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EMC AGM Information 2022

Jun 1, 2022

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Elite Material Co., Ltd.

Year 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

Meeting Agenda (Translation)

Date: 26 May 2022 Time: 9:00am Taipei time Place: No. 18, Datong 1[st] Road, Guanyin District, Taoyuan City Taiwan

Method of convening: Entity shareholders' meeting

Table of Contents

A. Meeting agenda----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 B. Reporting Items----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 I. Year 2021 business report and financial statements---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 II. Year 2021 review report by the Audit Committee-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------23 III. Year 2021 employees’ compensation and Directors’ remuneration-----------------------------------------------------------24 C. Approval Items----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25 I. To accept the Year 2021 business report and financial statements------------------------------------------------------------25 II. To approve the proposal for distribution of 2021 profits--------------------------------------------------------------------------25 D. Discussion and Election matters--------------------------------------------------------------------------------27 I. Overview of “Articles of Incorporation of Elite Material Co., Ltd.”---------------------------------------------------------------27 II. Overview of “Procedures of Acquisition and Disposition of Assets of Elite Material Co., Ltd.”-------------------------29 III. Overview of meeting rules of stockholders of Elite Material Co., Ltd---------------------------------------------------------37 IV. Election of the 12th Directors of the Company ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------44 V. Exempt of a non-compete case against directors of the Company------------------------------------------------------------46 E. Extemporary motion--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------47 F. Attachments-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------48 I. Overview of “Articles of Incorporation of Elite Material Co., Ltd.” (Before amendment)-----------------------------------48 II. Meeting rules of stockholders of Elite Material Co., Ltd (Before amendment)----------------------------------------------56 III. Elections Procedures of Directors and Independent Directors of Elite Material Co., Ltd.-------------------------------59 IV. Current shareholding of Directors and Independent Directors----------------------------------------------------------------61

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Meeting Agenda for

2022 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of Elite Material Co., Ltd.

  • A. Call the meeting to order B. Chairperson takes chair C. Chairperson remarks

  • D. Report items:

  • E. Proposed resolutions

  • F. Discussion and election matters G. Extemporary motion H. Meeting adjourned

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Reporting Items

1. To report Year 2021 business operations and financial statements

Year 2021 Business report

I. Year 2021 business results

Unit: NT$ thousands

Items Year 2021 Year 2020
Revenue 38,500,026 27,200,786 41.54%
Grossprofit 10,068,554 7,040,029 43.02%
Operating profit 6,922,620 4,683,451 47.81%
Income before tax 6,911,896 4,843,563 42.70%
Net income 5,500,157 3,694,270 48.88%

Note: The net income of year 2021 includes NT$6,939 thousand belongs to the minority interests.

Execution results of business plan

  • a. Guanyin/Hsinchu production site of Taiwan: Monthly production capacity has achieved 650,000 sheets.

  • b. Kunshan production site of Jiangsu Province, China: Monthly production capacity has achieved 1.35 million sheets. (Expected capacity of 1.65 million/Month in Q322)

  • c. Zhongshan production site of Guangdong Province, China: Monthly production capacity has achieved 950,000 sheets.

  • d. Huangshi production site of Hubei Province, China: Monthly production capacity has achieved 600,000 sheets. (Expected capacity of 0.9 million/Month in Q322)

ii. Summary of cash flow statements

Unit: NT$ thousands

Items Year 2021
Net cash provided by operating activities 4,021,522
Net cash used in investing activities 2,618,127
Net cash used in financing activities 419,758
Effects of changes in foreign exchange rate on cash
and cash equivalents (73,430)
Increase in cash in reporting period 910,207

iii. Analysis of profitability

Items Year
2021
Year
2020
Return on assets (%) 17.26
13.98
Return on equities (%) 30.11
24.39
Percentage of paid-in capital (%) Operating profit
207.94
140.68
Income before tax
267.62
145.49
Net margin (%) 14.29
13.58
Earningsper share(NT Dollar) 16.50
11.33
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iv. Results of research and development:

EMC is the world's largest supplier of halogen-free and laminate material, continues to focus on the development of halogen-free material for handheld and high-speed related applications. In response to the needs of 5G high-speed transmission of internet of things, not only mass production of 5G handheld devices but also optimal substrate material applied in server/ base station/ networking appliance, furthermore, mitigate into next generation high end material development.

New products successfully developed by the Company in 2021:

  1. RCC material adopted in 5G high-end handheld device

  2. High end substrate material consumed by SiP package

  3. PCIe 5 II and PCIe 6 high speed data transmission material

  4. 800GHz Switch material verified by global brand companies

  5. Granted patents from ROC,China and USA

In the era of internet of things, not only require for high speed data calculation, but also high frequency signal receiver, only high frequency material can achieve truly wireless communication. In the past, the technology replies on PTFE as substrate material, however, PTFE technology has its weakness such as difficult to process, unpopular. In autonomous driving era, to fulfill self-driving and post 5G electronic material needs, EMC further engages in Radar high frequency substrate material and high end packaging substrate material development, to satisfy global customers growth trajectory.

II. Summary of Year 2021 business plan

  • i. Planning of sales and production

  • a. Capacity expansion

  • b. Promote eco-friendly laminate material

  • c. Balancing sales and production, flexible inventory adjustment and active cash management

  • ii. Operating strategy

  • a. To introduce high end HDI substrate material for server and switch market.

  • b. To extend expertise in substrate like material to substrate material.

  • c. To maintain lion’s share in high end HDI segment.

  • d. To develop laminate material for high end vehicle market.

  • iii. Sales volume target

  • a. Expected sales volume target:

Copper clad laminates (CCLs): 48 million sheets/year

Prepreg (PP): 1.06 million rolls/year

Mass Lam (M/L): 1.6 million panels/year

III. Effects from changes in competitions, regulations, and business environment on the future development strategy of the company

i. Future development strategy of EMC:

  • a. To develop high speed/ high frequency and low loss materials

  • b. To solidify the leading position of EMC’s materials consumed by HDI PCBs in the global market.

  • c. Enlarge offshore market, diversify risks.

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ii. Perfectness of Internal control, enhance management efficiency

iii. Effects from changes in competitions, regulations, and business environment:

Due to the outbreak of Covid-19 in those two years, the company and all sites have been strictly following the quarantine protocol to make sure that the company still operates on the track.

From the future perspective, the demand for halogen-free keeps growing, on the back of severely environmental regulations, EMC maintains its global leading position in eco-friendly laminates, equips long lasting strength in HDI technology and environmental material. After years of waiting, it is been officially recognized by the market and take into must consideration of their material structure, enabling the company to possess elements for further success.

Chairman: Dong Ding-Yu President: Guan En-Xiang

Director of Accounting Department: Sara Yen

*In case of any discrepancy between this English translation and the Chinese text of this document, the Chinese text shall prevail.

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2. Year 2021 financial statements

  1. Balance Sheet of year 2020 and 2021

  2. Income statement of year 2020 and 2021

  3. Statement of changes in Equity of year 2020 and 2021

  4. Statement of cash flow of year 2020 and 2021

The full financial reports prepared and audited by KPMG can be viewed and downloaded at the company website: - https://www.emctw.com/en global/report/index; or at the website of MOPS operated by the Taiwan Stock Exchange: http://mops.twse.com.tw

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2.Review report by the Audit Committee

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*In case of any discrepancy between this English translation and the Chinese text of this document, the Chinese text shall prevail.

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3.Information of employees’ compensation and Directors’ remuneration in Year 2021

Unit: NT$ Dollar
Earnings before tax, employee's compensation,
and Directors' remuneration
$ Accumulated losses
Distributable earnings to employees and Directors
$ Employees' compensation (3% of the distributable
earnings)
$ Directors' remuneration (1% of the distributable
earnings)
$
Year 2021
6,303,998,315
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6,303,998,315
189,119,949
63,039,983

The said employees’ compensation and Directors’ remuneration will be distributed in cash.

*In case of any discrepancy between this English translation and the Chinese text of this document, the Chinese text shall prevail.

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Approval Items

1. To accept the Year 2021 business report and financial statements

The Board of Directors proposes and recommends that each shareholder vote FOR the acceptance of the Year 2021 business report and financial statements.

Explanatory Notes:

  • i. EMC’s Year 2021 business report and financial statements, including balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, and statement of cash flows, have been resolved to accept by the 17th board meeting of the 11th term, and have been examined by and determined to be correct and accurate by the Audit Committee of EMC. We thereby submit this report.

  • ii. Please approve the aforesaid business report and financial statements

2. To approve the proposal for distribution of 2021 profits

The Board of Directors proposes and recommends that each shareholder vote FOR the distribution of 2020 profits.

Explanatory Notes:

  • i. Cash dividends to common share-holders: Totaling NT$5,493,217,905. Each common share holder will be entitled to receive a cash dividend of NT$ 10.0 per share. The fractional dollar amount which is less than one New Taiwan Dollar, if there is any, will not be distributed and will be recognized by the company as other income.

  • ii. After being approved at the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting, it is proposed that the Chairman of EMC be authorized to determine the record date and the payment date that the cash dividends will be distributed to common share-holders.

  • iii. Should EMC subsequently repurchase its common shares or issue new common shares according to Article 28-2 of the Security Act and other relevant regulations, the total number of common shares outstanding may change, and the ultimate cash to be distributed to each common share may need to be adjusted accordingly. It is proposed that the Chairman of EMC be authorized to adjust the cash to be distributed to each common share, based on the total amount of profits resolved to be distributed and the number of actual common shares outstanding on the record date for distribution.

  • iv. Please approve the aforesaid proposal for the distribution of 2021 profits.

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Elite Material Co., Ltd. Profit Allocation Proposal of Year 2021

Unit: NTD
Net income of 2021 5,493,217,905
Less:
10% legal reserve 549,166,188
Special reserve of earnings 147,017,621
Plus:
Unappropriated retained earnings of previous years 6,806,390,419
Other comprehensive loss (actuarial adjustment of defined benefit (1,556,026)
Earnings available for distribution as of 31 December 2021 11,601,868,489
Distribution items:
Cash dividends to common share holders (NT$10 per share) 3,329,182,990
Stock dividends to common share holders
(Cash dividend per common share is calculated based on a total number of
shares outstanding of 332,918,299)
0
Total distribution 3,329,182,990
Unappropriated earnings 8,272,685,499

Note:

  1. Pursuant to the Article 36 of Elite Material Co., Ltd. Articles of Incorporation, the distribution order of Year 2021 net income is prior to other distributable items.

  2. The number of shares outstanding is decided based on the actual number of outstanding shares as of 23 Feb 2022.

Chairman: Dong Ding-Yu

President: Guan En-Xiang Director of Accounting Department: Sara, Yen

*In case of any discrepancy between this English translation and the Chinese text of this document, the Chinese text shall prevail.

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Discussion Items

1. To approve amending the company bylaw of “Articles of Incorporation of Elite Material Co., Ltd.”

  1. In response to the company's operational needs and practical operations, it is proposed to amend some of the provisions of the Company's Articles of Association.

  2. The list of provisions before and after the revision of the "Articles of Association" of this amendment is listed below.

