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ACER AGM Information 2024

Jun 17, 2024

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Agenda of 2024 General Shareholders’ Meeting

( Translation )

Date: May 31, 2024 Venue: Aspire Resort (No. 428, Kewang Rd., Longtan District, Taoyuan City) www.acer-group.com

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Disclaimer

This is a translation of the 2024 General Shareholders’ Meeting Agenda of Acer Incorporated (the “Company”). The translation is intended for reference only and nothing else, the Company hereby disclaims any and all liabilities whatsoever for the translation. The Chinese text of the Agenda shall govern any and all matters related to the interpretation of the subject matter stated herein.

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ACER INCORPORATED (THE "COMPANY") Regulations for the Conduct of Shareholders’ Meetings

  1. These Regulations shall govern the conduct of Shareholders’ Meetings of the Company.

  2. Each shareholder or his/her/its proxy attending the Shareholders’ Meeting shall sign the attendance card for their attendance. The number of shares in attendance of the Shareholders’ Meeting shall be calculated based upon the number of shares signed in according to the attendance cards so submitted.

The time during which shareholder attendance registrations will be accepted shall be at least 30 minutes prior to the time the meeting commences. The place at which attendance registrations are accepted shall be clearly marked and a sufficient number of suitable personnel assigned to handle the registrations. For virtual shareholders meetings, shareholders may begin to register on the virtual meeting platform 30 minutes before the meeting starts. Shareholders completing registration will be deemed as attend the shareholders meeting in person.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, shareholders wishing to attend the meeting online shall register with the Company two days before the meeting date.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company shall upload the meeting agenda book, annual report and other meeting materials to the virtual meeting platform at least 30 minutes before the meeting starts, and keep this information disclosed until the end of the meeting.

  1. The attendance and votes at the Shareholders’ Meeting shall be based upon the number of shares in attendance. The shares in attendance shall be calculated according to the shares indicated by the attendance book and attendance card handed in, and the shares checked in on the virtual meeting platform, plus the shares exercising voting right by the way of electronic transmission.

When shareholders exercise voting rights by correspondence or electronic means, unless they have withdrawn the declaration of intent and attended the shareholders meeting online, except for extraordinary motions, they will not exercise voting rights on the original proposals or make any amendments to the original proposals or exercise voting rights on amendments to the original proposal.

On the day of a shareholders meeting, the Company shall compile in the prescribed format a statistical statement of the number of shares obtained by solicitors through solicitation, the number of shares represented by proxies and the number of shares represented by shareholders attending the meeting by correspondence or electronic means, and shall make an express

disclosure of the same at the place of the shareholders meeting. In the event a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company shall upload the above meeting materials to the virtual meeting platform at least 30 minutes before the meeting starts, and keep this information disclosed until the end of the meeting.

During the Company’s virtual shareholders meeting, when the meeting is called to order, the total number of shares represented at the meeting shall be disclosed on the virtual meeting platform. The same shall apply whenever the total number of shares represented at the meeting and a new tally of votes is released during the meeting.

  1. The Shareholders’ Meeting shall be held at the location of the Company, or a place which is convenient for the shareholders to attend and proper for holding such meeting. The Shareholders’ Meeting shall be held no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 3 p.m. on the designated meeting date.

Full consideration shall be given to the opinions of the independent directors with respect to the place and time of the meeting.

The restrictions on the place of the meeting shall not apply when the Company convenes a virtual-only shareholders meeting.

When the Company convenes a virtual-only shareholders meeting, both the chair and secretary shall be in the same location domestically, and the chair shall declare the address of their location when the meeting is called to order.

  1. The Shareholders’ Meeting shall be called by the Board of Directors. The chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside over the meeting. If the chairman of the Board of Directors takes a leave or is not available for the meeting then the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors shall act on his/her behalf to preside over the meeting. If neither the chairman nor the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors is available for the meeting, or no vice-chairman is elected, the chairman shall designate a director of the Board of Directors to act on his/ her behalf to preside over the meeting. The Board of Directors shall elect a director to act on the chairman’s behalf if the chairman does not appoint a designee. In the event that a Shareholders’ Meeting is called by a person other than the Board of Directors who is entitled by law to call a Shareholders’ Meeting, that person shall preside over the meeting.

  2. The Company may designate attorneys, certified-public-accountants, or relevant personnel to attend the Shareholders’ Meeting.

  3. The Company, beginning from the time it accepts shareholder attendance registrations, shall make an

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uninterrupted audio and video recording of the registration procedure, the proceedings of the shareholders meeting, and the voting and vote counting procedures.

The recorded materials of the preceding paragraph shall be retained for at least one year. If, however, a shareholder files a lawsuit pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, the recording shall be retained until the conclusion of the litigation.

  • Where a shareholders meeting is held online, the Company shall keep records of shareholder registration, sign-in, check-in, questions raised, votes cast and results of votes counted by the Company, and continuously audio and video record, without interruption, the proceedings of the virtual meeting from beginning to end.

  • The information and audio and video recording in the preceding paragraph shall be properly kept by the Company during the entirety of its existence, and copies of the audio and video recording shall be provided to and kept by the party appointed to handle matters of the virtual meeting.

  • The person who presides over the Shareholders’ Meeting shall call the meeting in session at the designated time of the meeting. However, such person may announce a postponement of the meeting if at the designated time shares in attendance fail to exceed half of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Company. Such a postponement of meeting shall not be made more than two times, with postponement(s) limiting to one hour in aggregate. If, after second such postponement, shares in attendance are less than a quorum but more than one-thirds of the total issued and outstanding shares, the shareholders may proceed with such meeting pursuant to Article 175 of the Company Act to adopt provisional resolutions. Before the meeting is adjourned, if shares in attendance have reached a required quorum, the person presiding over the meeting may, pursuant to Article 174 of the Company Act, submit those provisional resolutions so adopted for a final resolution at the meeting.

  • If Shareholders’ Meeting is called by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall set the agenda of the meeting. The meeting shall proceed in accordance with the agenda so set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise changed by a resolution adopted at the meeting. During the meeting, the person presiding over the meeting may allocate an appropriate amount of time for recess. Unless otherwise adopted by a resolution, the person presiding over the meeting may not adjourn the meeting prior to the end of the agenda of the meeting. If the person presiding over the meeting declares the adjournment of the meeting in a manner in violation of the applicable rules governing the proceedings of meetings, a new chairman of the meeting may be elected by a resolution adopted by a majority of the voting rights represented by the shareholders attending said meeting to continue the proceeding of the meeting.

  • A shareholder in attendance who wishes to make an oral statement at the Shareholders’ Meeting shall first submit an oral statement form, stating the gist of his/ her statement, his/her name and shareholder’s account number. The person presiding over the meeting shall determine the order to make such oral statements. Shareholder in attendance who submits an oral statement form but fail to make an oral statement shall be deemed to have not made any statement. In the event of any conflict between the contents of the oral statement form and the actual oral statement, the actual oral statement shall prevail. No shareholders shall interfere with the shareholder who is making oral statement in any way unless the chairman of the meeting or the speaking shareholder gives his/her consent. The person presiding over the meeting shall stop any such interference.

  • Where a virtual shareholders meeting is convened, shareholders attending the virtual meeting online may raise questions in writing at the virtual meeting platform from the chair declaring the meeting open until the chair declaring the meeting adjourned. No more than two questions for the same proposal may be raised. Each question shall contain no more than 200 words. The regulations in the preceding paragraph do not apply.

  • Unless otherwise approved by the person presiding over the meeting, each shareholder may make oral statements only twice for a same proposal or addressing matter under deliberation; and the length each oral statement shall not exceed 5 minutes. Otherwise, the person presiding over the meeting may stop the shareholder from making further statements.

  • A legal entity acting as a proxy for a shareholder to attend the meeting may appoint only one representative to attend the meeting. If more than one representatives are appointed by such legal entity to attend the meeting, only one person elected among them may make oral statements on the same proposal.

  • The person presiding over the meeting may reply to the oral statements, or may designate appropriate person to reply to the oral statements made by shareholders in attendance.

  • The person presiding over the meeting may declare the suspension of discussing of a proposal as he/she may deem appropriate and may submit the proposal for adopting a resolution.

  • The person presiding over the meeting shall appoint persons among the shareholders in attendance to supervise the voting process. The person presiding over the meeting shall also appoint persons to count the votes. The result of the voting shall be announced immediately, and a record of the same shall be made accordingly.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company shall disclose real-time results of votes and election immediately after the end of the voting session on the virtual meeting platform according to the regulations, and this disclosure shall continue at least

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  • 15 minutes after the chair has announced the meeting adjourned.

  • Unless otherwise provided for in the Company Act or the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, a proposal may be adopted as a resolution by a majority of the shares in attendance voting in favor thereof. A resolution shall be deemed adopted if no opposition is raised when the person presiding over the meeting makes an oral inquiry to the shareholders concerning the acceptance of the same, and such resolution shall have the same effect as a voting by ballot.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, votes shall be counted at once after the chair announces the voting session ends, and results of votes and elections shall be announced immediately

  1. The person presiding over the meeting shall determine the order of voting on amendment proposals or substituted proposals accompanying with their original proposals. As soon as one of those proposals is adopted as a resolution, other proposals in conflict regarding the same matter shall be deemed denied and shall require no further voting.

  2. The person presiding over the meeting may direct monitors (or security guards) to maintain order at the meeting. Monitors (or security guards) shall wear a badge marked “SECURITY” or “MONITOR” when performing their duties at the meetings.

  3. In the event of force majeure during the meeting, the person presiding over the meeting may suspend a meeting and may announce at a later time when the meeting shall be resumed as he/she deems appropriate; or the shareholders shall make a resolution at the meeting to resume the meeting within 5 days without the need to make any further written notices or published announcements to shareholders.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, when declaring the meeting open, the chair shall also declare, unless under a circumstance where a meeting is not required to be postponed to or resumed at another time under Article 44-20 of the Regulations Governing the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies, if the virtual meeting platform or participation in the virtual meeting is obstructed due to force majeure events before the chair has announced the meeting adjourned, and the obstruction continues for more than 30 minutes, the meeting shall be postponed to or resumed on another date, in which case Article 182 of the Company Act shall not apply.

For a meeting to be postponed or resumed as described in the preceding paragraph, shareholders who have not registered to participate in the affected shareholders meeting online shall not attend the postponed or resumed session.

fully signed in the meeting, but do not attend the postpone or resumed session, at the affected shareholders meeting, shall be counted towards the total number of shares, number of voting rights and number of election rights represented at the postponed or resumed session.

During a postponed or resumed session of a shareholders meeting held under the preceding paragraph, no further discussion or resolution is required for proposals for which votes have been cast and counted and results have been announced, or list of elected directors and supervisors.

When the Company convenes a hybrid shareholders meeting, and the virtual meeting cannot continue as described in second paragraph, if the total number of shares represented at the meeting, after deducting those represented by shareholders attending the virtual shareholders meeting online, still meets the minimum legal requirement for a shareholder meeting, then the shareholders meeting shall continue, and not postponement or resumption thereof under the second paragraph is required.

Under the circumstances where a meeting should continue as in the preceding paragraph, the shares represented by shareholders attending the virtual meeting online shall be counted towards the total number of shares represented by shareholders present at the meeting, provided these shareholders shall be deemed abstaining from voting on all proposals on meeting agenda of that shareholders meeting.

  1. The applicable provisions of the Company Act, the relevant regulations and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation shall govern any matter not provided herein.

  2. These Regulations and any amendments thereto, shall become effective upon approval by the shareholders.

  3. Approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on May 15, 1990.

  4. First Amendment approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 26, 1996.

Second Amendment approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on May 29, 1998.

Third Amendment approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on June 11, 2003.

Fourth Amendment approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on June 15, 2012.

Fifth Amendment approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting held on June 10, 2022.

For a meeting to be postponed or resumed under the second paragraph, the number of shares represented by, and voting rights and election rights exercised by the shareholders who have registered to participate in the affected shareholders meeting and have success-

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. Meeting Agenda

B. Attachment

C. Appendix

1. Report Items 7
2. Proposed Items for Ratification and Discussion 8
3. Extemporary Motion 13
1. Business Report for the Year 2023 14
2. Audit Committee Report 16
3. The Status of Shareholders’ Diversification of Acer Subsidiaries' Shares
Is Planned to Be Listed on TWSE or TPEX
17
4. The Issuance of Unsecured Corporate Bonds 18
5. Financial Statements for the Year 2023 19
6. Profit Distribution Statement for the Year 2023 41
7. Before and Revision Chart of Acer Incorporated Articles of Incorporation 42
8. Before and Revision Chart of Acer Incorporated Procedures Governing
Acquiring or Disposing of Assets
43
9. Before and Revision Chart of Acer Incorporated Procedures Governing
Lending of Capital to Other
44
1. Articles of Incorporation of Acer Incorporated (Upon Being Amended) 48
2. Acer Incorporated Procedures Governing Acquiring or Disposing of As-
sets (Upon Being Amended)
53
3. Acer Incorporated Procedures Governing Lending of Capital to Other
(Upon Being Amended)
64
4. Impact of Stock Dividend Issuance on the Company’s Business Perfor-
mance, Earnings per Share and Shareholder Return Rate
68
5. Shareholdings of All Directors 69

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Meeting Agenda

Time: 9:00 a.m., Friday, May 31, 2024

Venue: Aspire Resort

(No. 428, Kewang Rd., Longtan District, Taoyuan City)

Type: Physical Shareholders' Meeting

1. Report Items

  • (1) Business Report for the Year 2023

  • (2) Audit Committee Report

  • (3) Report on the Distribution of Cash Dividend, Execution of Employees’ Profit Sharing Bonus and Board Directors’ Compensation for the Year 2023

  • (4) Report on the Status of Shareholders’ Diversification of Acer Subsidiaries’ Shares is Planned to be Listed on TWSE or TPEX

  • (5) Report on the Unsecured Corporate Bonds of Acer Inc.

2. Proposed Items for Ratification and Discussion

  • (1) Ratification Proposal of the Financial Statements, Business Report and Profit Distribution Statement for the Year 2023

  • (2) Proposal of the Amendments to Articles of Incorporation

  • (3) Proposal of the Amendments to Acer’s Internal Rules:

  • i. Procedures for Acquiring or Disposing of Assets

  • ii Procedures Governing Lending of Capital to Others

  • (4) To Approve the Listing Application of the Company’s Subsidiary, Winking Studios Limited, on the Overseas Stock Market

3. Extemporary Motion

4. Meeting Adjourned

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1. Report Items

  • (1) Business Report for the Year 2023

Explanatory Notes: Please refer to Attachment 1, pages 14 to 15.

  • (2) Audit Committee Report

Explanatory Notes: Please refer to Attachment 2, page 16.

  • (3) Report on the Distribution of Cash Dividend, Execution of Employees’ Profit Sharing Bonus and Board Directors’ Compensation for the Year 2023

Explanatory Notes:

  • i. Distribution of Cash Dividend

    • (i) Pursuant to Article 21 of the Article of Incorporation, the distributable dividends and bonuses in whole or in part will be paid in cash by this Company after a resolution has been adopted by a majority vote at a meeting of the Board of Directors attended by two-thirds of the total number of directors; and in addition thereto a report of such distribution shall be submitted to the shareholders’ meeting.

    • (ii) The total accumulative earnings available for appropriation is NT$7,349,155,837, and plan to distribute the cash dividend of NT$4,876,566,124 to the shareholders whose names and respective shares are in the shareholders’ register on the record date for ex-dividend, at a preliminary ratio of NT$1.6 per share (Rounded down to NT$1 and the residue will be calculated and booked as the Company’s other income).

    • (iii) The record date for ex-dividend is temporarily set on June 26, 2024, and the distribution date is set on July 25, 2024. Should the dates above be adjusted due to the amendment of laws or regulations, or request by competent authorities, the Chairman is authorized with full power to adjust accordingly.

  • ii. Execution of Employees’ Profit Sharing Bonus and Board Directors’ Compensation

    • (i) The Board of Directors approved the proposal of employees’ 2023 profit sharing bonus and Board Directors’ compensation on March 14, 2024. The employees’ profit sharing bonus and Board Directors’ compensation are to be distributed in cash.

    • (ii) The total amount of employees’ 2023 profit sharing bonus is NT$470,000,000.

    • (iii) The total amount of Board Directors’ 2023 compensation is NT$4,000,000.

  • (4) Report on the status of shareholders diversification of Acer subsidiaries’ shares is planned to be listed on TWSE or TPEX

Explanatory Notes: Please refer to Attachment 3, page 17.

  • (5) Report on the Unsecured Corporate Bonds of Acer Inc.

Explanatory Notes: Please refer to Attachment 4, page 18.

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2. Proposed Items for Ratification and Discussion

Item 1

Proposal: Ratification Proposal of the Financial Statements, Business Report and Profit Distribution Statement for the Year 2023. (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanatory Notes:

  • (1) The Company’s Financial Statements for the year 2023, including Balance Sheets, Statements of Comprehensive Income, Statements of Changes in Equity and Statements of Cash Flow have been audited by CPA Wei-Ming Shih and CPA Ching-Wen Kao of KPMG.

  • (2) The Business Report for the year 2023, the aforementioned financial statements and Profit Distribution Statement for the year 2023 are attached hereto as Attachment 1, pages 14 to 15 and Attachment 5~6, pages 19 to 41, which have been approved by the Audit Committee and by the Board of Directors via resolution.

  • (3) Please ratify.

Resolution:

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Item 2

Proposal: Proposal of the Amendments to Articles of Incorporation. (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanatory Notes:

  • (1) To comply with the National Communications Commission’s abolishment of the business permit requirement for Type II Telecommunications Enterprises and the amendments to the List of Codes of Business Activities of Companies, it is proposed to revise certain contents of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. Please refer to Attachment 7, page 42, for “Comparison Table of Acer’s Articles of Incorporation Before and After Revision”.

  • (2) Please discuss.

Resolution:

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Item 3

Proposal: Proposal of the Amendments to Acer’s Internal Rules: (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

i. Procedures for Acquiring or Disposing of Assets

ii Procedures Governing Lending of Capital to Others

Explanatory Notes:

  • (1) For the Company’s subsidiary potential capital increase requirements in the future, it is proposed to raise the limit of the Company’s total investment amount in a single subsidiary and revise certain contents of Procedures for Acquiring or Disposing of Assets for increasing the upper limit for investment amount in securities.

  • (2) Considering of the applicable regulations and actual operation needs, it is proposed to review certain contents of Procedures Governing Lending of Capital to Others. Revision points are as follows:

  • i. In order to enhance control, the loans to the enterprises which the Company has business transactions is deleted, and the loans with joint ventures which may have the short-term funding needs is added for actual needs. Adjustments will also be made to the related loan amount.

  • ii. Parent-subsidiary relationships and joint ventures is defined in accordance with Guidelines for Handling Fund Loans and Endorsement Guarantees of Publicly Issued Companies and the Financial Reporting Standards for Securities Issuers.

  • iii. The upper limit to the loan amount will be set based on a certain proportion of the net worth of borrowing party.

