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Gourmet — Annual Report 2021
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Gourmet Master Co. Ltd.
2021 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
MEETING AGENDA
(Translation)
June 4, 2021
01. MEETINGAGENDA
Time: 9:00 a.m., June 4, 2021
Place: Shinkansen Grand Hotel
(located at No.29, Gongye 18th Rd., Nantun Dist., Taichung City 408, Taiwan)
Attendants: All shareholders or their proxy holders
Chairman: Wu Cheng Hsueh, Chairman of the Board of Directors
1. Chairman’s Address
2. Report Matter
- (1) 2020 operation report of the Company.
(2) 2020 review report on financial statements by Audit Committee.
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Acknowledgement Matter
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(1) 2020 financial statements.
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(2) 2020 earnings distribution proposal.
4. Discussion Matter I
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(1) Amendment to Procedures for Monetary Loans.
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Election Matter
None
- Discussion Matter II
None
6. Ad Hoc Motions
1. Report Matter
- (1) To report the business of 2020
Dear Shareholders,
Gourmet Master Co. Ltd. (The Company) reported consolidated sales for 2020, 15.0% lower than that in 2019. The Company reported 2020 net profit 8.8% higher than that in 2019, and 2020 EPS of NT$5.64. By December 31, 2020, The Company accounted for more than 1,100 stores globally.
As of end 2020, The Company retained a healthy debt-to-asset ratio, a decent current (working capital) ratio, and strong operating cash inflow during 2020, indicating The Company’s solid operational and financial status.
Looking back on 2020, The Company continued its solid execution across all regions. Total store counts in China remained above 570 by end 2020. In the US, The Company continued with its organic growth model and added new stores in 2020. As of end 2020, The Company had more than 65 stores in the States.
In addition to store expansion, The Company keeps on enhancing its organization structure, store format, product mix, and marketing strategy, evidenced by successive recognitions won by its chefs, such as the crowning of Chen Li Che in Global Pastry Chefs Challenge in previous years, and the record-breaking high marks achieved in COFFEE REVIEW a few years ago, all proofs that The Company's commitment to high quality product has never wavered since its founding more than ten years ago. Looking into 2021, The Company will focus on the innovation of new products and the ramp-up of new format stores, aiming at higher single store sales and profitability. In China, the store openings will be concentrated on the scalable markets for better brand awareness. US market becomes The Company’s new growth engine, following the robust sales performance and the planned steady store openings in the years to come. The Company will at the same time have more locations in other markets outside of the Golden State and look forward to expanding in the world's largest consumer market.
Finally, thank you, our shareholders, for your trust and long-term supports during our journey transitioning into a multinational brand. We will do our best to exceed expectations as we enter the most exciting period of our existence for the year ahead.
(2) Audit Committee’ review report
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2. Acknowledgement Matter
- (1) To accept 2020 Business Report and Financial Statements
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company audited by independent auditors of Deloitte & Touche along with the 2020 Business Report, have been submitted to Audit Committee for review and approval and Audit Committee have issued the Audit Committee’ Review Report accordingly.
- (2) To approve the proposal for distribution of 2020 profits
The 2020 net profit after tax of the Company, after setting aside the legal capital which amount to 10% of the net profit after tax, for the preceding year, The Company proposes to pay a cash dividend of NTD 4.0 per share, representing a cash pay-out ratio of 71%.
Record dates for paying cash dividends: Upon the approval of the shareholders meeting, it is proposed to authorize the Chairman to determine the ex-dividends date, distribution date and relevant matters.
3. Discussion Matter I
- (1) To Amend Procedures for Monetary Loans
Per existing regulatory regime, the Board of Directors proposes to amend the Procedures for Monetary Loans.
4. Election Matter
None
5. Discussion Matter II
None
- Ad Hoc Motions
02. ATTACHMENT
1. INDEPENDENTAUDITORS’ REPORT AND 2020 CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
03. APPENDIX
- ARTICLE OF ASSOCIATION OF THE COMPANY
GOURMET MASTER CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents (Note 6) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss - current (Notes 7 and 30) Financial assets at amortized cost - current (Notes 8 and 32) Notes receivable Trade receivables (Notes 9, 23 and 31) Finance lease receivables (Note 10) Other receivables (Note 31) Current tax assets Inventories (Note 11) Prepayments Other current assets Total current assets NON-CURRENT ASSETS Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss - non-current (Notes 7 and 30) Financial assets at amortized cost - non-current (Note 8) Investments accounted for using the equity method (Note 13) Property, plant and equipment (Notes 14 and 32) Right-of-use assets (Note 15) Investment properties (Notes 16 and 32) Intangible assets Deferred tax assets (Notes 5 and 25) Prepaid equipment Refundable deposits Finance lease receivables - non-current (Note 10) Other non-current assets (Note 17) Total non-current assets TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES Short-term borrowings (Notes 18 and 32) Contract liabilities - current (Note 23) Notes payable Trade payables (Note 19) Other payables (Notes 20 and 31) Current tax liabilities Lease liabilities - current (Note 15) Deferred revenue - current (Notes 27 ) Other current liabilities Total current liabilities NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Decommission, restoration and rehabilitation provisions Long-term borrowings (Notes 18 and 32) Deferred tax liabilities (Notes 5 and 25) Lease liabilities - non-current (Note 15) Deferred revenue - non-current (Notes 27) Guarantee deposits received Total non-current liabilities Total liabilities EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY (Note 22) Share capital Ordinary shares Capital surplus Additional paid-in capital Retained earnings Legal reserve Special reserve Unappropriated earnings Total retained earnings Other equity Total equity attributable to owners of the Company NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS Total equity TOTAL |
2020 Amount % $ 4,481,694 20 171,566 1 1,772,223 8 2,630 - 268,235 1 62,105 - 133,516 1 78,267 1 706,264 3 232,755 1 6,311 - 7,915,566 36 1,028 - 1,210,295 5 107,398 1 6,228,618 28 5,534,724 25 195,188 1 50,312 - 202,461 1 224,623 1 450,131 2 55,335 - 1,584 - 14,261,697 64 $ 22,177,263 100 $ 859,903 4 1,428,298 6 899 - 1,424,472 6 1,299,244 6 168,291 1 1,933,745 9 3,926 - 43,452 - 7,162,230 32 94,783 1 148,509 1 90,031 - 3,816,863 17 7,041 - 186,792 1 4,344,019 20 11,506,249 52 1,800,000 8 2,376,605 11 1,238,739 5 594,986 3 5,279,796 24 7,113,521 32 (575,871) (3) 10,714,255 48 (43,241) - 10,671,014 48 $ 22,177,263 100 |
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| Amount % $ 3,829,288 17 156,670 1 1,495,925 7 3,498 - 300,041 1 70,524 - 119,698 1 84,745 - 770,703 3 214,194 1 9,967 - 7,055,253 31 468,077 2 1,020,179 5 95,198 - 5,729,366 25 6,725,151 30 198,573 1 42,315 - 139,543 1 256,654 1 444,234 2 100,382 - 335,863 2 15,555,535 69 $ 22,610,788 100 $ 396,724 2 1,503,352 7 612 - 1,548,100 7 1,356,090 6 146,572 1 1,950,037 8 1,889 - 37,053 - 6,940,429 31 98,055 - 156,169 1 162,681 1 4,856,224 21 8,971 - 171,943 1 5,454,043 24 12,394,472 55 1,800,000 8 2,376,605 11 1,145,453 5 317,687 1 5,175,067 23 6,638,207 29 (594,986) (3) 10,219,826 45 (3,510) - 10,216,316 45 $ 22,610,788 100 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
GOURMET MASTER CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
| OPERATING REVENUE (Notes 23 and 36) OPERATING COSTS (Notes 11 and 24) GROSS PROFIT OPERATING EXPENSES (Note 24) Selling and marketing expenses General and administrative expenses Research and development expenses Expected credit (loss) gain(Note 9 and 10) Total operating expenses PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES (Notes 14, 24, 27 and 31) Interest income Other income Other gains and losses Finance costs Share of profit or loss of associates and joint ventures Total non-operating income and expenses PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Note 5 and 25) NET PROFIT FOR THE YEAR OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Exchange differences arising on translation to the presentation currency Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Exchange differences on translating the financial statements of foreign operations |
2020 Amount % $ 19,679,455 100 (7,977,562) (41) 11,701,893 59 (9,159,609) (46) (908,413) (5) (31,591) - (12,164) - (10,111,777) (51) 1,590,116 8 134,436 - 139,826 1 (248,318) (1) (230,085) (1) 20,715 - (183,426) (1) 1,406,690 7 (408,466) (2) 998,224 5 (155,263) (1) 170,500 1 |
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| Amount % $ 23,156,921 100 (9,340,368) (41) 13,816,553 59 (11,134,894) (48) (942,876) (4) (35,709) - 4,433 - (12,109,046) (52) 1,707,507 7 201,921 1 105,917 - (285,660) (1) (260,853) (1) 16,442 - (222,233) (1) 1,485,274 6 (550,834) (2) 934,440 4 (383,194) (2) 103,919 1 (Continued) |
GOURMET MASTER CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
| Other comprehensive loss for the year, net of income tax TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR NET PROFIT (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO: Owners of the Company Non-controlling interests TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO: Owners of the Company Non-controlling interests EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 26) Basic |
2020 Amount % 15,237 - $ 1,013,461 5 $ 1,015,314 5 (17,090) - $ 998,224 5 $ 1,034,430 5 (20,969) - $ 1,013,461 5 $ 5.64 |
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| Amount % (279,275) (1) $ 655,165 3 $ 932,863 4 1,577 - $ 934,440 4 $ 655,564 3 (399) - $ 655,165 3 $ 5.18 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
(Concluded)
GOURMET MASTER CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2019 Effect of retrospective application and retrospective restatement BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2019 AS RESTATED Appropriation of the 2018 earnings Legal reserve Special reserve Cash dividends distributed by the Company Donation from shareholders Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries Net profit for the year ended December 31, 2019 Other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2019, net of income tax Total comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2019 BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2019 Appropriation of the 2019 earnings Legal reserve Special reserve Cash dividends distributed by the Company Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries Net profit for the year ended December 31, 2020 Other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2020, net of income tax Total comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2020 BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2020 |
Equity Attributable to the Owners of the Company | Equity Attributable to the Owners of the Company | Non-controlling Total Interests $ 10,454,668 $ 23,259 2,945 521 10,457,613 23,780 - - - - (900,000) - 6,649 - - (26,891) 932,863 1,577 (277,299) (1,976) 655,564 (399) 10,219,826 (3,510) - - - - (540,000) - - (18,763) 1,015,314 (17,090) 19,115 (3,878) 1,034,429 (20,968) $ 10,714,255 $ (43,241) |
Total Equity $ 10,477,927 3,466 10,481,393 - - (900,000) 6,649 (26,891) 934,440 (279,275) 655,165 10,216,316 - - (540,000) (18,763) 998,224 15,237 1,013,461 $ 10,671,014 |
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| Number of Shares (In Thousands) Share Capital Capital Surplus 180,000 $ 1,800,000 $ 2,369,956 - - - 180,000 1,800,000 2,369,956 - - - - - - - - - - - 6,649 - - - - - - - - - - - - 180,000 1,800,000 2,376,605 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 180,000 $ 1,800,000 $ 2,376,605 |
Retained Earnings Unappropriated Legal Reserve Special Reserve Earnings $ 978,691 $ 227,788 $ 5,395,920 - - 2,945 978,691 227,788 5,398,865 166,762 - (166,762) - 89,899 (89,899) - - (900,000) - - - - - - - - 932,863 - - - - - 932,863 1,145,453 317,687 5,175,067 93,286 - (93,286) - 277,299 (277,299) - - (540,000) - - - - - 1,015,314 - - - - - 1,015,314 $ 1,238,739 $ 594,986 $ 5,279,796 |
Other Equity Exchange Differences on Translating Foreign Operations $ (317,687) - (317,687) - - - - - - (277,299) (277,299) (594,986) - - - - - 19,115 19,115 $ (575,871) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
