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Cayman Engley — AGM Information 2019
Jul 12, 2019
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CAYMAN ENGLEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
The First Interim Shareholders’ Meeting in 2019
Procedures Handbook
Date: Fri, 12 April 2019. 9:00 AM
Location: B1 in No. 20, Jianbao Street, Changhua City, Changhua County, 500 (Fort Hotel B1 Joy& Glory Hall)
Listing code:2239
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| Index 1. Procedure 2. Agenda a. Matters to be reported b. Matters to be discussed 3. Provisional motion 4. Closing Appendix I. Articles of Association Appendix II. Rules of procedure Appendix III. The shareholding situation of Directors |
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CAYMAN ENGLEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Procedure for the first interim shareholders’ meeting in 2019
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1 、 Declaration
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2 、 Words by the Chairman
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3 、 Matters to be reported
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4 、 Matters to be discussed
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5 、 Provisional motion
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6 、 Closing
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CAYMAN ENGLEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Procedure for the first interim shareholders’ meeting in 2019
Date: Fri, 12 April 2019. 9:00 AM
Location: B1 in No. 20, Jianbao Street, Changhua City, Changhua County, 500
(Forte Hotel joy & glory hall)
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Declaration
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Words by the Chairman
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Matters to be reported
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I. The first implementation of buying back company shares (Treasury shares) in 2018
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4.Mater to be discussed
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I. Changchun Engley Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Engley Automobile"), an important subsidiary of the company, made an initial public offering of RMB common stock (A shares) and applied for listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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Provisional motion
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6.Closing
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Matters to be reported
The first case : Please review the first implementation of buying back company shares (Treasury shares) in 2018
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Note : On November 13, 2018, it was decided and passed by the company’s board, that in order to maintain the company's credit and shareholders ' rights necessary to buy back the shares of the company, It is proposed to authorize the chairman from November 14, 2018, to January 13, 2019. buy back the price range set at 98 yuan to 158 yuan, in order to buy back the company's twenty million common stock shares. Actual purchased of shares in the company accounted for nine million nine hundred thirty thousand ; the total
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amount of 117,401,432 yuan ; the average purchase price per share of 118.23 yuan, the purchase shares have completed the cancelation process on March 4 of 2019.
Matters to be discussed
The first case : Changchun Engley Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred
to as "Engley Automobile"), an important subsidiary of the company, made an initial public offering of RMB common stock (A shares) and applied for listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. (referred to by the Board)
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1 、 Purpose of subsidiaries applying for listed transactions in overseas securities markets
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Engley Automobile, an important subsidiary of the company, applied for listing transactions on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which is to: expand business development, attract professionals, improve public influence in the land market, enhance the corporate social image and expand the effectiveness of the integration of the company's resources.
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2 、 Impact on the company's finances and business projected organizational structure and business adjustments and the impact of its adjustments on the company
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(a)Impact on Finance
Engley Automobile A shares listing is conducive to increasing the shareholder equity of Manila Industrial Co., Ltd. After the listing of Engley automobile A shares, the increase of financing pipeline in mainland China will effectively reduce the financial costs, and with the number of funds raised to invest in the postpartum period, it is expected to reduce production costs, improve economic efficiency, and then bring about an increase in net profits, conducive to increasing the net assets belonging to the shareholders of Ucaiman Industrial Co., Ltd.
(b)Impact on the business
With the continuous integration of information and industrialization, intelligent manufacturing has become the development trend of the auto parts industry. By listing in shares and raising funds, we can optimize the company’s RD, to shorten the product development cycle, and enhance the Conversion ability its results.
(c)Expected organizational structure and business adjustments and the impact of its adjustments
Our company is a holding company, the main operating entities include Engley Automobile and its mainland China subsidiary, Engley Automobile A shares listing will not significantly reduce the company's shareholding ratio to Engley automobile (as described in note three below), will not have a significant impact on the company's organizational structure and related operations.
3 、 Shareholding dispersion mode, expected reduction of holding ratio
Engley Automobile intends to handle the initial public offering of RMB common stock (A shares) (hereinafter referred to as "this public offering") in mainland China and apply for listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (hereinafter referred to as "This issue and listing"), with value of RMB 1 per share, The total number of shares of Engley Automobile in this public offering
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is not less than 10% of the total equity after the issuance of Engley automobile and does not exceed 20% of the total equity after issuance, and the final issue is proposed to request the shareholders ' meeting to authorize the Board of directors or its authorized persons to make the capital needs of the issuer, Communicate with China Securities Regulatory Commission and market conditions in consultation with the main underwriters in mainland China.
4 、 Price setting basis
Engley Automobile The public offering is to be based on relevant laws and regulations in mainland China, in consultation with the sponsor organization, through a preliminary inquiry to the subject of inquiry, according to the preliminary inquiry results to determine the issue price or other means approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission at that time to determine the issue price.
5 、 Equity transferee or specific individuals
This public offering is a capital increase for the issuance of new shares without the transfer of the assignee equity. The subject of the IPO subscription is the eligible Inquiry object and the natural person, legal person and other institutional investors who opened the account on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. No subscription has been negotiated with specific individuals.
- 6 、 Whether it affects the company's continued listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
As Engley Automobile is listed in mainland China, it is handled in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the competent authorities, and Engley automobile is still an important subsidiary of the company, which does not affect the company's continued listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
- 7 、 In order to meet the requirements for the listing of Engley Automobile, it is proposed that the shareholders ' meeting authorize the Board of directors or its authorized persons to follow the implementation of the listing scheme, the views
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of the relevant government authorities and the statutory norms of the listing land, market conditions, Or, depending on the actual application, formulate and modify the listing plan and other Matters related to the listing, and handle matters related to the listing of this issue, including but not limited to the appointment of professional consultants, the terms of issue of this public offering, the time of issue, the number of issues issued, the distribution structure, the object of issue, the mode of distribution, Issue price (including price range and final pricing), capital increase base date, this issue to raise funds investment projects, this public offering before the rolling profit distribution method, this issue listed related shares lock commitment, this issue listed and the company's relevant information disclosure, this public offering three years after the dividend return planning, Measures and commitments to fill the diluted spot return, stability of the Engley car stock price plan whether to implement strategic placement, fund-raising purposes and all other matters related to the listing of this issue.
Resolution:
Provisional motion
Closing
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【 Appendix I 】
THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CAYMAN ENGLEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
開曼英利工業股份有限公司
Incorporated on January 16, 2015
(Adopted by Special Resolution passed on June 14, 2017)
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THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CAYMAN ENGLEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
開曼英利工業股份有限公司
(Adopted by Special Resolution passed on June 14, 2017)
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The name of the Company is Cayman Engley Industrial Co., Ltd. 開曼英利工業股份有限公司 (the " Company ").
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The registered office of the Company will be situated at the offices of Portcullis TrustNet (Cayman) Ltd., the Grand Pavilion Commercial Centre, Oleander Way, 802 West Bay Road, P.O. Box 32052, Grand Cayman KY1-1208, Cayman Islands or at such other location as the Directors may from time to time determine.
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The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted.
The Company have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by any law as provided by Section 7(4) of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands (as amended) (the " Law ").
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The Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit as provided by Section 27(2) of the Law.
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The Company will not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.
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The liability of the Shareholders of the Company is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the share respectively held by them.
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The capital of the Company is NT$ 3,000,000,000 divided into 300,000,000 Common Shares of a nominal or par value of NT$ 10 each provided always that subject to the Law and the Articles of Association the Company shall have power to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to sub-divide or consolidate the said shares or any of them and to issue all or any part of its capital whether original, redeemed, increased or reduced with or without any preference, priority, special privilege or other rights or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions whatsoever and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly provide every issue of shares whether stated to be ordinary, preference or otherwise shall be subject to the powers on the part of the Company hereinbefore provided.
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The Company may exercise the power contained in Section 206 of the Law to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in some other jurisdiction.
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THE COMPANIES LAW (AS AMENDED)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
CAYMAN ENGLEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
開曼英利工業股份有限公司
(Adopted by Special Resolution passed on June 14, 2017)
TABLE A
The Regulations contained or incorporated in Table 'A' in the First Schedule of the Law shall not apply to Cayman Engley Industrial Co., Ltd. 開曼英利工業股份有限公司 (the " Company ") and the following Articles shall comprise the Articles of Association of the Company.
INTERPRETATION
- In these Articles the following defined terms will have the meanings ascribed to them, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:
" Affiliated Company " means with respect to any affiliated company as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Applicable Listing Rules " means the relevant laws, regulations, rules and code as amended, from time to time, applicable as a result of the original and continued trading or listing of any Shares on any Taiwan stock exchange or securities market, including, without limitation the relevant provisions of Taiwan Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act, the Acts Governing Relations Between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, or any similar statute and the rules and regulations of the Taiwan authorities thereunder, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Financial Supervisory Commission, the Taipei Exchange or the Taiwan Stock Exchange;
" Articles " means these articles of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time;
" Audit Committee ” means the audit committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 118 hereof, or any successor audit committee;
“ Book-Entry Transfer ” means a method whereby the issue, transfer or delivery of Shares is effected electronically by debit and credit to accounts opened with securities firms by Shareholders, without delivering physical share certificates. If the Shareholder has not opened an account with a securities firm, the Shares delivered by Book-Entry Transfer shall be recorded in the entry sub-account under the Company’s account with the securities central depositary in Taiwan;
“ Capital Reserves ” means the share premium account, income from endowments received by the Company, capital redemption reserve, profit and loss account and other reserves generated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“ Chairman ” has the meaning given thereto in Article 82;
" Class " or " Classes " means any class or classes of Shares as may from time to time be issued by the Company;
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" Commission " means Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan or any other authority for the time being administering the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan;
" Common Share " means a common share in the capital of the Company of NT$10 nominal or par value issued subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Law and these Articles, and having the rights and being subject to restrictions as provided for under these Articles with respect to such Share;
" Constituent Company " means an existing company that is participating in a Merger with one (1) or more other existing companies within the meaning of the Law;
" Directors " and " Board of Directors " and " Board " means the directors of the Company for the time being, or as the case may be, the directors assembled as a board or as a committee thereof;
" electronic " shall have the meaning given to it in the Electronic Transactions Law (as amended) of the Cayman Islands and any amendment thereto or re-enactments thereof for the time being in force and includes every other law incorporated therewith or substituted therefore;
" electronic communication " means transmission to any number, address or internet website or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by not less than twothirds (2/3) of the vote of the Board;
" Emerging Market " means the emerging market board of Taipei Exchange in Taiwan;
“ Family Relationship within Second Degree of Kinship ” in respect of a natural person, means another natural person who is related to the first person either by blood or by marriage of a member of the family and within the second degree to include but not limited to the parents, siblings, grandparents, children and grandchildren of the first person as well as the first person's spouse’s parents, siblings and grandparents;
“ Guidelines Governing Election of Directors ” means guidelines governing election of Directors of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time as prescribed in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Indemnified Person " has the meaning given thereto in Article 152;
" Independent Director " means a director who is an independent director as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Law " means the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands (as amended);
“ Legal Reserves ” the legal reserve allocated in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Memorandum of Association " means the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time;
" Merger " means the merging of two (2) or more Constituent Companies and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one (1) of such companies as the Surviving Company within the meaning of the Law;
" MOEA " means Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan being administering the Company Act of Taiwan and relevant corporate matters in Taiwan;
" Office " means the registered office of the Company as required by the Law;
" Ordinary Resolution " means a resolution passed by a simple majority of such Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general
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meeting of the Company and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled;
" paid up " means paid up as to the par value and any premium payable in respect of the issue of any Shares and includes credited as paid up;
" Person " means any natural person, firm, company, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association or other entity (whether or not having a separate legal personality) or any of them as the context so requires;
“ preferred Shares ” has the meaning given thereto in Article 10;
“ Procedural Rules of Board Meetings ” means procedural rules of the Board meetings of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time as prescribed in the Applicable Listing Rules;
“ Procedural Rules of General Meetings ” means procedural rules of the general meetings of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time as prescribed in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Register " or “ Register of Members ” means the register of Members of the Company required to be kept pursuant to the Law;
" Republic of China " or " Taiwan " means the Republic of China, its territories, its possessions and all areas subject to its jurisdiction;
“ Retained Earnings ” means the sums including but not limited to the Legal Reserves, Special Reserves, and unappropriated earnings;
“ Rules of Audit Committee ” means rules of Audit Committee of the Company, as amended or substituted from time to time as prescribed in the Applicable Listing Rules;
" Seal " means the common seal of the Company (if adopted) including any facsimile thereof;
" Secretary " means any Person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company;
" Share " means a share in the capital of the Company. All references to "Shares" herein shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all Classes as the context may require. For the avoidance of doubt in these Articles the expression "Share" shall include a fraction of a Share;
" Shareholder " or " Member " means a Person who is registered as the holder of Shares in the Register;
" Share Premium Account " means the share premium account established in accordance with these Articles and the Law;
" Shareholders’ Service Agent " means the agent licensed by Taiwan authorities to provide certain shareholders services in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules to the Company;
" signed " means bearing a signature or representation of a signature affixed by mechanical means or an electronic symbol or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic communication and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the electronic communication;
"Special Reserves" means the reserve allocated from Retained Earnings in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules, or resolutions of shareholders meetings;
" Special Resolution " means a special resolution of the Company passed in accordance with the Law, being a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of such
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Shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given and where a poll is taken regard shall be had in computing a majority to the number of votes to which each Shareholder is entitled;
" Spin-off " refers to an act wherein a transferor company transfers all of its independently operated business or any single independently operated business to an existing or a newly incorporated company as consideration for that existing transferee company or newly incorporated transferee company to issue new shares to the transferor company or to shareholders of the transferor company;
" Supermajority Resolution Type A " means a resolution passed by Shareholders, as being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, such Shareholders holding not less than half of the Shares held by all Shareholders attending that meeting, and such meeting attended by Shareholders holding not less than two-thirds (2/3) of all issued Shares of the Company;
" Supermajority Resolution Type B " means where the Shareholders attending the general meeting are holding less than two-thirds (2/3) of all issued Shares of the Company entitled to vote thereon as required under the Supermajority Resolution Type A, a resolution passed by Shareholders, as being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, such Shareholders holding not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the Shares held by all Shareholders attending that meeting, and such meeting attended by Shareholders holding not less than half of all issued Shares of the Company;
" Surviving Company " means the sole remaining Constituent Company into which one (1) or more other Constituent Companies are merged within the meaning of the Law;
" Taipei Exchange " means the Taipei Exchange in Taiwan;
" Treasury Shares " means Shares that were previously issued but were purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled, in accordance with these Articles, the Law and the Applicable Listing Rules; and
“ TSE ” means the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
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In these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise:
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(a) words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa;
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(b) words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender and any Person as the context may require;
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(c) the word "may" shall be construed as permissive and the word "shall" shall be construed as imperative;
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(d) reference to a statutory enactment shall include reference to any amendment or reenactment thereof for the time being in force;
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(e) reference to any determination by the Directors shall be construed as a determination by the Directors in their absolute discretion and shall be applicable either generally or in any particular case; and
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(f) reference to "in writing" shall be construed as written or represented by any means reproducible in writing, including any form of print, lithograph, email, facsimile, photograph or telex or represented by any other substitute or format for storage or transmission for writing or partly one (1) and partly another.
