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MSI AGM Information 2021

Oct 8, 2021

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Stock Code: 2377

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

Handbook for 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

MEETING TIME:June 11, 2021.

PLACE:1F., No. 488, Bannan Rd., Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City

235, Taiwan R.O.C.

Notice to readers

This English-version handbook is a summary translation of the Chinese version and is not an official document of the shareholders’ meeting. If there is any discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

Table of Contents

Ⅰ.MeetingProcedure 1
Ⅱ.MeetingAgenda 2
1.Report Item
(1) 2020 Business Report 3
(2) Audit Committee's Review Report of 2020 6
(3)Report of Employees’Compensation and Directors’Compensation for 2020 7
(4) 2020 Earnings Distribution of cash dividends 7
2.Adoption Items
(1)To adopt 2020 Business Report and Financial Statements 8
(2)To adopt the proposal for distribution of 2020 profits 8
3.Discussion Items
(1)Amendment to the‟Rules of Shareholders’Meeting” 30
4.Election Items
(1)Election of Directors 30
5.Extempore motions 32
Ⅲ.Appendices
1.”Rules of Shareholders’Meeting” 33
2.”Articles of Incorporation” 36
3.”Rules for Election of Directors” 40
4.”Shareholding status of Directors” 42

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

Procedure for 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Call Meeting to Order

Chairman’s Opening Address

Report Items

Adoption Items

Discussion Items

Election Items

Extempore motions

Adjournment

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Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Year 2021

Agenda of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Time: 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 11, 2021.

Place: Company’s conference room 3102 (1F., No. 488, Bannan Rd.,

Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 235, Taiwan R.O.C.)

Chairman’s address

I. Report Items

  • 1.Business Report of 2020.

  • 2.Audit Committee's Review Report on 2020 Financial Statements.

  • 3.Report of Employees’ Compensation and Directors’ Compensation for 2020.

  • 2020 Earnings Distribution of cash dividends.

II. Adoption Items

  1. To adopt 2020 Business Report and Financial Statements.

  2. To adopt the proposal for distribution of 2020 profits.

III.Discussion Items

  1. Amendment to the ‟Rules of Shareholders’ Meeting”.

IV. Election Item

  1. Election of Directors.

V. Extempore motions

Adjournment

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Report No. 1 Business Report of 2020

Reports Items

Business Report

In 2020, the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the global economy, and the work and life patterns in the areas affected by the pandemic also changed drastically. Long-distance working from home, learning from home and home entertainment, plus the product buying effect brought by the successive launch of cost-effective new products had all caused the demand for PC and e-sports related products to increase greatly; the rise in relative demand had also resulted in the lack of supply of multiple upstream electronic components and tight global logistics, making PC shipments clearly unable to meet the demand. Fortunately, thanks to the Company's good long-term relationship with the supply chain and channel customers, as well as the close grasp of the needs of the end users, the Company was able to respond appropriately and supply smoothly. With the concerted efforts of all employees of the Company and the full support of suppliers and customers, in 2020, both the annual revenue and profit reached new highs.

  • I. Operating Performance in 2020

  • Consolidated financial results

Operating Performance in 2020
1. Consolidated financial results
Operating Performance in 2020
1. Consolidated financial results
Operating Performance in 2020
1. Consolidated financial results
Operating Performance in 2020
1. Consolidated financial results
Operating Performance in 2020
1. Consolidated financial results
Unit: NT$thousands
Year
Item
2020 2019 Growth amount Growth
rate
Sales revenue 146,502,789
120,491,417
26,011,372 21.59%
Grossprofit 21,302,840
15,862,156
5,440,684 34.30%
Profit after tax 7,959,505
5,587,210
2,372,295 42.46%
Basic earnings per
share(After-tax) (in NT dollars)
9.42
6.61
2.81 42.51%
Diluted earnings per share
(After-tax) (in NT dollars)
9.34
6.56
2.78 42.38%

2. Profitability analysis

2. Profitabilityanal ysis
Item Year Financial Analysis for the Last
Two-Years
2020 2019
Financial
structure(%)
Debt to asset ratio(%) 54.67
48.61
Long-term capital to property, plant and
equipment(%)

705.74

648.29
Solvency(%) Current ratio(%) 169.13
188.25
Quick ratio(%) 99.71
103.70
Interest earned ratio(times) (%) 30,141.93
27,783.82
Profitability
(%)
Return on assets(%) 11.51
9.71
Return on shareholders’equity (%) 23.92
18.33
Profit ratio(%) 5.43
4.64
Basic after-tax EPS(NT$) 9.42
6.61

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  1. Research and Development Status

  2. As a benchmark brand in the global gaming field, MSI is the most trust-worthy name in the gaming and e-sports industry. We've dedicated countless hours and committed numerous resources to the e- sports community to be a strong supporter for the world's most aspiring and best gamers and used their knowledge and expertise in our products in return. MSI integrates the e-sports functions required by the players, saves the trouble of exploring and adjusting by the players themselves, and pushes the system performance to the extreme. MSI equals to True Gaming! -- a true e-sports brand. In addition to being recognized in the field of e-sports, MSI is also a pioneer and leading brand in the field of global digital content creation. The Content Creation series inherits the profound technology accumulated by MSI from the many years in e-sports, integrating accurate color gamut display, abundant battery life, excellent sound experience and powerful performance in a simple and stylish lightweight model. It is the best partner especially for design and creative work professionals in fields such as photography, image editing, 3D graphics, audio and video editing! Furthermore, the MSI Business and Productivity series is not only beautiful and light, but also has ultimate performance, information security protection and long-lasting power, with a boutique-like appearance made by simple and clean lines, just like the extraordinary taste of the successful business persons. MSI listens to the needs of customers and the market, invests in R&D and design resources to create high-quality and well received laptops, graphics cards, monitors, motherboards, desktops and accessories. The GAMING series launched has won unanimous praise from players. The Content Creation series, which is carefully crafted especially for the digital content creation community, is highly recognized in terms of artistic quality and efficiency, and has become a leader in the high-end product market. Besides, MSI integrates servers that conform to the concept of cloud, industrial computers that meet customer requirements, robots that lead smart life, and automotive electronics that realize humanity technology to provide the most complete AIoT solutions. It is also the leading brand in artificial intelligence, commercial and the Internet of Things market.

II.Operating Plan for 2021

To adjust to the future environment, MSI’s adopted operation guidelines, estimated goals and important sales strategies for 2021 are as follows:

  1. operation guideline

  2. (1) Sales and marketing aspect: progressively explore new markets and new customers and establish a long-term entrusted stable business relationship with customers with potentials and sound financial status to create mutual benefits.

  3. (2) Product R&D aspect: Develop products which meet users’ needs.

  4. (3) Manufacturing, quality and service aspect: continue implementing automated manufacturing to increase quality and efficiency. Improve repair and services to enhance customer satisfaction.

  5. (4) In business management: Continue to improve operational efficiency.

  6. (5) Finance aspect: uphold the principle of steady and stable operation, and control various financial risks.

  7. Sales forecast and the analysis

We cover a wide range of products. While we continuously devote our efforts in the market of high-end products and pursuit of stable growth of each product, we will seek to increase the shipment in new product development and marketing, including motherboards, display cards, laptops, PCs, gaming monitors, gaming peripherals, servers, industrial computers, and auto electronics. We anticipate room for growth in the market. The company’s objective is to increase the overall revenue, and will proactively broaden the market share of every product.

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  1. Important sales policies

  2. (1) Production policy aspect: Always paying attention to the global major political and economic situations to respond to the possible change in market demand and the suppliers’ productivity. To increase capacity utilization rate by adopting planned procurement of components. To adopt flexible production to reduce stock level yet fulfilling customer’s order demand. To observe the dynamic of supply chains and to ensure an effective production of employees, equipment, materials, and manufacturing methods.

  3. (2) Sales policy aspect: to provide good quality products that suit customers’ need. To gain a mutual success in sales target with our customers.

Looking forward into 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic still cannot be eliminated, and its impact on industry supply and demand still exists, however, the uncertainty towards the global ICT industry and the overall economic environment will gradually decrease. In the face of rapid changes in the external environment, the Company will continue to integrate departments such as business, marketing, R&D, and operation management to improve the operational performance. All colleagues will also promote various businesses concertedly, so that the performance can continue to grow. As the outside environment changes rapidly, we will coordinate the sales, marketing, R&D, and operational departments, and keep raising the operational performance. 2021 shipment forecast for motherboards and graphic cards is 24 million pieces. Our employees will work together to promote every business to maintain the continuous growth of performance.

I hereby on behalf of the MSI management team express our appreciation to all our shareholders, customers and suppliers. We also appreciate the hard efforts of all employees and directors made during the past year. We hope our shareholders will keep supporting and encouraging us. We will work harder to achieve a greater performance and sales results to share with you.

Sincerely yours,

ChairmanHsu, Hsiang CEOHuang,Chin-Ching Accounting OfficerLin, Hui-Chin

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Report No. 2

The Audit Committee's Review Report on the 2020 Financial Statements.

Audit Committee's Review Report

The Board of Directors has prepared the Company's 2020 Business Report, Financial Statements, and proposal for distribution of earnings. The CPA firm of PWC was retained to audit MSI's Financial Statements and has issued an audit report relating to the Financial Statements. The Business Report, Financial Statements, and earnings distribution proposal have been reviewed and determined to be correct and accurate by the Audit Committee members of Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. According to relevant requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act and the Company Law, we hereby submit this report.

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

Chairman of the Audit Committee: Wang, Sung-Chou

March 22, 2021

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Report No. 3 Report of Employees’ Compensation and Directors’ Compensation for 2020.

  • (1) 2020 Employees’ Compensation and Directors’ Compensation distribution plan is in accordance with Article 235-1 of the Company Act and Article 19-1 of the Articles of Incorporation.