GOURMET MASTER CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Income before income tax Adjustments for: Depreciation expenses Amortization expenses Expected credit loss (reversed)/recognized on trade receivables Net gain on fair value changes of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Finance costs Interest income Dividend income Share of profit of associates and joint ventures Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment Impairment loss of non-financial assets Government grants Deduction on lease expense Changes in operating assets and liabilities Notes receivable Trade receivables Other receivables Inventories Prepayments Other current assets Other operating assets Contract liabilities Notes payable Trade payables Other payables Provisions Other current liabilities Cash generated from operations Interest paid Income taxes paid Net cash generated from operating activities CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Financial assets at amortized cost Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Purchase of long-term investments accounted for using the equity method Payments for property, plant and equipment Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment Increase in refundable deposits Payments for intangible assets |
2020 $ 1,406,690 3,267,477 18,928 12,164 (14,896) 230,085 (134,436) (7,263) (20,715) 86,249 83,045 (1,930) (72,371) 868 39,091 451 63,299 (18,561) 3,656 - (75,054) 287 (123,628) (54,430) (3,272) 6,401 4,692,135 (271,269) (515,838) 3,905,028 (466,414) 474,231 (299) (1,369,863) 5,717 (3,456) (29,365) |
2019 $ 1,485,274 3,468,181 23,188 (4,433) (18,537) 260,853 (201,921) (7,260) (16,442) 120,027 16,072 (1,766) - (1,078) 18,685 5,020 (15,583) 93,994 13,054 2,113 87,194 (411) 603 28,452 6,081 (10,248) 5,351,112 (262,981) (541,850) 4,546,281 (902,276) 2,601,029 - (819,702) 4,887 (27,047) (19,386) (Continued) |
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GOURMET MASTER CO. LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| Decrease in finance lease receivables Increase in other non-current assets Increase in prepayments for equipment Interest received Dividends received from associates Other dividends received Net cash (used in) generated from investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Proceeds from short-term borrowings Proceeds from guarantee deposits received Repayment of the principal portion of lease liabilities Dividends paid to owners of the Company Dividends paid to non-controlling interests Donations from shareholders Net cash used in financing activities EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON THE BALANCE OF CASH HELD IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR |
2020 51,526 (536) - 110,813 8,815 7,263 (1,211,568) 463,179 13,969 (2,028,627) (540,000) (18,763) - (2,110,242) 69,188 652,406 3,829,288 $ 4,481,694 |
2019 64,994 (334,815) (344,213) 80,167 14,083 7,260 324,981 - 9,453 (2,190,962) (900,000) (26,891) 6,649 (3,101,751) (4,327) 1,765,184 2,064,104 $ 3,829,288 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
(Concluded)
THE COMPANIES LAW (As Amended)
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Gourmet Master Co. Ltd.
(as adopted by Special Resolution dated June 5, 2020)
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The name of the Company is Gourmet Master Co. Ltd..
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The Registered Office shall be at the offices of Portcullis (Cayman) Ltd., the Grand Pavilion Commercial Centre, Oleander Way, 802 West Bay Road, P.O. Box 32052, Grand Cayman KY1-1208, Cayman Islands, British West Indies.
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Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted.
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Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by Section 27(2) of The Companies Law (as amended).
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Nothing in this Memorandum shall permit the Company to carry on a business for which a licence is required under the laws of the Cayman Islands unless duly licensed.
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If the Company is exempted, it shall not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.
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The liability of each member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such member’s shares.
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The share capital of the Company is NT$8,500,000,000 divided into 850,000,000 ordinary voting shares of a nominal or par value of NT$10 each.
We, the undersigned, are desirous of being formed into a Company pursuant to this Memorandum of Association and the Companies Law (as amended), and we hereby agree to take the numbers of shares set opposite our respective names below.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page Interpretation .............................................................................................................................. 1 Shares ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Register of Members .................................................................................................................. 8 Transfer and Transmission of Shares ......................................................................................... 8 Alteration of Capital ................................................................................................................ 10 REDEEMABLE SHARES AND PURCHASE OF SHARES ................................................ 11 Pre-Emptive Rights of Existing Members ............................................................................... 13 General Meetings ..................................................................................................................... 14 Requisition of General Meetings ............................................................................................. 15 PROceedings at General meetings ........................................................................................... 15 Votes of Members .................................................................................................................... 18 Proxies...................................................................................................................................... 21 Annulment of Resolutions ....................................................................................................... 24 Appraisal right of dissenting members .................................................................................... 24 Corporations Acting by Representatives at Meeting ............................................................... 25 Directors and Officers .............................................................................................................. 25 Powers and Duties of Directors ............................................................................................... 28 Disqualification and Removal of Directors ............................................................................. 30 Proceedings of Directors .......................................................................................................... 32 Seals and Deeds ....................................................................................................................... 35 Dividends and Reserve ............................................................................................................ 35 Capitalisation of Profits ........................................................................................................... 37 Accounts .................................................................................................................................. 37 AUDIT COMMITTEE ............................................................................................................ 38 Winding Up .............................................................................................................................. 39 Notices ..................................................................................................................................... 40 Record Date AND CLOSURE PERIOD OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS ............................ 41 Amendment of Memorandum and Articles ............................................................................. 42 Organisation Expenses ............................................................................................................. 42 Offices of the Company ........................................................................................................... 42 Indemnity ................................................................................................................................. 42
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THE COMPANIES LAW (As Amended) COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
TENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
Gourmet Master Co. Ltd .
(as adopted by Special Resolution dated June 5, 2020)
INTERPRETATION
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The Regulations contained or incorporated in Table A of the First Schedule of the Companies Law (As Amended) shall not apply to this Company.
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(a) In these Articles the following terms shall have the meanings set opposite unless the context otherwise requires:
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(i) Subsidiary Any other person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of the Company, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, agency or otherwise;
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(ii) Articles These Articles of Association as from time to time amended by Special Resolution;
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(iii) Applicable Law
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The laws of the ROC, the rules of the Designated Stock Market, the Law or such other rules or legislation applicable to the Company;
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(iv) Approved Stock A stock exchange listed in the Fourth Exchange Schedule to the Law;
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(v) Board The board of directors appointed pursuant to these Articles and acting at a meeting of directors at which there is a quorum in
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accordance with these Articles;
| (vi) | capital redemption | a reserve established by the Company for the |
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| reserve | purpose of section 37(4) of the Law which | |
| shall comprise of, inter alia, (i) where shares of | ||
| the Company are redeemed or purchased | ||
| wholly out of the Company's profits, amounts | ||
| by which the Company's issued share capital is | ||
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| 37(3)(g) of the Law on cancellation of the | ||
| shares redeemed or purchased; (ii) where | ||
| shares of the Company are redeemed or | ||
| purchased wholly or partly out of the proceeds | ||
| of a fresh issue and the aggregate amount of | ||
| those proceeds is less than the aggregate | ||
| nominal value of the shares redeemed or | ||
| purchased, the amount of such difference, | ||
| unless section 37(3)(c) of the Law applies; | ||
| (iii) where shares of the Company are |
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| redeemed or purchased out of capital and the | ||
| capital payment for shares redeemed or | ||
| purchased and cancelled is less than their | ||
| nominal amount, the amount of such | ||
| difference, subject to section 37(5)(f) of the | ||
| Law; subject to any reduction in accordance | ||
| with section 37(5)(e) of the Law and other | ||
| provisions of the Law; | ||
| (vii) | Company | Gourmet Master Co. Ltd.; |
| (viii) | Compensation | the compensation committee formed by the |
| Committee | Board pursuant to Article 91 hereof. | |
| (ix) | Cumulative Voting | The voting mechanism for an election of |
| Directors as described in Article 61(b); | ||
| (x) | Designated Stock | The Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation; |
| Market | ||
| (xi) | Directors | The directors of the Company for the time |
| being or, as the case may be, the directors | ||
| assembled as a board; | ||
| (xii) | Family Relationship | In respect of a person, means another person |
| within Second Degree | who is related to the first person either by | |
| of Kinship | blood or by marriage of a member of the | |
| family and within the second degree to include | ||
| the parents, siblings, grandparents, children | ||
| and grandchildren of the person as well as | ||
| spouse’s parents, siblings and grandparents; |
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(xiii) Independent Directors As defined in the Securities and Exchange Act of the ROC and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
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(xiv) Joint Operation A contract between the Company and one or Contract more person(s) or entity(ies) where the parties to the contract agree to pursue the same business venture and jointly bear losses and enjoy profits arising out of such business venture in accordance with the terms of such contract;
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(xv) Law The Companies Law as amended of the Cayman Islands and any amendment or other statutory modification thereof and where in these Articles any provision of the Law is referred to, the reference is to that provision as modified by any law for the time being in force;
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(xvi) Lease Contract A contract or arrangement between the Company and any other person(s) pursuant to which such person(s) lease or rent from the Company the necessary means and assets to operate a material or substantial part of the business of the Company in the name of such person and for the benefits of such person, and as consideration, the Company receives a predetermined compensation from such person;
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(xvii) Litigious or NonA person appointed by the Company pursuant Litigious Agent to the Applicable Law as the Company’s responsible person in the ROC.