  • (3) The before and after revision chart for the aforementioned internal rules are attached hereto as Attachments 8 and 9, pages 43 to 47.

  • (4) Please discuss.

Resolution:

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Item 4

Proposal: To Approve the Listing Application of the Company’s Subsidiary, Winking Studios Limited, on the Overseas Stock Market. (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

Explanatory Notes:

  • (1) The Company’s 2023 GSM has approved its subsidiary, Winking Studios Limited (hereinafter referred to as “WINKING”), to list on Singapore Exchange (Catalist) which was completed on November 20, 2023. For WINKING is proposed to apply dual listing on overseas stock market outside Singapore, the Company’s Audit Committee has deliberated the review in accordance with the relevant regulations of Taiwan Stock Exchange (“TWSE”).

  • (2) Purpose of applying for dual listing and trading in an overseas securities market: To expand fundraising and financing channels and enhance the opportunities for M&A and investment in superior gaming art production and game development opportunities, thereby bolstering the WINKING’s global competitiveness, popularity and visibility. WINKING is considering seeking dual listing opportunities of its stock on appropriate overseas securities exchanges (hereinafter referred to as “‘WINKING Overseas Dual Listing”’).

  • (3) Impact on the finance, business and the proposed changes in the organizational structure and business on the Company:

  • i. The impact on financial operations: WINKING Overseas Dual Listing will increase and diversify fundraising channels, which will allow streamlined methods for raising funds required for its business operations, strengthening its financial profile and financing capabilities as well as attracting outstanding talent. Although Acer Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Company’) shareholding ratio in WINKING may be diluted due to comply with relevant legal requirements when applying for dual listing of its stock on securities exchanges outside of Singapore, it is expected that the Company, Acer Gaming Inc. (hereinafter referred to as ‘AGM’), and other subsidiaries of the Company will still collectively hold more than 50% of the total issued shares of WINKING or maintain ownership with control over WINKING. WINKING will continue to be a subsidiary in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Therefore, WINKING Overseas Dual Listing will have no adverse impact on the Company’s financial operations and is expected to have positive benefits.

  • ii. The impact on business operations: The Company is not engaged in the same business as its subsidiary, AGM and WINKING. AGM’s investment in acquiring shares of WINKING aims to continue deepening and expanding businesses related to the gaming sector, as AGM transitions from its current focus on gaming hardware and peripherals distribution to gaming content-related ventures. While there may be opportunities for collaboration in the future between the Company, AGM, and WINKING, each will continue to develop independently. Therefore, WINKING’s application for dual listing on other overseas securities exchanges will benefit the expansion of overseas businesses for subsidiary AGM and WINKING, without adversely affecting the Company’s operations.

  • iii. The impact of the proposed changes in the organizational structure and business: WINKING’s operational organizational structure and business have not been adjusted due to its overseas dual listing. However, in the future, WINKING may establish branch offices in locations /countries where other overseas securities exchanges for planned dual listings are situated to meet business expansion needs. Regardless of whether branch offices are established in the future, it will not have a significant impact on the Company.

  • iv. In summary, WINKING Overseas Dual Listing will not have negative impact on the Company.

  • (4) The method of shareholding dispersal, proposed percentage of shareholding reduction and basis of price determination, and the parties to whom equities are to be assigned or specified persons being contacted:

  • i. Method of shareholding dispersal, proposed percentage of shareholding reduction and basis of price determination: In response to the equity dispersion required for WINKING Overseas Dual Listing, the issuance of new shares and the release of original shares by WINKING shareholders will be conducted in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and rules of the securities exchanges where the dual listing is sought, to comply with the de minimis requirements for equity dispersion.

The specific shareholding ratio of public shareholders and the issue price to meet the equity dispersion requirements will be made in accordance with the regulations of the securities exchanges where the listing is sought. The exact figures cannot be estimated at the moment, but it is expected that, if and when the WINKING Overseas Dual

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Listing is complete, the Company, AGM, and other subsidiaries will collectively hold more than 50% of WINKING’s shares or maintain ownership with control over WINKING.

  • ii. The person who will subscribe the new shares or will be transferred with the equity shall be qualified investors to comply with the local laws and regulations of the listing jurisdiction, the listing rules and the regulations of the securities regulatory authority.

  • (5) Any effect on the ongoing listing of the Company: If and when the WINKING Overseas Dual Listing is complete, the Taiwan Stock Exchange maintains its prerogative to review the Company’s continued listing in accordance with the relevant regulations of its review guidelines. Any disclosure of business and financial information in connection with WINKING’s overseas dual listing will comply and be in accordance with the relevant methods and regulations set out by the TWSE and will not affect the Company’s continued listing on the TWSE.

  • (6) Others:

  • i. The WINKING Overseas Dual Listing is still under evaluation and in the planning phase. There is uncertainty and unpredictability surrounding as whether the submission being executed and the occasion for submission, the time took to process the application, and whether the application being approved.

  • ii. To cope with the WINKING Overseas Dual Listing, it is proposed to the Company’s GSM to authorize its Board of Directors or person(s) authorized by the Board of Directors to adjust the execution depending on the actual situation, the opinions of relevant government authorities and the laws and regulations of the listing place, listing rules, and market conditions. Besides, the Company will assist and urge AGM (if necessary) to handle the matters related to the WINKING Overseas Dual Listing.

  • (7) Please discuss.

Resolution:

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3. Extemporary Motion

4. Meeting Adjourned

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Attachment 1

Business Report

Dear Shareholders,

Optimizing Operations and Capturing New Opportunities[[1] ]

Acer has seen its computer business move back on the right track with inventory under control around the middle of 2023. New usage models based on generative AI started to emerge, our strategy to expand multiple business engines continued to gain momentum, and considerable progress was made in our sustainability efforts for the environment.

Our fiscal 2023 results were: consolidated revenues of NT$241.31 billion, operating income of NT$4.23 billion, net income of NT$4.93 billion, and EPS of NT$1.64. Businesses other than computers and displays contributed around 27% of total group revenues, while three subsidiaries went public to reach a total of 12 public subsidiaries by the end of 2023.

In the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), we are investing in three areas: enhancing data quality such as data analytics, data cleanup and multiple site data backup; optimizing learning models such as medical image analysis for AI medical solutions; and application usages such as number or image recognition used in parking applications for smart cities. With an AI team at scale, Acer is already playing some essential roles in AI.

Making ESG a Sustainable Part of Acer and Investing in Smart Solutions

We announced our latest sustainability concepts and developments alongside COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, to attract global climate campaigners and leaders to visit Acer and learn what we are doing and the concepts we have for a better future. We also welcomed external parties’ oversight to help enhance our commitments and actions. Four lifestyle concepts proposed under the theme of ‘conscious technology’ designed and made with consideration for the future were exhibited – working, learning, moving, living – with products, services, and solutions by Acer and our subsidiaries that provide people with smart, low carbon, and conscious living.

Acer is accelerating its efforts in response to the climate urgency, as well as motivating and seizing new business opportunities. We have steadily expanded our Vero portfolio of eco-conscious products – including our first carbon-neutral laptop. Our investment in smart solutions include smart cities, smart lighting, smart parking and e-mobility, and smart medical. Investing in and using these solutions will help carbon reduction, save energy, and increase productivity. And we have started using biofuel in product transportation and are offering energy storage solutions across the supply chain, from household to industrial use, manufacturing to application, and front-of to behind-the-meter solutions to contribute to the energy transition.

Recognition of Our ESG Initiatives

Acer’s “Earthion” sustainability platform that unites employees and supply chain partners to tackle environmental challenges continues to gain in strength. We are committed to sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2035 and have pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. As one of the world’s top ICT companies, Acer seeks to amplify positive impacts on the environment through united actions; ahead of our target schedule, 80% of our critical suppliers have committed to 100% renewable electricity or set science-based carbon reduction targets. We will continue working toward the goal to use 20-30% post-consumer recycled plastic in its computers and monitors by 2025, for which 18.87% use was achieved in 2023.

Acer’s focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) through transparent reporting and initiatives under our Earthion mission has gained increasing global recognition and are instrumental in our inclusion in worldwide sustainability indices throughout 2023. Acer has been recognized and won major industry accolades. Acer was listed in the Top 5% of companies in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2023 for sustainable business practices. For the 10th consecutive year, the company was listed in both the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes, garnering the best rating of “AAA” in its category since 2021, and in the Dow

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Jones Sustainability Indices Emerging Markets Index. Furthermore, it was named among Forbes World’s Best Employers for the fourth consecutive year. For the second year, we were awarded an Ecovadis Platinum Medal that represents the sustainability rating’s highest recognition representing the top 1% of rated companies.

Remain Vigilant and Flexible to Respond to Potential Risks[[2]]

Acer will observe geopolitical and socioeconomic situations, inflation, and currency fluctuations to dynamically adjust business and operation strategies, including foreign exchange hedging to minimize risks, and optimize inventory levels. To counteract cyber security threats in the realms of AI and cloud services, Acer will continue to strengthen its global information security and comply with international laws and regulations on information privacy and security.

Our strategy to establish multiple business engines beyond existing boundaries, while emphasizing on sustainability, has provided Acer with more opportunities in the evolving industry dynamics and enhance our corporate resilience. Once again, we thank all our customers, shareholders, and employees for your support in 2023, and we look forward to an exciting future ahead.

Chairman of Board :

Jason Chen

Corporate Officers : Jason Chen Victor Chien Meggy Chen

Accounting Officer : Sophia Chen

[1] Annual business plan, future development strategy and business policy

[2] Impact from the macro market, governmental regulations, and business environment

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Attachment 2

Audit Committee Report

The Board of Directors has prepared the Company’s 2023 Business Report, Financial Statements, and the Proposal for Profit Distribution. The CPA Wei-Ming Shih and Ching-Wen Kao from KPMG were retained to audit Acer’s Financial Statements and have issued an audit report relating to the Financial Statements. The said Business Report, Financial Statements, and Profit Distribution Statement have been reviewed and determined to be correct and accurate by the Audit Committee of Acer Incorporated in accordance with Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act and Article 219 of the Company Act, I hereby submit this Report.

Acer Incorporated

Convener of the Audit Committee: Ching-Hsiang Hsu

March 14, 2024

[Additional Explanation] Communications between the Independent Directors and the Internal Auditors:

Except for reporting the internal audit performances to independent directors every month, the Company’s Internal Auditing Officer may present the internal audit report in Audit Committee quarterly and will immediately report to the members of the Audit Committee if any special matter happens.

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Attachment 3

The Status of Shareholders Diversification of Acer Subsidiaries' Shares Are Planned to Be Listed on TWSE or TPEX

•[Acer Synergy Manpower Corp. (7706.TW; Former Name: ISU Service Corp, “ASM”)]

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Date 2023.6
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Date 2023.6
Purpose and Mode To increase capital in cash for operation needs
ASM Issue (Transfer) Shares 8,000,000 shares
Issue (Transfer) Price NT$ 13
Date of Audit Committee approved 2023.3.16
Date of Board approved 2023.3.16
Date of Shareholder meeting approved -
Subscriber/Transferee Acer shareholders
Number of shares 1,361,893 shares (Note1)
Acer’s Shareholdings before share-release 0% (Note2)
Acer’s Shareholdings after share-release 0% (Note2)
Bases of share price CPA report to the share price
Impact on Acer shareholders Not harm to shareholders’ rights and interests

Note 1: The board of directors of Acer Synergy Tech Corp. resolved to release a portion of Acer Synergy Manpower Corp.’s cash capital increase for subscription (2,400,000 shares) to its shareholders (each ordinary share is entitled to subscribe for 0.12 shares of Acer Synergy Manpower Corp.). At that time, the Company held a total of 11,349,112 shares of Acer Synergy Tech Corp., and is entitled to subscribe for 1,361,893 shares.

Note 2: The Company doesn’t directly own Acer Synergy Manpower Corp.’s shares. The waived subscription shares as aforementioned will be subscribed by the Company’s shareholders and the specific subscriber contacted by Acer Synergy Tech Corp. The specific subscriber will be, in general, the employees of subsidiaries which plan to be offered by public market, the employees of group companies, and a strategy investor or a financial investor who will benefit the Company’s development.

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Attachment 4

The Issuance of Unsecured Corporate Bonds

On March 16, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors resolved to authorize the Chairman to raise up to a total of NT$10 billion by issuing unsecured corporate bonds in the domestic market, either in one or multiple times, subject to market conditions and with the principle that the bonds should have a maturity of no more than 10 years. However, this plan was not executed after considering (1) the overall operating conditions of the Company, (2) the funds to support emerging businesses, planed listing subsidiaries and other investments shall still be sufficient, and (3) the changes in the international political and economic situation, the increase in market interest rates, and other uncertainties.

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Nevertheless, after evaluation of the future funding needs for the overall operation of the Company, the changes in international political and economic situations, and the increase in capital costs, the Company still has the demand for fundraising. Therefore, the Company’s Board of Directors passed a resolution to issue domestic unsecured corporate bonds in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Company Act, Securities Exchange Act, and Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Securities Issuers on March 14, 2024. The main terms and conditions of the proposed issuance are as follows:

  • (1) The total issue amount: No more than NT$10,000,000,000 and issued at one time or separately

  • (2) Issuance period: To be decided based on market condition, but no longer than 10 years

  • (3) Face value per bond: NT$1,000,000

  • (4) Issue price: At face value

  • (5) Coupon rate: Fixed coupon rate, to be determined on market condition

  • (6) Calculation and repayment of interest: From the issue date, interest will be paid once a year based on the coupon rate.

  • (7) Repayment of Principal: Principal can be repaid in several installments or in a lump sum at maturity

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Attachment 5

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Independent Auditors’ Report

To the Board of Directors Acer Incorporated:

Opinion

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries, which comprise the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the consolidated statement 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 material accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, 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 with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“ IFRSs” ), International Accounting Standards (“ IASs” ), and interpretations developed by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”) or the former Standing Interpretations Committee (“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 Financial Statement Audit and Attestation Engagements of Certified Public Accountants and Standards on Auditing of 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 Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries 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 of 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 of the current period. 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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Key audit matters for the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 are stated as follows:

1. Revenue recognition

Refer to Note 4(p) for the accounting policies on recognizing revenue and Note 5(a) for uncertainty of accounting estimations and assumptions for sales allowances, respectively, to the consolidated financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries engaged primarily in the sale of brand-name IT products. Revenue is recognized depending on the various trade terms agreed with customers. This exposes Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries to the risk that the sales transactions made close to the balance sheet date are not recorded in the appropriate period. Furthermore, the accrual of sales allowances based on business practice is subject to management’s judgment, which involves significant uncertainty. Consequently, the revenue recognition and accrual of sales allowances have been identified as one of the key audit matters.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matters above, we have performed certain audit procedures including, among others, testing the design and operating effectiveness of Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries’ internal controls over the timing of revenue recognition; performing a sample test of sales transactions taking place before and after the balance sheet date to ensure that revenue was recognized in the appropriate period; assessing the methodology used by management in estimating sales allowances, including the reasonableness of key assumptions; and inspecting the historical payments of sales allowances to evaluate the reasonableness of the sales allowances estimated by management.

  1. Valuation of inventories

Refer to Note 4(h) for the accounting policies on inventory valuation, Note 5(b) for uncertainty of accounting estimations and assumptions for inventory valuation and Note 6(f) for the details of the write-down of inventories, respectively, to the consolidated financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Due to the rapid innovation of the information technology products and fierce market competition, Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries’ product price may fluctuate rapidly. Furthermore, the stocks for products and key components may exceed customers’ demands thus becoming obsolete. These factors expose Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries to significant level of uncertainty particularly in the area of estimating net realizable value, which is subject to management’s judgments. Therefore, the valuation of inventories has been identified as one of the key audit matters.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matter above, we have performed certain audit procedures including, among others, evaluating whether valuation of inventories was accounted for in accordance with Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries’ accounting policies; obtaining the inventory aging report, analyzing the fluctuation of inventory aging and selecting samples to verify the accuracy of inventory aging classification; and testing the net realizable value of inventories to evaluate the reasonableness of inventory provisions.

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3. Impairment of goodwill

Refer to Note 4(n) for the accounting policies on impairment of non-financial assets, Note 5(c) for uncertainty of accounting estimations and assumptions for goodwill impairment and Note 6(l) for the evaluation of goodwill impairment, respectively, to the consolidated financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

Goodwill arising from acquisition of subsidiaries is subject to impairment test annually or at the time there are indications that goodwill may have been impaired. The assessment of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit of goodwill involves management’s judgment and estimation with respect to the future cash flows and key assumptions which are complex and involve significant uncertainty. Accordingly, the assessment of impairment of goodwill has been identified as one of the key audit matters.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matter above, we have performed certain audit procedures including, among others, assessing the basis used by management for identifying the cash-generating units and whether book value of assets belonging to respective cash-generating units have been completely covered; assessing the appropriateness of the valuation method and key assumptions (in particular projected sales growth rate and weighted-average cost of capital) used by the management in measuring the recoverable amount; assessing the historical reasonableness of management’s estimates of financial forecasts, and performing a sensitivity analysis to assess the impact of variations in key assumptions. In addition to the above audit procedures, we have also involved a valuation specialist to evaluate the appropriateness of the weighted-average cost of capital used and its underlying assumptions; and inspecting the adequacy disclosures of related information on impairment evaluation of goodwill.

Other Matter

Acer Incorporated has additionally prepared its parent-company-only financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, on which we have issued an unmodified audit opinion.

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 with the IFRSs, IASs, 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 Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries’ 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 Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance (including members of the Audit Committee) are responsible for overseeing Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries’ 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 auditor’s 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 Standards on Auditing of 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 Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  1. 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.

  2. 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 Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries’ internal control.

  3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

  4. 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 Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries’ 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 Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries to cease to continue as a going concern.

  5. 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.

  6. Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within Acer Incorporated and its subsidiaries 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.

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.

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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 of the current period 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 audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Shih, Wei-Ming and Kao, Ching-Wen.

KPMG

Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) March 14, 2024

Notes to Readers

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are intended only to present the consolidated financial position, financial performance and cash flows in accordance with the 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 accepted and applied in the Republic of China.