  • (2) The company's 2020 profit before allocation of Employees’ Compensation and Directors’ Compensation of which an approximate 7.09% is distributed to Employees’ Compensation, count NT $725,000,000 (all cash distribution); of which 0.70% is distributed to Directors’ Compensation, count NT$71,500,000. Both Employees’ Compensation and Directors’ Compensation are distributed in cash.

  • (3) The distribution above is resolved by the Company’s Remuneration Committee and the Board of Directors. The above figures are no difference from the amount recognized in 2020.

Report No. 4 Report of 2020 Earnings Distribution of cash dividends.

  • (1)The Board of Directors is authorized to decide the distribution of partial or full dividends in cash, and report the decision to the shareholders meeting in accordance with Company Act in Paragraph 5 of Article 240 and Article 19 of the Articles of Incorporation. Shareholders’ meeting may explicitly stipulate in the Articles of Incorporation to authorize the distributable shareholders’ bonuses in whole or in part may be paid in cash after a resolution has been adopted by a majority vote at a meeting of the board of directors attended by two-thirds of the total number of directors; and in addition thereto a report of such distribution shall be reported to the shareholders’ meeting.

  • (2)The distributable earnings of the year 2020 is NT$5,153,622,813 will be distributed in cash totally to Shareholders’ dividends (NT$6.1 pershare) have been approved by the board of directors on March 22, 2021. With the approval of the cash dividend by the meeting of shareholders, the chairperson will be authorized to determine the base date and distribution date of dividends. Cash dividends will be distributed up to one dollar (rounded down values below NT$1). The odd amount will be combined to the Company’s non-operating income.

  • (3)The dividend rate changed after this date as the number of shares circulated on the market under the influence of the following factors: buying back of the company shares and transfer or revocation of treasury shares. The chairperson is authorized by the Board of Directors to make adjustment to such distribution at his discretion.

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Adoption Items

1.

Proposed by the Board

Proposal:

Adoption of 2020 Business Report and Financial Statements

Explanation:

  • (1) MSI Company’s Financial Statements, including balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, and statement of cash flows, were audited by independent auditors, Liang, Hua-Ling and Lai, Chung-His of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan. (Please refer to page 9-12, 19-23.) Also Business Report and Financial Statements have been approved by the Board of Directors and examined by the Audit Committee.(Please refer to page 6.)

  • (2) The audited financial statements refer to page13-18, 24-29.

Resolution:

2.

Proposed by the Board

Proposal:

Adoption of the Proposal for Distribution of 2020 Profits

Explanation:

  • (1) The Board of Directors has adopted a Proposal for Distribution of 2020 Profits in accordance with Article 19 of the Articles of Incorporation. 2020 Earnings Distribution Table as below.

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Earnings Distribution Table of 2020

(Unit: NT$)
Items Amount
Beginningunappropriated retained earnings 12,670,290,317
+(-)2020 Other comprehensive net income(loss) (4,084,830)
(+)2020 Net Profit after Tax 7,959,505,509
(-)Legal Reserve (795,542,068)
(+)Reverse Special Reserve 120,066,041
(-)Cash Dividends to Shareholders(NT$6.1per share) (5,153,622,813)
EndingUnappropriated Retained Earnings 14,796,612,156

Note:

  1. Profit of 2020 is prioritized for profit distribution this year.

2.The cash dividend distribution earnings of the year 2020 accordance with Company Act in Paragraph 5 of Article 240 and Article 19 of the Articles of Incorporation has been adopted by a majority vote at a meeting of the board of directors attended by two-thirds of the total number of directors and examined by the Audit Committee on March 22, 2021.

Chairman : Hsu, Hsiang CEO : Huang,Chin-Ching Accounting Officer : Lin, Hui-Chin

Resolution:

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of MICRO‐STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES (the “Group”) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations, and SIC Interpretations as endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and generally accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China (ROC GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants in the Republic of China (the “Norm”), and we have fulfilled our ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Norm. Based on our audits and the audit reports of other independent auditors, we believe that the audit evidences we have obtained are sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole and, in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. Key audit matters for the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 are stated as follows:

Recognition of sales revenue generated from own-brand products Description

Please refer to Note 4(26) for accounting policies on revenue recognition. The sales revenue from own-brand products for the year ended December 31, 2020 is higher than previous year due to the substantial increase in demand for notebook computers and peripherals. The recognition of sales revenue generated from own-brand products is critical to the Group’s consolidated financial statements. Therefore, it was identified as a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

We performed the following audit procedures in respect of the above key audit matter:

  • A. Obtained an understanding of and assessed internal controls in relation to sales revenue, and validated the operating effectiveness of those above-mentioned internal controls.

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  • B. Obtained detailed listing of sales revenue from own-brand products in the current year, and validated supporting documents, including sales invoices, customer purchase orders and delivery documents to ensure the appropriateness of recognition.

  • C. Inspected contents and relevant evidences in relation to sales returns and discounts occurring subsequent to the reporting period.

  • D. Performed accounts receivable confirmation procedure to significant customers.

Estimation of allowance for inventory valuation losses

Description

Please refer to Note 4(13) for accounting policies on inventory valuation, Note 5(2) for the uncertainty of accounting estimates and assumptions applied on inventory valuation, and Note 6(6) for details of inventories. As of December 31, 2020, the balances of inventories and allowance for inventory valuation losses are NT$27,966,905 thousand and NT$484,368 thousand, respectively. The Group is primarily engaged in manufacturing and sales of motherboards, interface cards, notebook computers and other electronic products. Due to the rapid technological innovations and competition within the industry as well as frequent releases of new products resulting in potential price fluctuations, there is a higher risk of inventory losses due from market value decline or obsolescence. The Group recognises inventories at the lower of cost and net realisable value. As the monetary values of allowance for inventory valuation losses is critical to the financial statements as of December 31, 2020. Therefore, it was identified as a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

We performed the following audit procedures in respect of the above key audit matter:

  • A. Inquired with management, and assessed the reasonableness in relation to the provision of allowance for inventory valuation losses.

  • B. Validated the accuracy of the system logic in calculating the ageing of inventories, and confirmed the consistency with the Group’s policies.

  • C. Validated the appropriateness of system logic of the report of individually identified obsolete inventory prepared by management and confirmed the consistency with the Group’s policies.

  • D. Sampled and tested the net realisable value basis of the individual inventory and validated the appropriateness.

Other matter –Reference to audits of other independent auditors

We did not audit the financial statements of certain consolidated subsidiaries and investments accounted for under the equity method that are included in the consolidated financial statements. Those financial statements were audited by other independent auditors, whose reports thereon have been furnished to us, and our opinion expressed herein is based solely on reports of the other independent auditors. Total assets of the above-mentioned entities (including investments accounted for under the equity method) amounted to NT$18,755,869 thousand and NT$11,727,830 thousand as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, constituting 24% and 19% of consolidated total assets, respectively. Sales revenue of the above-mentioned entities amounted to NT$35,899,397 thousand and NT$23,178,240 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, constituting 25% and 19% of consolidated total sales revenue, respectively.

Other matter – Parent company only financial reports

We have audited and expressed an unmodified opinion with other matter section on the parent company only financial statements of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

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Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the consolidated financial statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations, and SIC Interpretations as endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance, including supervisors, are responsible for overseeing the Group’s financial reporting process.

Independent auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ROC GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with ROC GAAS, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

  2. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control.

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

  4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditors’ report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.

  5. Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements,

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including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

  1. Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Liang, Hua-Ling Lai, Chung-Hsi

For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan March 22, 2021

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The accompanying consolidated financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. The standards, procedures and practices in the Republic of China governing the audit of such financial statements may differ from those generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements and report of independent accountants are not intended for use by those who are not informed about the accounting principles or auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, and their applications in practice.

As the financial statements are the responsibility of the management, PricewaterhouseCoopers cannot accept any liability for the use of, or reliance on, the English translation or for any errors or misunderstandings that may derive from the translation.

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)
December31,2020

Assets
Notes
AMOUNT
%
Current assets
1100
Cash and cash equivalents
6(1)
$ 18,585,955
24
1110
Financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss - current
6(2)
203,737
-
1136
Current financial assets at amortised
cost
6(4)
1,000,447
1
1150
Notes receivable, net
6(5)
113,287
-
1170
Accounts receivable, net
6(5)
21,867,246
28
1200
Other receivables
265,987
-
1220
Current income tax assets
34,759
-
130X
Inventories, net
6(6)
27,482,537
35
1410
Prepayments
6(7)
1,807,513
3
11XX
Total current assets
71,361,468
91
Non-current assets
1517
Non-current financial assets at fair
value through other comprehensive
income
6(3)
124,338
-
1535
Non-current financial assets at
amortised cost
6(4) and 8
226,937
-
1600
Property, plant and equipment
6(8) and 8
5,130,094
7
1755
Right-of-use assets
6(9)
502,400
1
1760
Investment property - net
6(11)
207,637
-
1840
Deferred income tax assets
6(26)
769,613
1
1900
Other non-current assets
75,028
-
15XX
Total non-current assets
7,036,047
9
1XXX
Total assets
$ 78,397,515
100
(Continued)
December31,2019 December31,2019
AMOUNT
$ 10,709,045
152,805
1,200,000
47,114
17,205,783
227,116
16,417
22,527,840
1,675,701
53,761,821
151,975
227,848
4,893,433
474,897
300,559
471,523
66,652
6,586,887
$ 60,348,708
%
Current assets
1100
Cash and cash equivalents

1110
Financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss - current

1136
Current financial assets at amortised
cost

1150
Notes receivable, net

1170
Accounts receivable, net

1200
Other receivables
1220
Current income tax assets
130X
Inventories, net

1410
Prepayments

11XX
Total current assets
Non-current assets
1517
Non-current financial assets at fair
value through other comprehensive
income

1535
Non-current financial assets at
amortised cost

1600
Property, plant and equipment

1755
Right-of-use assets

1760
Investment property - net

1840
Deferred income tax assets

1900
Other non-current assets
15XX
Total non-current assets
1XXX
Total assets
18
-
2
-
29
-
-
37
3
89
-
-
8
1
1
1
-
11
100