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(xviii) Management Contract A contract or arrangement between the Company and any other person(s) pursuant to which such person(s) manage and operate the business of the Company in the name of the Company and for the benefits of the Company, and as consideration, such person(s) receive a pre-determined compensation while the Company continues to be entitled to the profits (or losses) of such business;
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(xix) Member A person who is registered in the Register of Members as the holder of any Share in the Company;
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(xxi) Merger the merging of two or more companies, one of which is the Company, and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one of such company as the surviving company within the meaning of the Law and the Applicable Law;
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(xxii) Notice written notice unless otherwise specifically stated and as further defined in these Articles;
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(xxiii) NTD New Taiwan Dollar;
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(xxiv) Ordinary Resolution a resolution shall be an ordinary resolution when it has been passed at a general meeting (or, if so specified, a meeting of Members holding a class of shares) of the Company by a majority of more than one-half of the votes cast by such Members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, in the case of any Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of which the quorum is present;
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(xxv) Registered Office The registered office of the Company as provided in Section 50 of the Law;
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(xxvi) Register of Members The register of Members to be kept pursuant to section 40 of the Law;
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(xxvii) ROC The Republic of China;
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(xxviii)Secretary
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Any person appointed by the Directors to perform any of the duties of the secretary of the Company and including any assistant secretary;
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(xxix) Seal The common seal of the Company (if applicable) or any facsimile or official seal (if applicable) for the use outside of the Cayman Islands;
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(xxx) Share An ordinary share of par value NTD10 each in the share capital of the Company;
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votes cast by such Members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, in the case of such Members as are corporations, by their respective duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of which the quorum is present, specifying (without prejudice to the power contained in these Articles to amend the same) the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution, has been duly given. A Special Resolution shall be effective for any purpose for which an Ordinary Resolution is expressed to be required under any provision of these Articles or the Law;
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(xxxii) Treasury Shares Shares that were previously issued but were purchased, redeemed, otherwise acquired by or surrendered to the Company which are held by the Company and not cancelled; and
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(xxxiii)Audit Committee
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A committee of the Board of Directors, comprised solely of Independent Directors of the Company.
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(xxxiv) Merger and Acquisition Events
Consolidation, amalgamation, acquisition of material portion of shares or assets, spin-off, share splitting, or share exchange of the Company.
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(b) Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions defined in the Law and used herein shall have the meanings so defined.
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(c) In these Articles unless the context otherwise requires:-
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(iii) words importing persons only shall include companies or associations or bodies of persons whether incorporated or not;
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(v) “may” shall be construed as permissive and “shall” shall be construed as imperative.
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(d) Heading used herein are intended for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of these Articles.
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(e) Section 8 of the Electronics Transactions Law (2003) of the Cayman Islands, as amended from time to time, shall not apply to these Articles to the extent it imposes obligations or requirements in addition to those set out in these Articles.
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(f) When conducting business, the Company shall comply with laws and regulations as well as business ethics and may take actions which will promote public interests in order to fulfil its social responsibilities.
SHARES
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(a) Subject to the provisions, if any, in that behalf in the Memorandum of Association, these Articles (including Article 3(b) in particular), the rules of the Designated Stock Market, and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing Shares, any Share may be issued (whether forming part of the original or any increased capital and including fraction shares) with such preferred, deferred, or other special rights, or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of Share capital or otherwise, as the Company may from time to time by Special Resolution determine; provided, however, the Memorandum and these Articles shall be amended with the sanction of a Special Resolution to stipulate the rights, benefit and restriction of such preferred shares and the authorised number of the preferred shares.
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(b) If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of Shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may be varied with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class or by proxy at a separate general meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class. To every such separate general meeting, the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall mutatis mutandis apply.
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meeting, grant such number of employee stock options, and set forth the terms of employee stock option issuance and exercise plan. Employee stock options may be granted to the employees of the Company and/or of the Company's Subsidiary(ies) in accordance with the Applicable Law. A total of 8,500,000 shares among the authorised shares of the Company should be reserved for issuing shares upon an exercise of the employee stock options. The employee stock option shall not be transferrable, except transfer by inheritance or intestacy.
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(f) Subject to Applicable Law and the requirements of these Articles, employee bonus, including bonus to employees of a Subsidiary of the Company, may be granted in the form of new share issuance at the sole discretion of the Board.
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(g) Subject to these Articles and the rules of the Designated Stock Market, where the Board proposes to issue any shares to the employees of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries with deferred rights or subject to restrictions (whether contractual or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of their issue, such issuance shall be subject to the prior approval of the Members by way of Special Resolution. The amount, price and terms of any such restricted shares shall be determined in accordance with the Applicable Law.
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(h) No share shall be issued to bearer.
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(i) Shares of the Company may be issued in uncertificated/scripless form.
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(j) Notwithstanding any other provision in these Articles, all shares of the Company must be fully paid up upon issue.
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Every person whose name is entered as a Member in the Register of Members shall be entitled, without payment, to a certificate of the Company specifying the Share or Shares held by him and the amount paid up thereon within thirty (30) days from the date that the name of Member is entered in the Register of Members in respect of such shares acquired by such Member, issue share certificates in accordance with these Articles and deliver the share certificates to the Members, unless the shares of the Company are issued in scripless form. In respect of a Share or Shares held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate, and delivery of a certificate for a Share to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all. The Company shall publicly announce in the manner permitted by Applicable Law the time and procedure for Members to collect the share certificates. Where the shares are issued in scripless form and where applicable, the Company shall procure and instruct the Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation to make the necessary book entries to reflect the entitlement of the relevant Member in accordance with the Applicable Law.
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If a share certificate is defaced, lost or destroyed it may be renewed on payment of such fee, if any, and on such terms, if any, as to evidence and indemnity, as the Directors think fit.
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Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any Share upon any trust, and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent,
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future or partial interest in any Share (except only as by these Articles or by law otherwise provided or under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction) or any other rights in respect of any Share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder, but the Company may in accordance with the Law issue fractions of Shares.
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Subject to the requirements of these Articles (in particular, Article 18) and Applicable Law, the issuance of Shares shall be at the disposal of the Board of Directors as resolved by a majority vote cast at a meeting of the Board with twothirds (2/3) or more of the total number of Directors present at the Board meeting, and they may (subject to the provisions of the Law) offer, allot, grant options over, or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, on such terms and conditions as the Directors may in their absolute discretion determine, but so that no Share shall be issued at a discount, except in accordance with the provisions of the Law.
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7.1 Where a subscriber delays payment for subscribed shares as provided in the preceding article, the Company shall fix a period of not less than one month and call upon each subscriber to pay up, declaring that in case of default of payment within the required period the right of such subscriber shall be forfeited. After the Company has made the aforesaid call, a subscriber who fails to pay accordingly shall forfeit their rights and the shares subscribed shall be otherwise sold.
REGISTER OF MEMBERS
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7A. The Board shall cause to be kept in one or more books a Register of Members which may be kept outside the Cayman Islands at such place as the Directors shall appoint.
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7C. Any register maintained by the Company in respect of listed shares, which are defined as the shares of the Company traded or listed on an Approved Stock Exchange, may be kept by recording the particulars set out in section 40 (as amended from time to time) of the Law in a form otherwise than legible if such recording otherwise complies with the laws applicable to and the rules and regulations of the relevant Approved Stock Exchange provided that if a listed shares register is maintained, the Company must also maintain, in respect of any shares of the Company which are not listed shares, a separate register of members in accordance with section 40 (as amended from time to time) of the Law.
TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
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shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and, unless the share is fully paid, by or on behalf of the transferee. Without prejudice to the last preceding Article, the Board may also resolve, either generally or in any particular case, upon request by either the transferor or transferee, to accept mechanically executed transfers.
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9A. Any transfer in respect of shares of the Company which are traded or listed on an Approved Stock Exchange may be evidenced and transferred in accordance with the laws applicable to and the rules and regulations of the relevant Approved Stock Exchange that are or shall be applicable to such shares of the Company which are traded or listed on such an Approved Stock Exchange.
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9B. Nothing in these Articles shall preclude the Board from recognising a renunciation of the allotment or provisional allotment of any share by the allottee in favour of some other person. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members in respect of it.
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(c) if applicable, the instrument of transfer is duly and properly stamped.
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9E. If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any share, it shall, within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to each of the transferor and transferee notice of the refusal.
