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Article 15
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The term "conduct any activities in violation of the principle of good faith" as used in Article 9, paragraph 1, subparagraph 8 of the Rules shall mean any of the following circumstances:
- With respect to the company:
- The bills clearing house announces that a checking account opened by the company applying for listing has been declined, or that checks or negotiable instruments issued by the company with a financial institution as its paying agent were dishonored due to insufficient funds and the records thereof have not yet been cancelled.
- The company has been delinquent in the repayment of any loan extended to it by a financial institution. However, this shall not apply if 3 years has already passed since repayment was completed.
- A criminal sanction has been imposed on the company by a final judgment of violation of the Labor Standards Law, provided that where, within the most recent 2 years, an examination agency has found through re-inspection that the violation has been corrected.
- A final judgment has found the company in violation of the Tax Collection Law.
- The company breaches the warranties and representations made in its application for listing.
- The company has made materially false and misleading representations, violated the law, or lost creditworthiness resulting in injury to the company's interests or the rights and interests of the shareholders or the public.
- With respect to the directors, general manager, or de facto responsible person:
- Any of the circumstances set forth in subparagraphs 1-5 of the preceding paragraph, provided that those subparagraphs shall not apply in the case of delinquency in the repayment of a loan to a financial institution when the delinquency is not of a material nature or when there is a reasonable cause for the delinquency.
- Any commission of a crime under a commercial law such as the Company Act, Banking Act, Insurance Act, Financial Holding Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act, Futures Trading Act, Business Entity Accounting Act, Act Governing Bills Finance Business, or commission of a crime of corruption, malfeasance in office, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, or embezzlement, for which a sentence of imprisonment for a fixed period or a more severe criminal penalty was handed down by a court judgment.
- Improper acts such as unlawful termination of business of, or material violation of the principle of corporate governance of, another company they are operating.
- Other serious violations of laws or regulations or the principles of good faith.
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