  3. Resolution

Article Revised Current Illustration
Article 14 The company’s shareholders’ meeting is
divided into two types: ordinary and
extraordinary meetings. The ordinary
meeting is convened at least once every
year in compliance with the regulation
within six months after the end of every
fiscal year. The extraordinary meeting
shall be convened when necessary.
While the company holds the
shareholders'meeting, it may be carried
out by video conference or other ways
announced by the central authority.
The company’s shareholders’ meeting is
divided into two types: ordinary and
extraordinary meetings. The ordinary
meeting is convened at least once every
year in compliance with the regulation
within six months after the end of every
fiscal year. The extraordinary meeting
shall be convened when necessary.
In conjunction with
the revision of the
Company Law,
publicly issued
companies may
hold video meetings
of shareholders'
meetings.
Article 36 The distribution of dividends shall take into
consideration the changes in the outlook
for the company's businesses, the
financial situation and the return on
shareholders’ equity that have an impact
on future capital needs and taxation.
Dividends shall be distributed at the ratio
as set forth in these Articles of
Incorporation aimed at maintaining the
stability of dividend distributions. Save for
the purposes of improving the financial
structure, reinvestments, production
expansion or other capital expenditures in
which capital is required, when distributing
dividends, the cash dividends shall not be
less than twenty per cent (20%) of the
aggregate sum of dividends distributed in
the same year. During the year losses
occur, the company may choose not to pay
dividends.
Apart from paying all its income taxes in
the case where there are profits at the end
of the year, the company shall make up for
accumulated losses in past years. Where
there is still balance, ten per cent (10%) of
which shall be set aside by the Company
as legal reserve. The company shall also
set aside certain portion of the profits as
special reserve as required by Article 41 of
the Securities and Stock Exchange Act, or
by resolutions of Shareholders’ Meetings.
While the company distributes earnings to
the shareholders, the paid-out amount
shall be more than ten per cent (10%) but
less than seventy per cent (70%) of the
distributable earnings, which equals to






The distribution of dividends shall take into
consideration the changes in the outlook
for the company's businesses, the
financial situation and the return on
shareholders’ equity that have an impact
on future capital needs and taxation.
Dividends shall be distributed at the ratio
as set forth in these Articles of
Incorporation aimed at maintaining the
stability of dividend distributions. Save
for the purposes of improving the financial
structure, reinvestments, production
expansion or other capital expenditures in
which capital is required, when distributing
dividends, the cash dividends shall not be
less than twenty per cent (20%) of the
aggregate sum of dividends distributed in
the same year. During the year losses
occur, the company may choose not to pay
dividends.
Apart from paying all its income taxes in
the case where there are profits at the end
of the year, the company shall make up for
accumulated losses in past years. Where
there is still balance, ten per cent (10%) of
which shall be set aside by the Company
as legal reserve. The company shall also
set aside certain portion of the profits as
special reserve as required by Article 41 of
the Securities and Stock Exchange Act, or
by resolutions of shareholders’ meetings.
While the company distributes earnings to
the shareholders, the paid-out amount
shall be more than ten per cent (10%) but
less than seventy per cent (70%) of the
distributable earnings, which equals to






1. Item 3 of this
Article shall be
amended at the
request of the
Competent
Authority, the FSC
Securities Bureau,
to specify a specific
dividend policy in
the Articles of
Association.
2. Paragraph 5 of
this Article is
updated in
accordance with
Article 240,
Paragraph 5 of the
Company Law,
which simplifies the
procedures for the
company to pay
dividends and
dividends in cash.
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earnings realized after deducting legal,
special and all other required reserves, but
together with undistributed profits from
previous years.
Depending on the business operating
results, the earnings to be distributed to
shareholders shall be proposed by the
board of directors, and submitted to the
shareholders’ meeting and decided by the
resolution from in the shareholder’s
meeting.
Dividends distributed by the company, if
paid in cash, are authorized by the board
of directors to do so in the presence of
more than two-thirds of the directors and
with the consent of a majority of the
directors, and to report at the
shareholders'meeting.

earnings realized after deducting legal,
special and all other required reserves, but
together with undistributed profits from
previous years.
Depending on the business operating
results, the earnings to be distributed to
shareholders shall be proposed by the
board of directors, and submitted to the
shareholders’ meeting and decided by the
resolution from in the shareholder’s
meeting.
Judging from the actual business
circumstances, the board of directors may
propose to adjust the amount of earnings
to be distributed to shareholders, and
submit to the shareholders’ meetings for
the resolution to distribute.
Article 38 This charter was amended with the
existing provisions (slightly) on February
25, 1992 by unanimous agreement of all
the promotors. The 1st to 23rd
amendments as current clause (Omitted),
the 25thamendment was made on May
26th, 2022
This charter was amended with the
existing provisions (slightly) on February
25th, 1992 by unanimous agreement of all
the promotors. The 1st to 24th
amendments as current clause (Omitted)
Add the date and
number of
revisions.
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2. To approve amending the company bylaw of “Procedures of Acquisition and Disposition of Assets of Elite Material Co., Ltd.”

  1. In accordance with order No. 1110380465 issued by the FSC and comply with the adjustment of the organizational departments, needs of operational and investment transactions, it is proposed to amend the provisions of the Company's "Procedures for Handling The Acquisition or Disposal of Assets".

  2. 二、 The list of provisions before and after the revision of the " Procedures of Acquisition and Disposition of Assets " is listed below.

  3. 三、 Resolution

Article Revised Current Illustration
Article 5
Professional appraisers and their officers,
certified public accounts, attorneys, and
securities underwriters that provide public
companies with appraisal reports, certified
public accountant's opinions, attorney's
opinions, or underwriter's opinions shall meet
the following requirements:
1)
May not have previously received a final
and unappealable sentence to imprisonment
for 1 year or longer for a violation of the Act, the
Company Act, the Banking Act of The Republic
of China, the Insurance Act, the Financial
Holding Company Act, or the Business Entity
Accounting Act, or for fraud, breach of trust,
embezzlement, forgery of documents, or
occupational crime. However, this provision
does not apply if three years have already
passed since completion of service of the
sentence, since expiration of the period of a
suspended sentence, or since a pardon was
received.
2)
May not be a related party or de facto
related party of any party to the transaction.
3)
If the company is required to obtain
appraisal reports from two or more professional
appraisers, the different professional
appraisers or appraisal officers may not be
related parties or de facto related parties of
each other.
When issuing an appraisal report or opinion,
the person referred to in the preceding
paragraph shall handle the following matters in




Professional appraisers and their officers,
certified public accounts, attorneys, and
securities underwriters that provide public
companies with appraisal reports, certified
public accountant's opinions, attorney's
opinions, or underwriter's opinions shall meet
the following requirements:
1)
May not have previously received a final
and unappealable sentence to imprisonment
for 1 year or longer for a violation of the Act, the
Company Act, the Banking Act of The Republic
of China, the Insurance Act, the Financial
Holding Company Act, or the Business Entity
Accounting Act, or for fraud, breach of trust,
embezzlement, forgery of documents, or
occupational crime. However, this provision
does not apply if three years have already
passed since completion of service of the
sentence, since expiration of the period of a
suspended sentence, or since a pardon was
received.
2)
May not be a related party or de facto
related party of any party to the transaction.
3)
If the company is required to obtain
appraisal reports from two or more professional
appraisers, the different professional
appraisers or appraisal officers may not be
related parties or de facto related parties of
each other.
When issuing an appraisal report or opinion,
the personnel referred to in the preceding
paragraph shall comply with the following:
1)
Prior to accepting a case, they shall
prudently assess their own professional
capabilities, practical experience, and
independence.
2)
Whenexamining a case, they shall
appropriately plan and execute adequate
working procedures, in order to produce a
conclusion and use the conclusion as the basis
for issuing the report or opinion. The related
working procedures, data collected, and
conclusion shall be fully and accurately
specified in the case working papers.
3)
They shall undertake an item-by-item
evaluation of the comprehensiveness,
accuracy, and reasonableness of the sources
of data used, the parameters, and the



Cooperate with
the
amendment of
the decree.

accordance with the self-discipline normsof
each trade association to which he belongs:
1)
Prior to accepting a case, they shall
prudently assess their own professional
capabilities, practical experience, and
independence.
2)
Whenexecutingacase, they shall
appropriately plan and execute adequate
working procedures, in order to produce a
conclusion and use the conclusion as the basis
for issuing the report or opinion. The related
working procedures, data collected, and
conclusion shall be fully and accurately
specified in the case working papers.
3)
They shall undertake an item-by-item
evaluation of the comprehensiveness,
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accuracy, and reasonableness of the sources
of data used, the parameters, and the
information, as the basis for issuance of the
appraisal report or the opinion.
4)
They shall issue a statement attesting to
the professional competence and
independence of the personnel who prepared
the report or opinion, and that they have
evaluated and found that the information used
is reasonable andappropriate,and that they
have complied with applicable laws and
regulations.
information, as the basis for issuance of the
appraisal report or the opinion.
4)
They shall issue a statement attesting to
the professional competence and
independence of the personnel who prepared
the report or opinion, and that they have
evaluated and found that the information used
is reasonable andaccurate, and that they have
complied with applicable laws and regulations.
Article 7 1) 1) The acquisition of real estate, equipment
or its right-to-use assets shall be handled by
group procurement, group finance and
accountingand other related units in
accordance with Article 24 of the Articles of
Association and the provisions of the internal
authorization after assessing the reasons for
the proposed acquisition of the assets, the
underlying objects, the relatives of the
transaction, the transfer price, the terms of
payment, the reference basis for the price, etc.
2)
The disposition of real estate, equipment
or its right-to-use assets shall be handled by
group finance and accountingor other related
units in accordance with Article 24 of the
Articles of Association and the provisions of the
internal authorization after the administrative
department or other relevant units have
assessed the subject matter, the relative of the
transaction, the transfer price, the terms of
payment, the reference basis for the price, etc.
3)
The procedure for acquiring or disposing
of non-operational property, equipment or
assets of their right to use which is not for
business purposes shall be the same as those
provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this
Article, provided that transactions are made
within the amount specified in paragraph 1 of
Article 28 of these Procedures
4) In the case of acquiring or disposing
securities held for long-term purpose, thegroup
finance and accountingor other responsible
units shall undertake the relevant financial
analysis and projection of potential returns as
well as evaluation of potential investment risks
in relation to the said investment. In addition,
prior to the date of transaction occurred, the
finance/accounting units or other responsible
units shall obtain financial statements of the
target company for the most recent period,
certified or reviewed by a certified public
accountant, for reference in appraising the
transaction price, and submit all relevant
information to the Board of Directors for
approval.
5)
The procedure for obtaining or disposing
of short-term marketable securities shall be
handled in accordance with theprovisions of


1) The acquisition of real estate, equipment
or its right-to-use assets shall be handled
byprocurement division, finance and
accounting division and other related units
in accordance with Article 24 of the Articles
of Association and the provisions of the
internal authorization after assessing the
reasons for the proposed acquisition of the
assets, the underlying objects, the relatives
of the transaction, the transfer price, the
terms of payment, the reference basis for
the price, etc.
2) The disposition of real estate, equipment or
its right-to-use assets shall be handled by
finance and accounting divisionor other
related units in accordance with Article 24 of
the Articles of Association and the
provisions of the internal authorization after
the administrative department or other
relevant units have assessed the subject
matter, the relative of the transaction, the
transfer price, the terms of payment, the
reference basis for the price, etc.
3) The procedure for acquiring or disposing of
non-operational property, equipment or
assets of their right to use which is not for
business purposes shall be the same as
those provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of
this Article, provided that transactions are
made within the amount specified in
paragraph 1 of Article 28 of these
Procedures
4) In the case of acquiring or disposing
securities held for long-term purpose, the
finance/Accounting Departmentor other
responsible units shall undertake the
relevant financial analysis and projection of
potential returns as well as evaluation of
potential investment risks in relation to the
said investment. In addition, prior to the
date of transaction occurred, the
finance/accounting units or other
responsible units shall obtain financial
statements of the target company for the
most recent period, certified or reviewed by
a certified public accountant, for reference
in appraising the transaction price, and
submit all relevant information to the Board