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New (Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)
December31,2020 December31,2019
Liabilities andEquity Notes AMOUNT % AMOUNT %
Current liabilities
2100 Short-term borrowings 6(12) $ 3,000,000 4 $ 1,500,000 3
2120 Financial liabilities at fair value 6(2)
through profit or loss - current 103,885 - 24,943 -
2170 Accounts payable 27,177,751 35 20,391,520 34
2200 Other payables 6(13) 5,344,410 7 3,844,835 6
2230 Current income tax liabilities 1,604,500 2 402,714 1
2250 Provision for liabilities - current 6(16) 850,435 1 556,720 1
2280 Current lease liabilities 218,182 - 159,081 -
2365 Refund liabilities- current 3,555,792 5 1,636,499 3
2399 Other current liabilities, others 337,535 - 108,961 -
21XX Total current liabilities 42,192,490 54 28,625,273 48
Non-current liabilities
2540 Long-term borrowings 6(14) and 8 - - 15,095 -
2570 Deferred income tax liabilities 6(26) 6,928 - 27,214 -
2580 Non-current lease liabilities 225,548 1 247,767 1
2640 Net defined benefit liability, non- 6(15)
current 220,314 - 221,974 -
2670 Other non-current liabilities, others 212,383 - 198,920 -
25XX Total non-current liabilities 665,173 1 710,970 1
2XXX Total liabilities 42,857,663 55 29,336,243 49
Equity attributable to owners of
parent
Share capital 6(17)
3110 Share capital - common stock 8,448,562 11 8,448,562 14
Capital surplus 6(18)
3200 Capital surplus 804,214 1 803,918 1
Retained earnings 6(19)
3310 Legal reserve 5,541,298 7 4,982,577 8
3320 Special reserve 794,525 1 505,966 1
3350 Unappropriated retained earnings 20,625,711 26 17,065,967 28
Other equity interest
3400 Other equity interest ( 674,458) ( 1) ( 794,525) ( 1)
31XX Equity attributable to owners of
the parent 35,539,852 45 31,012,465 51
3XXX Total equity 35,539,852 45 31,012,465 51
3X2X Total liabilities and equity $ 78,397,515 100 $ 60,348,708 100

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except earnings per share)

Items YearendedDecember31
2020
2019
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(20)
$ 146,502,789
100
$ 120,491,417
100
6(6)(24)
(
125,199,949)(
85) (
104,629,261) (
87)
21,302,840
15
15,862,156
13
6(24)
(
7,053,359) (
5 ) (
5,508,321) (
4)

(
1,345,054) (
1 ) (
1,070,509) (
1)

(
3,724,340) (
3 ) (
3,315,224) (
3)
7,741
- (
15,696)
-
(
12,115,012)(
9) (
9,909,750) (
8)
9,187,828
6
5,952,406
5
6(21)
88,822
-
82,368
-
6(22)
576,975
-
632,915
-
6(23)
(
224,787)
- (
125,710)
-
(
31,945)
- (
23,546)
-
409,065
-
566,027
-
9,596,893
6
6,518,433
5
6(26)
(
1,637,388)(
1) (
931,223) (
1)
$ 7,959,505
5
$ 5,587,210
4

6(15)
($ 5,106)
- ($ 10,079)
-
6(3)
(
27,637)
-
-
-
6(26)
1,021
-
2,016
-
(
31,722)
- (
8,063)
-
147,704
- (
288,559)
-
147,704
- (
288,559)
-
$ 115,982
- ($ 296,622)
-
$ 8,075,487
5
$ 5,290,588
4
$ 7,959,505
5
$ 5,587,210
4

$ 8,075,487
5
$ 5,290,588
4
6(27)
$ 9.42
$ 6.61
$ 9.34
$ 6.56
4000
Sales revenue

5000
Operating costs

5900
Net operating margin
Operating expenses

6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative expenses
6300
Research and development expenses
6450
Expected credit gain(loss)
6000
Total operating expenses
6900
Operating profit
Non-operating income and expenses
7100
Interest income

7010
Other income

7020
Other gains and losses

7050
Finance costs
7000
Total non-operating income and
expenses
7900
Profit before income tax
7950
Income tax expense

8200
Profit for the period
Other comprehensive income
Components of other
comprehensive loss that will not be
reclassified to profit or loss
8311
Actuarial loss on defined benefit
plan

8316
Unrealised losses from investments
in equity instruments measured at
fair value through other
comprehensive income

8349
Income tax related to components of
other comprehensive income that
will not be reclassified to profit or
loss

8310
Components of other
comprehensive loss that will not
be reclassified to profit or loss
Components of other
comprehensive income (loss) that
will be reclassified to profit or loss
8361
Financial statements translation
differences of foreign operations
8360
Components of other
comprehensive income (loss) that
will be reclassified to profit or loss
8300
Total other comprehensive income
(loss) for the period
8500
Total comprehensive income for the
period
Profit attributable to:
8610
Owners of the parent
Comprehensive income attributable to:
8710
Owners of the parent
Earnings per share (in dollars)

9750
Basic earnings per share
9850
Diluted earnings per share

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Notes
2019
Balance at January 1, 2019
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive loss for the
year
Total comprehensive income (loss)
Appropriation of 2018 earnings
6(19)
Legal reserve
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Cash distribution from capital surplus
Due to donated assets received
6(19)
Balance at December 31, 2019
2020
Balance at January 1, 2020
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income (loss)
for the year
Total comprehensive income (loss)
Appropriation of 2019 earnings
6(19)
Legal reserve
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Due to donated assets received
Balance at December 31, 2020
Notes Equity attributa bl e to owners ofth e parent e parent e parent Total equity
Share capital -
common stock
CapitalSurplus Retained Earnings Other Equity In terest
Additional paid-in
capital
Treasury stock
transactions
Donated assets
received
Employee stock
warrants
Legal reserve Special reserve Unappropriated
retained earnings
Financial statements
translation differences of
foreign operations

a
f
Unrealized losses
from financial
ssets measured at
air value through
other
comprehensive
income
$8,448,562
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$8,448,562
$8,448,562
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$8,448,562
$1,050,563
-
-
-
-
-
-
(
422,429 )
-
$ 628,134
$ 628,134
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 628,134
$130,592
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$130,592
$130,592
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$130,592
$ 434
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
298
$ 732
$ 732
-
-
-
-
-
-
296
$ 1,028
$ 44,460
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 44,460
$ 44,460
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 44,460
$4,378,464
-
-
-
604,113
-
-
-
-
$4,982,577
$4,982,577
-
-
-
558,721
-
-
-
$5,541,298
$421,815
-
-
-
-
84,151
-
-
-
$505,966
$505,966
-
-
-
-
288,559
-
-
$794,525
$15,976,937
5,587,210
(
8,063 )
5,579,147
(
604,113 )
(
84,151 )
(
3,801,853 )
-
-
$17,065,967
$17,065,967
7,959,505
(
4,085 )
7,955,420
(
558,721 )
(
288,559 )
(
3,548,396 )
-
$20,625,711
($ 505,966 )
-
(
288,559 )
(
288,559 )
-
-
-
-
-
($ 794,525 )
($ 794,525 )
-
147,704
147,704
-
-
-
-
($ 646,821 )
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ -
$ -
-
(
27,637 )
(
27,637 )
-
-
-
-
($ 27,637 )
$29,945,861
5,587,210
(
296,622 )
5,290,588
-
-
(
3,801,853 )
(
422,429 )
298
$31,012,465
$31,012,465
7,959,505
115,982
8,075,487
-
-
(
3,548,396 )
296
$35,539,852

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before tax
Adjustments
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)
Depreciation (including right-of-use assets and
investment properties)

Amortization

Expected credit (gain) loss
Net loss (gain) on financial assets and liabilities
at fair value through profit or loss
Interest expense
Interest income

Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and
equipment

Gain on lease modification

Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Changes in operating assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or
loss
Notes receivable, net
Accounts receivable
Other receivables
Inventories, net
Prepayments
Other non-current assets
Changes in operating liabilities
Notes payable
Accounts payable
Other payables
Provision for liabilities - current
Refund liabilities- current
Other current liabilities, others
Net defined benefit liability
Cash inflow generated from operations
Interest received
Interest paid
Income tax paid
Net cash flows from operating activities
Year ended December 31
Notes
2020
2019
$ 9,596,893 $ 6,518,433
6(24)
1,095,818
890,056
6(24)
200
224
(
7,741 )
15,696
31,850 (
39,222 )
31,945
23,546
6(21)
(
88,822 ) (
82,368 )
6(23)
540 (
2,906 )
6(9)
(
366 ) (
214 )
900
-
(
66,173 ) (
11,931 )
(
4,652,441 ) (
1,179,668 )
(
37,322 ) (
70,951 )
(
4,954,697 ) (
474,978 )
(
131,812 ) (
294,679 )
18,207
97,176
- (
200 )
6,786,231
5,457,896
1,497,850
427,104
293,715
55,625
1,919,293 (
160,406 )
215,321
16,728
(
6,766 ) (
5,714 )
11,542,623
11,179,247
86,784
84,991
(
29,945 ) (
23,559 )
(
774,794 ) (
1,520,287 )
10,824,668
9,720,392

(Continued)

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through
other comprehensive income

Acquisition of financial assets at amortised cost
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at
amortised cost
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and
equipment
Acquisition of investment properties

Increase in refundable deposits
Net cash flows used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
Repayment of the principal portion of lease
liabilities
Payment of long-term borrowings
Increase (decrease) in guarantee deposits received
Cash dividends paid