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- Subject to the last two preceding Articles, any words defined in the Law shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.
PRELIMINARY
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The business of the Company may be commenced at any time after incorporation.
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The Office shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors may from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the Directors may from time to time determine.
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The preliminary expenses incurred in the formation of the Company and in connection with the issue of Shares shall be paid by the Company. Such expenses may be amortised over such period as the Directors may determine and the amount so paid shall be charged against income and/or capital in the accounts of the Company as the Directors shall determine.
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The Board of Directors shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Register which may be kept in or outside the Cayman Islands at such place as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine and, in the absence of any such determination, the Register shall be kept at the Office.
SHARES
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Subject to these Articles, all Shares for the time being unissued shall be under the control of the Directors who may :
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(a) issue, allot and dispose of the same to such Persons, in such manner, on such terms and having such rights and being subject to such restrictions as they may from time to time determine; and
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(b) grant options with respect to such Shares and issue warrants or similar instruments with respect thereto;
and, for such purposes, the Directors may reserve an appropriate number of Shares for the time being unissued.
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The Directors may authorise the division of Shares into any number of Classes and the different Classes shall be authorised, established and designated (or re-designated as the case may be) and the variations in the relative rights (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and redemption rights), restrictions, preferences, privileges and payment obligations as between the different Classes (if any) shall be fixed and determined by the Directors.
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The Company may issue Shares with rights which are preferential to those of ordinary Shares issued by the Company (“ preferred Shares ”) with the approval of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting attended by two-thirds (2/3) or more of the total number of the Directors and with the approval of a Special Resolution. Prior to the issuance of any preferred Shares approved pursuant to this Article 10, these Articles shall be amended to set forth the rights and obligations of the preferred Shares, including but not limited to the following terms, and the same shall apply to any variation of rights of preferred Shares:
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(a) number of preferred Shares issued by the Company and the number of preferred Shares the Company is authorized to issue;
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(b) order, fixed amount or fixed ratio of allocation of dividends and bonus on preferred Shares;
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(c) order, fixed amount or fixed ratio of allocation of surplus assets of the Company;
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(d) order of or restriction on the voting right(s) (including declaring no voting rights whatsoever) of preferred Shareholders;
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(e) other matters concerning rights and obligations incidental to preferred Shares; and
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(f) the method by which the Company is authorized or compelled to redeem the preferred Shares, or a statement that redemption rights shall not apply.
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Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the issue of new Shares of the Company shall be approved by a majority of the Directors present at a meeting attended by two-thirds (2/3) or more of the total number of the Directors. The issue of new Shares shall at all times be subject to the sufficiency of the authorised capital of the Company.
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The Company shall not issue any unpaid Shares or partly paid-up Shares. The Company shall not issue shares in bearer form.
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For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, upon each issuance of new Shares, the Directors may reserve not more than fifteen percent (15%) of the new shares for subscription by the employees of the Company and/or any Subsidiaries of the Company who are determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion. The term "Subsidiaries" above refers to the companies defined under No. 10 and No. 11 of the IFRS (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards) and No. 28 of the IAS (i.e., International Accounting Standards).
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For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, unless otherwise provided herein, in the Applicable Listing Rules or resolved by the Shareholders in general meeting by Ordinary Resolution, if at anytime the Board resolves to issue any new Shares, the Company shall, after reserving the portion of Shares for subscription by its employees and for public offering in Taiwan pursuant to Article 13 (if any) and Article 16 respectively, first offer such remaining new Shares by public announcement and a written notice to each then Shareholder for their subscriptions in proportion to the number of Shares held by them respectively. The public announcement and written notice shall state that if any Shareholder fails to subscribe for new Shares, his right shall be forfeited. Where a fractional percentage of the original Shares being held by a Shareholder is insufficient to subscribe for one new Share, the fractional percentages of the original Shares being held by several Shareholders may be combined for joint subscription of one (1) or more integral new Shares or for subscription of new Shares in the name of a single Shareholder. New Shares left unsubscribed by original Shareholders may be open for public offering or for subscription by specific person or persons through negotiation.
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The Shareholders’ pre-emptive right prescribed under Article 14 shall not apply in the event that new Shares are issued due to the following reasons or for the following purpose:
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(a) in connection with a Merger with another company, or the Spin-off of the Company, or pursuant to any reorganization of the Company;
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(b) in connection with meeting the Company’s obligation under Share subscription warrants and/or options;
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(c) in connection with meeting the Company’s obligation under corporate bonds which are convertible bonds or vested with rights to acquire Shares; or
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(d) in connection with meeting the Company’s obligation under preferred Shares vested with rights to acquire Shares.
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For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market, unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, where the Company increases its capital by issuing new Shares in Taiwan, the Company may allocate ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the new Shares to be issued, for offering in Taiwan to the public unless it is not deemed necessary or appropriate by the Commission, according to the Applicable Listing Rules, for
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the Company to conduct the aforementioned public offering. For so long as the Shares are listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, where the Company increases its capital by issuing new Shares in Taiwan, the Company shall allocate ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the new Shares to be issued, for offering in Taiwan to the public unless it is not deemed necessary or appropriate by the Commission, according to the Applicable Listing Rules, for the Company to conduct the aforementioned public offering. Provided however, if a percentage higher than the aforementioned ten percent (10%) is resolved by an Ordinary Resolution to be offered, the percentage determined by such resolution shall prevail. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall obtain a prior approval of the Commission and/or other competent authorities for any capital increase (ie., issue of new Shares) (whether inside Taiwan or outside Taiwan) in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules.
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For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company may, upon resolution by a majority votes at a meeting of the Board of Directors attended by two-thirds (2/3) or more of the Directors, adopt one (1) or more employee incentive programmes (such as employee stock option plan) pursuant to which options, warrants, or other similar instruments to acquire Shares may be granted to employees of the Company and/or any Subsidiaries of the Company to subscribe for Shares. The options, warrants, or other similar instruments to acquire Shares granted to any employee under any employee stock option plan shall be nontransferable, except to the heirs of the employees. The term "Subsidiaries" above refers to the companies defined under No. 10 and No. 11 of the IFRS (i.e., International Financial Reporting Standards) and No. 28 of the IAS (i.e., International Accounting Standards).
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17B. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Company may, with the authority of either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B, issue restricted shares for employees. In respect of the issuance of restricted shares for employees in the preceding paragraph, the number of shares to be issued, issue price, issue conditions and other matters shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the requirements of the Commission.
PRIVATE PLACEMENT
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17C. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company may by a resolution passed by at least two-thirds (2/3) of votes cast by Shareholders present at the general meeting with a quorum of more than half of the total number of the issued Shares at the general meeting carry out private placement of its securities to the following entities in Taiwan:
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(a) banking enterprises, bill enterprises, trust enterprises, insurance enterprises, securities enterprises or any other legal entities or institutions approved by the Commission;
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(b) individuals, legal entities or funds meeting the qualifications established by the Commission; and
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(c) Directors, supervisors (if any) and managers of the Company or the Affiliated Companies.
For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, a private placement of ordinary corporate bonds may be carried out in instalments within one (1) year of the date of the relevant resolution of the Board of Directors approving such private placement.
MODIFICATION OF RIGHTS
- Whenever the capital of the Company is divided into different Classes (such as the Common Shares and the preferred Shares), the rights attached to any such Class may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class) only be materially
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adversely varied or abrogated (including but not limited to the circumstances where there is any amendment to these Articles which may be prejudicial to the rights of the holders of any preferred Shares) by: (i) a Special Resolution passed at a general meeting of holders of Common Shares; and (ii) a Special Resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of Shares of the relevant Class (such as the preferred Shares).
To every such separate meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company or to the proceedings thereat shall, mutatis mutandis , apply, except that the necessary quorum shall be one (1) or more Persons at least holding or representing by proxy one-half (1/2) of the issued Shares of the relevant Class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting of such holders a quorum as above defined is not present, those Shareholders who are present shall form a quorum) and that, subject to the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class, every Shareholder of the Class shall on a poll have one (1) vote for each Share of the Class held by him.
- The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any Class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that Class, be deemed to be materially adversely varied or abrogated by, inter alia , the creation, allotment or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu with or subsequent to them or the redemption or purchase of Shares of any Class by the Company.
CERTIFICATES
- The Company shall deliver Shares to the subscribers of new Shares by Book-Entry Transfer within thirty (30) days from the date the Shares may be issued pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules and make public announcement prior to the delivery. So long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Company may issue the Shares in scriptless form provided that the Company shall register with the securities central depositary in Taiwan. No Person shall be entitled to a certificate for any or all of his/her Shares, unless the Directors shall determine otherwise.
FRACTIONAL SHARES
- Subject to these Articles, the Directors may issue fractions of a Share and, if so issued, a fraction of a Share shall be subject to and carry the corresponding fraction of liabilities (whether with respect to nominal or par value, premium, contributions, calls or otherwise), limitations, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions, rights (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, voting and participation rights) and other attributes of a whole Share. If more than one (1) fraction of a Share of the same Class is issued to or acquired by the same Shareholder such fractions shall be accumulated.
TRANSFER OF SHARES
- Title to Shares which are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Law and Article 40E, Shares issued by the Company shall be freely transferable, provided that any Shares reserved for issuance to the employees of the Company may be subject to transfer restrictions for a period of not more than two (2) years as the Directors may agree with such employees.
Subject to the Law and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles, Shares that are listed or admitted to trading on an approved stock exchange (as defined in the Law, including the Taipei Exchange and the TSE), may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the rules and regulations of such exchange.
- The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, approve or the form required by the Taipei Exchange or TSE (for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE) and be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and if so required by the Directors, shall also be executed on behalf of the transferee and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the Shares to which it relates and such other
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evidence as the Directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer. The transferor shall be deemed to remain a Shareholder until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect of the relevant Shares. The Register of Members maintained by the Company in respect of the Shares which are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE may be kept by recording the particulars required under the Law in a form otherwise than legible provided such recording otherwise complies with the laws applicable to the Emerging Market, Taipei Exchange or TSE and the Applicable Listing Rules. To the extent the Register of Members is kept in a form otherwise than legible it must be capable of being reproduced in a legible form.
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The Board may decline to register any transfer of any Share unless:
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(a) the instrument of transfer is lodged with the Company, accompanied by the certificate (if any) for the Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;
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(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one (1) class of Shares;
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(c) the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; or
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(d) in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the Share is to be transferred does not exceed four (4).
Notwithstanding the above, the Board may not unreasonably decline to register any transfer of any Shares. This Article is not applicable during the period that the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in Taipei Exchange or TSE.
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The registration of transfers may be suspended when the Register is closed in accordance with Article 41.
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All instruments of transfer that are registered shall be retained by the Company, but any instrument of transfer that the Directors decline to register shall (except in any case of fraud) be returned to the Person depositing the same.
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
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The legal personal representative of a deceased sole holder of a Share shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share. In the case of a Share registered in the name of two (2) or more holders, the survivors or survivor, or the legal personal representatives of the deceased, shall be the only Person recognised by the Company as having any title to the Share.
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Any Person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors, have the right either to be registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share or, instead of being registered himself, to make such transfer of the Share as the deceased or bankrupt Person could have made. If the person so becoming entitled shall elect to be registered himself as holder he shall deliver or send to the Company a notice in writing signed by him stating that he so elects, but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration, and for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, decline or suspend registration in accordance with the laws applicable to the Emerging Market, Taipei Exchange or TSE and the Applicable Listing Rules, as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the deceased or bankrupt Person before the death or bankruptcy.
