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全宇生技控股有限公司 All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation
2021 Annual General Meeting
Meeting Handbook
Date: June 28, 2021
Venue: 15F, No. 99, Fuxing N. Rd., Songshan Dist., Taipei City 10595, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Table of Contents
| 1. Meeting Procedure | 1 |
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| 2. Meeting Agenda | 2 |
| 3. Reporting Items | 3 |
| 4. Recognition Items | 4 |
| 5. Discussion Items | 5 |
| 6. Extempore Motion | 5 |
| 7. Attachment | |
| (1) Business Report |
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| (2) Audit Committees’Review Report |
10 |
| (3) Independent Auditors’Report |
11 |
| (4) Year 2020 Earnings Distribution Proposal | 21 |
| (5) Comparison Table for Original and Amended “Rules of Procedures of Shareholders Meeting” |
22 |
| 8. Appendix | |
| (1) Memorandum and Articles of Association |
25 |
| (2) Rules of Procedures of Shareholders Meeting (Original) |
63 |
| (3) Shareholding of All Directors |
72 |
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation 2021 Annual General Meeting Meeting Procedure
1. Call the Meeting to Order
2. Chairman’s Remarks
3. Reporting Items
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Recognition Items
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Discussion Items
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Extempore Motion
7. Meeting Adjourned
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All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation 2021 Annual General Meeting Meeting Agenda
| Date and Time: | 9:00 a.m., June 28, 2021 |
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| Venue: | 15F., No. 99, Fuxing N. Rd., Songshan Dist., Taipei City 10595, Taiwan (R.O.C.) (Primasia Conference & Business Centre) |
| Attendance: | All Shareholders or their proxy holders |
| Chairman: | Mr. Peng, Shih-Hao |
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Chairman’s Remarks
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Reporting Items
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2.1. Year 2020 Business Report
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2.2. Audit Committee’s Review Report on Year 2020 Financial Statements
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2.3. Report on the Distribution of Employees’ Compensation and Directors’ Remuneration for Year 2020
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2.4. Report on Year 2020 Earnings Distribution and Cash Dividends
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Recognition Items
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3.1. Year 2020 Business Report and Financial Statements
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3.2. Year 2020 Earning Distribution Proposal
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Discussion Items
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4.1. Amendments to the Company’s “Rules of Procedures for Shareholders Meeting”
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Extempore Motion
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Meeting Adjourned
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Reporting Items
Agenda 1 : Year2020 Business Report.
Explanatory Notes:
Please refer to Attachment I for the Year 2020 Business Report. (see page 7 to 9 of this Handbook for details)
Agenda 2 : Audit Committee’s Review Report on Year 2020 Financial Statements.
Explanatory Notes :
Please refer to Attachment II for the Review Report. (see page 10 of this Handbook for details).
Agenda 3 : Report on the Distribution of Employees’ Compensation and Directors Remuneration for Year 2020.
Explanatory Notes :
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(1) Pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and as approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, it is hereby to declare NT$ 2,695,756 as the Company’s 2020 employees’ compensation, and NT$ 1,797,171 is declared as directors’ remuneration, each of which represent 3.00% and 2.00% of profit before tax respectively.
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(2) There is no difference between the distribution of 2020 employees’ compensation and directors’ remuneration and the estimated amount of expenses on the account for the current year. Both are paid in cash.
Agenda 4 : Report on Year 2020 Earnings Distribution Proposal
Explanatory Notes :
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(1) Pursuant to clause 125 A of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, to authorize the board of directors to make a special resolution to pay all or part of the dividends payable in cash and report in Shareholders Meeting.
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(2) 2020 net profit after tax is NT$82,204,024, the proposed earnings distribution is NT64,034,001 in cash. Cash dividends on common shares will be distributed as NT$1 each share.
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(3) Please refer to Attachment IV, page 21, for Year 2020 Earnings Distribution Proposal.
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Recognition Items
Agenda 1 : Year 2020 Business Report and Financial Statements. (Proposed by the Board of Directo rs)
Explanatory Notes:
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(1) The Company’s Year 2020 Consolidated Financial Statements, have been duly audited by Independent Auditors, Ms. Chen Chiang Hsun and Mr. Ho Jui-Hsuan, of Deloitte & Touche with unqualified opinions. In addition, Year 2020 Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements have been duly approved by the Board of Directors and examined by the Audit Committee.
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(2) Please refer to Attachment I, page 7~9 for the 2020 Business Report, and Attachment III, page 11~20 for the Consolidated Financial Statements of this Handbook.
RESOLUTION:
Agenda 2: Year 2020 Earnings Distribution Proposal (Proposed by the Board of Directo rs)
Explanatory Notes:
Year 2020 Earnings Distribution Proposal was approved by the Board of Directors and reviewed by the Audit Committe. Please refer to Attachment IV, page 21, for Earnings Distribution Statement.
RESOLUTION:
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Discussion Items
Agenda 1 : Amendment to the Rules of Procedures for Shareholders Meeting (Proposed by the Board of Directors)
Explanatory Notes:
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(1) In response to Taiwan Stock Exchange Letter No. 11000014461, dated January 28, 2021, the company intends to amend some of the provisions of the “Rules of Procedures for Shareholders Meeting”.
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(2) Please refer to Attachment V, page 22~23 of this Handbook, for the amendment comparison table for Rules of Procedures for Shareholders Meeting.
RESOLUTION:
Extempore Motion
Meeting Adjourned
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Attachments
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Attachment I
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation.
Business Report 2020
International Crude Palm Oil Price (CPO price) rised from the bottom of the fourth quarter of 2018, and continued to rise since May 2020, even reached a 10-year high by the end of 2020. However, Covid19 pandemic has caused labor shortage in Malaysia oil palm industry. Meanwhile, La Nina phenomenon in 2019 resulted in insufficient fruit production. Unike the rapid rebound of CPO price, the oil palm industry takes steady steps of recovery and the fertilizer budget of plantaions also shows a slow mode of adjustment.
The company’s strategy of expanding to different crop field is effective and helps to adjust revenue structure under current uncertain environemnt. In addition to losses in the first quarter due to the impact of the pandemic, the company resumed profitable from the second quarter of 2020 and achieves risk diversification and efficiency optimization by diversifying product types. In the mean time, our other mid- and long-term plans are still being steadily deployed, and we are highly confidient in the development of the company. It is our honor to present the company’s past year’s operating results and futures prospects to shareholders.
1. 2020 Operating Resuts
1.1 Business plan implementation results
Unit: NT$ in Thousand ; %
| 2020 | 2019 | Increase(Decrease) Amount |
Change Ratio |
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| Operating Revenue |
1,642,783 | 1,767,699 | (124,916) | -7.07% |
| Gross Profit | 372,147 | 393,312 | (21,165) | -5.38% |
| Net Profit For The Year |
82,204 | 35,694 | 46,510 | 130.30% |
In 2020, the company’s revenue decreased by 7.07% as compared with 2019. It is mainly because CPO price fluctuated in 2019 and resulted in late opening of 2020 first half bid, which further led to significant shipment decline in January and February. Coupled with the fact that the Malaysian government
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implemented “Movement Control Order” in mid-March in response to the spread of Covid-19, operations in the first quarter of 2020 fell to the bottom. The company resumed operation quickly as we belong to essential economic sectors, and operations gradually stabilized since the second quarter. As the environment has not yet stabilized, the plantation's 2020 fertilizer budget did not increase significantly with the rising CPO price, and plantations’ willingness to apply biochemical fertilizers is still more conservative than before. However, our long-standing research and development of microorganisms, plant vaccines, health foods and other diversified products started to contribute. Among them, microbial fertilizer N-bio booster for paddy has received a two-year subsidy from the Malaysian government to provide sustainable revenue.
Considering the impact of the overall environment and the adjustment of product structure, although our 2020 revenue decreased in comparison with the previous year, our profit increase to 82,204 by 130.30%.
1.2 Financial Revenue and Profitability
| cial Revenue and Profitability | cial Revenue and Profitability | ||
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| Financial Ratio Item | 2020 | 2019 | |
| Financial Structure (%) |
Debt to Asset Ratio | 9.61 | 8.09 |
| Long-Term Capital to Fixed Assets Ratio |
456.30 | 442.85 | |
| Solvency (%) |
Current Ratio | 825.24 | 1,019.57 |
| Quick Ratio | 643.74 | 815.01 | |
| Profitability (%) |
Return on Assets | 3.26 | 1.53 |
| Return on Equity | 4.08 | 1.69 | |
| Earning Per Share (NT$) | 1.28 | 0.56 |
2. 2021 Operation Plan Summary:
The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) predicts that the export volume of Malaysian palm oil in 2021 will increase by 22.62% compared to 2020. However, under the influence of the climate, the overall supply of palm oil may shrink. Although the CPO price is at a relatively high point, the biochemical fertilizer market is still slowly recovering. Hence, in addition to stablizing our share in fertilizer market and develop new customers, the company takes further step to emphasize the expansion of diversifed business and to further optimize sales structure. With our long lasting relationship with customers, we use our key microbial technology to obtain organic materials or chemical raw materials to create a future prosperity.
According to the estimation of MPOC, CPO price will remain at MYR3,000 (approxmately US$747.29) per meteric ton in 2021. In addition to Malaysian, the company is also actively exploring new markets in Indonesia, and is ready to compelte the construction of the Indonesia plant to further expand operations once the Covid-19 pandemic slows down. As for Green Circular Economy, the company
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will continute to cooperate with plantaions to set up specialized treatment plants around their refineries, directly recyling remaining organic matters in the oil extraction process, put micoorgamisms according to different needs to produce plant vanccies to prevent Ganoderma and other plant disease. Futhermore, to reuse the remaining matters from recyling to make biochemical fertilizer which could not only improve soil pH, to effecitve protect the environment, but to improve the soil’s ability to absorb nutrients.
After 20 years of deep cultivation in the Malaysian biochemical fertilizer market, the company has grown in the past with higher average growth rate of the overall fertilizer industry and has become a pioneer in the global bio-compound fertilizer industry. The company has more than 600 kinds of microbial strains and two patented technologies with high-end agricultural technology, including quantitative microbial technology and stabilzer technology platform. As global awarness on sustainable agriculture, improvement of soil degradation and ecological problems arise, the company’s advanced technology can hep to improve and maintain the environemnet moving towards the goal of green agricutre. Through continuous efforts to improve, research and development, we lay a soild foundation for future growth.
We hope that we can show our business results to our shareholders with our peers’ efforts and our dedication. We commit to the spirit of continuous improvement and would like to thank our partners, sharheolders and hardworking staffs for your long-standing support. Thank you for allowing me to express my sincere gratitude here!
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation Chairman Peng Shih Hao
Attachment II
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All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation
Review Report of the Audit Committee
The Board of Directors has prepared this Company’s 2020 business report, financial statements (including consolidated financial statements) and the earnings distribution plan, among which the financial statements (including consolidated financial statement) have been audited by external auditors Chen Chiang Hsun and Ho Jui Hsuan of Deloitte & Touche, who have submitted an audit report. The above statements and reports have been examined by the Audit Committee and no irregularities were found. We hereby report as above in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Act. Please kindly approve.
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation
Audit Committee Convener Yang Yung Cheng
Date : March 26, 2021
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Attachment III
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
The Board of Directors and Shareholders All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the “Group”), which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”).
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), IFRIC Interpretations (IFRIC), and SIC Interpretations (SIC) endorsed and issued into effect by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with The Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountant of the Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
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The key audit matters identified in the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 are stated as follows:
Occurrence of Sales Revenue from Major Customers
The Group’s sales revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $1,642,783 thousand, which was lower than the previous year. The Group’s revenue mainly comes from major customers with transactions that are significant. Sales revenue and accounts receivable turnover (days) from some of these major customers increased significantly compared to the previous year. Considering the higher inherent risk in revenue recognition and the potential pressure on management to achieve financial goals, we identified the occurrence of sales revenue from major customers with the abovementioned characteristics as a key audit matter.
Refer to Notes 4 (m) and 22 to the consolidated financial statements for details on the accounting policy and relevant disclosures on revenue recognition.
The main audit procedures that we performed in respect of sales revenue from major customers with the abovementioned characteristics included the following:
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We obtained an understanding of the Group’s internal control and operating procedures of sales cycle, and we designed the corresponding audit procedures to test the effectiveness of the internal control associated with the risk mentioned above.
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We performed substantive tests on sales revenue, selected samples from general ledger of sales revenue and vouched the records to external supporting documents to verify the occurrence of sales.
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We performed analytical procedures, compared the differences in sales revenue, credit terms, and accounts receivable turnover (days) between the current and previous years, and assessed the reasonableness of such changes.
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We examined significant sales returns or allowances after the balance sheet date and performed substantive procedures to confirm the occurrence of the sales revenue.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Consolidated Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, and IFRS, IAS, IFRIC, and SIC endorsed and issued into effect by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those charged with governance, including the audit committee, are responsible for overseeing the Group’s financial reporting process.
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Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
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Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
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Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control.
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Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
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Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditors’ report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.
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Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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Obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision, and performance of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
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We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
The engagement partners on the audits resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Chiang Hsun Chen and Jui Hsuan Ho.
Deloitte & Touche Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China
March 26, 2021
Notice to Readers
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are intended only to present the consolidated financial position, financial performance and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such consolidated financial statements are those generally applied in the Republic of China.
For the convenience of readers, the independent auditors’ report and the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language independent auditors’ report and consolidated financial statements shall prevail.
