Plans were made for this in 1996, but, because the market had been down, it would have been impossible to earn the desired price, so the plan was held off until now.
財政部早在八十五年會計年度，就編列了二千多萬股的三商銀股票準備釋出，只因股市低迷、賣不到預算價格而保留至今。