Regulations Governing Share Repurchase by Exchange-Listed and OTC-Listed Companies Article 8
For a company repurchasing its own shares for reasons specified in Article 28-2, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1 through 3 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the total monetary amount of shares repurchased shall not exceed the retained earnings plus the following realized capital gains:1. gain on disposal of assets that has not yet been transferred to the retained earnings account; and2. the gains listed under Article 241 of the Company Act ("income derived from the issue of new shares at a premium" and "income from endowments received by the company"); provided, however that where the endowment received consists of the company's own shares, the income shall not be recorded until the shares have been sold.The term "retained earnings" as used in the preceding paragraph includes legal reserve, special reserve, and undistributed earnings. However, the following items shall be excluded:1. Earnings distributed through resolution of a meeting of the board of directors or a meeting of the shareholders.2. Special reserve set aside by the company pursuant to Article 41, paragraph 1 of the Securities and Exchange Act. However, special reserve set aside pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 1 of the Regulations Governing Securities Firms shall not be subject to this restriction.Calculation of the dollar amount of shares that may be repurchased shall be based on financial reports for the latest accounting period prior to a resolution of a meeting of the board of directors. The financial reports must have been audited or reviewed in a lawful and transparent manner by a certified public accountant, and must have been issued an audit report or review report with an unqualified opinion or an unqualified opinion with modified wording. However, this shall not apply with respect to an interim financial report for which the CPA has issued a qualified opinion because equity-method investment and the share of the profit or loss of associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method was calculated based on financial reports of the invested company that were not audited or reviewed by a certified public accountant.
中文原文 上市上櫃公司買回本公司股份辦法第8條
公司依本法第二十八條之二第一項第一款至第三款之事由買回其股份之總金額，不得超過保留盈餘及下列已實現之資本公積之金額：
一、尚未轉列為保留盈餘之處分資產之溢價收入。
二、公司法第二百四十一條所列之超過票面金額發行股票所得之溢額及受領贈與之所得。
但受領者為本公司股票，於未再出售前不予計入。
前項保留盈餘包括法定盈餘公積、特別盈餘公積及未分配盈餘。
但應減除下列項目：
一、公司董事會或股東會已決議分派之盈餘。
二、公司依本法第四十一條第一項規定提列之特別盈餘公積。
但證券商依證券商管理規則第十四條第一項規定提列者，不在此限。
公司得買回股份之金額，其計算以董事會決議前最近期依法公開經會計師查核或核閱之財務報告為準；該財務報告應經會計師出具無保留意見或修正式無保留意見之查核或核閱報告。
但期中財務報告因採用權益法之投資及其採用權益法認列之關聯企業及合資損益之份額係依被投資公司未經會計師查核或核閱之財務報告核算，而經會計師出具保留意見者，不在此限。
一、尚未轉列為保留盈餘之處分資產之溢價收入。
二、公司法第二百四十一條所列之超過票面金額發行股票所得之溢額及受領贈與之所得。
但受領者為本公司股票，於未再出售前不予計入。
前項保留盈餘包括法定盈餘公積、特別盈餘公積及未分配盈餘。
但應減除下列項目：
一、公司董事會或股東會已決議分派之盈餘。
二、公司依本法第四十一條第一項規定提列之特別盈餘公積。
但證券商依證券商管理規則第十四條第一項規定提列者，不在此限。
公司得買回股份之金額，其計算以董事會決議前最近期依法公開經會計師查核或核閱之財務報告為準；該財務報告應經會計師出具無保留意見或修正式無保留意見之查核或核閱報告。
但期中財務報告因採用權益法之投資及其採用權益法認列之關聯企業及合資損益之份額係依被投資公司未經會計師查核或核閱之財務報告核算，而經會計師出具保留意見者，不在此限。