Cash distribution from capital surplus

Due to donated assets received
Net cash flows used in financing activities
Effect of exchange rate
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Year ended December 31
Notes
2020
2019
6(3)
$ - ($ 151,975 )
- (
616,024 )
200,464
-
6(8)
(
970,766 ) (
982,667 )
557
57,700
6(11)
(
316 ) (
3,602 )
(
22,474 ) (
15,894 )
(
792,535 ) (
1,712,462 )
1,500,000 (
1,500,000 )
(
239,125 ) (
152,916 )
(
1,039 ) (
843 )
13,463 (
27,983 )
6(19)
(
3,548,396 ) (
3,801,853 )
6(19)
- (
422,429 )
296
298
(
2,274,801 ) (
5,905,726 )
119,578 (
208,839 )
7,876,910
1,893,365
6(1)
10,709,045
8,815,680
6(1)
$ 18,585,955 $ 10,709,045

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying parent company only balance sheets of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. (the “Company”) as at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related parent company only statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the parent company only financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying parent company only financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the parent company only financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and its parent company only financial performance and its parent company only cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and generally accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China (ROC GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants in the Republic of China (the “Norm”), and we have fulfilled our ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Norm. Based on our audits and the audit reports of other independent auditors, we believe that the audit evidences we have obtained are sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the parent company only financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the parent company only financial statements as a whole and, in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key audit matters for the Company’s parent company only financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 are stated as follows:

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Recognition of sales revenue generated from own-brand products

Description

Please refer to Note 4(24) for accounting policies on revenue recognition. The sales revenue from own-brand products for the year ended December 31, 2020 is higher than previous year due to the substantial increase in demand for notebook computers and peripherals. The recognition of sales revenue generated from own-brand products is critical to the Company’s financial statements. Therefore, it was identified as a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

We performed the following audit procedures in respect of the above key audit matter:

  • A. Obtained an understanding of and assessed internal controls in relation to sales revenue, and validated the operating effectiveness of those above-mentioned internal controls.

  • B. Obtained detailed listing of sales revenue from own-brand products in the current year, and validated supporting documents, including sales invoices, customer purchase orders and delivery documents to ensure the appropriateness of recognition.

  • C. Inspected contents and relevant evidences in relation to sales returns and discounts occurring subsequent to the reporting period.

  • D. Performed accounts receivable confirmation procedure to significant customers.

Estimation of allowance for inventory valuation losses

Description

Please refer to Note 4(11) for accounting policies on inventory valuation, Note 5(2) for the uncertainty of accounting estimates and assumptions applied on inventory valuation, and Note 6(6) for details of inventories. As of December 31, 2020, the balances of inventories and allowance for inventory valuation losses are NT$27,539,446 thousand and NT$423,070 thousand, respectively.

The Company is primarily engaged in manufacturing and sales of motherboards, interface cards, notebook computers and other electronic products. Due to the rapid technological innovations and competition within the industry as well as frequent releases of new products resulting in potential price fluctuations, there is a higher risk of inventory losses due from market value decline or obsolescence. The Company recognises inventories at the lower of cost and net realisable value. As the monetary values of allowance for inventory valuation losses is critical to the financial statements as of December 31, 2020. Therefore, it was identified as a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

We performed the following audit procedures in respect of the above key audit matter:

  • A. Inquired with management, and assessed the reasonableness in relation to the provision of allowance for inventory valuation losses.

  • B. Validated the accuracy of the system logic in calculating the ageing of inventories, and confirmed the consistency with the Company’s policies.

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  • C. Validated the appropriateness of system logic of the report of individually identified obsolete inventory prepared by management and confirmed the consistency with the Company’s policies.

  • D. Sampled and tested the net realisable value basis of the individual inventory and validated the appropriateness.

Other matter-Reference to audits of other independent auditors

We did not audit the financial statements of certain investments accounted for under the equity method that are included in the parent company only financial statements. Those financial statements were audited by other independent auditors, whose reports thereon have been furnished to us, and our opinion expressed herein is based solely on reports of the other independent auditors. Total assets of the above-mentioned investees (including investments accounted for under the equity method) amounted to NT$1,230,304 thousand and NT$1,097,458 thousand as at December 31, 2020 and 2019, constituting 1.52% and 1.75% of total assets, respectively. Comprehensive income of the abovementioned investees amounted to NT$121,586 thousand and NT$88,436 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, constituting 1.51% and 1.67% of total comprehensive income, respectively.

Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the parent company only financial statements

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

In preparing the parent company only financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance, including the audit committee, are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Independent auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the parent company only financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the parent company only financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ROC GAAS will always detect a material

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misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these parent company only financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with ROC GAAS, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the parent company only financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

  2. Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.

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

  4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the parent company only financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditors’ report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

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

Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Company to express an opinion on the parent company only financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

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We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the parent company only financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Liang, Hua-Ling

[Lai, Chung-Hsi ]

For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan March 22, 2021

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The accompanying parent company only financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. The standards, procedures and practices in the Republic of China governing the audit of such financial statements may differ from those generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. Accordingly, the accompanying parent company only financial statements and report of independent accountants are not intended for use by those who are not informed about the accounting principles or auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, and their applications in practice.

As the financial statements are the responsibility of the management, PricewaterhouseCoopers cannot accept any liability for the use of, or reliance on, the English translation or for any errors or misunderstandings that may derive from the translation.

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Assets December31,2020

Notes
AMOUNT
%
6(1)
$ 15,776,634
20
6(2)
79,297
-
6(4)
1,000,000
1
6(5)
672
-
6(5)
13,004,695
16
7
10,287,629
13
219,767
-
6(6)
27,116,376
33
1,377,599
2
68,862,669
85
6(3)
124,338
-
6(7)
8,313,914
11
6(8)
2,660,668
3
6(9)
159,609
-
6(22)
713,301
1
24,723
-
11,996,553
15
$ 80,859,222
100
(Continued)
December31,2019 December31,2019
AMOUNT
$ 8,881,827
56,641
1,200,000
3,929
10,846,273
6,632,030
157,760
22,756,055
1,351,294
51,885,809
151,975
7,496,491
2,567,030
179,398
407,702
18,890
10,821,486
$ 62,707,295
%
Current assets
1100
Cash and cash equivalents

1110
Financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss - current

1136
Current financial assets at amortised
cost

1150
Notes receivable, net

1170
Accounts receivable, net

1180
Accounts receivable - related parties
1200
Other receivables
130X
Inventories, net

1410
Prepayments
11XX
Total current assets
Non-current assets
1517
Non-current financial assets at fair
value through other comprehensive
income

1550
Investments accounted for under
equity method

1600
Property, plant and equipment

1755
Right-of-use assets

1840
Deferred income tax assets

1900
Other non-current assets
15XX
Total non-current assets
1XXX
Total assets
14
-
2
-
18
11
-
36
2
83
-
12
4
-
1
-
17
100

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Liabilities andEquity December31,2020
December31,2019
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(10)
$ 3,000,000
4 $ 1,500,000
2
6(2)
103,885
-
24,943
-
26,409,577
33
19,764,458
32
6(11)
4,340,669
6
3,049,919
5
7
4,964,060
6
4,272,610
7
1,499,604
2
362,183
1
6(13)
873,229
1
579,337
1
97,029
-
71,892
-
3,418,122
4
1,555,509
2
215,875
-
65,353
-
44,922,050
56
31,246,204
50
6(22)
6,084
-
26,830
-
63,594
-
108,013
-
6(12)
220,314
-
221,974
1
107,328
-
91,809
-
397,320
-
448,626
1
45,319,370
56
31,694,830
51
6(14)
8,448,562
10
8,448,562
13
6(15)
804,214
1
803,918
1
6(16)
5,541,298
7
4,982,577
8
794,525
1
505,966
1
20,625,711
26
17,065,967
27
(
674,458) (
1) (
794,525) (
1)
35,539,852
44
31,012,465
49
$ 80,859,222
100 $ 62,707,295 100
Current liabilities
2100
Short-term borrowings

2120
Financial liabilities at fair value
through profit or loss - current

2170
Accounts payable
2200
Other payables

2220
Other payables - related parties

2230
Current income tax liabilities
2250
Provisions for liabilities - current

2280
Current lease liabilities
2365
Refund liabilities-current
2399
Other current liabilities, others
21XX
Total current Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
2570
Deferred income tax liabilities

2580
Non-current lease liabilities
2640
Net defined benefit liability, non-
current

2670
Other non-current liabilities, others
25XX
Total non-current liabilities
2XXX
Total Liabilities
Equity
Share capital

3110
Share capital - common stock
Capital surplus

3200
Capital surplus
Retained earnings

3310
Legal reserve
3320
Special reserve
3350
Unappropriated retained earnings
Other equity interest
3400
Other equity interest
3XXX
Total equity
3X2X
Total liabilities and equity

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these parent company only financial statements.

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except earnings per share amounts)

Items YearendedDecember31
2020
2019
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(17) and 7
$ 144,805,966
100
$ 118,740,373
100
6(6)(20) and 7
(
125,877,926)(
87) (
105,097,585) (
89)
18,928,040
13
13,642,788
11
6(20) and 7
(
6,079,422) (
4 ) (
4,689,816) (
4)

(
842,682) (
1 ) (
526,354)
-

(
3,349,045) (
2 ) (
2,937,315) (
2)
6(5)
(
2,446)
- (
4,095)
-
(
10,273,595)(
7) (
8,157,580) (
6)
8,654,445
6
5,485,208
5
6(18)
49,551
-
57,384
-
216,357
-
240,016
-
6(2)(19)
(
138,396)
- (
50,864)
-
(
21,446)
- (
13,504)
-
6(7)
667,569
-
685,979
1
773,635
-
919,011
1
9,428,080
6
6,404,219
6
6(22)
(
1,468,575)(
1) (
817,009) (
1)
$ 7,959,505
5
$ 5,587,210
5
6(12)
($ 5,106)
- ($ 10,079)
-
(
27,637)
-
-
-
6(22)
1,021
-
2,016
-
(
31,722)
- (
8,063)
-
147,704
- (
288,559)
-
147,704
- (
288,559)
-
$ 115,982
- ($ 296,622)
-
$ 8,075,487
5
$ 5,290,588
5
6(23)
$ 9.42
$ 6.61
$ 9.34
$ 6.56
4000
Sales revenue

5000
Operating costs

5900
Net operating margin
Operating expenses

6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative expenses
6300
Research and development expenses
6450
Expected credit loss

6000
Total operating expenses
6900
Operating profit
Non-operating income and expenses
7100
Interest income

7010
Other income
7020
Other gains and losses

7050
Finance costs
7070
Share of profit of associates and
joint ventures accounted for using
equity method, net

7000
Total non-operating income and
expenses
7900
Profit before income tax
7950
Income tax expense

8200
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income
Components of other
comprehensive loss that will not be
reclassified to profit or loss
8311
Other comprehensive loss, before
tax, actuarial losses on defined
benefit plans

8316
Unrealised losses from investments
in equity instruments measured at
fair value through other
comprehensive income
8349
Income tax related to components of
other comprehensive income that
will not be reclassified to profit or
loss

8310
Components of other
comprehensive loss that will not
be reclassified to profit or loss
Components of other
comprehensive income (loss) that
will be reclassified to profit or loss
8361
Financial statements translation
differences of foreign operations
8360
Components of other
comprehensive income (loss) that
will be reclassified to profit or loss
8300
Total other comprehensive income
(loss) for the year
8500
Total comprehensive income for the
year
Earnings per share (in dollars)

9750
Basic earnings per share
9850
Diluted earnings per share

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these parent company only financial statements.