The independent auditors’ report and the accompanying consolidated financial statements are the English translation of the Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between, or any difference in the interpretation of the English and Chinese language independent auditors’ report and consolidated financial statements, the Chinese version shall prevail.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31, 2023 and 2022

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

December 31, 2023
Assets
Amount
%
Current assets:
1100
Cash and cash equivalents (note 6(a))
$ 48,134,128
23
1110
Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss-
current (note 6(b))
140,558
-
1137
Financial assets measured at amortized cost-current (note 6(f))
461,025
-
1140
Contract assets-current (note 6(y))
701,205
-
1170
Notes and accounts receivable, net (notes 6(c) & (y))
52,194,191
25
1180
Accounts receivable from related parties (notes 6(c) & (y) and 7)
114,041
-
1200
Other receivables (note 7)
981,335
-
1220
Current income tax assets
348,843
-
130X
Inventories (note 6(d))
43,553,072
22
1476
Other financial assets-current (notes 6(a) and 8)
6,885,203
3
1479
Other current assets (note 6(m))
4,052,437
2
Total current assets
157,566,038
75
Non-current assets:
1517
Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive
income-non-current (note 6(e))
11,901,429
6
1535
Financial assets measured at amortized cost-non-current (note
6(f))
4,214,559
2
1550
Investments accounted for using the equity method (note 6(g))
1,391,943
1
1600
Property, plant and equipment (notes 6(i) and 8)
4,423,825
2
1755
Right-of-use assets (note 6(j))
1,924,650
1
1760
Investment property (note 6(k))
861,680
-
1780
Intangible assets (note 6(l))
18,855,332
9
1840
Deferred income tax assets (note 6(u))
3,784,322
2
1980
Other financial assets-non-current (note 8)
1,133,805
1
1990
Other non-current assets (note 6(m))
2,676,263
1
Total non-current assets
51,167,808
25
Total assets
$ 208,733,846
100
December 31, 2022
Amount
%
46,842,902
25
935,122
1
-
-
523,881
-
51,322,037
27
41,821
-
441,720
-
354,479
-
42,213,077
22
345,879
-
3,636,107
2
146,657,025
77
7,603,961
4
797,782
-
1,174,374
1
4,298,887
2
1,969,364
1
831,925
1
18,530,591
10
3,705,388
2
1,082,824
1
2,387,598
1
42,382,694
23
189,039,719
100

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Continued)

December 31, 2023 and 2022

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
2100
Short-term borrowings (notes 6(n) and 8)
2120
Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss-
current (note 6(b))
2130
Contract liabilities-current (note 6(y))
2170
Notes and accounts payable (note 7)
2200
Other payables (notes 6(z) and 7)
2230
Current tax liabilities
2250
Provisions-current (notes 6(r) and 9)
2280
Lease liabilities-current (note 6(q))
2322
Current portion of long-term debt (notes 6(o) and 8)
2365
Refund liabilities-current
2399
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
Non-current liabilities:
2500
Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss-
non-current (note 6(b))
2527
Contract liabilities-non-current (note 6(y))
2531
Bonds payable (note 6(p))
2540
Long-term debt (notes 6(o) and 8)
2550
Provisions-non-current (notes 6(r) and 9)
2570
Deferred income tax liabilities (note 6(u))
2580
Lease liabilities-non-current (note 6(q))
2600
Other non-current liabilities
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Equity (notes 6(e), (g), (h) and (v)):
3110
Common stock
3200
Capital surplus
3300
Retained earnings
3400
Other equity
3500
Treasury stock
Equity attributable to shareholders of the Parent
36XX
Non-controlling interests
Total equity
Total liabilities and equity
December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Amount
%
1,652,086
1
1,015,407
-
2,985,415
2
31,549,698
17
35,449,182
19
3,247,082
2
6,916,990
3
613,263
-
58,017
-
14,722,275
8
1,314,317
1
99,523,732
53
4,850
-
829,346
-
10,000,000
5
104,476
-
15,296
-
5,025,255
3
1,495,786
1
1,606,783
1
19,081,792
10
118,605,524
63
30,478,538
16
27,795,883
15
14,897,145
8
(4,309,253)
(2)
(2,914,856)
(2)
65,947,457
35
4,486,738
2
70,434,195
37
189,039,719
100

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except for Earnings Per Share)

4000
Net revenue (notes 6(y), 7 and 14)
5000
Cost of revenue (notes 6(d), (i), (j), (l), (q),(r), (t) & (z), 7 and 12)
Gross profit
Operating expenses (notes 6(c), (i), (j), (k), (l), (q),(r),(s), (t), (w) & (z), 7 and 12):
6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative expenses
6300
Research and development expenses
Total operating expenses
6500
Other operating income and expenses, net (notes 6(s)&(aa) and 7)
Operating income
Non-operating income and loss:
7100
Interest income (note 6(ab))
7010
Other income (note 6(ab))
7020
Other gains and losses (notes 6(g), (l), (ab)&(ac) and 7)
7050
Finance costs (notes 6(q) & (ab))
7060
Share of profits of associates and joint ventures (note 6(g))
Total non-operating income and loss
7900
Income before taxes
7950
Income tax expense(note 6(u))
Net income
Other comprehensive income (loss)(notes 6 (e), (g), (t), (u) & (v)):
8310
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
8311
Remeasurements of defined benefit plans
8316
Unrealized gains (losses) from investments in equity instruments measured at fair value through
other comprehensive income
8320
Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates
8349
Income tax related to items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Total items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
8360
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
8361
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
8370
Share of other comprehensive gains (losses) of associates
8399
Income tax related to items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Total items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Other comprehensive income, net of taxes
Total comprehensive income for the year
Net income attributable to:
8610
Shareholders of the Parent
8620
Non-controlling interests
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
8710
Shareholders of the Parent
8720
Non-controlling interests
Earnings per share (in New Taiwan dollars) (note 6(x)):
9750
Basic earnings per share
9850
Diluted earnings per share
2023 %
100
(89)
11
(6)
(2)
(1)
(9)
-
2
1
-
-
-
-
1
3
(1)
2
-
3
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
3
5
2
-
2
5
-
5
1.64
1.64
2022
Amount
%
275,423,744
100
(245,679,257)
(89)
29,744,487
11
(15,679,457)
(5)
(4,826,563)
(2)
(2,448,843)
(1)
(22,954,863)
(8)
138,073
-
6,927,697
3
535,746
-
556,176
-
(72,937)
-
(193,684)
-
120,823
-
946,124
-
7,873,821
3
(2,270,529)
(1)
5,603,292
2
587,280
-
(1,221,882)
-
(13)
-
(34,430)
-
(669,045)
-
4,596,636
1
234
-
-
-
4,596,870
1
3,927,825
1
9,531,117
3
5,003,688
2
599,604
-
5,603,292
2
8,930,204
3
600,913
-
9,531,117
3
1.67
Amount
$ 241,308,142
(215,484,917)
25,823,225
(14,204,313)
(5,335,136)
(2,118,397)
(21,657,846)
60,032
4,225,411
2,059,695
484,476
1,265,856
(283,478)
46,835
3,573,384
7,798,795
(2,167,631)
5,631,164
(35,982)
7,812,351
84
3,280
7,779,733
408,596
(568)
-
408,028
8,187,761
$
13,818,925
$ 4,931,944
699,220
$
5,631,164
$ 13,141,580
677,345
$
13,818,925
$
$
1.65

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Total equity 66,022,943 5,603,292 3,927,825 9,531,117 - - (6,949,107) 107,298 (11,367) - 22,986 - - 20,757 278,873 1,616,281 (207,441) - 1,855 70,434,195 5,631,164 8,187,761 13,818,925 - - (4,571,781) 70,119 275,197 1,640 - 84,859 - - 5,671 220,553 429,281 (426,594) - - 80,342,065
Non- controlling interests 2,346,227 599,604 1,309 600,913 - - - - (8,621) (166,459) 22,986 (12,345) (2,083) 18,407 278,873 1,616,281 (207,441) - - 4,486,738 699,220 (21,875) 677,345 - - - - - - 119,222 84,859 19,538 (252) 4,851 220,553 429,281 (426,594) - - 5,615,541
Total equity attributable to shareholders of the parent 63,676,716 5,003,688 3,926,516 8,930,204 - - (6,949,107) 107,298 (2,746) 166,459 - 12,345 2,083 2,350 - - - - 1,855 65,947,457 4,931,944 8,209,636 13,141,580 - - (4,571,781) 70,119 275,197 1,640 (119,222) - (19,538) 252 820 - - - - - 74,726,524
Treasury stock (2,914,856) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (2,914,856) - - - - - - - 202,082 - - - - - - - - - - - (2,712,774)
Total (8,287,624) - 3,926,516 3,926,516 - - - - - 12,394 - - (6,219) - - - - 43,825 1,855 (4,309,253) - 8,209,636 8,209,636 - - - - - - (2,107) - - - - - - - (3,212,026) (21,652) 664,598
(English Translation of Consolidated Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese) ACER INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars) Attributable to shareholders of the Parent Retained earnings
Other equity
Unrealized gain (loss) from financial assets measured at fair Foreign
value through
Unappropriated
currency
other
Remeasurements
Capital
Legal
Special
retained
translation
comprehensive
of defined benefit
surplus
reserve
reserve
earnings
Total
differences
income
plans
27,514,269
1,456,427
4,833,750
10,596,212
16,886,389
(8,805,597)
746,183
(228,210)
-
-
-
5,003,688
5,003,688
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,595,828
(1,204,929)
535,617
-
-
-
5,003,688
5,003,688
4,595,828
(1,204,929)
535,617
-
1,058,914
-
(1,058,914)
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,564,442
(2,564,442)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(6,949,107)
(6,949,107)
-
-
-
107,298
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(2,746)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
154,065
-
-
-
-
(287)
5,195
7,486
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,345
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,302
-
-
-
-
(11,702)
-
5,483
2,350
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(43,825)
(43,825)
-
43,825
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,855
-
-
27,795,883
2,515,341
7,398,192
4,983,612
14,897,145
(4,219,903)
(409,726)
320,376
-
-
-
4,931,944
4,931,944
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
421,565
7,813,884
(25,813)
-
-
-
4,931,944
4,931,944
421,565
7,813,884
(25,813)
-
495,986
-
(495,986)
-
-
-
-
-
-
(84,251)
84,251
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(4,571,781)
(4,571,781)
-
-
-
70,119
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
73,115
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,640
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(117,115)
-
-
-
-
(1,364)
(431)
(312)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(19,538)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
252
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
820
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,212,026
3,212,026
-
(3,212,026)
-
-
-
-
21,652
21,652
-
(21,652)
-
27,805,176
3,011,327
7,313,941
8,165,718
18,490,986
(3,799,702)
4,170,049
294,251
Common stock $ 30,478,538 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30,478,538 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $
30,478,538
Balance at January 1, 2022 Net income for the period Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period Appropriation and distribution of retained earnings: Legal reserve Special reserve Cash dividends Adjustments of capital surplus for the cash dividends distributed to subsidiaries Share of changes in equity of associates Change in ownership interests in subsidiaries Acquisition or disposal of interests in subsidiaries Difference between consideration and carrying amount of subsidiaries acquired or disposed Organizational restructuring under common control Stock option compensation cost of subsidiaries Acquisition of subsidiaries Increase in non-controlling interests Cash dividends paid to non-controlling interests by subsidiaries Disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income by subsidiaries Liquidation of subsidiaries Balance at December 31, 2022 Net income for the period Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period Appropriation and distribution of retained earnings: Legal reserve Reversal of special reserve Cash dividends Adjustments of capital surplus for the cash dividends distributed to subsidiaries Disposal of the Company’s share by subsidiaries recognized as treasury share transactions Share of changes in equity of associates Changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries Acquisition or disposal of interests in subsidiaries Difference between consideration and carrying amount of subsidiaries acquired or disposed Organizational restructuring under common control Stock option compensation cost of subsidiaries Acquisition of subsidiaries Increase in non-controlling interests Cash dividends paid to non-controlling interests by subsidiaries Disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income by the Company Disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income by subsidiaries Balance at December 31, 2023

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ACER INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Income before income tax
$ 7,798,795
Adjustments for:
Adjustments to reconcile profit or loss:
Depreciation
1,129,867
Amortization
646,315
Net loss on financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss
6,962
Effects of exchange rate changes on financial assets measured at amortized
cost
(2,448)
Interest expense
283,478
Interest income
(2,059,695)
Dividend income
(484,476)
Share-based compensation cost
5,671
Share of profits of associates and joint ventures
(46,835)
Gain on disposal of investments
(3,967)
Loss (gain) on disposal of equipment and intangible assets
(1,233)
Property, plant and equipment reclassified to cost
323
Impairment loss on non-financial assets
1
Reversal of impairment loss on non-financial assets
-
Gain on bargain purchase
(2,216)
Loss on liquidation of subsidiaries and other investments
-
Total adjustments for profit or loss
(528,253)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Changes in operating assets:
Derivative financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss
(154,704)
Contract assets
(147,583)
Notes and accounts receivable
(762,755)
Receivables from related parties
(68,125)
Inventories
(1,345,565)
Other receivables and other current assets
(802,331)
Other non-current assets
48,588
Changes in operating assets
(3,232,475)
Changes in operating liabilities:
Contract liabilities
37,990
Notes and accounts payable
13,039,769
Other payables and other current liabilities
(3,384,816)
Provisions
(454,602)
Refund liabilities
(753,994)
Other non-current liabilities
45,371
Changes in operating liabilities
8,529,718
Cash provided by operations
12,567,785
Interest received
1,910,847
Income taxes paid
(1,795,092)
Net cash flows provided by operating activities
12,683,540
2022
7,873,821
1,016,650
674,048
37,445
(57,817)
193,684
(535,746)
(556,176)
20,757
(120,823)
(8,121)
9,559
-
7,503
(30,048)
-
2,566
653,481
1,268,942
18,835
12,910,775
(40,492)
16,491,929
147,075
150,924
30,947,988
352,660
(26,389,589)
(2,705,802)
328,977
(1,406,701)
88,790
(29,731,665)
9,743,625
517,270
(4,326,459)
5,934,436

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

2023
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive
income
(845,063)
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through other
comprehensive income
4,356,887
Acquisition of financial assets measured at amortized cost
(3,859,633)
Acquisition of financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss
(74,724)
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through profit or
loss
775,088
Acquisition of investments accounted for using the equity method
(397,661)
Proceeds from disposal of investments accounted for using the equity method
-
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment and investment property
(516,266)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
54,517
Acquisition of intangible assets
(483,472)
Payment of contingent consideration arising from business combination or
investment in associates
(35,609)
Net cash inflow (outflow) from acquisition of subsidiaries
248,473
Increase in assets recognized from costs to fulfill contracts with customers
(558,479)
Decrease (increase) in other financial assets
(6,587,259)
Dividends received
557,384
Net cash flows used in investing activities
(7,365,817)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Increase in short-term borrowings
3,784,389
Decrease in short-term borrowings
(4,503,595)
Increase in long-term debt
1,500,000
Repayment of long-term debt
(63,652)
Payment of lease liabilities
(744,711)
Cash dividends
(4,501,662)
Proceeds from sale of treasury shares
275,197
Cash dividends paid to non-controlling interests by subsidiaries
(426,594)
Issuance of common stock by subsidiaries not subscribed by the Group
433,434
Acquisition of interests in subsidiaries
(28,613)
Proceeds from disposal of interests in subsidiaries (without losing control)
113,472
Interest paid
(277,876)
Net cash flows used in financing activities
(4,440,211)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes
413,714
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
1,291,226
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
46,842,902
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
48,134,128
2022
(978,681)
-
(739,775)
-
1,943,356
(150,125)
21,136
(475,429)
32,342
(395,832)
(37,534)
(418,436)
(356,804)
28,258
624,495
(903,029)
9,800,722
(9,434,416)
72,355
(34,561)
(652,218)
(6,841,809)
-
(207,441)
1,616,281
(21,930)
44,916
(181,155)
(5,839,256)
3,031,210
2,223,361
44,619,541
46,842,902

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Independent Auditors’ Report

To the Board of Directors Acer Incorporated:

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Acer Incorporated(“the Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the statement of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying parent-company-only financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the parent-company-only financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and its parent-company-only financial performance and its parent-company-only cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Financial Statement Audit and Attestation Engagements of Certified Public Accountants and Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company 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 of 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 parent-company-only financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the parent-company-only financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key audit matters for the Company’s parent-company-only financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 are stated as follows:

  1. Revenue recognition

Refer to Note 4(p) for the accounting policies on recognizing revenue, and Note 5(a) for uncertainty of accounting estimations and assumptions for sales allowances, respectively, to the parent-company-only financial statements.

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Description of key audit matter:

The Company engaged primarily in the sale of brand-name IT products. Revenue is recognized depending on the various trade terms agreed with customers. This exposes the Company to the risk that the sales transactions made close to the balance sheet date are not recorded in the appropriate period. Furthermore, the accrual of sales allowances based on business practice is subject to management’s judgment, which involves significant uncertainty. Consequently, the revenue recognition and accrual of sales allowances have been identified as one of the key audit matters.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matters above, we have performed certain audit procedures including, among others, testing the design and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over the timing of revenue recognition; performing a sample test of sales transactions taking place before and after the balance sheet date to ensure that revenue was recognized in the appropriate period; assessing the methodology used by management in estimating sales allowances, including the reasonableness of key assumptions; and inspecting the historical payments of sales allowances to evaluate the reasonableness of the sales allowances estimated by management.

  1. Valuation of inventories

Refer to Note 4(g) for the accounting policies on inventory valuation, Note 5(b) for uncertainty of accounting estimations and assumptions for inventory valuation and Note 6(e) for the details of the write-down of inventories, respectively, to the parent-company-only financial statements.

Description of key audit matter:

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Due to the rapid innovation of the information technology products and fierce market competition, the Company’s product price may fluctuate rapidly. Furthermore, the stocks for products and key components may exceed customers’ demands thus becoming obsolete. These factors expose the Company to significant level of uncertainty particularly in the area of estimating net realizable value, which is subject to management’s judgments. Therefore, the valuation of inventories has been identified as one of the key audit matters.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matter above, we have performed certain audit procedures including, among others, evaluating whether valuation of inventories was accounted for in accordance with the Company’s accounting policies; obtaining the inventory aging report, analyzing the fluctuation of inventory aging and selecting samples to verify the accuracy of inventory aging classification; and testing the net realizable value of inventories to evaluate the reasonableness of inventory provisions.

  1. Impairment of goodwill from investment in subsidiaries

Refer to Note 4(n) for the accounting policies on impairment of non-financial assets, Note 5(c) for uncertainty of accounting estimations and assumptions for goodwill impairment and Note 6(h) for the evaluation of goodwill impairment, respectively, to the parent-company-only financial statements.

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Description of key audit matter:

Goodwill arising from acquisition of subsidiaries, which are included within the carrying amount of investments accounted for using the equity method, is subject to impairment test annually or at the time there are indications that goodwill may have been impaired. The assessment of the recoverable amount of the cashgenerating unit of goodwill involves management’s judgment and estimation with respect to the future cash flows and key assumptions which are complex and involve significant uncertainty. Accordingly, the assessment of impairment of goodwill has been identified as one of the key audit matters.

How the matter was addressed in our audit:

In relation to the key audit matter above, we have performed certain audit procedures including, among others, assessing the basis used by management for identifying the cash-generating units and whether book value of assets belonging to respective cash-generating units have been completely covered; assessing the appropriateness of the valuation method and key assumptions (in particular projected sales growth rate and weighted-average cost of capital) used by the management in measuring the recoverable amount; assessing the historical reasonableness of management’s estimates of financial forecasts, and performing a sensitivity analysis to assess the impact of variations in key assumptions. In addition to the above audit procedures, we have also involved a valuation specialist to evaluate the appropriateness of the weighted-average cost of capital used and its underlying assumptions; and inspecting the adequacy of the Company’s disclosures of related information on impairment evaluation of goodwill.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Parent-Company-Only Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the parent-company-only financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of parent-company-only financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the parent-company-only financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’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 Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance (including members of the Audit Committee) are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Parent-Company-Only Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial parent-company-only statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s 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 Standards on Auditing of 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 parent-company-only financial statements.

