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Title:

Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation Rules Governing Review of Securities Listings 

Amended Date: 2024.03.11 (Articles 4, 28-1, 40 amended,English version coming soon)
Current English version amended on 2024.01.12 
Categories: Primary Market > Review
40     After one full year from the date of listing of a TIB listed company or a TIB primary listed company, it may apply to the TWSE for being relisted as listed company or primary listed company in accordance with Chapters II and III of these Rules.
    Before the company in the preceding paragraph is relisted as listed or primary listed company for listing and trading shall appoint a securities underwriter to handle prelisting public sale of all its shares stated in its listing application documents at the allocation ratio, after deducting such number of shares reserved for subscription by the company’s employees and those offered for subscription by lead securities underwriter in accordance with the applicable regulations under the Company Act, through issue of new shares by cash offering in accordance with the regulations of firm commitment underwriting of securities under Article 71, paragraph 1 of the Securities and Exchange Act.
    The shares to be allocated for public sale in the preceding paragraph are limited to shares of common stocks.
    A TIB listed company or a TIB primary listed company relisted as listed company or primary listed company shall place their shares in central custody in accordance with Articles 10 and 28-9.
    For personnel who shall place the shares in central custody in accordance with the preceding paragraph, except for those who already did so at the time of TIB listing, in which case they shall keep the shares in central custody until the expiration of the original central custody period, the rest of them shall place the shares in central custody in accordance with the regulations, and the central custody period shall be handled in accordance with the following manner:
  1. Where Article 10, paragraph 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis, all securities may be withdrawn only after full six months from the first day of listing and trading.
  2. Where Article 10, the proviso of paragraph 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis, one half of securities may be withdrawn only after full six months from the first day of listing and trading, and all securities may be withdrawn only after a full year from the first day of listing and trading.
    Under the circumstances in the preceding paragraph, the TWSE may request the relevant personnel to place the shares in central custody for the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph if it deems necessary.

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