The study adopts the method of event study to explore whether the decision of issuing new restricted employee stocks has any information content.The results indicate that there are significant positively cumulative abnormal returns(CARs) on the first three days after the announcement.If we further distinguished firms into TWSE or OTC listed,electronic or non-electronic sector and stock warrants or stock grants, the results show that(1)The announcement of issuing restricted employee stocks of OTC companies has a significant positively average cumulative abnormal return. (2)Firms in the electronic sector when announcing the issuance of restricted stocks show significant positively cumulative abnormal returns between announcing date and two days after the announcement. (3)Stock grants also show a significantly positive CARs.