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Nuvoton Technology Corporation
2016 Annual General Shareholders Meeting Agenda Handbook[1]
Meeting Date: June 15, 2016 (Wednesday)
Meeting Time: 9:00 A.M.
Meeting Venue: Room 102, No. 4, Creation Rd. Ⅲ , Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, R.O.C.
1 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
Table of Contents
I. Meeting Procedure and Agenda
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II. Attachments
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Attachment 1. Comparison Table of Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation Attachment 2. 2015 Business Report and Financial Statements
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Attachment 3. Independent Auditors' Report
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Attachment 4. Supervisor's Review Report
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Attachment 5. Shareholding of All Directors and Supervisors of the Fourth Term
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Attachment 6. Comparison Table of Amendments to the Rules Governing the Conduct of Shareholders Meeting
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Attachment 7. Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets
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Attachment 8. Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Engaging in Derivatives Transactions
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Attachment 9. Comparison Table of Amendments to the Regulations Governing Endorsements and Guarantees
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Attachment 10. Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Lending Funds to Other Parties
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Attachment 11. Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Election of Directors and Supervisors
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III. Appendixes
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Appendix 1 Rules Governing the Conduct of Shareholders Meeting Appendix 2 Articles of Incorporation Appendix 3 Procedures for Election of Director and Supervisors
Meeting Procedure and Agenda of 2016 Annual General Shareholders Meeting of Nuvoton Technology Corporation
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I. Announcement of the Commencement of the Meeting
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II. Opening Speech of the Chairman
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III. Meeting Agenda
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(I) Matters to be discussed
- To discuss the amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company Voting by Poll on this matter
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(II) Matters to be reported
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To report the business of fiscal year 2015
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To report the 2015 supervisors' review report
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To report the remuneration of employees, directors and supervisors for fiscal year 2015
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Others
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(III) Matters to be acknowledged
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To acknowledge and recognize business report and financial statements of fiscal year 2015
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To acknowledge and recognize the proposal for distribution of 2015 profit
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(IV) Matters to be discussed
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To discuss the amendment of internal rules
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(1) Rules Governing the Conduct of Shareholders Meeting
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(2) Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets
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(3) Procedures for Engaging in Derivatives Transactions
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(4) Regulations Governing Endorsements and Guarantees
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(5) Procedures for Lending Funds to Other Parties
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(6) Procedures for Election of Directors and Supervisors
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Voting by Poll on the above acknowledged and discussed matters
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(V) Elections
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To elect 9 Directors (including 4 Independent Directors) of the fifth term of the Board of Directors
Proceed with the election
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(VI) Matters to be discussed
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To release the Directors of the fifth term of the Board of Directors from non-competition restriction
Voting by Poll on this matter
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IV. Other Matters and Motions
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V. Adjournment
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Matters to be discussed:
Motion I
Proposed by the Board of Directors
Proposal: It is proposed to amend the Company's Articles of Incorporation. Please review and approve the same.
Explanation:
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I. It is conducted in accordance with the letter issued by the Ministry of Economic Affairs on June 11, 2015 (Jin-Shen-Tze-No. 10402413890), the establishment of audit committee in lieu of supervisors, and for practical needs.
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II. Please refer to Attachment 1 for the comparison table of the Articles of Incorporation proposed to be amended.
Voting by Poll on this matter:
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Matters to be reported:
I. To report the business of fiscal year 2015
The Company's 2015 business report and financial statements are hereby presented (please refer to Attachment 2 for details). Please examine.
II. To report the 2015 supervisors' review report
The supervisors' review report is hereby presented (please refer to Attachment 4 for details). Please examine.
III. To report the remuneration of employees, directors, and supervisors for fiscal year 2015
According to the Company's 2015 earnings audited by the certified public accountants, the Company has no accumulated losses to be made up. It is proposed to, in accordance with Article 24-1 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation as being resolved to be amended by this 2016 Annual General Shareholders Meeting, allot 1% of the earnings to be the remuneration of directors and supervisors, which is NT$5,906,546 in total, and to allot 6% of the earnings to be the remuneration of employees, which is NT$35,439,278 in total. The above amounts will all be paid in cash. The aforesaid ratios and amounts for allocation have been approved by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fourth Term.
IV. Others to be reported
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(I) Report on shareholdings of all directors and supervisors
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In accordance with Article 26 of the Securities and Exchange Act and the Rules and Review Procedures for Share Ownership Ratios of Directors and Supervisors of Public Companies, the minimum combined shareholding of all directors required by laws and regulations is 12,000,000 shares, and the minimum combined shareholding of all supervisors required by laws and regulations is 1,200,000 shares.
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Please refer to Attachment 5 for the shareholding of each director and supervisor and the shareholdings of all directors and supervisors as of the record date for determining the shareholders eligible to attend this 2016 annul general shareholders meeting.
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The aggregate shareholdings of all directors and supervisors meet the minimum shareholding required by laws and regulations.
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(II) During the period for accepting shareholders' proposals (from March 21, 2016 to March 31, 2016), no shareholder submitted any written proposal to the Company for the 2016 annual general shareholders meeting in accordance with Article 172-1 of the Company Act.
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Matters to be acknowledged
Motion I
Proposed by the Board of Directors
Proposal: The business report and financial statements of fiscal year 2015 are hereby presented. Please acknowledge and recognize the same.
Explanation:
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I. Please refer to Attachment 2 for the business report and financial statements of fiscal year 2015.
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II. The aforementioned financial statements have been approved by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fourth Term and after audited by the certified public accountants, together with the business report, have been submitted to and reviewed by the supervisors.
Motion II
Proposed by the Board of Directors
Proposal: The proposal for distribution of 2015 profit of the Company is presented. Please acknowledge and recognize the same.
Explanation:
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I. The Company has a net profit after tax of NT$469,022,298 for the year of 2015. The proposed statement of profit distribution is as follows.
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II. The proposal was approved by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fourth Term.
Nuvoton Technology Corporation Statement of Profit Distribution
For the year ended December 31, 2015
(Unit: NT$)
| Items | Total |
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| Unappropriated retained earnings of previous years Minus: Losses on Remeasurement of Defined Benefit Plans Plus: Net Income of 2015 Minus: 10% Legal Reserve Appropriated Retained Earnings Available for Distribution as of December 31,2015 |
188,275,458 (29,644,000) 469,022,298 (46,902,230) 580,751,526 |
| Distributable items: Cash Dividends to Common Shares(NT$1.8per share)(Note) |
373,597,920 |
| Unappropriated Retained Earnings,End of Year | 207,153,606 |
(Note: Cash dividends will be calculated and distributed in whole New Taiwan Dollar. Any fractional amount less than one New Taiwan Dollar will be accounted in the Company's other income.)
Chairman: Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao Manager: Sean Tai Chief Accountant: Hung-Wen Huang
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Matters to be discussed
Motion II
Proposed by the Board of Directors
Proposal: It is proposed to amend the Company's internal rules. Please review and approve the same. Explanation:
To meet the needs of the Company's establishment of audit committee in lieu of supervisors, it is proposed to amend the Company's internal rules as specified below:
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I. To amend the Rules Governing the Conduct of Shareholders Meeting; the comparison table of the amendment is as shown in Attachment 6.
