Regulations Governing Public Tender Offers for Securities of Public Companies Article 27-1

The provisions of these Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to a public tender offer for shares of a primary exchange-listed (or OTC-listed) company or emerging stock company as defined in Article 3 of the Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Foreign Issuers.Public tender offers for shares of primary exchange-listed (or OTC-listed) companies or emerging stock companies shall be confined to already issued shares that are listed and traded on the domestic stock exchange or OTC market or registered as emerging stock. Reporting documents or notifications that the Offeror is required to serve on the foreign company whose securities are being acquired shall be served on the domestic litigious and non-litigious agent designated by the foreign company under the Act.In the case of a public tender offer for country-of-listing shares or Taiwan depositary receipts of a secondary exchange-listed (or OTC-listed) company as defined in Article 3 of the Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Foreign Issuers, the Offeror shall give notice of the information related to the tender offer to the domestic litigious and non-litigious agent designated by the foreign company under the Act. After receiving the notice, the domestic agent of the secondary exchange-listed (or OTC-listed) company shall promptly transmit the information related to the tender offer to the Market Observation Post System.