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9F. Subject to Article 127, the registration of transfers of shares or of any class of shares may, after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or any other newspapers or by any other means in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Market to that effect be suspended at such times and for such periods as the Board may determine.
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Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member shall upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be properly required by the Directors, have the right either to be registered as a Member in respect of the Share or, instead of being registered himself, to make such transfer of the Share as the deceased or bankrupt person could have made.
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A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of the holder shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the Share, except that he shall not, before being registered as a Member in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company.
ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
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The Company may from time to time by Special Resolution alter the conditions of its Memorandum of Association to increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into new Shares of such amount, as the resolution shall prescribe.
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Subject to any direction to the contrary that may be given by the Company in general meeting and these Articles, all new Shares shall be at the disposal of the Directors in accordance with Article 7.
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The Company may from time to time by Special Resolution, subject to any confirmation or consent required by the Law, reduce its share capital (including by way of cancellation of issued shares) or any capital redemption reserve or other undistributable reserve in any manner permitted by law. Where a reduction of issued share capital is to be effected by way of cancellation of issued shares, the number of issued shares to be cancelled against each Member’s shareholding shall be determined on a pro rata basis (rounded up or down to the nearest whole number as determined by the Board) based on the total number of issued shares held by such Member relative to the total number of issued shares.
REDEEMABLE SHARES AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
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(b) Shares that the Company purchases, redeems or acquires (by way of surrender or otherwise) may be cancelled immediately or held as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Law and on such terms and conditions as determined by the Directors. In the event that the Directors do not resolve that the relevant shares are to be held as Treasury Shares, such shares shall be cancelled.
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(ii) any Treasury Share shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting of the Company and shall not be counted in determining the total number of issued shares at any given time, whether for the purposes of these Articles or the Law; and
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(ii) number of Treasury Shares subject to the transfer, purpose of the transfer and an assessment of the reasonableness thereof;
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(iii) qualification requirements of employee(s) eligible to purchase such Treasury Shares and the number of Treasury Shares to be purchased by such employee(s); and
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The foregoing matters shall not be discussed or submitted for voting or proposed for discussion or approval at a general meeting unless they have been included in the notice of such general meeting.
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time, and the total cumulative amount of shares purchased by any single employee may not, in a single or series of transaction(s), exceed 0.5% of the Company's total number of issued shares at any time.
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Subject to compliance with the above, any approval granted by the Members in accordance with this Article 17(g) shall be binding on each and every Member(s) irrespective of whether such Member was a Member at the time that such approval was granted or whether such Member had abstained from voting, voted for or against such resolution at the general meeting approving such repurchase of shares of the Company and no further transfer document(s) shall be required from any Member whose shares are subject to the repurchase to effect the transfer of the repurchased shares to the Company for cancellation and/or for implementation of the repurchase of shares authorized in accordance with this Article 17(g), save and except where the repurchase price is payable in kind then the written consent of the relevant Member receiving such payment in kind shall be required.
PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS OF EXISTING MEMBERS
- The Company shall, when conducting any share offerings other than issuance of shares resulting from or in connection with any Merger, consolidation, amalgamation, split-off, asset acquisition, group reorganisation, share swap, share subdivision, exercise of share options, warrants or awards granted to employees, conversion of convertible securities or debt instruments or pursuant to resolutions of the Board passed conditionally or unconditionally before the date these Articles became effective, subject to the Employees Pre-emptive Rights (if any), grant to the Members pre-emptive rights (the “ Members Pre-emptive Rights” ) to subscribe for new shares of the Company in proportion respectively to their then shareholdings and advise Members, by public announcement in such manner as may be permitted by the Applicable Law and give notice to the Members of their pre-emptive rights, unless a general meeting has adopted an Ordinary Resolution to waive the pre-emptive rights
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that the Members are originally entitled to hereunder to such extent as approved. The Company may, if so resolved by the Board, grant to the employees (the “ Employees Pre-emptive Rights”) of the Company and/or of the Company’s Subsidiary(ies) preemptive rights to subscribe for 10% to 15% of the total number of shares offered in the above-mentioned share offering and the Member’s Pre-emptive Rights shall be made subject to the Employee’s Pre-emptive Rights; provided, however, that the Board may imposes a lock-up period restricting the transfer of any shares subscribed by the Employees pursuant to this Article 18 up to a term of two (2) years. The Company shall include in its notice to the Members an explanation relating to the share offering and procedures as to how their pre-emptive rights may be exercised, and shall specify the terms and conditions (as determined by the Board in its absolute discretion) in accordance with which the Members may exercise their pre-emptive rights. The Company shall also indicate in the notice that Members’ failure to exercise their pre-emptive right in the manner so specified (including failing to exercise pre-emptive right prior to the deadline) shall be deemed as waiver to such right. Where an exercise of the pre-emptive rights may result in fractional entitlement, the fractional entitlements of two or more Members may be combined to jointly subscribe for one or more whole new shares or for subscription of whole new shares or for subscription of whole new shares in the name of a single Member, subject to compliance with such directions and terms and conditions as determined by the Board. Any share not taken up in the share offering may be offered by the Company to the public or for subscription by designated person(s).
- When the Company conducts a share offering other than issuance of shares resulting from or in connection with any Merger, consolidation, split-off, amalgamation, asset acquisition, group reorganization, share swap, share subdivision, exercise of share options, warrants or awards granted to employees, conversion of convertible securities or debt instruments within the ROC in accordance with the ROC Securities Exchange Act and the ROC Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Foreign Securities Issuers, unless the ROC competent authority deems the public offering of the new share unnecessary or inappropriate, ten percent (10%) or any greater percentage as resolved by the Member at a general meeting (if any) of the total number of new shares to be issued shall be made available for public investors by way of public offering within the ROC in accordance with Applicable Law.
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When a general meeting is convened outside the territory of the ROC, the Company shall appoint an agent of stock affairs within the ROC to administer and handle affairs relating to voting by Members at such general meeting. The Members may, by Special Resolution, adopt or amend any rules and procedures, including the Procedural Rules of General Meeting of Members attached to these Articles in Schedule 1 which form part of these Articles, governing the general meetings of the Members. In the event of any inconsistency between the main content of these Articles and Schedule 1, Schedule 1 shall prevail to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
REQUISITION OF GENERAL MEETINGS
- One or more Member(s) of the Company holding three-percent (3%) or more of the total number of the outstanding voting shares of the Company continuously for a period of one (1) year or more may, by filing with the Company a written proposal setting forth therein the subjects for discussion, consideration and approval and the reasons thereof, request the Board to convene an extraordinary general meeting. If the Board fails to give notice for convening an extraordinary general meeting within fifteen (15) days after receiving such request, the proposing Member(s) may convene an extraordinary general meeting by sending out a notice of general meeting in accordance with Article 24. Shareholders continuously holding 50% or more of the total number of outstanding shares of a company for a period of three months or a longer time may convene a special shareholders’ meeting. The calculation of the holding period and holding number of shares in the preceding paragraph shall be based on the holding at the time of share transfer suspension date. The Board will not be required to prepare the manual referred to in Article 25 where a general meeting is convened by Member(s). Such meeting shall be held within the ROC and may be convened outside the territory of the ROC only if an application has been submitted to the Designated Stock Market for approval. Subject to the condition that the board of directors does not or is unable to convene a meeting of shareholders, Audit Committee independent directors may, for the benefit of the company, call a meeting of shareholders when it is deemed necessary.
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
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public announcement(s) by uploading the content of the manual any other supplemental information to an electronic database designated by the Designated Stock Market at least twenty-one (21) days prior to a general annual meeting and at least fifteen (15) days prior to an extraordinary annual meeting. Such manual shall be distributed to the Members attending the general meeting in person, by proxy or by corporate representative(s)(where the Member is a corporation) at the general meeting.
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For as long as the Company’s shares are listed on the Designated Stock Market, the Board shall prepare, and make public announcement(s) relating to the notice of the general meeting, proxy instrument, matters for discussion, and where applicable, information relating to the election or removal of directors, by uploading such information to an electronic database designated by the Designated Stock Market at least thirty (30) days prior to a general annual meeting and at least fifteen (15) days prior to an extraordinary annual meeting. Where the Board has resolved to allow Members to exercise their voting power and cast their votes by a written instrument approved by the Board in accordance with Article 49, the Company shall distribute the above information together with the written instrument approved by the Board to the Members.
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Any Member holding not less than one per cent (1%) of the Company’s total and outstanding shares may submit a proposal in writing or by way of electronic transmission to the Company for discussion at an annual general meeting. The Company shall give a public notice in such manner as permitted by Applicable Law at such time deemed appropriate by the Board specifying the place and a period of not less than ten (10) days for Members to submit proposals. A shareholder proposal urging the Company to promote public interests or fulfill its social responsibilities may still be included in the list of proposals to be discussed at a regular meeting of shareholders by the board of directors. A proposal submitted for discussion at an annual general meeting shall not be accepted when the Member submitting such proposal holds less than one cent (1%) of the Company’s total and outstanding shares, or where proposal consists of a matter which shall not be resolved by a resolution of the general meeting in accordance with or under the Applicable Laws, or where more than one matter is included proposal, or the proposal is submitted after the expiration of the specified period determined by the Board, in which case, the rejected proposal shall not be discussed at the annual general meeting. Subject to Article 28 and to the extent permitted under the Law, a Member may, if so approved by the chairman of the relevant general meeting, bring forward any matter(s) during a general meeting for the consideration, discussion or approval by the Members at such general meeting, provided such matter(s) is directly related to a matter included in the notice of general meeting.
