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Relevant Laws

Title：Operating Rules of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (2022.04.28)
Article 53-16     Under the circumstances set forth in Article 53-11 through Article 53-13, where before the conversion the company is a TWSE (or Taipei Exchange) listed company, those shares already duly placed in centralized custody by directors, supervisors, and major shareholders thereof at the time of initial listing on the TWSE (or Taipei Exchange) shall remain in centralized custody after the conversion until the expiration of the custody period; if before the conversion the company was neither TWSE listed nor Taipei Exchange listed, and the total number of shares anticipated to be converted will account for 10 percent or more of the shares already issued and anticipated to be issued by the company that is the transferee of the shares, the centralized custody of shares held by the directors, supervisors, and major shareholders of unlisted company in the company that is the transferee of the shares shall be handled in accordance with Article 53-6.
Article 53-31     Where a single TWSE listed company is converted into a financial holding company pursuant to Article 29 of the Financial Holding Company Act, the securities of the financial holding company shall be listed for trading on the TWSE from the record date of the share conversion, and the securities of the original TWSE listed company shall be delisted on the same date.
    The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall also apply in cases where multiple TWSE listed or Taipei Exchange listed companies, at least one of which is a TWSE listed company, are converted into a single financial holding company. However, if any company that is neither TWSE listed nor Taipei Exchange listed is converted together with other TWSE listed or Taipei Exchange listed companies, such unlisted company shall conform to the following conditions:
  1. It shall be free of any of the circumstances specified in subparagraphs 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, or 12 of paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the TWSE's Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings.
  2. Its financial reports for the most recent fiscal year shall have been audited by a CPA approved by the Competent Authority to perform auditing and attestation of financial reports of public companies, and have received an unqualified opinion from such CPA.
Article 53-32     Where shares of a single or multiple company(ies) limited by shares are converted into shares of a TWSE listed financial holding company pursuant to Article 29 of the Financial Holding Company Act, the financial holding company shall complete the relevant documentation and submit an application to the TWSE according to the procedures prescribed in Article 53-33 hereof. The listed securities shall be delisted on the record date of the share conversion and the shares of the financial holding company into which they are converted shall be listed on the same day; provided, any company limited by shares that is neither TWSE listed nor Taipei Exchange listed that participates in the share conversion shall conform to the requirements set forth in paragraph 2 of Article 53-31.