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).

Shareholders can be natural persons and registered companies. Companies registered overseas can be shareholders of proprietary companies registered in Australia. (There may be restrictions regarding companies registered overseas holding shares in companies registered in Australia).

In the spirit of friends helping friends, eMax has set aside a limited number of shares through our Stock Grant Program for individuals to become co-owners of our company. Participants will have the opportunity to sell their shares for monetary gains when eMax issues its IPO (Initial Public Offering).

Once you receive your gift pack inside you will find a shareholder registration sheet with instructions on how to register the shareholder. You can register the shareholder online at www.registershare.com. Once registered we will send your details over to our stock broker who will then attempt to purchase the share. Once purchased your details will then be sent to the shareholding companies share registrar who will produce the certificate.

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.

Owners of common stock in a corporation have the right to propose resolutions or formal requests that management address an issue of concern. These resolutions are subject to a vote of the shareholders as part of the company's annual meeting process and included in the annual proxy ballot. A shareholder may bring a resolution on a wide variety of topics including but not limited to: community, environment, tobacco, diversity, overseas operations and labor.

In order to become an exchange's shareholder, a legal entity has to own at least a package of RCE's shares, this conferring to the owner the right to a broker place. Also, if it is not shareholder, it can receive for use the trading place from other shareholder. Additional information regarding the conditions that have to be fulfilled and the stages to be carried on for becoming shareholder can be obtained at Marketing & Communication Department of RCE.

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.

Each year existing shareholders will be invited to attend OGDCL's Annual General Meeting. If there is a particularly important matter to decide that cannot wait until the next AGM, shareholders may be called to an Extraordinary General Meeting.

In case shares are held in joint names i.e. by more than one person and one of the joint holders expired, the deceased shareholder's name will be deleted from the share certificate(s) and record of the Company on the basis of death certificate certified by an appropriate authority duly furnished by the surviving joint holder(s), along with the share certificates. ( click here for specimen letter requesting for deletion of name - Annexure V )

Shareholders have a limited right to participate in the governance of a corporation. Even if a shareholder believes that corporate management has abused its power or received illegal profits, the shareholder may not be permitted to sue in his own name due to the fact that the claim actually belongs to the corporation. In that instance, the shareholder may be able to sue the company's officers and directors in the name of the corporation.

Yes. To register to receive the company's shareholder publications electronically by email you need to register your email address with Computershare. For more information on electronic shareholder communications and to register your email address with Computershare, see the eTree scheme.

Please advise Computershare in writing as soon as possible and they will explain what has to be done.

You will need to contact the shares registrar and inform them of the move. This information is printed either on the front or the back of the actual share certificate. Only the actual shareholder can do this.

In the event of death of a shareholder, please contact Computershare Investor Services (formerly EquiServe) for the information and papers that need to be completed to get the shares transferred to the beneficiary's name.