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Subject to Article 103, the following matters may not be considered, discussed or proposed for approval at a general meeting unless they have been included in the notice of general meeting with reasonable amount of explanation, which may also be posted on the website designated by the regulator in charge of securities affairs or the Company, and such website shall be indicated in the above notice:
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(a) any election or removal of Directors;
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(b) any amendment or modification to the Memorandum of Association or these Articles, including any change of the Company name;
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(c) any dissolution, voluntary winding-up, Merger, consolidation, amalgamation or split-up of the Company;
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(d) any proposal for the Company to enter into, amend, or terminate any Lease Contract, Management Contract or Joint Operation Contract;
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(e) transfer whole or any substantial part of the Company’s business or assets;
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(f) acquisition of whole of the business or assets of a third-party, which materially affects the operation of the Company;
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(g) any issuance of equity-linked securities of the Company by way of private placement, reduction of capital, application for the approval of ceasing the status as a public company;
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(h) to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, any proposal to approve a Director to engage in competitive activities with the Company;
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(i) upon recommendation of the Board, unless otherwise approved by the Board under Article 103 where applicable, any proposal to distribute cash and/or stock dividends or distributions out of surplus in whole or in part by way of issuance of new shares of the Company;
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(j) transfer of Treasury Shares to the employees of the Company and/or of the Company's Subsidiary(ies) for a consideration that is less than the consideration paid by the Company in accordance with Article 17(e) ;
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(k) issuance of any shares of the Company with deferred rights or subject to restrictions (whether contractual or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of their issue to the employees of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries; and
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(l) reserve distributed in the form of new shares or cash.
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Save as herein otherwise provided (in particular, Article 30) and subject to any additional requirements provided for under these Articles, one or more Members holding in the aggregate more than one-half (1/2) of the total issued share capital of the Company present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for convening a general meeting. If the Company shall at any time have only one Member, one Member present in person or by proxy shall form a quorum for the transaction of business at any general meeting of the Company held during such time.
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No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Members is present at the time that the meeting proceeds to business. If a quorum of Members is not present at the commencement time of the general meeting, the chairman of the general meeting may postpone the commencement time of the general meeting not more than twice provided that the total postponement time shall not exceed one hour from the original commencement time. If after two postponements the number of shares represented by the attending Members has not yet constituted more than one-
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half (1/2) of the total issued shares, the chairman shall announce the dissolution of the Meeting. .
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The Chairman, if any, of the Board of Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company.
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If there is no such Chairman, or if at any meeting he is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as chairman, the Members present shall choose one of the members to be chairman.
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The chairman may adjourn a meeting at which a quorum if present from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a meeting is adjourned for any period exceeding five days, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Save as aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting.
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Resolutions made at a general meeting shall be compiled in the form of minutes. The chairman of the meeting shall affix his/her signature or seal to the minutes, which shall be issued to Members within twenty (20) days after the end of the meeting. Minutes may be produced and issued to Members in electronic form. For as long as the Company’s shares are listed on the Designated Stock Market, the minutes may be issued to Members by means of a public notice in accordance with the Applicable Law.
VOTES OF MEMBERS
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Subject to the provisions of the Law, any question proposed for the consideration of the Members at any general meeting shall be decided by way of an Ordinary Resolution, unless such question proposed is required to be decided by a Special Resolution pursuant to the provisions of these Articles or the Law.
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At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll. On a poll, every Member present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall have one vote for each Share of which he is the holder.
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In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders; and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.
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A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote by his committee or other person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other person may vote by proxy.
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meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members. The person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of such corporation as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member and such corporation shall for the purposes of these Articles be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting if a person so authorised is present thereat.
(c) For so long as the shares of the Company are listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, where a Member is a clearing house, depositary, custodian and/or trustee (or its/their nominee(s) and, in each case, being a corporation, "Third Party Holder"), it may authorise such persons as it thinks fit to act as its representatives at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of these Articles shall be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the Third Party Holder as if such person was the registered holder of the shares of the Company held by the Third Party Holder in respect of the number and class of shares specified in the relevant authorisation."
(d) To the extent permissible under the laws of the Cayman Islands and these Articles, the qualifications, scopes, methods, procedures, and other details for the Member to exercise the voting rights under the preceding paragraph (c) shall be in compliance with the Applicable Law.
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(a) To the extent required by the Applicable Law, any Member who bears a personal interest that may conflict with and impair the interest of the Company in respect of any matter proposed for consideration and approval at a general meeting shall abstain from voting any of the shares that such Member should otherwise be entitled to vote in person, as a proxy for another Member or corporate representative with respect to the said matter, but all such shares shall be counted in the quorum for the purpose of convening a general meeting pursuant to Article 30; provided that such Member shall not be counted as a person being entitled to vote for such matter(s); the shares of Members who are required to abstain from voting shall not be counted in the number of votes of Member(s) present in respect of the relevant resolution(s) in respect of which such Member(s) is/are required to abstain from voting. To the extent that the Company has knowledge, any votes cast by or on behalf of such Member in contravention of the foregoing shall not be counted by the Company.
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(b) To the extent required by and subject to the Applicable Law, if a Director, immediately prior to a general meeting, has charged, mortgaged or otherwise created or permitted the creation of encumbrance over more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of shares of the Company held by such Director as of the date of his appointment (" Original Shareholding "), such Director shall abstain from voting such number (rounded to the nearest whole number) of shares that exceeds one-half (1/2) of the Original Shareholding, and in respect of such number (rounded to the nearest whole number) of shares that the Director is required to abstain from voting, they shall not be counted in the number of votes of Members present at the meeting but shall be counted in the quorum for the purpose of convening a general meeting pursuant to Article 30. To the extent
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that the Company has knowledge, any votes cast by or on behalf of such Director in contravention of the foregoing shall not be counted by the Company.
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Shares of the Company held by the following persons shall not carry any voting rights and shall not be counted in the total number of outstanding shares of the Company which are entitled to vote for purposes of convening a general meeting pursuant to Article 30:
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(b) any entity in which the Company is legally or beneficially interested in more than fifty percent (50%) of its issued and voting share capital or equity capital; or
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(c) any entity in which the Company together with the holding company of the Company, or with any subsidiary of the holding company of the Company, are legally or beneficially interested in more than fifty percent (50%) of its issued and voting share capital or equity capital.
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Subject to Article 103 and any additional and applicable requirements under the Law, the following matters require approval of the Members by way of a Special Resolution:
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(k) transfer of Treasury Shares to the employees of the Company and/or of the Company's Subsidiary(ies) for a consideration that is less than the consideration paid by the Company in accordance with Article 17(e); and
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The Company shall not, without passing a resolution adopted by not less than two-thirds of votes cast by such Members representing the total number of issued Shares at a general meeting:
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(a) enter into a Merger, in which the Company is not the surviving company and is proposed to be struck-off and thereby dissolved, which results in a delisting of the Shares on the TWSE, and the surviving or newly incorporated company is a Non TWSE-Listed or TPEx-Listed Company;
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(b) make a general transfer of all the business and assets of the Company, which results in a delisting of the Shares on the TWSE, and the assigned company is a Non TWSE-Listed or TPEx-Listed Company;
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(c) be acquired by another company as its wholly-owned subsidiary by means of a Share Exchange, which results in a delisting of the Shares on the TWSE, and the acquirer is a Non TWSE-Listed or TPEx-Listed Company; or
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PROXIES
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Any Member entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote on behalf of him; provided that a Member, irrespective of how many shares he holds, may only appoint one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf at a general meeting of the Company.
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The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the Member or, if the Member is a corporation, either under seal or under the hand of a director or officer or attorney duly authorized, and shall include such information as maybe required by the Company , including instruction to Member for completion of the proxy, proxy voting instruction and basic information of the Member appointing the proxy and of the proxy appointed or shall be in such form as authorised by the Board in accordance with Article 46. A proxy needs not be a Member of the Company.
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The Board may send out the form of instrument for appointing a proxy either by post or electronic transmission in or by way of note to or in any document accompanying the notice convening the meeting on the same delivery date with the notice of any meeting forms of instrument of proxy for use at the meeting. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be delivered to the Registered Office of the Company or at such other place as is specified in the notice for that purpose not less than five (5) days before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote and in default, save with respect
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to the deemed appointment of the chairman as proxy under Article 49, the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid PROVIDED that the chairman of the meeting may in his discretion accept an instrument of proxy sent by telex or telefax upon receipt of telex or telefax confirmation that the signed original thereof has been sent.
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Where multiple instruments of proxy are received by the Company from the same Member, the first written duly executed and valid instrument of proxy received by the Company shall prevail, unless an explicit written statement revoking the previous instrument(s) appointing a proxy is made in the subsequent duly executed and valid instrument of proxy received by the Company. The Board shall have the final discretion to determine which instrument of proxy shall be accepted where there is any dispute. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy is given, or the notice of casting vote by way of written notice or electronic transmission pursuant to Article 49; provided that the Company has not been notified in writing of such death, insanity or revocation as aforesaid at its Registered Office or at an address specified in the proxy form, or by written notice from the Member revoking the proxy and expressing his intent to attend the meeting in person or to vote by way of written notice or electronic transmission pursuant to Article 49 at least two (2) days before the date of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting, at which the proxy proposes to vote.
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Unless otherwise provided in these Articles, the instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy shall, unless the contrary is stated therein, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates.
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To the extent permitted by Applicable Law and notwithstanding any provisions provided in these Articles, the Board may resolve to allow Members not attending and voting at a general meeting in person, by proxy or by corporate representatives (where a Member is a corporation), to exercise their voting power and cast their votes by a written instrument approved by the Board or by way of electronic transmission (as provided under the ROC Electronic Signatures Act) two (2) days prior to commencement of the general meeting, provided that the relevant methods and procedures are specified in the notice of that meeting and complied with by such Member(s). However, if a general meeting is convened outside the territory of the ROC, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company must allow the Members to exercise their voting rights and vast their votes by way of a written instrument approved by the Board or by way of electronic transmission in the manner referred to in the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, those Members voted in the manner mentioned in the foregoing shall, for purposes of these Articles and the Law, be deemed to have appointed the chairman of the general meeting as their proxy to vote their shares at the general meeting in the manner directed by the written instrument or electronic document. The chairman as proxy shall not have the power to exercise the voting rights of such Members with respect to any matters not referred to or indicated in the written or electronic document and/or any amendment to resolution(s) proposed at the general meeting, and the Members shall be deemed to
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have waived their voting rights with respect to any extemporary matters or amendment to resolution(s) proposed at the general meeting.