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ALL COSMOS BIO-TECH HOLDING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 4 and 6) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss - current (Notes 4, 7 and 29) Financial assets at amortized cost - current (Notes 4, 8 and 31) Trade receivables, net (Notes 4, 9 and 22) Trade receivables from related parties (Notes 4, 22 and 30) Other receivables (Notes 4 and 9) Other receivables from related parties (Notes 4 and 30) Current tax assets (Notes 4 and 24) Inventories (Notes 4 and 10) Prepayments (Note 17) Other current assets (Note 17) Total current assets NON-CURRENT ASSETS Financial assets at amortized cost - non-current (Notes 4, 8 and 31) Investments accounted for using the equity method (Notes 4 and 12) Property, plant and equipment (Notes 4, 13 and 31) Right-of-use assets (Notes 4, 14, 30 and 31) Goodwill (Notes 4 and 15) Other intangible assets (Notes 4 and 16) Deferred tax assets (Notes 4 and 24) Other non-current assets (Note 17) Total non-current assets TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES Short-term borrowings (Notes 18 and 31) Contract liabilities - current (Notes 4 and 22) Trade payables Trade payables to related parties (Note 30) Other payables (Note 19) Other payables to related parties (Note 30) Current tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 24) Lease liabilities - current (Notes 4, 14 and 30) Current portion of long-term borrowings (Notes 18 and 31) Other current liabilities (Note 19) Total current liabilities NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Long-term borrowings (Notes 18 and 31) Deferred tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 24) Lease liabilities - non-current (Notes 4, 14 and 30) Guarantee deposits received (Note 19) Total non-current liabilities Total liabilities EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY (Notes 4 and 21) Share capital Ordinary shares Capital surplus Retained earnings Legal reserve Special reserve Unappropriated earnings Total retained earnings Other equity Total equity attributable to owners of the Company NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS Total equity TOTAL |
2020 | 2019 | ||
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| Amount % $ 761,806 29 59,766 2 29,321 1 517,434 20 30,400 1 3,838 - 14,708 1 7,750 - 274,264 11 127,565 5 175 - 1,827,027 70 106,670 4 12,717 1 441,878 17 164,173 6 371 - 1,309 - 35,079 1 25,146 1 787,343 30 $ 2,614,370 100 $ 45,944 2 87 - 63,440 3 2,348 - 78,004 3 417 - 17,374 1 2,226 - 5,355 - 6,198 - 221,393 9 - - 29,128 1 671 - - - 29,799 1 251,192 10 640,340 24 781,838 30 167,204 7 320,320 12 474,522 18 962,046 37 (397,714) (15) 1,986,510 76 376,668 14 2,363,178 90 $ 2,614,370 100 |
Amount % $ 837,590 32 60,509 2 189,845 7 293,835 11 35,996 2 8,149 - 22,357 1 2,446 - 296,210 11 41,781 2 - - 1,788,718 68 128,257 5 14,539 - 470,047 18 177,760 7 385 - 2,072 - 39,944 1 17,789 1 850,793 32 $ 2,639,511 100 $ 9,204 1 1,532 - 75,687 3 - - 58,115 2 1 - 7,977 - 2,163 - 17,810 1 2,949 - 175,438 7 3,359 - 32,487 1 1,932 - 380 - 38,158 1 213,596 8 640,340 24 781,838 30 163,635 6 312,099 12 468,142 18 943,876 36 (320,320) (12) 2,045,734 78 380,181 14 2,425,915 92 $ 2,639,511 100 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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ALL COSMOS BIO-TECH HOLDING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
| OPERATING REVENUE (Notes 4, 22 and 30) Sales OPERATING COSTS (Notes 10, 23 and 30) Cost of goods sold GROSS PROFIT OPERATING EXPENSES (Notes 23 and 30) Selling and marketing expenses General and administrative expenses Research and development expenses Expected credit loss Total operating expenses PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES (Notes 4, 23 and 30) Interest income Other income Other gains and losses Finance costs Share of loss of associates (Note 12) Total non-operating income and expenses PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Notes 4 and 24) NET PROFIT FOR THE YEAR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME (Notes 4, 21 and 24) Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Exchange differences on translation to the presentation currency |
2020 Amount % $ 1,642,783 100 (1,270,636) (77) 372,147 23 (121,509) (8) (153,014) (9) (2,541) - 7,628 - (269,436) (17) 102,711 6 18,800 1 12,021 1 21,875 1 (4,440) - (1,296) - 46,960 3 149,671 9 (51,503) (3) 98,168 6 (89,204) (6) |
2019 | ||
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| Amount % $ 1,767,699 100 (1,374,387) (78) 393,312 22 (110,340) (6) (157,924) (9) (4,655) - (47,162) (3) (320,081) (18) 73,231 4 17,368 1 16,675 1 6,147 - (9,448) - (155) - 30,587 2 103,818 6 (65,140) (4) 38,678 2 (11,780) - (Continued) |
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ALL COSMOS BIO-TECH HOLDING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
| Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Exchange differences on translation of the financial statements of foreign operations Income tax relating to items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss Other comprehensive loss for the year, net of income tax TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR NET PROFIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO: Owners of the Company Non-controlling interests TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO: Owners of the Company Non-controlling interests EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 25) From continuing operations Basic Diluted |
2020 Amount % (2,531) - 528 - (91,207) (6) $ 6,961 - $ 82,204 5 15,964 1 $ 98,168 6 $ 4,810 - 2,151 - $ 6,961 - $ 1.28 $ 1.28 |
2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount % 2,029 - (414) - (10,165) - $ 28,513 2 $ 35,694 2 2,984 - $ 38,678 2 $ 27,473 2 1,040 - $ 28,513 2 $ 0.56 $ 0.56 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
(Concluded)
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| Non-controlling | Interests Total Equity |
$ 363,677 $ 2,536,066 |
- - |
- - |
- (153,682) |
2,984 38,678 |
(1,944) (10,165) |
1,040 28,513 |
446 - |
15,018 15,018 |
15,018 15,018 |
380,181 2,425,915 |
- - |
- - |
- (64,034) |
(11,414) (11,414) |
15,964 98,168 |
(13,813) (91,207) |
2,151 6,961 |
5,750 5,750 |
5,750 5,750 |
$ 376,668 $ 2,363,178 |
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| Equity Attributable toOwners of the Company | Other Equity | Exchange | Differences on | Translation of | the Financial | Retained Earnings Statements of |
Unappropriated Foreign |
Capital Surplus Legal Reserve Special Reserve Earnings Operations Total |
$ 781,838 $ 133,129 $ 310,434 $ 618,747 $ (312,099) $ 2,172,389 |
- 30,506 - (30,506) - - |
- - 1,665 (1,665) - - |
- - - (153,682) - (153,682) |
- - - 35,694 - 35,694 |
- - - - (8,221) (8,221) |
- - - 35,694 (8,221) 27,473 |
- - - (446) - (446) |
- - - - - - |
781,838 163,635 312,099 468,142 (320,320) 2,045,734 |
- 3,569 - (3,569) - - |
- - 8,221 (8,221) - - |
- - - (64,034) - (64,034) |
- - - - - - |
- - - 82,204 - 82,204 |
- - - - (77,394) (77,394) |
- - - 82,204 (77,394) 4,810 |
- - - - - - |
$ 781,838 $ 167,204 $ 320,320 $ 474,522 $ (397,714) $ 1,986,510 |
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| ShareCapital | Number of | Shares | (In Thousands) Amount |
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2019 64,034 $ 640,340 |
Appropriation of 2018 earnings (Note 21) | Legal reserve - - |
Special reserve - - |
Cash dividends distributed by the Company - - |
Net profit for the year ended December 31, 2019 - - |
Other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, | 2019, net of income tax (Note 21) - - |
Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended | December 31, 2019 - - |
Changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries (Notes 21 | and 26) - - |
Changes in non-controlling interests (Note 21) - - |
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2019 64,034 640,340 |
Appropriation of 2019 earnings (Note 21) | Legal reserve - - |
Special reserve - - |
Cash dividends distributed by the Company - - |
Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries - - |
Net profit for the year ended December 31, 2020 - - |
Other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, | 2020, net of income tax (Note 21) - - |
Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended | December 31, 2020 - - |
Changes in non-controlling interests - - |
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2020 64,034 $ 640,340 |
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ALL COSMOS BIO-TECH HOLDING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Income before income tax Adjustments for: Depreciation expense Amortization expense Expected credit loss recognized (reversed) on trade receivables Net gain on fair value change of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Finance costs Interest income Share of loss of associates Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment Write-downs of inventories Net unrealized loss on foreign currency exchange Impairment loss recognized on goodwill Changes in operating assets and liabilities Financial assets mandatorily classified as at fair value through profit or loss Trade receivables Trade receivables from related parties Other receivables Other receivables from related parties Inventories Prepayments Contract liabilities Trade payables Trade payables to related parties Other payables Other current liabilities Cash (used in) generated from operations Interest received Interest paid Income tax paid Net cash (used in) generated from operating activities CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Purchase of financial assets at amortized cost Proceeds from sale of financial assets at amortized cost Purchase of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Proceeds from sale of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Payments for property, plant and equipment Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment Increase in refundable deposits |
2020 2019 $ 149,671 $ 103,818 49,244 52,265 911 980 (7,628) 47,162 (2,643) (1,587) 4,440 9,448 (18,800) (17,368) 1,296 155 (151) (385) 908 6,699 1,530 4,435 - 5,329 117 - (228,105) 452,005 6,429 (18,252) 3,226 13,809 7,263 (7,719) 10,140 311,303 (86,913) 19,596 (1,380) (8,404) (9,472) 27,582 2,457 - 22,232 (51,203) (965) (1,085) (96,193) 948,583 19,190 15,792 (4,355) (9,448) (45,520) (71,369) (126,878) 883,558 - (195,669) 169,488 - - (37,321) - 9,405 (30,049) (39,064) 274 1,553 (3,002) - (Continued) |
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ALL COSMOS BIO-TECH HOLDING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| Decrease in refundable deposits Increase in other receivables from related parties Decrease in other receivables from related parties Payments for intangible assets Increase in prepayment for equipment Increase in prepayments Net cash generated from (used in) investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Proceeds from short-term borrowings Repayments of short-term borrowings Repayments of long-term borrowings Proceeds from guarantee deposits received Increase in other payables to related parties Decrease in other payables to related parties Repayment of the principal portion of lease liabilities Dividends paid to owners of the Company Changes in non-controlling interests Dividends paid to non-controlling interests Net cash used in financing activities EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON THE BALANCE OF CASH HELD IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR |
2020 - - 36 (228) (4,911) - 131,608 45,598 (8,865) (14,939) 3,927 412 - (2,531) (64,034) 5,750 (11,414) (46,096) (34,418) (75,784) 837,590 $ 761,806 |
2019 1,531 (14,947) - (142) - (9,665) (284,319) 9,261 (148,134) (24,152) 363 - (5) (43,018) (153,682) 15,018 - (344,349) (8,805) 246,085 591,505 $ 837,590 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
(Concluded)
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Attachment IV
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation
Year 2020 Earnings Distribution Proposal
| Unit : NT$ | |
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| Items | Amount |
| Beginning Balance of Undistributed Earnings | 392,317,653 |
| Add : Net Profit for the Period | 82,204,024 |
| Less : 10% Legal Reserve | (8,220,402) |
| Adjustment of retained earnings due to investment using equity method |
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| Special surplus reserve | (77,393,961) |
| Add : Revolving the Special Surplus Reserve According to Law |
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| Available for Distribution Surplus | 388,907,314 |
| Distributable Items | |
| Cash Dividends on Common Shares (NT$ 1 per share) | (64,034,001) |
| Closing Balance of Undistributed Earnings | 324,873,313 |
Note :
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The amount of dividend is calculated by the number of outstanding shares of 64,034,001 shares as of the latest shareholders register cutoff date as at 30 April, 2021. The actual distribution rate of dividends will adjusted according to the number of outstanding shares on the cut-off date for distribution of dividends, the total amount of distribution will remain unchanged.
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The Cash Dividends of NT$ 64,034,001 (64,034,001 shares x NT$ 1) will be distributed from the 2020 annual distributable surplus, NT$1 for each share. The distributed amount will be in round numbers, the remainder will be treated as other income.
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If the Company subsequently buys back the shares of the Company, transfers, converts and cancels the treasury shares, or according to the issue and conversion rules to convert the Company Bonds, which affects the amount of shares outstanding, the share allotment and
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the changes of the dividend yields, will raise request to shareholders’ meeting to authorize the board of directors to handle the matter.
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Attachment IV
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation
Comparison Table of Rules of Procedure of Shareholders Meeting
Amendments Current Articles Explanation Article 6 Article 6 Pursuant to Article 3 Notice of Convening and Meeting of Notice of Convening and Meeting of item 4 of Shareholders Meeting Shareholders Meeting “Sample of Rules of The first, second, third, and forth items are The first, second, third, and forth items are Procedures omitted. omitted. for Shareholder Appointment or dismissal of directors, change of Appointment or dismissal of directors, change of articles of association, capital reduction, articles of association, capital reduction, Meetings for application for suspension of public offerings, application for suspension of public offerings, xxx Company” directors’ non- competition agreement, capital directors’ non- competition agreement, capital increase from surplus, capital increase from increase from surplus, capital increase from reserves, company dissolution, merger, division, reserves, company dissolution, merger, division, matters in Paragraph 1 of Article 185 of the matters in Paragraph 1 of Article 185 of the Company Act, Article 26-1 of the Securities Company Act, Article 26-1 of the Securities Exchange Act, and Article 43-6, should be listed Exchange Act, and Article 43-6, should be listed and explained in the reason for convening, and and explained in the reason for convening, and not not allowed in the form of extempore motion. allowed in the form of extempore motion. ~~Its main content may be placed on a website designated by the competent authority or company, and its website address shall be stated in the notice.~~
Article 8 Meeting Procedure
The attendance of the shareholders meeting shall be calculated on the basis of shares. The number of attending shares is calculated based on the signature book or handed sign-in cards, plus the number of shares exercising voting rights in writing or electronically.
Chairman shall announce the meeting immediately when the meeting time comes and at the same time announce non-voting rights, the number of shares present and other related. When shareholder representing less than half of the total issued shares is present, the Chairman may postpone the meeting. The postponement of the meeting is limited to two times, and the total time of postponement shall not exceed one hour. When there are insufficient shareholders representing more than one-third of total issued shares after second postponement, chairman shall announce the meeting is failed to be convened.
Article 8 Amend Item 2 to improve Meeting Procedure corporate governance The attendance of the shareholders meeting shall be and calculated on the basis of shares. The number of safeguard attending shares is calculated based on the signature the rights book or handed sign-in cards, plus the number of and interests shares exercising voting rights in writing or of electronically. shareholders.
Chairman shall announce the meeting immediately when the meeting time comes. When shareholder representing less than half of the total issued shares is present, the Chairman may postpone the meeting. The postponement of the meeting is limited to two times, and the total time of postponement shall not exceed one hour. When there are insufficient shareholders representing more than one-third of total issued shares after second postponement, chairman shall announce the meeting is failed to be convened.
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| Amendments | Current Articles | Explanation | ||
| Article 14 Motion Vote The voting of the motion shall be passed with approval of half of the present voting rights of the shareholders, unless otherwise stipulated in the Company’s act and the Articles of Association of the Company. When there are amendments or alternatives to the same motion, the chairman shall determine the order of voting with the original motion. If one of them has been passed, the others are deemed to be rejected and there is no need to vote again. When the shareholders’ meeting elects directors and supervisors, it shall be conducted in accordance with the relevant election rules set by the company, and the results of the election shall be announced on the spot, including the list of elected directors and supervisors and the number of their elected votes,as well as list of unsuccessful directors and supervisors and the number of votes obtained. The ballots for the election items mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be sealed and signed by the scrutineers, and then properly kept and kept for at least one year. However, if a shareholder initiates a lawsuit in accordance with Article 189 of the Company Act, it shall be kept until the end of the lawsuit. |
Article 14 Motion Vote The voting of the motion shall be passed with approval of half of the present voting rights of the shareholders, unless otherwise stipulated in the Company’s act and the Articles of Association of the Company. When there are amendments or alternatives to the same motion, the chairman shall determine the order of voting with the original motion. If one of them has been passed, the others are deemed to be rejected and there is no need to vote again. When the shareholders’ meeting elects directors and supervisors, it shall be conducted in accordance with the relevant election rules set by the company, and the results of the election shall be announced on the spot, including the list of elected directors and supervisors and the number of their elected votes. The ballots for the election items mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be sealed and signed by the scrutineers, and then properly kept and kept for at least one year. However, if a shareholder initiates a lawsuit in accordance with Article 189 of the Company Act, it shall be kept until the end of the lawsuit. |
Amend Item 3 to improve corporate governance and safeguard the rights and interests of shareholders. |
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Appendix
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Appendix I
THE COMPANIES LAW
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
ALL COSMOS BIO-TECH HOLDING CORPORATION 全宇生技控股有限公司
(Adopted by Special Resolution passed on June 16, 2020)
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THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation 全宇生技控股有限公司
(Adopted by Special Resolution passed on June 16, 2020)
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The name of the Company is All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation 全宇生技控股有限公司 (the " Company ").
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The registered office of the Company will be situated at the registered office of Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited, 190 Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005, Cayman Islands or at such other location as the Directors may from time to time determine.
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The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted.
The Company have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law as provided by Section 7(4) of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands (as amended) (the " Law ").
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The Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit as provided by Section 27(2) of the Law.
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The Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.
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The liability of the Shareholders of the Company is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the share respectively held by them.
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The capital of the Company is NT$6,000,000,000 divided into 600,000,000 Common Shares of a nominal or par value of NT$10 each provided always that subject to the Law and the Articles of Association the Company shall have power to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to sub-divide or consolidate the said shares or any of them and to issue all or any part of its capital whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced with or without any preference, priority, special privilege or other rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions whatsoever and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide every issue of shares whether stated to be ordinary, preference or otherwise shall be subject to the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided.