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II. To amend the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets; the comparison table of the amendment is as shown in Attachment 7.
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III. To amend the Procedures for Engaging in Derivatives Transactions; the comparison table of the amendment is as shown in Attachment 8.
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IV. To amend the Regulations Governing Endorsements and Guarantees; the comparison table of the amendment is as shown in Attachment 9.
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V. To amend the Procedures for Lending Funds to Other Parties; the comparison table of the amendment is as shown in Attachment 10.
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VI. To amend the Procedures for Election of Directors and Supervisors; the comparison table of the amendment is as shown in Attachment 11.
Voting by Poll on the above acknowledged and discussed matters:
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Elections
Motion I
Proposed by the Board of Directors
Proposal: It is proposed to elect nine directors (including four independent directors) of the fifth term. Explanation:
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I. The directors and supervisors of the fourth term were elected at the annual general shareholders meeting held on June 14, 2013. Their term of office has expired. It is proposed to conduct an election at the 2016 Annual General Shareholders Meeting.
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II. To establish an audit committee in lieu of supervisors pursuant to relevant law, it has been approved by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fourth Term that the fifth term of the board of directors will be composed of nine directors (including four independent directors), and the term of office of the newly elected directors (including independent directors) will begin from the date of election (term of office being from June 15, 2016 to June 14, 2019). After the new directors take office this time, all independent directors will constitute the audit committee that replaces the supervisors.
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III. The Company's directors (including independent directors) of the fifth term shall be elected pursuant to the candidate nomination system and procedures. The list of candidates of directors (including independent directors) for this election has been reviewed and approved by the Fifteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fourth Term. Information of the candidates is shown as below:
| Category of Candidate |
Name of Candidate |
Education | Experience | Present Job | Number of shares held (unit: share) |
Government or legal person represented |
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| Director | Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao |
Master of Electrical Engineering from University of Washington, also studied in School of Management, University of Washington |
Chairman of Walsin Lihwa Corp., Chairman and Remuneration Committee Member of Capella Microsystems Inc. |
Chairman and CEO of Winbond Electronics Corporation, Chairman of Nuvoton Technology Corporation |
126,620,087 | Winbond Electronics Corporation |
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| Category of Candidate |
Name of Candidate |
Education | Experience | Present Job | Number of shares held (unit: share) |
Government or legal person represented |
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| Director | Yung Chin | Master of Applied Mathematics from University of Washington |
Chief Auditor of Walsin Lihwa Corp., Vice President of Winbond Electronics Corporation |
Director and Chief Administrative Officer of Winbond Electronics Corporation, Director of Nuvoton Technology Corporation |
0 | None |
| Director | Robert Hsu | Doctorate of Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California |
President of Winbond Electronics Corporation |
Vice Chairman and CTO of Nuvoton Technology Corporation |
191,328 | None |
| Director | Chi-Lin Wea |
Master of Management from Imperial College London United Kingdom, Doctorate of Economic from University of Paris |
Director of National Taiwan University College of Management, Secretary-genera l of Executive Yuan, Chairman of Land Bank of Taiwan |
Chairman of Waterland Financial Holdings, Chairman of International Bills Finance Corporation |
0 | None |
| Director | Ken-Shew Lu |
Doctorate from Texas Tech University |
Senior Vice President of Memory Products of Texas Instruments Incorporated, Senior Vice President of Global Mixed and Analog Signal & Logical Products of Texas Instruments Incorporated |
President, CEO, and Director of Diodes Incorporated, Chairman of LED Engin, Inc., Director of Lorenz, Director of Lite-On Technology Corporation |
0 | None |
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| Category of Candidate |
Name of Candidate |
Education | Experience | Present Job | Number of shares held (unit: share) |
Government or legal person represented |
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| Independe nt director |
Royce Yu-Chun Hong |
Department of Industrial Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Graphic Design at Art Center College of Design |
Executive Director of Panasonic Taiwan Co., Ltd |
Chairman and President of IPEVO Inc. |
0 | None |
| Independe nt director |
Allen Hsu | Master of Business Administration from National Chengchi University |
Vice CEO at Headquarters of Yulon Group, Chairman of Myson Century, Inc., Chairman of Taiwan Mask Corporation, Chairman of Chingis Technology Corporation, Vice Chairman of Taiwan Venture Capital Association, Vice President of Taiwan Private Equity Association |
Chairman of Hestia Power Inc., Chairman of AccelStor, Chairman of Yizhong Technology Inc., Chairman of Ruida Management Consultants Co., Director of InnoDisk Corporation, Director of Acme Electronics Corporation, Director of Anderson Industrial Corp., Director of Parpro Corporation, Independent Director of ANZ Bank (Taiwan) Limited, Independent Director of Winbond Electronics Corporation, Independent Director of MicroBase Technology Corporation |
0 |
None |
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| Category of Candidate |
Name of Candidate |
Education | Experience | Present Job | Number of shares held (unit: share) |
Government or legal person represented |
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| Independe nt director |
David Shu-Chyuan Tu |
Master of Computer Engineering from California State University, Bachelor of Computer Engineering from National Chiao Tung University |
President of Planning Department of Synnex Technology International Corp |
Vice President of Group Business Development and Strategy of Synnex Technology International Corp., Director of BestCom Infotech Corp |
0 | None |
| Independe nt director |
Jerry Hsu | Bachelor of Commerce from University of Toronto, International Business Department of Waseda University, Master of Business Administration from Peking University |
Director of Kinpo Electronics Incorporation |
Director of Kinpo Biotechnology, Director of Kunji Venture Capital, Director of Kinpo Electronics, Director of Baotek Inc., Director of Prudence Venture Capital, Director of PChomestore Inc., Director of Breeze Home Comprehensive Development, Director of PChome online Inc., Independent Director of Winbond Electronics Corporation, Independent Director of SIRTEC International Co., Ltd., Supervisor of Fubao Investment Co., Ltd., Supervisor of Teleport Access Services, Inc., Supervisor of AcBel Polytech Incorporation |
0 |
None |
IV. Please vote. Election results:
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Matters to be discussed
Motion III
Proposed by the Board of Directors
Proposal: It is proposed to release the directors of the fifth term from the non-competition restrictions. Please review and approve the same.
Explanation:
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I. It is conducted in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 209 of the Company Act which provides that "A director who acts for himself/herself or on behalf of another person in a manner that is within the scope of the company's business shall explain to the shareholders meeting the essential contents of such act and secure its approval."