Align with
departmental
adjustment
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paragraph 4 of this Article, however, the board
of directors may authorize the subject of the
investment and the amount of investment in
accordance with the provisions of the internal
authorization within the limits set out in Article
28, paragraphs 2 to 5, of this Procedure
of Directors for approval.
5) The procedure for obtaining or disposing of
short-term marketable securities shall be
handled in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph 4 of this Article, however, the
board of directors may authorize the subject
of the investment and the amount of
investment in accordance with the
provisions of the internal authorization
within the limits set out in Article 28,
paragraphs 2 to 5, of this Procedure
Article 9 In the case of real property, equipment, or
right-of-use assets acquired or disposed by the
Company other than as a result of transactions
with the domestic government, government
agencies, entrusted construction on the
Company's own property, entrusted
construction on land leased by the Company, or
acquisition or disposition of equipment or
right-of-use assets for business operation
purposes, where their transaction value is the
amount equivalent to twenty per cent (20%) of
the Company's paid-in capital or NT$ 300
million or above, the Company shall, prior to the
date of the transaction occurred, require
professional appraiser to furnish their valuation
report; furthermore, the following provisions
shall be complied with:
1)
Where due to special circumstances it is
necessary to give a limited price, specified
price, or special price as a reference basis for
the transaction price, the transaction shall be
submitted for approval in advance by the Board
of Directors, and the same procedure shall be
followed for any future changes to the terms
and conditions of the transaction.
2)
Where the transaction amount is NT$ 1
billion or more, two (2) or more professional
appraisers shall be engaged to provide their
appraisals.
3)
Where the appraisal prices from
professional appraiser come under one of the
following, unless the appraisal prices of
acquired assets are higher than the transaction
price, or the appraisal prices of assets being
disposed are lower than the transaction price,
certified public accountants shall be required to
provide their opinions in respect of the reasons
for such discrepancy and the fairness of the
transaction price:
i) The appraisal results differ from the
transaction amount by twenty per cent (20%) or
greater;
ii) The difference between the appraisal result
provided by two or more professional
appraisers and the transaction price is ten per
cent (10%) or greater.
4)
Report made by the professional
appraiser shall not be dated beyond three (3)
months prior to the date of the contract;
however where an appropriate value published
during the same period but not exceeding six
(6)months, the originalprofessionalappraiser





In the case of real property, equipment, or
right-of-use assets acquired or disposed by the
Company other than as a result of transactions
with the domestic government, government
agencies, entrusted construction on the
Company's own property, entrusted
construction on land leased by the Company,
or acquisition or disposition of equipment or
right-of-use assets for business operation
purposes, where their transaction value is the
amount equivalent to twenty per cent (20%) of
the Company's paid-in capital or NT$ 300
million or above, the Company shall, prior to the
date of the transaction occurred, require
professional appraiser to furnish their valuation
report; furthermore, the following provisions
shall be complied with:
1)
Where due to special circumstances it is
necessary to give a limited price, specified
price, or special price as a reference basis for
the transaction price, the transaction shall be
submitted for approval in advance by the Board
of Directors, and the same procedure shall be
followed for any future changes to the terms
and conditions of the transaction.
2)
Where the transaction amount is NT$ 1
billion or more, two (2) or more professional
appraisers shall be engaged to provide their
appraisals.
3)
Where the appraisal prices from
professional appraiser come under one of the
following, unless the appraisal prices of
acquired assets are higher than the transaction
price, or the appraisal prices of assets being
disposed are lower than the transaction price,
accountants shall beengaged to handle the
matter pursuant to the provisions of Auditing
Standards No. 20 promulgated by R.O.C.
Accounting Research and Development
Foundation (hereinafter as ARDF); furthermore






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the said accountants shall berequired to
provide their opinions in respect of the reasons
for such discrepancy and the fairness of the
transaction price:
i) The appraisal results differ from the
transaction amount by twenty per cent (20%) or
greater;
ii) The difference between the appraisal result
provided by two or more professional
appraisers and the transaction price is ten per
cent (10%) or greater.
4)
Reportmade by the professional
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may issue its opinion in respect of the said
value.
appraiser shall not be dated beyond three (3)
months prior to the date of the contract;
however where an appropriate value published
during the same period but not exceeding six
(6) months, the original professional appraiser
may issue its opinion in respect of the said
value.
Article 10 The Company acquiring or disposing of
securities shall, prior to the date of the
transaction occurred, obtain financial
statements of the issuing company for the most
recent period, certified or reviewed by a
certified public accountant, for reference in
appraising the transaction price, and if the
dollar amount of the transaction is twenty per
cent (20%) of the Company's paid-in capital or
NT$300 million or more, the Company shall,
prior to the date of the transaction occurred,
also engage a certified public accountant to
provide an opinion regarding the
reasonableness of the transaction price.
Should the aforesaid accountant needs to refer
to experts’ opinions.However, it is no limit to
publicly quoted price of securities that have an
active market, or where otherwise provided by
regulations of the FSC.
Where a public company acquires or disposes
of intangible assets or its right of use assets or
membership card transaction amount of 20% of
the company's paid-in capital or more than
NT$300 million, in addition to transactions with
government agencies on the island, it shall
consult with an accountant on the
reasonableness of the transaction price before
the occurrence of the facts.
"Within one (1) year" as used in Paragraph 2 of
Article 26 refers to the year preceding the date
of occurrence of the current transaction. Items
that the Company has obtained the appraisal
reports of professional appraisers or
accountants’ opinions in accordance with the
Procedures need not be counted toward the
transaction amount.



The Company acquiring or disposing of
securities shall, prior to the date of the
transaction occurred, obtain financial
statements of the issuing company for the most
recent period, certified or reviewed by a
certified public accountant, for reference in
appraising the transaction price, and if the
dollar amount of the transaction is twenty per
cent (20%) of the Company's paid-in capital or
NT$300 million or more, the Company shall,
prior to the date of the transaction occurred,
also engage a certified public accountant to
provide an opinion regarding the
reasonableness of the transaction price.
Should the aforesaid accountant needs to refer
to experts’ opinions,Auditing Standards No. 20
published by the ARDF shall be abided by.
This requirement does not apply,however, to
publicly quoted price of securities that have an
active market, or where otherwise provided by
regulations of the FSC.
"Within one (1) year" as used in Paragraph 2 of
Article 26 refers to the year preceding the date
of occurrence of the current transaction. Items
that the Company has obtained the appraisal
reports of professional appraisers or
accountants’ opinions in accordance with the
Procedures need not be counted toward the
transaction amount.


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the
amendment of
the decree.
Article 13 The Company shall, if it acquires or disposes
real property or right-of-use assets from or to
related parties, or if it acquires or disposes
other assets except real property or right-of-use
assets from or to related parties and the said
transaction amount is twenty per cent (20%) of
the paid-in capital of the Company, or ten per
cent (10%) of the total assets of the Company,
or NT$300 million or more, except in trading of
domestic government bonds, or bonds under
repurchase and resale agreements, or
subscription or redemption of money market
funds offered by domestic investment trust
companies, submit to the Audit Committee and
the Board of Directors for approval of the
following information prior to the signing of the
transaction contract and making payments:
1Purpose of acquiringor disposingthe said

The Company shall, if it acquires or disposes
real property or right-of-use assets from or to
related parties, or if it acquires or disposes
other assets except real property or right-of-use
assets from or to related parties and the said
transaction amount is twenty per cent (20%) of
the paid-in capital of the Company, or ten per
cent (10%) of the total assets of the Company,
or NT$300 million or more, except in trading of
domestic government bonds, or bonds under
repurchase and resale agreements, or
subscription or redemption of money market
funds offered by domestic investment trust
companies, submit to the Audit Committee and
the Board of Directors for approval of the
following information prior to the signing of the
transaction contract and making payments:
1.Purpose of acquiringor disposingthe said

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the
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the decree.
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Article Revised Current Illustration assets, its necessity and projected benefits; assets, its necessity and projected benefits; 2 Reasons for transacting with related 2.Reasons for transacting with related parties; parties; 3.Information relating to the appraisal of the 3 Information relating to the appraisal of the fairness of the proposed transaction conditions pursuant to Article 14 and Article 15 herein, fairness of the proposed transaction conditions pursuant to Article 14 and Article 15 herein, when acquiring real property or right-of-use when acquiring real property or right-of-use assets from related parties; assets from related parties; 4.Date and price of acquisition by the related 4 Date and price of acquisition by the related party, party to the transaction and relationship between the said party and the Company and party, party to the transaction and relationship related party; between the said party and the Company and 5.Forecast of monthly cash income within one related party; 5 Forecast of monthly cash income within one year from the date of the contract; furthermore evaluation shall be conducted in respect of the year from the date of the contract; furthermore necessity of the transaction and the fairness of evaluation shall be conducted in respect of the the use of fund; necessity of the transaction and the fairness of 6.Valuation report issued by a professional the use of fund; 6 Valuation report issued by a professional appraiser obtained in accordance with the preceding provisions, or the opinion of an appraiser obtained in accordance with the accountant. preceding provisions, or the opinion of an 7.Restrictions and other important contractual accountant. matters of the transaction 7 Restrictions and other important contractual matters of the transaction The calculation of the transaction amount in the preceding paragraph shall be handled in ~~The calculation of the transaction amount in the~~ accordance with the provisions of Item 2 of ~~preceding paragraph shall be handled in~~ Article 26, and the so-called one year shall be ~~accordance with the provisions of Item 2 of~~ calculated retroactively within one year based ~~Article 26, and the so-called one year shall be~~ on the date of occurrence of the transaction ~~calculated retroactively within one year based~~ facts, and shall be submitted to the Audit ~~on the date of occurrence of the transaction~~ Committee for approval in accordance with the ~~facts, and shall be submitted to the Audit~~ provisions of this Standard, and then partially ~~Committee for approval in accordance with the~~ exempted from re-counting by the Board of ~~provisions of this Standard, and then partially~~ Directors ~~exempted from re-counting by the Board of Directors~~

In the case that real property, equipment, or right-of-use assets for operational purpose is acquired or disposed between the Company or Subsidiaries, or between subsidiaries in which it directly or indirectly holds 100 per cent (100%) of the issued shares or authorized capital, the Board of Directors may authorize the Chairman to approve or disapprove the transaction with a total amount not exceeding Three Hundred Million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$300 million). The said transactions shall be submitted to latest upcoming meeting of the Board of Directors for ratification.

In the case that real property, equipment, or right-of-use assets for operational purpose is acquired or disposed between the Company or Subsidiaries, or between subsidiaries in which it directly or indirectly holds 100 per cent (100%) of the issued shares or authorized capital, the Board of Directors may authorize the Chairman to approve or disapprove the transaction with a total amount not exceeding Three Hundred Million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$300 million), comply with the internal authorization regulations. If a public offering company or its subsidiaries that are not domestic public offering companies have the first transaction, and the transaction amount reaches more than 10% of the assets of the public offering company, the public offering company shall submit the information listed in the first paragraph to the shareholders' meeting for approval before signing the transaction contract and making payments. However, this does not apply to transactions between a publicly issued company and its parent company, subsidiaries, or its subsidiaries.

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The calculation of the transaction amount in
item 1 and the preceding paragraph shall be
handled in accordance with the provisions of
Item 2 of Article 26, and the so-called one year
shall be calculated retroactively within one year
on the basis of the date of occurrence of the
transaction, and shall be submitted to the
shareholders' meeting for approval in
accordance with the provisions of this standard,
approved by the audit committee, and then
partially exempted from re-crediting by the
board of directors.

