FOR ALIEN SHAREHOLDERS ONLY


How to Transfer the Stock Certificates Held by Non-ROC Nationality Employees 

1. A non-ROC nationality employee can take one of the following methods to sell his/her stock certificates which are allocated or subscribed by capital increase in cash of the company :
 
(1) The non-ROC nationality employee may open an account personally at a securities firm without approval from the TSE. (This account only can be used to sell the stocks originally subscribed by him/her as an employee, stock dividends and stocks subscribed accordingly hereafter)
(2) The non-ROC nationality employee may make use of the account of a ROC citizen at a securities firm to sell the stocks originally subscribed by him/her as an employee, stock dividends and stocks subscribed accordingly hereafter.
(3) The non-ROC nationality employee may make a private transfer of stocks at the Stock Affairs Department, but the transfer can be made only once within a period of three months, and the transferred volume shall not exceed 1,000 shares.
 
2.

If the shareholder adopts method (1), he/she must open an account personally at a securities firm and deposit his/her stock certificates to the Central Depositary, and the following documents shall be required:

(1) Stock certificate
(2) Specimen chop
(3) Identification of Specimen Chop from the Stock Affairs Department
(4) Passport
(5) Certificate of Service identifying that the employee is on job at the time of subscription of shares from the Personnel Department
(6) Document evidencing the subscription and allocation of shares from the Stock Affairs Department
(7) Document evidencing the ID number (Alien Resident Certificate or the Record of ID No. in the Republic of China)

3.

If the shareholder adopts the method (2), the documents shall be required as follows:

(1) Stock certificate
(2) Specimen chop
(3) Identification of Specimen Chop from the Stock Affairs Department
(4) Passport photocopy of the shareholder
(5) Certificate of Service identifying that the employee is on job at the time of subscription of shares from the Personnel Department
(6) Document evidencing the subscription and allocation of shares from the Stock Affairs Department
(7) Document evidencing the ID number (Alien Resident Certificate or the Record of ID No. in the Republic of China)
  1. If the shareholder is a unregistered national in Taiwan, a Hong Kong, Macao or a Mainland China resident, he/she has to apply to Immigration Office National Police Agency for this certificate. (http://www.immigration.gov.tw)
  2. If the shareholder is a foreigner from other countries, he/she has to apply to Foreign Affairs Division of the police office of each local government for this certificate. (http://www.npa.gov.tw)

If the shareholder wants to adopt the method (2) , but he/she won’t come to Taiwan in person, the following documents shall be additionally attached:

(8) A Power of Attorney duly authorizing a domestic agent to sell the stocks.
(9) Photocopy of ID card, Alien Resident Certificate or documents of company register of the domestic agent.
 
4.

If the shareholder adopts the method (3), the documents shall be required as follows:

(1) Stock certificate
(2) Specimen chops of transferor and transferee (if the transferee is a new account, a specimen chop card and a photocopy of ID card shall be additionally attached)
(3) Securities Transaction Tax payment sheet
(4) Transfer application form