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As part of an audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the parent-company-only 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.

  2. 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 Company’s internal control.

  3. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

  4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, base on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’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 parent-company-only 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 Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

  5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the parent-company-only financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the parent-company-only financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

  6. Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the investee companies accounted for using the equity method to express an opinion on the parent-company-only financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the 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.

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.

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From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the parent-company-only financial statements of the current period 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 audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Shih, Wei-Ming and Kao, Ching-Wen.

KPMG

Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) March 14, 2024

Notes to Readers

The accompanying parent-company-only financial statements are intended only to present the parent-company-only financial position, financial performance and cash flows in accordance with the 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 parent-company-only financial statements are those generally accepted and applied in the Republic of China.

The independent auditors’ report and the accompanying parent-company-only financial statements are the English translation of the Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between, or any difference in the interpretation of the English and Chinese language independent auditors’ report and parent-company-only financial statements, the Chinese version shall prevail.

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Parent-Company-Only Balance Sheets

December 31, 2023 and 2022

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

December 31, 2023
Assets
Amount
%
Current assets:
1100
Cash and cash equivalents (note 6(a))
$ 18,363,188
12
1110
Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss-
current (note 6(b))
59,412
-
1136
Financial assets measured at amortized cost-current (note 6(g))
461,025
-
1170
Notes and accounts receivable, net (notes 6(c) & (v))
4,037,018
3
1180
Notes and accounts receivable from related parties (notes 6(c) & (v)
and 7)
13,018,418
9
1200
Other receivables, net (note 6(d))
411,520
-
1210
Other receivables from related parties (notes 6(d) and 7)
1,217,952
1
1220
Current income tax assets
101,880
-
130X
Inventories (note 6(e))
13,780,973
9
1476
Other financial assets-current (note 6(a))
1,239,900
1
1479
Other current assets
473,761
-
Total current assets
53,165,047
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Non-current assets:
1517
Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive
income-non-current (note 6(f))
10,112,654
7
1536
Financial assets measured at amortized cost-non-current (note
6(g))
4,211,756
3
1550
Investments accounted for using the equity method (note 6(h))
78,036,358
51
1600
Property, plant and equipment (note 6(i))
1,805,810
1
1755
Right-of-use assets (note 6(j))
80,633
-
1760
Investment property (note 6(k))
827,742
1
1780
Intangible assets (note 6(l))
179,704
-
1840
Deferred income tax assets (note 6(s))
3,081,892
2
1980
Other financial assets-non-current (note 8)
152,782
-
1990
Other non-current assets
34,547
-
Total non-current assets
98,523,878
65
Total assets
$ 151,688,925
100
December 31, 2022
Amount
%
16,424,913
12
125,665
-
-
-
3,569,975
3
12,743,460
9
152,614
-
1,049,499
1
56,483
-
12,515,946
9
10,500
-
239,666
-
46,888,721
34
6,465,744
5
797,782
1
77,041,422
56
1,754,509
1
120,214
-
824,318
1
179,677
-
3,082,794
2
148,466
-
46,457
-
90,461,383
66
137,350,104
100

(Continued)

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Parent-Company-Only Balance Sheets (Continued)

December 31, 2023 and 2022

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
2120
Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss-
current (note 6(b))
2130
Contract liabilities-current (note 6(v))
2170
Accounts payable
2180
Accounts payable to related parties (note 7)
2200
Other payables (note 6(w))
2220
Other payables to related parties (note 7)
2230
Current tax liabilities (note 6(p) and 9)
2250
Provisions-current
2280
Lease liabilities-current (note 6(o))
2365
Refund liabilities-current
2399
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
Non-current liabilities:
2530
Bonds payable (note 6(n))
2540
Long-term debt (note 6(m))
2570
Deferred income tax liabilities (note 6(s))
2580
Lease liabilities-non-current (note 6(o))
2600
Other non-current liabilities (note 6(r))
2622
Long-term payable to related parties (note 7)
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Equity (note 6(f),(h) & (t)):
3110
Common stock
3200
Capital surplus
3300
Retained earnings
3400
Other equity
3500
Treasury stock
Total equity
Total liabilities and equity
December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Amount
%
714,504
1
8,809
-
21,099,402
15
758,286
1
24,676,398
18
2,895,984
2
1,891,249
1
1,011,266
1
63,209
-
2,781,608
2
276,737
-
56,177,452
41
10,000,000
7
-
-
4,530,059
4
57,923
-
624,079
-
13,134
-
15,225,195
11
71,402,647
52
30,478,538
22
27,795,883
20
14,897,145
11
(4,309,253)
(3)
(2,914,856)
(2)
65,947,457
48
137,350,104
100

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Parent-Company-Only Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars , Except for Earnings Per Common Share)

4000
Net revenue (notes 6(v) and 7)
5000
Cost of revenue (notes 6(e) & (p) and 7)
Gross profit
5920
Realized (unrealized) gross profit on sales to subsidiaries, associates and joint
ventures
Realized gross profit
Operating expenses (notes 6(c), (i), (j), (k), (l), (o), (p), (q), (r) & (w), 7 and
12):
6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative expenses
6300
Research and development expenses
Total operating expenses
6500
Other operating income and expenses, net (notes 6(o), (q) & (x) and 7)
Operating income
Non-operating income and loss:
7100
Interest income (notes 6(y) and 7)
7010
Other income (note 6(y))
7020
Other gains and losses (notes 6(y) and 7)
7050
Finance costs (notes 6(o) & (y) and 7)
7060
Share of profits of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures (note 6(h))
Total non-operating income and loss
Income before taxes
7950
Income tax expenses (note 6(s))
Net Income
Other comprehensive income (loss)(notes 6(f), (h), (r), (s) & (t)):
8310
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
8311
Remeasurements of defined benefit plans
8316
Unrealized gains (losses) from investments in equity instruments measured
at fair value through other comprehensive income
8330
Share of other comprehensive income of subsidiaries and associates
8349
Income tax related to items that will not be reclassified subsequently to
profit or loss
Total items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
8360
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
8361
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations
8399
Income tax related to items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or
loss
Total items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes
Total comprehensive income for the year
Earnings per share (in New Taiwan dollars) (note 6(u)):
9750
Basic earnings per share
9850
Diluted earnings per share
2023
Amount
%
$ 150,992,910
100
(143,493,770)
(95)
7,499,140
5
(37,423)
-
7,461,717
5
(1,400,978)
(1)
(1,054,664)
(1)
(1,612,880)
(1)
(4,068,522)
(3)
130,515
-
3,523,710
2
822,112
1
400,382
-
1,574,350
1
(92,086)
-
60,104
-
2,764,862
2
6,288,572
4
(1,356,628)
(1)
4,931,944
3
4,508
-
7,165,914
5
618,551
-
(902)
-
7,788,071
5
421,565
-
-
-
421,565
-
8,209,636
5
$
13,141,580
8
$
1.64
$
1.64
2022
Amount
%
169,284,764
100
(159,192,798)
(94)
10,091,966
6
40,330
-
10,132,296
6
(2,772,572)
(1)
(1,283,169)
(1)
(1,991,463)
(1)
(6,047,204)
(3)
132,051
-
4,217,143
3
74,621
-
519,988
-
(59,447)
-
(113,533)
-
1,721,078
1
2,142,707
1
6,359,850
4
(1,356,162)
(1)
5,003,688
3
89,278
-
(1,127,724)
(1)
386,990
-
(17,856)
-
(669,312)
(1)
4,595,828
3
-
-
4,595,828
3
3,926,516
2
8,930,204
5
1.67
1.65

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Total equity 63,676,716 5,003,688 3,926,516 8,930,204 - - (6,949,107) 107,298 (2,746) 166,459 12,345 2,083 2,350 - 1,855 65,947,457 4,931,944 8,209,636 13,141,580 - - (4,571,781) 70,119 275,197 1,640 (119,222) (19,538) 252 820 - - 74,726,524
Treasury stock (2,914,856) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (2,914,856) - - - - - - - 202,082 - - - - - - - (2,712,774)
Total (8,287,624) - 3,926,516 3,926,516 - - - - - 12,394 - (6,219) - 43,825 1,855 (4,309,253) - 8,209,636 8,209,636 - - - - - - (2,107) - - - (3,212,026) (21,652) 664,598
Parent-Company-Only Statements of Changes in Equity For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars) Retained earnings
Other equity
Unrealized gain (loss) from financial assets measured at Foreign
fair value
Unappropriated
currency
through other
Remeasurements
Common
Capital
Legal
Special
retained
translation
comprehensive
of defined
stock
surplus
reserve
reserve
earnings
Total
differences
income
benefit plans
30,478,538
27,514,269
1,456,427
4,833,750
10,596,212
16,886,389
(8,805,597)
746,183
(228,210)
-
-
-
-
5,003,688
5,003,688
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,595,828
(1,204,929)
535,617
-
-
-
-
5,003,688
5,003,688
4,595,828
(1,204,929)
535,617
-
-
1,058,914
-
(1,058,914)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,564,442
(2,564,442)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(6,949,107)
(6,949,107)
-
-
-
-
107,298
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(2,746)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
154,065
-
-
-
-
(287)
5,195
7,486
-
12,345
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,302
-
-
-
-
(11,702)
-
5,483
-
2,350
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(43,825)
(43,825)
-
43,825
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,855
-
-
30,478,538
27,795,883
2,515,341
7,398,192
4,983,612
14,897,145
(4,219,903)
(409,726)
320,376
-
-
-
-
4,931,944
4,931,944
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
421,565
7,813,884
(25,813)
-
-
-
-
4,931,944
4,931,944
421,565
7,813,884
(25,813)
-
-
495,986
-
(495,986)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(84,251)
84,251
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(4,571,781)
(4,571,781)
-
-
-
-
70,119
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
73,115
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,640
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(117,115)
-
-
-
-
(1,364)
(431)
(312)
-
(19,538)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
252
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
820
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,212,026
3,212,026
-
(3,212,026)
-
-
-
-
-
21,652
21,652
-
(21,652)
-
30,478,538
27,805,176
3,011,327
7,313,941
8,165,718
18,490,986
(3,799,702)
4,170,049
294,251
$ $
Balance at January 1, 2022 Net income for the year Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year Appropriation and distribution of retained earnings: Legal reserve Special reserve Cash dividends Adjustments of capital surplus for the cash dividends distributed to subsidiaries Share of changes in equity of associates Changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries Difference between consideration and carrying amount of subsidiaries acquired or disposed Organizational restructuring under common control Stock option compensation cost of subsidiaries Disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income by subsidiaries Liquidation of subsidiaries Balance at December 31, 2022 Net income for the year Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year Appropriation and distribution of retained earnings: Legal reserve Reversal of special reserve Cash dividends Adjustments of capital surplus for the cash dividends distributed to subsidiaries Disposal of the Company’s share by subsidiaries recognized as treasury share transactions Share of changes in equity of associates Changes in ownership interests in subsidiaries Difference between consideration and carrying amount of subsidiaries acquired or disposed Organizational restructuring under common control Stock option compensation cost of subsidiaries Disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income by the Company Disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income by subsidiaries Balance at December 31, 2023

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Parent-Company-Only Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Income before income tax
$ 6,288,572
Adjustments for:
Adjustments to reconcile profit or loss:
Depreciation
150,584
Amortization
44,723
Net loss (gain) on financial assets measured at fair value through
profit or loss
1,844
Effects of exchange rate changes in financial assets measured at
amortized cost
(2,449)
Interest expense
92,086
Interest income
(822,112)
Dividend income
(400,382)
Share of profits of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures
(60,104)
Gain on disposal of equipment and intangible assets
(418)
Gain on disposal of investments
(3,967)
Loss on liquidation of subsidiaries
-
Gain on bargain purchase
(2,216)
Property, Plant and equipment reclassified to cost
323
Unrealized (realized) profit from sales to subsidiaries, associates and
joint ventures
37,423
Total adjustments for profit or loss
(964,665)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Changes in operating assets:
Derivative financial instruments measured at fair value through profit
or loss
(159,164)
Notes and accounts receivable
(467,043)
Notes and accounts from related parties
(274,958)
Inventories
(1,269,222)
Other receivables and other current assets
(447,761)
Other non-current assets
10,596
Changes in operating assets
(2,607,552)
Changes in operating liabilities:
Accounts payable
9,856,766
Payables to related parties
(2,146,537)
Refund liabilities
(137,522)
Other payables and other current liabilities
(3,662,347)
Provisions
(214,022)
Contract liabilities
2,046
Other non-current liabilities and long-term payables to related parties
(7,020)
Changes in operating liabilities
3,691,364
Cash provided by operations
6,407,719
Interest received
752,829
Income taxes paid
(929,570)
Net cash provided by operating activities
6,230,978
2022
6,359,850
144,017
23,271
(907)
(57,817)
113,533
(74,621)
(519,988)
(1,721,078)
(670)
-
2,301
-
-
(40,330)
(2,132,289)
887,025
2,765,789
24,775,065
3,687,416
112,354
(7,369)
32,220,280
(26,878,442)
2,732,230
(854,679)
(2,041,977)
176,541
(703)
(33,488)
(26,900,518)
9,547,323
66,508
(2,716,260)
6,897,571

(Continued)

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Parent-Company-Only Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of financial assets measured at fair value through other
comprehensive income
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through
other comprehensive income
Acquisition of financial assets measured at amortized cost
Additions to investments accounted for using the equity method
Proceeds from disposal of investments accounted for using the equity
method
Proceeds from capital reduction or liquidation of investments accounted
for using the equity method
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment and investment property
Proceeds from disposal of equipment and intangible assets
Increase in receivables from related parties
Acquisition of intangible assets
Decrease (increase) in other financial assets
Increase in assets recognized from costs to fulfill contracts with customers
Dividends received
Net cash flows used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Increase in short-term borrowings
Decrease in short-term borrowings
Increase in long-term debt
Payment of lease liabilities
Increase (decrease) in loans from related parties
Cash dividends
Interest paid
Net cash flows used in financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

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Attachment 6

Acer Incorporated 2023 Profit Distribution Statement

Beginning Balance of Un-appropriated Retained Earnings
Plus: 2023 Net Income after Tax
Plus: the disposal profit of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
Deduct: Legal Reserve
Accumulative earnings available for appropriation
Appropriation Items:
Cash dividends to shareholders(Note)
Ending Balance of Un-appropriated Retained Earnings
Unit: NT$ 95,918
4,931,943,728
3,233,678,405
(816,562,214)
7,349,155,837
(4,876,566,124)
2,472,589,713

Note: Cash dividends were approved by Board of Directors and shall be reported in Shareholders’ Meetings.

Chairman of Board:

Jason Chen

Corporate Officers: Jason Chen Victor Chien Meggy Chen

Accounting Officer: Sophia Chen

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Attachment 7

Acer Incorporated Articles of Incorporation (Before and After Revision Chart)

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After Revision After Revision Before Revision Reason for Revision
Article 2
The scope of business of this Company shall in-
clude the following:
(1)~(5) (Omitted)
~~(6) G902011 Type II Telecommunications~~
~~Enterprise;~~
(~~67~~
) F401010 International Trade;
(7~~8~~
~~)~~JA02010 Electric Appliance and Audiovisual
Electric Products Repair Shops
(~~89~~
)JE01010 Rental and Leasing Business;
(9~~10~~
~~)~~CC01030 Electric Appliance and Audiovi-
sual Electric Products Manufacturing
(10~~11~~
~~)~~CC01070 Telecommunication Equipment
and Apparatus Manufacturing;
(11~~12~~
)CC01110 Computers and Computing Pe-
ripheral Equipment Manufacturing
(12~~13~~
~~)~~CD01060 Aircraft and Parts Manufactur-
ing;
(13~~14~~
~~)~~E701030 Restrained Telecom Radio Fre-
quency Equipment and Materials Construction;
(14~~15~~
~~)~~F113070 Wholesale of Telecom Instru-
ments;
(1~~516~~
~~)~~IZ13010 Internet Identify Services;
(16~~17~~
~~)~~F108031 Wholesale of Drugs, Medical
Goods
(17~~18~~
~~)~~F208031 Retail Sale of Medical Equip-
ments;
(18~~19~~
~~)~~ZZ99999 All business items that are not
prohibited or restricted by law, except those that
are subject to special approval.
Article 2
The scope of business of this Company shall in-
clude the following:
(1)~(5) (Omitted)
(6) G902011 Type II Telecommunications Enter-
prise;
(7) F401010 International Trade;
(8)JA02010 Electric Appliance and Audiovisual
Electric Products Repair Shops
(9)JE01010 Rental and Leasing Business;
(10)CC01030 Electric Appliance and Audiovisu-
al Electric Products Manufacturing
(11)CC01070 Telecommunication Equipment
and Apparatus Manufacturing;
(12)CC01110 Computers and Computing Pe-
ripheral Equipment Manufacturing
(13)CD01060 Aircraft and Parts Manufacturing;
(14)E701030 Restrained Telecom Radio Fre-
quency Equipment and Materials Construction;
(15) F113070 Wholesale of Telecom Instru-
ments;
(16)IZ13010 Internet Identify Services;
(17) F108031 Wholesale of Drugs, Medical
Goods
(18) F208031 Retail Sale of Medical Equip-
ments;
(19) ZZ99999 All business items that are not
prohibited or restricted by law, except those
that are subject to special approval.
1.In accordance with the
National Communi-
cations Commission’s
abolition of the special
permit requirement for
Type II Telecommunica-
tions Enterprise licens-
es, the corresponding
business item is deleted
simultaneously.
2.The serial numbers are
adjusted because the
business item has been
deleted.
Article 23
(omitted)
The forty-sixth amendment was approved on
May 31, 2024.(provisional)
Article 23
(omitted)
To add the date of amend-
ment.