Article 26 Under any of the following circumstances, the
Company when acquiring or disposing of
assets shall publicly announce and report the
relevant information on the website designated
by FSC designated in the appropriate format (in
the prescribed format and via the
Internet-based information system) within two
days commencing immediately from the date of
occurrence of the event:
~五、unchanged (Omission)
六、Except for the preceding five paragraphs,
the transaction amount of asset transactions,
the disposal of creditor's rights by financial
institutions, or the investment in mainland
China shall reach 20% of the company's
paid-up capital or more than NT$300 million.
However, this does not apply in the following
cases:
1Purchase of domestic government bondor
the foreign government bond which credit rating



Under any of the following circumstances, the
Company when acquiring or disposing of
assets shall publicly announce and report the
relevant information on the website designated
by FSC designated in the appropriate format (in
the prescribed format and via the
Internet-based information system) within two
days commencing immediately from the date of
occurrence of the event:
~五、unchanged (Omission)
六、Except for the preceding five paragraphs,
the transaction amount of asset transactions,
the disposal of creditor's rights by financial
institutions, or the investment in mainland
China shall reach 20% of the company's
paid-up capital or more than NT$300 million.
However, this does not apply in the following
cases:
1Purchase of domestic government bond.
2. Buying and selling bonds with buy-back and
sell-back conditions, and purchasing or buying
back money market funds issued by domestic
securities investment trusts.
Below is unchanged. (Omission)


Cooperate with
the
amendment of
the decree.

is not lower than the ROC sovereign rating.
2. Buying and selling bonds with buy-back and
sell-back conditions, and purchasing or buying
back money market funds issued by domestic
securities investment trusts.
Below is unchanged. (Omission)
Article 28 The limits of the company's acquisition of real
estate, other fixed assets, other assets and
marketable securities for business use are as
follows:
1)
The total amount of real estate, other
fixed assets and other assets not for business
use shall not exceed 50% of the equity
attributable to the owners of parent company in
the company's recent financial statements.
2)
The total amount of investment in
marketable securities shall not exceed300%of
the equity attributable to the owners of parent
company in the company's recent financial
statements. The total amount of short-term
investment in marketable securities shall not
exceed 10% of the equity attributable to the
owners of parent company in the company's
recent financial statements.
3)
The total amount invested in individual
marketable securities shall not exceed250% of
the equity attributable to the owners of parent
company in the company's recent financial
statements. The totalamountinvestedin


The limits of the company's acquisition of real
estate, other fixed assets, other assets and
marketable securities for business use are as
follows:
1)
The total amount of real estate, other fixed
assets and other assets not for business use
shall not exceed 50% of the equity attributable
to the owners of parent company in the
company's recent financial statements.
2)
The total amount of investment in
marketable securities shall not exceed200% of
the equity attributable to the owners of parent
company in the company's recent financial
statements. The total amount of short-term
investment in marketable securities shall not
exceed 10% of the equity attributable to the
owners of parent company in the company's
recent financial statements.
3)
The total amount invested in individual
marketable securities shall not exceed100% of
the equity attributable to the owners of parent
company in the company's recent financial
statements. The totalamountinvestedin



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investment
needs,
increase the
total amount of
investment in
securities and
the total
amount of
individual
securities.
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short-term individual marketable securities shall
not exceed 5% of the equity attributable to the
owners of parent company in the company's
recent financial statements.
4)
The total amount of securities invested by
the company and its subsidiaries shall not
exceed 300% of the equity attributable to the
owners of the parent company in the
company's most recent financial statements.
The total amount of short-term securities
invested by the company and its subsidiaries
shall not exceed 10% of the equity attributable
to the owners of the parent company in the
Company's most recent financial statements.
5)
The individual total amount of securities
invested by the company’s subsidiaries shall
not exceed250%of the equity attributable to
the owners of the parent company in the
company's most recent financial statements.
The short-term individual total amount of
securities invested by the company’s
subsidiaries shall not exceed 5% of the equity
attributable to the owners of the parent
company in the Company's most recent
financial statements.


short-term individual marketable securities shall
not exceed 5% of the equity attributable to the
owners of parent company in the company's
recent financial statements.
4)
The total amount of securities invested by
the company and its subsidiaries shall not
exceed200%of the equity attributable to the
owners of the parent company in the company's
most recent financial statements. The total
amount of short-term securities invested by the
company and its subsidiaries shall not exceed
10% of the equity attributable to the owners of
the parent company in the company's most
recent financial statements.
5)
The individual total amount of securities
invested by the Company’s subsidiaries shall
not exceed100%of the equity attributable to
the owners of the parent company in the
company's most recent financial statements.
The short-term individual total amount of
securities invested by the company’s
subsidiaries shall not exceed 5% of the equity
attributable to the owners of the parent
company in the company's most recent
financial statements.


Article 31 The amendment of these procedures shall be
approved by the audit committee and the board
of directors, and shall furthermore be submitted
for approval at the shareholders' meeting. The
company shall also forward the directors’
dissents recorded in the meeting minutes or
written statements to the audit committee.
The subsidiaries shall also formulate their
respective "Procedures for Acquisition and
Disposition of Assets" in accordance with the
provisions of "Regulations Governing
Acquisition and Disposition of Assets by Public
Companies" and submit to their respective
board of directors meeting for approval, and
shall thereafter submit their respective
procedures to thegroup finance and
accountingof the Company for review. The
aforesaid shall also apply to amendments to the
said Procedures.



The amendment of these procedures shall be
approved by the audit committee and the board
of directors, and shall furthermore be submitted
for approval at the shareholders' meeting.
The company shall also forward the directors’
dissents recorded in the meeting minutes or
written statements to the audit committee.
The subsidiaries shall also formulate their
respective "Procedures for Acquisition and
Disposition of Assets" in accordance with the
provisions of "Regulations Governing
Acquisition and Disposition of Assets by Public
Companies" and submit to their respective
board of directors meeting for approval, and
shall thereafter submit their respective
procedures to thefinance departmentof the
company for review. The aforesaid shall also
apply to amendments to the said Procedures.


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Procedure to Engage in the Transactions of Financial Derivative Products
Article 7 Responsibilities
Group finance and accountingpersonnel shall,
on a monthly basis, submit future operational
strategies according to the foreign currency
location statistics table and credit certificate to
the single schedule, and act according to the
strategy after submitting the approval of the
competent authority and responsibility in
accordance with the internal authorization
provisions. If there is a foreign exchange
operation different from the predetermined
strategy, thegroup finance and accounting
personnel shall again submit to the head of
authority and responsibility for approval in
accordance with the internal authorization
provisions, and then proceed with the relevant
transactions.
Responsibilities
Finance personnel shall, on a monthly basis,
submit future operational strategies according
to the foreign currency location statistics table
and credit certificate to the single schedule, and
act according to the strategy after submitting
the approval of the competent authority and
responsibility in accordance with the internal
authorization provisions. If there is a foreign
exchange operation different from the
predetermined strategy, thefinancepersonnel
shall again submit to the head of authority and
responsibility for approval in accordance with
the internal authorization provisions, and then
proceed with the relevant transactions.

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Article 9 Performance evaluation
1)
Hedging transaction:Group finance and
accounting personnel should assess and
review operational performance at market
prices on a weekly basis, and assess the two
times a month to regularly report operational
performance to the head of authority and
responsibility, in order to review and improve
the operation strategy of hedging strategy.
2)
Other specific purpose transactions: The
area held should be evaluated at least once a
week, and its assessment report shall be
submitted to the Head of Authority and
Responsibility.
Performance evaluation
1)
Hedging transaction:Financepersonnel
should assess and review operational
performance at market prices on a weekly
basis, and assess the two times a month to
regularly report operational performance to the
head of authority and responsibility, in order to
review and improve the operation strategy of
hedging strategy.
2)
Other specific purpose transactions: The
area held should be evaluated at least once a
week, and its assessment report shall be
submitted to the Head of Authority and
Responsibility.
Article 21 The head of group finance and accountingshall
pay attention to the supervision and control of
the risks of derivative commodity transactions
at all times, and shall regularly assess whether
the performance of engaging in derivative
commodity transactions is in accordance with
established business strategies, whether the
risks assumed are within the limits of the
Company's tolerance, and shall regularly
assess the appropriateness of the risk
management procedures currently in use and
indeed in accordance with the relevant
provisions of this procedure.

TheTreasurershall pay attention to the
supervision and control of the risks of derivative
commodity transactions at all times, and shall
regularly assess whether the performance of
engaging in derivative commodity transactions
is in accordance with established business
strategies, whether the risks assumed are
within the limits of the Company's tolerance,
and shall regularly assess the appropriateness
of the risk management procedures currently in
use and indeed in accordance with the relevant
provisions of this procedure.



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Article 26 Internal auditors shall regularly understand the
perverse nature of internal controls in derivative
commodity transactions and check the
compliance ofgroup finance and accounting
personnel with the 'handling procedures for
dealing with derivative commodities' on a
monthly basis and analyze the transaction
cycle, which shall be submitted to the Board of
Directors as an audit report. If a material
violation is found, the Audit Committee shall be
notified in writing.

Internal auditors shall regularly understand the
perverse nature of internal controls in derivative
commodity transactions and check the
compliance offinance personnel with the
'handling procedures for dealing with derivative
commodities' on a monthly basis and analyze
the transaction cycle, which shall be submitted
to the Board of Directors as an audit report. If a
material violation is found, the Audit Committee
shall be notified in writing.
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3. To approve meeting rules of stockholders of Elite Material Co., Ltd

  1. In response to the need for the use of funds between groups, it is proposed to amend some provisions of the Company's procedures for lending funds to others.

  2. The list of provisions before and after the revision of the " Procedures of Capital Lending to Others of Elite Material Co., Ltd " is listed below.

3. Resolution

Article Revised Current Illustration
Article 1 The company’s shareholders’ meeting shall
follow these “Rules” unless it is otherwise
regulated by law and regulations.
Changes to the ways of shareholders'
meeting of the company shall be resolved
by the Board of Directors and no later than
the submit of shareholder’s notice.
The company’s shareholders’ meeting shall
follow these “Rules” unless it is otherwise
regulated by law and regulations.
In order to
cooperate with
the Company
Law and the
Guidelines for
the Handling of
Shares of
Publicly Issued
Stock
Companies to
amend the
Company Law
to allow public
offering
companies to
hold
shareholders'
meetings by
video, the
Company
amended the
relevant
provisions with
reference to
the "Rules of
Procedure for
the
Shareholders'
Meeting of ○○
Co., Ltd."
promulgated
by the Taiwan
Stock
Exchange on
March 8, 2011.
Article 2 Shareholders’ who attend the shareholders
meeting shall hand in signed attendance
cards in replacement of the signature. The
number of attending shares shall be
calculated the attendance cards. When
Shareholders’ Meeting is convened, the
voting power of a shareholder may be
exercised in writing or by way of electronic
transmission, provided, however, that the
method for exercising the voting power shall
be described in the shareholders' meeting
notice to be given to the shareholders if the
voting power will be exercised in writing or
by way of electronic transmission.
Attendance and voting at shareholders'
meetings shall be based on shares. The
number of shares is calculated based on the



A signature book shall be provided for the
shareholders who attend theshareholders’
meeting for signature, or the shareholders who
attend the Shareholders Meeting shall hand in
signed attendance cards in replacement of the
signature. The number of attending shares
shall be calculatedwith the signature book or
the attendance cards. When Shareholders’
Meeting is convened, the voting power of a
shareholder may be exercised in writing or by
way of electronic transmission, provided,
however, that the method for exercising the
voting power shall be described in the
shareholders' meeting notice to be given to the
shareholders if the voting power will be
exercised in writing or by way of electronic
transmission.
number of shares showed in the sign-in card

and the number of shares registered on the
video conferencing platform, plus the
number of shares that exercise their voting
rights electronically or in writing.
Article 3 The company shall convene a video meeting
The shareholder’s presence and voting shall be

of the shareholders'meeting and shall
specify the following matters in the Notice of





calculated with the number of shares. The
total number of attending shares shall be
calculated with the number of shares
represented by attendance cards together with
the number of shares of which shareholders
exercising voting power via the electronic
transmission.