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019 (Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

2019
Balance at January 1, 2019
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive loss for the year
Total comprehensive income (loss)
Appropriation of 2018 earnings
Legal reserve
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Cash dividends from capital surplus
Due to donated assets received
Balance at December 31, 2019
2020
Balance at January 1, 2020
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income (loss) for
the year
Total comprehensive income (loss)
Appropriation of 2019 earnings
Legal reserve
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Due to donated assets received
Balance at December 31, 2020
Notes Share capital -
common stock
Capital Surplus Surplus RetainedEarnings Other EquityInterest Other EquityInterest Other EquityInterest Total equity
Additional paid-in
capital
Treasury stock
transactions
Donated assets
received
Employee stock
warrants
Legal reserve Special reserve Unappropriated
retained earnings
Financial
statements
translation
differences of
foreign operations

a
f
Unrealised losses
from financial
ssets measured at
air value through
other
comprehensive
income
6(16)
6(16)

6(16)
$8,448,562
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$8,448,562
$8,448,562
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$8,448,562
$1,050,563
-
-
-
-
-
-
(
422,429 )
-
$ 628,134
$ 628,134
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 628,134
$ 130,592
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 130,592
$ 130,592
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 130,592
$ 434
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
298
$ 732
$ 732
-
-
-
-
-
-
296
$ 1,028
$ 44,460
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 44,460
$ 44,460
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 44,460
$4,378,464
-
-
-
604,113
-
-
-
-
$4,982,577
$4,982,577
-
-
-
558,721
-
-
-
$5,541,298
$ 421,815
-
-
-
-
84,151
-
-
-
$ 505,966
$ 505,966
-
-
-
-
288,559
-
-
$ 794,525
$15,976,937
5,587,210
(
8,063 )
5,579,147
(
604,113 )
(
84,151 )
(
3,801,853 )
-
-
$17,065,967
$17,065,967
7,959,505
(
4,085 )
7,955,420
(
558,721 )
(
288,559 )
(
3,548,396 )
-
$20,625,711
($ 505,966 )
-
(
288,559 )
(
288,559 )
-
-
-
-
-
($ 794,525 )
($ 794,525 )
-
147,704
147,704
-
-
-
-
($ 646,821 )
$ -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ -
$ -
-
(
27,637 )
(
27,637 )
-
-
-
-
($ 27,637 )
$29,945,861
5,587,210
(
296,622 )
5,290,588
-
-
(
3,801,853 )
(
422,429 )
298
$31,012,465
$31,012,465
7,959,505
115,982
8,075,487
-
-
(
3,548,396 )
296
$35,539,852

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these parent company only financial statements.

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before tax
Adjustments
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)
Depreciation (including right-of-use assets)

Amortization

Expected credit loss

Net loss (gain) on financial assets and liabilities
at fair value through profit or loss
Interest expense
Interest income

Share of profit of associates and joint ventures
accounted for using equity method
Gain on disposal of property, plant and
equipment

Gain on lease modification

Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Changes in operating assets
Notes receivable, net
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable due from related parties
Other receivables
Inventories, net
Prepayments
Changes in operating liabilities
Notes payable
Accounts payable
Other payables
Other payables - related parties
Provisions for liabilities - current
Refund liabilities - current
Other current liabilities, others
Net defined benefit liability
Cash inflow generated from operations
Interest received
Interest paid
Income tax paid
Net cash flows from operating activities
Year ended December 31
Notes
2020
2019
$ 9,428,080 $ 6,404,219
6(8)(9)(20)
280,442
157,384
6(20)
3
4
6(5)
2,446
4,095
56,286 (
22,921 )
21,446
13,504
6(18)
(
49,551 ) (
57,384 )
(
667,569 ) (
685,979 )
6(19)
- (
11 )
6(9)
(
53 ) (
163 )
3,257 (
1,552 )
(
2,160,868 ) (
113,958 )
(
3,655,599 ) (
750,153 )
(
60,584 ) (
70,283 )
(
4,360,321 ) (
589,004 )
(
26,305 ) (
235,903 )
- (
200 )
6,645,119
5,105,653
1,288,865
295,762
691,450
600,849
293,892
64,736
1,862,613 (
147,149 )
150,522
37,814
(
6,766 ) (
5,714 )
9,736,805
10,003,646
48,128
61,236
(
19,561 ) (
13,859 )
(
656,478 ) (
1,403,648 )
9,108,894
8,647,375

(Continued)

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MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of financial assets at amortised cost
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at
amortised cost
Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through
other comprehensive income

Acquisition of investment accounted for using
equity method
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and
equipment
Increase in refundable deposits
Net cash flows used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
Repayment of the principal portion of lease
liabilities
Increase (decrease) in guarantee deposits received
Cash dividends paid

Cash distribution from capital surplus

Due to donated assets received
Net cash flows used in financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Year ended December 31
Notes
2020
2019
$ - ($ 471,064 )
200,000
-
6(3)
- (
151,975 )
(
2,150 )
-
6(8)
(
270,927 ) (
298,543 )
-
13
(
5,836 ) (
13,291 )
(
78,913 ) (
934,860 )
1,500,000 (
1,500,000 )
(
102,593 ) (
62,065 )
15,519 (
24,081 )
6(16)
(
3,548,396 ) (
3,801,853 )
6(16)
- (
422,429 )
296
298
(
2,135,174 ) (
5,810,130 )
6,894,807
1,902,385
6(1)
8,881,827
6,979,442
6(1)
$ 15,776,634 $ 8,881,827

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these parent company only financial statements.

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Discussion Items

1. Proposed by the Board

Proposal:

Amendment to the ‟Rules of Shareholders’ Meeting” of the Company. Please proceed to discuss.

Explanation:

In accordance with the laws, the Company hereby proposes amendments to the some articles of the Company’s ‟Rules of Shareholders’ Meeting”. Please refer to page 33~34,35 (Appendix 1,1-1) of the revision in the Meeting Agenda Handbook.

Resolution:

Election Items

1. Proposed by the Board

Proposal:

Election of Directors. Please vote.

Explanation:

  • (1) The present directors of the Company were elected at shareholders’ meeting on June 15, 2018 for a term of three years and the term will expire on June 14, 2021. Apprvoed by the Board meeting on March 22, 2021, directors will be re-elected at 2021 shareholders’ meeting.

  • (2) In accordance with Article 14 of MSI's Articles of Incorporation, eleven directors (including three independent directors) will be elected by shareholders' general meeting this year. The new directors will serve a term of three years starting from June 11, 2021and expiring on June 10, 2024.

  • (3) Directors shall be elected by adopting candidates nomination system as specified in Article 192-1 of the Company Law. Shareholders shall elect the directors (including independent directors) from the list of the nominated candidates below:

Title Shareholder No. or ID No Education Current Job
Name Experience Representative
Director 1 The electronic engineering from National
ChengKungUniversity.
Chairman of MSI
Director & President of
MICRO-STAR NETHERLANDS HOLDING B. V.
MICRO STAR
INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD.
Hsu,Hsiang The engineer of Sony Industries Taiwan
Co.,Ltd.
Director 5 The electronics from Chung Yuan
Christian University.
Vice Chairman and The President of MSI
Director & President of the following companies:
MSI COMPUTER (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD.
MSI COMPUTER (CAYMAN) CO., LTD.
Director of the following company:
MSI COMPUTER CORP.
Executive Director of the following company:
MSI ELECTRONIC (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
MICRO STAR
INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
MICRO STAR
INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
MICRO STAR
INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
MICRO ELECTRONICS
Huang,Chin-Ching The engineer of Sony Industries Taiwan
Co., Ltd.
Director 9 The electronics from Feng Chia
University.
Senior Vice President of MSI
Director & President of the following companies:
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL (B.V.I) HOLDING
CO., LTD.
MSI POLSKA SP. Z O.O
Director of the following company:
MSI COMPUTER CORP.
Executive Director ofthe following companies:
MSI PACIFIC
MSI HOLDING
MICRO STAR
INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Yu,Hsien-Neng The engineer of Sony Industries Taiwan
Co., Ltd.

