{"id":6699,"date":"2019-02-25T11:53:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T03:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/?p=6699&lang=en"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T05:59:41","slug":"analysis-of-the-2018-amendments-to-the-company-act-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/analysis-of-the-2018-amendments-to-the-company-act-no-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2) <\/strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Is \u201cShares without Par Value\u201d the Elixir for Fund-Raising and Cash Flow Management?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author: Bill Hsu<\/p>\n

For a non-public company limited-by-shares, the ability to raise funds and manage raised funds wisely is crucial when the intrinsic value per share is less than the \u201cpar value\u201d, which may occur for a startup or a company in poor operation. Under the Company Act, issuing par value shares at discount is generally not permitted. If the par value was set too high, this means investors will inevitably be stuck with overpriced shares immediately when they purchase shares at par value. The result is a lose-lose situation where investors stay far away from these companies that are in desperate need of a capital injection.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Stock Market<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by\u00a0GotCredit<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

There was, in fact, no minimum statutory requirement of par value under the previous Company Act. Companies are theoretically free to set an extremely low figure to prevent the scenario discussed above from happening. However, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), gilded the lily through its interpretation letters, requiring all companies limited-by-shares having par value shares to set a par value of NT$1 or more. This requirement deprives the companies of freedom to set an extremely low par value, and in turn, leads to potential difficulty in fund-raising.<\/p>\n

In light of the situation, lawmakers first introduced \u201cshares without par value\u201d for \u201cclosely-held\u201d companies in 2015. As the name suggests, \u201cshares without par value\u201d or \u201cno-par value stock\u201d are not assigned a par value when they are issued. Instead, the price is decided based on multiple factors, such as the intrinsic value of the company as determined by the investors. All consideration received through \u201cshares without par value\u201d will be allocated as the company\u2019s share capital.<\/p>\n

The biggest difference between shares \u201cwith\u201d and \u201cwithout par value\u201d is the flexibility to negotiate on price between the company and potential investors. As explained above, the price is reflective of the evaluation and expectation of the value of the company as determined by the investors. Thus, the aforementioned \u201cstuckholder\u201d problem is much unlikely to occur, which in turn increases the likelihood of a successful fund-raising deal.<\/p>\n

In the 2018 Major Amendment, the scope of \u201cshares without par value\u201d was extended to include all non-public companies limited-by-shares. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) removed the minimum requirement of $1 for setting par value. The combined effect of the two changes is that all non-public companies limited-by-shares now have the option to issue \u201cshares without par value\u201d or shares with extremely low par value when in a pinch of financial difficulty.<\/p>\n

However, is \u201cshares without par value\u201d the panacea for everything? While it is true that there will be more flexible for companies and investors to negotiate on a price that both sides agree on, this may not always be an easy task. If there is a huge discrepancy between the perceived valuation of the company, and the two parties struggle to reach consensus, the adoption of \u201cshares without par value\u201d under the 2018 Major Amendment may not be helpful at all.<\/p>\n

The introduction of the \u201cshares without par value\u201d combined with the existing rules on mandatory legal reserve, might significantly undermine a company\u2019s ability to manage its free cash flow generated from its business operation. As mentioned above, all consideration received through \u201cshares without par value\u201d will be allocated as \u201cpaid-in capital.\u201d For example, if Company A issues 10,000 shares without par value, and investors are willing to purchase it at NT$100 per share, then, the \u201cpaid-in capital\u201d of Company A will be NT$1 million. Meanwhile, \u201cCompany B issues 10,000 shares with NT$10 par value. Its \u201cpaid-in capital\u201d will only increase NT$100,000, and the rest NT$900,000 will be credited into the \u201cshare premium account\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pursuant to Article 237-1 of the Company Act, a company is required to set aside 10% of the company\u2019s profit (after-tax) to \u201cannual mandatory legal reserve\u201d in its year-end financial accounts until the total amount of such legal reserve meets the \u201cpaid-in capital\u201d of the company.\u00a0 This legal reserve essentially can only be used to offset the company\u2019s losses. While it is true that it can be distributed back to the shareholders where the company suffers no loss, a sum of 25% equivalent to the total paid-in capital is exclusively reserved for offsetting losses. By contrast, although \u201cshare premium account\u201d serves the same purpose in principle, ALL of it can be re-distributed to shareholders when the company suffers no loss. As can be seen, the company has greater flexibility in utilizing the latter than the former.<\/p>\n

In our example, Company A\u2019s (with shares without par value) minimum legal reserve will increase by NT$ 1 million, of which NT$ 250,000 can only be used to offset financial losses but cannot be distributed as dividends. On the other hand, Company B\u2019s minimum legal reserve only increases NT$100,000 (with NT$ 25,000 reserved) while the NT$ 900,000 in share premium account can be distributed back to shareholders if there is no loss. Thus, the introduction of \u201cshares without par value\u201d in fact may restrict the ability of the company to make use of their capital and free cash flow if the company is making net profit.<\/p>\n