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The Company may exercise the power contained in Section 206 of the Law to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in some other jurisdiction.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CLAUSE TABLE A .................................................................................................................................................. 1 INTERPRETATION ................................................................................................................................. 1 PRELIMINARY ........................................................................................................................................ 5 SHARES .................................................................................................................................................. 5 PRIVATE PLACEMENT .......................................................................................................................... 8 MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS ................................................................................................................. 8 CERTIFICATES ...................................................................................................................................... 9 FRACTIONAL SHARES .......................................................................................................................... 9 TRANSFER OF SHARES ....................................................................................................................... 9 TRANSMISSION OF SHARES .............................................................................................................10 VOTING ON RESOLUTION ..................................................................................................................10 REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF SHARES ...................................................................................12 TREASURY SHARES ...........................................................................................................................13 CLOSING REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE ............................................................................14 GENERAL MEETINGS .........................................................................................................................14 NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS .....................................................................................................15 PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS ........................................................................................16 VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS .............................................................................................................17 PROXY AND PROXY SOLICITATION .................................................................................................20 CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS ...............................................20 DIRECTORS .........................................................................................................................................20 DIRECTORS’ FEES AND EXPENSES .................................................................................................22 ALTERNATE .........................................................................................................................................23 POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS ...........................................................................................23 BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS ..........................................................................................24 THE SEAL .............................................................................................................................................25 DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS ................................................................................................25 PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS .......................................................................................................26 AUDIT COMMITTEE .............................................................................................................................28 DIVIDENDS ...........................................................................................................................................30 INTERIM DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION OR LOSS OFF-SET .................................................................31 ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION .................................................32 INTERNAL AUDIT .................................................................................................................................33 CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES ......................................................................................................33 PUBLIC TENDER OFFER ....................................................................................................................33 SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT .............................................................................................................33 NOTICES ..............................................................................................................................................33 INFORMATION .....................................................................................................................................34
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INDEMNITY OR INSURANCE ..............................................................................................................35 FINANCIAL YEAR .................................................................................................................................35 WINDING- UP .......................................................................................................................................35 AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ...............................................................................36 LITIGIOUS AND NON-LITIGIOUS AGENT ..........................................................................................36 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ..........................................................................................36
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THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
ALL COSMOS BIO-TECH HOLDING CORPORATION 全宇生技控股有限公司
(Adopted by Special Resolution passed on June 16, 2020)
TABLE A
The Regulations contained or incorporated in Table 'A' in the First Schedule of the Law shall not apply to All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation 全宇生技控股有限公司 (the " Company ") and the following Articles shall comprise the Articles of Association of the Company.
Interpretation
- In these Articles the following defined terms will have the meanings ascribed to them, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:
" Affiliated Company " means with respect to any affiliated company as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Acquisition " refers to an act wherein a company acquiring shares, business or assets of another company in exchange for shares, cash or other assets;
" Applicable Listing Rules " means the relevant laws, regulations, rules and code as amended, from time to time, applicable as a result of the original and continued trading or listing of any Shares on any Taiwan stock exchange or securities market, including, without limitation the relevant provisions of Taiwan Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act, the Acts Governing Relations Between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, or any similar statute and the rules and regulations of the Taiwan authorities thereunder, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Financial Supervisory Commission, the Taipei Exchange or the Taiwan Stock Exchange;
" Articles " means these articles of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time;
" Audit Committee ” means the audit committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 118 hereof, or any successor audit committee;
“ Book-Entry Transfer ” means a method whereby the issue, transfer or delivery of Shares is effected electronically by debit and credit to accounts opened with securities firms by Shareholders, without delivering physical share certificates. If the Shareholder has not opened an account with a securities firm, the Shares delivered by Book-Entry Transfer shall be recorded in the entry subaccount under the Company’s account with the securities central depositary in Taiwan;
“ Capital Reserves ” means the share premium account, income from endowments received by the Company, capital redemption reserve, profit and loss account and other reserves generated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“ Chairman ” has the meaning given thereto in Article 82;
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" Class " or " Classes " means any class or classes of Shares as may from time to time be issued by the Company;
" Commission " means Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan or any other authority for the time being administering the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan;
" Common Share " means a common share in the capital of the Company of NT$10 nominal or par value issued subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Law and these Articles, and having the rights and being subject to restrictions as provided for under these Articles with respect to such Share;
" Constituent Company " means an existing company that is participating in a Merger with one (1) or more other existing companies within the meaning of the Law;
" Directors " and " Board of Directors " and " Board " means the directors of the Company for the time being, or as the case may be, the directors assembled as a board or as a committee thereof;
"Delisting" means (a) the delisting of the Shares registered or listed on any Taiwan stock exchange or securities market as a result of a Merger in which the Company will dissolve, general assumption (as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules), share swap (as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules) or Spin-off; and (b) the shares of the surviving company in the Merger, the transferee company in the general assumption or the existing company or newly-incorporated company in the share swap or Spin-off will not be registered or listed on any Taiwan stock exchange or securities market;
" electronic " shall have the meaning given to it in the Electronic Transactions Law (as amended) of the Cayman Islands and any amendment thereto or re-enactments thereof for the time being in force and includes every other law incorporated therewith or substituted therefore;
" electronic communication " means transmission to any number, address or internet website or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the vote of the Board;
" Emerging Market " means the emerging market board of Taipei Exchange in Taiwan;
“ Family Relationship within Second Degree of Kinship ” in respect of a natural person, means another natural person who is related to the first person either by blood or by marriage of a member of the family and within the second degree to include but not limited to the parents, siblings, grandparents, children and grandchildren of the first person as well as the first person's spouse’s parents, siblings and grandparents;
“ Guidelines Governing Election of Directors ” means guidelines governing election of Directors of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time as prescribed in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Indemnified Person " has the meaning given thereto in Article 152;
" Independent Director " means a director who is an independent director as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Law " means the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands (as amended);
“ Legal Reserves ” the legal reserve allocated in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Memorandum of Association " means the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time;
" Merger " means the merging of two (2) or more Constituent Companies and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one (1) of such companies as the Surviving Company within the meaning of the Law;
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" MOEA " means Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan being administering the Company Act of Taiwan and relevant corporate matters in Taiwan;
" Office " means the registered office of the Company as required by the Law;
" Ordinary Resolution " means a resolution passed by a simple majority of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled;
" paid up " means paid up as to the par value and any premium payable in respect of the issue of any Shares and includes credited as paid up;
" Person " means any natural person, firm, company, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or other entity (whether or not having a separate legal personality) or any of them as the context so requires;
“ preferred Shares ” has the meaning given thereto in Article 10;
“ Procedural Rules of Board Meetings ” means procedural rules of the Board meetings of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time as prescribed in the Applicable Listing Rules;
“ Procedural Rules of General Meetings ” means procedural rules of the general meetings of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time as prescribed in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Register " or “ Register of Members ” means the register of Members of the Company required to be kept pursuant to the Law;
" Republic of China " or " Taiwan " means the Republic of China, its territories, its possessions and all areas subject to its jurisdiction;
“ Retained Earnings ” means the sums including but not limited to the Legal Reserves, Special Reserves, and unappropriated earnings;
“ Rules of Audit Committee ” means rules of Audit Committee of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time as prescribed in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Seal " means the common seal of the Company (if adopted) including any facsimile thereof;
" Secretary " means any Person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company;
" Share " means a share in the capital of the Company. All references to "Shares" herein shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all Classes as the context may require. For the avoidance of doubt in these Articles the expression "Share" shall include a fraction of a Share;
" Shareholder " or " Member " means a Person who is registered as the holder of Shares in the Register;
" Share Premium Account " means the share premium account established in accordance with these Articles and the Law;
" Shareholders’ Service Agent " means the agent licensed by Taiwan authorities to provide certain shareholders services in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules to the Company;
" signed " means bearing a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means or an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic communication and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the electronic communication;
"Special Reserves" means the reserve allocated from Retained Earnings in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules, or resolutions of shareholders meetings;
" Special Resolution " means a special resolution of the Company passed in accordance with the Law, being a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has
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been duly given and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled;
" Spin-off " refers to an act wherein a transferor company transfers all of its independently operated business or any single independently operated business to an existing or a newly incorporated company as consideration for that existing transferee company or newly incorporated transferee company to issue new shares to the transferor company or to shareholders of the transferor company;
" Supermajority Resolution Type A " means a resolution passed by Shareholders, as being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, such Shareholders holding not less than half of the Shares held by all Shareholders attending that meeting, and such meeting attended by Shareholders holding not less than two-thirds (2/3) of all issued Shares of the Company;
" Supermajority Resolution Type B " means where the Shareholders attending the general meeting are holding less than two-thirds (2/3) of all issued Shares of the Company entitled to vote thereon as required under the Supermajority Resolution Type A, a resolution passed by Shareholders, as being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, such Shareholders holding not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the Shares held by all Shareholders attending that meeting, and such meeting attended by Shareholders holding not less than half of all issued Shares of the Company;
"Supermajority Special Resolution" means a Special Resolution approved by the Shareholders holding at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Shares in issue at the time of the general meeting;
" Surviving Company " means the sole remaining Constituent Company into which one (1) or more other Constituent Companies are merged within the meaning of the Law;
" Taipei Exchange " means the Taipei Exchange in Taiwan;
" Treasury Shares " means Shares that were previously issued but were purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled, in accordance with these Articles, the Law and the Applicable Listing Rules; and
“ TSE ” means the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
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In these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise:
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(a) words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa;
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(b) words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender and any Person as the context may require;
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(c) the word "may" shall be construed as permissive and the word "shall" shall be construed as imperative;
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(d) reference to a statutory enactment shall include reference to any amendment or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;
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(e) reference to any determination by the Directors shall be construed as a determination by the Directors in their absolute discretion and shall be applicable either generally or in any particular case; and
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(f) reference to "in writing" shall be construed as written or represented by any means reproducible in writing, including any form of print, lithograph, email, facsimile, photograph or telex or represented by any other substitute or format for storage or transmission for writing or partly one (1) and partly another.
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Subject to the last two preceding Articles, any words defined in the Law shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.
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PRELIMINARY
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The business of the Company may be commenced at any time after incorporation.
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The Office shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the Directors may from time to time determine.
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The preliminary expenses incurred in the formation of the Company and in connection with the issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses may be amortised over such period as the Directors may determine and the amount so paid shall be charged against income and/or capital in the accounts of the Company as the Directors shall determine.
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The Board of Directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register which may be kept in or outside the Cayman Islands at such place as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine and, in the absence of any such determination, the Register shall be kept at the Office.
SHARES
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Subject to these Articles, all Shares for the time being unissued shall be under the control of the Directors who may :
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(a) issue, allot and dispose of the same to such Persons, in such manner, on such terms and having such rights and being subject to such restrictions as they may from time to time determine; and
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(b) grant options with respect to such Shares and issue warrants or similar instruments with respect thereto;
and, for such purposes, the Directors may reserve an appropriate number of Shares for the time being unissued.
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The Directors may authorise the division of Shares into any number of Classes and the different Classes shall be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges and payment obligations as between the different Classes (if any) shall be fixed and determined by the Directors.
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The Company may issue Shares with rights which are preferential to those of ordinary Shares issued by the Company (“ preferred Shares ”) with the approval of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting attended by two-thirds (2/3) or more of the total number of the Directors and with the approval of a Special Resolution. Prior to the issuance of any preferred Shares approved pursuant to this Article 10, these Articles shall be amended to set forth the rights and obligations of the preferred Shares, including but not limited to the following terms, and the same shall apply to any variation of rights of preferred Shares:
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(a) number of preferred Shares issued by the Company and the number of preferred Shares the Company is authorized to issue;
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(b) order, fixed amount or fixed ratio of allocation of dividends and bonus on preferred Shares;
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(c) order, fixed amount or fixed ratio of allocation of surplus assets of the Company;
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(d) order of or restriction on the voting right(s) (including declaring no voting rights whatsoever) of preferred Shareholders;
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(e)
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other matters concerning rights and obligations incidental to preferred Shares; and
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(f) the method by which the Company is authorized or compelled to redeem the preferred Shares, or a statement that redemption rights shall not apply.
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Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the issue of new Shares of the Company shall be approved by a majority of the Directors present at a meeting attended by two-thirds (2/3) or more of the total number of the Directors. The issue of new Shares shall at all times be subject to the sufficiency of the authorised capital of the Company.
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Subject to Article 12A, the Company shall not issue any unpaid Shares or partly paid-up Shares. The Company shall not issue shares in bearer form.
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12A. If a subscriber fails to pay any call or instalment of call with respect of any Shares on the day fixed for payment, the Directors may, at any time thereafter during such time as any part of such call or instalment remains unpaid, serve a notice on him requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid, together with any interest which may have accrued, within a period of not less than 1 month from the date of the notice given by the Directors. The notice shall name a further day (not earlier than the expiration of aforesaid one month or longer period from the date of the notice) on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of nonpayment at or before the time fixed the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited. If the requirements of any such notice as aforesaid are not complied with, any Share in respect of which the notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before the payment required by notice has been made, be forfeited by a determination of the Directors to that effect. A forfeited Share may be sold or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit, and at any time before a sale or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. A Person whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect of the forfeited Shares, but shall, notwithstanding, remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of the Shares forfeited, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company receives payment in full of the amount unpaid on the Shares forfeited. The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which by the terms of issue of a Share becomes due and payable, whether on account of the amount of the Share, or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified. Under the aforesaid circumstances, compensation for loss or damage, if any, may still be claimed against such defaulting Shareholder.
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For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, upon each issuance of new Shares, the Directors may reserve not more than fifteen percent (15%) of the new shares for subscription by the employees of the Company and/or any Subsidiaries of the Company who are determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion. The term "Subsidiaries" above refers to the companies defined under No. 10 and No. 11 of the IFRS (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards) and No. 28 of the IAS (i.e., International Accounting Standards).
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For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, unless otherwise provided herein, in the Applicable Listing Rules or resolved by the Shareholders in general meeting by Ordinary Resolution, if at anytime the Board resolves to issue any new Shares, the Company shall, after reserving the portion of Shares for subscription by its employees and for public offering in Taiwan pursuant to Article 13 (if any) and Article 16 respectively, first offer such remaining new Shares by public announcement and a written notice to each then Shareholder for their subscriptions in proportion to the number of Shares held by them respectively. The public announcement and written notice shall state that if any Shareholder fails to subscribe for new Shares, his right shall be forfeited. In no event shall the subscription right in this Article be transferred to any other third parties. Where a fractional percentage of the original Shares being held by a Shareholder is insufficient to subscribe for one new Share, the fractional percentages of the original Shares being held by several Shareholders may be combined for joint subscription of one (1) or more integral new Shares or for subscription of new Shares in the name of a single Shareholder. New Shares left unsubscribed by original Shareholders may be open for public offering or for subscription by specific person or persons through negotiation.
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The Shareholders’ pre-emptive right prescribed under Article 14 shall not apply in the event that new Shares are issued due to the following reasons or for the following purpose:
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(a) in connection with a Merger with another company, or the Spin-off of the Company, or pursuant to any reorganization of the Company;
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(b) in connection with meeting the Company’s obligation under Share subscription warrants and/or options;
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(c) in connection with meeting the Company’s obligation under corporate bonds which are convertible bonds or vested with rights to acquire Shares; or
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(d) in connection with meeting the Company’s obligation under preferred Shares vested with rights to acquire Shares.
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For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market, unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, where the Company increases its capital by issuing new Shares in Taiwan, the Company may allocate ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the new Shares to be issued, for offering in Taiwan to the public unless it is not deemed necessary or appropriate by the Commission, according to the Applicable Listing Rules, for the Company to conduct the aforementioned public offering. For so long as the Shares are listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, where the Company increases its capital by issuing new Shares in Taiwan, the Company shall allocate ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the new Shares to be issued, for offering in Taiwan to the public unless it is not deemed necessary or appropriate by the Commission, according to the Applicable Listing Rules, for the Company to conduct the aforementioned public offering. Provided however, if a percentage higher than the aforementioned ten percent (10%) is resolved by an Ordinary Resolution to be offered, the percentage determined by such resolution shall prevail. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall obtain a prior approval of the Commission and/or other competent authorities for any capital increase (ie., issue of new Shares) (whether inside Taiwan or outside Taiwan) in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules.
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For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company may, upon resolution by a majority votes at a meeting of the Board of Directors attended by two-thirds (2/3) or more of the Directors, adopt one (1) or more employee incentive programmes (such as employee stock option plan) pursuant to which options, warrants, or other similar instruments to acquire Shares may be granted to employees of the Company and/or any Subsidiaries of the Company to subscribe for Shares. The options, warrants, or other similar instruments to acquire Shares granted to any employee under any employee stock option plan shall be non-transferable, except to the heirs of the employees. The term "Subsidiaries" above refers to the companies defined under No. 10 and No. 11 of the IFRS (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards) and No. 28 of the IAS (i.e., International Accounting Standards).
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17B. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Company may, with the authority of either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B, issue restricted shares for employees. In respect of the issuance of restricted shares for employees in the preceding paragraph, the number of shares to be issued, issue price, issue conditions and other matters shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the requirements of the Commission.
