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Relevant Laws

Title:Operating Rules for Securities Firms Handling Margin Purchases and Short Sales of Securities (2023.08.17)
Article 8     TWSE-listed ordinary shares other than those listed on the Taiwan Innovation Board, primary listed on the Taiwan Innovation Board will be announced by the TWSE as eligible for margin purchases and short sales if satisfying the criteria below:
  1. The shares have been listed for at least six months.
  2. The net asset value per share at least reaches the par value, as specified in the latest financial report as at the date of review. Where the shares are of a primary TWSE-listed company with no par value or the net asset value per share is not NT$10, the financial reports published and filed in the last fiscal year show no accumulated losses.
  3. None of the following applies:
    1. Excessively intense share price volatility.
    2. Excessively concentrated equity ownership.
    3. Excessively irregular trade volume.
    With the exception of TPEx-listed managed stocks and stocks registered on the Emerging Stock Board, all TPEx listed common stock shares satisfying the criteria below will be announced by the TPEx as eligible for margin purchase and short sale.
  1. The shares have been listed on the TPEx for at least six months.
  2. The net asset value per share at least reaches the par value, as specified in the latest financial report as at the date of review. Where the shares are of a primary TWSE-listed company with no par value or the net asset value per share is not NT$10, the financial reports published and filed in the last fiscal year show no accumulated losses.
  3. The company has been incorporated and registered for at least three years. If the issuer is a transferee company of a demerger from a TWSE or TPEx listed company, the time of incorporation may be calculated from the time of establishment of the demerged division as shown in the financial data of the demerged parent company. If the issuer is an investment holding company or financial holding company, the time of incorporation may be calculated from the time of incorporation of its operating entity.
  4. The company has a paid-up capital of NT$300 million or more, or a net worth of NT$600 million or more if it is a primary TPEx listed company whose shares have no par value or a par value other than NT$10 per share.
  5. Profitability of the company:
    1. Having had no accumulated losses, and had net operating income and profit before tax totaling 3% or more of paid-up capital on a standalone or consolidated basis, in the latest financial year, provided the above provision on net operating income and profit before tax may be waived if the paid-in capital reaches NT$600 million or more.
    2. It is a primary TPEx listed company whose shares have no par value or a par value other than NT$10 per share, had net operating income and profit before tax totaling 3% or more of shareholders' equity on a standalone or consolidated basis.
  6. None of the circumstances described in subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph applies.
    For purposes of these Rules, the term "net worth" means equity attributable to owners of the parent as stated in the balance sheet.
    The financial data mentioned in paragraph 2 are as specified in the latest published financial reports as having been audited and certified, or reviewed, by the CPA.
Article 9     Taiwan depository receipts satisfying the criteria below will be announced by the TWSE as eligible for margin purchase and short sale:
  1. The receipts have been listed for at least six months.
  2. The latest annual consolidated financial reports which have been audited and certified by the CPA or biannual consolidate financial reports which have been reviewed by the CPA, as prepared according to the laws and regulations of the country concerned and available on the date of review, show no accumulated losses.
  3. The beneficial ownership is not excessively concentrated, or the circumstance in paragraph 1, subparagraph 3, item 1 or 3 of the preceding article does not apply.
Article 12     The sampling period of excessively intense share price volatility or excessively irregular trade volume as mentioned in Article 8, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3, item 1 or 3 is 90 business days prior to the date of review (inclusive) for purposes of data gathering.
    The business days mentioned in the preceding paragraph are the trading days of the particular security.
Article 19     For its review of the excessive concentration of equity or beneficial ownership mentioned in Articles 16 to 18, the TWSE or TPEx may request the TWSE or TPEx listed company, foreign issuer or securities investment trust enterprise ("SITE") to furnish information relevant to its equity or beneficial ownership of the review date.