Convocation of the Shareholders'Meeting:
1. Methods for shareholders to participate in

video meetings and exercise their rights.
2. The handling of obstacles arising from the

video conference platform or the participation

of video parties due to natural disasters,
incidents or other force majeure
circumstances includes at least the following

matters:
(a) The continuation of the aforementioned

obstacle does not preclude the time of
postponement or renewal of the meeting,
and the date on which the assembly is
postponed or renewed if it is necessary.
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(2) Shareholders who have not registered

to participate in the original shareholders'
meeting by video shall not participate in the
postponement or renewal of the meeting.
(3) If the video-assisted shareholders'
meeting cannot be renewed, after deducting

the number of shares participating in the
shareholders'meeting by video, and the total

number of shares present at the
shareholders'meeting reaches the statutory

quota of the shareholders'meeting, the
shareholders'meeting shall continue, and
the shareholders participating in the
shareholders by video shall be included in
the total number of shareholders'shares
present, and all the proposals of the
shareholders'meeting shall be regarded as
abstention.
(4) In the event that the results of all
motions have been announced, but no
provisional motions have been made, the
manner of handling them shall be handled.
3. A video shareholders'meeting shall be
convened and shall specify the appropriate
alternative measures provided to
shareholders who may have difficulties
participating in the shareholders by video.
Article 3-1
Shareholders who wish to participate in the
meeting by video should register with the
company two days before the meeting of
shareholders.
If the shareholders'meeting is convened by
video conference, the company shall upload



New addition

the meeting manual, annual report and other

relevant materials to the video meeting
platform of the shareholders'meeting at least

30 minutes before the start of the meeting,
and continue to disclose it until the end of the
meeting.
Shareholders, solicitors and entrusted
agents (hereinafter referred to as
shareholders) who wish to attend by video
shall accept the registration on the video
meeting platform of the shareholders'
meeting 30 minutes before the start of the
meeting, and the shareholders who have
completed the registration shall be deemed
to have attended the shareholders'meeting
in person.
Article 4
The location for Stockholders’ Meeting shall
be the Company’s place of business or a
place convenient for attendance by
stockholders (or by proxies) that is suitable
to holding of this meeting. The meeting shall
be held between 9:00AM and 3:00PM.
When the company convenes a video
shareholders'meeting, it shall not be
restricted by the place mentioned in the
preceding paragraph.
For a shareholders’ meeting convened by
the board of directors, the chairman of the
board of directors shall preside at the
meeting. Ifthe chairmanofthe board of
The location for stockholders’ meeting shall be
the company’s place of business or a place
convenient for attendance by stockholders (or
by proxies) that is suitable to holding of this
meeting. The meeting shall be held between
9:00AM and 3:00PM.
For a shareholders’ meeting convened by the
board of directors, the chairman of the board of
directors shall preside at the meeting. If the
chairman of the board of directors is on leave or
unable to exert the rights, the vice chairman of
the board of directors shall preside instead. If
the position of vice chairman is vacant or the
vice chairman is on leave or unable to exert the
rights, the chairman of the board of directors
shalldesignate amanaging directorto preside
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directors is on leave or unable to exert the
rights, the vice chairman of the board of
directors shall preside instead. If the
position of vice chairman is vacant or the
vice chairman is on leave or unable to exert
the rights, the chairman of the board of
directors shall designate a managing director
to preside at the meeting. If the position of
managing director is vacant, the chairman
shall designate a director to preside at the
meeting. If no director is so designated, the
chairman of the meeting shall be elected by
the board of directors from among
themselves.


at the meeting. If the position of managing
director is vacant, the chairman shall designate
a director to preside at the meeting. If no
director is so designated, the chairman of the
meeting shall be elected by the board of
directors from among themselves.





Article 6 The complete processes of the meeting shall
be recorded by voice and video recorders
and all the records shall be kept by the
Company for a minimum period of at least
one year.
If the shareholders'meeting is convened by
video conference, the company shall record
and keep the shareholders'registration,
questioning, voting and the results of the
company's vote count, and the video
conference continuously and uninterruptedly.


The complete processes of the meeting shall be
recorded by voice and video recorders and all
the records shall be kept by the Company for a
minimum period of at least one year.

The information and audio and video
recordings mentioned in the preceding
paragraph shall be properly preserved by the

company during the period of existence, and

the audio and video recordings shall be
provided to the person entrusted with the
affairs of the video conference for
preservation.
Article 7 The chairperson shall announce starting of
the meeting when the attending stockholders
(or proxies) represent more than half of the
total shares issued in public. The
chairperson may announce postponement of
meeting if the legal quorum is not present
after the designated meeting time. Such
postponement is limited to two times and the
aggregated postponed time shall not exceed
one hour. If quorum is still not present after
two postponements but the attending
stockholders (or proxies) represent more
than one third of the total shares issued in
public,the Chairman shall announce the
meeting is failed to convene; if the
shareholders'meeting is convened by video




The chairperson shall announce starting of the
meeting when the attending stockholders (or
proxies) represent more than half of the total
shares issued in public. The chairperson may
announce postponement of meeting if the legal
quorum is not present after the designated
meeting time. Such postponement is limited to
two times and the aggregated postponed time
shall not exceed one hour. If quorum is still not
present after two postponements but the
attending stockholders (or proxies) represent
more than one third of the total shares issued in
public, tentative resolution/s may be passed
with respect to ordinary resolution/s by a
majority of those present, according to
Paragraph 1 of Article 175 of the Company Act.
According to Article 174 of the Company Act,
after proceeding with the aforesaid tentative
resolutions, the chairperson may put the
tentative resolutions for re-voting over the
meeting if and when the shares represented by
the attending stockholders (or proxies) reached
the legal quorum.
Before the conclusion of theordinary meeting, if
the number of shares represented by the
shareholders present reaches more than half of
the total number of issued shares, the chairman
may re-submit the false resolution to the
general meeting for voting in accordance with
Article174ofthe CompanyLaw.

meeting, the company shall also announce
the meeting is failed to convened on the
video meeting platform of the shareholders'
meeting.
When there is a shareholder representing
more than one-third of the total number of
issued shares in the preceding paragraph, a

false resolution may be made in accordance

with the provisions of Article 175, Paragraph

1 of the Company Law, and the false
resolution shall be notified to the
shareholders to convene another
shareholders'meeting within one month; if
the shareholders'meeting is convened by
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video meeting, the shareholders who wish to - attend by video shall re register with the company in accordance with Article 3-1. Before the conclusion of the meeting, if the number of shares represented by the shareholders present reaches more than half of the total number of issued shares, the Chairman may re-submit the false resolution to the general meeting for voting in accordance with article 174 of the Company Law. Article 10 For the same proposal, each person shall For the same proposal, each person shall not 1.Consolidated not speak more than two (2) times. The speak more than two (2) times. The lasting in Article 11. lasting period for the said person to speak period for the said person to speak each time 2. Revise the each time shall be limited to 5 minutes. The shall be limited to 5 minutes. The chairperson relevant chairperson may restrain stockholders (or may restrain stockholders (or proxies) from provisions in proxies) from speaking if that stockholders speaking if that stockholders (or proxies) speak accordance (or proxies) speak overtime, speak beyond overtime, speak beyond the allowed frequency with the "Rules the allowed frequency or content of the or content of the speech is beyond the scope of of Procedure speech is beyond the scope of the proposal. the proposal. of the Shareholders' When a person who is entrusted with Meeting of ○○ attending a meeting of shareholders, the Co., Ltd." person may appoint only one person to represent him. When a corporate shareholder appoints two or more representatives to attend the shareholders' meeting, only one person may speak on the same proposal. Shareholders who convene a video conference at a meeting of shareholders and who participate by video may ask questions in writing on the video meeting platform of the shareholders' meeting after the chairman announces the meeting and before the announcement of the adjournment of the meeting, and the number of questions asked on each proposal shall not exceed twice, limited to 200 words at a time. If the questions asked in the preceding paragraph do not violate the provisions or do not exceed the scope of the proposal, it is advisable to disclose the questions on the video meeting platform of the shareholders' meeting for the sake of understanding. Article 11 Article 11 Article 12 Article Article 12 Article 12 Article 13 modifications. Article 13 The personnel responsible for overseeing Article 14: The personnel responsible for 1. Article and counting of the votes for resolutions overseeing and counting of the votes for modifications. shall be appointed by the chairperson. The resolutions shall be appointed by the 2. Revise the person responsible for vote overseeing shall chairperson. The person responsible for vote relevant be of the stockholder status. The results of overseeing shall be of the stockholder status. provisions in voting shall be reported on the spot and kept The results of voting shall be reported on the accordance for records. spot and kept for records. with the "Rules of Procedure Shareholders who participate in the video of the meeting of the company shall vote on Shareholders' various proposals and election proposals Meeting of ○○ through the video meeting platform after the Co., Ltd." chairman announces the meeting, and shall complete the voting on the proposals and election proposals before the chairman

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announces the end of the voting, and shall
be deemed to abstain if the meeting is
overdue.
The shareholders'meeting shall be held by
video meeting, and the voting and election
results shall be counted in one lump sum
after the chairman announces the end of the

voting.
When the Company convenes a
video-assisted shareholders'meeting, a
shareholder who has registered to attend the

shareholders'meeting by video in
accordance with Article 3 shall deregister the

shareholders'meeting in person in the same

manner as the registration two days before
the meeting of the shareholders'meeting;
A person who exercises the right to vote in
writing or electronically, without revoking his

expression of intent, and participates in the
shareholders'meeting by video, shall not
exercise the right to vote on the original
proposal or propose amendments to the
original proposal or to exercise the right to
exercise the right to vote on the original
proposal, except for provisional motions.
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16
Article 17
Article 14
Article 15
Article 16
Article 17
Article 15
Article 16
Article 17
Article 18
Article
modifications.
Article 18 If the shareholders'meeting is convened by
video meeting, the company shall
immediately disclose the voting results of
each proposal and the election results on the

New addition
1. Article
modifications.
2. Revise the
relevant
provisions in
accordance
with the "Rules
of Procedure
of the
Shareholders'
Meeting of ○○
Co., Ltd."

video meeting platform of the shareholders'
meeting in accordance with the regulations
after the voting is completed, and shall
continue to disclose them for at least 15
minutes after the chairman announces the
adjournment of the meeting.
Article 19 When the company convenes a video
shareholders'meeting, the chairman and the

New addition
Revise the
relevant
provisions in
accordance
with the "Rules
of Procedure
of the
Shareholders'
Meeting of ○○
Co., Ltd."

record-keeper shall be at the same place,
and the chairman shall announce the
address of that place at the time of the
meeting.
Article 20 If the shareholders'meeting is convened by
video meeting, the chairman shall, at the
time of announcing the meeting, separately
announce that, except for the matter
stipulated in Article 44-24(4) of the Standard

New addition
Revise the
relevant
provisions in
accordance
with the "Rules
of Procedure
of the
Shareholders'
Meeting of○○

for the Handling of Shares of Publicly Issued

Companies, which does not require an
extension or renewal of the meeting, the
provisions of Article 182 of the Company Law
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Co., Ltd."

shall not apply to the date of postponement or renewal of the meeting within five days before the chairman announces the adjournment of the meeting due to natural disasters, events or other force majeure circumstances.