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A Person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered Shareholder, except that he shall not, before being registered as a Shareholder in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company; provided however, that the Directors
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may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the Share, and if the notice is not complied with within ninety (90) days, the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with. Notwithstanding the above, for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Directors shall comply with the laws applicable to the Emerging Market, Taipei Exchange or TSE and the Applicable Listing Rules.
VOTING ON RESOLUTION
- The Company may from time to time by Special Resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into Shares of such Classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe.
The Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution:
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(a) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of a larger amount than its existing Shares;
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(b) convert all or any of its paid up Shares into stock and reconvert that stock into paid up Shares of any denomination;
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(c) subdivide its existing Shares, or any of them into Shares of a smaller amount; and
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(d) cancel any Shares that, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any Person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled.
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The Company may also by Special Resolution:
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(a) change its name;
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(b) subject to the Law, reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner authorised by law; and
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(c) effect a Merger of the Company in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law.
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The Company may also by either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or the Supermajority Resolution Type B:
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(a) enter into, amend, or terminate any contract for lease of its business in whole, or for entrusting business, or for regular joint operation with others;
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(b) transfer the whole or any material part of its business or assets;
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(c) take over the transfer of another's whole business or assets, which will have a material effect on the business operation of the Company;
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(d)
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effect any Spin-off of the Company in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules;
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(e) grant waiver to the Director’s engaging in any business within the scope of the Company’s business;
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(f) issue restricted shares for employees pursuant to Article 17B; and
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(g) distribute part or all of its dividends or bonus by way of issuance of new Shares, for the avoidance of doubts, the allotment of bonus shares in connection with the Employees' Remunerations and Directors’ Remunerations pursuant to Article 129 shall not require the approval of a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B.
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Subject to the Law, these Articles and the quorum requirement under the Applicable Listing Rules, with regard to the dissolution procedures of the Company, the Company shall pass;
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(a) either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B, if the Company resolves that it be wound up voluntarily because it is unable to pay its debts as they fall due; or
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(b) a Special Resolution, if the Company resolves that it be wound up voluntarily for reasons other than the reason stated in Article 33(a) above.
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Subject to the Law, in the event any of the resolutions with respect to the paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of Article 32 is adopted by general meeting, any Shareholder who has notified the Company in writing of his objection to such proposal prior to such meeting and subsequently raised his objection at the meeting may request the Company to purchase all of his Shares at the then prevailing fair price within twenty (20) days after the date of the resolution. In the event the Company fails to reach such agreement with the Shareholder within sixty (60) days after the date of the resolution, the Shareholder may, within thirty (30) days after such sixty (60)-day period, file a petition to any competent court of Taiwan for a ruling on the appraisal price, and, to the extent that the ruling is capable of enforcement and recognition outside Taiwan, such ruling by such Taiwan court shall be binding and conclusive as between the Company and requested Shareholder solely with respect to the appraisal price.
Subject to the Law, in the event any part of the Company’s business is Spun Off or involved in any Merger with any other company, the Shareholder, who has forfeited his right to vote on such matter and expressed his dissent therefor, in writing or verbally (with a record) before or during the general meeting, may request the Company to purchase all of his Shares at the then prevailing fair price within twenty (20) days after the date of the resolution. In the event the Company fails to reach such agreement with the Shareholder within sixty (60) days after the date of the resolution, the Shareholder may, within thirty (30) days after such sixty (60)day period, file a petition to any competent court of Taiwan for a ruling on the appraisal price, and, to the extent that the ruling is capable of enforcement and recognition outside Taiwan, such ruling by such Taiwan court shall be binding and conclusive as between the Company and requested Shareholder solely with respect to the appraisal price.
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
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Subject to the Law, the Applicable Listing Rules and these Articles, the Company is authorized to issue shares which are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or a Shareholder. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the repurchase of the Shares by the Company shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the Cayman Islands law.
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The Company is authorised to make payments in respect of the redemption of its shares out of the funds lawfully available (including out of capital) in accordance with the Law and the Applicable Listing Rules.
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The redemption price of a redeemable Share, or the method of calculation thereof, shall be fixed by the Directors at or before issue of such Share. Subject to these Articles, every share certificate representing a redeemable share shall indicate that the share is redeemable.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and Articles 38B and 39B, and with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution authorising the manner and terms of purchase, the Directors may on behalf of the Company purchase any share in the Company (including a redeemable share) by agreement with the Shareholder or pursuant to the terms of the issue of the share and may make payments in respect of such purchase in accordance with the Law, the Applicable Listing Rules and the Ordinary Resolution authorizing the manner and terms of purchase.
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38B. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, upon approval of a majority of Directors present at a Board meeting attended by two-thirds (2/3) of all Directors or more, the Company may repurchase its outstanding Shares listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE. The resolutions of Board of Directors in the preceding paragraph and how such resolutions are implemented
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shall be reported to the Shareholders at the next general meeting. If the Company fails to accomplish the repurchase of its outstanding Shares listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE as approved and anticipated by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, it shall be reported to the Shareholders at the next general meeting.
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The redemption price or repurchase price may be paid in any manner authorised by the Law and these Articles. A delay in payment of the redemption price or repurchase price shall not affect the redemption or repurchase but, in the case of a delay of more than thirty (30) days, interest shall be paid for the period from the due date until actual payment at a rate which the Directors, after due enquiry, estimate to be representative of the rates being offered by Class A banks in the Cayman Islands for thirty day deposits in the same currency.
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39B. The Shares may only be cancelled in connection with a repurchase of Shares out of the share capital of the Company or any account or funds legally available therefor with the sanction of either the Supermajority Resolution Type A or the Supermajority Resolution Type B. The number of Shares to be repurchased and cancelled pursuant to a repurchase of Shares described in the preceding paragraph shall be pro rata among the Shareholders in proportion to the number of Shares held by each such Shareholder.
The amount payable to the Shareholders in connection with a repurchase of Shares out of the share capital of the Company or any account or funds legally available therefor may be paid in cash or by way of delivery of assets in specie (i.e., non-cash). The assets to be delivered and the amount of such substitutive share capital in connection with a repurchase of Shares out of the share capital of the Company or any account or funds legally available therefor shall be approved by either the Supermajority Resolution Type A or the Supermajority Resolution Type B and shall be subject to consent by the Shareholder receiving such assets. Prior to such general meeting, the Board of Directors shall have the value of assets to be delivered and the amount of such substitutive share capital in respect of repurchase of the Shares (as described in the preceding paragraph) be audited and certified by a certified public accountant in Taiwan.
TREASURY SHARES
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No share may be redeemed unless it is fully paid-up. Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires (by way of surrender or otherwise) may, at the option of the Company, be immediately cancelled or held as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Law and Applicable Listing Rules. If the Board of Directors does not specify that the relevant Shares are to be held as Treasury Shares, such Shares shall be cancelled.
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40B. No dividend may be declared or paid, and no other distribution (whether in cash or otherwise) of the Company's assets (including any distribution of assets to members on a winding up) may be declared or paid in respect of Treasury Shares.
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40C. The Company shall be entered into the Register as the holder of the Treasury Shares provided that:
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(a) the Company shall not be treated as a member for any purpose and shall not exercise any right in respect of the Treasury Shares, and any purported exercise of such a right shall be void;
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(b) a Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued Shares at any given time, whether for the purposes of these Articles or the Law, save that, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law, an allotment of Shares as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Shares is permitted and Shares allotted as fully paid bonus shares in respect of a Treasury Shares shall be treated as Treasury Shares.
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40D Subject to Article 40E and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions as determined by the Board of Directors. If the Treasury Shares having been repurchased by the Company is for the purpose of the transfer to employees under the Applicable Listing Rules, such employees may undertake to
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the Company to refrain from transferring such Shares during certain period with a maximum of two (2) years.
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40E. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the transfer of Treasury Shares to its employees by the Company at a price lower than the average price at which the Treasury Shares were actually repurchased by the Company shall be approved at the next general meeting by a resolution passed by at least two-thirds (2/3) of votes of Shareholders attending the meeting with a quorum of more than half of the total issued Shares. The following matters shall be listed in the reasons for convening this general meeting and in no event shall such matters be proposed at the general meeting as ad hoc motions:
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(a) transfer price determined, discount rate, calculation basis and fairness;
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(b) number of Treasury Shares to be transferred, purpose and fairness;
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(c) criteria of eligible employees and number of Treasury Shares that may be subscribed for; and
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(d) impact on shareholders' rights: (i) the amount to be booked as expense of the Company and dilution of earnings per Share; and (ii) description of the Company's financial burden arising from the transfer of Treasury Shares to employees at a price lower than the average price at which the Treasury Shares were actually repurchased by the Company.
The accumulated number of Treasury Shares that have been transferred to employees as so approved at each general meetings shall not exceed five (5%) of the total issued Shares of the Company, and the accumulated number of Treasury Shares transferred to a single employee shall not exceed zero point five percent (0.5%) of the total issued Shares.
CLOSING REGISTER OR FIXING RECORD DATE
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For the purpose of determining those Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or those Members that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination as to who is a Member for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register shall be closed for transfers for a stated period. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Register shall be closed at least for a period of sixty (60) days, thirty (30) days and five (5) days inclusive of the date of each annual general meeting, each extraordinary general meeting and the record date for a dividend distribution, respectively.
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Apart from closing the Register, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of those Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a general meeting and for the purpose of determining those Members that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend. In the event the Directors designate a record date in accordance with this Article 42 in respect of convening a general meeting, such record date shall be a date prior to the general meeting and the Directors shall immediately make a public announcement on the website designated by the Commission and the Taipei Exchange or TSE pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules.
GENERAL MEETINGS
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All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.
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The Board may, whenever they think fit, convene a general meeting of the Company; provided that the Company shall in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting within six (6) months after close of each financial year and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it.
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At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market and/or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, all general meetings shall be held in Taiwan, if a general meeting is to be convened outside Taiwan, the Company, within two (2) days after the Board adopts such resolution, or, in the event of an extraordinary general meeting convened pursuant to Article 46, the relevant Shareholders, shall apply for the approval of the Taipei Exchange or the TSE.
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Extraordinary general meetings may also be convened by the Board on the requisition in writing of any Shareholder or Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at general meetings of the Company holding three percent (3%) or more of the total number of issued Shares of the Company for a period of one (1) consecutive year or a longer time deposited at the Office or the Shareholders’ Service Agent specifying the objects of the meeting, and if the Board does not duly proceed to convene such meeting for a date not later than 15 days after the date of such deposit, for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the requisitionists themselves may convene the extraordinary general meeting in the same manner as provided for under Article 48, as nearly as possible, as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors, and all reasonable expenses incurred by the requisitionists as a result of the failure of the Directors to convene the general meeting shall be reimbursed to them by the Company.
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If at any time there are no Directors, any Shareholder or Shareholders holding three percent (3%) or more of the total number of the issued Shares of the Company for a period of one (1) consecutive year or a longer time may, for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, convene a general meeting in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings may be convened by the Directors.
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
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At least twenty (20) and ten (10) days’ notices in writing shall be given for any annual and extraordinary general meetings, respectively; provided however for so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, at least thirty (30) and fifteen (15) days’ notices in writing shall be given for any annual and extraordinary general meetings, respectively. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given and shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business. The notice for a general meeting may be given by means of electronic communication if the Company obtains prior consent by the individual recipients.
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48B. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Company shall make public announcements with regard to notice of general meeting, proxy form, and summary information and details about issues for recognition, discussion, election or dismissal of Directors or supervisors (if any) at least thirty (30) days prior to any annual general meeting or at least fifteen (15) days prior to any extraordinary general meeting.
If the Company allows the Shareholders to exercise the votes and cast the votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission in accordance with Article 67, the Company shall also send to the Shareholders the information and documents as described in the preceding paragraph, together with the voting right exercise forms.
- For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, the Board shall prepare a manual setting out the agenda of a general meeting (including all the subjects and matters to be resolved at the meeting) and shall make public announcement(s) in a manner permitted by the Applicable Listing Rules to disclose the contents of such manual together with other information related to the said meeting at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of annual general meetings and at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of extraordinary general meetings. Such manual shall be distributed to all Shareholders attending the general meeting in person, by proxy or by corporate representative(s) (where the Shareholder is a corporation) at the general meeting.
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The following matters shall be specified in the notice of a general meeting, and shall not be proposed as ad hoc motions:
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(a) election or discharge of Directors or supervisors (if any);
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(b) amendments to the Memorandum of Association and/or these Articles;
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(c) dissolution, share swap (as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules), Merger or Spinoff of the Company;
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(d) entering into, amendment to, or termination of any contract for lease of its business in whole, or for entrusting business, or for regular joint operation with others;
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(e) the transfer of the whole or any material part of its business or assets;
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(f) the takeover of another's whole business or assets, which will have a material effect on the business operation of the Company;
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(g) the private placement of equity-linked securities;
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(h) granting waiver to the Director’s engaging in any business within the scope of business of the Company;
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(i) distribution of part or all of its dividends or bonus by way of issuance of new Shares;
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(j) capitalization of the Legal Reserves and Capital Reserves arising from the share premium account or endowment income, in whole or in part, by issuing new Shares which shall be distributable as dividend shares to the then Shareholders in proportion to the number of Shares being held by each of them;
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(k) subject to the Law, distribution of the Legal Reserves and Capital Reserves arising from the share premium account or endowment income, in whole or in part, by paying cash to the then Shareholders in proportion to the number of Shares being held by each of them; and
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(l) the transfer of Treasury Shares to its employees by the Company.
