Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies Article 31

Under any of the following circumstances, a public company acquiring or disposing of assets shall publicly announce and report the relevant information on the FSC's designated website in the appropriate format as prescribed by regulations within 2 days counting inclusively from the date of occurrence of the event:1. Acquisition or disposal of real property or right-of-use assets thereof from or to a related party, or acquisition or disposal of assets other than real property or right-of-use assets thereof from or to a related party where the transaction amount reaches 20 percent or more of paid-in capital, 10 percent or more of the company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more; provided, this shall not apply to trading of domestic government bonds or bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises.2. Merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares.3. Losses from derivatives trading reaching the limits on aggregate losses or losses on individual contracts set out in the procedures adopted by the company.4. Where equipment or right-of-use assets thereof for business use are acquired or disposed of, and furthermore the transaction counterparty is not a related party, and the transaction amount meets any of the following criteria:A. For a public company whose paid-in capital is less than NT$10 billion, the transaction amount reaches NT$500 million or more.B. For a public company whose paid-in capital is NT$10 billion or more but less than NT$50 billion, the transaction amount reaches NT$1 billion or more.C. For a public company whose paid-in capital is NT$50 billion, the transaction amount reaches 5 percent or more of paid-in capital.5. Acquisition or disposal by a public company in the construction business of real property or right-of-use assets thereof for construction use, and furthermore the transaction counterparty is not a related party, and the transaction amount reaches NT$500 million; among such cases, if the public company has paid-in capital of NT$10 billion or more, and it is disposing of real property from a completed construction project that it constructed itself, and furthermore the transaction counterparty is not a related party, then the threshold shall be a transaction amount reaching NT$1 billion or more.6. Where land is acquired under an arrangement on engaging others to build on the company's own land, engaging others to build on rented land, joint construction and allocation of housing units, joint construction and allocation of ownership percentages, or joint construction and separate sale, and furthermore the transaction counterparty is not a related party, and the amount the company expects to invest in the transaction reaches NT$500 million.7. In the case of a public company with paid-in capital reaching NT$50 billion or more, transactions in government bonds, ordinary corporate bonds, and general bank debentures without equity characteristics (excluding subordinated debt) traded on securities exchanges or OTC markets, which do not fall under any of the circumstances listed in the proviso of subparagraph 8, and where furthermore the transaction counterparty is not a related party, and the transaction amount reaches 5 percent or more of paid-in capital.8. Where an asset transaction other than any of those referred to in the preceding seven subparagraphs, a disposal of receivables by a financial institution, or an investment in the mainland China area reaches 20 percent or more of paid-in capital or NT$300 million; provided, this shall not apply to the following circumstances:A. Trading of domestic government bonds or foreign government bonds with a rating that is not lower than the sovereign rating of Taiwan.B. Where done by professional investors Xsecurities trading on securities exchanges or OTC markets, or subscription of foreign government bonds, or of ordinary corporate bonds or general bank debentures without equity characteristics (excluding subordinated debt) that are offered and issued in the primary market, or subscription or redemption of securities investment trust funds or futures trust funds, or subscription or redemption of exchange traded notes, or subscription by a securities firm of securities as necessitated by its undertaking business or as an advisory recommending securities firm for an emerging stock company, in accordance with the rules of the Taipei Exchange.C. Trading of bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises.The amount of transactions above shall be calculated as follows:1. The amount of any individual transaction.2. The cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions and disposals of the same type of underlying asset with the same transaction counterparty within the preceding year.3. The cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions and disposals (cumulative acquisitions and disposals, respectively) of real property or right-of-use assets thereof within the same development project within the preceding year.4. The cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions and disposals (cumulative acquisitions and disposals, respectively) of the same security within the preceding year."Within the preceding year" as used in the preceding paragraph refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items duly announced in accordance with these Regulations need not be counted toward the transaction amount.A public company shall compile monthly reports on the status of derivatives trading engaged in up to the end of the preceding month by the company and any subsidiaries that are not domestic public companies and enter the information in the prescribed format into the information reporting website designated by the FSC by the 10th day of each month.When a public company at the time of public announcement makes an error or omission in an item required by regulations to be publicly announced and so is required to correct it, all the items shall be again publicly announced and reported in their entirety within two days counting inclusively from the date of knowing of such error or omission.A public company acquiring or disposing of assets shall keep all relevant contracts, meeting minutes, log books, appraisal reports and CPA, attorney, and securities underwriter opinions at the company, where they shall be retained for 5 years except where another act provides otherwise.