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(a) Where a Member has exercised the voting power and casted its votes by written instrument or by way of electronics transmission intends to attend the meeting physically in person, such Member shall send a separate written declaration of intention to rescind and revoke the votes casted by way of written instrument or electronic transmission to the Company, whichever was previously exercised by the Member, two (2) days prior to the date of the general meeting failing which, the Member shall be deemed to have waived his right to attend and vote at the relevant general meeting in person, the deemed appointment by the Member of the chairman as proxy shall remain valid and the Company shall not count any votes cast by such Member physically at the relevant general meeting.
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(b) Where multiple written instrument or electronic transmission for the same meeting are received by the Company from the same Member, the first written duly executed and valid written instrument or electronic transmission received by the Company shall prevail, unless an explicit written statement revoking the previous instrument(s) or transmission is made in the subsequent duly executed and valid instrument or transmission received by the Company. The Board shall have the final discretion to determine which written instrument or electronic transmission shall be accepted where there is any dispute.
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A Member who is deemed to have appointed the chairman as proxy pursuant to Article 49 for purposes of casting his vote by written instrument approved by the Board or by way of electronic transmission shall have the right to appoint another person as its proxy to attend the meeting, in which case the express appointment of another proxy shall be deemed to have revoked the deemed appointment of the chairman as proxy under Article 49 and the Company shall only count the vote(s) casted by such expressly appointed proxy at the meeting.
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Except for an ROC trust enterprise or stock agencies approved by the ROC competent authority, save with respect to the chairman being deemed appointed as proxy under Article 49, when a person acts as the proxy for two or more Members, the total number of voting shares that the proxy may vote shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the total number of voting shares of the Company; otherwise, such number of voting shares in excess of the aforesaid threshold shall not be counted towards the number of votes cast for or against the relevant resolution or the number of voting shares entitled to vote on such resolution but shall be included in the quorum. Upon such exclusion, the number of voting shares being excluded and attributed to each Member represented by the same proxy shall be determined on a pro-rata basis based on the total number of voting shares being excluded and the number of voting shares that such Members have appointed the proxy to vote for.
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ANNULMENT OF RESOLUTIONS
- To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, where the procedures for convening a general meeting or the proceedings of the general meeting contravene any applicable laws, regulations, ordinances, Applicable Law or these Articles, any Member may submit a petition within thirty (30) days from the date of such general meeting to a competent court having proper jurisdiction, including, the ROC Taipei District Court, if applicable, for annulment of such resolution.
APPRAISAL RIGHT OF DISSENTING MEMBERS
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Subject to compliance with Applicable Law, a Member who has expressed his dissent, in writing or verbally with a record, before or during a general meeting, with respect to any resolution proposed at a general meeting in relation to the following matter(s), may abstain from exercising his voting rights in respect of such resolution(s) and request the Company to acquire or purchase his share(s) at the then prevailing fair price:
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(a) splitting of part of the business or assets of the Company by way of disposal or otherwise;
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(d) transfer whole or any substantial part of the Company’s business or assets; and
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(e) acquisition of whole of the business or assets of a third-party, which materially affects the operation of the Company.
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Subject to the above, the Member shall give written notice to request the Company to acquire or purchase his shares no later than twenty (20) days after the passing of a resolution approving any of the above matter(s) at the relevant general meeting, and shall state in such request the class and number of shares that such Member requests the Company to repurchase.
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If agreement on the price of the shares can be reached between the Member and the Company, the Company shall, subject to compliance with these Articles and the Law, repurchase and pay for the shares within ninety (90) days from the date on which the conditional or unconditional resolution was passed.
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57.1 If no agreement on the price of the shares is reached between the Member and the Company, the Company shall pay the fair price it deems proper to the dissenting Member within 90 days since the date of the resolution of the general meeting relating to the events provided in Articles 55(a), 55(b), 55(d), and 55(e). The failure of the Company to make the said payment shall be deemed to be an agreement to the price requested by the dissenting Member.
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55(a), 55(b), 55(d), and 55(e), the Company shall apply to the court for a ruling on the price of the shares with the entirety of the dissenting shareholders listed as the opposing party within 30 days after the said 60-day period, and the Taiwan Taipei District may be the court of the first instance.
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The payment of repurchase price to the Members shall be made at the same time against the delivery of the relevant share certificate(s) and an instrument(s) of transfer (where the shares are in certificiated form) in respect of the shares subject to such instrument(s) of transfer (where the shares are in certificiated form) for the repurchase being duly executed by such Member to the Company, and the date of transfer of such shares shall be the date on which payment is made by the Company to the Member and the Register of Members of the Company shall be updated accordingly.
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The request of a Member pursuant to Article 55 above shall become ineffective if the Company announces before completion of the purchase under Article 58 that the Company will not proceed with the matters that such Member dissented to under Article 55 or where the Company is prohibited under Applicable Law to repurchase the relevant shares. Where a Member fails to make a request within the period prescribed in Article 56 and 57 above, such Member is deemed to have duly waived his rights under Article 55.
CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETING
- Any corporation which is a Member of the Company may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members of the Company, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member of the Company.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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Member may also be elected as a Director in its own individual capacity. If a corporate Member designates more than one representatives, all of the representatives are eligible to be elected as Directors in their own individual capacity.
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(b) The term of office for a Director shall not exceed three (3) years and the Director whose term has expired may be eligible for re-election. If the term of office of all Directors expires at the same time and no general meeting was held before such expiry for their re-election, their term of office shall be extended to the time when the new Directors elected or re-elected in the next general meeting assume their office.
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Person”) is proposed at a general meeting, only the following persons may be appointed as a Director:
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When the number of Directors falls below five (5) due to the dismissal of a Director or any Director ceases to be a Director of the Company for any reason, including but not limited to vacancy in the office of such Director(s) under Article 80 the Company shall hold an election to elect new director(s) at the next following general meeting by way of Cumulative Voting. When the number of Directors falls short by one-third (1/3) of the minimum number prescribed by these Articles, an extraordinary general meeting shall be convened within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of the fact to hold a by-election of directors.
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At least one Independent Director shall domicile in the ROC.
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When the number of Independent Directors falls below two (2) due to the dismissal of an Independent Director or the Independent Director ceases to be a Director for any reason, the vacancy of such Independent Director shall be filled and elected at the next following general meeting. When all of the Independent Directors have been dismissed or cease to be Directors, an extraordinary general meeting shall be convened within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of that fact to elect for independent directors.
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The Independent Directors shall possess the requisite professional knowledge and shall maintain independence within the scope of their directorial duties. The Independent Directors may not have any direct or indirect interest in the Company. The professional qualifications, restrictions on shareholdings and concurrent positions held, and assessment of independence shall be subject to the relevant rules of the Applicable Law.
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67, The ordinary remuneration of the Directors shall from time to time be determined by the Board, taking into consideration of the market standards as well as the standards of other companies listed on the Designated Stock Market.
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No Shareholding qualification shall be required for Directors unless otherwise required by the Company by Ordinary Resolution.
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The Directors may by resolution appoint one of their number to be managing director or president upon such terms as to duration of office remuneration and otherwise as they may think fit.
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(a) The Directors may also by resolution appoint a Secretary and such other officers as may from time to time be required upon such terms as to duration of office, remuneration and otherwise as they may think fit. Such Secretary or other officers need not be Directors and in the case of the other officers may be ascribed such titles as the Directors may decide. An officer appointed by the Board may not concurrently hold act as an officer of, or conduct by himself or on behalf of another, an enterprise or entity which conducts similar or identical type of business as the Company unless permitted by the Board.
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(b) An officer shall, in the course of conducting the Company's business, bear the same indemnification liabilities as a Director which are prescribed under these Articles and the Applicable Law, including, but not limited to the liabilities provided under sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of Article 71, if such officer breaches his/her du-ties and the Company became liable for any third party compensation or damages.
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(a) The business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Law or these Articles, required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting, subject, nevertheless, to any clause of these Articles, to the provisions of the Law, and to such regulations, being not inconsistent with the aforesaid clauses or provisions, as may be prescribed by the Company in general meeting but no regulation made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that regulation had not been made.
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(b) A Director engaging in any activity, or entering into any contract or transaction, which may be in competition with the business of the Company or which falls within the business scope of the Company, shall disclose in a general meeting the nature, extent and major terms of such activity, contract or transaction, and shall proceed with such activity, contract or transaction only upon approval of the Members at a general meeting by a Special Resolution.
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(c) Without prejudice and subject to the general directors’ duties that a Director owe to the Company and its shareholders under common law principals and the laws of the Cayman Islands, a Director shall perform his/her fiduciary duties of loyalty and care, and shall indemnify the Company, to the maximum extent legally permissible, from any loss incurred or suffered by the Company arising from breach of his/her fiduciary duties. If any Director has made any earnings for the benefit of himself/herself or any third party due as a result of breach of his/her fiduciary duties, the Company shall, if so resolved by the Members by way of an Ordinary Resolution, take all such actions and steps as may be appropriate and to the maximum extent legally permissi-ble to seek to recover such earnings from such relevant Director.
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become jointly and severally liable for such compensation or damages with the Company and to the ex-tent that for any reason, such Director is not made jointly and severally liable with the Company, such Director shall indemnify the Company for any loss incurred or suffered by the Company for any compensation and/or damages that the Company became liable. Subject to the laws of the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, the managers of the Company shall be liable as the directors for damages caused to the Company as a result of the managers’ breach of duty of loyalty or duty of due care when carrying out the business of the Company to the extent of the scope of the managers’ duties.
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The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property or any part thereof, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
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73 (a) The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney appoint any company, firm or person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.
