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Article 27-1
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In a case involving an initial listing of common shares on a stock exchange or an OTC market, regulations governing the volume of securities that may be allocated to any single bidder are as follows:
1. In a case in which the amount allocated for public subscription is adjusted to 30 percent or less under Article 21-1, the quantity of securities actually allocated to any qualified institutional investor or mainland area institutional investor shall not exceed 10 percent of the quantity underwritten by the allocating underwriters, or 100,000 shares, whichever is higher, provided that the combined quantity of securities actually allocated by the underwriters to any single bidder shall not exceed 10 percent of the portion of the securities put up for public sale to outside parties in the present offering. In a case in which the amount allocated for public subscription exceeds 30 percent, the quantity of securities actually allocated to any qualified institutional investor or mainland area institutional investor shall not exceed 5 percent of the quantity underwritten by the allocating underwriters, or 50,000 shares, whichever is higher, provided that the combined quantity of securities actually allocated by the underwriters to any single bidder shall not exceed 5 percent of the portion of the securities put up for public sale to outside parties in the present offering.
2. In a case in which the amount allocated for public subscription is adjusted to 30 percent or less under Article 21-1, the quantity of securities actually allocated to any bidder other than a qualified institutional investor shall not exceed 5 percent of the quantity underwritten by the allocating underwriters, or 50,000 shares, whichever is higher, provided that the combined quantity of securities actually allocated by the underwriters to any single bidder shall not exceed 5 percent of the portion of the securities put up for public sale to outside parties in the present offering. In a case in which the amount allocated for public subscription exceeds 30 percent, the quantity of securities actually allocated to any bidder other than a qualified institutional investor shall not exceed 2 percent of the quantity underwritten by the allocating underwriters, or 20,000 shares, whichever is higher, provided that the combined quantity of securities actually allocated by the underwriters to any single bidder shall not exceed 2 percent of the portion of the securities put up for public sale to outside parties in the present offering.
The term "qualified institutional investors" in subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph means domestic and foreign institutional investors and foreign institutional investors, including domestic and foreign banks, insurance companies, bills finance companies, fund management companies, government investment institutions, government funds, mutual funds, unit trusts, investment trust enterprises, and trust enterprises.
The maximum combined quantity of securities allocated by an underwriter in accordance with paragraph 1, subparagraph 2 to any company that has underwriting business dealings with that underwriter shall not exceed 20 percent of the quantity of securities underwritten by that underwriter.
The phrase "any company that has underwriting business dealings with that underwriter" in the preceding paragraph means a company for which that underwriter has lead managed an offering within 12 months before the present offering is to be listed on a stock exchange or OTC market, or a company which that underwriter anticipates doing so within the coming three months.
When an underwriter arranges for specified parties to subscribe to undersubscribed shares or shares that subscribers fail to pay for after allotment, it is exempt from the restrictions of paragraph 1, subparagraph 2, but such subscriptions are still not allowed to exceed 10 percent of the quantity of securities underwritten by that underwriter, or 100,000 shares, whichever is higher, and the combined total of all shares allotted by the underwriter to the aforementioned specified parties shall not exceed 10 percent of the portion of the offering that is put up for public sale to outside parties.
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