.
    2. 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.
    3. An audit report for the internal control system is issued by a CPA with reasonable assurance and with an unqualified conclusion.
    4. 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.
    5. The requirements of Article 4, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 4 and 5 of the Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings are met.
    6. 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 obtained 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.
  14. Within 6 months after trading is suspended pursuant to subparagraph 15 of the preceding paragraph, the sum of the net profit 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 the shares of the company have no par value or a par value other than NT$10, the aforementioned ratio is caluclated using the company's net worth in its most recent financnial reports in place of capital stock and must reach at least half of the prescribed ratio.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
50-9     If any of the circumstances listed below applies to a TIB listed company or a TIB primary listed company, the TWSE shall suspend the trading of its listed securities pursuant to Article 147, or Article 165-1 under which Article 147 shall apply mutatis mutandis, of the Securities and Exchange Act, and report to the Competent Authority for recordation; or the TIB listed company or TIB primary listed company may apply for delisting pursuant to Article 50-10, paragraph 4:
  1. The financial report it has publicly announced and filed for the most recent period as required indicates the net worth is lower than one-tenth of the share capital shown in the financial report.
  2. Failure to produce and file and publicly announce financial reports or financial forecasts by the deadlines provided in laws and regulations.
  3. Where any condition specified in Article 282 of the Company Act exists, and a court has issued a ruling to prohibit the transfer of its shares pursuant to Article 287, paragraph 1, subparagraph 5 of the Company Act, or a court of the jurisdiction of incorporation has issued a ruling to prohibit the transfer of its shares.
  4. 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.
  5. 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, or no professional agent for stock affairs is appointed to handle stock affairs in the Republic of China, and upon the order of the TWSE to correct the situation within a time period, no correction is made.
  6. In a publicly announced and registered financial forecast made by a CPA with limited assurance, the attestint CPA issues an assurance report with a conclusion with explanatory language, or any of the following circumstances applies to the financial report publicly announced and registered pursuant to Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act:
    1. Failure to prepare its financial report according to the applicable laws and the generally accepted accounting principles, or the regulations issued by the competent authority to govern the preparation of financial reports for the relevant industry, the generally accepted accounting principles of the United States, or the International Financial Reporting Standards, as the case may be, and the circumstances are serious, and the company is notified to correct or make a restatement of the financial report but fails to do so by the specified deadline.
    2. Its attesting CPA has issued an audit report containing a disclaimer of opinion or adverse opinion, or issued a review report with an adverse conclusion or disclaimer of conclusion.
  7. Violation of relevant bylaws or rules concerning the material information of the listed company, such violation was serious, and there is the need to suspend trading in its securities.
  8. Breach of an undertaking it gave when when applying for listing; provided this subparagraph shall not apply when a TIB primary listed company amends important matters pertaining to protection of shareholders’ equipty in its articles of incorporation, organic documents or important financial and business documents.
  9. Violation of Article 49-4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 8, and failure to satisfy paragraph 2, subparagraph 8 of the same article within 3 months.
  10. Violation of Article 49-4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 9, and failure to carry out, within 3 months of the trading day next following the date the trading method was altered, remedial procedures as provided in paragraph 2, subparagraph 9 of the same article and to submit relevant documentary proof.
  11. Violation of Article 49-4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 10, 11 or 16, and failure to satisfy, within 3 months of the trading day next following the date the trading method was altered, paragraph 2, subparagraph 10, 11, or 15 of the same article.
  12. 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/TPEx listed company a TWSE/TPEx primary listed company according to the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act or other laws and regulations.
  13. Violation of Article 49-4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 13, and failure to satisfy, within 3 years of the trading day next following the date the trading method was altered; paragraph 2, subparagraph 11 of the same article.
  14. Failure to, within 2 years after its stocks were placed under an altered trading method pursuant to Article 49-4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 14, satisfy paragraph 2, subparagraph 13 of the same article.
  15. (deleted)
  16. Other events deemed necessary to suspend the trading in securities.
    Where trading of the listed securities of a TIB listed company or a TIB primary listed company has been suspended because of a circumstance in a subparagraph of the preceding paragraph, upon satisfying the following conditions, and being free of any other of the above circumstances, the TWSE may in accordance with Article 147 or Article 165-1, under which Article 147 applies mutatis mutandis, of the Securities and Exchange Act report to and obtain the permission of the Competent Authority to resume trading in the securities:
  1. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the preceding paragraph, and the latest two financial reports, as registered and publicly announced in accordance with Article 36 of the Securities and Exchange Act, both show that its net worth is more than than one-tenth of its share capital stated on the financial report. However, in the case of decrease of capitalization, the procedure to replace securities for capital reduction should be completed.
  2. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 2 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 49-4, 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.
