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Relevant Laws

Title:Taiwan Securities Association Rules Governing Underwriting and Resale of Securities by Securities Firms (2016.04.12)
Article 7     In the underwriting of securities issued through competitive auction as prescribed in the preceding article, except where the issuer is a government-owned enterprise or another party for which there are other acts or regulations that provide otherwise, underwriting of that portion of the offering put up for public sale to outside parties shall be handled in accordance with the following provisions:
  1. In an underwriting case involving an initial listing of shares on a stock exchange or an OTC market, the shares may be offered either entirely through competitive auction, or through a combination of competitive auction and public subscription. However, the portion allocated through public subscription shall not exceed 20 percent of the total number of shares underwritten.
  2. In the underwriting of an offering of convertible bonds, or of warrants that have been detached from preferred shares with detachable warrants or warrants that have been detached from corporate bonds with detachable warrants, or in the underwriting of a cash capital increase by a company already listed on a stock exchange or an OTC market in which all units are put up for underwritten distribution, all units shall be offered through competitive auction.
  3. In an underwriting case involving the offering of corporate bonds with warrants or an underwriting case involving a secondary distribution, the units may be offered either entirely through competitive auction, or through a combination of competitive auction and public subscription.
Article 22-1     Where either of the following types of underwriting cases are undertaken through the use of book building, the part put up for public sale shall be underwritten entirely by book building:
  1. underwriting of a public offering by a company already listed on a stock exchange or an OTC market in which the offering involves a cash capital increase through the issue of common shares and the entire offering is put up for underwritten distribution;
  2. underwriting of an offering of beneficial interest securities by a trustee institution, or underwriting of an offering of asset-backed securities by a special-purpose company;
  3. real estate asset trust beneficial interest securities.