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II. The Company elected new directors (including independent directors) of the fifth term at the 2016 annual general shareholders meeting. It is proposed to submit to the said shareholders meeting to, in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 209 of the Company Act, release the new directors (including independent directors) of the fifth term from the non-competition restrictions from the date that they become directors (including independent directors) of the Company. The list of candidates of directors and contents of acts that such directors act for himself/herself or on behalf of another person in a manner that is within the scope of the Company's business are as follows:
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(I) Mr. Chi-Lin Wea:
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(1) Director of AcBel Polytech Incorporation: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, computer and peripherals manufacturing, international trade, and information software service; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(2) Independent Director of Inventec Besta Co.: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, data storage media manufacturing and copying, international trade, and information software service; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(3) Independent Director of Sinbon Electronics Co., Ltd.: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, computer and peripherals manufacturing, product design, and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(4) Independent Director of Formosa Plastics Corporation: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing; such business is included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(II) Mr. Ken-Shew Lu:
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(1) President, CEO and Director of Diodes Incorporated: this company is mainly engaged in sales service of semiconductor components; such business is included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(2) Chairman of LED Engin, Inc.: this company is mainly engaged in research and development, manufacturing and sales of advanced LED light sources and modules; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(3) Director of Lorenz: this company is mainly engaged in software development; such business is included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(4) Director of Liteon Technology Corporation: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, computer and peripherals manufacturing, data storage media manufacturing and copying, international trade, information software service, and product design; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(III) Mr. Allen Hsu:
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(1) Chairman of Hestia Power Technology Corporation: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, information software service, product design, and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(2) Chairman of AccelStor: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, computer and peripherals manufacturing, data storage media manufacturing and copying, information software service, product design, and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(3) Director of Anderson Industrial Corp.: this company is mainly engaged in international trade service; such business is included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(4) Director of Acme Electronics Corporation: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(5) Director of InnoDisk Corporation: this company is mainly engaged in international trade, information software service, product design, and electronic components manufacturing; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(6) Director of Parpro Corporation: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(7) Independent Director of MicroBase Technology Corp.: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing and computer and peripherals manufacturing; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(IV) Mr. Royce Yu-Chun Hong:
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(1) Chairman and President of IPEVO Inc.: this company is mainly engaged in information software service, international trade, and product design; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(2) Chairman of Xrange Co., Ltd.: this company is mainly engaged in information software service, international trade, and product design; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(3) Chairman of Xing Mobility Inc., Ltd.: this company is mainly engaged in international trade and product design; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(4) Executive Director of Panasonic Taiwan Co.: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, computer and peripherals manufacturing, information software service, and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(V) Mr. David Shu-Chyuan Tu:
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(1) Vice President of Group Business Development and Strategy of Synnex Technology International Corp.: this company is mainly engaged in computer and peripherals manufacturing, international trade, and information software service; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(2) Director of Bestcom Infotech Corp.: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, computer and peripherals manufacturing, information software service, international trade, and data storage media manufacturing and copying; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(VI) Mr. Jerry Hsu:
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(1) Director of PChomestore Inc.: this company is mainly engaged in international trade, information software service, and product design; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(2) Director of Kinpo Biotechnology: this company is mainly engaged in international trade; such business is included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(3) Director of Baotek Inc.: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(4) Director of PChome online Inc.: this company is mainly engaged in information software service, product design, and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(5) Director of Kinpo Electronics: this company is mainly engaged in manufacturing, processing and trading of computers, computer peripherals, communication products, and consumer electronics; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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(6) Independent Director of Sirtec International Co.: this company is mainly engaged in electronic components manufacturing, computer and peripherals manufacturing, and international trade; these businesses are included in the scope of business of the Company.
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III. The Chairman of the shareholders meeting may make supplemental explanation on the contents of the acts that each director acts for himself/herself or on behalf of another person in a manner that is within the scope of the Company's business.
Voting by Poll on this matter:
Other Matters and Motions
Adjournment
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Attachments
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the "Company") Comparison Table of Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation[2]
Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Wording amendment Directors and ~~Supervisor~~ Audit Directors and Supervisor for setting up an audit Committee committee to replace supervisors Article 15 Article 15 The number of The Company shall have nine ~~to~~ The Company shall have nine to board seats was ~~thirteen~~ directors (including thirteen directors and one to three adjusted and fixed at nine. As the independent directors) ~~and one to~~ supervisors, whose term of office is ~~three supervisors~~ whose term of three years. Among the directors there Company sets up the audit committee to office is three years. Among the should be not less than two independent directors there should be not less directors and independent directors replace supervisors, than ~~two~~ three independent shall account for not less than one-fifth relevant language directors ~~and independent directors~~ of the total number of directors. relating to supervisors was deleted and the ~~shall account for not less than~~ Election of directors and supervisors number of ~~one-fifth of the total number of~~ shall adopt the candidates nomination ~~directors~~ . Election of directors ~~and~~ system prescribed in Article 192-1 of independent directors ~~supervisors~~ shall adopt the the Company Act. All of the directors was adjusted to be not less than three. candidates nomination system and the supervisors are elected by the prescribed in Article 192-1 of the shareholders meeting from the Company Act. All of the candidate list of directors and directors ~~and supervisors~~ are supervisors, and are eligible for elected by the shareholders re-election. Independent and meeting from the candidate list of non-independent directors shall be directors, and are eligible for elected at the same time, but the quota re-election. Independent and shall be calculated separately. The non-independent directors shall be method of candidate nomination and elected at the same time, but the election of director and supervisor, quota shall be calculated professional qualifications, separately. The method of requirements relating to shareholdings, candidate nomination and election restrictions on concurrent positions of director, professional held, and other compliance matters qualifications, requirements with respect to independent directors relating to shareholdings, shall conform to the Company Act, the restrictions on concurrent positions Securities and Exchange Act, and other held, and other compliance matters relevant rules and regulations. The with respect to independent board of directors may resolve to directors shall conform to the purchase liability insurance for Company Act, the Securities and directors and supervisors of the Exchange Act, and other relevant Company. rules and regulations. The board of
2 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note directors may resolve to purchase liability insurance for directors ~~and supervisors~~ of the Company. Article 15-1 Article 15-1 As the Company sets up the audit committee The Company ~~may~~ , pursuant to The Company may, pursuant to Article Article 14-4 of the Securities and 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act, to replace supervisors, relevant language Exchange Act, establish an audit establish an audit committee to replace committee. The audit committee supervisors and the audit committee or its relating to supervisors was deleted and the shall be formed by all independent members shall be responsible for directors and shall have no less than performing the functions and duties of composition of the audit committee and three members and one of the supervisors provided under the Company members shall be the convener and Act, Securities and Exchange Act and the qualifications of its member were added. at least one member shall be a other laws and regulations. After professional on accounting or establishment of the audit committee, the finance. ~~to replace supervisors and~~ provisions relating to supervisors in the ~~t~~ The member of the audit Articles of Incorporation shall no longer committe ~~e or its member~~ shall be apply. The functions and duties of the responsible for performing the audit committee and its members and functions and duties provided under relevant matters shall be handled in the Company Act, Securities and accordance with the relevant laws and Exchange Act and other laws and regulations of the Securities and Exchange regulations ~~. After establishment of~~ Act. ~~the audit committee, the provisions relating to supervisors in the Articles of Incorporation shall no longer apply. The functions and duties of the audit committee and its members relevant matters~~ and shall ~~be handled in accordance~~ comply with relevant laws and regulations ~~of the Securities and Exchange Act~~ and the Company's rules and regulations.