PRIVATE PLACEMENT
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17C. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company may by a resolution passed by at least twothirds (2/3) of votes cast by Shareholders present at the general meeting with a quorum of more than half of the total number of the issued Shares at the general meeting carry out private placement of its securities to the following entities in Taiwan:
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(a) banking enterprises, bill enterprises, trust enterprises, insurance enterprises, securities enterprises or any other legal entities or institutions approved by the Commission;
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(b) individuals, legal entities or funds meeting the qualifications established by the Commission; and
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(c) Directors, supervisors (if any) and managers of the Company or the Affiliated Companies.
For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, a private placement of ordinary corporate bonds may be
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carried out in instalments within one (1) year of the date of the relevant resolution of the Board of Directors approving such private placement.
MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS
- Whenever the capital of the Company is divided into different Classes (such as the Common Shares and the preferred Shares), the rights attached to any such Class may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class) only be materially adversely varied or abrogated (including but not limited to the circumstances where there is any amendment to these Articles which may be prejudicial to the rights of the holders of any preferred Shares) by: (i) a Special Resolution passed at a general meeting of holders of Common Shares; and (ii) a Special Resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of Shares of the relevant Class (such as the preferred Shares).
To every such separate meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company or to the proceedings thereat shall, mutatis mutandis , apply, except that the necessary quorum shall be one (1) or more Persons at least holding or representing by proxy one-half (1/2) of the issued Shares of the relevant Class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such holders a quorum as above defined is not present, those Shareholders who are present shall form a quorum) and that, subject to the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class, every Shareholder of the Class shall on a poll have one (1) vote for each Share of the Class held by him.
- The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class, be deemed to be materially adversely varied or abrogated by, inter alia , the creation, allotment or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with or subsequent to them or the redemption or purchase of Shares of any Class by the Company.
CERTIFICATES
- The Company shall deliver Shares to the subscribers of new Shares by Book-Entry Transfer within thirty (30) days from the date the Shares may be issued pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules and make public announcement prior to the delivery. So long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Company may issue the Shares in scriptless form provided that the Company shall register with the securities central depositary in Taiwan. No Person shall be entitled to a certificate for any or all of his/her Shares, unless the Directors shall determine otherwise.
FRACTIONAL SHARES
- Subject to these Articles, the Directors may issue fractions of a Share and, if so issued, a fraction of a Share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium, contributions, calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share. If more than one (1) fraction of a Share of the same Class is issued to or acquired by the same Shareholder such fractions shall be accumulated.
TRANSFER OF SHARES
- Title to Shares which are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Law and Article 40E, Shares issued by the Company shall be freely transferable, provided that any Shares reserved for issuance to the employees of the Company may be subject to transfer restrictions for a period of not more than two (2) years as the Directors may agree with such employees.
Subject to the Law and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles, Shares that are listed or admitted to trading on an approved stock exchange (as defined in the Law, including the Taipei Exchange and the TSE), may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the rules and regulations of such exchange.
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The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, approve or the form required by the Taipei Exchange or TSE (for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE) and be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and if so required by the Directors, shall also be executed on behalf of the transferee and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer. The transferor shall be deemed to remain a Shareholder until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of the relevant Shares. The Register of Members maintained by the Company in respect of the Shares which are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE may be kept by recording the particulars required under the Law in a form otherwise than legible provided such recording otherwise complies with the laws applicable to the Emerging Market, Taipei Exchange or TSE and the Applicable Listing Rules. To the extent the Register of Members is kept in a form otherwise than legible it must be capable of being reproduced in a legible form.
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The Board may decline to register any transfer of any Share unless:
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(a) the instrument of transfer is lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate (if any) for the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;
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(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one (1) class of Shares;
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(c) the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; or
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(d) in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the Share is to be transferred does not exceed four (4).
Notwithstanding the above, the Board may not unreasonably decline to register any transfer of any Shares. This Article is not applicable during the period that the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in Taipei Exchange or TSE.
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The registration of transfers may be suspended when the Register is closed in accordance with Article 41.
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All instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company, but any instrument of transfer that the Directors decline to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be returned to the Person depositing the same.
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
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The legal personal representative of a deceased sole holder of a Share shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. In the case of a Share registered in the name of two (2) or more holders, the survivors or survivor, or the legal personal representatives of the deceased, shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share.
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Any Person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors, have the right either to be registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share or, instead of being registered himself, to make such transfer of the Share as the deceased or bankrupt Person could have made. If the person so becoming entitled shall elect to be registered himself as holder he shall deliver or send to the Company a notice in writing signed by him stating that he so elects, but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration, and for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, decline or suspend registration in accordance with the laws applicable to the Emerging Market, Taipei Exchange or TSE and the Applicable Listing Rules, as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the deceased or bankrupt Person before the death or bankruptcy.
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A Person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered Shareholder, except that he shall not, before being registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to
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meetings of the Company; provided however, that the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the Share, and if the notice is not complied with within ninety (90) days, the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with. Notwithstanding the above, for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Directors shall comply with the laws applicable to the Emerging Market, Taipei Exchange or TSE and the Applicable Listing Rules.
VOTING ON RESOLUTION
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The Company may from time to time by Special Resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe.
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The Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution:
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(a) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger amount than its existing Shares;
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(b) convert all or any of its paid up Shares into stock and reconvert that stock into paid up Shares of any denomination;
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(c) subdivide its existing Shares, or any of them into Shares of a smaller amount; and
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(d) cancel any Shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any Person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled.
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The Company may also by Special Resolution:
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(a) change its name;
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(b) subject to the Law, reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner authorised by law; and
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(c) effect a Merger of the Company in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law.
For the avoidance of doubt, in case a Merger is a Delisting, Article 33A shall apply.
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The Company may also by either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or the Supermajority Resolution Type B:
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(a) enter into, amend, or terminate any contract for lease of its business in whole, or for entrusting business, or for regular joint operation with others;
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(b) transfer the whole or any material part of its business or assets;
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(c) take over the transfer of another's whole business or assets, which will have a material effect on the business operation of the Company;
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(d) effect any Spin-off of the Company in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules;
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(e) grant waiver to the Director’s engaging in any business within the scope of the Company’s business;
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(f) issue restricted shares for employees pursuant to Article 17B; and
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(g) distribute part or all of its dividends or bonus by way of issuance of new Shares, for the avoidance of doubts, the allotment of bonus shares in connection with the Employees' Remunerations and Directors’ Remunerations pursuant to Article 129 shall not require the approval of a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B; and
share swap.
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Subject to the Law, these Articles and the quorum requirement under the Applicable Listing Rules, with regard to the dissolution procedures of the Company, the Company shall pass;
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(a) either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B, if the Company resolves that it be wound up voluntarily because it is unable to pay its debts as they fall due; or
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(b) a Special Resolution, if the Company resolves that it be wound up voluntarily for reasons other than the reason stated in Article 33(a) above.
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33A The Company shall pass a Supermajority Special Resolution if the Company effects a Delisting in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules.
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Subject to the Law, in the event any of the resolutions with respect to the paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of Article 32 is adopted by general meeting, any Shareholder who has notified the Company in writing of his objection to such proposal prior to such meeting and subsequently raised his objection at the meeting may request the Company to purchase all of his Shares at the then prevailing fair price within twenty (20) days after the date of the resolution. In the event the Company fails to reach such agreement with the Shareholder within sixty (60) days after the date of the resolution, the Shareholder may, within thirty (30) days after such sixty (60)-day period, file a petition to any competent court of Taiwan for a ruling on the appraisal price, and, to the extent that the ruling is capable of enforcement and recognition outside Taiwan, such ruling by such Taiwan court shall be binding and conclusive as between the Company and requested Shareholder solely with respect to the appraisal price.
Subject to the Law, in the event any part of the Company’s business is Spun Off or involved in any Merger, Acquisition or share swap with any other company, the Shareholder, who has forfeited his right to vote on such matter and expressed his dissent therefor, in writing or verbally (with a record) before or during the general meeting, may request the Company to purchase all of his Shares in writing at the then prevailing fair price within twenty (20) days after the date of the resolution and specifies the price of the Shares to be repurchased.
For the purpose of this Article 34, if the Company and any Shareholder reach an agreement about the price of the Shares to be repurchased by the Company, the Company shall pay for such agreed purchase price of Shares to be repurchased within ninety (90) days from the date of passing of the resolution by general meeting. In case no agreement as to the purchase price is reached, the Company shall pay the fair price as determined by the Company to such Shareholder within ninety (90) days from the date on which the resolution was adopted. If the Company fails to pay the agreed purchase price, the Company shall be deemed to agree to the price as requested by the Shareholder.
For the Shareholder who requests the Company to purchase all of his Shares in accordance with the second paragraph, in the event the Company fails to reach such agreement with the Shareholder within sixty (60) days after the date on which the resolution was adopted, the Company shall apply to the court for a ruling on the fair price against all the dissenting shareholders as the opposing party within thirty (30) days after such sixty-day period, and Taiwan Taipei District Court has the jurisdiction.
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
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Subject to the Law, the Applicable Listing Rules and these Articles, the Company is authorized to issue shares which are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or a Shareholder. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the repurchase of the Shares by the Company shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the Cayman Islands law.
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The Company is authorised to make payments in respect of the redemption of its shares out of the funds lawfully available (including out of capital) in accordance with the Law and the Applicable Listing Rules.
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The redemption price of a redeemable Share, or the method of calculation thereof, shall be fixed by the Directors at or before issue of such Share. Subject to these Articles, every share certificate representing a redeemable share shall indicate that the share is redeemable.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and Articles 38B and 39B, and with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution authorising the manner and terms of purchase, the Directors may on behalf of the Company purchase any share in the Company (including a redeemable share) by agreement with the Shareholder or pursuant to the terms of the issue of the share and may make payments in respect of such purchase in accordance with the Law, the Applicable Listing Rules and the Ordinary Resolution authorizing the manner and terms of purchase.
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38B. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, upon approval of a majority of Directors present at a Board meeting attended by two-thirds (2/3) of all Directors or more, the Company may repurchase its outstanding Shares listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE. The resolutions of Board of Directors in the preceding paragraph and how such resolutions are implemented shall be reported to the Shareholders at the next general meeting. If the Company fails to accomplish the repurchase of its outstanding Shares listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE as approved and anticipated by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, it shall be reported to the Shareholders at the next general meeting.
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The redemption price or repurchase price may be paid in any manner authorised by the Law and these Articles. A delay in payment of the redemption price or repurchase price shall not affect the redemption or repurchase but, in the case of a delay of more than thirty (30) days, interest shall be paid for the period from the due date until actual payment at a rate which the Directors, after due enquiry, estimate to be representative of the rates being offered by Class A banks in the Cayman Islands for thirty day deposits in the same currency.
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39B. The Shares may only be cancelled in connection with a repurchase of Shares out of the share capital of the Company or any account or funds legally available therefor with the sanction of either the Supermajority Resolution Type A or the Supermajority Resolution Type B. The number of Shares to be repurchased and cancelled pursuant to a repurchase of Shares described in the preceding paragraph shall be pro rata among the Shareholders in proportion to the number of Shares held by each such Shareholder.
The amount payable to the Shareholders in connection with a repurchase of Shares out of the share capital of the Company or any account or funds legally available therefor may be paid in cash or by way of delivery of assets in specie (i.e., non-cash). The assets to be delivered and the amount of such substitutive share capital in connection with a repurchase of Shares out of the share capital of the Company or any account or funds legally available therefor shall be approved by either the Supermajority Resolution Type A or the Supermajority Resolution Type B and shall be subject to consent by the Shareholder receiving such assets. Prior to such general meeting, the Board of Directors shall have the value of assets to be delivered and the amount of such substitutive share capital in respect of repurchase of the Shares (as described in the preceding paragraph) be audited and certified by a certified public accountant in Taiwan.
TREASURY SHARES
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No share may be redeemed unless it is fully paid-up. Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires (by way of surrender or otherwise) may, at the option of the Company, be immediately cancelled or held as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Law and Applicable Listing Rules. If the Board of Directors does not specify that the relevant Shares are to be held as Treasury Shares, such Shares shall be cancelled.
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40B. No dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) of the Company's assets (including any distribution of assets to members on a winding up) may be declared or paid in respect of Treasury Shares.
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40C. The Company shall be entered into the Register as the holder of the Treasury Shares provided that:
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(a) the Company shall not be treated as a member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void;
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(b) a Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued Shares at any given time, whether for the purposes of these Articles or the Law, save that, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law, an allotment of Shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Shares is permitted and Shares allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Shares shall be treated as Treasury Shares.
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40D Subject to Article 40E and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions as determined by the Board of Directors. If the Treasury Shares having been repurchased by the Company is for the purpose of the transfer to employees under the Applicable Listing Rules, such employees may undertake to the Company to refrain from transferring such Shares during certain period with a maximum of two (2) years.
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40E. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the transfer of Treasury Shares to its employees by the Company at a price lower than the average price at which the Treasury Shares were actually repurchased by the Company shall be approved at the next general meeting by a resolution passed by at least two-thirds (2/3) of votes of Shareholders attending the meeting with a quorum of more than half of the total issued Shares. The following matters shall be listed in the reasons for convening this general meeting and in no event shall such matters be proposed at the general meeting as ad hoc motions:
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(a) transfer price determined, discount rate, calculation basis and fairness;
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(b) number of Treasury Shares to be transferred, purpose and fairness;
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(c) criteria of eligible employees and number of Treasury Shares that may be subscribed for; and
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(d) impact on shareholders' rights: (i) the amount to be booked as expense of the Company and dilution of earnings per Share; and (ii) description of the Company's financial burden arising from the transfer of Treasury Shares to employees at a price lower than the average price at which the Treasury Shares were actually repurchased by the Company.
The accumulated number of Treasury Shares that have been transferred to employees as so approved at each general meetings shall not exceed five (5%) of the total issued Shares of the Company, and the accumulated number of Treasury Shares transferred to a single employee shall not exceed zero point five percent (0.5%) of the total issued Shares.
CLOSING REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE
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For the purpose of determining those Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or those Members that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination as to who is a Member for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register shall be closed for transfers for a stated period. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Register shall be closed at least for a period of sixty (60) days, thirty (30) days and five (5) days inclusive of the date of each annual general meeting, each extraordinary general meeting and the record date for a dividend distribution, respectively.
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Apart from closing the Register, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of those Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a general meeting and for the purpose of determining those Members that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend. In the event the Directors designate a record date in accordance with this Article 42 in respect of convening a general meeting, such record date shall be a date prior to the general meeting and the Directors shall immediately make a public announcement on the website designated by the Commission and the Taipei Exchange or TSE pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules.
GENERAL MEETINGS
- All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.
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The Board may, whenever they think fit, convene a general meeting of the Company; provided that the Company shall in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting within six (6) months after close of each financial year and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it.
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At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market and/or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, all general meetings shall be held in Taiwan, if a general meeting is to be convened outside Taiwan, the Company, within two (2) days after the Board adopts such resolution, or, in the event of an extraordinary general meeting convened pursuant to Article 46, the relevant Shareholders, shall apply for the approval of the Taipei Exchange or the TSE.
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Extraordinary general meetings may also be convened by the Board on the requisition in writing of any Shareholder or Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company holding three percent (3%) or more of the total number of issued Shares of the Company for a period of one (1) consecutive year or a longer time deposited at the Office or the Shareholders’ Service Agent specifying the objects of the meeting, and if the Board does not duly proceed to convene such meeting for a date not later than 15 days after the date of such deposit, for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the requisitionists themselves may convene the extraordinary general meeting in the same manner as provided for under Article 48, as nearly as possible, as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionists as a result of the failure of the Directors to convene the general meeting shall be reimbursed to them by the Company.
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If at any time there are no Directors, any Shareholder or Shareholders holding three percent (3%) or more of the total number of the issued Shares of the Company for a period of one (1) consecutive year or a longer time may, for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, convene a general meeting in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors.
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
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At least twenty (20) and ten (10) days’ notices in writing shall be given for any annual and extraordinary general meetings, respectively; provided however for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, at least thirty (30) and fifteen (15) days’ notices in writing shall be given for any annual and extraordinary general meetings, respectively. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given and shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business. The notice for a general meeting may be given by means of electronic communication if the Company obtains prior consent by the individual recipients.