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MSI COMPUTER (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
SHENZHEN MEGA INFORMATION CO.,LTD.
MSI COMPUTER (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
SHENZHEN MEGA INFORMATION CO.,LTD.
MSI(B.V.I)
MSI PACIFIC
Director 10 The electronic engineering from the Lien
Ho Industrial and Technological Junior
College.
Senior Vice President of MSI
Director & President of
MSI COMPUTER JAPAN CO., LTD.
Director of the following company:
MSI COMPUTER (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD.
MICRO STAR
INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
MICRO STAR
INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD.
Lin,Wen-Tung The engineer of Sony Industries Taiwan
Co., Ltd.
Director 99 The master of business administration
from Universityof SouthernQueensland
ExecutiveVice President &NB BU GM of MSI
Kuo,Hsu-Kuang The manager of Chun-ShengComputer
Director 492 The master of business administration
from Universityof South Australia
ExecutiveVice President &GNP BU GM of MSI
Liao,Chun-Keng The sales manager of Magic Systech Inc
Director 11864 ITI International Business Administration
Program
Shih Chien College of Design and
Management

ExecutiveVice President &CND BU GM of MSI
The Executive Director of the following company:
MSI (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.
STAR INFORMATION
HOLDING CO., LTD
Hung,Yu-Sheng MA of Pou Chen Group
Director A22412**** Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures,National Taiwan University.
Vice President of Procurement Division of MSI
Chen,Te-Ling D‐LINK CORPORATION Administrator
Title Shareholder No. or I D No Education Current Job
Name Experience
Independent
Director
26 The master of accountingfrom National Taipei University. Accountant of Chung Feng Accounting Firm
Hsu,Jun-Shyan Supervisor of MSI
TUNG SHING & CO. C.P.A.
Independent
Director
461 Criminal investigation of Central Police University. Independent Director of MSI
Li Tsai Attorneys-At-Law
Hsu,Kao-Shan Attorneyof YungJan Attorneys‐At‐Law
Independent
Director
P12021**** The master of science in finance from The CityUniversityof New York. Independent Director of MSI
Liu ,Cheng-Yi Independent Director of
JOCHU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Director of Administration Division of Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Supervisor of TXC Administration Division of MSI
The Assistant Manager of Twin Head International Corp.

Reasons for nominating a candidate who has already served as an Independent Director for three consecutive terms or more: Director Liu ,Cheng-Yi meets the qualifications provided in the "Regulations Governing Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies", and can supervise the board of directors and provide professional opinions when performing the duties as an Independent Director. He continues to be nominated as a candidate for the independent directorship this time.

(4) The “Procedures for Election of Directors” of the Company. Please refer to Appendix 3 (page 40~41) for the revision in the Meeting Agenda Handbook.

Election Results:

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Extempore motions

Appendix

  1. “Rules of Shareholders’ Meeting” and the Comparison Table of the revision

  2. “Articles of Incorporation”

  3. “Rules for Election of Directors”

  4. “Shareholding status of Directors”

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Appendix 1

Shareholders Meeting Rules of Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

Article 1

The shareholders meeting rules of the Company is promulgated in accordance with Article 182-1 of the Company Act. Article 2

Shareholders attending the Meeting shall submit the attendance card for the purpose of signing in. The number of shares represented by shareholders attending the Meeting shall be calculated in accordance with the attendance cards submitted by the shareholders.

Article 3

When the Company holds a shareholders meeting, it may opt for the shareholders to exercise voting rights by correspondence or electronic means.

Shareholders exercising voting rights by electronic means shall cast their votes through the Company designated electronic voting platform.

The attendance and voting at the shareholders meeting shall be calculated based on the shares.

Article 4

The place of the shareholders meeting shall be at the office of the Company or at a location convenient to the shareholders and suitable for convening a shareholders meeting. The time of the meeting may not be earlier than 9 a.m or later than 3 p.m.

Article 5

When the shareholders meeting was convened by the Board of Directors, the shareholders meeting shall be presided by the Chairman of the Board of Directors. If the Chairman is absent or is unable to exercise the duties for certain reasons, the vice-Chairman shall act on his/her behalf. If the vice-Chairman is absent or is unable to exercise the duties for certain reasons, the Chairman may designate the managing director to act on his/her behalf; if there is no managing director, one of the directors may be designated to act on his/her behalf. Where the Chairman does not designate a proxy, the managing director or directors may elect a person among themselves to act on behalf of the Chairman.

When the shareholders meeting was convened by other persons who have the convening right, the shareholders meeting shall be presided by the convener.

Article 6

The Company may designate attorneys, accountants or relevant personnel engaged to be present in the shareholders meeting. The staffs handling the shareholders meeting shall wear identification cards or arm-band. Article 7

The Company shall sound record or video record the whole process of the shareholders meeting and shall preserve it for at least one year. Article 8

Upon the starting time of the meeting, the chairman shall order the meeting to begin. and announce the relevant information such as the number of non-voting rights and the number of shares present. However, where the shareholders present represent half or less than half of the total outstanding shares, the chairman may postpone the meeting for a total of two times. The postponed time may not in total exceed one hour. Where after two postponements, the shareholders present still do not meet the quorum but represent one-third or more of the total outstanding shares, a tentative resolution may be passed in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 175 of the Company Act. If the shares present represent more than half of the total outstanding shares before the end of the meeting, the chairman may propose the tentative resolution to the shareholders meeting for voting in accordance with Article 174 of the Company Act. Article 9

The agenda of the Meeting shall be set by the Board of Directors if the Meeting is convened by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise resolved at the Meeting, the Meeting shall proceed in accordance with the agenda. The above provision applies mutatis mutandis to cases where the Meeting is convened by any person, other than the Board of Directors, entitled to convene such Meeting. Unless otherwise resolved at the Meeting, the chairman cannot announce adjournment of the Meeting before all the discussion items (including special motions) listed in the agenda are resolved.

The shareholders shall not designate any other person as chairman and continue the Meeting in the same or other place after the Meeting is adjourned. However, in the event that the Chairman adjourns the Meeting in violation of these Rules and Procedures, the shareholders may designate, by a majority of votes represented by shareholders attending the

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Meeting, one person as chairman to continue the Meeting. Article 10

Before a shareholder makes a statement, he/she must complete a statement slip stating the subject of the statement, the shareholder number (or attendance card number) and shareholder name, and the chairman shall determine the order of his/her statement. Where a shareholder present only completed a statement slip but did not make a statement, he/she will be deemed to not have made a statement. Where the statement made is inconsistent with that stated on the statement slip, the statement made will prevail. When a shareholder present makes a statement, the other shareholders may not make a statement and interfere, unless consent is obtained from the chairman and the shareholder making the statement. The chairman shall restrain such interfering shareholder.

Article 11

For each proposal, a shareholder may not make more than two statements, unless consent is obtained from the chairman. Each statement may not exceed five minutes. The chairman may restrain the shareholder form making the statement if he/she violates the above provisions or has exceeded the scope of the proposal.

Article 12

Where an institution is delegated to attend the shareholders meeting, it may only appoint one representative to attend. Where the institution appoints two or more

representatives to attend the shareholders meeting, only one person may make a statement for each proposal. Article 13 After a shareholder makes a statement, the chairman may respond him/herself or designate a relevant person to respond. Article 14 Where the chairman believes that the proposal discussed may be resolved, he/she may announce the ending of the discussion and propose that votes be made.

The votes for the proposals shall be calculated by the votes casted on the spot plus the votes casted by electronic voting. Article 15

The personnel supervising and calculating the votes for the proposals shall be designated by the chairman, but the supervising personnel shall be a shareholder. The result of the votes shall be announced on the spot and recorded. Article 15-1 The election of directors at a shareholders meeting shall be held in accordance with the applicable election and appointment rules adopted by the Company, and the voting results shall be announced on-site immediately, including the names of those elected as directors and the numbers of votes with which they were elected.

The ballots for the election referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be sealed with the signatures of the monitoring personnel and kept in proper custody for at least one year. If, however, a shareholder files a lawsuit pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, the ballots shall be retained until the conclusion of the litigation. Article 16 During the meeting, the chairman may announce recesses at his/her own discretion. Article 17 Unless otherwise specified in the Company Act and the Articles of Incorporation, resolutions at a shareholders meeting shall be adopted by a majority vote of the shareholders present. When making a resolution, if shareholders present have no objections upon the inquiry of the chairman, it will be deemed as adopted and its effect shall be the same as resolution by voting. Article 18 When a proposal has an amendment or a replacement, the chairman may combine it with the original proposal and determine the order of resolution. If one of the proposals is resolved, the other proposals will be deemed as rejected and there is no need to make another resolution. Article 19

The chairman may instruct the security officer to assist in maintaining the order of the meeting. The security officer shall wear an arm-band with the word "Security" when assisting in the maintenance of the order of the meeting. Article 20 The Rule shall be approved by the shareholders’ meeting, so does the amendment. The first version established on January 19, 1998; The second version amended on March 3, 2000; The third version amended on May 16, 2002; The fourth version amended on June 17, 2014; The fifth amendment was made on June 11, 2021.

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Appendix 1-1

Comparison Table for the “Rules of Shareholders’ Meeting” Before and After Revision

AFTER THE REVISION BEFORE THE REVISION Remarks
Article8
Upon the starting time of the meeting, the chairman
shall order the meeting to beginand announce the
relevant information such as the number of non-voting
rights and the number of shares present.However, where
the shareholders present represent half or less than half
of the total outstanding shares, the chairman may
postpone the meeting for a total of two times. The
postponed time may not in total exceed one hour. Where
after two postponements, the shareholders present still
do not meet the quorum but represent one-third or more
of the total outstanding shares, a tentative resolution may
be passed in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 175 of
the Company Act. If the shares present represent more
than half of the total outstanding shares before the end of
the meeting, the chairman may propose the tentative
resolution to the shareholders meeting for voting in
accordance with Article174ofthe CompanyAct.
Article8
Upon the starting time of the meeting, the chairman shall
order the meeting to begin. However, where the
shareholders present represent half or less than half of
the total outstanding shares, the chairman may postpone
the meeting for a total of two times. The postponed time
may not in total exceed one hour. Where after two
postponements, the shareholders present still do not meet
the quorum but represent one-third or more of the total
outstanding shares, a tentative resolution may be passed
in accordance with Paragraph 1, Article 175 of the
Company Act. If the shares present represent more than
half of the total outstanding shares before the end of the
meeting, the chairman may propose the tentative
resolution to the shareholders meeting for voting in
accordance with Article 174 of the Company Act.
In response to
revised the
relevant.
Article 15-1
The election of directors at a shareholders meeting shall
be held in accordance with the applicable election and
appointment rules adopted by the Company, and the
voting results shall be announced on-site immediately,
including the names of those elected as directors and the
numbers of votes with which they were elected.
The ballots for the election referred to in the preceding
paragraph shall be sealed with the signatures of the
monitoring personnel and kept in proper custody for at
least one year. If, however, a shareholder files a lawsuit
pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, the ballots
shall be retained until the conclusion of the litigation.
To comply
with the
amended
Regulations.