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note Article 17 Article 17 As the Company sets up the audit committee Meetings of the Board of Directors Meetings of the Board of Directors are to replace supervisors, are convened by the Chairman of convened by the Chairman of the Board the Board of Directors. When of Directors. When convening a relevant language relating to supervisors convening a meeting of the Board meeting of the Board of Directors, a was deleted. of Directors, a meeting notice meeting notice specifying the reasons specifying the reasons for for convening such meeting shall be convening such meeting shall be sent to each director and supervisor sent to each director ~~and supervisor~~ seven days prior to the meeting; seven days prior to the meeting; provided that a meeting may be provided that a meeting may be convened at any time in case of convened at any time in case of emergency. emergency. The meeting notice set forth in the The meeting notice set forth in the preceding paragraph may be in preceding paragraph may be in writing writing or e-mail or by fax. or e-mail or by fax. Unless otherwise provided by law, Unless otherwise provided by law, resolutions adopted at a meeting of resolutions adopted at a meeting of the the Board of Directors must be Board of Directors must be approved by approved by a majority vote of the a majority vote of the directors being directors being present, who shall present, who shall represent no less than represent no less than half of the half of the total number of directors. total number of directors. Directors Directors may designate other directors may designate other directors as as their proxies to attend the meetings of their proxies to attend the meetings the Board of Directors; provided that of the Board of Directors; provided each director may act as proxy for one that each director may act as proxy other director only. The Board of for one other director only. The Directors shall meet at least once every Board of Directors shall meet at three months. least once every three months.
Article 19 Article 19 As the Company sets The Board of Directors is The Board of Directors is authorized to up the audit committee authorized to determine the determine the remuneration of directors to replace supervisors, remuneration of directors ~~and~~ and supervisors based on their relevant language ~~supervisors~~ based on their contribution and involvement in the relating to supervisors was deleted. contribution and involvement in the operations of the Company and by operations of the Company and by reference to standard compensation reference to standard compensation levels in similar industries both levels in similar industries both domestically and internationally. domestically and internationally. Article 21 Article 21 As the Company sets (Deleted) The supervisors shall perform the up the audit committee following functions and responsibilities: to replace supervisors, relevant language 1.Audit the final accounting. relating to supervisors 2.Examine business and financial was deleted. conditions of the Company. 3.Examine the books, records and
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note documents of the Company. 4.Perform such other supervisory matters provided by law. Article 22 Article 22 The title of chief executive officer is The Company may have chief The Company may have president and added to the Articles executive officer, president and several vice presidents according to the several vice presidents according to resolution of the Board of Directors. of Incorporation in order to increase the the resolution of the Board of Appointment, removal, and flexibility of future Directors. Appointment, removal, remuneration of the president and vice and remuneration of the chief presidents shall be handled in adjustment to the executive officer, president and vice accordance with Article 29 of the organization. presidents shall be handled in Company Act. The Board of Directors accordance with Article 29 of the is authorized to determine the duties and Company Act. The Board of functions of the said managers or the Directors is authorized to determine Board of Directors may authorize the the duties and functions of the said Chairman of the Board of Directors to managers or the Board of Directors determine the duties and functions of may authorize the Chairman of the the said managers. Board of Directors to determine the duties and functions of the said managers. Article 24 Article 24 As the Company sets up the audit committee After the end of each fiscal year, After the end of each fiscal year, the the Board of Directors shall have Board of Directors shall have the to replace supervisors, the following documents prepared: following documents prepared: (1) relevant language relating to supervisors (1) business report, (2) financial business report, (2) financial statements, statements, and (3) proposal for and (3) proposal for allocation of was deleted and relevant provisions allocation of surplus profit or surplus profit or making up losses, and were amended as well. making up losses, and submit the submit the same for supervisors' same ~~for supervisors' examination~~ examination and for recognition at the ~~and~~ for recognition at the shareholders meeting. shareholders meeting in accordance with the legal process. Article 24-1 This Article is newly added pursuant to If the Company has net profit, 1% Article 235-1 of the or more of the net profit shall be Company Act and the allocated as remuneration of letter of the Ministry employees and 1% or less as of Economic Affairs remuneration of directors; provided dated June 11, 2015 that if the Company has accumulated (Ref. No.: losses, the Company shall first set Jin-Shan-Tze-No. aside an amount for making up 10402413890). losses. The remuneration of employees may be distributed in stock or cash upon resolution of the majority of the directors representing two thirds of the directors of the Board of
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note Directors, and shall be reported to the shareholders meeting of the Company. The remuneration of employees may be distributed to the employees of subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain criteria. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the "employees of subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain criteria" above or the Board of Directors may authorize the Chairman of the Board of Directors to ratify the "employees of subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain criteria" set forth above. Before establishment of the audit committee, the remuneration of directors and supervisors shall be handled in accordance with the distribution percentage ceiling of remuneration of directors provided in Paragraph 1. Article 25 Article 25 Remuneration of If the Company has pre-tax profit at If the Company has pre-tax profit at the employees and the end of the current fiscal year, after end of the current fiscal year, after paying remuneration of paying all taxes and covering all all taxes and covering all accumulated directors were moved accumulated losses, the Company losses, the Company shall set aside 10% to Article 24-1 of the shall set aside 10% of said earnings as of said earnings as legal reserve. Articles of legal reserve. However, legal However, legal reserve need not be made Incorporation in order reserve need not be made when the when the accumulated legal reserve equals to comply with Article accumulated legal reserve equals the the paid-in capital of the Company. If 235 of the Company paid-in capital of the Company. If there is any distributable profit after Act. there is any distributable profit after aggregating the balance of above and aggregating the balance of above and undistributed earnings of previous years or undistributed earnings of previous aggregating the losses of the current fiscal years or aggregating the losses of the year and undistributed earnings of current fiscal year and undistributed previous years, special reserve shall be set earnings of previous years, special aside or reversed according to laws and reserve shall be set aside or reversed regulations or rules of competent according to laws and regulations or authority. If there is any remaining rules of competent authority. If there amount, after setting aside a special is any remaining amount, after setting reserve or retaining as undistributed aside a special reserve or retaining as earnings, such remaining amount may be undistributed earning ~~s,. such~~ allocated based on the following ~~remaining amount may be allocated~~ principles: ~~based on the following principles:~~ 1. 1~2% as remuneration of directors and ~~1. 1~2% as remuneration of~~ supervisors. ~~directors and supervisors.~~ 2. 10~15% as bonus of employees. ~~2. 10~15% as bonus of employees.~~ 3. The rest as dividends to shareholders, of