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48B. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Company shall make public announcements with regard to notice of general meeting, proxy form, and summary information and details about issues for recognition, discussion, election or dismissal of Directors or supervisors (if any) at least thirty (30) days prior to any annual general meeting or at least fifteen (15) days prior to any extraordinary general meeting.
If the Company allows the Shareholders to exercise the votes and cast the votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission in accordance with Article 67, the Company shall also send to the Shareholders the information and documents as described in the preceding paragraph, together with the voting right exercise forms.
- For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Board shall prepare a manual setting out the agenda of a general meeting (including all the subjects and matters to be resolved at the meeting) and shall make public announcement(s) in a manner permitted by the Applicable Listing Rules to disclose the contents of such manual together with other information related to the said meeting at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of annual general meetings and at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of extraordinary general meetings. Such manual shall be distributed to all Shareholders attending the general meeting in person, by proxy or by corporate representative(s) (where the Shareholder is a corporation) at the general meeting.
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The following matters ad their respective material contents shall be specified in the notice of a general meeting, and shall not be proposed as ad hoc motions; material contents of such matters may be uploaded onto the website designated by the TWSE, TPEx or the Company with the address of website indicated in the notice:
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(a) election or discharge of Directors or supervisors (if any);
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(b) amendments to the Memorandum of Association and/or these Articles;
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(c) reduction in share capital of the Company;
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(d) application for de-registration as a public company;
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(e) dissolution, share swap (as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules), Merger or Spin-off of the Company;
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(f) entering into, amendment to, or termination of any contract for lease of its business in whole, or for entrusting business, or for regular joint operation with others;
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(g) the transfer of the whole or any material part of its business or assets;
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(h) the takeover of another's whole business or assets, which will have a material effect on the business operation of the Company;
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(i) the private placement of equity-linked securities;
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(j) granting waiver to the Director’s engaging in any business within the scope of business of the Company;
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(k) distribution of part or all of its dividends or bonus by way of issuance of new Shares;
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(l) capitalization of the Legal Reserves and Capital Reserves arising from the share premium account or endowment income, in whole or in part, by issuing new Shares which shall be distributable as dividend shares to the then Shareholders in proportion to the number of Shares being held by each of them;
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(m) subject to the Law, distribution of the Legal Reserves and Capital Reserves arising from the share premium account or endowment income, in whole or in part, by paying cash to the then Shareholders in proportion to the number of Shares being held by each of them;
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(n) the transfer of Treasury Shares to its employees by the Company; and
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(o) the Delisting.
Subject to the Law and these Articles, the Shareholders may propose matters in a general meeting to the extent of matters as described in the agenda of such meeting.
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
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No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Shareholders is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as otherwise provided by these Articles, the holders of Shares being more than an aggregate of one-half (1/2) of all Shares in issue present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes.
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One or more Shareholders holding in the aggregate of one percent (1%) or more of the total number of issued Shares immediately prior to the relevant book close period may propose in writing or by way of electronic transmission to the Company a matter for discussion at an annual general meeting. The Company shall give a public notice in such manner as permitted by the Applicable Listing Rules at such time deemed appropriate by the Board specifying the place and a period of not less than ten (10) days for Members to submit proposals. Any Shareholder(s) whose proposal has been submitted and accepted by the Board, shall continue to be entitled to attend the annual general meeting in person or
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by proxy or in the case of a corporation, by its authorised representative(s), and participate in the discussion of such proposal.
The Board shall accept a proposal submitted by one or more Shareholders and arrange for the proposal to be discussed at the annual general meeting unless (i) the number of Shares held by such one or more Shareholders is less than one percent (1%) in aggregate of the total number of issued Shares in the Register of Members as of the record date determined by the Board or upon commencement of the period for which the Register shall be closed before the general meeting; (ii) the proposal involves matters which cannot be resolved at the annual general meeting in accordance with or under the Law or Applicable Listing Rules; (iii) the proposal submitted concerns more than one matter; (iv) the proposal submitted exceeds three hundred words; or (v) the proposal is not submitted within the specified period determined by the Board; provided, however, that if the proposal submitted is to urge the Company to facilitate the public interest or perform social responsibility, the Board may accept that proposal and arrange for it being discussed at the annual general meeting. The Company shall, prior to the dispatch of a notice of the annual general meeting, inform the Shareholders the result of submission of proposals and list in the notice of annual general meeting the proposals accepted for consideration and approval at the annual general meeting. The Board shall explain at the annual general meeting the reasons for excluding proposals submitted by such Shareholder(s).
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Chairman, if any, of the Board of the Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company convened by the Board of Directors. In case the Chairman is on leave or absent or cannot exercise his/her power and authority for any cause, he/she shall designate one of the other Directors to act on his/her behalf. In the absence of such a designation, the Directors shall elect from among themselves a chairman for such meeting.
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53A. Any one or more Shareholders holding in aggregate more than half of the total number of the issued Shares of the Company for at least three (3) consecutive months may convene an extraordinary general meeting. The determination of the afore-mentioned holding period and number of Shares shall be based on the Shares held immediately prior to the relevant book close period.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, for a general meeting convened by any other person having the convening right, such person shall act as the chairman of that meeting; provided that if there are two (2) or more persons jointly having the convening right, the chairman of the meeting shall be elected from those persons.
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54A. The Board of Directors or any person who is entitled to convene a general meeting pursuant to Article 53A above or under these Articles may demand the Company or its Shareholders’ Service Agent to provide the Register of Members.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, at any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. The number or proportion of the votes in favour of, or against, that resolution shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
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Unless otherwise expressly required by the Law or these Articles, any matter which has been presented for resolution, approval, confirmation or adoption by the Shareholders at any general meeting shall be passed by an Ordinary Resolution.
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In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote. Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall additionally comply with the Procedural Rules of General Meetings.
VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
- Subject to these Articles and any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, every Shareholder and every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall have one (1) vote for each Share of which he or the Person represented by proxy is the holder. Subject to the Law and unless otherwise provided for in these Articles, any resolutions at a general meeting of the Company shall be adopted by an Ordinary Resolution.
For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, any Shareholder holding Shares on behalf of one or more Persons (each a " Beneficial Owner ") may exercise his/her voting rights severally in accordance with the request(s) of such Beneficial
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Owner. The qualifications, scopes, exercises, operational procedures and other matters in relation to the aforesaid separate exercise of voting rights shall be conducted in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules.
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No vote may be exercised by any Shareholder with respect to any of the following Shares:
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(a) the Treasury Shares held by the Company in accordance with the Law, these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules;
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(b) the Shares held by any subordinate company of the Company as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules, where the total number of voting shares or total shares equity held by the Company in such a subordinated company represents more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of voting shares or the total shares equity of such a subordinated company; or
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(c) the Shares held by another company, where the Company and its subordinated company directly or indirectly hold more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of the voting shares or total shares equity of such company.
Any votes cast by or on behalf of such Shareholder in contravention of the foregoing shall not be counted in the total number of issued shares while calculating the quorum for the purpose of Article 51.
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In the case of joint holders, the joint holders shall select among them a representative for the exercise of their shareholder’s rights and the vote of their representative who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders.
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A Shareholder of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote by his committee, or other Person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other Person, guardian or any other Person who is similar to guardian and appointed by any court having jurisdiction, may vote by proxy.
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A Shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend a general meeting on his behalf by executing an instrument in usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve, and such proxy form shall be prepared by the Company stating therein the scope of power authorized to the proxy. A Shareholder may only execute one (1) such proxy form and appoint one (1) proxy for each general meeting, and shall serve such written proxy to the Company no later than five (5) days prior to the meeting date. In case the Company receives two (2) or more written proxies from one (1) Shareholder, the first one arriving at the Company shall prevail unless an explicit statement to revoke the previous written proxy is made in the proxy which comes later.
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62B. After a proxy is delivered to the Company, if the Shareholder issuing the proxy intends to attend the general meeting in person or exercise the voting rights in writing or by way of electronic transmission, the Shareholder shall issue a written notice to the Company to revoke the proxy at least two (2) days prior to the general meeting. If the revocation is not made during the prescribed period, the votes casted by the person as proxy shall prevail.
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The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in the form approved by the Board and be expressed to be for a particular meeting only. The form of proxy shall include at least the following information: (a) instructions on how to complete such proxy, (b) the matters to be voted upon pursuant to such proxy, and (c) basic identification information relating to the relevant Shareholder, proxy recipient and proxy solicitation agent (if any). The form of proxy shall be provided to the Shareholders together with the relevant notice by mail or electronic transmission for the relevant general meeting. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Articles, the distribution of the notice and proxy materials shall be made to all Shareholders and such distribution, regardless of delivering by email or by electronic transmission, shall be made on the same day.
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The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under Seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
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two (2) or more Shareholders concurrently, the number of votes represented by him shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the total number of votes of the Company and the portion of votes in excess of the said three percent (3%) represented by such proxy shall not be counted.
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To the extent required by the Applicable Listing Rules, any Shareholder who bears a personal interest that may conflict with and impair the interest of the Company in respect of any matter proposed (the “ Proposed Matters ”) for consideration and approval at a general meeting shall abstain from voting any of the Shares that such Shareholder should otherwise be entitled to vote in person, as a proxy or corporate representative with respect to the said matter, but all such Shares shall be counted in the quorum for the purpose of Article 51 notwithstanding that such Shareholder should not exercise his voting right. Any votes cast by or on behalf of such Shareholder in contravention of the foregoing shall not be counted in the number of votes of Shareholders present at the general meeting for the resolution relating to the Proposed Matters by the Company.
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Unless otherwise provided in these Articles, the voting at the general meeting may be exercised in writing or by way of electronic transmission, provided, however, that the method for exercising the votes shall be described in the notice of the general meeting. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company must allow the voting at the general meeting be exercised by way of electronic transmission as one of the voting methods at the general meeting. If the Board resolves to hold a general meeting outside Taiwan, the Company must allow the Shareholders to exercise the votes and cast the votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission.
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A Shareholder who exercises his votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission as set forth in the preceding article shall be deemed to have appointed the chairman of the general meeting as his or her proxy to exercise his or her voting right at such general meeting in accordance with the instructions stipulated in the written or electronic document, but shall be deemed to have waived his votes in respective of any ad hoc motions and the amendments to the contents of the original proposals at such general meeting; provided, however, that such appointment shall be deemed not to constitute the appointment of a proxy for the purposes of the Applicable Listing Rules. The chairman, acting as proxy of a Shareholder, shall not exercise the voting right of such Shareholder in any way not stipulated in the written or electronic document.
For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, where a general meeting is to be held outside Taiwan, the Company shall engage a designated institute (i.e., Shareholders’ Service Agent located in Taiwan) approved by the Commission and the Taipei Exchange or the TSE to handle the administration of such general meeting (including but not limited to the voting for Shareholders of the Company).
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A Shareholder shall submit his or her vote by way of written ballot or electronic transmission pursuant to Article 67 to the Company at least two (2) days prior to the scheduled meeting date of the general meeting; whereas if two (2) or more such written ballot or electronic transmission are submitted to the Company, the proxy deemed to be given to the chairman of the general meeting pursuant to Article 68 by the first written ballot or electronic transmission shall prevail unless it is expressly included in the subsequent vote by written ballot or electronic transmission that the original vote submitted by written ballot or electronic transmission be revoked.
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In case a Shareholder who has submitted his votes by written ballot or electronic transmission intends to attend the general meeting in person, he shall, at least two (2) days prior to the date of the meeting revoke such vote by written ballot or electronic transmission and such revocation shall constitute a revocation of the proxy deemed to be given to the chairman of the general meeting pursuant to Article 68. If a Shareholder who has submitted his or her vote in writing or by way of electronic transmission pursuant to Article 67 does not submit such a revocation before the prescribed time, his or her vote by written ballot or electronic transmission and the proxy deemed to be given to the chairman of the general meeting pursuant to Article 68 shall prevail.
If a Shareholder has submitted his or her vote in writing or by way of electronic transmission pursuant to Article 67, and has subsequently submitted a proxy appointing a person as his or her proxy to attend the general meeting on his or her behalf, the subsequent appointment of that person as his or her proxy shall be deemed to be a revocation of such Shareholder’s deemed appointment of the chairman of the general meeting as his or her proxy pursuant to Article 68 and the vote casted by that person subsequently appointed as his or her proxy shall prevail.
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- In case the procedure for convening a general meeting or the method of adopting resolutions is in violation of the Law, Applicable Listing Rules or these Articles, a Shareholder may, within thirty (30) days from the date of the resolution, submit a petition to a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including, the Taipei District Court of the Republic of China if applicable, for revocation of such resolution.
PROXY AND PROXY SOLICITATION
- For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE, the Company shall comply with the Applicable Listing Rules (including but not limited to the "Guidelines Governing the Utilization of Proxy for Shareholders Meetings of Public Companies") in respect of the proxies and proxy solicitation.
CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS
- Any corporation which is a Shareholder or a Director may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such Person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any meeting of holders of a Class or of the Board of Directors or of a committee of Directors, and the Person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder or Director.
DIRECTORS
- Unless otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting, the number of Directors shall be no less than five (5) Directors with a maximum of eleven (11) Directors. Amongst the Board of Directors, the Company shall have at least three (3) Independent Directors, and the Independent Directors shall account for at least one-fifth (1/5) of the total number of Directors. At least one (1) of the Independent Directors must be domiciled in Taiwan. For so long as the Shares are listed on the Taipei Exchange or the TSE, the Directors shall include such number of Independent Directors as applicable law, rules or regulations or the Applicable Listing Rules require for a foreign issuer. The qualification, formation, appointment, discharge, exercise of authority and other compliance of Directors and Independent Directors shall be subject to and governed by the Applicable Listing Rules.
Where any Shareholder is a corporate entity, its representative may be elected as Director or supervisor (if any). Where there are several representatives of any corporate Shareholder, such representatives may be elected as either Directors or supervisors (if any) but not as Director and supervisors (if any) concurrently.
- Independent Directors shall possess professional knowledge and maintain independence within the scope of their directorial duties without having any direct or indirect interest in the Company. The professional qualifications, restrictions on shareholdings and concurrent positions held, assessment of independence of Independent Directors, method of nomination of Independent Directors, and other matters in relation to Independent Directors shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules.
When the number of Independent Directors falls below the required number of Independent Directors under these Articles or the Applicable Listing Rules due to the disqualification or resignation of an Independent Director or the Independent Director ceases to be a Director for any reason, the vacancy of such Independent Director shall be filled and elected at the next following general meeting. When all of the Independent Directors have been disqualified, resigned or cease to be Directors for any reason, an extraordinary general meeting shall be convened within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of that fact to elect Independent Directors.
- Unless otherwise permitted by the Commission and under the Applicable Listing Rules, a spousal relationship and/or a Family Relationship within the Second Degree of Kinship shall not exist among more than half (1/2) of the Directors (the “ Threshold ”).
Where the Directors elected at the general meeting do not meet the Threshold, the election of the Director receiving the lowest number of votes among those not meeting the Threshold shall be deemed null and void. If any of the existing Directors does not meet the Threshold, such Director in office shall be discharged immediately and automatically.
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- When the number of Directors falls below five (5) due to the disqualification or resignation of a Director or any Director ceases to be a Director of the Company for any reason, the Company shall hold an election to elect substitute director(s) at the next following general meeting. When the number of Directors falls short by one-third (1/3) of total number of Directors elected at the previous general meeting convened to elect Directors and notwithstanding the actual current number of Directors, an extraordinary general meeting shall be convened within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of that fact to hold an election of Directors.
If all Directors are re-elected at a general meeting held prior to the expiration of the term of the current Directors (the " Re-Election "), unless otherwise resolved at such general meeting, the term of the existing Directors shall be deemed to have expired immediately prior to the Re-Election. The aforesaid re-election of all Directors shall be held in the general meeting attended by Shareholders representing more than fifty percent (50%) of total issued Shares of the Company.
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The general meeting of the Shareholders may appoint any natural person or corporation to be a Director or supervisors (if any). At a general meeting of election of Directors or supervisors (if any), the number of votes exercisable in respect of one (1) Share shall be the same as the number of Directors or supervisors (if any) to be elected, and the total number of votes per Share may be consolidated for election of one (1) candidate or may be split for election of two (2) or more candidates. A candidate to whom the ballots cast represent a prevailing number of votes shall be deemed a Director or supervisor (if any) so elected.