While we can certainly draw lessons from other jurisdiction\u2019s experience, it is still necessary to comprehensively examine and review the compatibility of a new scheme with existing local regulations when introducing it into Taiwan.\u00a0 Otherwise, not only the original purpose cannot be served, further negative implications might arise. A good intention to solve the problem might end up with a change for the worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a non-public company limited-by-shares, the ability to raise funds and manage…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,610],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1","category-authors"],"yoast_head":"\nAnalysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For a non-public company limited-by-shares, the ability to raise funds and manage raised funds wisely is crucial when the intrinsic value per share is less than the \u201cpar value\u201d, which may occur for a startup or a company in poor operation. Under the Company Act, issuing par value shares at discount is generally not permitted. If the par value was set too high, this means investors will inevitably be stuck with overpriced shares immediately when they purchase shares at par value. The result is a lose-lose situation where investors stay far away from these companies that are in desperate need of a capital injection.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/\u516c\u53f8\u6cd5\u4fee\u6b63\u5927\u5256\u6790\u4e8c\uff0d\u5f15\u9032\u7121\u7968\u9762\u80a1\u5236\u5ea6\u771f\u7684\u5c31\u80fd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For a non-public company limited-by-shares, the ability to raise funds and manage raised funds wisely is crucial when the intrinsic value per share is less than the \u201cpar value\u201d, which may occur for a startup or a company in poor operation. Under the Company Act, issuing par value shares at discount is generally not permitted. If the par value was set too high, this means investors will inevitably be stuck with overpriced shares immediately when they purchase shares at par value. The result is a lose-lose situation where investors stay far away from these companies that are in desperate need of a capital injection.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/\u516c\u53f8\u6cd5\u4fee\u6b63\u5927\u5256\u6790\u4e8c\uff0d\u5f15\u9032\u7121\u7968\u9762\u80a1\u5236\u5ea6\u771f\u7684\u5c31\u80fd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u5275\u62d3\u570b\u969b\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-25T03:53:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-18T05:59:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"514\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"info\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"info\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"info\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/300700b301711c9b0060e6795aee8d0b\"},\"headline\":\"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-25T03:53:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-18T05:59:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":948,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"\u52d5\u614b\\\/\u8a55\u8ad6\",\"Authors\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/\",\"name\":\"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-25T03:53:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-18T05:59:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/300700b301711c9b0060e6795aee8d0b\"},\"description\":\"For a non-public company limited-by-shares, the ability to raise funds and manage raised funds wisely is crucial when the intrinsic value per share is less than the \u201cpar value\u201d, which may occur for a startup or a company in poor operation. Under the Company Act, issuing par value shares at discount is generally not permitted. If the par value was set too high, this means investors will inevitably be stuck with overpriced shares immediately when they purchase shares at par value. The result is a lose-lose situation where investors stay far away from these companies that are in desperate need of a capital injection.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":514},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u9996\u9801\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u5275\u62d3\u570b\u969b\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\",\"description\":\"\u5275\u62d3\u570b\u969b\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\u6210\u7acb\u65bc 2014 \u5e74\uff0c\u540d\u5b57\u70ba\u300c\u5275\u65b0\u300d\u53ca\u300c\u958b\u62d3\u300d\u4e4b\u610f\u3002\u7531\u5b6b\u5fb7\u81f3\u4e3b\u6301\u5f8b\u5e2b\u3001\u53f8\u5f92\u5609\u6052\u8cc7\u6df1\u9867\u554f\u3001\u694a\u829d\u9752\u5408\u5925\u5f8b\u5e2b\u8207\u694a\u5bb6\u6b23\u5408\u5925\u5f8b\u5e2b\u7b49\u4eba\u5171\u540c\u5275\u7acb\u3002\u672c\u6240\u8cc7\u6df1\u6cd5\u5f8b\u5c08\u696d\u5718\u968a\u5747\u7562\u696d\u65bc\u570b\u5167\u5916\u9802\u5c16\u6cd5\u5b78\u9662\uff0c\u4e14\u5747\u65bc\u5728\u570b\u5167\u5916\u77e5\u540d\u570b\u969b\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\u7d2f\u7a4d\u591a\u5e74\u57f7\u696d\u6b77\u7df4\u3002\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.innovatus.com.tw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/300700b301711c9b0060e6795aee8d0b\",\"name\":\"info\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9be70a54b87720fb138b9663c494056bb6a1d86a7e2eadde5dec8137d52c5937?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9be70a54b87720fb138b9663c494056bb6a1d86a7e2eadde5dec8137d52c5937?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9be70a54b87720fb138b9663c494056bb6a1d86a7e2eadde5dec8137d52c5937?