Subject to the Law and these Articles, the Shareholders may propose matters in a general meeting to the extent of matters as described in the agenda of such meeting.
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
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No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Shareholders is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as otherwise provided by these Articles, the holders of Shares being more than an aggregate of one-half (1/2) of all Shares in issue present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes.
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Shareholder(s) holding one percent (1%) or more of the total number of issued Shares immediately prior to the relevant book close period may propose in writing to the Company a proposal for discussion at an annual general meeting. The Company shall give a public notice in such manner as permitted by the Applicable Listing Rules at such time deemed appropriate by the Board specifying the place and a period of not less than ten (10) days for Members to submit proposals. Any Shareholder(s) whose proposal has been submitted and accepted by the Board, shall continue to be entitled to attend the annual general meeting in person or by proxy or in the case of a corporation, by its authorised representative(s), and participate in the discussion of such proposal.
The Board may exclude a proposal submitted by a Shareholder(s) if (i) the number of Shares held by such Shareholder(s) is less than one percent (1%) of the total number of issued
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Shares in the Register of Members as of the record date determined by the Board or upon commencement of the period for which the Register shall be closed before the general meeting; (ii) the proposal involves matters which cannot be resolved at the annual general meeting in accordance with or under the Applicable Listing Rules; (iii) the proposal submitted concerns more than one matter; or (iv) the proposal is submitted after the expiration of the specified period determined by the Board, in which case, the rejected proposal shall not be discussed at the annual general meeting. The Company shall, prior to the dispatch of a notice of the annual general meeting, inform the Shareholders the result of submission of proposals and list in the notice of annual general meeting the proposals accepted for consideration and approval at the annual general meeting. The Board shall explain at the annual general meeting the reasons for excluding proposals submitted by such Shareholder(s).
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Chairman, if any, of the Board of the Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company convened by the Board of Directors. In case the Chairman is on leave or absent or cannot exercise his/her power and authority for any cause, he/she shall designate one of the other Directors to act on his/her behalf. In the absence of such a designation, the Directors shall elect from among themselves a chairman for such meeting.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, for a general meeting convened by any other person having the convening right, such person shall act as the chairman of that meeting; provided that if there are two (2) or more persons jointly having the convening right, the chairman of the meeting shall be elected from those persons.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, at any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. The number or proportion of the votes in favour of, or against, that resolution shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
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Unless otherwise expressly required by the Law or these Articles, any matter which has been presented for resolution, approval, confirmation or adoption by the Shareholders at any general meeting shall be passed by an Ordinary Resolution.
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In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote. Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall additionally comply with the Procedural Rules of General Meetings.
VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
- Subject to these Articles and any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, every Shareholder and every Person representing a Shareholder by proxy shall have one (1) vote for each Share of which he or the Person represented by proxy is the holder. Subject to the Law and unless otherwise provided for in these Articles, any resolutions at a general meeting of the Company shall be adopted by an Ordinary Resolution.
For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, any Shareholder holding Shares on behalf of one or more Persons (each a " Beneficial Owner ") may exercise his/her voting rights severally in accordance with the request(s) of such Beneficial Owner. The qualifications, scopes, exercises, operational procedures and other matters in relation to the aforesaid separate exercise of voting rights shall be conducted in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules.
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No vote may be exercised by any Shareholder with respect to any of the following Shares:
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(a) the Treasury Shares held by the Company in accordance with the Law, these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules;
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(b) the Shares held by any subordinate company of the Company as defined in the Applicable Listing Rules, where the total number of voting shares or total shares equity held by the Company in such a subordinated company represents more than
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one-half (1/2) of the total number of voting shares or the total shares equity of such a subordinated company; or
- (c) the Shares held by another company, where the Company and its subordinated company directly or indirectly hold more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of the voting shares or total shares equity of such company.
Any votes cast by or on behalf of such Shareholder in contravention of the foregoing shall not be counted in the total number of issued shares while calculating the quorum for the purpose of Article 51.
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In the case of joint holders, the joint holders shall select among them a representative for the exercise of their shareholder’s rights and the vote of their representative who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders.
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A Shareholder of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote by his committee, or other Person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other Person, guardian or any other Person who is similar to guardian and appointed by any court having jurisdiction, may vote by proxy.
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A Shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend a general meeting on his behalf by executing an instrument in usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve, and such proxy form shall be prepared by the Company stating therein the scope of power authorized to the proxy. A Shareholder may only execute one (1) such proxy form and appoint one (1) proxy for each general meeting, and shall serve such written proxy to the Company no later than five (5) days prior to the meeting date. In case the Company receives two (2) or more written proxies from one (1) Shareholder, the first one arriving at the Company shall prevail unless an explicit statement to revoke the previous written proxy is made in the proxy which comes later.
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62B. After a proxy is delivered to the Company, if the Shareholder issuing the proxy intends to attend the general meeting in person or exercise the voting rights in writing or by way of electronic transmission, the Shareholder shall issue a written notice to the Company to revoke the proxy at least two (2) days prior to the general meeting. If the revocation is not made during the prescribed period, the votes casted by the person as proxy shall prevail.
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The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in the form approved by the Board and be expressed to be for a particular meeting only. The form of proxy shall include at least the following information: (a) instructions on how to complete such proxy, (b) the matters to be voted upon pursuant to such proxy, and (c) basic identification information relating to the relevant Shareholder, proxy recipient and proxy solicitation agent (if any). The form of proxy shall be provided to the Shareholders together with the relevant notice by mail or electronic transmission for the relevant general meeting. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Articles, the distribution of the notice and proxy materials shall be made to all Shareholders and such distribution, regardless of delivering by email or by electronic transmission, shall be made on the same day.
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The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under Seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised. A proxy need not be a Shareholder.
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Except for Taiwan trust enterprises or Shareholders’ Service Agencies approved by Taiwan competent authorities or the chairman appointed pursuant to Article 68, when a person who acts as the proxy for two (2) or more Shareholders concurrently, the number of votes represented by him shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the total number of votes of the Company and the portion of votes in excess of the said three percent (3%) represented by such proxy shall not be counted.
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To the extent required by the Applicable Listing Rules, any Shareholder who bears a personal interest that may conflict with and impair the interest of the Company in respect of any matter proposed (the “ Proposed Matters ”) for consideration and approval at a general meeting shall abstain from voting any of the Shares that such Shareholder should otherwise be entitled to vote in person, as a proxy or corporate representative with respect to the said matter, but all such Shares shall be counted in the quorum for the purpose of Article 51 notwithstanding that such Shareholder should not exercise his voting right. Any votes cast by or on behalf of such Shareholder in contravention of the foregoing shall not be counted in the number of votes of Shareholders present at the general meeting for the resolution relating to the Proposed Matters by the Company.
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Unless otherwise provided in these Articles, the voting at the general meeting may be exercised in writing or by way of electronic transmission, provided, however, that the method for exercising the votes shall be described in the notice of the general meeting. If, however, the Shares are listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE on or after January 1, 2016, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company must allow the voting at the general meeting be exercised by way of electronic transmission as one of the voting methods at the general meeting. If the Board resolves to hold a general meeting outside Taiwan, the Company must allow the Shareholders to exercise the votes and cast the votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission.
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A Shareholder who exercises his votes in writing or by way of electronic transmission as set forth in the preceding article shall be deemed to have appointed the chairman of the general meeting as his or her proxy to exercise his or her voting right at such general meeting in accordance with the instructions stipulated in the written or electronic document, but shall be deemed to have waived his votes in respective of any ad hoc motions and the amendments to the contents of the original proposals at such general meeting; provided, however, that such appointment shall be deemed not to constitute the appointment of a proxy for the purposes of the Applicable Listing Rules. The chairman, acting as proxy of a Shareholder, shall not exercise the voting right of such Shareholder in any way not stipulated in the written or electronic document.
For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, where a general meeting is to be held outside Taiwan, the Company shall engage a designated institute (i.e., Shareholders’ Service Agent located in Taiwan) approved by the Commission and the Taipei Exchange or the TSE to handle the administration of such general meeting (including but not limited to the voting for Shareholders of the Company).
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A Shareholder shall submit his or her vote by way of written ballot or electronic transmission pursuant to Article 67 to the Company at least two (2) days prior to the scheduled meeting date of the general meeting; whereas if two (2) or more such written ballot or electronic transmission are submitted to the Company, the proxy deemed to be given to the chairman of the general meeting pursuant to Article 68 by the first written ballot or electronic transmission shall prevail unless it is expressly included in the subsequent vote by written ballot or electronic transmission that the original vote submitted by written ballot or electronic transmission be revoked.
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In case a Shareholder who has submitted his votes by written ballot or electronic transmission intends to attend the general meeting in person, he shall, at least two (2) days prior to the date of the meeting revoke such vote by written ballot or electronic transmission and such revocation shall constitute a revocation of the proxy deemed to be given to the chairman of the general meeting pursuant to Article 68. If a Shareholder who has submitted his or her vote in writing or by way of electronic transmission pursuant to Article 67 does not submit such a revocation before the prescribed time, his or her vote by written ballot or electronic transmission and the proxy deemed to be given to the chairman of the general meeting pursuant to Article 68 shall prevail.
If a Shareholder has submitted his or her vote in writing or by way of electronic transmission pursuant to Article 67, and has subsequently submitted a proxy appointing a person as his or her proxy to attend the general meeting on his or her behalf, the subsequent appointment of that person as his or her proxy shall be deemed to be a revocation of such Shareholder’s
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deemed appointment of the chairman of the general meeting as his or her proxy pursuant to Article 68 and the vote casted by that person subsequently appointed as his or her proxy shall prevail.
- In case the procedure for convening a general meeting or the method of adopting resolutions is in violation of the Law, Applicable Listing Rules or these Articles, a Shareholder may, within thirty (30) days from the date of the resolution, submit a petition to a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including, the Taipei District Court of the Republic of China if applicable, for revocation of such resolution.
PROXY AND PROXY SOLICITATION
- For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE, the Company shall comply with the Applicable Listing Rules (including but not limited to the "Guidelines Governing the Utilization of Proxy for Shareholders Meetings of Public Companies") in respect of the proxies and proxy solicitation.
CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETINGS
- Any corporation which is a Shareholder or a Director may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such Person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any meeting of holders of a Class or of the Board of Directors or of a committee of Directors, and the Person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Shareholder or Director.
DIRECTORS
- Unless otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting, the number of Directors shall be no less than five (5) Directors with a maximum of seven (7) Directors. Amongst the Board of Directors, the Company shall have at least three (3) Independent Directors, and the Independent Directors shall account for at least one-fifth (1/5) of the total number of Directors. At least one (1) of the Independent Directors must be domiciled in Taiwan. For so long as the Shares are listed on the Taipei Exchange or the TSE, the Directors shall include such number of Independent Directors as applicable law, rules or regulations or the Applicable Listing Rules require for a foreign issuer. The qualification, formation, appointment, discharge, exercise of authority and other compliance of Directors and Independent Directors shall be subject to and governed by the Applicable Listing Rules.
Where any Shareholder is a corporate entity, its representative may be elected as Director or supervisor (if any). Where there are several representatives of any corporate Shareholder, such representatives may be elected as either Directors or supervisors (if any) but not as Director and supervisors (if any) concurrently.
- Independent Directors shall possess professional knowledge and maintain independence within the scope of their directorial duties without having any direct or indirect interest in the Company. The professional qualifications, restrictions on shareholdings and concurrent positions held, assessment of independence of Independent Directors, method of nomination of Independent Directors, and other matters in relation to Independent Directors shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules.
When the number of Independent Directors falls below the required number of Independent Directors under these Articles or the Applicable Listing Rules due to the disqualification or resignation of an Independent Director or the Independent Director ceases to be a Director for any reason, the vacancy of such Independent Director shall be filled and elected at the next following general meeting. When all of the Independent Directors have been disqualified, resigned or cease to be Directors for any reason, an extraordinary general meeting shall be convened within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of that fact to elect Independent Directors.
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- Unless otherwise permitted by the Commission and under the Applicable Listing Rules, a spousal relationship and/or a Family Relationship within the Second Degree of Kinship shall not exist among more than half (1/2) of the Directors (the “ Threshold ”).
Where the Directors elected at the general meeting do not meet the Threshold, the election of the Director receiving the lowest number of votes among those not meeting the Threshold shall be deemed null and void. If any of the existing Directors does not meet the Threshold, such Director in office shall be discharged immediately and automatically.
- When the number of Directors falls below five (5) due to the disqualification or resignation of a Director or any Director ceases to be a Director of the Company for any reason, the Company shall hold an election to elect substitute director(s) at the next following general meeting. When the number of Directors falls short by one-third (1/3) of total number of Directors elected at the previous general meeting convened to elect Directors and notwithstanding the actual current number of Directors, an extraordinary general meeting shall be convened within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of that fact to hold an election of Directors.
If it is resolved at a general meeting held prior to the expiration of the term of the current Directors that all Directors shall be re-elected with effect immediately after the adoption of such resolution (the " Re-Election "), unless otherwise resolved at such general meeting, the term of the existing Directors shall be deemed to have expired immediately prior to the ReElection. The aforesaid re-election of all Directors shall be held in the general meeting attended by Shareholders representing more than fifty percent (50%) of total issued Shares of the Company.