Article 20
The Rule shall be approved by the shareholders’ meeting,
so does the amendment. The first version established on
January 19, 1998;
The second version amended on March 3, 2000;
The third version amended on May 16, 2002;
The fourth version amended on June 17, 2014;
The fifth amendment was made on June 11, 2021.
Article 20
The Rule shall be approved by the shareholders’ meeting,
so does the amendment. The first version established on
January 19, 1998;
The second version amended on March 3, 2000;
The third version amended on May 16, 2002;
The fourth version amended on June 17, 2014.
To increase
the date of
the
amendment.

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Appendix 2

Articles of Incorporation of Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. (the "Company")

Section I - General Provisions

Article l - The Company is incorporated in accordance with the Company Act, with the name of 微星科技股份有限公司 , and the English name of Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

  • Article 2 - The purpose for which the Company is formed shall be as follows:

  • Design of various computer hardware and software and manufacture, sale and purchase of computer products, parts and components;

  • Manufacture and sale of electronic components and parts;

  • Import-export trading business in relation of the foregoing businesses;

  • Agency business for quotation, bid and distribution of related products;

  • CC01030 Manufacturing business of electric appliances; 6. CC01060 Manufacturing business of wired communications equipments;

  • CC01070 Manufacturing business of wireless communications equipments;

  • CE01030 Manufacturing business of optical devices;

  • CH01040 Manufacturing business of toys;

  • F109040 Wholesale business of toys and entertainment products;

  • F113020 Wholesale business of electric appliances;

  • F113050 Wholesale business of office machines and equipments;

  • F113070 Wholesale business of telecommunications equipments and materials;

  • F209030 Retail business of toys and entertainment products;

  • F213030 Retail business of office machines and equipments;

  • F213060 Retail business of telecommunications equipments and materials;

  • F213010 Retail business of electric appliances;

  • CC01101 Manufacturing business of regulated RF telecommunications equipments and materials;

  • F401021 Import business of regulated RF telecommunications equipments and materials;

  • CF01011 Manufacturing business of medical equipments;

  • F108031 Wholesale business of medical equipments;

  • F208031 Retail business of medical equipments;

  • CE01010 Manufacturing business of general equipments; and

  • ZZ99999 All other businesses not prohibited or restricted by laws and regulations except businesses requiring special permits.

Article 3 - The Company may provide guarantees to others in the same industry when necessary for its business, subject to the approvals of the Board of Directors.

  • Article 4 - The total amount of the investment by the Company is not subject to the limit of forty percent of the Company’s issued and outstanding capital stock as provided for in the Republic of China Company Act.

  • Article 5 - The Company shall have its headquarters office in New Taipei City, Taiwan and may, when necessary, set up branch offices worldwide according to the resolution adopted at the meeting of the Board of Directors.

Article 6

  • Deleted

Section II - Capital Stock

Article 7 - The total authorized capital stock of the Company shall be in the amount of NT$15,000,000,000 divided into 1,500,000,000 shares, at a par value of NT$10 each. Within the capital stock, 80,000,000 shares are reserved for the issuance of employee stock warrants. The aforementioned capital stock may be issued in installments subject to the resolution of the Board of Directors.

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In the event that the Company may purchase their own shares in accordance with laws, the Board of Director is authorized to do so pursuant to laws and regulation.

  • Article 7-1The exercise price of employee stock warrants is less than the common stock closing price of issuance date shall be voted in favor by the majority present at a shareholders' meeting at which shareholders of more than two-thirds of the issued and outstanding shares present. Lower than the actual average price of the shares of treasury stock, the transfer of shares to employees shall be voted in favor by the majority present at a shareholders' meeting at which shareholders of more than two-thirds of the issued and outstanding shares present.

  • Article 8 - The stock certificates of the Company shall be in registered form and issued after being signed and affixed with the seal specimen by three or more directors of the Company, being assigned serial numbers and being authenticated in accordance with law.

  • When issuance of new shares, the share certificates of the new issuance may be printed in combination form but shall be held in custody by centralized securities depository institutions. The shares may be made in non-printed form but shall be registered in centralized securities depository institutions.

  • Article 9 - Registration on shareholders' register for share transfer shall be suspended for sixty days before any ordinary shareholders' meeting, thirty days before any extraordinary shareholders' meeting, and five days before the record date for determination of the shareholders entitled to dividends or any other profits distribution by the Company.

Section III - Shareholders' Meeting

  • Article 10 - Shareholders' meetings of the Company are two kinds: ordinary shareholders' meetings and extraordinary shareholders' meetings. Ordinary shareholders' meetings shall be convened at least once a year by the Board of Directors in accordance with law within six months after the close of each fiscal year and notify each shareholder thirty days in advance. Extraordinary shareholders' meetings shall be convened whenever necessary and notify each shareholder fifteen days in advance.

  • Above mentioned notification shall provide the date, location and agenda of the meeting. Except the rule governed by the Company Act, shareholders’ meeting shall be convened by the Board of Directors.

  • Article 11 - If a shareholder is unable to attend a shareholders' meeting, he/she may execute and issue a proxy in the form as printed by the Company and specify the scope of the proxy. The use of proxies and calculation of voting rights under agency shall be governed by Company Act and the "Rules of Using Proxies When Attending Shareholders' Meeting of Public-Listed Companies" promulgated by the regulatory authorities.

  • Article 12 - Shareholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by them. Shares held by the Company in accordance with Paragraph 2, Article 179 of Company Act shall not be entitled to voting rights.

  • Article 13 - Any resolution at a shareholders' meeting shall, unless otherwise provided for in Company Act, be adopted if voted in favor by the majority present at a shareholders' meeting at which shareholders of more than one-half of the issued and outstanding shares present.

Section IV - Directors and Supervisors

  • Article 14 - The Company shall have seven to eleven directors. The term of the directors and supervisors shall be three years. The directors and supervisors shall be eligible for re-election and shall be elected from persons with legal capacity at a shareholders' meeting.

  • The board of directors of a company shall have at least three independent directors among the directors elected in accordance with the preceding Paragraph of this Article. The election of directors shall adopt the candidates nomination system. Non-independent directors and independent directors shall be elected together and the elected quota of which shall be calculated separately. Among the directors elect, candidate to whom the ballots cast represent a prevailing number of votes shall be dependent directors and the rest be independent directors. The total shareholding of the directors shall be governed by the "Rules Governing the

  • Percentage and Inspection of the Shareholding of Directors and Supervisors of Public-listed Companies."

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Enhancing supervision functions and strengthening management mechanisms, the board of directors of the Company may set up Functional committees.

Functional committees shall adopt an organizational charter to be approved by the board of directors, the organizational charter shall contain the number of directors, terms, and authorization of committee.

  • Article14-1- In the event the Company establishes an Audit Committee in accordance with Article 14.4 of the Securities Exchange Act, the date of Audit Committee establishment shall be date of abolition of supervisors. The rules regarding to the supervisors of the Companies Act, the Securities Exchange Act shall apply to the Audit Committee.

  • The functions and exercise of powers of the Audit Committee shall be governed by “Regulations Governing the Exercise of Powers by the Audit Committee of a Public Company” and relevant government authorities’ regulations.

  • Article 15 - The Board of Directors shall be composed of directors. The Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be elected from among the directors pursuant to Article 208 of Company Act. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall have the authority to represent the Company externally.

  • Article 16 - The board meeting unless otherwise provided for in this Act, shall be called by the Chairman. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall act as the chairman. In the event that the Chairman of the Board of Directors is at leave or cannot execute his duties for any cause, the attorney-in-fact shall handle pursuant to Article 208 of Company Act. In case of his/her absence of a director, the director may, by issuing a proxy specifying the scope of agency, designate one of the other directors to act for and on his/her behalf. A director may only act for one other director. If the board meeting is conducted through videoconference, the directors shall be deemed attending the board meeting in person is participating the meeting through videoconference.

  • In calling a meeting of the Board of Directors, a notice setting forth therein the subjects to be discussed at the meeting shall be given to each director no later than 7 days prior to the scheduled meeting date. However, in the case of emergency, the meeting may be convened at any time.

  • The notice of calling a meeting of the Board of Directors may be delivered by means of a written notice, email, or fax.

  • Article 16-1 - Any resolution at a Board meeting shall be adopted if voted in favor by the majority present at a Board meeting at which more than half of the Directors are present unless otherwise stipulated in Company Act.

  • Article 16-2- Deleted.

  • Article 16-3- The Company may authorize the Board of Directors to have liability insurance for all the directors during their tenure of the Board.

  • Article 16-4 - The remuneration of directors shall be discussed and decided by the Board of Directors referencing the standard generally adhered by other companies of the sameindustry.

Section V - Managers

  • Article 17 - The Company may have one president. The appointment, removal and remuneration of the president shall be conducted in accordance with Article 29 of Company Act.

Section VI - Accounting

  • Article 18 - The fiscal year of the Company is calendar year. At the end of each fiscal year, the Board of Directors shall prepare (1) report of business operation, (2)financial statements, (3) proposal for appropriation of earnings or covering of loss, etc, and send the same to the ordinary shareholders meeting for their recognition in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

  • Article 19 - The Company is in a highly changeable industry. Many high-end lucrative products are in growth. The distribution of dividends shall be made taking into consideration the needs of Company future development and operation, and the interests of shareholders. If the annual results shall have profit, such profits should first pay all taxes and reimburse accumulative loss, then take 10% legal reserve, reserve or reverse special reserve according to the Company Act. After previous deductions and reserves, the Company can take 10% to 90% of the distributable earnings plus undistributed retained earnings as bonus proposed by the board of directors. The

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bonus distributed in cash at whole or partially can be decided by the board Board’s majority resolution and report to the shareholders’ meeting. If the bonus will be distributed by the issuance new shares, the issuance shall be approved by the shareholders’ meeting.

