Yes, provided you submit the duly executed transfer deed for transfer of shares in your name, along with the offer form and other relevant documents as required for transfer, if any. The same should be sent to the registrar to the buyback offer.

The company will send you a tender/offer form. You will have to fill up the form as per the instructions of the company and enclose the documents asked for, by the company.

The registered owner of shares is the shareholder of record on the books of the corporation, generally kept by the transfer agent. The registered owner may be an individual, a trust, a broker, etc. Registered owners receive communications, proxies, dividends, etc. directly from the corporation through the transfer agent. A registered owner differs from a "street name" owner.

Listed companies are required to intimate the stock exchange of general meetings and resolutions passed thereof. Hence, information on companies proposing to buyback shares may be obtained from the stock exchanges. Also, when buyback offer document or public announcement is filed with SEBI, SEBI issues a press release and the offer document is put on the SEBI website under primary market page under the head "buyback".

Endorsement by the executor or personal representative of the estate on either the back of the stock certificate or on a stock power, with medallion signature guarantee by an eligible guarantor institution. A certified copy of the Letters of Appointment of the Estate Representative certified by the court to be "in full force and effect" within the last 60 days.

A registered shareholder is the beneficial (real) owner whose name is recorded on the share certificate and in the Register of Shares as the owner of the allotted shares. A nominee shareholder is when the beneficial owner chooses not to have his/her name on the share certificate or in the share register. We supply a third party to be the nominee for the real owner.

You are a registered shareholder if the security is registered in your name on the issuer’s books and you are in physical possession of a stock certificate which represents your ownership of the security. You are a beneficial owner or your shares are considered held in Street name if the security is registered in the name of your brokerage firm on the issuer’s books and your brokerage holds the security for you in “book entry” form.

Registered share certificates indicate the name of the owner on the document. The name of the shareholder is also recorded in the internal corporate records of the company and is not filed with The Registrar of Companies. Although the registered owner is recorded in the corporation's internal corporate document, it is available only to the directors, officers and shareholders.

A registered shareholder is a shareholder who holds shares directly in their name, in certificate or book-entry form, and is listed on the records of a corporation as owning the shares of the corporation. A beneficial shareholder is a shareholder who enjoys the benefits of ownership even though the title is kept in the name of a broker/dealer, bank nominee or custodian fund. When shares are kept in this manner, it is often referred to as keeping the shares in "Street Name."

You are a registered shareholder if your name appears on the certificate or in the registration of the security and in the corporation books.

The nominee is the only person with the right to the shares. The shares will be transmitted only in the nominee's name.

You may re-register your shares in another registered name simply by completing the Transfer Form for shares in the Orbis funds which is available from the Registrar or Orbis. This will have to be signed by both the existing and prospective member. The Registrar may require identification documents from the transferee in order to comply with anti-money laundering requirements.

Buyback is a service we offer to our customers which enables us to provide used textbooks to other students.

If the shares of your corporation have a "par value" (see question below about par value), the number of shares issued to a shareholder should be a mathematical calculation based on the value of the items contributed to the corporation by the person to receive the stock and the par value established for each share. For example, if the corporation established a par value of $1.

A tender or Public Procurement is a document presenting the need of purchases of goods, services and public works by governments and public utilities. It is estimated at about 16% of the Union's GDP or ???1500 billion in 2002. Its importance varies significantly between Member States ranging between 11% and 20% of GDP.

VIA's stock is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE). Generally, only qualified foreign institutional investors (QFII), subject to the approval from the Central Bank and the Securities & Futures Commission of Ministry of Finance in Taiwan, may invest in TSE stocks. However, foreign individuals or institutions without Taiwanese residence and registration may still invest in TSE stocks by obtaining investment approval from the TSE (Please visit www.selaw.com.tw for details).