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Attachment 8

Acer Incorporated Procedures Governing Acquiring or Disposing of Assets (Before and After Revision Chart)

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After Revision After Revision Before Revision Explanation
Article 7 Scope and Amount of Acquisition or Disposal
of Assets
1.Apart from acquisition of assets for business use,
the Company may invest or purchase real estate,
equipment, right-of-use assets of real estate, right-
of-use assets of equipment, and securities for
non-business use, the limitations on amounts are
set forth as follows:
(1) (Omitted)
(2) Total investment in securities shall not exceed
the shareholder’s equity of the Company as
certifed by the accountant.
(3) Investment in a single security shall not exceed
4~~540~~
~~%~~of the shareholder’s equity of the Com-
pany as certifed by the accountant.
2.(Omitted)
Article 7 Scope and Amount of Acquisition or Dispos-
al of Assets
1.Apart from acquisition of assets for business use,
the Company may invest or purchase real estate,
equipment, right-of-use assets of real estate,
right-of-use assets of equipment, and securities
for non-business use, the limitations on amounts
are set forth as follows:
(1) (Omitted)
(2) Total investment in securities shall not exceed
the shareholder’s equity of the Company as
certifed by the accountant.
(3) Investment in a single security shall not exceed
40% of the shareholder’s equity of the Compa-
ny as certifed by the accountant.
2.(Omitted)
To raise the in-
vestment lim-
itation in single
subsidiary for
its potential
capital increase
requirements
in the future.
Article 29
The Procedures were enacted on July 28, 1995.
The first amendment was made on October 27, 1995.
The second amendment was made on November 18,
1999.
The third amendment was made on June 11, 2003.
The fourth amendment was made on June 13, 2008.
The fifth amendment was made on June 15, 2012.
The sixth amendment was made on June 18, 2014.
The seventh amendment was enacted on June 23,
2015.
The eighth amendment was enacted on June 21, 2017.
The ninth amendment was enacted on June 14, 2019.
The tenth amendment was enacted on June 12, 2020.
The eleventh amendment was enacted on July 9, 2021.
The twelfth amendment was enacted on June 10, 2022.
The thirteenth amendment was enacted on May 31,
2024.(provisional)
Article 29
The Procedures were enacted on July 28, 1995.
The first amendment was made on October 27,
1995.
The second amendment was made on November
18, 1999.
The third amendment was made on June 11, 2003.
The fourth amendment was made on June 13,
2008.
The fifth amendment was made on June 15, 2012.
The sixth amendment was made on June 18, 2014.
The seventh amendment was enacted on June 23,
2015.
The eighth amendment was enacted on June 21,
2017.
The ninth amendment was enacted on June 14,
2019.
The tenth amendment was enacted on June 12,
2020.
The eleventh amendment was enacted on July 9,
2021.
The twelfth amendment was enacted on June 10,
2022.
To add the date
of amendment.

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Attachment 9

Acer Incorporated Procedures Governing Lending of Capital to Others (Before and After Revision Chart)

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After Revision After Revision Before Revision Reason for Revision
Article 1 Applicability
T~~he Company shall not provide loans to others~~
~~unless otherwise provided below:~~
~~The Company may provide loans to enterprises~~
~~with which the Company has business~~
~~relationship; where there is necessity of short-~~
~~term financing, t~~
~~h~~e Company may provide loans
in accordance with these Procedures to sub-
sidiaries~~in which the Company holds 50%~~
or
~~more of its total outstanding common shares,~~
joint ventures where there is necessity of short-
term financingorwhere~~enterprises in which~~
the
Company proposes to make equity investment.
Article 1 Applicability
The Company shall not provide loans to others
unless otherwise provided below:
The Company may provide loans to enterprises
with which the Company has business relation-
ship; where there is necessity of short-term
financing, the Company may provide loans in
accordance with these Procedures to subsidiar-
ies in which the Company holds 50% or more of
its total outstanding common shares, or enter-
prises in which the Company proposes to make
equity investment.
Adjustment of lending en-
tities: Considering of actu-
al operations and control,
it is proposed to remove
the enterprises which the
Company has business
transactions and to add
the joint ventures where
there is necessity of short-
term financing or where
the Company proposes to
make equity investment. In
addition, the limitation of
lending amount is adjusted
accordingly.
Article 2 The Standard for Lending Assessment
~~1. For enterprises having business relationship~~
~~with the Company apply funding from the~~
~~Company, the aggregate amount of the loans~~
~~provided by the Company shall not exceed the~~
~~net worth of total trading amount between~~
~~both parties in the most recent year. The net~~
~~worth of total trading amount between both~~
~~parties means the total amount of purchase or~~
~~re-sale, whichever is higher.~~
1.~~2.~~
For enterprises apply funding from the
Company by reason of necessity to have
short-term funding, those enterprises shall be
limited to subsidiaries, joint ventures~~in which~~
~~the Company holds 50% or more of its total~~
~~outstanding common shares~~
or enterprises in
which the Company proposes to make equity
investment.
2~~.3.~~
~~“~~Subsidiary” or“Joint Venture” used in these
Procedures means which is provided pursuant
to Regulations Governing the Preparation of
Financial Reports by Securities Issuersand the
financial reporting regulations applicable to
the Company.
Article 2 The Standard for Lending Assess-
ment
1. For enterprises having business relationship
with the Company apply funding from the
Company, the aggregate amount of the loans
provided by the Company shall not exceed the
net worth of total trading amount between
both parties in the most recent year. The net
worth of total trading amount between both
parties means the total amount of purchase
or re-sale, whichever is higher.
2. For enterprises apply funding from the
Company by reason of necessity to have
short-term funding, those enterprises
shall be limited to subsidiaries in which the
Company holds 50% or more of its total
outstanding common shares or enterprises in
which the Company proposes to make equity
investment.
3. “Subsidiary” used in these Procedures means
which is provided pursuant to Regulations
Governing the Preparation of Financial
Reports by Securities Issuers.
1.Same as Above.
2.In accordance with Arti-
cle 6 of the “Guidelines
for Handling Funds
Lending and Endorse-
ment Guarantees of
Publicly Issued Com-
panies”, parent-sub-
sidiary relationship is
determined upon the
criteria outlined in the
“Financial Reporting
Standards for Securities
Issuers”. Therefore, it is
proposed to delete the
provision that solely re-
lies on equity ownership
percentages for deter-
mination of parent-sub-
sidiary relationship.

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Article 3 Limits on Loan
1. (Omitted)
~~2. By reason of business relations, the limits to~~
~~lend to each single borrower shall be subject~~
~~to the percentage provided below:~~
~~(1) For subsidiary that the Company holds~~
~~50% or more of its total outstanding~~
~~common shares, the aggregate amount~~
~~of loans shall not exceed 10% of the net~~
~~worth of the Company.~~
~~(2) For enterprise that the Company holds less~~
~~than 50% of its total outstanding common~~
~~shares, the aggregate amount of loans~~
~~shall not exceed 5% of the net worth of~~
~~the Company, nor exceed 40% of the net~~
~~worth of the enterprise.~~
~~(3) For other borrower, the aggregate amount~~
~~of loans shall not exceed 3% of the net~~
~~worth of the Company, nor exceed 25% of~~
~~the net worth of the borrower.~~
2.~~3.~~
By reason of necessity to have short-term
funding from the Company, the limits to loan
to each single borrower shall be subject to the
percentage provided below:
(1) For subsidiary that the Companydirectly
or indirectlyholds100~~50~~
~~%~~ ~~or more~~
~~o~~f its
total outstanding common shares, the ag-
gregate amount of loans shall not exceed
10% of the net worth of the Company.
(2) For subsidiary that the Company directly
or indirectly holds more than 50% but
less than 100% of its total outstanding
common shares, the aggregate amount
of loans shall not exceed 10% of the net
worth of the Company and 200% of the
net worth of such subsidiary.
~~(2)~~
~~(~~3)For enterprise that the Companydirectly
or indirectlyholds less than 50% of its
total outstanding common shares, the ag-
gregate amount of loans shall not exceed
10 ~~5~~
% of the net worth of the Company,
nor exceed~~40% of~~
the net worth ofsuch
subsidiary~~the enterprise~~
~~.~~
~~(3)~~
(4) For joint venture, the aggregate
amount of loans shall not exceed 5%
of the net worth of the Company, nor
exceed the net worth recognized in the
Company’s financial statements based
on the proportionate shares owned
by the Company. ~~For other borrower,~~
~~the aggregate amount of loans shall~~
~~not exceed 3% of the net worth of the~~
~~Company, nor exceed 25% of the net~~
~~worth of the borrower.~~
Article 3 Limits on Loan
1. (Omitted)
2. By reason of business relations, the limits to
lend to each single borrower shall be subject
to the percentage provided below:
(1) For subsidiary that the Company holds
50% or more of its total outstanding
common shares, the aggregate amount
of loans shall not exceed 10% of the net
worth of the Company.
(2) For enterprise that the Company holds
less than 50% of its total outstanding
common shares, the aggregate amount
of loans shall not exceed 5% of the net
worth of the Company, nor exceed 40% of
the net worth of the enterprise.
(3) For other borrower, the aggregate amount
of loans shall not exceed 3% of the net
worth of the Company, nor exceed 25% of
the net worth of the borrower.
3. By reason of necessity to have short-term
funding from the Company, the limits to
loan to each single borrower shall be sub-
ject to the percentage provided below:
(1) For subsidiary that the Company holds
50% or more of its total outstanding
common shares, the aggregate amount
of loans shall not exceed 10% of the net
worth of the Company.
(2) For enterprise that the Company holds
less than 50% of its total outstanding
common shares, the aggregate amount
of loans shall not exceed 5% of the net
worth of the Company, nor exceed 40% of
the net worth of the enterprise.
(3) For other borrower, the aggregate amount
of loans shall not exceed 3% of the net
worth of the Company, nor exceed 25% of
the net worth of the borrower.
In the event the Company provides loans to
enterprise in which the Company propos-
es to make equity investment and there
is necessity of short-term funding, each
application shall be submitted to the
Board of Directors for approval and the
aggregate amount shall not exceed the
aforesaid limits.
4. “net worth” in these Procedures means
the balance sheet equity attributable to
the owners of the parent company under
the Regulations Governing the Prepa-
ration of Financial Reports by Securities
Issuers.
1.Same as above.
2.Adjustment of the net
worth limitation for
borrower: Considering
that Company has been
established relevant risk
assessment mechanisms
for fund borrowing, it
is proposed to simplify
the individual lending
limits for fund recipients
to align with regulatory
standards.

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In the event the Company provides loans to
enterprise in which the Company proposes to
make equity investment and there is necessity
of short-term funding, each application shall be
submitted to the Board of Directors for approval
and the aggregate amount shall not exceed the
aforesaid limits.
~~4.~~
~~3~~.”net worth” in these Procedures means the
balance sheet equity attributable to the owners
of the parent company under the Regulations
Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports
by Securities Issuers.
Article 5 Procedures for Lending
1. (Omitted)
2. (Omitted)
3. Where funds are loaned between the Company
and its subsidiaries or between the Compa-
ny’s subsidiaries, the Board of Directors of the
lender may authorize the Company’s Chair-
man to appropriate funds in installments or as
revolving funds to the same borrower within
a specifed amount approved by the Board of
Directors and within one-year period. Except
as funds are loaned in accordance with Clause
3, Paragraph 1of Article 10, a loan amount
for each enterprise shall not exceed ten (10%)
percent of net worth of the borrower as shown
in its latest fnancial report.
Article 5 Procedures for Lending
1. (Omitted)
2. (Omitted)
3. Where funds are loaned between the Compa-
ny and its subsidiaries or between the Com-
pany’s subsidiaries, the Board of Directors
of the lender may authorize the Company’s
Chairman to appropriate funds in install-
ments or as revolving funds to the same
borrower within a specifed amount approved
by the Board of Directors and within one-
year period. Except as funds are loaned in
accordance with Clause 3 of Article 10, a loan
amount for each enterprise shall not exceed
ten (10%) percent of net worth of the borrow-
er as shown in its latest fnancial report.
Same as above.
Article 7 The Standards for Public Announce-
ment
1. The Company shall enter the information
regarding the loan amount provided by
the Company~~and~~
, its subsidiariesand joint
venturesin the most recent month into the
Market Observation Post System on or before
the 10th date of each month.
2. In the event that the loan amount provided
by the Company~~and~~
~~,~~its subsidiariesand joint
venturesreaches the following thresholds, the
Company shall make a public announcement
within two days commencing immediately
from the date of occurrence of said lending:
(1)~(3) (Omitted)
3. The Company shall announce and report on
behalf of any subsidiaryand joint ventures
thereof that is not a public company in Taiwan
any matters that such subsidiaryand joint
venturesis required to announce and report
pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
Article 7 The Standards for Public Announce-
ment
1. The Company shall enter the information
regarding the loan amount provided by the
Company and its subsidiaries in the most re-
cent month into the Market Observation Post
System on or before the 10th date of each
month.
2. In the event that the loan amount provided
by the Company and its subsidiaries reaches
the following thresholds, the Company shall
make a public announcement within two days
commencing immediately from the date of
occurrence of said lending:
(1)~(3) (Omitted)
3. The Company shall announce and report on
behalf of any subsidiary thereof that is not a
public company in Taiwan any matters that
such subsidiary is required to announce and
report pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
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Article 10 Control Procedures for the Company’s
Subsidiaries
1. When the subsidiaries thereof that is not a
public company in Taiwan propose to provide
loans to others, the subsidiaries shall enact
the “Procedures Governing Lending of Cap-
ital” and file with the Company’s Board of
Directors for ratifcation. The said procedures
of the subsidiaries shall be stipulated in ac-
cordance with these Procedures; provided,
however, that the aggregate loan amount
of the subsidiaries and the aggregate loan
amount for each enterprise shall not exceed
the following thresholds:
(1)~(2) (Omitted)
(3) Where funds are loaned between the over-
seas companies in which the Company
directly and indirectly holds 100% voting
shares or capital, or any overseas compa-
nies in which the Company directly and in-
directly holds 100% voting shares or cap-
ital provides loans to the Company, such
funds may be loaned free of the limitation
of the aggregate amount of short-term
funding provided in Paragraph 1 of Article
3, the limits to each borrower provided in
Clause 1,Paragraph 3~~(1)~~
of Article 3 and
Article 4; provided, however, that the loan
period shall not exceed three (3) years and
the limit to lend to each borrower and the
aggregate loan amount shall not exceed
120% of the borrower’s net worth.
2. (Omitted)
Article 10 Control Procedures for the Compa-
ny’s Subsidiaries
1. When the subsidiaries thereof that is not a
public company in Taiwan propose to provide
loans to others, the subsidiaries shall enact
the “Procedures Governing Lending of Capi-
tal” and fle with the Company’s Board of Di-
rectors for ratifcation. The said procedures
of the subsidiaries shall be stipulated in
accordance with these Procedures; provided,
however, that the aggregate loan amount
of the subsidiaries and the aggregate loan
amount for each enterprise shall not exceed
the following thresholds:
(1)~(2) (Omitted)
(3)Where funds are loaned between the
overseas companies in which the Com-
pany directly and indirectly holds 100%
voting shares or capital, or any overseas
companies in which the Company directly
and indirectly holds 100% voting shares
or capital provides loans to the Company,
such funds may be loaned free of the lim-
itation of the aggregate amount of short-
term funding provided in Paragraph 1 of
Article 3, the limits to each borrower pro-
vided in Paragraph 3 (1) of Article 3 and
Article 4; provided, however, that the loan
period shall not exceed three (3) years
and the limit to lend to each borrower
and the aggregate loan amount shall not
exceed 120% of the borrower’s net worth.
2. (Omitted)
Same as above.
Article 18
(Omitted)
The fifteenth amendment was made on May 31,
2024.(provisional)
Article 18
(Omitted)
Added the date of approval
of shareholder’s meeting.

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Appendix 1

Acer Incorporated Articles of Incorporation (Upon Being Amended)

CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • Article 1 This Company shall be incorporated in accordance with the Company Law, and its name shall be 宏碁股份有限公 司 in the Chinese language, and Acer Incorporated in the English language.

  • Article 2 The scope of business of this Company shall include the following:

  • (1) F113050 Wholesale of Computing and Business Machinery Equipment (2) F213030 Retail Sale of Computing and Business Machinery Equipment; (3) F118010 Wholesale of Computer Software; (4) I301010 Software Design Services; (5) I301020 Data Processing Services; (6) G902011 Type II Telecommunications Enterprise; (7) F401010 International Trade; (8) JA02010 Electric Appliance and Audiovisual Electric Products Repair Shops (9) JE01010 Rental and Leasing Business; (10) CC01030 Electric Appliance and Audiovisual Electric Products Manufacturing (11) CC01070 Telecommunication Equipment and Apparatus Manufacturing; (12) CC01110 Computers and Computing Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (13) CD01060 Aircraft and Parts Manufacturing; (14) E701030 Restrained Telecom Radio Frequency Equipment and Materials Construction; (15) F113070 Wholesale of Telecom Instruments; (16) IZ13010 Internet Identify Services; (17) F108031 Wholesale of Drugs, Medical Goods; (18) F208031 Retail Sale of Medical Equipments; (19) ZZ99999 All business items that are not prohibited or restricted by law, except those that are subject to special approval.

Article 3 This Company may, for its business operations or other investment matters, make endorsements or issue guarantees.

Article 4 The total amount of investment made by this Company shall be exempt from the restriction under Article 13 of the Company Law.

Article 5 The headquarters of this Company shall be located in Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C. If the Company considers it necessary, it may, by a resolution adopted at a meeting by the board of directors, set up branch offices in Taiwan or abroad.

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CHAPTER II – CAPITAL STOCK

Article 6 The total amount of this Company capital stock is NT$ forty (40) billion divided into 4 billion shares at par value
of NT$10 per share, within which the board of directors is authorized to issue shares in installments. NT$ two and
half billion of the aforesaid total capital stock, divided into 250 million shares each at a par value of NT$10, is re-
served for exercising stock options.
Article 6-1 When this Company issues employee stock options, transfers treasury stock to employees, issues new shares re-
served for subscription by employees, and issues restricted stock for employees, the employees of subsidiaries of
this Company may be included. Qualifcation requirements of the employees who are entitled to receive it may be
set and specifed by the Board of Director.
To issue employee stock options that the exercise price may be lower than the closing price of this Company stocks
as of the issue date, this Company must have obtained the consent of at least two-thirds of the voting rights rep-
resented at a shareholders meeting attended by shareholders representing a majority of the total issued shares.
To transfer shares to employees at less than the average actual repurchase price, this Company must have ob-
tained the consent of at least two-thirds of the voting rights present at the most recent shareholders meeting
attended by shareholders representing a majority of total issued shares.
Article 7 The Company may be exempted from printing any share certifcate for the shares issued, but shall register the
issued shares with a centralized securities depositary institution in accordance with relevant regulations and rules
requested by that institution.
Article 8 All matters concerning shares shall be handled in accordance with the regulations of the competent authority ex-
cept as otherwise provided by law.
CHAPTER III – SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS
Article 9 Shareholders’ meetings of this Company are classifed into (1) regular meetings and (2) special meetings. The
board of directors shall convene regular meetings within six months after the close of each fscal year. Special
meetings shall be convened, whenever deemed necessary in accordance with the law.
The shareholders’ meeting can be held by means of visual communication network or other methods promul-
gated by the central competent authority, and the Company shall be subject to prescriptions provided for by the
competent authority in charge of securities afairs, including the prerequisites, procedures, and other compliance
matters.
Article 10 Where a shareholder is unable to attend a meeting; such shareholder may appoint a proxy by using the proxy form,
which shall specify the scope of proxy and be signed and sealed by the shareholder. Where one person has been
appointed to act as proxy for more than two shareholders, unless such person is engaged in the trust business, the
votes exercised by such person which exceeding three percent (3%) of all the issued and outstanding capital stock
of this Company shall not be counted.
The above-mentioned proxies shall be made pursuant to the requirements of the competent authority in charge
of securities afairs, and delivered to this Company fve (5) days before the shareholders’ meeting. In such a case,
only the proxy received earlier shall be efective.
Article 11 Except as otherwise provided by the Company Law, a resolution may be adopted by the holders of a simple major-
ity of the votes of the issued and outstanding capital stock represented at a shareholders’ meeting at which the
holders of a majority of issued and outstanding capital stock are present.