Shareholders’ bonus shall be distributed in accordance with the percentage of the shares owned among the total outstanding shares of the Company. Shareholders’ bonus can be distributed through the forms of cash and stock dividends. In such distribution combination, cash dividends shall be counted no less than 30% of the total distributed bonus.

In the event there are deductions under the account of shareholder's equity which cannot be allocated from after-tax profits of the current fiscal year, whether accumulated from previous year or occurred in the current year, the Company shall allocate sufficient special reserves from the beginning aggregate balance of undistributed earnings and subtract such shareholder equity deductions before profits distribution.

  • Article 19-1- The pre-tax income of the current fiscal year shall first offset the accumulated deficits. If the balance is positive, then the Company shall allocate the remuneration to be distributed to employees, directors in accordance with the following ratio.

  • Employee remuneration in the percentage of 6% to 10%. Individuals eligible for employee remuneration include the Company’s employees and the employees of the Company’s subsidiaries meeting certain requirements. Such requirements are to be set by the Board of Directors.

  • Remuneration to be distributed to directors shall not exceed 1%. The decision of the percentage of remuneration to be distributed to employees, directors and supervisors set forth in the preceding Paragraph, the forms of distribution (cash or stock dividends) and the amounts and shares thereof shall be made through the special resolutions of the Board of Directors and reported to the shareholder’s meeting.

  • Article 20 - According to provisions of Company Act Article 241 , the Company is able to authorize the Board to distribute legal reserve or capital surplus in cash at whole or partially with majority resolution and report at the shareholders’ meeting. Alternatively, the distribution can be issuance new shares upon the approval of shareholders’ meeting.

Section VII - Supplementary Provisions

  • Article 21 - Matters not provided for in these Articles of Incorporation shall be governed by Company Act.

  • Article 22 - These Articles of Incorporation were entered into on July 23, 1986. The first amendment was made on June 30, 1989;The second amendment was made on March 26, 1990; The third amendment was made on June 25, 1991; The fourth amendment was made on April 25, 1994; The fifth amendment was made on May 30, 1995;The sixth amendment was made on June 11, 1996;

  • The seventh amendment was made on August 30, 1996; The eighth amendment was made on April 19, 1997; The ninth amendment was made on February 28, 1998; The tenth amendment was made on September 18, 1998; The eleventh amendment was made on May 20, 1999; The twelfth amendment was made on May 4, 2000;The thirteenth amendment was made on May 10, 2001; The fourteenth amendment was made on May 10, 2001; The fifteenth amendment was made on May 16, 2002; The sixteenth amendment was made on May 28, 2003; The seventeenth amendment was made on May 28, 2003; The eighteenth amendment was made on June 9, 2004; The nineteenth amendment was made on June 14, 2005;The twentieth amendment was made on June 14, 2006; The twenty-first amendment was made on June 13, 2007;The twenty-second amendment was made on June 11, 2008; The twenty-third amendment was made on June 16, 2009; The twenty-forth amendment was made on June 10, 2010; The twenty-fifth amendment was made on June 9, 2011; The twenty-sixth amendment was made on June 17, 2014;The twenty-seventh amendment was made on June 16, 2016; The twenty-eighth amendment was made on June 15, 2018; The twenty-nineth amendment was made on June 14, 2019. The thirtieth amendment was made on June 10, 2020.

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Appendix 3

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. ‟Rules for Election of Directors”

Article 1

Unless otherwise provided in the Company Law or the Articles of Incorporation of this Company, the directors of this Company shall be elected in accordance with the rules specified herein. Election of directors of this Company shall be held at the shareholders' meeting. Article 2

The Directors of the Company shall be elected by the shareholders’ meeting from among the persons with disposing capacity.

Article 3

Unless otherwise provided by the Company Act or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the election of Directors, each common share with a voting right is entitled to the number of ballots which are equivalent to the numbers of directors to be elected, they can be voted to only one candidate or a few candidates.

Article 3-1

The election of independent directors and non-independent directors shall be held together; but elected places shall be calculated separately. The elected candidates shall base on the total voting rights received.

Article 4

The numbers including non-independent directors and independent directors of the Company shall be provided by the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. In the election for the directors and supervisors of the Company, the candidates receiving ballots representing the highest number of voting rights sequentially shall be elected. A candidate simultaneously elected as a director and supervisor shall, at the candidate's own discretion, decide to serve as either director or supervisor.

Article 5

Deleted

Article 6

At the beginning of the election, the Chairman shall appoint several persons each to check and record the ballots. Article 7

The ballot boxes shall be prepared by the Board of Directors and laid open for inspection in public by the voting supervisory personnel before the voting begins. Article 8

The Board of Directors shall prepare the blank ballots for election of directors according to the number of them to be elected which shall indicate the weight of the vote and distribute the ballots to the shareholders present at the relevant shareholders meeting.。

Article 9

If the candidate is a shareholder, a voter must enter the candidate’s account name and shareholder account number in the “candidate” column of the ballot. For a non-shareholder, the voter shall enter the candidate’s full name and ID number. However, when the candidate is a governmental organization or juristic-person shareholder, the name of the governmental organization or juristic-person shareholder shall be entered in the column for the candidate’s account name in the ballot paper or both the name of the governmental organization or juristic-person shareholder and the name of its representative may be entered. When there are multiple representatives, the name of each respective representative shall be entered.

Article 10

A ballots is invalid under any of the following circumstances:

1.The ballots was not prepared by the company;

2.A blank ballots is cased into the ballot box;

3.The handwriting is unclear and illegible;

4.The candidate elected is a shareholder, the identity and shareholder account number thereof are not in conformity with those specified in the shareholders’ roster; or if the candidate elected is not a shareholder, the name and uniform ID number are proven non-conformity; 5.Other than the name and the shareholder account number or uniform ID number of the candidate, other contexts are included;

6.The ballots does not bear the shareholder account name (personal name) or shareholder account number (identification card number) of the candidate being voted for

7.Any of the candidate’s name, shareholder’s number (ID number) or the number of votes cast for such candidate being erased or changed;

  1. The ballot bears the names of two or more candidates or more.

Article 11

The ballots should be calculated during the meeting right after the vote casting and the results of the election should be announced by the Chairman at the meeting.

Article 12

Other matters not stipulated in the Articles of ‟Rules for Election of Directors” shall be handled in accordance with the Company Law, the Articles of Incorporation, and other relevant laws and regulations.

Article 13

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These Rules and all subsequent amendments each shall be implemented after being approved by the Shareholders Meeting. The first was made on February 10, 1995.

The second amendment was made on May 16, 2002;

The third amendment was made on June 16, 2009;

The fourth amendment was made on June 17, 2014;

The fifth amendment was made on June 15, 2018;

The sixth amendment was made on June 11, 2021;

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Appendix 4

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

Shareholding of Directors

  1. The Company’s total paid-up capital is NT$8,448,561,990 with issued outstanding shares 844,856,199.

  2. According to Article 26 of Securities and Exchange Act and Rules and Review Procedures for Director and Supervisor Share Ownership Ratios at Public Companies, directors shall all together own at least 27,035,398 shares. Up to the book closure date of this shareholders meeting, per shareholder’s register each and all directors own the number of shares as set forth in the following table:

Book closure date: April 13,2021
Book closure date: April 13,2021
Book closure date: April 13,2021
Book closure date: April 13,2021
Position Name Date
elected
~~Shareholding while elected~~ ~~Current shareholding~~ Remarks
Type Shares Shareholding
ratio(%)
Type Shares Shareholding
ratio(%)
Chairman of
the Board of
Directors
Hsu,Hsiang 2018.6.15 Common
stock
51,983,151
6.15%
Common
stock
51,983,151
6.15%
Vice-Chairman
of the Board of
Directors
Huang,Chin-Ching 2018.6.15 Common
stock
20,937,377
2.48%
Common
stock
20,937,377
2.48%
Director of
Board
Lin,Wen-Tung 2018.6.15 Common
stock
25,672,499
3.04%
Common
stock
25,672,499
3.04%
Director of
Board
Yu, Hsien-Neng 2018.6.15 Common
stock
17,892,824
2.12%
Common
stock
17,892,824
2.12%
Director of
Board
Kuo,Hsu-Kuang 2018.6.15 Common
stock
0
0.00%
Common
stock
75,000
0.01%
Director of
Board
Liao,Chun-Keng 2018.6.15 Common
stock
35,000
0.00%
Common
stock
60,000
0.01%
Director of
Board
Hung,Yu-Sheng 2018.6.15 Common
stock
306,660
0.04%
Common
stock
306,660
0.04%
Independent
Director of
Board
Wang,Sung-Chou 2018.6.15 Common
stock
0
0.00%
Common
stock
0 0.00% Note 4
Independent
Director of
Board
Liu ,Cheng-Yi 2018.6.15 Common
stock
0
0.00%
Common
stock
0 0.00% Note 4
Independent
Director of
Board
Hsu,Kao-Shan 2018.6.15 Common
stock
418,686
0.05%
Common
stock
418,686
0.05%
Note 4
Amount 117,246,197 117,346,197

Note 1: Total issued shares:844,856,199 shares on June 15,2018. (date elected). Note 2: Total Issued shares: 844,856,199 shares on April 13,2021. (book closure date). Note 3 :The minimum required combined shareholding of all directors by law:27,035,398 shares The combined shareholding of all directors on the book closure date:116,927,511 shares Note 4 : The shares held by independent directors shall not be counted in the calculation of directors shareholdings.

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