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For so long as the Shares are registered in Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall adopt a candidate nomination mechanism for the purpose of the appointment and election of Directors (including the Independent Directors) or supervisors (if any) in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules and, for the avoidance of doubts, (i) the Directors (excluding the Independent Directors) or supervisors (if any) shall only be elected and approved by the Shareholders from the list of candidates for Directors (excluding the Independent Directors) and supervisors (if any); and (ii) the Independent Directors shall only be elected and approved by the Shareholders from the list of candidates for Independent Directors.
Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall additionally comply with the Guidelines Governing Election of Directors.
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Subject to these Articles, the term for which a Director and supervisor (if any) will hold office shall not exceed three (3) years; thereafter he/she may be eligible for re-election. In case no election of new Directors or supervisors (if any) is effected after expiration of the term of office of the existing Directors or supervisors (if any), the term of office of such Directors or supervisors (if any) shall be extended until the time new Directors or supervisors (if any) are elected and assume their office.
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A Director may be discharged at any time by either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B adopted at a general meeting. If a Director is discharged during the term of his/her office as a director without good cause, such Director may make a claim against the Company for any and all damages sustained by him/her as a result of such discharge.
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The Board of Directors shall have a Chairman (the “ Chairman ”) elected and appointed by a majority of the Directors present at the Board meeting the quorum of which shall be two-thirds of all of the Directors then in office.
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82B. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, any Director (other than the Independent Director) or supervisor (if any), who, during his or her term and in one or more transactions, transfers more than fifty percent (50%) of the total Shares held by such Director or supervisor (as the case may be) at the time of his or her appointment or election as Director or supervisor (as the case may be) being approved at a general meeting (the " Approval Time "), shall be discharged or vacated from the office of Director or supervisor (as the case may be).
For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, if any person transfers, in one or more transactions, more than fifty percent (50%) of the Shares held by him or her at the Approval Time either (i) during the period from the Approval Time to the commencement date of his or her office as Director (other than as an Independent Director) or supervisor (if any), or (ii) during the period when the Register is closed
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for transfer of Shares prior to the general meeting at which the appointment or election of such person as a Director or supervisor (if any) will be proposed, his or her appointment or election as Director or supervisor (if any) shall be null and void.
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The Board may, from time to time, and except as required by the applicable laws and Applicable Listing Rules, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives, which shall be intended to set forth the policies of the Company and the Board on various corporate governance related matters as the Board shall determine by resolution from time to time.
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A Director shall not be required to hold any Shares in the Company by way of qualification.
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84B. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, where any Director, who is also a Shareholder of the Company, creates or has created a pledge on the Shares held by such Director (the " Pledged Shares ") exceeding fifty percent (50%) of total Shares held by such Director at the time of his/her appointment as Director being approved at a general meeting, such Director shall refrain from exercising its voting rights on the Shares representing the difference between the Pledged Shares and fifty percent (50%) of total Shares held by such Director at the time of his/her appointment as Director being approved at a general meeting, and such Shares shall not be counted toward the number of votes represented by the Shareholders present at a general meeting.
DIRECTORS’ FEES AND EXPENSES
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Unless otherwise stipulated in these Articles or the Applicable Listing Rules, the remuneration (if any) of the Directors is subject to resolution by the Board of Directors in accordance with the standard prevalent in the industry. Each Director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all travelling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the Board or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of Shares or of debentures of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director.
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Subject to Article 85, any Director who, by request, goes or resides abroad for any purpose of the Company or who performs services which in the opinion of the Board go beyond the ordinary duties of a Director may be paid such extra remuneration as the Board may determine and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to or in substitution for any ordinary remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Article.
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86B. The Company shall establish a salaries and remuneration committee, and the professional qualifications of members, formation, appointment, discharge, how such committee functions and exercises its power and other relevant matters shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules. The salaries and remunerations in the preceding paragraph include the salaries and remunerations and stock options and other measures providing substantial incentives for Directors and managers.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, any Director may appoint another Director to be his or her alternate and to act in such Director's place at any Board meeting. Every such alternate Director shall be entitled to attend and vote at the Board meeting as the alternate of the Director appointing him or her and where he or she is a Director to have a separate vote in addition to his or her own vote.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the appointment of the alternate Director referred in the preceding article shall be in writing under the hand of the appointing Director and shall be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve, and must be lodged with the chairman of the meeting of the Directors at which such appointment is to be used, or first used, prior to the commencement of the Board meeting.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
- At the close of each financial year, the Board of Directors shall prepare the business report, financial statements and the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting proposals for adoption by the annual general meeting, and upon such adoption by the annual general meeting, distribute or make public announcements to each Shareholder copies of adopted financial statements and the resolutions
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on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting in accordance with these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Stock Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE, alternatively, the distribution of the aforesaid adopted financial statements and the resolutions on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting may be accomplished by way of making public announcements by the Company.
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Subject to the Law, these Articles, Applicable Listing Rules and to any resolutions passed in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company.
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The Directors may from time to time appoint any Person (exclusive of any Independent Directors), whether or not such Person is a Director to hold such office in the Company as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including but not limited to, the office of the chief executive officer, president, one (1) or more vice-presidents or chief financial officer, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think fit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Directors hold either of the above positions, the relevant remuneration shall be subject to Article 85. Any Person so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors.
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The Directors may appoint a Secretary (and if need be an assistant Secretary or assistant Secretaries) who shall hold office for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions and with such powers as they think fit. Any Secretary or assistant Secretary so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors.
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The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors.
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The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether under Seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any company, firm or Person or body of Persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of Persons dealing with any such attorney as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him.
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The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the two next following Articles shall not limit the general powers conferred by this Article.
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The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees for managing any of the affairs of the Company (including but not limited to remuneration committee), and unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, the members of such committees shall be Directors. Where any Director holds above position, the relevant remuneration shall be subject to Article 85.
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Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion for the time being vested in them.
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97B Subject to the Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, any Director shall owe fiduciary duties to the Company and such fiduciary obligations shall include but not limited to the observance of general standards of loyalty, good faith and the avoidance of a conflict of duty and self-interest. If any Director breaches the aforesaid fiduciary duties, subject to the Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, such Director shall be held liable for any damages therefrom.
Subject to the Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, if any Director violates the aforesaid fiduciary duties for him/herself or another person, it may be resolved at the general meeting to deem any income from such behaviour as the Company's income.
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If any Director breaches any applicable laws or regulations in performing business for the Company, therefore causing any loss or damage to third party, subject to the Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, such Director shall be held jointly and severally liable for the loss or damage to such third party with the Company. In this connection, such Director shall indemnify the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company to third party.
Subject to Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, to the extent of the scope of their respective duties, the officers and the supervisors (if any) of the Company shall bear the liability identical to that applicable to Directors pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Article.
BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS
- Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking and property, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
THE SEAL
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The Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one (1) or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and every Person as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal is so affixed in their presence.
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The Company may maintain a facsimile of the Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Secretary or any assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but which does not create any obligation binding on the Company.
DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
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A person shall not act as a Director and shall be discharged or vacated from the office of Director, if he or she:
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(a) committed an organized crime and has been adjudicated guilty by a final judgment, and he has not served the term of the sentence yet, he has not served the full term of the sentence, or the time elapsed after he has served the full term of the sentence, his term of probation has expired or he has been pardoned is less than five (5) years;
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(b) has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of more than one (1) year for commitment of fraud, breach of trust or misappropriation, and he has not served the term of the sentence yet, he has not served the full term of the sentence, or the time elapsed after he has served the full term of such sentence, his term of probation has expired or he has been pardoned is less than two (2) years;
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(c) has been adjudicated guilty by a final judgment for violating anti-corruption law, and he has not served the term of the sentence yet, he has not served the full term of the sentence, or the time elapsed after he has served the full term of such sentence, his term of probation has expired or he has been pardoned is less than two (2) years;
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(d) becomes bankrupt or enters into liquidation process by a court order and has not been discharged from bankruptcy or liquidation;
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(e) has been dishonored for unlawful use of credit instruments, and the term of such sanction has not expired yet;
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(f) has no or only limited legal capacity;
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(g) dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind;
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(h) resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company;
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(i) becomes subject to the order of commencement of assistance due to incapacity pursuant to relevant Taiwan law and the order has not been revoked; or
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(j) is removed from office and ceases to be the Director pursuant to these Articles.
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In case a Director has, in the course of performing his/her duties, committed any act resulting in material damage to the Company or in serious violation of applicable laws and regulations and these Articles, but not been discharged or removed by a resolution of the general meeting, any Shareholder(s) holding three percent (3%) or more of the total number of issued Shares may, within thirty (30) days after that general meeting, submit a petition to a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including, the Taipei District Court of the Republic of China if applicable, in respect of such matter, for the removal of such Director, at the Company’s expense.
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
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The Directors may meet together (either within or outside the Cayman Islands) for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes present at such meeting. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote. The notice of the Board meeting shall state the reasons for such meeting and shall be given to each Director at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting via mail or electronic transmission; however the Board meeting may be convened from time to time in case of any emergency in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules. Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall additionally comply with the Procedural Rules of Board Meetings.
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A Director may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors of which such Director is a member, by means of videoconference or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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Unless otherwise provided in these Articles, the quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be more than one-half (1/2) of the Directors. A Director represented by alternate Director at any Board meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining whether or not a quorum is present.
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A Director who directly or indirectly has personal interest in the matter proposed at the meeting of the Board, including but not limited to a contract or proposed contract or arrangement with the Company shall disclose the nature of his or her personal interest at the meeting of the Board, if he or she knows his or her personal interest then exists, or in any other case at the first meeting of the Board after he or she knows that he or she is or has become so interested. For the purposes of this Article, a general notice to the Board by a Director to the effect that:
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(a) he is a member or officer of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract or arrangement which may after the date of the notice be made with that company or firm; or
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(b) he is to be regarded as interested in any contract or arrangement which may after the date of the notice be made with a specified person who is connected with him;
shall be deemed to be a sufficient disclosure of personal interest under this Article in relation to any such contract or arrangement, provided that no such notice shall be effective unless either it is given at a meeting of the Board or the Director takes reasonable steps to secure that it is brought up and read at the next Board meeting after it is given.
To the extent required by Applicable Listing Rules, a Director may not vote for himself or on behalf of other Director in respect to any matter, including but not limited to any contract or proposed contract
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or arrangement or contemplated transaction of the Company, in which such Director bears a personal interest (whether directly or indirectly) which may conflict with and impair the interest of the Company. Any votes cast by or on behalf of such Director in contravention of the foregoing shall not be counted by the Company, but such Director shall be counted in the quorum for purposes of convening such meeting.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Article, if any Director has personal interest (whether directly or indirectly) in matters on agenda for the Board meeting, such Director shall disclose and explain the material information or contents on such personal interest at the same Board meeting; before the Company adopts any resolution of Merger, Acquisition, Spin-off or share swap, a Director who has a personal interest in the transaction of Merger, Acquisition, Spin-off or share swap shall declare such interest to the Board at the Board meeting and to the shareholders at the general meeting the essential contents of such personal interest and the reasons that the relevant resolution shall be approved or dissented.
In the case that a Director's spouse, a blood relative within second degree of kinship or a company which has parent-subsidiary relationship with the Director has personal interest in a matter on agenda for the Board meeting, such Director shall be deemed to have personal interest in that matter.
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A Director (exclusive of any Independent Directors) who does anything for himself or on behalf of another person that is within the scope of the Company's business shall declare the essential contents of such behaviour to the general meeting of the Shareholders and be approved by either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B. Failure in obtaining such approval shall cause the Director being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such behaviour if the general meeting so resolves by an Ordinary Resolution within one (1) year from such behaviour.
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Notwithstanding the preceding Articles, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, a Director (exclusive of any Independent Directors) may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of internal auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his tenure of any such other office or place of profit nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established.
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Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, any Director (exclusive of any Independent Directors) may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director; provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or his firm to act as internal auditor to the Company.
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The Directors shall cause all minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided for the purpose of recording:
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(a) all appointments of officers made by the Directors;
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(b) the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and
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(c) all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors and of committees of Directors.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, when the chairman of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and for so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors may act for summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, a committee appointed by the Directors may elect a chairman of its meetings. If no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the committee members present may choose one (1) of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee members present.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, all acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any Person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director or Person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such Person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director.
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The following actions require the approval of a majority of the votes of the Directors present at a Board meeting attended by at least two-thirds (2/3) of all Directors:
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(a) entering into, amendment to, or termination of any contract for lease of its business in whole, or for entrusted business, or for regular joint operation with others;
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(b) the sale or transfer of the whole or any material part of its business or assets;
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(c) taking over the transfer of another's whole business or assets, which will have a material effect on the business operation of the Company;
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(d) the election of Chairman of the Board pursuant to these Articles;
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(e) the distribution of part or all of the dividends or bonus of the Company by way of cash pursuant to Article 125A;
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(f) the allocation of Employees' Remunerations and Directors’ Remunerations pursuant to Article 129; and
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(g) issuance of corporate bonds.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
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The Company shall set up an Audit Committee, and the professional qualifications of members, formation, appointment, discharge, how such committee functions and exercises its power and other relevant matters shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules. The Audit Committee shall comprise solely of all Independent Directors and the number of committee members shall not be less than three (3). One (1) of the Audit Committee members shall be appointed as the convener to convene meetings of the Audit Committee from time to time and at least one (1) of the Audit Committee members shall have accounting or financial expertise. A valid resolution of the Audit Committee requires approval of one-half (1/2) or more of all its members.
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Notwithstanding anything provided to the contrary contained in these Articles, the following matters require approval of one-half (1/2) or more of all members of the Audit Committee and final approval of the Board:
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(a) adoption of or amendment to an internal control system;
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(b) assessment of the effectiveness of the internal control system;
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(c) adoption of or amendment to the handling procedures for financial or operational actions of material significance, such as acquisition or disposal of assets, derivatives trading, provision or extension of monetary loans to others, or endorsements or guarantees for others;
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(d) any matter relating to the personal interest of the Directors;
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(e) the entering into of a transaction relating to material assets or derivatives; ;
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(f) a material monetary loan, endorsement, or provision of guarantee;
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(g) the offering, issuance, or private placement of the Shares or any equity-linked securities;
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(h) the hiring or dismissal of an attesting certified public accountant as the auditor of the Company, or the compensation given thereto;
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(i) the appointment or discharge of a financial, accounting, or internal auditing officers;
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(j) approval of annual and semi-annual financial reports; and
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(k) any other material matter deemed necessary by the Board of Directors or so required by Applicable Listing Rules or the competent authority.
Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, with the exception of item (j) above, any other matter that has not been approved with the consent of one-half (1/2) or more of all Audit Committee members may be undertaken upon the consent of two-thirds (2/3) or more of all Directors, and the resolution of the Audit Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board meeting.
Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, where the Audit Committee is unable to convene a meeting for any proper cause, matters may be approved by consent of two-thirds (2/3) or more of all Directors, provided that the Independent Director members shall still be required to issue an opinion as to whether the resolution is approved in respect of a matter under item (j) above.
- 119A. Before the Company holds a meeting of the Board of Directors to adopt any resolution of Merger, Acquisition, Spin-off or share swap, the Audit Committee shall seek opinion from an independent expert in order to review the fairness and reasonableness of the plan and transaction of the Merger, Acquisition, Spin-off or share swap, including but not limited to the justification of share swap ratio or a distribution by cash or otherwise, and the review result shall be submitted to the Board of Directors and Shareholders in the general meeting (provided, however, that if the Law does not require the Shareholders' approval on the said transactions, the expert opinion and review result do not have to be submitted to the general meeting); and the review result and the expert opinion shall be provided to the Shareholders together with the notice of general meeting. If the Law does not require the Shareholders' approval on the said transactions, the Board of Directors shall report the transactions in the next general meeting following the transactions.
For the documents required to be given to the Shareholders in the preceding paragraph, if the Company announces the same content as in those documents on a website designated by the Taiwan competent authorities and those documents are available at the venue of the general meeting for Shareholders' inspection, those documents shall be deemed as having been given to Shareholders.