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CHAPTER IV – DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEE

Article 12 This Company shall have seven (7) ~ eleven (11) directors, to be elected from the nominees listed in the roster of director with the candidate nomination system. The term of office for directors and supervisors shall be three (3) years. The directors are eligible for re-election. The total capital stock held by all directors shall not be less than the percentage provided by the competent authority. The Company may buy the Responsibility Insurance for the Directors who have to be responsible for the damages caused by their duties.

The Company shall establish three (3) or more independent directors to be included in the number of directors designated in the preceding paragraph. The elections for independent directors shall proceed with the candidate nomination system; the shareholders shall elect independent directors from among the nominees listed in the roster of independent director candidates.

  • Article 12-1 The Company shall establish an Audit Committee, which shall consist of all independent directors. The Audit Committee or the members of Audit Committee shall be responsible for those responsibilities of Supervisors specified under the ROC Company Law, Securities and Exchange Act and other relevant laws and regulations.

  • Article 13 The Board of Directors shall consist of directors of the company, and the chairman of the Board of Directors shall be elected by a majority of directors in attendance at a meeting attended by over two-thirds of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the Board of Directors shall represent this Company in external matters. The Board of Directors shall place any kinds of committee includes and so on.

The meeting of the Board of Directors shall be convened in accordance with the Company Law and relevant regulations of competent authority; the notice of the meeting may be made by electronic mail or facsimile transmission.

  • Article 14 The board of directors shall have the following authority: (1) To audit and supervise annual operation plan,

  • (2) To determine the budget and review final accounts,

  • (3) To propose earnings appropriation or make up for loss,

  • (4) To propose increase or decrease capital plan,

  • (5) To consider significant capital expenditure plans,

  • (6) To establish branch offices or terminate branch offices,

  • (7) To propose and discuss amendments to the Articles of Incorporation,

  • (8) To decide important contracts or other important matters,

  • (9) To decide whether to invest in other business or whether to dispose of shares of investment business,

  • (10) To review the major dealings between the Company its related partners (including affiliated companies),

  • (11) To appoint or remove the president and/or the vice president,

  • (12) To dispose of or purchase important property and approve the bylaws, and

  • (13) Other authorities granted by shareholders or in accordance with the law.

Article 15 Where the chairman of the board of directors is on leave or cannot exercise his powers or perform his duties for any reason, an acting chairman shall be designated in accordance with Article 208 of the Company Law. Where a director is unable to attend the meeting of the board of directors, he may appoint another director as his proxy to attend the meeting by issuing a letter of proxy. Each director can act as a proxy for only one other director.

Article 16 Unless otherwise provided for in the Company Law, resolutions of the board of directors shall be adopted by onehalf of the directors at a meeting attended by one-half of the directors.

Article 16-1 The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the compensation recommended by the Remuneration Committee for the directors, taking into account the extent and value of the services provided for the management of the Corporation and the standards of the industry within the R.O.C. and overseas, no matter whether the Company has profit or suffered loss.

Where there is profit in each fiscal year, after covering the accumulated losses, not more than eight thousandths (8‰) of the profit shall be distributed as remuneration of directors; the standard for distribution of remuneration will be recommended by Remuneration Committee and determined by the Board of Directors.

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CHAPTER V – MANAGERS

Article 17 This Company may have one CEO, several presidents and vice presidents. The appointment, removal, and compensation of the president and vice presidents shall be made in accordance with Article 29 of the Company Law.

CHPATER VI – ACCOUNTING

Article 18 At the end of each business fiscal year, the following reports shall be prepared by the board of directors, and shall be submitted to the shareholders’ meeting for approval: (1) Business Report; (2) Financial Report; (3) Proposal of Appropriation of Net Profit or the Covering of Losses. Article 19 As the industry prosperity and the trends rapidly changed, the dividends strategy of the Company depends on yearly earnings and external environments, therefore, cash dividends of this Company shall be distributed at least ten percent of yearly dividends for complying with related regulations. Article 20 Where there is profit at the end of each fiscal year, after covering the accumulated losses, at least 4% of the profit shall be distributed as employees’ compensation. The employees’ compensation in the previous section may be distributed in the form of either cash or stock bonus, and may be distributed to the employees of subsidiaries of this Company. Qualification requirements of the employees who are entitled to receive the employees’ compensation may be specified by the Board of Directors. Article 21 Where this Company has earnings at the end of the fiscal year, after paying all relevant taxes, making up losses of previous year, this Company shall first set aside ten percent (10%) of said earnings as legal reserve, except that such legal reserve amounts to the total paid-in capital. Thereafter, this Company shall set aside or reverse a special reserve in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. The remainder together with previous year amount, after an amount is reserved for operation needs, shall be allocated to shareholders as bonuses. Except distribution of reserve in accordance with competent laws and regulations, the Company shall not pay dividends or bonuses when there is no profit.

The distributable dividends and bonuses in whole or in part will be paid in cash by this Company after a resolution has been adopted by a majority vote at a meeting of the board of directors attended by two-thirds of the total number of directors; and in addition thereto a report of such distribution shall be submitted to the shareholders’ meeting.

CHAPTER VII – SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Article 22 The Company Law and related regulations shall govern any matter not provided in the Articles of Incorporation. Article 23 These Articles of Incorporation were approved on June 19, 1979 The first amendment was approved on December 17, 1980 The second amendment was approved on September 10, 1981 The third amendment was approved on August 10, 1983 The fourth amendment was approved on September 2, 1983 The fifth Amendment was approved on May 10, 1985 The sixth amendment was approved on August 1, 1985 The seventh amendment was approved on October 1, 1986 The eighth amendment was approved on April 2, 1987 The ninth amendment was approved on November 15, 1987

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The tenth amendment was approved on March 15, 1989 The eleventh amendment was approved on April 26, 1989 The twelfth amendment was approved on October 15, 1989 The thirteenth amendment was approved on November 22, 1989 The fourteenth amendment was approved on February 23, 1990 The fifteenth amendment was approved on May 15, 1990 The sixteenth amendment was approved on August 1, 1990 The seventeenth amendment was approved on December 27, 1990 The eighteenth amendment was approved on June 22, 1991 The nineteenth amendment was approved on December 10, 1991 The twentieth amendment was approved on June 10, 1992 The twenty-first amendment was approved on October 23, 1992 The twenty-second amendment was approved on February 17, 1993 The twenty-third amendment was approved on May 31, 1993 The twenty-fourth amendment was approved on March 24, 1994 The twenty-fifth amendment was approved on April 26, 1996 The twenty-sixth amendment was approved on April 26, 1996 The twenty-seventh amendment was approved on June 25, 1997 The twenty-eighth amendment was approved on May 29, 1998 The twenty-ninth amendment was approved on May 28, 1999 The thirtieth amendment was approved on May 23, 2000 The thirty-first amendment was approved on May 17, 2001

The thirty-second amendment was approved on December 17, 2001 The thirty-third amendment was approved on June 19, 2002 The thirty-fourth amendment was approved on June 17, 2004 The thirty-fifth amendment was approved on June 14, 2005

The thirty-sixth amendment was approved on June 15, 2006 The thirty-seventh amendment was approved on June 14, 2007 The thirty-eighth amendment was approved on June 13, 2008 The thirty-ninth amendment was approved on June 18, 2010

The fortieth amendment was approved on June 15, 2012

The forty-first amendment was approved on June 19, 2013. These amendments to Acer’s Articles of Incorporation shall be enforced and applied from June 2014 of expiration of the term currently being served by the Board of Directors or Supervisors

The forty-second amendment was approved on June 18, 2014

The forty-third amendment was approved on June 24, 2016 The forty-fourth amendment was approved on June 14, 2019 The forty-fifth amendment was approved on June 10, 2022

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Appendix 2

Acer Incorporated Procedures for Acquiring or Disposing of Assets (Upon Being Amended)

Article 1 Purpose and Legal Basis

To enhance the management of the Company’s “Procedures Governing Acquiring or Disposing of Assets,” these Procedures are adopted and amended in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Law, “Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies” and relevant laws and regulations.

Article 2 Scope of “assets” as used in these Procedures is as follows:

  1. Investments in stocks, government bonds, corporate bonds, financial debentures, securities representing interest in a fund, depositary receipts, call (put) warrants, beneficial interest securities, and asset-backed securities, etc.

  2. Real estate (including land, houses and buildings, investment property, and construction enterprise inventory) and equipment.

  3. Membership certificates.

  4. Intangible assets, such as patent right, copyright, trademark right, franchise, etc.

  5. Right-of-use assets.

  6. Derivative products.

  7. Assets acquired or disposed by mergers, splits, acquisition or share transfer in accordance with laws.

  8. Other major assets.

Article 3 Definition

Terms used in these Procedures are defined as follows; any term is not defined herein, it shall be had the same definition in accordance with Securities and Exchange Act, Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies and related rules:

  1. “Derivative Products”: means forward contracts, options contracts, futures contracts, leverage contracts, swap contracts, hybrid contracts combining the above contracts, or hybrid contracts or structured products containing embedded derivatives, whose value is derived from a specified interest rate, financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rates, index of prices or rates, indexes, credit rating or credit index, or other variable. The term “forward contracts” does not include insurance contracts, fulfillment contracts, after-sales service contracts, long-term leasing contracts and long-term purchase (sale) contracts.

  2. “Assets Acquired or Disposed Through Mergers, Splits, Acquisitions or Share transfer Pursuant to Laws”: means assets acquired or disposed through mergers, splits, acquisitions in accordance with the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act, Financial Holding Company Act, Financial Institution Merger Act and other acts or, or to share transfer from another company through issuance of the Company’s new shares as the consideration therefor (hereinafter “share transfer”) under Article 156-3 of the Company Act.

  3. “Related Party” and “Subsidiary”: As defined in the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

  4. “Professional appraiser”: refers to a real property appraiser or other person duly authorized by an act of law to engage in the value appraisal of real property or equipment.

  5. “Date of occurrence of the event”: means the date of contract signing, date of payment, date of consignment trading, date of transfer, date of resolution of Board of Directors, or other date which can confirm the counterparty and trading amount, whichever date is earlier; provided, for investment for which approval of the competent authority is required, the earlier of the above date or the date of receipt of approval by the competent authority shall apply.

  6. “Mainland area investment”: refers to investments in China approved by the Ministry of Economic Affairs Investment Commission or conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations Governing Permission for Investment or Technical Cooperation in the Mainland Area.

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  • Article 4 Procedures of Evaluation and Operation for the Acquisition or Disposal of Assets

  • Acquisition or Disposal of Securities

  • (1) For securities acquired or disposed of in the centralized exchange market or OTC exchange, the operating department shall submit items such as the reasons for the proposed acquisition or disposal, targeted assets, and price reference, etc. to the in-charge department for the decision.

  • (2) For securities not acquired or disposed of in the centralized exchange market or OTC exchange, the operating department shall submit items such as the reasons for the proposed acquisition or disposal, targeted assets, counterparties, price of transfer, receipt and payment terms, and price reference, etc. to the in-charge department for the decision.

  • For acquisition or disposal of real estates, equipment, right-of-use assets of real estate, right-of-use assets of equipment, membership certificates, intangible assets, and assets acquired or disposed of by mergers, splits, acquisition or share transfer in accordance with laws, the operating department shall submit items such as the reasons for the proposed acquisition or disposal, targeted assets, counterparties, price of transfer, receipt and payment terms, and price reference, etc. to the in-charge department for the decision.

  • For evaluation of derivative products, the finance manager shall hold periodic meetings with relevant persons examining operational strategies and performances. In principle, trading position and performances shall be reported to the chief treasury officer weekly, reported to the chief financial officer monthly and reported to the chief executive officer (equivalent chief manager) quarterly.

  • The appraisal reports to the Company or any subsidiaries which shall comply with these Procedures, opinions provided by certified public accountant, attorney, or securities underwriter, the requirements to professional appraisers and their officers, certified public accounts, attorneys, and securities underwriters, and the process when issuing an appraisal report or opinion, shall comply with “Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies”, related regulations” and self-discipline enacted by such person’s industry association.

  • Relevant operations for acquisition or disposal of assets shall be handled in accordance with the Company’s regulations relating to the internal control system.

Article 5 Procedures for Approval of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets

  1. Methods and the Reference Basis for the Decision on Price

  2. (1) For securities purchased and sold in the centralized exchange market or OTC exchange, the price shall be determined according to market price at the time of transaction. For securities not acquired or disposed of in the centralized exchange market or OTC exchange, the price shall be determined by reference to net worth per share, profitability, potential for future development, and then transaction price.

  3. (2) The acquisition or disposal of real estate, equipment, right-of-use assets of real estate, or right-of-use assets of equipment shall be carried out by price comparison, price negotiation, or bidding. As to the price of real estate, it shall be determined by reference to the publicly announced current value, appraised current value, and actual transaction price in the vicinity.

  4. (3) For acquisition or disposal of membership certificate, the price shall be comprehensively evaluated by reference to future anticipated added-value and produced benefit.

  5. (4) For acquisition of disposal of intangible assets such as patent right, copyright, trademark right, and franchise, the price shall be determined by reference to elements such as future anticipated profit, levels of technology development and innovation, legal protected conditions, circumstances of license and implementation, production cost or implementation cost, in addition thereto, the relevant elements of right owners and licensees shall also be overall considered.

  6. Amount and Level of Authorization

  7. In-charge department of the Company shall decide within its authority on the acquisition and disposal of assets in the following situations; provided, however, that matters governed by Article 185 of the Company Act shall be approved by the shareholders’ meeting in advance:

  8. (1) Unless otherwise provided below, the acquisition or disposal of securities shall be approved by the Board of Directors before its execution:

  9. (a) the Company’s Chairman is authorized by the Board of Directors to decide and execute project of which amount is within NT$300 million, and said matter is brought up to and ratified by the Board of Directors later.

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  • (b) the finance manager is authorized to execute idle fund to invest in domestic and foreign government bond, commercial paper, domestic bond fund, financial debentures, monetary fund, financial preferred stock trading in centralized securities exchange market and over-the-counter market, and corporate bond with investment grade above BBB with amount not exceeding NT$300 million; the approval of the head of treasury department is required for amount between NT300 million to 600 million; the approval of the chief financial officer is required for amount between NT$600 million and NT1.2 billion; the approval of the chief executive officer(equivalent chief manager) is required for amount between NT 1.2 billion and NT 1.5 billion; and the approval of the Company’s Chairman is required for amount exceeding NT$1.5 billion.

  • (2) The acquisition or disposal of real estate shall be approved by the Board of Directors before its execution, except that the Company’s Chairman is authorized by the Board of Directors to execute project of which the amount is less than NT$50 million and be brought up to and ratified by the Board of Directors later.

  • (3) The acquisition or disposal of right-of-use assets of real estate shall be approved by the Board of Directors with the amount is more than NT$300 million; the approval of the Company’s Chairman is required for amount between NT$100 million and NT$300 million (not exceeding); the approval of the (equivalent chief manager) is required for amount between NT$50 million and NT$100 million (not exceeding); the chief officers(equivalent managers) who directly report to chief executive officer are authorized to execute the acquisition or disposal of right-of-use assets of real estate with the amount not reaching NT$50 million.

  • (4) The acquisition or disposal of equipment or right-of-use assets of equipment which the amount is above NT$100 million, shall be approved by the Board of Directors, and which the amount is not exceeding NT$100 million, shall be executed in accordance with the Company’s Internal Control Systems to management of assets and relevant rules.

  • (5) Regulations are enacted, in accordance with the Company’s development of turnover and variation of risk position, for the process of the license of acquisition or disposal of derivative products.

  • (6) The acquisition or disposal of patent rights, copyrights, trademark rights, franchise rights, and other intangible assets shall be decided by the Company’s Chairman before its execution, except that the transaction of which the amount is above NT$300 million shall be approved by the Board of Directors.

  • (7) The following transactions between the Company, its Subsidiary, or its subsidiaries in which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, 100% of the shares outstanding or total capital shall be decided by the Company’s Chairman before its execution, except that the transaction of which the amount is above NT$300 million shall be approved by the Board of Directors:

  • (a) acquisition or disposal of equipment or right-of-use assets of equipment for business use.

  • (b) acquisition or disposal of right-of-use assets of real estate for business use.

  • Operating Department

  • Finance department is the operating department for securities and derivative product investments; the using department and relevant in-charge departments are the operating departments for investments in real estate, equipment, right-of-use assets of real estate, right-of-use assets of equipment, intangible assets, membership certificate and assets acquired or disposed of through mergers, splits, acquisition or share transfer.

Article 6

The Standards for Public Announcement

  1. For acquisition or disposal of the Company’s assets as provided below, the Company shall announce the same at the website designated by the Competent Authority in a form stipulated by the Competent Authority based on its nature, within two days commencing immediately from the date of occurrence of said matter:

  2. (1) acquisition or disposal of real estate or right-of-use assets of real estate from related party; or the acquisition or disposal of other assets other than real estate or right-of-use assets of real estate from related party and the transaction amount reaches 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital, 10% of the Company’s total assets or NT$300 million or more; provided, however, that trading of domestic government bonds or bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or buyback/redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises shall not be applied.

  3. (2) proceeding mergers, splits, acquisition or share transfer.

  4. (3) enacting in derivative products transactions and the loss reaching the maximum loss limit amount of the total or individual contract as provided in relevant procedures.

  5. (4) acquisition or disposal of equipment or right-of-use assets of equipment for business use, the counterparty is not a related party, and the transaction amount. reaches the follows:

    • (a) the transaction amount is NT$500 million or more in the event the paid-in capital of the Company is less than NT$10 billion.

    • (b) the transaction amount is NT$1 billion or more in the event the paid-in capital of the Company is NT$10 billion or more.

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  • (5) where land is acquired under an arrangement on engaging others to build on the Company's own land, engaging others to build on a leased land, joint construction and allocation of housing units, joint construction and allocation of ownership percentages with an party which is not a related party, an, or joint construction and separate sale, and the amount the Company expects to invest in the transaction is NT$500 million or more.

  • (6) asset transactions other than those provided in the preceding items (1) to (5), or investment in Mainland China, the transaction amount reaches 20% of Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more; provided, however, that the following situations are not applied:

    • (a) purchase and sale of domestic government bond or foreign bond with a credit rating not lower than the sovereign rating of the ROC.

    • (b) trading of bonds under repurchase/resale agreements, or subscription or buyback/redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises.

  • The transaction amount in the preceding paragraph is calculated in accordance with the methods provided below:

  • (1) the amount of any individual transaction.

  • (2) the transaction amount accumulated within one year with the same counterparty in the acquisition or disposal of the targeted assets of the same type.