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note 3. ~~The rest as dividends to~~ which the percentage of cash dividends ~~shareholders, of which the~~ shall not be less than 10% of the total ~~percentage of cash dividends shall~~ amount of dividends to shareholders. ~~not be less than 10% of the total amount of dividends to shareholders.~~ The Board of Directors may submit a proposal for allocation of the remaining balance and the accumulated undistributed earnings to the shareholders meeting for resolution on distributing bonus and dividends to shareholders. The percentage of cash dividends to shareholders shall not be less than 10% of the total amount of dividends to shareholders. ~~The remuneration of employees~~ The remuneration of employees may be ~~may be distributed to the employees~~ distributed to the employees of ~~of subsidiaries of the Company~~ subsidiaries of the Company meeting ~~meeting certain criteria. The Board~~ certain criteria. The Board of Directors is ~~of Directors is authorized to~~ authorized to determine the "employees of ~~determine the "employees of~~ subsidiaries of the Company meeting ~~subsidiaries of the Company~~ certain criteria" above or the Board of ~~meeting certain criteria" above or~~ Directors may authorize the Chairman of ~~the Board of Directors may~~ the Board of Directors to ratify the ~~authorize the Chairman of the~~ "employees of subsidiaries of the ~~Board of Directors to ratify the~~ Company meeting certain criteria" set ~~"employees of the subsidiaries of~~ forth above. ~~the Company meeting certain criteria" set forth above.~~ Article 26 Article 26 Amended based on The Company's dividend The Company's dividend distribution practical needs. distribution policy is made in policy is made in accordance with the accordance with the Company Act Company Act and the Articles of and the Articles of Incorporation in Incorporation in consideration of factors consideration of factors including including capital and financial structure, capital and financial structure, operating status, retained earnings, operating status, retained earnings, industry characteristics and economic industry characteristics and cycle. The dividends shall be economic cycle. The dividends distributed in a steady manner. shall be distributed in a steady Distributable earnings may be retained manner. Distributable earnings undistributed or distributed in stock may be retained undistributed ~~or~~ dividend or cash dividend or the ~~distributed in stock dividend~~ or cash combination of stock dividend and cash dividend or the combination of dividend, so as to maintain sustainable stock dividend and cash dividend, management and development. The so as to maintain sustainable conditions, timing, amounts and types management and development. of retained earnings and distribution of
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note With respect to distribution of dividends may be adjusted on proper dividends, in consideration of future occasions based on the needs to deal operating scale and cash flow with changes in economic and industrial requirements, no less than 50% of trends and in view of the Company's the distributable retained earnings future development needs and of the current year shall be profitability. distributed to shareholders as dividends. The conditions, timing, amounts and types of retained earnings and distribution of dividends may be adjusted on proper occasions based on the needs to deal with changes in economic and industrial trends and in view of the Company's future development needs and profitability. Article 29 Article 29 Date of this amendment was These Articles of Incorporation These Articles of Incorporation were added. were enacted on March 14, 2008. enacted on March 14, 2008. The first amendment was made on The first amendment was made on September 1, 2008. September 1, 2008. The second amendment was made The second amendment was made on on November 17, 2009. November 17, 2009. The third amendment was made on The third amendment was made on June June 10, 2011. 10, 2011. The fourth amendment was made The fourth amendment was made on on June 5, 2012. June 5, 2012. The fifth amendment was made on The fifth amendment was made on June June 10, 2015. 10, 2015. The sixth amendment was made on June 15, 2016.
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< Attachment 2>
(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation 2015 Business Report[3]
During 2015, the global financial and commodity markets were in uncertainty, emerging economies have entered into a struggle to keep development going, and the economy of Mainland China was undergoing a period of transition and upgrading. In the meantime, driven by advances and innovation in technology, new business models and new application markets have sprung up vigorously. In an environment filled with challenges and opportunities, the Company has been continuously launching new technologies, new products and new services, showing our powerful operational strength.
Financial performance
In respect of overall financial performance, the Company's total consolidated revenue was about NT$7,313 million, up about 7.2% from NT$6,822 million in 2014; the net income after tax was about NT$469 million, up about 36.7% from NT$343 million in 2014. The earnings per share after tax were NT$2.26.
Product, market and technology development
The Company’s scope of business mainly includes research and development and sales of IC and foundry services. Important achievements are described below:
In 2015, the Company launched NuMicro ® M451 brand-new product series with a high resistance to interference. With digital signal processing and float point unit functions, the product can realize a high calculation efficiency. It can be applied for use with products for industrial controls, automation systems, security controls, auto electronics, and digital power, and can completely satisfy the customers' present development needs and imagination for future innovation. In addition, we have made many breakthroughs with the 32-bit ARM ® Cortex ® -M0 MCU products, and developed many competitive new high cost/performance products with low power consumption, in order to continuously develop our prowess for Internet of Things, medical services, green energy, consumer electronics, industrial controls, and other application fields.
In addition, in coordination with Intel new-generation SkyLake platform, our SIO (Super I/O) chip and EC (Embedded Controller) products have been successfully developed and continuously supplied. On the basis of our microcontrollers design capacity for years, and in combination with PC product research and development and manufacturing capacity, we have customized ARM ® Cortex ® - M4 SIO and EC applications and have started mass production of these products. Moreover, we have become the unique TPM (Trusted Platform Module) IC supplier throughout the world this year, with FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards), Common Criteria EAL4+, and TCG (Trusted Computing
3 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Group) certifications, reflecting that our security product quality and reliability have been unanimously accepted by international standards.
In terms of wafer foundry services, we have developed many new processes, such as the 0.35um 600V/120V high voltage motor drivers process and 0.35um 40V/60V/80V BCD power management IC process. This has helped meet diverse customer demands.
Honors and awards
Apart from outstanding performance in main business fields, we have won many honors and awards. The company received the 3rd Potential Taiwan Mittelstand Award from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and received the honor of being an excellent exporters/importers with an award from Bureau of Foreign Trade in 2014. This indicates we have been highly recognized by the Taiwan government.
In terms of sustainability, with "sustainable operation" as the goal and "improvement through innovation" as the means, we have been continuously promoting various sustainable operations. This has helped achieve the "Providing a sense of safety, reassurance, and empathy" vision of CSR. To actually practice such a vision, this year, we have obtained again an advanced program for emission reduction from the Environmental Protection Administration, which totals 5,551 ton carbon equivalent; we have also won the "Prize for Excellence in Environmental Performance of Businesses in Hsinchu Science Park, 2015" (awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency of Hsinchu City). In addition, we are committed to building a friendly workplace for female workers. We have developed and promoted many programs to care for pregnant employees, including setting up a cozy nursing room, and obtained good results in the occupational competition for best nursing room design in 2015 in Hsinchu City. Moreover, we won Bronze prize in the "Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Report Awards (TCSA) 2015", which is run by Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy. This shows our excellent achievements in CSR.
Business operations and outlook
In the face of fierce competition in the global semiconductor industry, following the development principle of sustainable development, we are focusing on improving our core business, strengthening our research and development capabilities, and leading the market development trends with creative thinking. Driven by consumer demands for mobile services, real-time information, and real-time monitoring, the Internet of Things, intelligent devices, and cloud computing infrastructure are still the growth markets in the future. Focusing on low power consumption and safety technologies, we have been widely applying our various micro controller products in order to create higher value for our customers, shareholders, and our Company.
Finally, on behalf of Nuvoton Technology Corporation, thank you for your support to and recognition of us.