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The general meeting of the Shareholders may appoint any natural person or corporation to be a Director or supervisors (if any). At a general meeting of election of Directors or supervisors (if any), the number of votes exercisable in respect of one (1) Share shall be the same as the number of Directors or supervisors (if any) to be elected, and the total number of votes per Share may be consolidated for election of one (1) candidate or may be split for election of two (2) or more candidates. A candidate to whom the ballots cast represent a prevailing number of votes shall be deemed a Director or supervisor (if any) so elected.
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For so long as the Shares are registered in Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall adopt a candidate nomination mechanism for the purpose of the appointment and election of Directors (including the Independent Directors) or supervisors (if any) in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules and, for the avoidance of doubts, (i) the Directors (excluding the Independent Directors) or supervisors (if any) shall only be elected and approved by the Shareholders from the list of candidates for Directors (excluding the Independent Directors) and supervisors (if any); and (ii) the Independent Directors shall only be elected and approved by the Shareholders from the list of candidates for Independent Directors.
Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall additionally comply with the Guidelines Governing Election of Directors.
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Subject to these Articles, the term for which a Director and supervisor (if any) will hold office shall not exceed three (3) years; thereafter he/she may be eligible for re-election. In case no election of new Directors or supervisors (if any) is effected after expiration of the term of office of the existing Directors or supervisors (if any), the term of office of such Directors or supervisors (if any) shall be extended until the time new Directors or supervisors (if any) are elected and assume their office.
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A Director may be discharged at any time by either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B adopted at a general meeting. If a Director is discharged during the term of his/her office as a director without good cause, such Director may make a claim against the Company for any and all damages sustained by him/her as a result of such discharge.
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The Board of Directors shall have a Chairman (the “ Chairman ”) elected and appointed by a majority of the Directors present at the Board meeting the quorum of which shall be two-thirds of all of the Directors then in office.
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82B. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, any Director or supervisor (if any), who, during his or her term and in one or more transactions, transfers more than fifty percent (50%) of the total Shares held by such Director or supervisor (as the case may be) at the time of his or her appointment or election as Director or supervisor (as the case may be) being approved at a general meeting (the " Approval Time "), shall be discharged or vacated from the office of Director or supervisor (as the case may be).
For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, if any person transfers, in one or more transactions, more than fifty percent (50%) of the Shares held by him or her at the Approval Time either (i) during the period from the Approval Time to the commencement date of his or her office as Director or supervisor (if any), or (ii) during the period when the Register is closed for transfer of Shares prior to the general meeting at which the appointment or election of such person as a Director or supervisor (if any) will be proposed, his or her appointment or election as Director or supervisor (if any) shall be null and void.
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The Board may, from time to time, and except as required by the applicable laws and Applicable Listing Rules, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives, which shall be intended to set forth the policies of the Company and the Board on various corporate governance related matters as the Board shall determine by resolution from time to time.
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A Director shall not be required to hold any Shares in the Company by way of qualification.
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84B. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, where any Director, who is also a Shareholder of the Company, creates or has created a pledge on the Shares held by such Director (the " Pledged Shares ") exceeding fifty percent (50%) of total Shares held by such Director at the time of his/her appointment as Director being approved at a general meeting, such Director shall refrain from exercising its voting rights on the Shares representing the difference between the Pledged Shares and fifty percent (50%) of total Shares held by such Director at the time of his/her appointment as Director being approved at a general meeting, and such Shares shall not be counted toward the number of votes represented by the Shareholders present at a general meeting.
DIRECTORS’ FEES AND EXPENSES
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Unless otherwise stipulated in these Articles or the Applicable Listing Rules, the remuneration (if any) of the Directors is subject to resolution by the Board of Directors in accordance with the standard prevalent in the industry. Each Director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all travelling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the Board or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of Shares or of debentures of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director.
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Subject to Article 85, any Director who, by request, goes or resides abroad for any purpose of the Company or who performs services which in the opinion of the Board go beyond the ordinary duties of a Director may be paid such extra remuneration as the Board may determine and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to or in substitution for any ordinary remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Article.
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86B. The Company shall establish a salaries and remuneration committee, and the professional qualifications of members, formation, appointment, discharge, how such committee functions and exercises its power and other relevant matters shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules. The salaries and remunerations in the preceding paragraph include the salaries and
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remunerations and stock options and other measures providing substantial incentives for Directors and managers.
ALTERNATE
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, any Director may appoint another Director to be his or her alternate and to act in such Director's place at any Board meeting. Every such alternate Director shall be entitled to attend and vote at the Board meeting as the alternate of the Director appointing him or her and where he or she is a Director to have a separate vote in addition to his or her own vote.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the appointment of the alternate Director referred in the preceding article shall be in writing under the hand of the appointing Director and shall be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve, and must be lodged with the chairman of the meeting of the Directors at which such appointment is to be used, or first used, prior to the commencement of the Board meeting.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
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At the close of each financial year, the Board of Directors shall prepare the business report, financial statements and the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting proposals for adoption by the annual general meeting, and upon such adoption by the annual general meeting, distribute or make public announcements to each Shareholder copies of adopted financial statements and the resolutions on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting in accordance with these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Stock Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE, alternatively, the distribution of the aforesaid adopted financial statements and the resolutions on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting may be accomplished by way of making public announcements by the Company.
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Subject to the Law, these Articles, Applicable Listing Rules and to any resolutions passed in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company.
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The Directors may from time to time appoint any Person (exclusive of any Independent Directors), whether or not such Person is a Director to hold such office in the Company as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including but not limited to, the office of the chief executive officer, president, one (1) or more vice-presidents or chief financial officer, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think fit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Directors hold either of the above positions, the relevant remuneration shall be subject to Article 85. Any Person so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors.
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The Directors may appoint a Secretary (and if need be an assistant Secretary or assistant Secretaries) who shall hold office for such term, at such remuneration and upon such conditions and with such powers as they think fit. Any Secretary or assistant Secretary so appointed by the Directors may be removed by the Directors.
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The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors.
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The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney (whether under Seal or under hand) or otherwise appoint any company, firm or Person or body of Persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of Persons
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dealing with any such attorney as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him.
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The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the two next following Articles shall not limit the general powers conferred by this Article.
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The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees for managing any of the affairs of the Company (including but not limited to remuneration committee), and unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, the members of such committees shall be Directors. Where any Director holds above position, the relevant remuneration shall be subject to Article 85.
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Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretion for the time being vested in them.
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97B Subject to the Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, any Director shall owe fiduciary duties to the Company and such fiduciary obligations shall include but not limited to the observance of general standards of loyalty, good faith and the avoidance of a conflict of duty and self-interest. If any Director breaches the aforesaid fiduciary duties, subject to the Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, such Director shall be held liable for any damages therefrom.
Subject to the Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, if any Director violates the aforesaid fiduciary duties for him/herself or another person, it may be resolved at the general meeting to deem any income from such behaviour as the Company's income.
If any Director breaches any applicable laws or regulations in performing business for the Company, therefore causing any loss or damage to third party, subject to the Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, such Director shall be held jointly and severally liable for the loss or damage to such third party with the Company. In this connection, such Director shall indemnify the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company to third party.
Subject to Cayman Islands law and the Applicable Listing Rules, to the extent of the scope of their respective duties, the officers and the supervisors (if any) of the Company shall bear the liability identical to that applicable to Directors pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Article.
BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS
- Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking and property, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
THE SEAL
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The Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of a Director or a Secretary (or an assistant Secretary) or in the presence of any one (1) or more Persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and every Person as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal is so affixed in their presence.
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The Company may maintain a facsimile of the Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal.
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- Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Secretary or any assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but which does not create any obligation binding on the Company.
DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
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A person shall not act as a Director and shall be discharged or vacated from the office of Director, if he or she:
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(a) committed an organized crime and has been adjudicated guilty by a final judgment, and the time elapsed after he has served the full term of the sentence is less than five (5) years;
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(b) has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of more than one (1) year for commitment of fraud, breach of trust or misappropriation, and the time elapsed after he has served the full term of such sentence is less than two (2) years;
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(c) has been adjudicated guilty by a final judgment for misappropriating company or public funds during the time of his public service, and the time elapsed after he has served the full term of such sentence is less than two (2) years;
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(d) becomes bankrupt and has not been discharged from bankruptcy;
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(e) has been dishonored for unlawful use of credit instruments, and the term of such sanction has not expired yet;
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(f) has no or only limited legal capacity;
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(g) dies or is found to be or becomes of unsound mind;
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(h) resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company; or
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(i) is removed from office and ceases to be the Director pursuant to these Articles.
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In case a Director has, in the course of performing his/her duties, committed any act resulting in material damage to the Company or in serious violation of applicable laws and regulations and these Articles, but not been discharged or removed by a resolution of the general meeting, any Shareholder(s) holding three percent (3%) or more of the total number of issued Shares may, within thirty (30) days after that general meeting, submit a petition to a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including, the Taipei District Court of the Republic of China if applicable, in respect of such matter, for the removal of such Director, at the Company’s expense.
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
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The Directors may meet together (either within or outside the Cayman Islands) for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes present at such meeting. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote. The notice of the Board meeting shall state the reasons for such meeting and shall be given to each Director at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting via mail or electronic transmission; however the Board meeting may be convened from time to time in case of any emergency in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules. Subject to these Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall additionally comply with the Procedural Rules of Board Meetings.
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A Director may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors of which such Director is a member, by means of videoconference or similar communication equipment by way of which all Persons
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participating in such meeting can communicate with each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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Unless otherwise provided in these Articles, the quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be more than one-half (1/2) of the Directors. A Director represented by alternate Director at any Board meeting shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of determining whether or not a quorum is present.
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A Director who directly or indirectly has personal interest in the matter proposed at the meeting of the Board, including but not limited to a contract or proposed contract or arrangement with the Company shall disclose the nature of his or her personal interest at the meeting of the Board, if he or she knows his or her personal interest then exists, or in any other case at the first meeting of the Board after he or she knows that he or she is or has become so interested. For the purposes of this Article, a general notice to the Board by a Director to the effect that:
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(a) he is a member or officer of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract or arrangement which may after the date of the notice be made with that company or firm; or
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shall be deemed to be a sufficient disclosure of personal interest under this Article in relation to any such contract or arrangement, provided that no such notice shall be effective unless either it is given at a meeting of the Board or the Director takes reasonable steps to secure that it is brought up and read at the next Board meeting after it is given.
To the extent required by Applicable Listing Rules, a Director may not vote for himself or on behalf of other Director in respect to any matter, including but not limited to any contract or proposed contract or arrangement or contemplated transaction of the Company, in which such Director bears a personal interest (whether directly or indirectly) which may conflict with and impair the interest of the Company. Any votes cast by or on behalf of such Director in contravention of the foregoing shall not be counted by the Company, but such Director shall be counted in the quorum for purposes of convening such meeting.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Article, if any Director has personal interest (whether directly or indirectly) in matters on agenda for the Board meeting, such Director shall disclose and explain the material information or contents on such personal interest at the same Board meeting.
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A Director (exclusive of any Independent Directors) who does anything for himself or on behalf of another person that is within the scope of the Company's business shall declare the essential contents of such behaviour to the general meeting of the Shareholders and be approved by either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B. Failure in obtaining such approval shall cause the Director being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such behaviour if the general meeting so resolves by an Ordinary Resolution within one (1) year from such behaviour.
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Notwithstanding the preceding Articles, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, a Director (exclusive of any Independent Directors) may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of internal auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his tenure of any such other office or place of profit nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established.
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Company, and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director; provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or his firm to act as internal auditor to the Company.
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The Directors shall cause all minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided for the purpose of recording:
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(b) the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, when the chairman of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and for so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors may act for summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, a committee appointed by the Directors may elect a chairman of its meetings. If no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the committee members present may choose one (1) of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee members present.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and any regulations imposed on it by the Directors, all acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any Person acting as a Director, shall notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director or Person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such Person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director.
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The following actions require the approval of a majority of the votes of the Directors present at a Board meeting attended by at least two-thirds (2/3) of all Directors:
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(a) entering into, amendment to, or termination of any contract for lease of its business in whole, or for entrusted business, or for regular joint operation with others;
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(d) the election of Chairman of the Board pursuant to these Articles;
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AUDIT COMMITTEE
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The Company shall set up an Audit Committee, and the professional qualifications of members, formation, appointment, discharge, how such committee functions and exercises its power and other relevant matters shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules. The Audit Committee shall comprise solely of all Independent Directors and the number of committee members shall not be less than three (3). One (1) of the Audit Committee members shall be appointed as the convener to convene meetings of the Audit Committee from time to time and at least one (1) of the Audit Committee members shall have accounting or financial expertise. A valid resolution of the Audit Committee requires approval of one-half (1/2) or more of all its members.
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Notwithstanding anything provided to the contrary contained in these Articles, the following matters require approval of one-half (1/2) or more of all members of the Audit Committee and final approval of the Board:
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(a) adoption of or amendment to an internal control system;
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(b) assessment of the effectiveness of the internal control system;
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(c) adoption of or amendment to the handling procedures for financial or operational actions of material significance, such as acquisition or disposal of assets, derivatives trading, provision or extension of monetary loans to others, or endorsements or guarantees for others;
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(d) any matter relating to the personal interest of the Directors;
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(e) the entering into of a transaction relating to material assets or derivatives;
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(f) a material monetary loan, endorsement, or provision of guarantee;
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(g) the offering, issuance, or private placement of the Shares or any equity-linked securities;
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(h) the hiring or dismissal of an attesting certified public accountant as the auditor of the Company, or the compensation given thereto;
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(i) the appointment or discharge of a financial, accounting, or internal auditing officers;
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(j) approval of annual and semi-annual financial reports; and
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(k) any other material matter deemed necessary by the Board of Directors or so required by Applicable Listing Rules or the competent authority.
Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, with the exception of item (j) above, any other matter that has not been approved with the consent of one-half (1/2) or more of all Audit Committee members may be undertaken upon the consent of two-thirds (2/3) or more of all Directors, and the resolution of the Audit Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board meeting.
Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, where the Audit Committee is unable to convene a meeting for any proper cause, matters may be approved by consent of two-thirds (2/3) or more of all Directors, provided that the Independent Director members shall still be required to issue an opinion as to whether the resolution is approved in respect of a matter under item (j) above.
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The accounts of the Company shall be audited at least once in every year.
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The Audit Committee shall at all reasonable times have access to all books kept by the Company and to all accounts and vouchers relating thereto; and the Audit Committee may
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call on the Directors or officers of the Company for any information in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company.
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The statement of income and expenditure and the balance sheet provided for by these Articles shall be examined by the Audit Committee and compared with the books, accounts and vouchers relating thereto; and the Audit Committee shall make a written report thereon stating whether such statement and balance sheet are drawn up so as to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations for the period under review and, in case information shall have been called for from Directors or officers of the Company, whether the same has been furnished and has been satisfactory. The Audit Committee may appoint, on behalf of the Company, a practicing lawyer and a certified public accountant to conduct the examination. The financial statements of the Company shall be audited by an auditor appointed by the Board in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the report of the auditor shall be submitted to the Members in general meeting. The generally accepted auditing standards referred to herein may be those of a country or jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. If so, the financial statements and the report of the auditor should disclose this fact and name such country or jurisdiction.
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Subject to the Cayman Islands law, any Shareholder(s) holding three percent (3%) or more of the total number of the issued Shares of the Company for one (1) consecutive year or longer may request in writing any Independent Director of the Audit Committee to file a litigation against any Director or Directors on behalf of the Company with a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including Taipei District Court of the Republic of China.
If the Independent Director of the Audit Committee who has been requested by such Shareholder(s) in accordance with the previous paragraph fails or refuses to file such litigation within thirty (30) days after receiving the request by such Shareholder(s), subject to Cayman Islands law, such Shareholder(s) may file such litigation on behalf of the Company with a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including Taipei District Court of the Republic of China.
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DIVIDENDS
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Subject to the Law, any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares and these Articles, the Company by Ordinary Resolution may declare dividends and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor.
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Subject to Article 129, the Directors may, before recommending any dividend, set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, in the discretion of the Directors be applicable for meeting contingencies, or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds may be properly applied and pending such application may in the absolute discretion of the Directors, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Directors may from time to time think fit.
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Any dividend may be paid by cheque sent through the post to the registered address of the Shareholder or Person entitled thereto, or in the case of joint holders, to the representative of such joint holders at his registered address or to such Person and such address as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. Every such cheque shall be made payable to the order of the Person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other Person as the Shareholder or Person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct.
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Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Shares, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the number of the Shares held by the Shareholders.
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- As the Company continues to grow, the need for capital expenditure, business expansion and a sound financial planning for sustainable development, it is the Company's dividends policy that the dividends may be allocated to the Shareholders in the form of cash dividends and/or bonus shares according to the Company's future expenditure budgets and funding needs.
Unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, where the Company makes profits before tax for the annual financial year, the Company shall allocate (1) a maximum of eight percent (8%) and a minimum of zero point five percent (0.5%) of such annual profits before tax for the purpose of employees' remunerations (including employees of the Company and/or any Affiliated Company) (the " Employees' Remunerations "); and (2) a maximum of three percent (3%) and a minimum of zero point five percent (0.5%) of such annual profits before tax for the purpose of Directors’ remunerations (the “ Directors’ Remunerations ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, if the Company has accumulated losses of the previous years for the annual financial year, the Company shall set aside the amount of such accumulated losses prior to the allocation of Employees' Remunerations and Directors’ Remunerations. Subject to Cayman Islands law, the Applicable Listing Rules and notwithstanding Article 139, the Employees' Remunerations and the Directors’ Remunerations may be distributed in the form of cash and/or bonus shares, upon resolution by a majority votes at a meeting of the Board of Directors attended by two-thirds (2/3) or more of the Directors. The resolutions of Board of Directors regarding the distribution of the Employees' Remunerations and the Directors’ Remunerations in the preceding paragraph shall be reported to the Shareholders at the general meeting after such Board resolutions are passed.
Unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules, the net profits of the Company for each annual financial year shall be allocated in the following order and proposed by the Board of Directors to the Shareholders in the general meeting for approval:
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(a) to make provision of the applicable amount of income tax pursuant to applicable tax laws and regulations;
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(b) to set off accumulated losses of previous years (if any);
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(c) to set aside ten percent (10%) as Legal Reserve pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules unless the accumulated amount of such Legal Reserve equals to the total paidup capital of the Company;
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(d) to set aside an amount as Special Reserve pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules and requirements of the Commission; and
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(e) with respect to the earnings available for distribution (i.e. the net profit after the deduction of the items (a) to (d) above plus any previously undistributed cumulative Retained Earnings), the Board of Directors may present a proposal to distribute to the Shareholders by way of dividends at the annual general meeting for approval pursuant to the Applicable Listing Rules. Dividends may be distributed in the form of cash dividends and/or bonus shares, and, subject to Cayman Islands law, the amount of dividends shall be at least ten percent (10%) of the net profit after the deduction of the items (a) to (d) above. Cash dividends shall comprise a minimum of ten percent (10%) and a maximum of one hundred percent (100%) of the total dividends allocated to Shareholders.
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If several Persons are registered as joint holders of any Share, any of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the Share. No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.
ACCOUNTS, AUDIT AND ANNUAL RETURN AND DECLARATION
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The books of account relating to the Company's affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors.
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The books of account shall be kept at the Office or at such other place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors.
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The Board of Directors shall prepare and submit the business reports, financial statements and records to the annual general meeting of Shareholders for its ratification and after the meeting shall distribute to each Shareholder the copies of ratified financial statements and the resolutions on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting. For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Stock Market or listed in the Taipei Exchange or the TSE, alternatively, the distribution of the aforesaid adopted financial statements and the resolutions on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting may be accomplished by way of making public announcements by the Company.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Board shall keep copies of the yearly business report, financial statements and other relevant documents at the office of its Shareholders’ Service Agent in Taiwan ten (10) days before the annual general meeting and any of its Shareholders is entitled to inspect such documents from time to time.
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Save for the preceding Article 134 and Article 148, the Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Shareholders not being Directors, and no Shareholder (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Directors or by Ordinary Resolution.
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The accounts relating to the Company's affairs shall only be audited in such manner and with such financial year end as may be determined from time to time by the Directors, or required by the Applicable Listing Rules.
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The Directors in each year shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, an annual return and declaration setting forth the particulars required by the Law and deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.
INTERNAL AUDIT
- The Company shall set up internal audit unit under the Board of Directors, and hire qualified and adequate staffs as internal auditors. Any matters in relation to the internal audit shall comply with the Applicable Listing Rules.
CAPITALISATION OF RESERVES
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law, the Company may, with the authority of either a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B:
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(b) appropriate the sum resolved to be capitalised to the Shareholders in proportion to the number of Shares held by them respectively and apply that sum on their behalf in or towards paying up in full unissued Shares or debentures of a nominal amount equal to that sum, and allot the Shares or debentures, credited as fully paid, to the Shareholders (or as they may direct) in those proportions, or partly in one way and partly in the other;
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- 139A. For the avoidance of doubts, the allotment of bonus shares in connection with the Employees' Remunerations and Directors’ Remunerations pursuant to Article 129 shall not require the approval of a Supermajority Resolution Type A or a Supermajority Resolution Type B.
PUBLIC TENDER OFFER
- For so long as the Shares of the Company are registered in the Emerging Market and/or listed in the Taipei Exchange or TSE, any public tender offer of the Shares of the Company shall be subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, including but not limited to the “Regulations Governing the Public Tender Offer of Shares of Public Companies”.
SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT
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The Directors shall in accordance with the Law establish a share premium account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any Share.
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Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law, there shall be debited to any share premium account on the redemption or purchase of a Share the difference between the nominal value of such Share and the redemption or purchase price provided always that at the discretion of the Directors such sum may be paid out of the profits of the Company or, if permitted by the Law, out of capital.
NOTICES
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Except as otherwise provided in these Articles or the Applicable Listing Rules, any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the Person entitled to give notice to any Shareholder either personally, or by facsimile, or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter or via a recognised courier service, fees prepaid, addressed to such Shareholder at his address as appearing in the Register, or to the extent permitted by all applicable laws and regulations, by electronic means by transmitting it to any electronic mail number or address such Shareholder may have positively confirmed in writing for the purpose of such service of notices. In the case of joint holders of a Share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands as their representative in the Register in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.
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Any Shareholder present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened.
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Except as otherwise provided in these Articles or the Applicable Listing Rules, any notice or other document, if served by:
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(a) post or courier, shall be deemed to have been served five (5) days after the time when the letter containing the same is posted or delivered to the courier;
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(b) facsimile, shall be deemed to have been served upon production by the transmitting facsimile machine of a report confirming transmission of the facsimile in full to the facsimile number of the recipient;
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(c) recognised courier service, shall be deemed to have been served forty-eight (48) hours after the time when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service; or
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(d) electronic mail, shall be deemed to have been served immediately upon the time of the transmission by electronic mail.
In proving service by post or courier service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or documents was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier service.
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Any notice or document delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any Shareholder in accordance with these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Shareholder be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any Share registered in the name of such Shareholder as sole or joint holder, unless his name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register as the holder of the Share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all Persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the Share.
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Notice of every general meeting of the Company shall be given to:
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(a) all Shareholders holding Shares with the right to receive notice and who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them; and
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(b) every Person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Shareholder, who but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting.
No other Person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.
INFORMATION
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The Board shall keep at the office of its Shareholders’ Service Agent in Taiwan copies of the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, the minutes of every general meeting, the financial statements, the Register of Members and the counterfoil of corporate bonds issued by the Company. Any Shareholder may request, by submitting evidentiary document(s) to show his/her interests involved and indicating the scope of interested matters, an access to inspect and to make copies of the foresaid Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, the minutes of every general meeting, the financial statements, the Register of Members and the counterfoil of the corporate bonds issued by the Company.
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Without prejudice to the rights set forth in these Articles, no Shareholder shall be entitled to require discovery of any information in respect of any detail of the Company’s trading or any information which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Board would not be in the interests of the members of the Company to communicate to the public.
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The Board shall be entitled to release or disclose to any regulatory or judicial authority any information in its possession, custody or control regarding the Company or its affairs to any of its Shareholder including, without limitation, information contained in the Register of Members and transfer books of the Company.
INDEMNITY OR INSURANCE
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The Company may by Ordinary Resolution adopt one (1) of the protection mechanisms as described in Article 152 (a) and (b).
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(a) Every Director and other officer for the time being and from time to time of the Company (each an " Indemnified Person ") may be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and funds of the Company against all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by such Indemnified Person, other than by reason of such Indemnified Person's own dishonesty, wilful default or fraud, in or about the conduct of the Company's business or affairs (including as a result of any mistake of judgment) or in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers, authorities or discretions, including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Person in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil proceedings concerning the Company or its affairs in any court whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.
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(b) The Company may purchase directors and officers liability insurance (“ D&O insurance ”) for the benefit of every Director and other officer for the time being and from time to time of the Company. Such D&O insurance shall only cover the liability arising from the duty of such Director or officer in accordance with these Articles, the Law and the Applicable Listing Rules.
FINANCIAL YEAR
- Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on December 31st in each year and shall begin on January 1st in each year.
WINDING- UP
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If the Company shall be wound up, and the assets available for distribution amongst the Shareholders shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Shareholders in proportion to the number of the Shares held by them. If in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the Shareholders shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Shareholders in proportion to the number of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up. This Article is without prejudice to the rights of the holders of Shares issued upon special terms and conditions.
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If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution and any other sanction required by the Law and in compliance with the Applicable Listing Rules, divide amongst the Shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Shareholders or different Classes. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Shareholders as the liquidator, with the like sanction shall think fit, but so that no Shareholder shall be compelled to accept any asset whereon there is any liability.
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The Company shall keep all statements, records of account and documents for a period of ten years from the date of the completion of liquidation, and the custodian thereof shall be appointed by the liquidator or the Company by Ordinary Resolution.
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
- Subject to the Law and the Articles, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution alter or amend the Memorandum of Association and/or these Articles in whole or in part.
LITIGIOUS AND NON-LITIGIOUS AGENT
- For so long as the Shares are registered in the Emerging Market or listed on the Taipei Exchange or TSE, subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Company shall appoint a litigious and non-litigious agent in Taiwan (the " Litigious and Non-Litigious Agent "). The Litigious and Non-Litigious Agent shall be the responsible person of the Company in Taiwan and shall have residence or domicile in Taiwan. The Company shall report to the Commission in respect of the name, residence or domicile and authorization document of the Litigious and Non-Litigious Agent. In case of any change of the name, residence or domicile and authorization document of the Litigious and Non-Litigious Agent, the Company shall report to the Commission in respect of such change.