  • (3) the amount accumulated (the transaction amount for acquisition and disposal are separately accumulated) within one year in the acquisition or disposal of real estate or right-of-use assets of real estate within the same development project.

  • (4) the amount accumulated (the transaction amount for acquisition and disposal are separately accumulated) within one year in the acquisition or disposal of the same securities.

  • “Within one year” as used in this paragraph refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items duly announced in accordance with these Procedures need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

  • The Company shall monthly report the transaction of the derivative products engaged by it and its subsidiaries not categorized as domestic public companies up to the end of the previous month by entering the information in the stipulated form to the website designated by the Competent Authority for filing of information before the 10th date of each month.

  • Where there is an error or omission in an item required to be announced according to regulations at the time of announcement and correction is required, all the items shall be again publicly announced and reported in their entirety within 2 days commencing immediately from the date of knowing of the error or omission.

  • Unless otherwise provided by other laws, the Company acquiring or disposing assets shall retain all relevant contracts, meeting minutes, registry, appraisal reports, and opinions of accountants, attorneys and security underwriters for at least 5 years.

  • After announcing and filing the transaction in accordance with these Procedures, the Company shall make a public announcement of relevant information in the website designated by the Competent Authority within two days commencing immediately from the date of occurrence of said matter:

  • (1) The executed relevant contracts of the original transaction have been changed, terminated or ceased.

  • (2) Mergers, splits, acquisition or share transfer have not been completed in the anticipated timeframe as provided in the contracts.

  • (3) Any change in the content of the original announcement and filing.

Article 7 Scope and Amount of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets

  1. Apart from acquisition of assets for business use, the Company may invest or purchase real estate, equipment, right-of-use assets of real estate, right-of-use assets of equipment, and securities for non-business use, the limitations on amounts are set forth as follows:

  2. (1) Total investment in real estate, equipment, right-of-use assets of real estate, and right-of-use assets of equipment for non-business use shall not exceed 40% of the summation of shareholder’s equity and longterm liabilities of the Company as certified by the accountant.

  3. (2) Total investment in securities shall not exceed the shareholder’s equity of the Company as certified by the accountant.

  4. (3) Investment in a single security shall not exceed 40% of the shareholder’s equity of the Company as certified by the accountant.

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  1. The limitations to the Company’s subsidiaries on amounts of acquisition or disposal of assets shall not violate rules provided herein below:

  2. (1) shall not purchase real estate or right-of-use assets of real estate for non-business use.

  3. (2) total investment in equipment and right-of-use assets of equipment, for non-business use, shall not exceed 15% of the shareholder’s equity of the Company as certified by the accountant.

  4. (3) total investment in securities shall not exceed 40% of the shareholder’s equity of the Company as certified by the accountant.

  5. (4) investment in a single security shall not exceed 20% of the shareholder’s equity of the Company as certified by the accountant.

Article 8 Control Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets of the Company’s Subsidiaries

  1. For the acquisition or disposal of assets by the Company’s subsidiaries thereof that is not a public company in Taiwan, either one of the following shall be processed in advance:

  2. (1) The acquisition or disposal shall be approved and executed by the Company’s Board of Director and relevant departments of the Company in accordance with these Procedures, and the Company’s subsidiaries shall cooperate to handle relevant matters; or

  3. (2) the subsidiaries’ “Procedures Governing Acquiring or Disposing of Assets” shall be enacted and executed in accordance with regulations; and filed with the Company’s Board of Director for approval. Any amendment thereto shall be subject to the same procedures.

  4. Where subsidiaries of the Company not categorized as domestic public companies whose acquisition or disposal of assets reach the thresholds of public announcement under these Procedures, the Company shall also make a public announcement with copies to relevant competent authorities in accordance with these Procedures.

  5. The paid-in capital or total assets of the Company shall be the standard for determining whether or not a subsidiary under the preceding paragraph is subject to Paragraph 1 of Article 6 (in the event the type of transaction reaches 20% of paid-in capital or 10% of total assets).

  6. For the acquisition or disposal of assets by the Company’s subsidiaries thereof that is a public company in Taiwan, the subsidiaries shall comply with “Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies” and related regulations.

Article 9 Punishment of Violation of the Procedure If relevant employees and personnel of the Company violate these Procedures, they will be subject to the related rules of the Company’s “Personnel Administration Regulations”.

Article 10 Appraisal Report of Professional Appraisal Institutions

In acquiring or disposing of real estates, equipment, right-of-use assets of real estate, or right-of-use assets of equipment, where the transaction amount reaches 20% of the company’s paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more, the Company, unless otherwise transacted with a domestic government institution, engaging others to build on its own land, engaging others to build on leased land, or acquiring or disposing of equipment or right-ofuse assets of equipment for business use, the Company shall obtain an appraisal report prior to the date of occurrence of the event from a professional appraisal institution and shall further comply with the following provisions:

  1. Where due to special circumstances it is necessary to give a limited price, specified price, or special price as a reference basis for the transaction price, the transaction shall be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval in advance, as well as any future changes to the terms and conditions of the transaction thereto.

  2. Where the transaction amount is NT$1 billion or more, appraisals from two or more professional appraisers shall be obtained.

  3. Where any one of the following circumstances applies with respect to the professional appraiser’s appraisal results, unless all the appraisal results for the assets to be acquired are higher than the transaction amount, or all the appraisal results for the assets to be disposed of are lower than the transaction amount, a CPA shall be engaged to render a specific opinion regarding the reason for the discrepancy and the appropriateness of the transaction price:

  4. (1) the discrepancy between the appraisal result and the transaction amount is 20% or more of the transaction amount.

  5. (2) the discrepancy between the appraisal results of two or more professional appraisers is 10% or more of the transaction amount.

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  1. No more than 3 months may elapse between the date of the appraisal report issued by a professional appraiser institution and execution date of the contract; provided, however, where the publicly announced current value for the same period is used and not more than 6 months have elapsed, an opinion may still be issued by the original professional appraiser.

Article 11

Certified Public Accountant’s Opinions

  1. The Company acquiring or disposing of securities shall, prior to the date of occurrence of the event, obtain financial statements of the issuing company for the most recent period, certified or reviewed by a certified public accountant, for reference in appraising the transaction price, and if the transaction amount reaches 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more, a certified public accountant shall be retained prior to the date of occurrence of the event to provide an opinion regarding the reasonableness of the transaction price. This requirement does not apply, however, to publicly quoted prices of securities that have an active market, or where otherwise provided by regulations of the Competent Authority.

  2. In acquiring or disposing intangible assets, right-of-use of intangible assets, or membership certificate and the transaction amount reaches 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more, the Company, unless transacted with a domestic government institution, shall engage a certified public accountant prior to the date of occurrence of the event to render an opinion on the reasonableness of the transaction price.

  3. Where the Company acquires or disposes of assets through court auction procedures, the evidentiary documentation issued by the court may be substituted for the appraisal report or CPA opinion.

Article 11-1 In addition that handling of the acquisition or disposal of assets between the Company and related party shall proceed with relevant approval procedures and evaluate the reasonableness of terms of the transaction in accordance with these Procedures, where the transaction amount reaches 10% of the Company’s total assets or more, appraisal report or CPA’s opinion shall also be required in accordance with Articles 10 through the preceding Article.

When judging whether counterparty is a related party, in addition to legal formalities, the substance of the relationship shall also be considered.

  • Article 11-2 The transaction amount in the preceding three Articles are calculated in accordance to Paragraph 2 of Article 6; “within one year” as used refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items duly obtained appraisal report or accountant opinion in accordance with these Procedures need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

  • Article 12 The acquisition or disposal of real estate or right-of-use assets of real estate, from related parties, or the acquisition or disposal of other assets other than real estate or right-of-use assets of real estate from related party, and the transaction amount reaches 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital, 10% of the Company’s total assets or NT$300 million or more; provided, unless trading of domestic government bonds or bonds under repurchase and resale agreements or subscription or buyback/redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises, the Company shall submit information provided below to the audit committee for approval of more than half of all audit committee members and then submit the same to the Board of Directors for further approval before signing the contracts and payments:

  • the purpose, necessity and the anticipated benefit of the acquisition or disposal of assets.

  • reasons for choosing the related party as a trading counterparty.

  • with respect to the acquisition of real property or right-of-use assets of real property from a related party, information regarding appraisal of the reasonableness of the preliminary transaction terms in accordance with Articles 13 and 14.

  • the date and price at which the related party originally acquired the real property, the original trading counterparty, and that trading counterparty’s relationship to the Company and the related party.

  • monthly cash flow forecasts for the year commencing from the anticipated month of signing of the contract, and evaluation of the necessity of the transaction, and reasonableness of the funds utilization.

  • An appraisal report from a professional appraiser or a CPA’s opinion obtained in accordance with these Procedures.

  • Restrictive covenants and other important stipulations associated with the transaction.

Provided that this Company or the Company’s subsidiary that isn’t a public company has the transaction as stated in Paragraph 1 and the transaction amount in Paragraph 1 reaches 10% of the Company’s total assets, the Company shall submit all information set forth in Paragraph 1 before signing the transaction agreement or making the payment but this requirement does not apply to the transaction between this Company and its subsidiary or between the Company’s subsidiaries.

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The transaction amount in Paragraph 1 and the preceding paragraph is calculated in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 6; “within one year” as used in these Procedures refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items duly approved by more than half of all audit committee members and submit to shareholder’s meeting the Board of Directors for further approval in accordance with these Procedures need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

Article 13 The Company purchases real estate or right-of-use assets of real estate from a related party shall comply with methods provided below to evaluate the reasonableness of the transaction cost:

  1. Based on the transaction price of the related party plus necessary interest on funding and the cost to be borne by the buyer according to law. “Necessary interest on funding” shall be imputed based on the weighted average interest rate of the funding borrowed by the Company in the year of purchase of the asset; however, it may not be higher than the maximum non-financial industry lending rate announced by the Ministry of Finance.

  2. Total loan value appraisal from a financial institution where the related party has previously created a mortgage on the property as security for a loan; provided, however, that the actual cumulative amount loaned by the financial institution shall have been 70% or more of the financial institution’s appraised loan value of the property and the period of the loan shall have been one (1) year or more. However, this shall not apply where the financial institution is a related party of one of the trading counterparties.

  3. Where both the land and building on the property in question are purchased or leased in one transaction, the cost of the transaction may be reached by respectively evaluating such land and building based on either of the methods described above.

  4. The Company acquires real property or right-of-use assets of real property from a related party and appraises the cost of the real property in accordance with the preceding Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall also engage a CPA to check the appraisal and render a specific opinion.

  5. Where the Company acquires real property or right-of-use assets of real property from a related party and one of the following circumstances exists, the acquisition shall be conducted in accordance with Article 5 and 12, and the preceding four paragraphs do not apply:

  6. (1) the related party acquires real estate or right-of-use assets of real estate through inheritance or as a gift.

  7. (2) more than five (5) years will have elapsed from the time the related party signed the contract to obtain the real property or right-of-use assets of real property to the signing date for the current transaction.

  8. (3) the real property is acquired through signing of a joint development contract with the related party, or through engaging a related party to build real property, either on the Company’s own land or on leased land.

  9. (4) the acquisition or disposal of real estate’s right-of-use assets, which is for business use, between the Company, its Subsidiary, or its subsidiaries in which Company holds, directly or indirectly, 100% of the shares outstanding or total capital.

Article 14 When the results evaluated by the Company in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the preceding Article are all lower than the transaction price, the matter shall be handled in accordance with Article 15; provided, however, where the following circumstances exist, objective evidence has been submitted and specific opinions on reasonableness have been obtained from a professional real property appraiser and a CPA have been obtained, this restriction shall not apply:

  1. Where the related party acquired undeveloped land or leased land for development, it may submit proof of compliance with one of the following conditions:

  2. (1) Where undeveloped land is appraised in accordance with the means in the preceding Article, and buildings according to the related party’s construction cost plus reasonable construction profit are valued in excess of the actual transaction price. The “Reasonable construction profit” shall be deemed the average gross operating profit margin of the related party’s construction division over the most recent 3 years or the gross profit margin for the construction industry for the most recent period as announced by the Ministry of Finance, whichever is lower.

  3. (2) Completed transactions by unrelated parties within the preceding year involving other floors of the same property or neighboring or closely valued parcels of land, where the land area and transaction terms are similar after calculation of reasonable price discrepancies in floor or area land prices in accordance with standard property or leasing market practices.

  4. Where the Company acquiring real property by purchasing or acquiring right-of-use assets of real estate by lease from a related party provides evidence that the terms of the transaction are similar to the terms of transactions for the acquisition of neighboring or closely valued parcels of land of a similar size by unrelated parties within the preceding year.

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Completed transactions for neighboring or closely valued parcels of land in the preceding paragraph in principle refers to parcels on the same or an adjacent block and within a distance of no more than 500 meters or parcels close in publicly announced current value; transaction for similarly sized parcels in principle refers to transactions completed by unrelated parties for parcels with a land area of no less than 50% of the property in the planned transaction; within the preceding year refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the acquisition of the real property or right-of-use assets of real property.

Article 15 Where the Company acquires real property or right-of-use assets of real property from a related party and the results of appraisals conducted in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 are all lower than the transaction price or there are evidences showing that the aforesaid transaction is a non-arm’s length transaction, the following steps shall be done:

  1. a special reserve shall be set aside in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Act and related regulations against the difference between the real property or right-of-use assets of real property transaction price and the appraised cost, and may not be distributed or used for capital increase or issuance of bonus shares. Where a public company uses the equity method to account for its investment in another company, then the special reserve called for under the Securities and Exchange Act and related regulations shall be set aside pro rata in a proportion consistent with the share of public company’s equity stake in the other company.

  2. the audit committee handling the matter pursuant to Article 218 of the Company Act.

  3. actions taken pursuant to the preceding subparagraphs shall be reported to a shareholders meeting, and the details of the transaction shall be disclosed in the annual report and prospectus.

After setting aside a special reserve pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company may not utilize the special reserve until it has recognized a loss on decline in market value of the assets it purchased or leased at a premium, or the assets have been disposed of, terminated the lease agreement, or adequate compensation has been made, or the status quo ante has been restored, or there is other evidence confirming that there was nothing unreasonable about the transaction, and the Competent Authority has given its consent.

Transaction of Derivative Products

  • Article 16 The Company engages in transactions of derivative products shall pay strict attention to control of the following important risk management and auditing matters, and incorporate them into their Procedures:

  • Trading principles and strategies: shall include the types of derivatives that may be traded, operating or hedging strategies, segregation of duties, essentials of performance evaluation, total amount of derivatives contracts that may be traded, and the maximum loss limit on total trading and for individual contracts.

  • Risk management measures.

  • Internal auditing system.

  • Regular evaluation methods and the handling of irregular circumstances.

  • Article 17 The Company engaging in derivatives trading shall adopt the following risk management measures: 1. The scope of risk management shall include the risk management of credit, market price, liquidity, cash flows, operation and legal risks.

  • Personnel engaged in derivatives trading may not serve concurrently in other operations such as confirmation and settlement.

  • Risk measurement, monitoring, and control personnel shall be assigned to a different department that the personnel in the preceding subparagraph and shall report to the Board of Directors or high-level managers with no responsibility for trading or position decision-making.

  • Derivatives trading positions held shall be evaluated at least once per week; however, positions for hedge trades required by business shall be evaluated at least twice per month. Evaluation reports shall be submitted to high-level managers authorized by the Board of Directors.

  • Other important risk management measures.

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Article 18 Principles of Supervision and Management of the Board of Directors:

  1. Assign high-level managers to pay continuous attention to monitoring and controlling derivatives trading risk.

  2. Periodically evaluate whether derivatives trading performance is consistent with established operational strategy and whether the risk undertaken is within the Company’s permitted scope of tolerance..

The Principles of Supervision and Control of the High-Level Managers Authorized by the Board of Directors:

  1. Periodically evaluate the risk management measures currently employed are appropriate and are faithfully conducted in accordance with these Procedures and the “Rules to Engage in the Transaction of Derivative Products” stipulated by the Company.

  2. When irregular circumstances are found in the course of supervising trading and profit-loss circumstances, appropriate measures shall be adopted and a report immediately made to the Board of Directors; where the Company has independent directors, an independent director shall be present at the meeting and express an opinion.

  3. The Company shall report to the next meeting of the Board of Directors after it authorizes the relevant personnel to handle derivative trading in accordance with its enacting Procedures for Engaging in Derivatives Trading.

  4. Article 19 The Company shall establish a log book in which details of the types and amounts of derivatives trading engaged in, Board of Directors approval dates, and the matters required to be carefully evaluated under Subparagraph 4 of Article 17, Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 and Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 2 of Article 18 shall be recorded in detail.

The Company’s internal auditors shall periodically check the suitability of internal controls on derivative transactions and conduct a monthly audit of compliance of the trading departments with the Procedures to Engage in the Transaction of Derivative Products, and prepare an audit report. If any material violation is discovered, the audit committee and its members shall be notified in writing.

Mergers, Splits, Acquisitions and Share Transfer among Enterprises

  • Article 20 Before convening the meeting for the Board of Directors for a resolution, the Company engaging in a merger, split, acquisition or share transfer shall retain accountants, attorneys or securities underwriters to provide opinions on the reasonableness of the share conversion rates, acquisition price or the cash or other assets distributed to shareholders, and submit the opinions to the Board of Directors to discuss for approval. Provided, when the Company merge its Subsidiary in which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, 100% of the shares outstanding or total capital, or a merger of its subsidiaries in which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, 100% of the shares outstanding or total capital, the foregoing experts’ opinions is not required.

  • Article 21 Prior to convening the shareholders’ meeting, the Company participating in a merger, split or acquisition shall prepare a public report to shareholders detailing important contractual content and matters relating to the merger, demerger, or acquisition and include it along with the expert opinion referred to in the preceding Article when sending shareholders notification of the shareholders meeting for reference in deciding whether to approve the merger, demerger, or acquisition. Provided, however, where another act exempts the Company from convening a shareholders meeting to approve the merger, demerger, or acquisition, this restriction shall not apply.

  • If the shareholders’ meeting of any company (including the Company) participating in the merger, split or acquisition fails to convene or pass a resolution due to lack of a quorum, insufficient votes, or other legal restriction, or the proposal is rejected by the shareholders meeting, the Company shall immediately make a public announcement explaining the reasons for such occurrence, the follow-up measures to be taken, and the anticipated date for convening of the next shareholders’ meeting(s).