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(b) The Directors may delegate any of the powers exercisable by them to a managing director or any other person or persons acting individually or jointly as they may from time to time by resolution appoint upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they may think fit, and may from time to time by resolution revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any such powers.
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(c) All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments, and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed, or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as the Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine.
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(d) No document or deed otherwise duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company shall be regarded as invalid merely because at the date of delivery of the deed or document, the Director, Secretary or other officer or person who shall have executed the same and/or affixed the Seal (if any) thereto as the case may be for and on behalf of the Company shall have ceased to hold such office or to hold such authority on behalf of the Company.
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(c) of all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Members of the Company and of the Directors and of committees of Directors; and the chairman of all such meetings or of any meeting confirming the minutes thereof shall sign the same.
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The Board shall, within seven (7) calendar days after receipt of a copy of the notice by the Company or the Company’s Litigious or Non-Litigious Agent of a public tender offer and relevant information to purchase shares of the Company, resolve to recommend the Members to either accept or object the tender offer purchase, and shall disclose the following by way of public announcement in any manner permitted under Applicable Law:
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In addition to the above, the Board shall keep copies of these Articles, the minutes of prior general meetings, financial statement, Register of Members as well as summary of the bonds and notes issued by the Company at the Company’s agent for stock affairs located within the ROC for inspection or duplication by the Members from time to time by showing evidence of such Members’ interest involved in the Company specifying the scope of inspection, the Company shall make such agent provide the access.
DISQUALIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
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Any person who falls within any of the following categories shall not be appointed a Director of the Company. If for any reason he becomes a Director, he shall cease to be a Director of the Company forthwith upon the Company having actual notice that a breach of this Article 78 has made without any action required on the part of the Company:
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(a) any person having committed an offense as specified in the ROC Statute of Prevention of Organization Crimes and subsequently adjudicated guilty by a final judgment, and has not started serving the sentence, has not completed serving the sentence, or five (5) years have not elapsed since completion of serving the sentence, expiration of the probation, or pardon; or
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In case a Director has, in the course of performing his duties, committed any act resulting in material damages to the Company or in material violation of applicable laws and/or regulations and/or these Articles, but not removed by the Members in the general meeting, Member(s) holding not less than three percent (3%) of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company may, within thirty (30) days after such meeting, institute a lawsuit in the court for a judgment to remove such Director. Such lawsuit may be submitted to a competent court having jurisdiction, including the Taipei District Court as the court of first instance.
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(e) if he ceases to be a Director by virtue of, or becomes prohibited from being a Director by reason of, an order made under any provisions of any law or enactment; or
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PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
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The Directors may meet together at any place and time for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings, as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes unless a higher approval threshold is required under these Articles.
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Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be convened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the first meeting of each term of the Board of Directors after an election of Directors shall be convened by the Director who received a ballot representing the highest number of votes at the election of Directors. The Chairman shall, at any time summon a meeting of the Board by given at least seven (7) days notice in writing to every Director setting forth the general nature of the business to be considered, and such notice may be sent by cable, telex or facsimile transmission message or other form of electronic transmission or communication In the event of a matter considered to be urgent, a meeting of the Board may be convened on short notice if the quorum required under Article 83 is present.
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Except as required under Article 3(e), the quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors at a meeting of the Board shall be a majority of the number of members of the Board. For the purpose of this Article, a proxy appointed by a Director shall be counted in a quorum at a meeting at which the Director appointing him is not present.
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Minutes of a meeting of the Board shall be signed or sealed by the chairman and secretary of the meeting and copies thereof shall be distributed to all Directors within twenty (20) days of the meeting. The minutes shall be deemed as important files of the Company and be properly kept during existence of the Company. Minutes may be produced and issued to the Directors in electronic form.
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Any Director or officer may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director or officer.
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86 (a) No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or to act as a Director’s proxy or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director or Director’s proxy shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director or Director’s proxy so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director holding office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established; provided, however, a Director or Director’s proxy engaging in any activity, or entering into any contract or transaction, which may be in competition with the business of the Company or which falls within the business scope of the Company, shall disclose in a general meeting the nature, extent and major terms of such activity, contract or transaction, and shall proceed with such activity, contract or transaction only upon approval of the Members at a general meeting by a Special Resolution.
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(b) To the extent required by Applicable Laws, a Director may not vote in respect to any matter, including any contract or proposed contract or arrangement or contemplated transaction of the Company, whether on behalf of himself or as a proxy for another Director, in which such Director bears a personal interest which may conflict with and impair the interest of the Company but the Director shall be counted in the quorum for purposes of convening such meeting.
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A Director may appoint another Director to act as his proxy to attend and vote on his behalf at meetings of the Directors or any committee of Directors. Such appointment must be made in writing under the hand of the appointor, and may at any time be revoked in like manner, and may be general or for a specified period, or for specified meetings, or for specified resolutions, and may authorise and direct the appointee to be chairman if the appointor would, if present, be entitled to preside. The form of appointment of proxy may contain directions to the proxy to vote in accordance with instructions given by that Director or, in the absence of such instructions, the proxy may act in his discretion. Notice of every such appointment or revocation must be presented to the meeting of Directors at which the proxy is to be used or first used prior to the commencement of such meeting. A proxy may be given by telex or telefax. A proxy shall ipso facto cease to be a proxy for a Director if his appointer ceases for any reason to be a Director; however, such proxy or any other Director may be reappointed by the Directors to serve as a proxy.
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The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the chairman of their meetings; but if no such Chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the Chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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Subject to these Articles, the Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; any committee so formed shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors.
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A committee may elect a chairman of its meetings; if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the members present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. A committee may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present.
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A Compensation Committee shall be established to assist the Board in discharging its responsibilities related to the compensation and benefit policies, plans and programs of the Company, and the evaluation and remunerations, stock options or other substantive awards given to the Company's Directors and officers. For as long as the shares of the Company are listed on the Designated Stock Market, the professional qualification, scope of authority and other requirements of the members of the Compensation Committee shall be subject to the Applicable Law.
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(b) When the Directors (being in number at least a quorum) sign the minutes of a meeting of the Directors the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding that the Directors have not actually come together.
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(d) A Director who has a personal interest in the matter under discussion at a Board meeting shall explain to the Board meeting the essential contents of such personal interest. In a Merger and Acquisition Event of the Company, a Director who has a personal interest in the transaction shall explain to the Board meeting and the general meeting the essential contents of such personal interest and the causes of approving or dissenting to the resolution of the Merger and Acquisition Event. Where the spouse, a blood relative within the second degree of kinship of a Director, or any company which has a controlling or subordinate relation with a Director has interests in the matters under discussion, such Director shall be deemed to have a personal interest in the matter. A Director who has a personal interest in the matter under discussion at a meeting, which may impair the interest of the Company, shall not vote nor exercise the voting right on behalf of another Director. In
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passing a resolution at a Board meeting, votes for which voting right cannot be exercised shall not be counted in the number of votes of Directors present at the meeting.
- (e) Before any resolution of Merger and Acquisition Event by the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee shall review the fairness and reasonableness of the proposed plan and transaction of such Merger and Acquisition Event , and report the result of review to the Board of Directors and, if the resolution by the general meeting is required in the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, to the general meeting.
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DIVIDENDS AND RESERVE
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premium account in any manner permitted by the Law. The Company shall at all times comply with the provisions of the Law in relation to the share premium account.
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Subject to Article 103, the Company may by an Ordinary Resolution declare dividends but no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the Directors. The Board shall set aside out of the net profits of the Company (if any) for each financial year: (i) a reserve for payment of tax for the relevant financial year; and (ii) an amount to offset all accumulated losses; and after the aforesaid sums are set aside from the profits for such relevant financial year, the Board shall, before recommending any dividend, set aside ten percent (10%) of the remaining profits of the Company for the relevant financial year as a reserve or reserve(s) which shall, at the discretion of the Board, be applicable for any purpose to which the profits of the Company may be properly applied and pending such application may, also at such discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Board may from time to time think fit and so that it shall not be necessary to keep any investments constituting the reserve or reserves separate or distinct from any other investments of the Company. Subject to the aforesaid, the Board may distribute the retained earnings for the relevant financial year not set aside for any specific purpose, subject to compliance with the Law, if any, according to the following manner upon approval by the Members:
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Subject to the requirement of Article 55, the Company may from time to time pay to the Members interim dividends pursuant to an Ordinary Resolution passed in a general meeting.
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No dividend shall be paid otherwise than out of profits or out of monies otherwise available for dividend in accordance with the Law.
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Subject to the rights of persons, if any, entitled to Shares with special rights as to dividends, all dividends on any class of Shares not fully paid shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid on the Shares of that class, but if and so long as nothing is paid-up on any of the Shares in the Company, dividends may be declared and paid according to the number of Shares. No amount paid on a Share in advance of calls shall, while carrying interest, be treated for the purposes of this Article as paid on the Share.
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Any dividend may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post to the registered address of the Member or person entitled thereto or in the case of joint holders to any one of such joint holders at his registered address or to such person and such address as the Member or person entitled or such joint holders as the case may be may direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other person as the Member or person entitled or such joint holders as the case may be may direct.
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The Company may, at a general meeting and subject to the requirement of Article 28, declare that any dividend is paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular of paid-up shares, debentures or debenture stock of any other company or in any one or more of such ways, and the Directors shall give effect to such resolution, and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient, and in particular may issue fractional certificates and fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all parties, and may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Directors.
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No dividend shall bear interest against the Company. Any dividend unclaimed by a Member five (5) years after the dividend payment date shall revert to the Company.
CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS
- The Company may, with the approval by way of Special Resolution of the Members capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts (including share premium account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution and to appropriate such sums to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst them had the same been a distribution of profits by way of dividend and to apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued Shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid-up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalisation, with full power to the Directors to make such provision as they think fit for the case of Shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provision whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Directors may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.