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【 Appendix II 】
CAYMAN ENGLEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. PROCEDURAL RULES OF GENERAL MEETINGS 開曼英利工業股份有限公司股東會議事規則
Article 1 Legal Basis 法令依據
第一條 Unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Listing Rules and the Law, the general meetings of the Company shall be held in accordance with the Rules. 本公司股東會之議事規則除上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令或法律另有規定外,應依本規則 辦理。
Unless otherwise defined in the Rules, any capital letters as used in the Rules shall have the same meanings as defined in the Articles of Association of the Company (as amended or substituted from time to time; hereinafter " Articles "). 除本規則另有定義外,本規則所使用任何英文字首大寫之詞彙,其意義應 與本公司公司章程 ( 包括其隨時修改或被取代之版本;下稱「 本章程 」 ) 中 之定義相同。
Article 2 Attendance and Sign-in 出席與簽名
第二條 The Company shall include the information about the time slot when shareholders may report to the meeting, the reporting location, and other important messages in the notice of general meetings.
本公司應於開會通知書載明受理股東報到時間、報到處地點,及其他應注 意事項。
The time slot when shareholders may report to the meeting in the preceding paragraph shall begin no later than thirty minutes before the meeting. The reporting location shall be clearly identified and there should an adequate number of staff assigned for the matter.
前項受理股東報到時間至少應於會議開始前三十分鐘辦理之;報到處應有 明確標示,並派適足適任人員辦理之。
Shareholders or their appointed proxies (the " Shareholders ") shall attend a Shareholders' meeting by presenting an attendance ID, sign-in card or other attendance identification. The Company shall not request any additional attendance identification randomly. A proxy solicitor shall bring his/her ID for verification.
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股東本人或股東所委託之代理人 ( 以下稱「 股東 」 ) 應憑出席證、出席簽到 卡或其他出席證件出席股東會,本公司對股東出席所憑依之證明文件不得 任意增列要求提供其他證明文件;屬徵求委託書之徵求人並應攜帶身分證 明文件,以備核對。
The Company shall provide a sign-in book allowing attending Shareholders or their appointed proxies to sign in or require attending Shareholders to submit attendance cards in lieu of signing in.
本公司應設簽名簿供出席股東本人或股東所委託之代理人簽到,或由出席 股東繳交簽到卡以代簽到。
The Company shall deliver the meeting agenda, annual report, attendance ID, summary of speech form, voting ballot and other meeting information to Shareholders who attend a Shareholder's meeting. In case of election of director(s) and/or supervisor(s), the election ballot shall also be provided.
本公司應將議事手冊、年報、出席證、發言條、表決票及其他會議資料, 交付予出席股東會之股東;有選舉董事、監察人者,應另附選舉票。
Unless otherwise regulated in the Applicable Listing Rules or the Law, corporate Shareholders' attendance of a general meeting shall be in accordance with the Articles.
除上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令或法律另有規定外,法人出席股東會部分應遵守本章程之 規定。
Article 3 Calculation of Attending Shares 出席股數之計算
第三條 The number of Shares represented by Shareholders attending the general meeting shall be calculated in accordance with the sign-in book or the number of attendance cards submitted by Shareholders in plus the number of shares whose voting rights are exercised by correspondence or electronically.
股東會之出席應以股份為計算基準,出席股數依簽名簿或繳交之簽到卡, 加計以書面或電子方式行使表決權之股數計算之。
Article 4 Venue and Time of General Meetings 開會地點及時間
第四條 According to the Articles and the Applicable Listing Rules, all general meetings shall be convened at such venues convenient for Shareholders' attendance and suitable for convention, and shall not begin earlier than 9:00 a.m. or later than 3:00 p.m.
依據本章程及上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令規定,股東會召開之地點,應於便利股東出席 且適合股東會召開之地點為之,會議開始時間不得早於上午九時或晚於下
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Article 5 Identification of Appointed Professionals and Other Relevant Persons Who 第五條 May Be Present 委託專業人士與相關人員得列席之識別
The Company may appoint its lawyer(s), accountant(s) or other relevant person(s) to be present at a general meeting. All supporting staff for the general meeting shall wear an identification badge or arm-band.
本公司得指派所委託之律師、會計師或相關人員列席股東會。辦理股東會 之會務人員應佩戴識別證或臂章。
Article 6 Audio Recording or Videotaping of Meetings for Evidence 開會過程錄音 第六條 或錄影之存證
A general meeting shall be audio recorded and videotaped in its entirety on a continuous, non-stop basis from the time Shareholders report to the meeting and the meeting itself to voting and ballot counting, and these tapes shall be kept for at least one year. However, the said tapes shall be kept until the conclusion of legal proceedings if a Shareholder initiates proceedings in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules.
本公司應於受理股東報到時起將股東報到過程、會議進行過程、投票計票 過程全程連續不間斷錄音及錄影,並至少保存一年。但經股東依上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令提起訴訟者,應保存至訴訟終結為止。
Article 7 The Chairman and Agent 主席及代理人
第七條 Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, the Chairman, if any, of the Board of the Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company convened by the Board of the Directors. In case the Chairman is on leave or absent or can not exercise his/her power and authority for any cause, he/she shall designate one of the other Directors to act on his/her behalf. In the absence of such a designation, the Directors shall elect from among themselves an acting chairman for the meeting.
除上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令另有規定外,股東會如由董事會所召集,其主席應由董事 長 ( 如有 ) 擔任之,董事長請假或因故不能行使職權時,由董事長指定董事 一人代理之,董事長未指定代理人者,由董事互推一人代理之。
Where a Managing Director or a Director is to act as the agent for the chairman in the preceding paragraph, only the Managing Directors or Directors who have been in the position for six months or more and have a good understanding of
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the Company's financial and business conditions may be allowed to do so. The same shall apply in case that the representative of a corporate director acts as the chairman.
前項主席係由常務董事或董事代理者,以任職六個月以上,並瞭解公司財 務業務狀況之常務董事或董事擔任之。主席如為法人董事之代表人者,亦 同。
For a general meeting convened by any other person having the convening right, such person shall act as the chairman of that meeting; provided that if there are two (2) or more persons jointly having the convening right, the chairman of the meeting shall be elected from those persons.
股東會如由董事會以外之其他召集權人召集者,主席由該召集權人擔任 之,召集權人有二人以上時,應互推一人擔任之。
The Company shall prepare the notice of general meetings, the proxy form, and the information relating to the subject and description of proposals for recognition and for discussion, election and/or dismissal of directors and supervisors in the form of electronic file to be uploaded to the Market Observation Post System thirty (30) days before annual general meetings or fifteen (15) days before extraordinary general meetings. The meeting agenda for general meetings and supplemental meeting information shall be prepared in the form of electronic file to be uploaded to the Market Observation Post System twenty (21) days before annual general meetings or fifteen (15) days before extraordinary general meetings. The meeting agenda for general meetings and supplemental meeting information shall be ready for Shareholders' review at all time by fifteen (15) days before general meetings, and such information shall be available at the Company and professional stock agent appointed by the Company and be distributed at general meetings.
本公司應於股東常會開會三十日前或股東臨時會開會十五日前,將股東會 開會通知書、委託書用紙、有關承認案、討論案、選任或解任董事、監察 人事項等各項議案之案由及說明資料製作成電子檔案傳送至公開資訊觀測 站。並於股東常會開會二十一日前或股東臨時會開會十五日前,將股東會 議事手冊及會議補充資料,製作電子檔案傳送至公開資訊觀測站。股東會 開會十五日前,備妥當次股東會議事手冊及會議補充資料,供股東隨時索 閱,並陳列於本公司及本公司委任之專業股務代理機構,且應於股東會現 場發放。
Article 8 Convention of A Meeting 會議召開
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第八條
The chairman shall call the general meeting to order at the time scheduled for the general meeting. If the number of Shares represented by the attending Shareholders has not yet constituted the quorum (more than an aggregate of one-half (1/2) of all Shares in issue present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote) at the time scheduled for the general meeting, the chairman may postpone the time for the meeting. The postponements shall be limited to two times at most, and the general meeting shall not be postponed for more than one hour in total. If after two postponements the number of Shares represented by the attending Shareholders has constituted more than one-third (1/3) of all Shares in issue present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote, a tentative resolution may be passed in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules. Before the end of such a meeting, if the number of Shares represented by the attending Shareholders has already constituted more than an aggregate of one-half (1/2) of all Shares in issue, the chairman may put the tentative resolution(s) already passed to the Shareholders' resolution again in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules.
已屆開會時間,主席應即宣布開會,惟未達法定出席數 ( 即有代表已發行股 份總數過半數之有表決權股東親自或委託代理人出席 ) 時,主席得宣布延後 開會,其延後次數以二次為限,延後時間合計不得超過一小時。延後二次 而仍不足額有代表已發行股份總數三分之一以上之有表決權股東親自或委 託代理人出席時,得依據上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令規定為假決議。於當次會議未結束 前,如出席股東所代表股數達已發行股份總數過半數時,主席得將作成之 假決議,依據上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令規定重新提請股東會表決。
Article 9 Proposal Discussion 議案討論
第九條 For a Shareholders' meeting convened by the Board of Directors, it is advised that the chairman shall host the Shareholders' meeting in person and a majority of the Directors are present at the meeting. In addition, all functional committees shall send at least one representative to preside over the Shareholders' meeting and their attendance shall be recorded in the meeting minutes.
董事會所召集之股東會,董事長宜親自主持,且宜有董事會過半數之董事 親自出席,及各類功能性委員會成員至少一人代表出席,並將出席情形記 載於股東會議事錄。
The agenda of general meeting shall be set by the Board of Directors if the meeting is convened by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise approved in the general meeting, the general meeting shall proceed in accordance with the
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agenda.
股東會如由董事會召集者,其議程由董事會訂定之,會議應依排定之議程 進行,非經股東會決議通過不得變更之。
The preceding paragraph applies to circumstances where the general meeting is convened by any person, other than the Board of Directors, entitled to convene such general meeting.
股東會如由董事會以外之其他有召集權人召集者,準用前項之規定。
Unless otherwise resolved at the general meeting or in accordance with Article 17 of the Rules, the chairman cannot announce adjournment of the general meeting before all items listed in the agenda are resolved; after a meeting is adjourned, Shareholders shall not elect a chairman and resume the meeting at the same or another venue. In case that the chairman adjourns the general meeting in violation of the Rules, other members of the Board of Directors shall promptly assist the attending Shareholders to elect, by a majority of votes represented by attending Shareholders present in the general meeting, another person to serve as chairman to continue the general meeting in accordance with due procedures.
前二項排定之議程於議事未終結前,非經決議或依本規則第十七條之規 定,主席不得逕行宣布散會;會議散會後,股東不得另推選主席於原址或 另覓場所續行開會,但主席違反本規則,宣布散會者,董事會其他成員應 迅速協助出席股東依法定程序,以出席股東表決權過半數之同意推選一人 擔任主席,繼續開會。
The chairman shall provide sufficient time for the explanation and discussion of all items listed in the agenda and amendments submitted by Shareholders. The chairman may announce an end of discussion and submit an item for a vote if the chairman deems that the agenda item is ready for voting and the discussion and amendments proposed complied with the Applicable Listing Rules and the Articles.
主席對於議案及股東所提之修正案,應給予充分說明及討論之機會,若認 為該等議案及修正案均已符合本章程及上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令之規定且達可付表決 之程度時,得宣布停止討論,提付表決。
Article 10 Speech of Shareholder 股東發言
第十條 When a Shareholder attending the general meeting wishes to speak, a speech note should be filled out with summary of the speech, the Shareholder’s
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account number (or the number of attendance card) and the account name of the Shareholder. The sequence of speeches shall be determined by the chairman. 出席股東發言前,須先填具發言條載明發言要旨、股東戶號(或出席證編 號)及戶名,由主席指定其發言。
If any attending Shareholder at the general meeting submits a speech note but does not speak, no speech shall be deemed to have been made by such Shareholder. In case contents of the speech of a Shareholder are inconsistent with the contents of the speech note, the content of actual speech shall prevail. 出席股東僅提發言條而未發言者,視為未發言,發言內容與發言條記載不 符者,以發言內容為準。
Any Shareholder may not speak more than twice concerning the same item without chairman’s consent, and each speech time shall not exceed five minutes. In case the speech of any Shareholder violates this paragraph or is outside the scope of the agenda item, the chairman may stop the speech of such Shareholder.
同一議案每一股東發言,非經主席之同意不得超過兩次,每次不得超過五 分鐘,股東發言違反本項規定或超出議題範圍者,主席得制止其發言。
Unless otherwise permitted by the chairman and the speaking Shareholder, no Shareholder shall interrupt the speech of other Shareholders. The chairman shall stop such interruption.
出席股東發言時,其他股東除經徵得主席及發言股東同意外,不得發言干 擾,違反者主席應予制止。
If a corporate Shareholder has appointed two or more representatives to attend the general meeting, only one representative can speak for each agenda item. 法人股東指派二人以上之代表出席股東會時,同一議案僅得推由一人發言。
After the speech of any Shareholder, the Chairman may make responses by him or herself or appoint an appropriate person to respond.
出席股東發言後,主席得親自或指定相關人員答覆。
Article 11 Proposal by Shareholder 股東提案 第十一條
In accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules and subject to Article 52 of the Articles, any Shareholders who individually or collectively hold one percent (1%) or more of the total number of issued Shares of the Company may submit
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to the Company a proposal for discussion at the annual general meeting. 持有已發行股份總數百分之一以上股份之股東,得依上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令之規 定,及本章程第 [52] 條之規定,以書面向公司提出股東常會議案。
Article 12 Calculation of Voting Shares and Recusal 表決股數之計算、迴避制度 第十二條 Voting at a general meeting shall be based on the number of Shares.