  3. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph, and the ban on transfer ordered by court, or court of the jurisdiction of incorporation, has expired or the order has been revoked or reversed by that court, and reorganization has not been ordered by that 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 or by the court of the jurisdiction of incorporation.
  4. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph, and substantive corrections have in fact been made in accordance with regulations or upon the TWSE’s request for explanation.
  5. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 5 of the preceding paragraph, and substantive improvements have in fact been made in accordance with regulations.
  6. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 6 of the preceding paragraph, and due to corrections or improvements 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 49-4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3.
  7. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 7 of the preceding paragraph, corrections or improvements have been made in accordance with rules governing the confirmation and disclosure of material information by the listed company and other relevant regulations.
  8. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 8 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.
  9. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 9 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections or improvements have been made pursuant to relevant laws and regulations.
  10. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 10 of the preceding paragraph, and remedial procedures as set forth in Article 49-4, paragraph 2, subparagraph 9 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.
  11. Where the suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 11 or 13 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections and improvements have been made within 6 months of the trading day next following the date of suspension of trading.
  12. Where within 6 months after trading is suspended pursuant to subparagraph 12 of the preceding paragraph, the underwriter's evaluation report has been provided and the following circumstance are met:
    1. The sum of the net profit 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.Where the shares of the company have no par value or a par value other than NT$10, the aforementioned ratio is caluclated using the company's net worth in its most recent financnial reports in place of capital stock and must reach at least half of the prescribed ratio.
    2. (deleted)
    3. An audit report for the internal control system is issued by a CPA with reasonable assurance and with an unqualified conclusion.
    4. The company is free of the conditions set out in Article 31, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 11 of the Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
    5. The requirements of Article 29, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 4 and 5 of the Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings are met.
    6. The company's directors and shareholders holding more than 10 percent of the total issued shares have placed all of their common shares in the company into centralized custody (in the case of shares obtained 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 regular trading method has reinstated by the TWSE for the company's securities.
  13. Within 6 months after trading is suspended pursuant to subparagraph 14 of the preceding paragraph, the sum of the net profit 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 the shares of the company have no par value or a par value other than NT$10, the aforementioned ratio is caluclated using the company's net worth in its most recent financnial reports in place of capital stock and must reach at least half of the prescribed ratio.
  14. (deleted)
  15. Where suspension of trading was ordered pursuant to subparagraph 16 of the preceding paragraph, and corrections or improvements have been made in accordance with relevant bylaws, rules, and regulations.
53-8     When a TWSE listed company merges with an unlisted company and the TWSE listed company is a non-surviving company, the surviving or newly-incorporated unlisted company, within 1 year after the merger record date, may apply to the TWSE for listing if it meets the requirements set out in all the following subparagraphs:
  1. At the time of the application for merger, at least 80 percent of its operating revenue and identifiable assets as stated on its latest-period financial report audited or reviewed by a CPA is derived from business items or assets originally from the merged TWSE listed company, and its liabilities may not exceed two-thirds of its total assets.
  2. Capitalization: complies with the provisions of Article 4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2 of the TWSE Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
  3. Profitability: after imputation based on the surviving unlisted company's latest-period financial data, complies with the provisions of Article 4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3 of the TWSE Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings. However, this requirement does not apply if the post-merger surviving company's net worth per share on the latest-period financial report audited or reviewed by a CPA is greater than the non-surviving TWSE listed company's net worth per share on its financial report audited or reviewed by a CPA for the latest period before the merger record date. When the above proviso is satisfied, if the TWSE listed company, and the surviving or newly-incorporated unlisted company have different par values per share, the comparison of net worth per share shall be based on an imputation adjustment to the same par value, and the attesting CPA shall submit a review opinion following the imputation adjustment.
  4. Shareholding dispersion: complies with Article 4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 4 of the TWSE Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
  5. The non-surviving TWSE listed company was free of any and all circumstances set out in Articles 49, 50, and 50-1 before the merger record date, and its net worth per share was stated at not less than the par value per share on the financial reports audited or reviewed by a CPA for both the most recent period and most recent fiscal year before the merger record date.Where the shares of the company have no par value or a par value other than NT$10, the aforementioned requirement that the net worth per share be not less than the par value per share is replaced by the absence of cumulative losses.
  6. Financial reports: a CPA shall have audited or reviewed the latest-period financial report, and issued a signed audit report or a review report containing an unqualified conclusion; or, if an audit report containing other than an unqualified opinion is issued, it does not affect the fair presentation of the financial report.
  7. Complies with Article 4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 5, and Articles 18 and 19 of the TWSE Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings and is free of any of the circumstances set out in Article 9, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 12 of those Rules.
    Before its securities are listed, the surviving unlisted company under the preceding paragraph shall deposit stock in central custody and conduct a pre-listing public offering in accordance with Articles 10 and 11 of the TWSE Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.