Chairman: Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao President: Sean Tai Accounting Officer: Hung-Wen Huang
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 4 and 6) Notes and accounts receivable, net (Notes 4 and 8) Accounts receivable due from related parties, net (Notes 4 and 23) Other receivables Inventories (Notes 4 and 9) Other current assets (Note 20) Total current assets NON-CURRENT ASSETS Financial assets measured at cost, non-current (Notes 4 and 10) Investments accounted for using equity method (Notes 4 and 11) Property, plant and equipment (Notes 4 and 12) Intangible assets (Notes 4 and 13) Deferred income tax assets (Notes 4 and 17) Refundable deposits (Note 6) Other non-current assets (Note 20) Total non-current assets TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, current (Notes 4 and 7) Accounts payable Other payables (Note 14) Other payables due from related parties (Note 23) Current tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 17) Other current liabilities Total current liabilities NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Products guarantee based on commitment (Note 4) Accrued pension liabilities (Note 15) Other non-current liabilities Total non-current liabilities Total liabilities EQUITY Common stock (Note 16) Capital surplus Additional paid-in capital Employee share options Retained earnings Legal reserve Unappropriated earnings Exchange differences on translating foreign operations (Note 4) Total equity TOTAL |
2015 Amount % $ 1,382,349 26 348,309 7 122,670 2 17,698 - 1,025,215 20 79,086 2 2,975,327 57 355,184 7 1,109,330 21 410,239 8 197,238 3 94,000 2 64,380 1 42,273 1 2,272,644 43 $ 5,247,971 100 $ 1,379 - 664,834 13 758,447 14 99,150 2 52,885 1 32,075 1 1,608,770 31 101,891 2 378,733 7 36,776 1 517,400 10 2,126,170 41 2,075,544 39 63,485 1 13 - 293,628 6 627,654 12 61,477 1 3,121,801 59 $ 5,247,971 100 |
2014 | ||
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| Amount % $ 1,177,605 24 442,671 9 99,067 2 17,871 - 783,566 16 73,136 2 2,593,916 53 365,184 8 1,047,632 22 388,320 8 252,274 5 104,000 2 63,341 1 44,655 1 2,265,406 47 $ 4,859,322 100 $ 5,641 - 537,810 11 647,244 13 104,834 2 70,640 2 44,980 1 1,411,149 29 72,698 1 414,764 9 46,642 1 534,104 11 1,945,253 40 2,075,544 43 63,485 1 13 - 259,319 5 471,650 10 44,058 1 2,914,069 60 $ 4,859,322 100 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
| OPERATING REVENUE OPERATING COST GROSS PROFIT OPERATING EXPENSES Selling expenses General and administrative expenses Research and development expenses Total operating expenses PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS NON-OPERATING INCOME AND LOSSES Share of profit of subsidiaries and associates accounted for using equity method Interest income Dividend income Other gains and losses Gains (losses) on disposal of property, plant and equipment Gains (losses) on disposal of investments Foreign exchange gains (losses) Gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss Interest expense Total non-operating income and losses PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Notes 4 and 17) NET PROFIT |
2015 Amount % $ 7,022,517 100 4,255,699 61 2,766,818 39 132,652 2 312,143 5 1,845,137 26 2,289,932 33 476,886 6 5,986 - 9,144 - 48,654 1 363 - 899 - - - 19,897 - (11,176) - (1,344) - 72,423 1 549,309 7 (80,287) (1) 469,022 6 |
2014 | ||
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| Amount % $ 6,502,909 100 3,922,800 61 2,580,109 39 109,786 2 308,594 5 1,859,502 28 2,277,882 35 302,227 4 28,742 1 9,043 - 39,610 1 1,134 - 258 - 27,940 - 22,910 - (21,898) - (238) - 107,501 2 409,728 6 (66,638) (1) 343,090 5 (Continued) |
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss Remeasurement of defined benefit plans (Notes 4 and 15) Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss Exchange differences on translating foreign operations Other comprehensive income (loss) TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME EARNINGS PER SHARE (Notes 4 and 19) From continuing operations Basic Diluted |
2015 Amount % $ (29,644) - 17,419 - (12,225) - $ 456,797 6 $2.26 $2.24 |
2014 | ||
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| Amount % $ (6,134) - 19,872 - 13,738 - $ 356,828 5 $1.65 $1.64 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
(Concluded)
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2014 Net profit in 2014 Other comprehensive income (loss) in 2014 Total comprehensive income in 2014 Change in equity of associates accounted for using equity method Appropriation of 2013 earnings (Note 16) Legal reserve Special reserve Cash dividends BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2014 Net profit in 2015 Other comprehensive income (loss) in 2015 Total comprehensive income in 2015 Appropriation of 2014 earnings (Note 16) Legal reserve Cash dividends BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2015 |
Common Stock $ 2,075,544 - - - - - - - 2,075,544 - - - - - $ 2,075,544 |
Capital Surplus Additional Changes in Paid-in Capital Equities of Associates Employee Share Options $ 63,485 $ 413 $ 13 - - - - - - - - - - (413) - - - - - - - - - - 63,485 - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 63,485 $ - $ 13 |
Exchange Differences on Retained Earnings Translating Legal Reserve Special Reserve Unappropriate d Earnings Foreign Operations Total Equity $ 233,397 $ 76,488 $ 333,193 $ 24,186 $ 2,806,719 - - 343,090 - 343,090 - - (6,134) 19,872 13,738 - - 336,956 19,872 356,828 - - - - (413) 25,922 - (25,922) - - - (76,488) 76,488 - - - - (249,065) - (249,065) 259,319 - 471,650 44,058 2,914,069 - - 469,022 - 469,022 - - (29,644) 17,419 (12,225) - - 439,378 17,419 456,797 34,309 - (34,309) - - - - (249,065) - (249,065) $ 293,628 $ - $ 627,654 $ 61,477 $ 3,121,801 |
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| Additional Paid-in Capital $ 63,485 - - - - - - - 63,485 - - - - - $ 63,485 |
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| Legal Reserve $ 233,397 - - - - 25,922 - - 259,319 - - - 34,309 - $ 293,628 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Profit before income tax Adjustments for: Depreciation expenses Amortization expenses Interest expense Interest income Dividend income Share of profit of subsidiaries and associates accounted for using equity method Unrealized gain or loss Net (gain) loss on fair value change of financial assets and liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss (Gain) loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment (Gain) loss on disposal of investments Changes in operating assets and liabilities (Increase) decrease in notes and accounts receivable (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable due from related parties (Increase) decrease in other receivables (Increase) decrease in inventories (Increase) decrease in other current assets (Increase) decrease in other non-current assets Increase (decrease) in accounts payable Increase (decrease) in other payables Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities Increase (decrease) on products guarantee based on commitment Increase (decrease) on accrued pension liabilities Increase (decrease) in other non-current liabilities Cash generated from operations Income tax paid Interest paid Interest received Dividend received Net cash generated from (used in) operating activities CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Payments for intangible assets Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets measured at cost Acquisition of investment accounted for using equity method Proceeds from disposal of investments accounted for using equity method Proceeds from capital reduction of investments accounted for using equity method Payments for property, plant and equipment |
2015 $ 549,309 116,856 64,629 1,344 (9,144) (48,654) (5,986) 796 (4,262) (899) - 94,362 (23,603) 21 (241,649) (5,950) 2,382 127,024 102,219 (12,905) 29,193 (65,675) 106 669,514 (88,042) (1,344) 9,296 51,085 640,509 (21,269) 10,000 (83,718) - 42,198 (133,800) |
2014 $ 409,728 115,974 75,348 238 (9,043) (39,610) (28,742) (19) 4,937 (258) (27,940) 17,461 69,835 56,624 74,561 (15,968) (44,655) (13,526) 8,943 18,068 27,283 9,324 (16) 708,547 (94,097) (378) 9,436 45,304 668,812 (122,702) - (41,841) 71,372 - (103,840) (Continued) |