Voting at a general meeting shall be based on the number of Shares. 股東會之表決,應以股份為計算基準。
The number of Shares represented by Shareholders present at the meeting shall be calculated in accordance with the sign-in book or submitted attendance card, plus the voting Shares exercised in writing or electronically.
出席股數依簽名簿或繳交之簽到卡,加計以書面或電子方式行使表決權之 股數計算之。
The Shares solicited by solicitors and Shares represented by proxies shall be disclosed in a statement in the form consistent with the Applicable Listing Rules posted at a conspicuous location within the meeting venue on the meeting day.
徵求人徵得之股數及受託代理人代理之股數,本公司應於股東會開會當 日,依上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令規定格式編造之統計表,於股東會場內為明確之揭示。
The Shares held by any Shareholders with no voting rights shall not be included in the total number of issued Shares while voting on resolutions in the general meeting.
股東會之決議,對無表決權股東之股份數,不算入已發行股份之總數。
To the extent required by the Applicable Listing Rules and in accordance with Article 66 of the Articles, any Shareholder who bears a personal interest that may conflict with and impair the interest of the Company in respect of any proposed matter for consideration an approval at a general meeting shall abstain from voting any of the Shares that such Shareholder should otherwise be entitled to vote in person, as a proxy or corporate representative with respect to said matter.
於上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令要求之範圍內,依本章程第 [66] 條之規定,股東對於提交股 東會同意之提案事項有自身利害關係致有害於公司利益之虞時,就該提案 事項不得親自或代理他股東或代表法人股東行使其本可行使之任何表決 權。
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Any Shares held by any Shareholders who are not permitted to exercise voting rights in the preceding paragraph shall not be counted in the number of votes of Shareholders present at the general meeting for relevant resolutions.
前項不得行使表決權之股份數,就相關決議不算入已出席股東之表決權數。
Except for Taiwan trust enterprises or Shareholders’ Service Agencies approved by Taiwan competent authorities, when a person who acts as the proxy for two or more Shareholders concurrently, the number of votes represented by him shall not exceed three percent of the total number of votes of the Company and the portion of excessive votes represented by such proxy shall not be counted.
除中華民國信託事業或經中華民國證券主管機關核准的股務代理機構外, 一人同時受二人以上股東委託時,其代理之表決權不得超過已發行股份總 數表決權之百分之三,超過時其超過之表決權,不予計算。
Subject to the Applicable Listing Rules, if any Shareholder holding Shares for and on behalf of another person or entity, such Shareholder may assert to exercise the voting rights separately. The qualifications, scopes, exercises, operational procedures and other matters in relation to the aforesaid separate exercise of voting rights shall be conducted in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules.
依據上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令,股東係為他人持有股份時,股東得主張分別行使表決 權。前述關於分別行使表決權之資格條件、適用範圍、行使方式、作業程 序及其他應遵行事項之辦法,由金管會定之。
Article 13 Principle for Voting Right 表決權原則 第十三條
Subject to the Articles and any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any Share, every Shareholder and every Person represented by proxy shall have one vote for each Share of which he or the Person represented by proxy is the holder.
除本章程另有規定或股份另附有任何權利或限制外,每一親自出席或委託 代理人出席之股東於進行表決時,就其所持有的每一股份均有一表決權。
Shareholders shall vote on each of the proposals presented at the meeting and the result of the vote indicating Shareholders' consent, objection and abstaining from voting shall be entered at the Market Observation Post System on the day immediately following the convention of the Shareholders' meeting.
議案應由股東逐案進行投票表決,並於股東會召集後當日,將股東同意、
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反對及棄權之結果輸入公開資訊觀測站。
Where any Director or supervisor (if any), who is also a Shareholder of the Company, creates or has created a pledge on the Shares held by such Director (the " Pledged Shares ") exceeding fifty percent (50%) of total Shares held by such Director at the time of his/her appointment as Director or supervisor (if any), such Director or supervisor (if any) shall refrain from exercising its voting rights on the Shares representing the difference between the Pledged Shares and fifty percent (50%) of total Shares held by such Director or supervisor (if any) at the time of his/her appointment as Director or supervisor (if any), and such Shares shall not be counted toward the number of votes represented by the Shareholders present at a general meeting.
本公司董事或監察人 ( 如有 ) 亦持有本公司股份時,如該董事或監察人 ( 如有 ) 以股份設定質權 ( 下稱「 設質股份 」 ) 超過選任當時所持有之本公司股份數 額二分之一時,其超過之股份 ( 即設質股份超過選任當時所持有股份數額二 分之一的部分 ) 不得行使表決權,不算入已出席股東之表決權數。
Article 14 Voting on Proposal 議案之表決 第十四條
Unless otherwise provided for under the Applicable Listing Rules or the Articles, a proposal put to a vote shall be approved by consent of a majority of Shareholders present at the meeting attended.
議案之表決,除上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令或本章程另有規定外,以出席股東表決權過 半數之同意通過之。
In case of an amendment proposal or substitute proposal to an original proposal, the chairman shall decide on the order of vote together with the original proposal. However, if one of the proposals has been approved, the others shall be deemed overruled and no further vote is required.
同一議案有修正案或替代案時,由主席併同原案定其表決之順序。如其中 一案已獲通過時,其他議案即視為否決,毋庸再行表決。
Where directors and/or supervisors are elected at a Shareholders' meeting, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable election rules established by the Company and the election results, including the list of elected directors and/or supervisors and numbers of shares voted for the election of directors and/or supervisors, shall be announced at the same meeting.
股東會有選舉董事、監察人 ( 如有 ) 時,應依本公司所訂相關選任規範辦理,
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並應當場宣布選舉結果,包含當選董事、監察人之名單與其當選權數。
Voting ballots cast in the election of director(s) shall be signed and sealed by scrutinizer and properly kept for at least one (1) years; provided, however, that in case of a litigation instituted by Shareholder, these ballots shall then be kept until conclusion of the litigation.
董事選舉事項之選舉票,應由監票員密封簽字後,妥善保管,並至少保存 一年。但經股東依法令提起訴訟者,應保存至訴訟終結為止。
Article 15 Checking and Counting Ballots 監票及計票
第十五條 The chairman shall appoint persons responsible for checking and counting ballots during votes on agenda items. However, the persons responsible for checking ballots must be Shareholders. The ballots cast in the voting of a general meeting or for election proposal shall be publicly counted at any general meeting venue and the result of voting, including the numbers of shares voted, shall be announced at the same general meeting after all ballots have been counted and placed on record.
議案表決之監票及計票人員,由主席指定之,但監票人員應具有股東身分。 股東會表決或選舉議案之計票作業應於股東會場內公開處為之,且應於計 票完成後,當場宣布表決結果,包含統計之權數,並作成紀錄。
Article 16 Meeting Minutes 議事錄
第十六條 Any resolutions made at a general meeting shall be compiled in the form of meeting minutes. The chairman shall affix his/her signature or seal to the meeting minutes, which shall be issued to shareholders within twenty days after the end of the general meeting. Meeting minutes may be produced and issued to Shareholders in electronic form.
股東會之決議,應作成議事錄,由主席簽名或蓋章,並於會後二十日內, 將議事錄分發各股東。議事錄之製作及分發,得以電子方式為之。
While the Company remains as a listing company in Taiwan, the meeting minutes referred to in the preceding paragraph may be distributed, alternatively, by way of making public announcement at the Market Observation Post System (the " MOPS ").
於本公司於中華民國掛牌期間,前項議事錄之分發,得以輸入公開資訊觀 測站之公告方式為之。
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The meeting minutes must faithfully record the meeting's date (year, month, day), place, Chairman's name, resolution method, summary of proceedings, and results of resolutions. Meeting minutes shall be kept during the existence of the Company.
議事錄應確實依會議之年、月、日、場所、主席姓名、決議方法、議事經 過之要領及其結果記載之,在本公司存續期間,應永久保存。
The number of votes casted for and against a resolution and the total number of votes cast shall be recorded in the meeting minutes.
決議之表決結果 ( 包括贊成及反對 ) 之票數及總投票數均應載明於議事錄。
The Company shall upload the relevant information and contents of the resolution made in the general meeting onto the MOPS within the prescriptive period if there is any material information (as defined and prescribed under the Applicable Listing Rules) in such resolution.
股東會決議事項,如有上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令規定之重大訊息者,本公司應於規定 時間內,將內容傳輸至公開資訊觀測站。
Article 17 Intermission and Resumption of A Meeting 休息、續行集會 第十七條
During the general meeting, the chairman may, at his or her discretion, set time for intermission. In exceptional cases, when there are incidents that temporarily prevent the normal progress of the general meeting, the chairman may decide to temporarily suspend the general meeting and announce, depending on the situation, the time that the meeting will resume.
會議進行時,主席得酌定時間宣告休息,發生不可抗拒之情事時,主席得 裁定暫時停止會議,並視情況宣布續行開會之時間。
Before the agenda set for the general meeting are completed, if the meeting venue cannot continue to be used for the general meeting, the chairman may seek another venue to resume the general meeting. Upon approval by Ordinary Resolution, the chairman may (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the general meeting if necessary.
股東會排定之議程於議事未終結前,開會之場地屆時未能繼續使用,得由 , 主席決定另覓場地繼續開會 並若有需要時經普通決議同意得 ( 如經股東會 指示則應 ) 宣佈股東會延期。
The Shareholders may resolve to adjourn or resume the general meeting within
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five days in accordance with the Applicable Listing Rules and the Articles. 股東會得依上市 ( 櫃 ) 法令及本章程之規定,決議在五日內延期或續行集會。
Article 18 Preservation of Order at the Meeting Venue 會場秩序之維持
第十八條
The chairman may direct inspectors (or security guards) to assist in preserving the order at the meeting venue. Inspectors (or security guards) shall wear an arm-band with the word "Inspector" when assisting in preserving the order at the meeting venue.
主席得指揮糾察員 ( 或保全人員 ) 協助維持會場秩序。糾察員 ( 或保全人員 ) 在場協助維持秩序時,應佩戴「糾察員」字樣臂章。
The chairman may direct inspectors or security guards to ask Shareholders who violate the Rules, disobey the chairman's correction, impede the process of the meeting and do not comply after being asked to stop to leave the meeting venue.
股東違反本規則不服從主席糾正,妨礙會議之進行,經制止不服從者,得 由主席指揮糾察員或保全人員請其離開會場。
If there is speaker facility at the meeting venue and a shareholder speaks with the facility other than that prepared by the Company, the chairman may stop him.
會場備有擴音設備者,股東非以本公司配置之設備發言時,主席得制止之。
Article 19 Enforcement and Amendment 實施與修訂
第十九條
Establishment and amendment to the Rules shall be subject to approval of the Board of Directors, which shall be further approved by Ordinary Resolution in the general meeting.
本規則之訂定及修正應經董事會同意,並經股東會以普通決議通過。
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【 Appendix III 】
CAYMAN ENGLEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Sharehold situation of directors and supervisors
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1 、 The total number of shares issued by the company as at 2019/3/14 ended the date of cessation of transfer was 118,007,000 shares.
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2 、 The number of individual and all directors holding shares recorded in the shareholder's name book as at the time of the current shareholders ' meeting shall be as shown in the following table :
| Title | Name | Nationality or place of registration |
Date of selection |
Term (year) |
Shares held at the time of selection (Note 1) |
Shares held at the time of selection (Note 1) |
Number of shares held as at the end ofthe transfer |
Number of shares held as at the end ofthe transfer |
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| Number of shares |
Sharehol dingratio |
Number of shares |
ratio |
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| Chairman | Honghan Industrial Co., Ltd. |
Samoa | 2018.05.29 | 3 |
29,100,000 | 26.45% |
29,100,000 | 22.12% |
| Representative:林 啟彬Lin Chi Pin |
R.O.C Taiwan |
1,000,000 | 0.91% |
1,000,000 |
0.85 % |
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| Director | BroadLight ConsultantsLtd. |
Samoa | 2018.05.29 | 3 |
10,000,000 | 9.09% |
1,000,000 |
0.85 % |
| Representative:林 俊邦Lin Chun Pang |
R.O.C Taiwan |
─ | ─ |
10,000 |
0.01% |
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| Director | Top-Gain Enterprises Ltd. |
Samoa |
2018.05.29 | 3 |
10,000,000 | 9.09% |
10,000,000 | 8.47 % |
| Representative:陳 榕煖Chen Jung Juan |
R.O.C Taiwan |
─ | ─ |
─ |
─ |
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| Director | 蔡孟翰 Tsai MengHan |
R.O.C Taiwan |
2018.05.29 | ─ | ─ |
2,000 |
0.00% |
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| Independ ent director |
葉治明 Yeh Chih Ming |
R.O.C Taiwan |
2018.05.29 | 3 |
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| Independ ent director |
徐敬道 Hsu Ching Tao |
R.O.C Taiwan |
2018.05.29 | 3 |
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| Independ ent director |
劉政淮Liou Cheng Hwai |
R.O.C Taiwan |
2018.05.29 | 3 |
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| Totalofall Directors | 50,100,000 | 45.55% | 50,112,000 | 42.47% |
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| Total of independent directors | ─ | ─ |
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(Note 1): The number of shares issued at the time of selection was calculated at 110,000,000 shares.
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