ACCOUNTS
- The books of account relating to the Company’s affairs shall be kept in accordance with these Articles and the Law and otherwise in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Company by Ordinary Resolution or failing such determination by the Directors of the Company.
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The accounts relating to the Company’s affairs may be audited by Independent Directors of Audit Committee or any auditor appointed by Independent Directors of Audit Committee.
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At the close of each fiscal year, the Board shall prepare the business report, financial statements and the surplus earning distribution or loss offsetting proposals for adoption by the annual general meeting. The Board shall, upon adoption by the annual general meeting, distribute to each Member copies of adopted financial statements and the resolutions on the surplus earning distribution and/or loss offsetting in accordance with these Articles and Applicable Laws, and for as long as the Company’s shares are listed on the Designated Stock Market, such distribution may be effected by means of a public notice in accordance with the Applicable Law.
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A printed copy of each of the Directors’ report(s) or statement(s) to be submitted for adoption by the general meeting shall be kept at the Company’s agent for stock affairs located within the ROC for inspection by the Members from time to time at least ten (10) days before the date of the annual general meeting, and laid before the Company at the annual general meeting.
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Number of Audit Committee members shall not be less than three.
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One of Audit Committee members shall be committee convenor.
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At least one of the Audit Committee members shall have accounting or financial expertise.
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A valid resolution of the Audit Committee requires approval of one-half or more of all its members.
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Audit Committee shall adopt Audit Committee Charter.
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Audit Committee Charter shall specify matters which shall require the consent of onehalf or more of all Audit Committee members and be submitted to the Board of Directors for resolution.
Upon reviewing a Merger and Acquisition Event, the Audit Committee shall seek opinions from independent expert(s) with regard to the fairness of the share exchange ratio or distribution of cash or other assets. The opinions and the result of review shall be delivered to each shareholder together with the notice of the general meeting provided if the resolution by the general meeting is not required in the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, the opinions and the result of review shall be reported in the general meeting that immediately follows. If the Company publishes the said opinions and the result of review on a website designated by the competent securities
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authority of the Republic of China and the same is made available at the venue of the general meeting of the Company, the opinions and the result of review shall be deemed as having been delivered to the shareholders.
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With the exception of approval of annual and semi-annual financial reports, any other matter that has not been approved with the consent of one-half or more of all Audit Committee members may be undertaken upon the consent of two thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors, and the resolution of the Audit Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board of Directors meeting.
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Where a Director is or maybe in breach of his duties and subject to and if permitted by Applicable Law, one or more Member(s) of the Company holding one-percent (1%) or more of the total number of the outstanding voting shares of the Company continuously for a period of six (6) months or more may request the Independent Directors of Audit Committee, if permitted by Applicable Law, to institute a lawsuit against such Director(s) on behalf of the Company in a competent court having jurisdiction, including, if applicable, the Taipei District Court as the court of first instance. In case that the Independent Directors of Audit Committee fail to institute a lawsuit against the Director(s) within thirty (30) days of receipt of such request from the Member(s), such one or more Member(s) of the Company holding one-percent (1%) or more of the total number of the outstanding voting shares of the Company continuously for a period of six (6) months or more, subject to and if permitted by Applicable Law, may initiate a lawsuit against the Director(s) on behalf of the Company in a competent court having jurisdiction, including, if applicable the Taipei District Court as the court of first instance.
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To the extent permitted by the Law, in respect of matters relating to or concerning the Audit Committee not otherwise specified in these Articles, the Applicable Law shall apply.
WINDING UP
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If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Law, divide amongst the Members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the contributories as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any Shares or other securities whereon there is any liability.
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If the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members as such shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the paid-up capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the capital paid up, or which ought to have been paid up, at the commencement of the winding up, on the Shares held by them respectively. And if in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the capital paid up at the commencement
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of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the capital paid up at the commencement of the winding up on the Shares held by them respectively. This Article is to be without prejudice to the rights of the holders of Shares issued upon special terms and conditions.
NOTICES
- Any Notice or document, whether or not, to be given or issued under these Articles from the Company to a Member shall be in writing or by cable, telex or facsimile transmission message or other form of electronic transmission or communication and any such Notice and document may be served or delivered by the Company on or to any Member either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid envelope addressed to such Member at his registered address as appearing in the Register of Members or at any other address supplied by him to the Company for the purpose or, as the case may be, by transmitting it to any such address or transmitting it to any telex or facsimile transmission number or electronic number or address or website supplied by him to the Company for the giving of Notice to him or which the person transmitting the notice reasonably and bona fide believes at the relevant time will result in the Notice being duly received by the Member or may also be served by advertisement in appropriate newspapers in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange (if any) or, to the extent permitted by the applicable laws, by placing it on the Company’s website and giving to the member a notice stating that the notice or other document is available there (a “notice of availability”). The notice of availability may be given to the Member by any of the means set out above. In the case of joint holders of a share all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register and notice so given shall be deemed a sufficient service on or delivery to all the joint holders.
Any Notice or other document:
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(a) if served or delivered by post, shall where appropriate be sent by airmail and shall be deemed to have been served or delivered on the day following that on which the envelope containing the same, properly prepaid and addressed, is put into the post; in proving such service or delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope or wrapper containing the notice or document was properly addressed and put into the post and a certificate in writing signed by the secretary or other officer of the Company or other person appointed by the Board that the envelope or wrapper containing the notice or other document was so addressed and put into the post shall be conclusive evidence thereof;
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(b) if sent by electronic communication, shall be deemed to be given on the day on which it is transmitted from the server of the Company or its agent. A notice placed on the Company’s website is deemed given by the Company to a Member on the day following that on which a notice of availability is deemed served on the Member;
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(c) if served or delivered in any other manner contemplated by these Articles, shall be deemed to have been served or delivered at the time of personal service or delivery or, as the case may be, at the time of the relevant despatch or transmission; and in proving such service or delivery a certificate in writing
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signed by the secretary or other officer of the Company or other person appointed by the Board as to the act and time of such service, delivery, despatch or transmission shall be conclusive evidence thereof; and
- (d) may be given to a Member either in the English language or the Chinese language, subject to due compliance with all Applicable Law, rules and regulations.
This Article 122 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the service of any document by a Member on the Company under these Articles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, for as long as the Company’s shares are listed on the Designated Stock Market, any requirement with respect to Notice shall be in compliance with the Applicable Law and the rules of the Designated Stock Market.
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If a Member has no registered address and has not supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notice to him, a notice addressed to him and advertised in a newspaper circulating in the Cayman Islands shall be deemed to be duly given to him at noon on the day following the day on which the newspaper is circulated and the advertisement appeared therein.
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A notice may be given by the Company to the joint holders of a Share by giving the notice to the joint holder named first in the Register of Members in respect of the Share.
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A notice may be given by the Company to the person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description, at the address, if any, supplied for the purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or (until such an address has been so supplied) by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.
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Notice of every general meeting shall be given in some manner hereinbefore authorised to:
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(a) every Member entitled to vote except those Members entitled to vote who (having no registered address) have not supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them; and
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(b) every person entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member, who, but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting.
No other persons shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.
RECORD DATE AND CLOSURE PERIOD OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS
- The Directors shall determine the Members who are entitled to notice of or to vote at meeting of the Members and to receive payment of any dividend, bonus and other benefits. Register of Members shall be closed for sixty (60) days prior to the date the annual general meeting is scheduled to convene and thirty (30) days prior to the date
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the extraordinary general meeting is scheduled to convene. For the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any dividend, bonus and other benefits, the Register of Members shall be closed for five (5) days prior to the date of the declaration of such dividend. Members whose names are recorded in the Register of Members during the above closure period(s) shall be entitled to notice of or to vote at meeting of the Members, or to receive payment of any dividend, bonus and other benefits, whichever the case may be.
AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES
- Subject to and insofar as permitted by the provisions of the Law, the Company may from time to time by Special Resolution alter or amend its Memorandum of Association or these Articles in whole or in part; provided, however, that no such amendment shall affect the rights attaching to any class of Shares without the consent or sanction provided for in Article 3(b).
ORGANISATION EXPENSES
- The preliminary and organisation expenses incurred in forming the Company shall be paid by the Company and may be amortised in such manner and over such period of time and at such rate as the Directors shall determine and the amount so paid shall in the accounts of the Company, be charged against income and/or capital.
OFFICES OF THE COMPANY
- The Registered Office of the Company shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Company, in addition to its Registered Office, may establish and maintain an office in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere as the Directors may from time to time determine.
INDEMNITY
- Every Director and officer for the time being of the Company or any trustee for the time being acting in relation to the affairs of the Company and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives or successors or assigns shall, in the absence of breach of duties (in which case they shall become liable to indemnify the Company in accordance with Articles 71(c), 71(d), 70(b) and/or 110(a)) or wilful neglect or default, be indemnified by the Company against, and it shall be the duty of the Directors out of the funds and other assets of the Company to pay, all costs, losses, damages and expenses, including travelling expenses, which any such Director, officer or trustee may incur or become liable in respect of by reason of any contract entered into, or act or thing done by him as such Director, officer or trustee or in any way in or about the execution of his duties and the amount for which such indemnity is provided shall immediately attach as a lien on the property of the Company and have priority as between the Members over all other claims. No such Director, officer or trustee shall be liable or answerable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other Director, officer or trustee or for joining in any receipt or other act for conformity or for any loss or expense happening to the Company through the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the monies of the Company shall be invested or for any loss of any of the moneys of the Company which shall be invested or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy,
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insolvency or tortious act of any person with whom any monies, securities or effects shall be deposited, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatsoever which shall happen in or about the execution of the duties of his respective office or trust or in relation thereto unless the same happen through the breach of duties (in which case they shall become liable to indemnify the Company in accordance with Articles 71(c), 71(d), 70(b) and/or 110(a)), his own wilful neglect or default.
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