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment (Increase) decrease in refundable deposits Net cash generated from (used in) investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings Cash dividends Net cash generated from (used in) financing activities NET INCREASE (DECREASE)IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR |
2015 $ 928 (1,039) (186,700) - (249,065) (249,065) 204,744 1,177,605 $ 1,382,349 |
2014 $ 286 (5,178) (201,903) (178,830) (249,065) (427,895) 39,014 1,138,591 $ 1,177,605 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
(Concluded)
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 4 and 6) Notes and accounts receivable, net (Notes 4 and 8) Accounts receivable due from related parties, net (Notes 4 and 26) Other receivables (Note 9) Inventories (Notes 4 and 10) Other current assets (Note 23) Total current assets NON-CURRENT ASSETS Financial assets measured at cost, non-current (Notes 4 and 11) Property, plant and equipment (Notes 4 and 12) Investment properties (Notes 4 and 13) Intangible assets (Notes 4 and 14) Deferred income tax assets (Notes 4 and 20) Refundable deposits (Note 6) Other non-current assets (Note 23) Total non-current assets TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, current (Notes 4 and 7) Accounts payable Other payables (Note 15) Current tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 20) Other current liabilities Total current liabilities NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Products guarantee based on commitment (Notes 4 and 16) Accrued pension liabilities (Notes 4 and 17) Other non-current liabilities Total non-current liabilities Total liabilities EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT Common stock (Note 18) Capital surplus Additional paid-in capital Employee share options Retained earnings Legal reserve Unappropriated earnings Exchange differences on translating foreign operations (Note 4) Total equity TOTAL |
2015 Amount % $ 1,825,672 34 643,816 12 56,392 1 240,227 5 1,037,432 20 91,128 2 3,894,667 74 378,564 7 463,594 9 71,866 1 242,622 5 127,287 2 69,370 1 43,878 1 1,397,181 26 $ 5,291,848 100 $ 1,379 - 666,073 13 816,083 15 53,834 1 43,014 1 1,580,383 30 101,891 2 378,733 7 109,040 2 589,664 11 2,170,047 41 2,075,544 39 63,485 1 13 - 293,628 6 627,654 12 61,477 1 3,121,801 59 $ 5,291,848 100 |
2014 | ||
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| Amount % $ 1,753,118 36 685,314 14 48,331 1 47,664 1 793,929 16 86,613 2 3,414,969 70 388,564 8 447,140 9 78,506 2 309,790 6 140,771 3 68,212 1 46,075 1 1,479,058 30 $ 4,894,027 100 $ 5,641 - 540,044 11 726,631 15 71,194 1 38,227 1 1,381,737 28 72,698 2 414,764 8 110,759 2 598,221 12 1,979,958 40 2,075,544 43 63,485 1 13 - 259,319 5 471,650 10 44,058 1 2,914,069 60 $ 4,894,027 100 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
| OPERATING REVENUE (Note 19) OPERATING COST GROSS PROFIT OPERATING EXPENSES Selling expenses General and administrative expenses Research and development expenses Total operating expenses PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS NON-OPERATING INCOME AND LOSSES Share of profit of associates accounted for using equity method Interest income Dividend income Other gains and losses Gains (losses) on disposal of property, plant and equipment Gains (losses) on disposal of investments Foreign exchange gains (losses) Gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss Interest expense Total non-operating income and losses PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Notes 4 and 20) NET PROFIT |
2015 Amount % $ 7,313,387 100 4,263,860 58 3,049,527 42 246,434 3 346,482 5 1,970,357 27 2,563,273 35 486,254 7 - - 16,656 - 52,284 1 6,568 - 891 - - - 21,852 - (11,176) - (1,344) - 85,731 1 571,985 8 (102,963) (2) 469,022 6 |
2014 | ||
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| Amount % $ 6,821,877 100 3,925,873 57 2,896,004 43 249,126 4 344,211 5 1,972,682 29 2,566,019 38 329,985 5 14,564 - 16,401 - 39,610 1 5,706 - (1,032) - 13,183 - 24,278 - (21,898) - (238) - 90,574 1 420,559 6 (77,469) (1) 343,090 5 (Continued) |
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss Remeasurement of defined benefit plans (Notes 4 and 17) Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss Exchange differences on translating foreign operations Other comprehensive income (loss) TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME EARNINGS PER SHARE (Notes 4 and 22) From continuing operations Basic Diluted |
2015 Amount % $ (29,644) - 17,419 - (12,225) - $ 456,797 6 $ 2.26 $ 2.24 |
2014 | ||
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| Amount % $ (6,134) - 19,872 - 13,738 - $ 356,828 5 $ 1.65 $ 1.64 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
(Concluded)
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2014 Net profit in 2014 Other comprehensive income in 2014 Total comprehensive income in 2014 Change in equity of associates accounted for using equity method Appropriation of 2013 earnings (Note 18) Legal reserve Special reserve Cash dividends BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2014 Net profit in 2015 Other comprehensive income in 2015 Total comprehensive income in 2015 Appropriation of 2014 earnings (Note 18) Legal reserve Cash dividends BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2015 |
Equity Attributable to | Owners of the Parent Exchange Differences on Retained Earnings Translating of Legal Reserve Special Reserve Unappropriate d Earnings Foreign Operations Total Equity $ 233,397 $ 76,488 $ 333,193 $ 24,186 $ 2,806,719 - - 343,090 - 343,090 - - (6,134) 19,872 13,738 - - 336,956 19,872 356,828 - - - - (413) 25,922 - (25,922) - - - (76,488) 76,488 - - - - (249,065) - (249,065) 259,319 - 471,650 44,058 2,914,069 - - 469,022 - 469,022 - - (29,644) 17,419 (12,225) - - 439,378 17,419 456,797 34,309 - (34,309) - - - - (249,065) - (249,065) $ 293,628 $ - $ 627,654 $ 61,477 $ 3,121,801 |
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| Common Stock $ 2,075,544 - - - - - - - 2,075,544 - - - - - $ 2,075,544 |
Capital Surplus Additional Changes in Paid-in Capital Equities of Associates Employee Share Options $ 63,485 $ 413 $ 13 - - - - - - - - - - (413) - - - - - - - - - - 63,485 - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 63,485 $ - $ 13 |
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| Additional Paid-in Capital $ 63,485 - - - - - - - 63,485 - - - - - $ 63,485 |
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| Legal Reserve $ 233,397 - - - - 25,922 - - 259,319 - - - 34,309 - $ 293,628 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Profit before income tax Adjustments for: Depreciation expenses Amortization expenses Interest expense Interest income Dividend income Share of profit of associates accounted for using equity method Unrealized gain or loss Net (gain) loss on fair value change of financial assets and liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss (Gain) loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment (Gain) loss on disposal of investments Changes in operating assets and liabilities (Increase) decrease in notes and accounts receivable (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable due from related parties (Increase) decrease in other receivables (Increase) decrease in inventories (Increase) decrease in other current assets (Increase) decrease in other non-current assets Increase (decrease) in accounts payable Increase (decrease) in other payables Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities Increase (decrease) on products guarantee based on commitment Increase (decrease) on accrued pension liabilities Increase (decrease) in other non-current liabilities Cash generated from operations Income tax paid Interest paid Interest received Dividend received Net cash generated from (used in) operating activities CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Payments for intangible assets Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets measured at cost Proceeds from disposal of investments accounted for using equity method Payments for property, plant and equipment Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment (Increase) decrease in refundable deposits Net cash generated from (used in) investing activities |