The meeting shall be postponed or renewed in the event of the preceding paragraph, and shareholders who have not registered to participate in the original shareholders' meeting by video shall not participate in the postponement or renewal of the meeting. The number of shares, exercised voting rights and voting rights of shareholders who have registered to participate in the original shareholders' meeting by video and completed their registration in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 shall be included in the total number of shares, voting rights and voting rights of the shareholders present at the original shareholders' meeting. When postponing or renewing the meeting of shareholders in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1, there is no need to re-discuss and resolve the proposal that has completed the voting and counting, and announces the voting results or the list of directors and supervisors elected. If the Company convenes a video-assisted shareholders' meeting and the first video meeting cannot be renewed, if the total number of shares present at the shareholders' meeting by video is deducted, and the total number of shares present at the shareholders' meeting still reaches the statutory quota for the shareholders' meeting, the shareholders' meeting shall continue without the need to postpone or continue the meeting in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1. In the event of the continuation of the meeting in the preceding paragraph, the number of shares present at the shareholders' meeting shall be included in the total number of shares of the shareholders present, but shall be deemed to be abstaining from all the proposals of the shareholders' meeting. The Company shall postpone or renew the assembly in accordance with the provisions of item 1, and shall handle the relevant pre-operations in accordance with the provisions of Item 7 of Article 44-20 of the Standard for the Handling of Shares of Publicly Issued Stock Companies, in accordance with the date of the original shareholders' meeting and the provisions of each of these Articles. The period specified in the second paragraph of Article 12 and The third paragraph of Article 13 of the Rules for the Use of Power of Attorney by a PublicLy

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Issued Company Attending a Shareholders'
Meeting, and Item 2 of Article 44-5, Article
44-15 and Article 44-17, Item 1 of the
Guidelines for the Handling of Shares of
Publicly Issued Stock Companies shall be
postponed or renewed in accordance with
the date of the shareholders'meeting
stipulated in Paragraph 1.
Article 21 Article 21: The Rules herein take effect after
approval at the Shareholders’ Meeting, the
same appliesforany amendments.
Article 19: The Rules herein take effect after
approval at the Shareholders’ Meeting, the
same appliesforany amendments.
Article
modifications.
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4. To approve election of the 12th Directors of the Company The Board of Directors proposes

  1. The 11[th] term of board of directors of the company expires on June 9, 2022, and it is proposed to be re-elected at the year of 2022 general shareholders meeting

  2. In accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company, the proposed directors shall be elected for 7 seats (including 3 seats of independent directors) and the term of board of the new directors shall be 3 years, counting from the date of election.

  3. The election of directors and independent directors of the Company shall be based on a candidate nomination system, and candidates may be nominated by the board of directors or shareholders holding more than 1% of the shares. The nomination period for directors and independent directors is from March 28, 2022 to April 6, 2022, during which the Company received the list of 4 directors and 3 independent director candidates nominated by the shareholder Yu-Chang Investment Co., Ltd. It shall be approved by the 18th Board of Directors of the 11th term of the Company on April 15, 2022 and announced in accordance with the regulations. The list of candidates for the 12th term of directors and independent directors is as follows.

  4. Resolution

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Position Candidate Major academic experience Current position Holdings
(Unit:share)
Name of the
representative
entity
Director Dong, Ding Yu Ph.D. in Engineering, Stanford University Chairman, EMC Co., Ltd. 5,265,766 None
Director Tsai, Fei Lian Master of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing
Hua University
President, Taiwan Union Technology Corporation
Vice Chairman, EMC Co., Ltd. 25,471,477 Yu Chang
Investment Co.,
Ltd.
Director Lee, Wen
Shiung
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Tamkung
University
Director, Unimicron Corporation
President, Isola Asia Pacific (Taiwan) Inc.
Consultant, Taiwan Printed Circuit Association 25,471,477 Yu Chang
Investment Co.,
Ltd.
Director Hsieh, Mon
Chong
Master in International Affairs, Columbia
University, USAChairman, Food Industry
Research and Development InstituteDirector, The
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc.
Chairman, Synmax Biochemical Co., Ltd.
Vice Chairman, Royal Chef Co., Ltd.
0 None
Independent
Director
Shen, Bing MBA, Harvard University
Financial Analyst, World Bank
Chief Investment Officer, International Bank
Corp.
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Vice President, China Development Industrial
Bank
President, CDIB Partners Investment Holding
Corporation
Director, OUC Corporation
Director, ECOVE
0 None
Independent
Director
Cheng,
Duen-Chian
MBA, Columbia University,
USA President,
Director, Appier Holdings Inc.
Independent Director, TA YA ELECTRIC WIRE
& CABLE CO., LTD
Chairman, LuxNet Corp
Chairman, Clientron
President, UMC Capital Corporation
Chairman, TGVest Capital Co., Ltd.
Chairman, TriKnight Capital Corporation
Vice Chairman, LuxNet Corp
0 None
Independent
Director
Chen, Hsi-Chia Ph.D. in Law, National Taiwan University
Ph.D. in Law, Peking University
Partner, Chief Representative of Beijing Office,
Joint Head of Office-China & Member of Asia
Pacific Operating Committed (APOC), Pinsent
Masons LLP
Trainee , King & Wood Mallesons (previously
known as King & Wood)
Associate &Partner, Formosan Brothers,
Attorneys-at-Law
Managing Partner, Chen & Chang,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Member, Standing Committee of ICC International
Centre for ADR Convenor, Taiwan Chapter of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) East Asia
Branch.
Independent Director, Asia Renewable Energy
(Cayman) Ltd.
0 None
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5. To approve exemption of a non-compete case against directors of the Company

  1. In accordance with Article 219 of the Company Act, Directors who act for themselves or others that fall within the scope of the company's business shall explain the important contents of their acts to the shareholders' meeting and obtain their permission.

  2. As a result of the new directors of the Company investing in or operating other companies with the same or similar business scope as the Company and acting as directors or managers, it is proposed to request the shareholders' meeting to grant permission to lift the restrictions on the non-compete of the new directors and their representatives of the Company in accordance with Article 209 of the Company Law.

  3. The circumstances in which a new director of the Company and his or her legal representative concurrently hold a position in a company with the same or similar business scope are as follows:

Name Company name Position
Dong, Ding Yu Elite Electronic Material
(Kuanshan) Co., Ltd.
Director
Yu Chang Investment Co., Ltd.
Representative:
Tsai,Fei Liang
  1. Resolution

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Extemporary motion:

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APPENDIX

I. Articles of Incorporation of Elite Material Co., Ltd.

As last amended on 13 June 2016

Chapter 1. General Provisions

Article 1 The Company is duly incorporated under the provisions of the Company Act of the Republic of China, and shall be called “ 台光電子材料股份有限公司 ” and “ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.” In English.

Article 2 The Company’s businesses are as follows:

  • 1) CC01080 Manufacturing of electronic components

  • 2) CB01020 Manufacturing of business machines

  • 3) CC01110 Manufacturing of computers and the peripherals

  • 4) C801010 Basic chemical industry

  • 5) C801990 Manufacturing of other chemical materials

  • 6) C901990 Manufacturing of other non-metallic mineral products

  • 7) F401010 International commerce

  • 8) ZZ99999 Except where permits are required, to run operations not forbidden or limited by laws and regulations

Article 3 The Company may, where it businesses require, provide guarantee subject to approval of the Board of Directors.

Article 4 Where the Company invests in other companies and becomes a shareholder with limited liability; its total investment may exceed 40% of its paid-up capital as stipulated under Article 13 of the Company Law, subject to approval of the Board of Directors.

  • Article 5 The Company is incorporated in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, the Republic of China. Other domestic and international branches may be established where it deems necessary.

Article 6 Deleted.

Chapter 2. Shares

  • Article 7 The Company's total capital shall be Four Billion New Taiwan Dollar (NT$4,000,000,000) divided into 400,000,000 shares of NT$10 each. The Board of Directors is authorized to issue the un-issued shares in separate trenches.

Out of the above total capital amount, One Hundred and Fifty Million New Taiwan Dollar (NT$150,000,000) shall be divided into 15,000,000 shares of NT$10 each, to be issued as stock options for employees to subscribe.

  • Article 7-1 The Company may issue employees’ stock options with an exercise price lower than the prevailing market price of the ordinary shares, provided such issue is approved by a resolution of the Shareholders’ Meeting, and the resolution shall be made with more than half of the total amount of shareholders with issued share present, and

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with the agreement of more than two third of the agreement of the shareholders present. The issue of the employees’ stock options can be carried out at different stages within one year effective from the day proposal resolved by the Shareholders’ Meeting.

  • Article 7-2 Should the Company buy back shares, it may resell those shares to employees at an price lower than the average buy-back price, provided, the resell shall be approved by a resolution at the upcoming Shareholders’ Meeting, and the resolution shall be made with more than half of the total amount of shareholders with issued share presented, and with the agreement of more than two third of the agreement of the shareholders presented.

  • Article 8 The Company's share certificates shall be assigned with serial numbers, and shall be issued following the signatures or seals by three (3) Directors or more and the authentication by the relevant authorities or the registration organizations as approved by the authorities in compliance with law.

  • Article 8-1 Shares issued by the Company are not required to be evidenced by share certificates, provided that they shall be recorded at the Securities Central Depository Enterprises.

  • Article 9 The shareholders shall register the real name/title and address/domicile at the shareholders' roster with the sample of the seal at the Company as the seal shall be considered as a certificate. If the shareholder’s seal is lost or destroyed, the shareholder shall immediately notify the Company in written notification, and thereafter, the shareholder shall publicly announce the invalidation of the seal at newspapers circulating the location of the Company headquarters, and apply for the renewal of the seal to the Company.

  • Article 10 In terms of the stock certificates assignment/transfer of the Company, the assignor/transferor shall endorse at the stock certificates and register the name of the assignee at the certificates, and fill the stock transfer application form. After the Company registers the assignee’s name and residential address at the shareholders' roster, the transfer shall be considered as accomplished. Assignment/transfer of shares shall not be set up as a defense against the Company, unless name/title and residence/domicile of the assignee/transferee have been recorded in the shareholders' roster.

  • Article 11 In case that the stock certificate is lost, destroyed or not being able to identify, matters about renewal or re-issuance of a new stock certificate shall be dealt with according to the provisions of “Regulations Governing the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies”.

  • Article 12 The Company may charge a fee depending on the costs for matters such as the change the owner’s name, the transfer of ownership, the re-issuance, or the replacement of a stock certificate.

  • Article 13 Registration of share transfer shall be closed within sixty (60) days prior to General Shareholders' Meeting, or within thirty (30) days prior to Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting or within five (5) days prior to the record date on which Company distributes the dividends or bonuses.

Chapter 3. Shareholders’ Meeting

  • Article 14 The Company’s Shareholders’ Meeting is divided into two types: ordinary and extraordinary meetings. The ordinary meeting is convened at least once every year in compliance with the regulation within six months after the end of the every fiscal year. The extraordinary meeting shall be convened when necessary.

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Article 15 The procedure and execution matters at the Shareholders’ Meeting are the following:

  • 1) Formulation and amendment of the Articles of Incorporation.

  • 2) Election of Directors.

  • 3) The review and examination of the reports prepared by the Board of Directors and the auditing report prepared by the Audit Committee.

  • 4) The decision to increase or decrease capital.

  • 5) Resolution to allocate earnings and dividends.

  • 6) Resolution of other important matters.

  • Article 16 Notices of General Shareholders' Meeting shall be in writing and delivered to the shareholders along with a public notice thirty (30) days before the General Shareholders' Meeting and fifteen (15) days before the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting. The said notices shall specify the date, place and reasons for calling the Shareholders' Meeting.

  • Article 17 Unless otherwise stipulated by the Company Act, a quorum shall be present at the Shareholders' Meeting if shareholders representing more than half of the shares issued by the Company are in attendance, and resolutions at the said assembly shall be passed if approved by a majority of the shareholders in attendance. Pursuant to the regulations of the competent authority, the Company’s shareholders may exercise the voting right via electronic transmission, and shall be deemed to have attended the said shareholders' meeting in person. Matters about electronic voting shall comply with all relevant laws and regulations. When the number of shareholders present does not constitute the quorum prescribed in this article, but those present represent one-third or more of the total number of issued shares, a tentative resolution may be passed by a majority of those present. A notice of such tentative resolution shall be given to each of the shareholders, and reconvene a Shareholders' Meeting within one month. In the aforesaid meeting of shareholders, if the tentative resolution is again adopted by a majority of those present who represent one-third or more of the total number of issued shares, such tentative resolution shall be deemed to be an officially approved resolution.