中文原文 公開發行公司取得或處分資產處理準則第31條
公開發行公司取得或處分資產,有下列情形者,應按性質依規定格式,於事實發生之即日起算二日內將相關資訊於本會指定網站辦理公告申報:
一、向關係人取得或處分不動產或其使用權資產,或與關係人為取得或處分不動產或其使用權資產外之其他資產且交易金額達公司實收資本額百分之二十、總資產百分之十或新臺幣三億元以上。
但買賣國內公債、附買回、賣回條件之債券、申購或買回國內證券投資信託事業發行之貨幣市場基金,不在此限。
二、進行合併、分割、收購或股份受讓。
三、從事衍生性商品交易損失達所定處理程序規定之全部或個別契約損失上限金額。
四、取得或處分供營業使用之設備或其使用權資產,且其交易對象非為關係人,交易金額並達下列規定之一:
(一)實收資本額未達新臺幣一百億元之公開發行公司,交易金額達新臺幣五億元以上。
(二)實收資本額達新臺幣一百億元以上,未達五百億元之公開發行公司,交易金額達新臺幣十億元以上。
(三)實收資本額達新臺幣五百億元以上之公開發行公司,交易金額達公司實收資本額百分之五以上。
五、經營營建業務之公開發行公司取得或處分供營建使用之不動產或其使用權資產且其交易對象非為關係人,交易金額達新臺幣五億元以上;其中實收資本額達新臺幣一百億元以上,處分自行興建完工建案之不動產,且交易對象非為關係人者,交易金額為達新臺幣十億元以上。
六、以自地委建、租地委建、合建分屋、合建分成、合建分售方式取得不動產,且其交易對象非為關係人,公司預計投入之交易金額達新臺幣五億元以上。
七、實收資本額達新臺幣五百億元以上之公開發行公司,於證券交易所或證券商營業處所買賣之公債、普通公司債及未涉及股權之一般金融債券(不含次順位債券),非屬第八款但書各目情形,且其交易對象非為關係人,交易金額達公司實收資本額百分之五以上。
八、除前七款以外之資產交易、金融機構處分債權或從事大陸地區投資,其交易金額達公司實收資本額百分之二十或新臺幣三億元以上。
但下列情形不在此限:
(一)買賣國內公債或信用評等不低於我國主權評等等級之外國公債。
(二)以投資為專業者,於證券交易所或證券商營業處所所為之有價證券買賣,或於初級市場認購外國公債或募集發行之普通公司債及未涉及股權之一般金融債券(不含次順位債券),或申購或買回證券投資信託基金或期貨信託基金,或申購或賣回指數投資證券,或證券商因承銷業務需要、擔任興櫃公司輔導推薦證券商依財團法人中華民國證券櫃檯買賣中心規定認購之有價證券。
(三)買賣附買回、賣回條件之債券、申購或買回國內證券投資信託事業發行之貨幣市場基金。
前項交易金額依下列方式計算之:
一、每筆交易金額。
二、一年內累積與同一相對人取得或處分同一性質標的交易之金額。
三、一年內累積取得或處分(取得、處分分別累積)同一開發計畫不動產或其使用權資產之金額。
四、一年內累積取得或處分(取得、處分分別累積)同一有價證券之金額。
前項所稱一年內係以本次交易事實發生之日為基準,往前追溯推算一年,已依本準則規定公告部分免再計入。
公開發行公司應按月將公司及其非屬國內公開發行公司之子公司截至上月底止從事衍生性商品交易之情形依規定格式,於每月十日前輸入本會指定之資訊申報網站。
公開發行公司依規定應公告項目如於公告時有錯誤或缺漏而應予補正時,應於知悉之即日起算二日內將全部項目重行公告申報。
公開發行公司取得或處分資產,應將相關契約、議事錄、備查簿、估價報告、會計師、律師或證券承銷商之意見書備置於公司,除其他法律另有規定者外,至少保存五年。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.