Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies Article 5

Professional appraisers and their officers, certified public accounts, attorneys, and securities underwriters that provide public companies with appraisal reports, certified public accountant's opinions, attorney's opinions, or underwriter's opinions shall meet the following requirements:1. May not have previously received a final and unappealable sentence to imprisonment for 1 year or longer for a violation of the Act, the Company Act, the Banking Act of The Republic of China, the Insurance Act, the Financial Holding Company Act, or the Business Entity Accounting Act, or for fraud, breach of trust, embezzlement, forgery of documents, or occupational crime. However, this provision does not apply if 3 years have already passed since completion of service of the sentence, since expiration of the period of a suspended sentence, or since a pardon was received.2. May not be a related party or de facto related party of any party to the transaction.3. If the company is required to obtain appraisal reports from two or more professional appraisers, the different professional appraisers or appraisal officers may not be related parties or de facto related parties of each other.When issuing an appraisal report or opinion, the personnel referred to in the preceding paragraph shall comply with the self-regulatory rules of the industry associations to which they belong and with the following provisions:1. Prior to accepting a case, they shall prudently assess their own professional capabilities, practical experience, and independence.2. When conducting a case, they shall appropriately plan and execute adequate working procedures, in order to produce a conclusion and use the conclusion as the basis for issuing the report or opinion. The related working procedures, data collected, and conclusion shall be fully and accurately specified in the case working papers.3. They shall undertake an item-by-item evaluation of the appropriateness and reasonableness of the sources of data used, the parameters, and the information, as the basis for issuance of the appraisal report or the opinion.4. They shall issue a statement attesting to the professional competence and independence of the personnel who prepared the report or opinion, and that they have evaluated and found that the information used is appropriate and reasonable, and that they have complied with applicable laws and regulations.
中文原文 公開發行公司取得或處分資產處理準則第5條
公開發行公司取得之估價報告或會計師、律師或證券承銷商之意見書,該專業估價者及其估價人員、會計師、律師或證券承銷商應符合下列規定:
一、未曾因違反本法、公司法、銀行法、保險法、金融控股公司法、商業會計法,或有詐欺、背信、侵占、偽造文書或因業務上犯罪行為,受一年以上有期徒刑之宣告確定。
但執行完畢、緩刑期滿或赦免後已滿三年者,不在此限。
二、與交易當事人不得為關係人或有實質關係人之情形。
三、公司如應取得二家以上專業估價者之估價報告,不同專業估價者或估價人員不得互為關係人或有實質關係人之情形。
前項人員於出具估價報告或意見書時,應依其所屬各同業公會之自律規範及下列事項辦理:
一、承接案件前,應審慎評估自身專業能力、實務經驗及獨立性。
二、執行案件時,應妥善規劃及執行適當作業流程,以形成結論並據以出具報告或意見書;並將所執行程序、蒐集資料及結論,詳實登載於案件工作底稿。
三、對於所使用之資料來源、參數及資訊等,應逐項評估其適當性及合理性,以做為出具估價報告或意見書之基礎。
四、聲明事項,應包括相關人員具備專業性與獨立性、已評估所使用之資訊為適當且合理及遵循相關法令等事項。

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