  • Article 18 Except in the circumstances set forth in Article 179 of the Company Act, a shareholder shall have one voting power in respect of each share in his/her/its possession.

  • Article 19 Shareholders may by way of power of attorney stamped with the seal of the Company appoint proxies to attend the said Shareholders' Meeting. A shareholder may only execute one power of attorney and appoint one proxy only, and shall serve such written proxy to the company no later than five (5) days prior to the meeting date of the Shareholders' Meeting. In case two or more written proxies are received from one shareholder, the first one received by the company shall prevail; unless an explicit statement to revoke the previous written proxy is made in the proxy which comes later. Except for trust enterprises or share registration agencies approved by the securities management authorities, when one shareholder is entrusted by two or more shareholders, the voting right represented by the said shareholder shall not exceed 3% of the voting rights of total shares issued. Where it has so exceeded, the voting right in excess shall not be included. The person who acts as the proxy need not to be a shareholder of the Company.

  • Article 20 The Chairman of Board shall be the Chairman of the meeting in Shareholders Meeting convened by the Board of Directors. In case the Chairman is absent or cannot exercise the powers, the Vice Chairman shall act in behalf of it. In case the Chairman and the Vice Chairman are absent and cannot exercise the powers, the Chairman shall assign a Director to act in behalf of it. If the Chairman does not assign any agent, the Directors

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shall assign one person to act in behalf of it.

  • Article 21 Resolutions adopted at a Shareholders' Meeting shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting, which shall be affixed with the signature or seal of the chairman of the meeting and shall be distributed to all shareholders of the company within twenty (20) days after the close of the meeting. The preparation and distribution of the minutes of Shareholders' Meeting as aforesaid may be effected by means of public notice. The minutes of Shareholders' Meeting shall record the date and place of the meeting, the name of the chairman, the method of adopting resolutions, and a summary of the essential points of the proceedings and the results of the meeting. The minutes, together with the register of shareholders' attendance and the proxies' powers of attorney, shall be kept persistently throughout the life of the company.

Chapter 4. Directors

  • Article 22 There shall be seven (7) to nine (9) Directors of the Company, who are elected and appointed from the persons with disposing capacity at the Shareholders' Meeting.

There shall be three (3) Independent Directors among the total number of Directors in the preceding paragraph. Directors shall be elected from among the nominees listed in the roster of director candidates by adopting the candidate nomination system specified in Article 192-1 of Company Act. The election of Directors and Independent Directors shall be pursued according to the number of position required and shall be held together; provided, however, that the Independent and non-Independent Directors elected shall be calculated separately.

  • Article 22-1 In compliance with Article 14-4 of Securities and Exchange Act, the Company shall establish the Audit Committee comprising of all Independent Directors. The Committee, to substitute Supervisors, shall perform the duties specified in the Company Act, the Securities and Exchange Act, and other laws and regulations.

Matters about members, powers and authorities, and other relevant functional procedures of the Audit Committee shall comply with relevant laws, regulations, and the Company’s Articles and Procedures. The rules of organization of the Audit Committee shall be established otherwise by the Board of Directors.

  • Article 23 The respective appointments of Directors are for a period of 3 years. They may be reappointed following their re-election. In case no election of new Directors is effected after expiration of the term of office of existing directors, the term of office of out-going Directors shall be extended until the time new Directors have been elected and assumed their office. However, the competent authority may, ex officio, order the company to elect new directors within a given time limit; and if no re-election is effected after expiry of the given time limit, the out-going directors shall be discharged ipso facto from such expiration date.

Article 24 The authorities that the Board of Directors may exercise and the business it may conduct are as follows:

  • 1) Resolve to propose amendment of the Articles of Incorporation and to approve important procedures and rules.

  • 2) To approve the establishment and abolition of business branch(es).

  • 3) The approval of annual financial budget, the examination of financial statements, and the review, supervision and implementation of the annual business plan.

  • 4) Resolve to propose earnings distribution, loss make-up, capital increase, or capital reduction.

  • 5) Resolve to approve the investment on other businesses by the Company, and the acquisition of equity shares of others.

  • 6) To appoint and discharge the certified public accountants of the Company.

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  • 7) To propose the transfer of the right of dien, selling, rental, pledge, mortgage or any other action to the whole or material parts of the Company’s property or business.

  • 8) To approve the financing application from, providing guarantee to, make acceptance payment to, make capital lending to or borrowing from financial institutions and any other third parties with a total amount of NT$ Twenty Million or more. When the total dollar amount is less than NT$ Twenty Million for the aforesaid business activities, the person-in-charge may execute in advance; however, shall report to the most upcoming meeting of the Board of Directors. Any monetary payment for a single purpose shall not be divided and made directly to avoid the examination of the Board of Directors.

  • 9) To approve the capital expenditure, being included in the annual budget, of which the total amount is NT$ Fifty Million or more and the capital expenditure, not being included in the annual budget, of which the total amount is NT$ Ten Million or more. For capital expenditure of which the total amount is more than NT$ Five Million and less than NT$ Ten Million, the person-in-charge may make the payment in advance; however, shall report to the most upcoming meeting of the Board of Directors. Any capital expenditure payment made for a single purpose shall not be divided and made directly to avoid the examination of the Board of Directors.

  • 10) To approve the endorsement/guarantee provided and make acceptance payment in the name of the Company, of which the total amount is NT$ Ten Million or more.

  • 11) To approve the signing of contracts of which the validness will sustain for one year or more and of which the total contemplated amount is NT$ Fifty Million or more.

  • 12) To approve major transactions between the Company and the related parties including affiliated enterprises.

  • 13) To hire and dismiss the managerial personal with a level of Vice General Manager or higher for the Company.

  • 14) To approve the acquisition, transfer, and authorization of the proprietary technologies, patents, trademarks, and copyrights, and to approve, amend, and terminate the contracts for technology cooperation.

  • 15) Other powers and duties being authorized by laws, the Articles of Incorporation, and resolutions of the Shareholders’ Meetings.

  • Article 25 The Board of Directors of the Company shall comprise all directors. A Chairman and a Vice Chairman to externally represent the Company shall be elected from among the Directors by a majority vote at a meeting attended by over two-thirds of the Directors. The duties and powers of Chairman and Vice Chairman shall comply with laws, the Articles of Incorporation, and resolutions of Board of Directors meetings and Shareholders’ Meetings.

  • Article 26 Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be convened in compliance with the Company Act. A written notice of convening meetings shall be given to each Director by mail, fax, or electronic transmission.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall internally preside the meeting of the Board of Directors. In case the Chairman of the Board of Directors is on leave or absent or cannot exercise his power and authority for any cause, the Vice Chairman shall act on his behalf. Where the Vice Chairman is also unavailable, the Chairman shall appoint a Director to act on his behalf, failing which the Board of Directors shall nominate from among them a person to act on behalf of the Chairman of the Company.

  • Article 27 Unless otherwise stipulated by the Company Act, a quorum shall be present at the Board of Directors if it is attended by more than half of the Directors, and a resolution passed if approved by a majority of the Directors in attendance.

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When the number of vacancies in the Board of Directors of a company equals to one third of the total number of Directors, the Board of Directors shall call, within sixty (60) days, a special meeting of shareholders to elect succeeding Directors to fill the vacancies.

  • Article 28 When a Director is unable to personally attend the meeting of the Board of Directors, s/he may entrust another Director to represent her/him with a written proxy and therein the scope of authority with reference to the subjects to be discussed at the meeting is stated. A Director may accept the appointment to act as the proxy referred to in the paragraph of one other Director only. In case a meeting of the board of directors is proceeded via visual communication network, then the directors taking part in such a visual communication meeting shall be deemed to have attended the meeting in person.

Article 29 Deleted.

Article 30 Deleted.

  • Article 31 The remunerations of Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Directors who conduct the Company businesses are authorized the Board of Directors to determine, with reference to the levels of similar domestic and international industries.

  • Article 32 Upon the request of the Board of Directors, managerial personnel may attend meetings of the Board of Directors. Except Directors, attendees of meetings of the Board of Directors may not have voting rights.

  • Article 32-1 Liability insurance programs covering the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, and each Director may be purchased by the Company.

Chapter 5. Managers

  • Article 33 The Company may have managerial personnel. The appointment, dismissal, and compensation of managerial personnel shall comply with Article 29 of the Company Act.

  • Article 34 The President and General Managers of the Company shall not do anything for himself/herself/themselves or on behalf of another person that is within the scope of the company's business.

Chapter 6. Accounting

  • Article 35 At the end of fiscal year of the Company, the Board of Directors shall in accordance with law furnish 1) business reports; 2) financial statements; 3) profits distribution or loss makeup proposal and various documents and statements, and the same shall be submitted for approval at the General Shareholders' Meeting.

  • Article 36 The distribution of dividends shall take into consideration the changes in the outlook for the Company's businesses, the financial situation and the return on shareholders’ equity that have an impact on future capital needs and taxation. Dividends shall be distributed at the ratio as set forth in these Articles of Incorporation aimed at maintaining the stability of dividend distributions. Save for the purposes of improving the financial structure, reinvestments, production expansion or other capital expenditures in which capital is required, when distributing dividends, the cash dividends shall not be less than twenty per cent (20%) of the aggregate sum of

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dividends distributed in the same year. During the year losses occur, the Company may choose not to pay dividends.

Apart from paying all its income taxes in the case where there are profits at the end of the year, the Company shall make up for accumulated losses in past years. Where there is still balance, ten per cent (10%) of which shall be set aside by the Company as legal reserve. The Company shall also set aside certain portion of the profits as special reserve as required by Article 41 of the Securities and Stock Exchange Act, or by resolutions of Shareholders’ Meetings.

While the Company distributes earnings to the shareholders, the paid-out amount shall be more than ten per cent (10%) but less than seventy per cent (70%) of the distributable earnings, which equals to earnings realized after deducting legal, special and all other required reserves, but together with undistributed profits from previous years.

Depending on the business operating results, the earnings to be distributed to shareholders shall be proposed by the Board of Directors, and submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting and decided by the resolution from in the Shareholder’s Meeting.

Judging from the actual business circumstances, the Board of Directors may propose to adjust the amount of earnings to be distributed to shareholders, and submit to the Shareholders’ Meetings for the resolution to distribute.

  • Article 36-1 In case the Company makes profits for the year, three per cent (3%) shall be allocated for the employees compensation, and no more than one point two per cent (1.2%) for the remuneration of Directors. However, in case there are accumulated losses carried on the accounting book of the Company, profits shall be reserved for the make-up of accumulated losses before distribution.

In case shares or cash is distributed as employees’ compensation, those employees can be distributed shall include the employees of affiliated enterprises meeting certain criteria. The distribution method shall otherwise be formed by the Board of Directors.

Chapter 7. Supplementary

Article 37 All matters not covered herein shall be undertaken in accordance with the Company Act of the Republic of China and the other relevant law and regulations.

  • Article 38 These Articles of Incorporation were drafted on February 25[th] 1992, and came into effect following its approval by a resolution of the General Shareholders' Meeting and the competent authorities. Amendments shall take effect following their approval at the shareholders' meetings.

First amendment on March 12th, 1992,

Second amendment on January 5th, 1993,

Third amendment on July 7th, 1993,

Fourth amendment on January 23rd, 1995, Fifth amendment on December 15th, 1995,

Sixth amendment on May 17th, 1996, Seventh amendment on May 30th, 1997, Eighth amendment on July 30th, 1997, Ninth amendment on May 28th, 1999,

Tenth amendment on May 16th, 2000,

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Eleventh amendment on May 25th, 2001, Twelfth amendment on June 11th, 2002, Thirteenth amendment on November 12th, 2003, Fourteenth amendment on November 12th, 2004, Fifteenth amendment on June 29th, 2005, Sixteenth amendment on June 15th, 2006, Seventeenth amendment on June 13th, 2007, Eighteenth amendment on June 13th, 2008, Nineteenth amendment on June 16th, 2009, Twentieth amendment on June 14th, 2010, Twenty-first amendment on June 13th, 2012 Twenty-second amendment on June 15th, 2015, and Twenty-third amendment on June 13th, 2016.

