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Relevant Laws

Title:Regulations Governing Securities Firms (2022.09.01)
Article 4     In case any of the following events occurs, a securities firm shall report to the FSC:
  1. Where the business operation is commenced, suspended, resumed or terminated;
  2. Where, through operating or engaging in securities business, a securities firm, or any of its directors, supervisors, or employees becomes involved in litigation or arbitration, or is subject to compulsory execution as an obligor, or a securities firm is a bankrupt or is refused services or has a check dishonored by a bank;
  3. Where any director, supervisor, or managerial officer has any of the conditions referred to in Article 53 of the Act;
  4. Where any director, supervisor, or employee has violated the order promulgated by the FSC in accordance with the Act;
  5. Where there is any change in the shareholding of any director, supervisor, manager or shareholder holding more than 10 percent of the shares of the company; or
  6. Where there is any matter required to be reported by the FSC.
    For the matters in subparagraph 1 in the preceding paragraph, the securities firm shall report in advance; for the matters in subparagraphs 2 through 4, the securities firm shall report within 5 days from the day on which it becomes aware thereof or on which the matters occur; for matters in subparagraph 5, the securities firm shall report by the 15th day of the following month.
    Where a securities firm has entered into a contract for using the centralized securities market with the TWSE , matters to be reported and approved as referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be submitted to the TWSE for transmittal to the FSC. Where a securities firm only entered into a contract for trading securities on the TPEx, the said submission shall be made to the FSC through the TPEx. Where no contract has been entered into, the submission shall be made to the FSC through a securities dealers' association.
    The term "business day," as used in these Regulations, means a trading day on the domestic securities markets.
Article 21     Within 2 months after the close of each half fiscal year and 3 months after the close of each fiscal year, respectively, a securities firm shall publicly announce and report to the FSC the semi-annual financial reports and the annual financial reports signed or sealed by the chairperson, managerial officer, and accounting officer, audited and attested by certified public accountants, approved by the board of directors, and recognized by the supervisors. Where the stocks of such securities firm have been listed on the TWSE or the TPEx, the provisions of Article 36 of the Act shall be complied with. However, a public securities firm or a securities subsidiary of a financial holding company shall publicly announce and report its annual financial report no later than 75 days after the close of the fiscal year.
    Auditing and attestation of the financial reports referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be performed jointly by two or more practicing certified public accountants of a joint accounting firm approved by the FSC in accordance with the Regulations Governing Approval of Certified Public Accountants to Audit and Attest to the Financial Reports of Public Companies.
    A securities firm shall submit to the FSC its monthly accounting summary for the preceding month by the 10th day of each month.
    Where a securities firm has entered into a contract for using the centralized securities market with the TWSE, submission of matters referred to in paragraph 1 and the preceding paragraph shall be made to the FSC through the TWSE. Where a securities firm only entered into a contract for trading securities on the TPEx, the said submission shall be made to the FSC through the TPEx. Where no has been entered into, the submission shall be made to the FSC through a securities dealers' association.