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The accounts of the Company shall be audited at least once in every year.
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The Audit Committee shall at all reasonable times have access to and may make copies of all books, all accounts and vouchers and documents kept by the Company relating thereto; and the Audit Committee may call on the Directors or officers of the Company for any information in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company.
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The statement of income and expenditure and the balance sheet provided for by these Articles shall be examined by the Audit Committee and compared with the books, accounts and vouchers relating thereto; and the Audit Committee shall make a written report thereon stating whether such statement
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and balance sheet are drawn up so as to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations for the period under review and, in case information shall have been called for from Directors or officers of the Company, whether the same has been furnished and has been satisfactory. The Audit Committee may appoint, on behalf of the Company, a practicing lawyer and a certified public accountant to conduct the examination. The financial statements of the Company shall be audited by an auditor appointed by the Board in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the report of the auditor shall be submitted to the Members in general meeting. The generally accepted auditing standards referred to herein may be those of a country or jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. If so, the financial statements and the report of the auditor should disclose this fact and name such country or jurisdiction.
- Subject to the Cayman Islands law, any Shareholder(s) holding three percent (1%) or more of the total number of the issued Shares of the Company for six (6) consecutive months or longer may request in writing any Independent Director of the Audit Committee to file a litigation against any Director or Directors on behalf of the Company with a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including Taipei District Court of the Republic of China.
If the Independent Director of the Audit Committee who has been requested by such Shareholder(s) in accordance with the previous paragraph fails or refuses to file such litigation within thirty (30) days after receiving the request by such Shareholder(s), subject to Cayman Islands law, such Shareholder(s) may file such litigation on behalf of the Company with a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including Taipei District Court of the Republic of China.
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123A. Other than that the Board of Directors is unwilling or unable to convene a general meeting, an Independent Director of the Audit Committee may convene a general meeting for the interest of the Company when necessary.
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Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall additionally comply with the Rules of Audit Committee.
DIVIDENDS
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Subject to the Law, any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares and these Articles, the Company by Ordinary Resolution may declare dividends and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor.
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125A Notwithstanding the preceding Article (125), the Directors may distribute part or all of the dividends or bonus by way of cash with the approval of a majority of the votes of the Directors present at a Board meeting attended by at least two-thirds (2/3) of all Directors, and report the aforementioned distribution to the Shareholders at the next general meeting.
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Subject to Article 129, the Directors may, before recommending any dividend, set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, in the discretion of the Directors be applicable for meeting contingencies, or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied and pending such application may in the absolute discretion of the Directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Directors may from time to time think fit.
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Any dividend may be paid by cheque sent through the post to the registered address of the Shareholder or Person entitled thereto, or in the case of joint holders, to the representative of such joint holders at his registered address or to such Person and such address as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. Every such cheque shall be made payable to the order of the Person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other Person as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct.
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Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the number of the Shares held by the Shareholders.
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As the Company continues to grow, the need for capital expenditure, business expansion and a sound financial planning for sustainable development, it is the Company's dividends policy that the dividends
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may be allocated to the Shareholders in the form of cash dividends and/or bonus shares according to the Company's future expenditure budgets and funding needs.
Unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, where the Company makes profits before tax for the annual financial year, the Company shall allocate (1) a maximum of ten percent (10%) and a minimum of one percent (1%) of such annual profits before tax for the purpose of employees' remunerations (including employees of the Company and/or any Affiliated Company) (the " Employees' Remunerations "); and (2) a maximum of ten percent (10%) of such annual profits before tax for the purpose of Directors’ remunerations (the “ Directors’ Remunerations ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, if the Company has accumulated losses of the previous years for the annual financial year, the Company shall set aside the amount of such accumulated losses prior to the allocation of Employees' Remunerations and Directors’ Remunerations. Subject to Cayman Islands law, the Applicable Listing Rules and notwithstanding Article 139, the Employees' Remunerations and the Directors’ Remunerations may be distributed in the form of cash and/or bonus shares, upon resolution by a majority votes at a meeting of the Board of Directors attended by two-thirds (2/3) or more of the Directors. The resolutions of Board of Directors regarding the distribution of the Employees' Remunerations and the Directors’ Remunerations in the preceding paragraph shall be reported to the Shareholders at the general meeting after such Board resolutions are passed.
Unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, the net profits of the Company for each annual financial year shall be allocated in the following order and proposed by the Board of Directors to the Shareholders in the general meeting for approval:
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(a) to make provision of the applicable amount of income tax pursuant to applicable tax laws and regulations;
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(b) to set off accumulated losses of previous years (if any);
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(c) to set aside ten percent (10%) as Legal Reserve pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules unless the accumulated amount of such Legal Reserve equals to the total paid-up capital of the Company;
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(d) to set aside an amount as Special Reserve pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules and requirements of the Commission; and
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(e) with respect to the earnings available for distribution (i.e. the net profit after the deduction of the items (a) to (d) above plus any previously undistributed cumulative Retained Earnings), the Board of Directors may present a proposal to distribute to the Shareholders by way of dividends at the annual general meeting for approval pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules. Dividends may be distributed in the form of cash dividends and/or bonus shares, and, subject to the Cayman Islands law, the amount of dividends shall be at least ten percent (10%) of the net profit after the deduction of the items (a) to (d) above. Cash dividends shall comprise a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the total dividends allocated to Shareholders.
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If several Persons are registered as joint holders of any Share, any of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the Share. No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.
INTERIM DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION OR LOSS OFF-SET
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130A. The Company may distribute earnings or offset losses after the end of each half of the financial year.
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130B. A proposal of the distribution of earnings or off-set of losses for the previous half of the financial year, together with the business report and financial statements, shall be first reviewed by the Audit Committee and then be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.
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130C. Before the Company distributes earnings in accordance with Article 130B, it shall make provision of the applicable amount of income tax pursuant to applicable tax laws and regulations, offset cumulative losses (if any) and set aside Legal Reserve pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules unless the accumulated amount of such Legal Reserve equals to the total paid-up capital of the Company.
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130D. The Company may distribute earnings by way of issuance of new Shares in accordance with Article 130B approved by either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B. The Company may distribute earnings in the form of cash dividends in accordance with Article 130B by the approval of the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 125A.
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130E. The distribution of earnings or off-set of losses by the Company in accordance with the preceding four Articles shall be based on the financial statements audited or reviewed by certified public accountant(s).
ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION
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The books of account relating to the Company's affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors.
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The books of account shall be kept at the Office or at such other place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors.
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The Board of Directors shall prepare and submit the business reports, financial statements and records to the annual general meeting of Shareholders for its ratification and after the meeting shall distribute to each Shareholder the copies of ratified financial statements and the resolutions on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Stock Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE, alternatively, the distribution of the aforesaid adopted financial statements and the resolutions on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting may be accomplished by way of making public announcements by the Company.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Board shall keep copies of the yearly business report, financial statements and other relevant documents at the office of its Shareholders’ Service Agent in Taiwan ten (10) days before the annual general meeting and any of its Shareholders is entitled to inspect such documents from time to time.
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Save for the preceding Article 134 and Article 148, the Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Shareholders not being Directors, and no Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.
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The accounts relating to the Company's affairs shall only be audited in such manner and with such financial year end as may be determined from time to time by the Directors, or required by the Applicable Listing Rules.
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The Directors in each year shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual return and declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Law and deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.
INTERNAL AUDIT
- The Company shall set up internal audit unit under the Board of Directors, and hire qualified and adequate staffs as internal auditors. Any matters in relation to the internal audit shall comply with the Applicable Listing Rules.
CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law, the Company may, with the authority of either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B:
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(a) resolve to capitalise an amount standing to the credit of reserves or other capital reserves (including a share premium account, capital redemption reserve, revenue, profit and loss account, Capital Reserves, Legal Reserves and Special Reserves), whether or not available for distribution;
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up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum, and allot the Shares or debentures, credited as fully paid, to the Shareholders (or as they may direct) in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other;
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(c) make any arrangements it thinks fit to resolve a difficulty arising in the distribution of a capitalised reserve and in particular, without limitation, where Shares or debentures become distributable in fractions the Directors may deal with the fractions as they think fit; and
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139A. For the avoidance of doubts, the allotment of bonus shares in connection with the Employees' Remunerations and Directors’ Remunerations pursuant to Article 129 shall not require the approval of a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B.
PUBLIC TENDER OFFER
- For so long as the Shares of the Company are registered in the Emerging Market and/or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, any public tender offer of the Shares of the Company shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, including but not limited to the “Regulations Governing the Public Tender Offer of Shares of Public Companies”.
SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT
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The Directors shall in accordance with the Law establish a share premium account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law, there shall be debited to any share premium account on the redemption or purchase of a Share the difference between the nominal value of such Share and the redemption or purchase price provided always that at the discretion of the Directors such sum may be paid out of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by the Law, out of capital.
NOTICES
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Except as otherwise provided in these Articles or the Applicable Listing Rules, any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled to give notice to any Shareholder either personally, or by facsimile, or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter or via a recognised courier service, fees prepaid, addressed to such Shareholder at his address as appearing in the Register, or to the extent permitted by all applicable laws and regulations, by electronic means by transmitting it to any electronic mail number or address such Shareholder may have positively confirmed in writing for the purpose of such service of notices. In the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands as their representative in the Register in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.
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Any Shareholder present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened.
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Except as otherwise provided in these Articles or the Applicable Listing Rules, any notice or other document, if served by:
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(a) post or courier, shall be deemed to have been served five (5) days after the time when the letter containing the same is posted or delivered to the courier;
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(b) facsimile, shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient;
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(c) recognised courier service, shall be deemed to have been served forty-eight (48) hours after the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service; or
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- (d) electronic mail, shall be deemed to have been served immediately upon the time of the transmission by electronic mail.
In proving service by post or courier service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or documents was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier service.
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Any notice or document delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any Shareholder in accordance with these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any Share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder, unless his name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register as the holder of the Share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the Share.
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Notice of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to:
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(a) all Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them; and
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(b) every Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder, who but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting.
No other Person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.
INFORMATION
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The Board shall keep at the office of its Shareholders’ Service Agent in Taiwan copies of the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, the minutes of every general meeting, the financial statements, the Register of Members and the counterfoil of corporate bonds issued by the Company. Any Shareholder may request, by submitting evidentiary document(s) to show his/her interests involved and indicating the scope of interested matters, an access to inspect and to make copies of the foresaid Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, the minutes of every general meeting, the financial statements, the Register of Members and the counterfoil of the corporate bonds issued by the Company. The Company shall cause its Shareholders’ Service Agent to provide the aforesaid documents.
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Without prejudice to the rights set forth in these Articles, no Shareholder shall be entitled to require discovery of any information in respect of any detail of the Company’s trading or any information which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Board would not be in the interests of the members of the Company to communicate to the public.
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The Board shall be entitled to release or disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority any information in its possession, custody or control regarding the Company or its affairs to any of its Shareholder including, without limitation, information contained in the Register of Members and transfer books of the Company.
INDEMNITY OR INSURANCE
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The Company may by Ordinary Resolution adopt one (1) of the protection mechanisms as described in Article 152 (a) and (b).
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(a) Every Director and other officer for the time being and from time to time of the Company (each an " Indemnified Person ") may be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and funds of the Company against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified Person's own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of the Company's business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.
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(b) The Company may purchase directors and officers liability insurance (“ D&O insurance ”) for the benefit of every Director and other officer for the time being and from time to time of the Company. Such D&O insurance shall only cover the liability arising from the duty of such Director or officer in accordance with these Articles, the Law and the Applicable Listing Rules.
FINANCIAL YEAR
- Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on December 31st in each year and shall begin on January 1st in each year.
WINDING-UP
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If the Company shall be wound up, and the assets available for distribution amongst the Shareholders shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Shareholders in proportion to the number of the Shares held by them. If in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the Shareholders shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Shareholders in proportion to the number of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up. This Article is without prejudice to the rights of the holders of Shares issued upon special terms and conditions.
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If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution and any other sanction required by the Law and in compliance with the Applicable Listing Rules, divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different Classes. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Shareholders as the liquidator, with the like sanction shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any asset whereon there is any liability.
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The Company shall keep all statements, records of account and documents for a period of ten years from the date of the completion of liquidation, and the custodian thereof shall be appointed by the liquidator or the Company by Ordinary Resolution.
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
- Subject to the Law and the Articles, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution alter or amend the Memorandum of Association and/or these Articles in whole or in part.
LITIGIOUS AND NON-LITIGIOUS AGENT
- For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall appoint a litigious and non-litigious agent in Taiwan (the " Litigious and Non-Litigious Agent "). The Litigious and Non-Litigious Agent shall be the responsible person of the Company in Taiwan and shall have residence or domicile in Taiwan. The Company shall report to the Commission in respect of the name, residence or domicile and authorization document of the Litigious and Non-Litigious Agent. In case of any change of the name, residence or domicile and authorization document of the Litigious and Non-Litigious Agent, the Company shall report to the Commission in respect of such change.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- For the purpose of performing corporate social responsibility, the Company shall follow the applicable laws, regulations and business ethics in operating its businesses and may conduct practices to facilitate public interests.
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Appendix II
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation
PROCEDURAL RULES OF GENERAL MEETING
Article 1 Legal Basis
This procedure is adopted in accordance with the Company Act of Cayman Islands and relevant laws & regulations of Republic of China (the ROC), in order to assist ACBT to establish a sound shareholders meeting governance system, with the purposes of effectively developing supervision functions and strengthening management capabilities.
The shareholders meeting of ACBT shall be proceeded with in accordance with these procedures, unless the law or regulation provides otherwise.
Article 2 Notice to convene shareholders’ meeting
The shareholders meeting of ACBT shall be called by the board meeting, unless the Company Act of Cayman Islands and the law or regulation of the ROC provides otherwise.
A notice to convene a regular meeting of shareholders shall be given to each shareholder no later than 30 days prior to the scheduled meeting date. While a public notice shall be given to the registered share shareholders whose shareholding is less than one thousand shares no later than 30 days prior to the scheduled meeting date in accordance with the laws and regulations provided by ROC to enter such information into the Market Observation Post System (the MOPS).
A notice to convene a special meeting of shareholders shall be given to each shareholder no later than 15 days prior to the scheduled meeting date; while a public notice shall be given to the registered share shareholders whose shareholding is less than one thousand shares no later than 15 days prior to the scheduled meeting date in accordance with the laws and regulations provided by ROC to enter such information into the MOPS.
ACBT shall prepare electronic versions of the shareholders meeting agenda and supplemental meeting materials and upload them to the MOPS before 21 days before the date of the regular shareholders meeting or before 15 days before the date of the special shareholders meeting. In addition, before 15 days before the date of the shareholders meeting, ACBT shall also have prepared the shareholders meeting agenda and supplemental meeting materials and made them available for review by shareholders at any time. The meeting agenda and supplemental materials shall also be displayed at ACBT and its shareholder services agent as well as being distributed onsite at the meeting place.
The cause(s) or subject(s) of a meeting of shareholders to be convened shall be indicated in the individual notice and the public notice to be given to shareholders; and the notice may, as an alternative, be given by means of electronic transmission, after obtaining a prior consent from the recipient(s) thereof.
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Election or dismissal of directors, amendments to the articles of incorporation, the dissolution, merger, or demerger of the corporation, Reduction of Capital, application for suspension of public offering, approval of directors to compete in a similar business, transfer of surplus to increase capital, transfer of public property to increase capital or any matter under Article 185, paragraph 1 of the Company Act or Articles 26-1 and Article 43-6 matters shall be listed and stated in the reasons for convening the meeting, and shall not be put forward by temporary motion; the main contents may be placed on the website designated by the securities regulatory authority or the company, and the website shall be indicated in the notice.
The reasons for the convening of the shareholders' meeting have indicated the full reelection of directors and the date of taking office. After the re-election of the shareholders' meeting is completed, the date of taking office shall not be changed by temporary motion or other means at the same meeting.
Shareholder(s) holding 1% or more of the total number of issued shares may submit to this ACBT a written proposal for discussion at a regular shareholders meeting or any electronic means designated by ACBT. Such proposal, however, are limited to one item only, and no proposal containing more than one item will be included in the agenda.