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Article 22 Unless otherwise provided by other laws or the Competent Authority is notifed in advance of extraordinary cir-
cumstances and grants consent, the Company shall convene the board meetings and shareholders’ meetings and
pass resolutions regarding merger, split or acquisition and relevant matters on the same day with companies par-
ticipating in a merger, split, acquisition or share transfer.
When participating in a merger, split, acquisition, or transfer of another company’s shares, the Company shall pre-
pare a full written record of the information requested by the Competent Authority and retain it for reference.
When participating in a merger, split, acquisition, or transfer of another company’s shares, the Company shall,
within 2 days commencing immediately from the date of passage of a resolution by the Board of Directors, report
(in the prescribed format and via the Internet-based information system) the information requested by the Com-
petent Authority for recordation.
Where any of the companies participating in a merger, split, acquisition, or transfer of another company’s shares
is neither listed on an exchange nor has its shares traded on an OTC market, the Company shall sign an agreement
with such company whereby the latter is required to abide by Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 22.
Article 23 All persons participating in or knowing of plan of the Company’s merger, split, acquisition or share transfer shall
issue a written undertaking of nondisclosure, and may not disclose the content of the plan prior to public disclo-
sure of the information and may not trade, in their own name or under the name of another person, in any stock or
other equity security of any company related to the plan for merger, demerger, acquisition, or share transfer.
Article 24 In the Company’s participating in a merger, split, acquisition or share transfer, the share conversion rates or the
acquisition price may not be arbitrarily changed unless under the following circumstances, and conditions for
change shall be provided in the merger, split, acquisition or share transfer contract:
  1. Cash capital increase, issuance of convertible corporate bonds, distribution of stock dividends, issuance of corporate bonds with warrants, preferred shares with warrants, stock warrants, or other equity based securities.

  2. Acts affecting the Company’s finances or operations, such as disposal of major assets.

  3. Occurrence of major disasters, major technological transformations, or other events affecting the Company’s shareholders’ equity or the Company’s securities prices.

  4. An adjustment where any of the companies participating in the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares from another company, buys back treasury stock according to laws.

  5. Increase, decrease, or change in the entities, or number thereof, participating in the merger, split, acquisition or share transfer.

  6. Other conditions for change have been provided in the contract and publicly disclosed.

Article 25 In the Company’s participation in a merger, split, acquisition or share transfer, the contract shall specify the rights and obligations of the companies participating in the merger, split, acquisition or share transfer and shall also specify the following particulars:

  1. Handling of breach of agreement.

  2. Principles for the handling of equity-type securities previously issued or treasury stock previously bought back by any company that is extinguished in a merger or that is demerged.

  3. The amount of treasury stock participating companies are permitted under law to buy back after the record date of calculation of the share exchange ratio, and the principles for handling thereof.

  4. The manner of handling changes in the number of participating entities or companies.

  5. The scheduled timetable for execution of the plan, and scheduled timeframe for completion.

  6. The relevant procedures for handling failure to complete within such timeframe, such as the anticipated date for convening of the shareholders’ meeting(s) pursuant to laws.

Article 26 Following public disclosure of information about the Company’s participating in merger, split, acquisition or share transfer, if the Company has an intention to undertake a further merger, split, acquisition or share transfer with another company, any procedures or legal actions already carried out by the Company under the original merger, split, acquisition or share transfer plan shall be carried out anew except conditions that the number of the participating companies decreases and the companies’ shareholders’ meeting has made a resolution and authorized the Board of Directors the right for modification, the Company is exempt from convening the shareholders’ meeting for another resolution.

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Article 27 If the companies participating in the merger, split, acquisition or share transfer are categorized as non-public companies, the Company shall enter into an agreement with them whereby the latter is required to abide by Articles 22, 23 and 26.

Article 28 Others

  1. Matters not provided herein shall be governed by the relevant laws and regulations and relevant internal rules of the Company. If the Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets in the original ruling is amended by the competent authority, the Company shall apply the provisions in the new ruling.

  2. These Procedures shall be approved by more than half of all audit committee members and submitted to the Board of Directors for further approval and reported to the shareholders’ meeting for approval. The same procedures shall apply with any amendment hereto. If a director holds dissenting opinions of Company’s matters and there were records for it or in written stating, the Company shall submit materials of the director’s dissenting opinions to the audit committee.

  3. For the Company’s matters which shall be approved by the Board of Directors pursuant to these Procedures or other laws, where a director holds dissenting opinions on the Company’s matters and there were relevant records or made in writing, the Company shall submit materials of the director’s dissenting opinions to audit committee.

  4. When the Company reports the transaction of acquisition or disposal of assets pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs to the Board of Directors for discussion, in case the position of independent director is established in accordance with the law, the Board of Directors shall fully take each independent director’s opinions into consideration. If an independent director objects to or expresses reservations about any matter, it shall be recorded in the minutes of the board of directors meeting.

  5. If approval of more than half of all audit committee members as required in Paragraph 2 is not obtained, these Procedures may be implemented if approved by more than two-thirds of all directors, and the resolution of the audit committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the board of directors meeting.

  6. The terms “all audit committee members” in these Procedures and “all directors” in the preceding paragraph shall be calculated as the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.

  7. Where an audit committee is established in accordance with the law, the provisions set out in Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 15 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the independent director as the member of audit committee; and the other the provisions regarding supervisors shall apply mutatis mutandis to the audit committee.

  8. Another stricter management principles may be drafted by the Company’s Chairman in accordance with these Procedures and be effective after approval by the Board of Directors with two-thirds vote at a meeting attended by more than two-thirds of the directors. The same procedure shall apply to any amendment thereto.

  9. Where the Company’s share is no-par stock or its par value per share is not the NT$10, the transaction amount calculation related to 20% of the paid-in capital under these Procedures shall be calculated based on 10% of equity attributable to owners of the parent company; for calculations under the provisions of these Procedures regarding transaction amounts relative to paid-in capital of NT$10 billion, NT$20 billion of equity attributable to owners of the parent shall be substituted.

  10. For calculation of 10% of total assets under these Procedures, the total assets stated in the most recent parent company only financial report prepared in accordance with Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers shall be used.

  11. Article 29 The Procedures were enacted on July 28, 1995. The first amendment was made on October 27, 1995. The second amendment was made on November 18, 1999. The third amendment was made on June 11, 2003. The fourth amendment was made on June 13, 2008. The fifth amendment was made on June 15, 2012. The sixth amendment was made on June 18, 2014. The seventh amendment was enacted on June 23, 2015. The eighth amendment was enacted on June 21, 2017. The ninth amendment was enacted on June 14, 2019. The tenth amendment was enacted on June 12, 2020. The eleventh amendment was enacted on June 11, 2021. The twelfth amendment was enacted on June 10, 2022.

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Appendix 3

Acer Incorporated Procedures for Acquiring or Disposing of Assets (Upon Being Amended)

Article 1 Applicability

The Company shall not provide loans to others unless otherwise provided below:

The Company may provide loans to enterprises with which the Company has business relationship; where there is necessity of short-term financing, the Company may provide loans in accordance with these Procedures to subsidiaries in which the Company holds 50% or more of its total outstanding common shares, or enterprises in which the Company proposes to make equity investment.

  • Article 2 The Standard for Lending Assessment

  • For enterprises having business relationship with the Company apply funding from the Company, the aggregate amount of the loans provided by the Company shall not exceed the net worth of total trading amount between both parties in the most recent year. The net worth of total trading amount between both parties means the total amount of purchase or re-sale, whichever is higher.

  • For enterprises apply funding from the Company by reason of necessity to have short-term funding, those enterprises shall be limited to subsidiaries in which the Company holds 50% or more of its total outstanding common shares or enterprises in which the Company proposes to make equity investment.

  • “Subsidiary” used in these Procedures means which is provided pursuant to Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Article 3 Limits on Loan

  1. The aggregate amount of loans provided by the Company shall not exceed 50% of the net worth of the Company as shown in the latest financial report audited or reviewed by the CPA. Out of the aforesaid amount, the aggregate amount of loans for necessity of short-term funding shall not exceed 20% of the net worth of the Company as shown in the latest financial report audited or reviewed by the CPA.

  2. By reason of business relations, the limits to lend to each single borrower shall be subject to the percentage provided below:

  3. (1) For subsidiary that the Company holds 50% or more of its total outstanding common shares, the aggregate amount of loans shall not exceed 10% of the net worth of the Company.

  4. (2) For enterprise that the Company holds less than 50% of its total outstanding common shares, the aggregate amount of loans shall not exceed 5% of the net worth of the Company, nor exceed 40% of the net worth of the enterprise.

  5. (3) For other borrower, the aggregate amount of loans shall not exceed 3% of the net worth of the Company, nor exceed 25% of the net worth of the borrower.

  6. By reason of necessity to have short-term funding from the Company, the limits to loan to each single borrower shall be subject to the percentage provided below:

  7. (1) For subsidiary that the Company holds 50% or more of its total outstanding common shares, the aggregate amount of loans shall not exceed 10% of the net worth of the Company.

  8. (2) For enterprise that the Company holds less than 50% of its total outstanding common shares, the aggregate amount of loans shall not exceed 5% of the net worth of the Company, nor exceed 40% of the net worth of the enterprise.

  9. (3) For other borrower, the aggregate amount of loans shall not exceed 3% of the net worth of the Company, nor exceed 25% of the net worth of the borrower.

    • In the event the Company provides loans to enterprise in which the Company proposes to make equity investment and there is necessity of short-term funding, each application shall be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval and the aggregate amount shall not exceed the aforesaid limits.

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  1. “net worth” in these Procedures means the balance sheet equity attributable to the owners of the parent company under the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Article 4 Time Limits and Interest Rates

When a borrower gets a loan from the Company, the loan period shall not exceed one year. The Chairman of the board is authorized to decide the method for calculating interest.

Article 5 Procedures for Lending

  1. The borrower shall apply in writing to the finance department of the Company for financing by submitting its Certificate of Profit Seeking Enterprise, relevant certificates of the enterprise, a photocopy of the identification of the enterprise’s representative, and other required financial information. The finance department shall make a credit investigation and submit the application to the Board of Directors for approval.

  2. After the amount of loan has been approved, the borrower shall fill out a payment application form and submit to the finance department to withdraw the fund.

  3. Where funds are loaned between the Company and its subsidiaries or between the Company’s subsidiaries, the Board of Directors of the lender may authorize the Company’s Chairman to appropriate funds in installments or as revolving funds to the same borrower within a specified amount approved by the Board of Directors and within one-year period. Except as funds are loaned in accordance with Clause 3 of Article 10, a loan amount for each enterprise shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of net worth of the borrower as shown in its latest financial report.

  4. Article 6 Review Procedures for Lending

  5. When a borrower applies for a loan from the Company, the borrower shall specify the purpose and the necessity of the loan and the finance department shall decide whether to accept the application or not.

  6. The finance department shall truly proceed with credit check on borrower’s business operation situation. The personnel in charge shall prepare a report including credit check result, opinion and devise the criterion of the loan for cases with good credit reputation and justifiable purposes and then submit the same to the Board of Directors for approval.

  7. In addition to credit check on the borrower, the finance department shall make an assessment of impact on operation risk, financial condition and shareholder’s rights that may result from said provision of loan, and submit its opinion statement together with credit check report to the Board of Directors for approval.

  8. When the borrower applies for withdrawing the funding from the Company, the borrower shall provide the Company with the Banker’s acceptance or collateral of the same amount as security. The finance department shall evaluate and determine the value of the collateral.

Article 7 The Standards for Public Announcement

  1. The Company shall enter the information regarding the loan amount provided by the Company and its subsidiaries in the most recent month into the Market Observation Post System on or before the 10th date of each month.

  2. In the event that the loan amount provided by the Company and its subsidiaries reaches the following thresholds, the Company shall make a public announcement within two days commencing immediately from the date of occurrence of said lending:

  3. (1) The aggregate amount of loans reaches twenty percent (20%) or more of the Company’s net worth as shown in its latest financial report audited or reviewed by the CPA.

  4. (2) The aggregate amount of loan for any single enterprise reaches ten (10%) percent or more of the Company’s net worth as shown in its latest financial report audited or reviewed by the CPA.

  5. (3) The aggregate amount of new loans reaches NT$10 million and reaches two percent (2%) or more of the Company’s net worth as shown in its latest financial report.

  6. The Company shall announce and report on behalf of any subsidiary thereof that is not a public company in Taiwan any matters that such subsidiary is required to announce and report pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

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Article 8 Subsequent Measures for Control and Management of Loans, and Procedures for Handling Delinquent Claims

  1. The finance department of the Company shall prepare a registry containing the basic information of the borrower, the date and amount for Board of Directors’ approval, the date of lending, the aggregate amount of loan, the content of the collateral, interest rate, the method and date for discharging the loan for verification conducted by the competent authorities and relevant personnel.

  2. After providing of loans, the finance department shall closely observe the borrower and its guarantor’s financial, business and credit condition and if the loan is secured by collateral, the finance department shall pay attention to the collateral’s value variation. If there is any significant change, the finance department shall notify the Company’s Chairman and adopt proper steps to handle as instructed by the Company’s Chairman.

  3. When the borrower would like to repay its loan on or before expiration date, the interest payable shall be calculated first, and the Banker’s acceptance shall not be returned nor collateral registration shall be cancelled until said interest plus the principal are repaid to the Company by the borrower.

  4. The borrower shall repay the loan including the principle and interest upon expiration date. If the borrower fails to repay the loan upon expiration date and needs to file for extension, the borrower shall file a written application with the Board of Directors for approval in advance. The borrower is only allowed to file for extension twice for the same loan and the extension period cannot exceed three (3) months each time within the time limit provided in Article 4. In the event the borrower violates these Procedures, the Company may institute a legal action against the guarantor or dispose of the collateral pursuant to laws.

  5. Article 9 Punishment of Violation of These Procedures

If relevant employees and personnel of the Company violate these Procedures, they will be subject to the related rules of the Company’s “Personnel Administration Regulations”.

  • Article 10 Control Procedures for the Company’s Subsidiaries

  • When the subsidiaries thereof that is not a public company in Taiwan propose to provide loans to others, the subsidiaries shall enact the “Procedures Governing Lending of Capital” and file with the Company’s Board of Directors for ratification. The said procedures of the subsidiaries shall be stipulated in accordance with these Procedures; provided, however, that the aggregate loan amount of the subsidiaries and the aggregate loan amount for each enterprise shall not exceed the following thresholds:

    • (1) For the subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100% of its total outstanding common shares, the aggregate loan amount and the aggregate loan amount for each enterprise shall be calculated based on the net worth of such subsidiary and its Procedures.

    • (2) For the subsidiaries in which the Company did not directly or indirectly holds 100% of its total outstanding common shares, the aggregate loan amount and the aggregate loan amount for each enterprise shall be calculated based on the net worth of the subsidiaries and its Procedures.

    • (3) Where funds are loaned between the overseas companies in which the Company directly and indirectly holds 100% voting shares or capital, or any overseas companies in which the Company directly and indirectly holds 100% voting shares or capital provides loans to the Company, such funds may be loaned free of the limitation of the aggregate amount of short-term funding provided in Paragraph 1 of Article 3, the limits to each borrower provided in Paragraph 3 (1) of Article 3 and Article 4; provided, however, that the loan period shall not exceed three (3) years and the limit to lend to each borrower and the aggregate loan amount shall not exceed 120% of the borrower’s net worth.

  • When the subsidiaries thereof that is a public company in Taiwan propose to provide loans to others, the subsidiaries shall enact the “Procedures Governing Lending of Capital” in accordance with “Regulations Governing Loaning of Funds and Making of Endorsements/Guarantees by Public Companies” and related regulations, and comply with those procedures.

  • Article 11 The Company shall evaluate and identify the contingency loss from the lending. The Company shall also disclose the information regarding the lending in the financial report and provide the same to the CPA for his proceeding with the necessary audit procedure and issuing the proper audit report.

  • Article 12 The internal audit personnel of the Company shall verify these Procedures and its implementation at least once every quarter and prepare a written report for record. If there is significant violation, the personnel shall inform audit committee in writing immediately.

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Article 13 The opinion of each independent director shall be fully taken into consideration when the Board of Directors dis-
cusses these loans. Opinions of each independent director for and against the said matter and reasons against
said matters shall be clearly recorded in the minutes.
Article 14 The loan made before the implementation of these Procedures shall be fled with the Board of Directors for ratif-
cation and handled in accordance with these Procedures. If there is any loan exceeded the amount limit, the excess
portion shall be withdrawn by installment.
Where the borrower becomes unqualifed under these Procedures or the loan amount exceeds the limit as a result
of changes of condition, the Company shall adopt rectifcation plans and submit the same to audit committee,
and complete the rectifcation in accordance with the schedule.
Article 15 These Procedures shall be commenced after being approved by more than half of all audit committee members
and submitted to the Board of Directors for further approval, and submitted to the shareholders meeting for ap-
proval. If a director holds dissenting opinions on Company’s matters and there were relevant records or made in
writing, the Company shall submit materials of the director’s dissenting opinions to audit committee, and submit-
ted to the shareholders meeting for discussion, as well as any revision thereto.
If approval of more than half of all audit committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not ob-
tained, these Procedures may be implemented if approved by more than two-thirds of all directors, provided that
the resolution of the audit committee is recorded in the minutes of the board of directors meeting.
The terms “all audit committee members” in the preceding two paragraphs and “all directors” in the preceding
paragraph shall be calculated as the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.
Article 16 Another stricter management principles may be drafted by the Company’s Chairman in accordance with these
Procedures and be efective after approval by the Board of Directors with two-thirds vote at a meeting attended by
more than two-thirds of the directors. The same procedure shall apply to any amendment thereto.
Article 17 All loans made by the Company shall comply with these Procedures. Matters not provided herein shall be governed
by the relevant laws and regulations and the relevant regulations of the Company.
Article 18 Approved by General Shareholder’s Meeting held on January 15, 1993.
The First amendment was made on March 24, 1995.
The Second amendment was made on February 14, 1996.
The Third amendment was made on August 23, 1996.
The Fourth amendment was made on March 11, 1997.
The Fifth amendment was made on April 29, 2002.
The Sixth amendment was made on May 31, 2002.
The Seventh amendment was made on October 28, 2002.
The Eighth amendment was made on June 11, 2003.
The Ninth amendment was made on June 19, 2009.
The Tenth amendment was made on June 18, 2010.
The Eleventh amendment was made on June 15, 2012.
The Twelfth amendment was made on June 18, 2014.
The Thirteenth amendment was made on June 14, 2019.
The Fourteenth amendment was made on July 9, 2021.

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Appendix 4

Impact of Stock Dividend Issuance on the Company’s Business Performance, Earnings per Share and Shareholder Return Rate:

Not Applicable

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Appendix 5

Shareholdings of All Directors as of April 2, 2024

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Title Name Number of Shares
Chairman Jason Chen 9,719,536
(Note 1)
Director Hung Rouan Investment Corp.
Legal Representative: Stan Shih
73,629,933
Director Maverick Shih 10,141,777
Independent Director Ching-Hsiang Hsu 0
Independent Director Yuri, Kure 0
Independent Director Pan-Chyr Yang 0
Independent Director Mei-Yueh Ho 0
TOTAL 93,491,246
(Note 2)

Note 1: Including the shares of 7,086,056 which held by the investment companies wholly owned by Mr. Jason Chen.

Note 2: (1) Total shares issued as of April 2, 2024: 3,047,853,828 common shares.

(2) Given that the independent directors of the Company exceed one-half of the total director seats and an audit committee has been established legally, the provisions on the minimum percentage requirements for the shareholding respectively of all directors and supervisors shall not apply.

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