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"info\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)","description":"For a non-public company limited-by-shares, the ability to raise funds and manage raised funds wisely is crucial when the intrinsic value per share is less than the \u201cpar value\u201d, which may occur for a startup or a company in poor operation. Under the Company Act, issuing par value shares at discount is generally not permitted. If the par value was set too high, this means investors will inevitably be stuck with overpriced shares immediately when they purchase shares at par value. The result is a lose-lose situation where investors stay far away from these companies that are in desperate need of a capital injection.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/\u516c\u53f8\u6cd5\u4fee\u6b63\u5927\u5256\u6790\u4e8c\uff0d\u5f15\u9032\u7121\u7968\u9762\u80a1\u5236\u5ea6\u771f\u7684\u5c31\u80fd\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)","og_description":"For a non-public company limited-by-shares, the ability to raise funds and manage raised funds wisely is crucial when the intrinsic value per share is less than the \u201cpar value\u201d, which may occur for a startup or a company in poor operation. Under the Company Act, issuing par value shares at discount is generally not permitted. If the par value was set too high, this means investors will inevitably be stuck with overpriced shares immediately when they purchase shares at par value. The result is a lose-lose situation where investors stay far away from these companies that are in desperate need of a capital injection.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/\u516c\u53f8\u6cd5\u4fee\u6b63\u5927\u5256\u6790\u4e8c\uff0d\u5f15\u9032\u7121\u7968\u9762\u80a1\u5236\u5ea6\u771f\u7684\u5c31\u80fd\/","og_site_name":"\u5275\u62d3\u570b\u969b\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240","article_published_time":"2019-02-25T03:53:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-18T05:59:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":514,"url":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"info","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"info","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/"},"author":{"name":"info","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/#\/schema\/person\/300700b301711c9b0060e6795aee8d0b"},"headline":"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)","datePublished":"2019-02-25T03:53:58+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-18T05:59:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/"},"wordCount":948,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg","articleSection":["\u52d5\u614b\/\u8a55\u8ad6","Authors"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/","url":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/","name":"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg","datePublished":"2019-02-25T03:53:58+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-18T05:59:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/#\/schema\/person\/300700b301711c9b0060e6795aee8d0b"},"description":"For a non-public company limited-by-shares, the ability to raise funds and manage raised funds wisely is crucial when the intrinsic value per share is less than the \u201cpar value\u201d, which may occur for a startup or a company in poor operation. Under the Company Act, issuing par value shares at discount is generally not permitted. If the par value was set too high, this means investors will inevitably be stuck with overpriced shares immediately when they purchase shares at par value. The result is a lose-lose situation where investors stay far away from these companies that are in desperate need of a capital injection.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/32451265124_6518782742_c.jpg","width":800,"height":514},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/%e5%85%ac%e5%8f%b8%e6%b3%95%e4%bf%ae%e6%ad%a3%e5%a4%a7%e5%89%96%e6%9e%90%e4%ba%8c%ef%bc%8d%e5%bc%95%e9%80%b2%e7%84%a1%e7%a5%a8%e9%9d%a2%e8%82%a1%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6%e7%9c%9f%e7%9a%84%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u9996\u9801","item":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Analysis of the 2018 Amendments to the Company Act (No.2)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/","name":"\u5275\u62d3\u570b\u969b\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240","description":"\u5275\u62d3\u570b\u969b\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\u6210\u7acb\u65bc 2014 \u5e74\uff0c\u540d\u5b57\u70ba\u300c\u5275\u65b0\u300d\u53ca\u300c\u958b\u62d3\u300d\u4e4b\u610f\u3002\u7531\u5b6b\u5fb7\u81f3\u4e3b\u6301\u5f8b\u5e2b\u3001\u53f8\u5f92\u5609\u6052\u8cc7\u6df1\u9867\u554f\u3001\u694a\u829d\u9752\u5408\u5925\u5f8b\u5e2b\u8207\u694a\u5bb6\u6b23\u5408\u5925\u5f8b\u5e2b\u7b49\u4eba\u5171\u540c\u5275\u7acb\u3002\u672c\u6240\u8cc7\u6df1\u6cd5\u5f8b\u5c08\u696d\u5718\u968a\u5747\u7562\u696d\u65bc\u570b\u5167\u5916\u9802\u5c16\u6cd5\u5b78\u9662\uff0c\u4e14\u5747\u65bc\u5728\u570b\u5167\u5916\u77e5\u540d\u570b\u969b\u6cd5\u5f8b\u4e8b\u52d9\u6240\u7d2f\u7a4d\u591a\u5e74\u57f7\u696d\u6b77\u7df4\u3002","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/#\/schema\/person\/300700b301711c9b0060e6795aee8d0b","name":"info","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9be70a54b87720fb138b9663c494056bb6a1d86a7e2eadde5dec8137d52c5937?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9be70a54b87720fb138b9663c494056bb6a1d86a7e2eadde5dec8137d52c5937?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9be70a54b87720fb138b9663c494056bb6a1d86a7e2eadde5dec8137d52c5937?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"info"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovatus.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}