Under any circumstances of any subparagraph of Article 172-1, Paragraph 4 on Company Act of ROC apply to proposal put forward by a shareholder, the board of directors may exclude it from the agenda. However, if the proposal is to ensure that ACBT promotes public interest or fulfill its social responsibility, then the board of directors may still include the proposal.
Prior to the date on which share transfer registration is suspended before the convention of a regular shareholders’ meeting, ACBT shall give a public notice announcing the place and the period for shareholders to submit proposals written or electronic acceptance method to be discussed at the meeting; and the period for accepting such proposals shall not be less than 10 days.
The number of words of a proposal to be submitted by a shareholder shall be limited to not more than 300 words, and any proposal containing more than 300 words shall not be included in the agenda of the shareholders’ meeting. The shareholder who has submitted a proposal shall attend, in person or by a proxy, the regular shareholders’ meeting whereat his proposal is to be discussed and shall take part in the discussion of such proposal.
ACBT shall, prior to preparing and delivering the shareholders’ meeting notice, inform, by a notice, all the proposal submitting shareholders of the proposal screening results, and shall list in the shareholders’ meeting notice the proposals conforming to the requirements set out in this Article. With regard to the proposals submitted by shareholders but not included in the agenda of the meeting, the cause of exclusion of such proposals and explanation shall be made by the board of directors at the shareholders’ meeting to be convened.
Article 3 Appoint a proxy to attend shareholders’ meeting and the authorization
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For each shareholders meeting, a shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend the meeting by providing a power of attorney issued by ACBT and stating the scope of power authorized to the proxy.
A shareholder may only execute one power of attorney and appoint one proxy only, and shall serve such written proxy to ACBT no later than 5 days prior to the meeting date of the shareholders’ meeting. In case ACBT receives two or more written proxies from one shareholder, the first one shall prevail; unless an explicit statement to revoke the previous written proxy is made in the proxy which comes later.
In case a Shareholder who has exercised his votes by proxy, such Shareholder may, at any time, revoke such proxy and choose to attend the general meeting in person.
Article 4 Principles of shareholders’ meeting location and time
The place for convening a shareholders’ meeting shall be held inside the ROC, or held at any other overseas than ROC within 2 days prior to the board resolution, and may after obtain an approval from the competent authority.
The place for convening a shareholders’ meeting to be held inside the ROC, it shall be held at any other place convenient for presence of shareholders, and suitable for holding of the said meeting. In addition, the time for commencing the said meeting shall not be earlier than 9 o'clock in the morning or later than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when it submits its place and time, shall take into full consideration each independent director’s opinions.
Article 5 Preparation of attendance book and others relevant documents
ACBT shall prepare an attendance book for shareholders or who may appoint another deputy (the “Shareholders”) to attend as their proxy to sign in, or the shareholder present may hand in an attendance card in lieu of signing on the attendance book.
ACBT shall forward a schedule manual, annual report, attendance letter, slip of speech, ticket of voting and other materials concerning to shareholders present; with respect to the election of directors, shall forward with election ticket.
A shareholder present may hand in an attendance letter, attendance card or other attendance statements for the attendance of a shareholders meeting. In case a shareholder appoints another shareholder to attend a meeting in his/her behalf, he/she may present an evidentiary document for inspection.
When the government or a juristic person is a shareholder, it may be represented by more than one representative at a shareholders meeting. When a juristic person is appointed to attend as proxy, it may designate only one person to represent it in the meeting.
Article 6 Chairman and persons to attend the shareholders meeting
If a shareholders’ meeting is called by the board of directors, the board chairman shall preside at the said shareholders meeting. In case the chairman is on leave of absence, or
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cannot exercise his powers and authority, the chairman shall designate a director to act in lieu of him.
In the case of a shareholders’ meeting to be called by the board of directors, it shall be decided by a majority attendance of a meeting of the board of directors attended.
If a shareholders’ meeting is convened by any other person having the convening right, he/she shall act as the chairman of that meeting provided, however, that if there are two or more persons having the convening right, the chairman of the meeting shall be elected from among themselves.
ACBT may designate its lawyer, certified public accountant or other relevant persons to attend the shareholders meeting.
Article 7 The whole proceedings of the shareholders meeting to be recorded on audio or video tape as evidence
ACBT shall record with an audio or video tape the whole proceedings of the shareholders meeting, and said video tape or audio tape shall be kept for at least one year. If a lawsuit has been instituted by any shareholder in accordance with the provisions of Article 189, Company Act of the Republic of China, the audio or video tape of the shareholders’ meeting involved shall be kept by ACBT until the legal proceedings of the foregoing lawsuit have been concluded.
Article 8 Process of Meeting
The presence of shareholders in a shareholders meeting shall be calculated in accordance with the number of shares. The number of shares representing shareholders present in the meeting shall be calculated in accordance with those indicated on the attendance book or the attendance cards, plus the number of shares that the voting power may be exercised in writing or by way of electronic transmission.
When it is time to convene a shareholders’ meeting, the chairman shall immediately convene the meeting, provided, however, that if the shareholders present do not represent a majority of the total amount of issued shares, the chairman may postpone the meeting, provided, however, that the postponement of the said meeting shall be limited to two times, and the total time postponed shall not exceed one hour. If the meeting has been postponed for two times, but the shareholders present still do not represent a majority of the total amount of issued shares, the chairman shall announce the meeting to be aborted.
Article 9 Motion discussion
If a shareholders’ meeting is called by the Board of Directors, the proceedings of the meeting shall be formulated by the Board of Directors, relevant motions (including extempore motions and amendments to the original motion) shall be voted on a case by case basis, and the meeting shall be proceeded with in accordance with the said proceedings. The proceedings shall not be changed without a resolution made by the shareholders meeting.
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If a shareholders’ meeting shall be called by any other person than the Board of Directors, the preceding provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the said meeting.
The chairman shall not adjourn a meeting without resolution adopted by shareholders if the motions (including extraordinary motions) covered in the proceedings so arranged in the above two paragraphs shall not have been resolved. If the chairman declares the adjournment of the meeting in a manner in violation of such rules governing the proceedings of meetings, a new chairman of the meeting may be elected by a resolution to be adopted by a majority of the voting rights represented by the shareholders attending the said meeting to continue the proceedings of the meeting.
The chairman shall clearly explain and give an opportunity to discuss any motion, and any amendment or extemporary motion has been submitted by a shareholder. When the chairman considers that the discussion for a motion has reached the extent for making a resolution, he/ she may announce discontinuance of the discussion and submit the motion for resolution.
After close of the said meeting, shareholders shall not elect another chairman to hold another meeting at the same place or at any other place, unless the chairman declares the adjournment of the meeting in a manner in violation of such rules governing the proceedings of meetings and arrange adequate voting time.
Article 10 Speech of Shareholder
When a Shareholder attending the general meeting wishes to speak, a speech note should be filled out with summary of the speech, the Shareholder’s account number (or the number of attendance card) and the account name of the Shareholder. The sequence of speeches shall be determined by the chairman.
If any attending Shareholder at the general meeting submits a speech note but does not speak, no speech shall be deemed to have been made by such Shareholder. In case contents of the speech of a Shareholder are inconsistent with the contents of the speech note, the content of actual speech shall prevail.
Any Shareholder may not speak more than twice concerning the same item without chairman’s consent, and each speech time shall not exceed five minutes. In case the speech of any Shareholder violates this paragraph or is outside the scope of the agenda item, the chairman may stop the speech of such Shareholder.
Unless otherwise permitted by the chairman and the speaking Shareholder, no Shareholder shall interrupt the speech of other Shareholders. The chairman shall stop such interruption.
If a corporate Shareholder has appointed two or more representatives to attend the general meeting, only one representative can speak for each agenda item.
After the speech of any Shareholder, the Chairman may make responses by him or herself or appoint an appropriate person to respond.
Article 11 Proposal by Shareholder
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In accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules and subject to Article 52 of the Articles, any Shareholders who individually or collectively hold one percent (1%) or more of the total number of issued Shares of ACBT may submit to ACBT a proposal for discussion at the annual general meeting.
Article 12 Calculation of Voting Shares and Recusal
A shareholder shall have one voting power in respect of each share in his/her/its possession. Unless otherwise provided, or except no voting right on the exercise of voting power.
Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the votes may be exercised in writing or by way of electronic transmission if such method for exercising the votes has been described in the notice of the general meeting; provided however that in the event the general meeting is to be held outside Taiwan, ACBT shall specify in the notice of the general meeting that the votes may be exercised in writing or by way of electronic transmission. A Shareholder who exercises his votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have appointed the chairman of the general meeting as his or her proxy to exercise his or her voting right at such general meeting in accordance with the instructions stipulated in the written or electronic document, but shall be deemed to have waived his votes in respective of any ad hoc motions and the amendments to the contents of the original proposals at such general meeting.
A Shareholder shall deliver his declaration about the votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission to ACBT no later than the 2nd day prior to the scheduled meeting date of the general meeting; whereas if two or more declarations are delivered to ACBT, the first declaration shall prevail unless an explicit statement to revoke the previous declaration is made in the declaration which comes later. In case a Shareholder who has exercised his votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission, such Shareholder may, at any time, revoke such written or electronic voting and choose to attend the general meeting in person.
A Shareholder who is deemed to have appointed the chairman of the general meeting as proxy shall have the right to appoint another person as its proxy to attend the meeting, in which case, unless an explicit statement to revoke such express appointment of proxy, the express appointment of another proxy shall be deemed to have revoked the deemed appointment of the chairman as proxy and ACBT shall only count the vote(s) cast by such expressly appointed proxy at the meeting.
Unless otherwise specifically provided for in Company Act of Republic of China or the Articles of Incorporation of ACBT, resolutions shall be adopted by a majority vote at a meeting attended by the shareholders. When the discussion for a motion has been reached the extent for making a resolution, the chairman or his/her/its designated person may announce the total number of shares represented by shareholders attending a shareholders’ meeting case by case, followed by a poll of the shareholders. After the conclusion of the meeting, on the same day it is held, the results for each proposal, based on the numbers of votes for and against and the number of abstentions, shall be entered into the MOPS.
If there shall be an amendment or alternative to one motion, the chairman may combine the amendment or alternative into the original motion, and determine their orders for
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resolution. If any one of the above shall be resolved, the others shall be considered as rejected, upon which no further resolution shall be required.
The chairman shall appoint monitoring and counting personnel for a proposal calls for vote, however, all monitoring personnel shall be shareholder of this ACBT.
Vote counting shall be held at shareholders meeting venue, voting results shall be made known immediately and recorded in writing.
The shares held by shareholders having no voting right shall not be counted in the total number of issued shares while adopting a resolution at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder who has a personal interest in the matter under discussion at a meeting, which may impair the interest of ACBT, shall not vote nor exercise the voting right on behalf of another shareholder.
Shares for which voting right cannot be exercised as aforesaid, shall not be counted in the number of votes of shareholders present at the meeting.
Except for trust enterprises or stock agencies approved by the competent authority, when a person who acts as the proxy for two or more shareholders, the number of voting power represented by him/ her shall not exceed 3% of the total number of voting shares of ACBT, otherwise, the portion of excessive voting power shall not be counted.
Article 13 Principle for Voting Right
Subject to the Articles and any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, every Shareholder and every Person represented by proxy shall have one vote for each Share of which he or the Person represented by proxy is the holder.
Shareholders shall vote on each of the proposals presented at the meeting and the result of the vote indicating Shareholders' consent, objection or abstaining from voting shall be entered at the Market Observation Post System on the day immediately following the convention of the Shareholders' meeting.
Where any Director or supervisor (if any), who is also a Shareholder of ACBT, creates or has created a pledge on the Shares held by such Director (the "Pledged Shares") exceeding fifty percent (50%) of total Shares held by such Director at the time of his/her appointment as Director or supervisor (if any), such Director or supervisor (if any) shall refrain from exercising its voting rights on the Shares representing the difference between the Pledged Shares and fifty percent (50%) of total Shares held by such Director or supervisor (if any) at the time of his/her appointment as Director or supervisor (if any), and such Shares shall not be counted toward the number of votes represented by the Shareholders present at a general meeting.
Article 14 Voting on Proposal
Unless otherwise provided for under the Applicable Listing Rules or the Articles, a proposal put to a vote shall be approved by consent of a majority of Shareholders present at the meeting attended.
In case of an amendment proposal or substitute proposal to an original proposal, the chairman shall decide on the order of vote together with the original proposal. However,
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if one of the proposals has been approved, the others shall be deemed overruled and no further vote is required.
Where directors and/or supervisors are elected at a Shareholders' meeting, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable election rules established by ACBT and the election results shall be announced at the same meeting.
Voting ballots cast in the election of director(s) shall be signed and sealed by scrutinizer and properly kept for at least one (1) years; provided, however, that in case of a litigation instituted by Shareholder, these ballots shall then be kept until conclusion of the litigation.
Article 15 Checking and Counting Ballots
The chairman shall appoint persons responsible for checking and counting ballots during votes on agenda items. However, the persons responsible for checking ballots must be Shareholders. The ballots shall be publicly counted at any general meeting venue and the result of voting shall be announced at the general meeting and placed on record.
Article 16 Meeting Minutes
Resolutions adopted at a shareholders’ meeting shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting, which shall be affixed with the signature or seal of the chairman of the meeting and shall be distributed to all shareholders of ACBT within 20 days after the close of the meeting. The preparation and distribution of the minutes may be effected by means of electronic transmission.
With regard to ACBT, the distribution of the minutes of shareholders’ meeting as required in the preceding Paragraph to the registered stock shareholders may be posted on Market Observation Post System (the MOPS) by means of a public notice.
The minutes of shareholders’ meeting shall record the date and place of the meeting, the name of the chairman, the method of adopting resolutions, and a summary of the essential points of the proceedings and the results of the meeting (including the statistical weight), when there is election of Directors, the voting power of each candidate shall be disclose. The minutes shall be kept persistently throughout the life of ACBT.
Article 17 Election of Directors
The election results shall be made known immediately while a shareholders’ meeting shall elect Directors.
Upon the election tickets of the election matters of the preceding paragraph have been sealed and signed by monitoring personnel, it shall be kept for at least one year.
If a lawsuit has been instituted by any shareholder in accordance with the provisions of Article 189, the Company Act of the Republic of China, the said tickets shall be kept by ACBT until the legal proceedings of the foregoing lawsuit have been concluded.
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Article 18 Preservation of Order at the Meeting Venue
The chairman may direct inspectors (or security guards) to assist in preserving the order at the meeting venue. Inspectors (or security guards) shall wear an arm-band with the word "Inspector" when assisting in preserving the order at the meeting venue.
The chairman may direct inspectors or security guards to ask Shareholders who violate the Rules, disobey the chairman's correction, impede the process of the meeting and do not comply after being asked to stop to leave the meeting venue.
Article 19 Enforcement and Amendment
Establishment and amendment to the Rules shall be subject to approval of the Board of Directors, which shall be further approved by Ordinary Resolution in the general meeting.
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Appendix III
All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation.
Shareholding of All Directors
1.Total number of issued shares of the Company : 64,034,001 shares
2.The shareholdings of the directors as of the share register closure date (April 30, 2021) for this Annual General Meeting.
| Title | Name | Elective Date |
Shareholding Number |
Shareholding Percentage |
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| Chairman | Representative of All Cosmos Investment Ltd: Peng, Shih Hao |
2019.6.19 | 22,500,001 | 35.14% |
| Director | Representative of Sheng Hua Ltd : Peng, ShengChing |
2019.6.19 | 2,500,000 | 3.9% |
| Director | Hsu, Ken Tsai | 2019.6.19 | 30,000 | 0.05% |
| Director | Chang, Lu Chang | 2019.6.19 | 30,000 | 0.05% |
| Director | Representative of Maxtrength Corporation Peng, Chia Lin |
2019.6.19 | 4,500,000 | 7.03% |
| Director | Chee, KhengHoy | 2019.6.19 | - |
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| Independent Director |
Lo, Tze Wu | 2019.6.19 | - |
- |
| Independent Director |
Yang, Yung Cheng | 2019.6.19 | - |
- |
| Independent Director |
Lee, Wen Chuan | 2019.6.19 | - |
- |
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Total
29,560,001 46.17%
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