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Title:Taiwan Securities Association Rules Governing Underwriting and Resale of Securities by Securities Firms (2016.04.12)
Article 41     Where an underwriting case (other than one handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph) is handled as prescribed by Article 21, Article 22, and Article 22-1, and all units are offered through a book building process, after the price has been set and the underwriting contract has been registered with the Taiwan Securities Association, the following matters shall be carried out:
  1. Day One: Publish an underwriting announcement and begin mailing subscription notices, prospectuses, related subscription notices, and notices of payment due.
  2. Day Two: Payment date, and date for refund of book building bid deposits not corresponding to allocated securities.
  3. Day Three: Payment deadline; issuer applies to the TWSE or the TPEx for a securities listing on a stock exchange or an OTC market.
  4. Day Four: Complete compilation of related registers.
  5. Day Five: Announcement of securities listing on a stock exchange or an OTC market.
  6. Day Six: Securities are issued and listed on a stock exchange or an OTC market.
    In an underwriting carried out as set forth under Article 22 subparagraph 4, the requirements set forth in subparagraphs 4, 5, and 6 above (concerning application to the TWSE or the TPEx for a listing on a stock exchange or an OTC market) shall not apply.
    If a date set forth in any of the subparagraphs under paragraph 1 falls on a weekend, regular holiday, or bank holiday, it shall be postponed by one day, and the dates that follow shall be postponed accordingly.
    The dates set forth under paragraph 1 may be changed if necessary by applying for approval with the Taiwan Securities Association.
    If a company listed on a stock exchange or an OTC market carrying out a cash capital increase through an issue of preferred shares uses the book building method to allocate all shares (other than those securities set aside for subscription by the company's employees) that are put up for underwritten distribution and public sale, those shares allocated to the company's employees may be handled in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1, provided that said employees can comply with the payment period specified in paragraph 1.
    In an underwriting case handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 21 or Article 22, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1 to 3 and subparagraph 5, when a bidder submits a book building bid form, the securities underwriter may collect from the bidder a book building bid deposit equal to all or part of the value of the securities bid for.
    The phrase "book building bid deposits not corresponding to allocated securities" in paragraph 1 subparagraph 2 means the book building bid deposits paid by unsuccessful bidders, and bid deposits paid by lottery winners in excess of the amount required for securities actually allocated to them.
    The payment to be made by the bidder as referred to in paragraph 1 subparagraph 2 shall be the price of the securities subscribed to less any book building bid deposit to be refunded (or not refunded) to the bidder in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In the event a bidder does not fulfill his payment obligation within the allotted time, the securities underwriter may confiscate the book building bid deposit and shall retain for its own account said securities at the price offered to the bidder.
    A securities underwriter when collecting book building bid deposits as prescribed by paragraph 5 shall do so by means of a trust, and shall specify in the trust contract the handling of default by the bidder and the damages for default..
Article 42     If the portion of an offering put up for public sale is underwritten partly by book building and partly by public subscription as prescribed in Article 22 (excepting underwriting as prescribed by the preceding Article), after the underwriting contract has been registered with the Taiwan Securities Association, the following matters shall be carried out:
  1. Day One: Publicly release a book building allocation announcement (an underwriting announcement shall be concurrently published at this time) and begin mailing subscription notifies, prospectuses, and notices of payment due.
  2. Payment period: The deadline shall be identical to that for payment of the subscription processing fee, the bid deposit, and prepaid postage, as set forth under Article 53 paragraph 1 subparagraph 5.
    If any of the dates set forth under the preceding paragraph falls on a weekend, regular holiday, or bank holiday, it shall be postponed by one day, and the dates that follow shall be postponed accordingly.
    The dates specified under paragraph 1 may be changed if necessary by applying to the Taiwan Securities Association for approval.
    Where a company listed on a stock exchange or an OTC market carrying out a cash capital increase through an issue of preferred shares uses the book building method for a portion of the shares and public subscription method for another portion of the shares to allocate the shares (other than those securities set aside for subscription by the company's employees) that are put up for underwritten distribution and public sale, those shares allocated to the company's employees may be handled in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1, provided that said employees can comply with the payment period specified in paragraph 1.
    When a bidder submits a book building bid form, the securities underwriter may collect from the bidder a book building bid deposit equal to all or part of the value of the securities bid for. The payment to be made by the bidder, as referred to in paragraph 1 subparagraph 2 above, shall be the price of the securities subscribed less the book building bid deposit. In the event a bidder does not fulfill his payment obligation within the allotted time, the securities underwriter may confiscate the book building bid deposit, and shall itself subscribe to the securities on the basis of the subscriber's payment.
    When the securities underwriter referred to in the preceding paragraph accepts a book building bid deposit from a subscriber, it shall do so by means of a trust, and shall specify in the trust contract the handling of default by the bidder and the damages for default..
Article 75     When an underwriter conducts any distribution of securities, it shall do so by means of book-entry transfer in accordance with the Operating Rules for the TDCC.
Article 76     For an offering by book building as prescribed by Article 40, distribution of such securities shall be undertaken by book-entry transfer using certificates of payment for shares as prescribed by the Operating Rules for the TDCC.