*In case of any discrepancy between this English translation and the Chinese text of this document, the Chinese text shall prevail.

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II. Meeting Rules of Stockholders of Elite Material Co., Ltd.

As last amended on 13 June 2016

  1. Purpose: The meeting rules of stockholders (hereinafter as “Rules”) is to specify related matters for the Annual General Shareholders’ Meetings and the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings.

  2. Scope of application: General Shareholders’ Meeting and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings.

  3. Rules of Procedure:

  4. 1) The Company’s Shareholders’ Meeting shall follow these “Rules” unless it is otherwise regulated by law and regulations.

  5. 2) A signature book shall be provided for the shareholders who attend the Shareholders’ Meeting for signature, or the shareholders who attend the Shareholders Meeting shall hand in signed attendance cards in replacement of the signature. The number of attending shares shall be calculated with the signature book or the attendance cards. When Shareholders’ Meeting is convened, the voting power of a shareholder may be exercised in writing or by way of electronic transmission, provided, however, that the method for exercising the voting power shall be described in the shareholders' meeting notice to be given to the shareholders if the voting power will be exercised in writing or by way of electronic transmission. A shareholder who exercises his/her/its voting power at a Shareholders Meeting in writing or by way of electronic transmission as set forth in this Paragraph shall be deemed to have attended the said Shareholders' Meeting in person, but shall be deemed to have waived his/her/its voting power in respective of any extemporary motion(s) and/or the amendment(s) to the contents of the original proposal(s) at the said Shareholders' Meeting.

The attendance of the shareholders at the meeting shall be calculated on the basis of shares. The total number of attending shares shall be calculated with the number of shares represented by attendance cards together with the number of shares of which shareholders exercising voting power via the electronic transmission.

  • 3) The shareholder’s presence and voting shall be calculated with the number of shares. The total number of attending shares shall be calculated with the number of shares represented by attendance cards together with the number of shares of which shareholders exercising voting power via the electronic transmission.

  • 4) The location for Stockholders’ Meeting shall be the Company’s place of business or a place convenient for attendance by stockholders (or by proxies) that is suitable to holding of this meeting. The meeting shall be held between 9:00AM and 3:00PM.

For a Shareholders’ Meeting convened by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at the meeting. If the Chairman of the Board of Directors is on leave or unable to exert the rights, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside instead. If the position of Vice Chairman is vacant or the Vice Chairman is on leave or unable to exert the rights, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall designate a Managing Director to preside at the meeting. If the position of Managing Director is vacant, the Chairman shall designate a Director to preside at the meeting. If no director is so designated, the Chairman of the meeting shall be elected by the Board of Directors from among themselves.

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For a Shareholders’ Meeting convened by any other person having the convening right, he/she shall act as the chairman of that meeting.

  • 5) The Company may appoint lawyers, accountants or related personnel to attend the Shareholders’ Meeting. The personnel in charge of handling the affairs of the meeting shall wear identification badge or armband.

  • 6) The complete processes of the meeting shall be recorded by voice and video recorders and all the records shall be kept by the Company for a minimum period of at least one year.

  • 7) The chairperson shall announce starting of the meeting when the attending stockholders (or proxies) represent more than half of the total shares issued in public. The chairperson may announce postponement of meeting if the legal quorum is not present after the designated meeting time. Such postponement is limited to two times and the aggregated postponed time shall not exceed one hour. If quorum is still not present after two postponements but the attending stockholders (or proxies) represent more than one third of the total shares issued in public, tentative resolution/s may be passed with respect to ordinary resolution/s by a majority of those present, according to Paragraph 1 of Article 175 of the Company Act.

According to Article 174 of the Company Act, after proceeding with the aforesaid tentative resolutions, the chairperson may put the tentative resolutions for re-voting over the meeting if and when the shares represented by the attending stockholders (or proxies) reached the legal quorum.

  • 8) If the Shareholders’ Meeting is convened by the Board of Directors, the agenda shall be designated by the Board of Directors. The meeting shall proceed in accordance with the designated agenda and shall not be amended without resolutions.

If the meeting is convened by person, other than the Board of Directors, having the convening right, the provision set out in the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Except with stockholders’ resolution, the chairperson shall not declare adjournment of the meeting before the first two matters set out in the agendas (including extemporary motions) are concluded.

When the meeting is adjourned by resolution, the stockholders shall not elect another chairperson to continue the meeting at the same location or another venue. During the meeting, if the chairperson declares adjournment of the meeting in violation of the Rules, a new chairperson may be elected by a resolution to be adopted by a majority of the voting rights represented by the shareholders attending the said meeting to continue the proceedings of the meeting.

  • 9) The stockholders (or proxies) shall complete statement slip setting out the number of his/her attendance card, name and statement brief before speaking, and the chairperson will designate the order in which each person is to speak during the session.

No statement will be considered to have been made if the stockholder (or proxies) merely completes the statement slip without speaking at the meeting. If there are any discrepancies between the content of the statement slip and the speech made, the statement to be adopted shall be the statement confirmed.

When a stockholder (or proxy) is speaking, other stockholder (or proxy) shall not interrupt without consent of the chairperson and the speaking stockholder (or proxy). Any disobedient of the preceding rule shall be prohibited by the chairperson.

  • 10) For the same proposal, each person shall not speak more than two (2) times. The lasting period for the said person to speak each time shall be limited to 5 minutes. The chairperson may restrain stockholders (or

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proxies) from speaking if that stockholders (or proxies) speak overtime, speak beyond the allowed frequency or content of the speech is beyond the scope of the proposal.

  • 11) When a juristic person is a stockholder, only one representative shall be appointed to attend the meeting. If more than two representatives were appointed to attend the meeting, only one representative is allowed to speak for the same proposal.

  • 12) After speaking by the attending stockholder (or proxy), the chairperson may reply in person or assign relevant officer to reply.

  • 13) Over the proposal discussion, the chairperson may conclude the discussion in a timely manner and where necessary announce discussion is closed. For proposal in which discussion has been concluded or closed, the chairperson shall submit it for voting.

  • 14) The personnel responsible for overseeing and counting of the votes for resolutions shall be appointed by the chairperson. The person responsible for vote overseeing shall be of the stockholder status. The results of voting shall be reported on the spot and kept for records.

  • 15) During the meeting, the chairperson may at his/her discretion declare time for break.

  • 16) In regards to the resolution of proposals, unless otherwise provided for in the relevant law and regulation or Company’s Articles of Incorporation, resolution shall be passed by a majority of the voting rights represented by the stockholders (or proxies) attending the meeting.

When proposals are put to vote, the Chairman may decide to adopt to vote-by-case, or vote at one or different stages and counted respectively for each of the items (including the election).

  • 17) If there are amendments or substitute proposals for the same proposal, the sequence of which to be put to vote shall be decided by the chairperson. If one of the two proposals has been approved, the other shall be deemed rejected without requirement to put it to vote.

  • 18) The chairperson may maintain the meeting order by instructing the security guards. The security guards shall wear the armband for identification when helping maintaining the venue order.

  • 19) The Rules herein take effect after approval at the Shareholders’ Meeting, the same applies for any amendments.

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III. Elections Procedures of Directors and Independent Directors of Elite Material Co., Ltd.

As last amended on 13 June 2016

  1. The election of Directors (including Independent Directors) shall be pursued in accordance with the procedures herein.

  2. The cumulative voting method shall be used for election of the Directors. Each share will have voting rights in number equal to the Directors to be elected, and may be cast for a single candidate or split among multiple candidates.

  3. The ballots shall be prepared by the Board of Directors, numbered according to the attendance card numbers and noted with share number represented for voting.

  4. Before the election begins, the chairperson shall appoint a number of persons with shareholder status to perform the respective duties of vote monitoring and counting personnel.

  5. The ballot box is prepared by the Company, and examined publicly by the vote monitoring personnel before voting.

  6. If the candidate is a natural person with the stockholder status, the voters shall fill out the ballot with the name and stockholder number of the candidate. If the candidate is not of the stockholder status, the ballot shall be filled out with the name and the number of identity document of the candidate. If the candidate is the government or juristic stockholder, the ballot shall be filled out with the number, the name of government or juristic person and the representative name. If there are more than one representative, all the representative names shall be listed.

  7. The ballot shall be considered invalid in any of the following situations:

  8. 1) The ballot is not provided under the rules herein;

  9. 2) A blank ballot is placed in the ballot box;

  10. 3) The writing is unclear and indecipherable or has been altered;

  11. 4) The candidate whose name is entered in the ballot is a shareholder, but the candidate's account name and shareholder account number do not conform with those given in the shareholder register, or the candidate whose name is entered in the ballot is a non-shareholder, and a cross-check shows that the candidate's name and identity card number do not match;

  12. 5) Other words or marks are entered in addition to the candidate's account name or shareholder account number (or identity card number) and the number of voting rights allotted;

  13. 6) Ballot not filled out according to article 6; or

  14. 7) One ballot with more than two candidate names listed.

  15. The election of Directors and Independent Directors shall be pursued according to the number of position required and shall be held together; provided, however, that the Independent and non-Independent Directors elected shall be calculated separately. The candidates that obtain more number of votes shall be elected. If there are more than two candidates obtaining the same number of vote but the number of position offered is limited, a draw shall be made amongst the two candidates to determine. The chairperson shall conduct the drawing for the candidate who is absent.

Directors shall be elected by adopting the candidate nomination system specified in Article 192-1 of Company Act. Moreover, the professional qualifications, the assessment of independence and other matters of the Independent

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Directors shall be in compliance with the “Regulations Governing Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies” or other relevant regulations.

  • 8-1 More than half of the Directors shall be persons who have neither a spousal relationship nor a relationship within the second degree of kinship with any other Director.

  • For the results of ballot counting, the vote-overseeing personnel shall make sure of correctness of the total ballot number after combining the numbers of the valid and invalid ballots. The numbers of the valid and invalid ballots shall be recorded separately and the chairperson shall announce the elected on the site.

  • The Board of Directors shall issue notifications to the persons elected as Directors or Independent Directors.

  • Matters not specified in the procedures shall be conducted in accordance with the Company Act, the Article of Incorporation, and other relevant regulations.

  • These Procedures, and any amendments hereto, shall be implemented after approval by a shareholders meeting.

*In case of any discrepancy between this English translation and the Chinese text of this document, the Chinese text shall prevail.

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IV. Current shareholding of Directors and Independent Directors

Book closure date: 28 March 2022 Book closure date: 28 March 2022 Book closure date: 28 March 2022 Book closure date: 28 March 2022
Position Name of persons or
companies
Date elected Term
(Years)
Shareholding
when elected
Current
shareholding
Share % Share %
Chairman Dong, Ding-Yu 10 June 2019 3 5,265,766 1.65 5,265,766 1.58
Vice
Chairman
Yu Chang
Investment Co., Ltd.
Representative
appointed:
Tsai, Fei Liang
10 June 2019 3 25,471,477
376,244
7.97
0.12
25,471,477
447,244
7.65
0.13
Director Yu Chang
Investment Co., Ltd.
Representative
appointed:
Lee, Wen Shiung
10 June 2019 3 25,471,477
0
7.97
0.00
25,471,477
0
7.65
0
Director Hsieh, Mon Chong 10 June 2019 3 0 0.00 0 0.00
Independent
Director
Shen, Bing 10 June 2019 3 0 0.00 0 0.00
Independent
Director
Cheng, Duen-Chian 10 June 2019 3 0 0.00 0 0.00
Independent
Director
Tsai, Rong Dong 10 June 2019 3 0 0.00 0 0.00
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