2015 $ 571,985 140,602 79,535 1,344 (16,656) (52,284) - - (4,262) (891) - 41,498 (8,061) (188,827) (243,503) (4,515) 1,782 126,029 86,154 4,787 29,193 (65,675) 8,253 506,488 (110,505) (1,344) 16,586 52,284 463,509 (22,262) 10,000 - (146,071) 936 (1,158) (158,555) |
2014 $ 420,559 138,312 86,536 238 (16,401) (39,610) (14,564) (118) 4,937 1,032 (13,183) 60,842 8,893 56,583 68,780 (24,379) (43,975) (12,196) 51,433 1,688 27,283 9,324 1,427 773,441 (98,355) (378) 16,361 47,554 738,623 (191,178) - 33,872 (135,276) 314 (4,888) (297,156) (Continued) |
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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015 AND 2014 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings Cash dividends Net cash generated from (used in) financing activities EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON THE BALANCE OF CASH HELD IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR |
2015 $ - (249,065) (249,065) 16,665 72,554 1,753,118 $ 1,825,672 |
2014 $ (178,830) (249,065) (427,895) 20,116 33,688 1,719,430 $ 1,753,118 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
(Concluded)
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders Nuvoton Technology Corporation
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the Rules Governing the Audit of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Those rules and standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, in conformity with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.
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January 28, 2016
Notice to Readers
The accompanying financial statements are intended only to present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such financial statements are those generally accepted and applied in the Republic of China.
For the convenience of readers, the independent auditors’ report and the accompanying financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language auditors’ report and financial statements shall prevail.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders Nuvoton Technology Corporation
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred as the “Group”) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the Rules Governing the Audit of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Those rules and standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and their consolidated financial performance and their consolidated cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, in conformity with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), IFRIC Interpretations (IFRIC), and SIC Interpretations (SIC) endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China.
We have also audited the parent company only financial statements of Nuvoton Technology Corporation as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 on which we have issued an unqualified report.
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January 28, 2016
Notice to Readers
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are intended only to present the consolidated financial position, financial performance and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such consolidated financial statements are those generally applied in the Republic of China.
For the convenience of readers, the independent auditors’ report and the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language independent auditors’ report and consolidated financial statements shall prevail.
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< Attachment 4>
(English Translation) Supervisors’ Review Report[4]
To: 2016 Annual General Shareholders Meeting
The Board of Directors of the Company has prepared the 2015 parent company only financial statements and the consolidated financial statements, which have been audited by Ker-Chang Wu and Hung-Bin Yu at Deloitte &Touche who have been retained by the Board of Directors of the Company to issue an independent auditors' report. The independent auditors' report provides that the 2015 parent company only financial statements and the consolidated financial statements of the Company can fairly present the Company's financial position. The undersigned supervisors have reviewed the independent auditors' report, together with the business report and the plan for distribution of 2015 profit, and did not find any incompliance. According to Article 219 of the Company Act, it is hereby submitted for your review and perusal.
Nuvoton Technology Corporation
Supervisors: Lu-Pao Hsu
Chao-Ming Mong
Representative of Chin Xin Investment Co., Ltd.: Yang-Kun Lai
Date: February 15, 2016
4 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation Shareholding of All Directors and Supervisors of the Fourth Term[5]
April 17, 2016
| April 17, 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Name | Current shareholding (Shares) |
Shareholding ratio (%) |
| Chairman | Winbond Electronics Corporation Representative: Arthur Yu-ChengChiao |
126,620,087 shares | 61.01% |
| Director | Winbond Electronics Corporation Representative: YungChin |
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| Director | Winbond Electronics Corporation Representative: Ken-Shew Lu |
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| Vice Chairman |
Robert Hsu | 191,328 shares | 0.09% |
| Director | Chi-Lin Wea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Independent Director |
Allen Hsu | 0 | 0.00% |
| Independent Director |
Royce Yu-Chun Hong | 0 | 0.00% |
| Independent Director |
David Shu-Chyuan Tu | 0 | 0.00% |
| Supervisor | Lu-Pao Hsu | 0 | 0.00% |
| Supervisor | Chao-MingMong | 0 | 0.00% |
| Supervisor | Representative of Chin Xin Investment Co., Ltd.: Yang-Kun Lai |
1,853,185 shares | 0.89% |
| Shareholdings of All Directors | 126,811,415 shares | 61.10% | |
| Shareholdings of All Supervisors | 1,853,185 shares | 0.89% | |
| Shareholdings of All Directors and Supervisors | 128,664,600 shares | 61.99% |
Note: The Company had a total of 207,554,400 issued shares as of April 17, 2016.
5 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the "Company")
Comparison Table of Amendments to the Rules Governing the Conduct of Shareholders Meeting[6]
Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note Article 3 Article 3 As the Company sets ...(Omitted)... ...(Omitted)... up the audit committee The election or discharge of The election or discharge of directors to replace supervisors, directors ~~and supervisor,~~ and supervisors, amendment of the relevant language amendment of the Company's Company's Articles of Incorporation, relating to supervisors Articles of Incorporation, dissolution, merger, or spin-off of the was adjusted. dissolution, merger, or spin-off of Company, or the matters specified in the Company, or the matters Paragraph 1 of Article 185 of the specified in Paragraph 1 of Article Company Act, or Article 26-1 or Article 185 of the Company Act, or Article 43-6 of the Securities and Exchange 26-1 or Article 43-6 of the Act, or Article 56-1 or Article 60-2 of Securities and Exchange Act, or the Regulations Governing Offering and Article 56-1 or Article 60-2 of the Issuance of Securities by Issuers shall Regulations Governing Offering be listed among the reasons for the and Issuance of Securities by meeting, and may not be proposed as Issuers shall be listed among the extemporary motions. reasons for the meeting, and may ...(Omitted)... not be proposed as extemporary motions. ...(Omitted)...
Article 6 Article 6 As the Company sets This Company shall prepare an This Company shall prepare an up the audit committee attendance book for attending attendance book for attending to replace supervisors, shareholders or proxies of shareholders or proxies of shareholders relevant language shareholders ("Shareholders") to ("Shareholders") to sign in, or relating to supervisors sign in, or Shareholders present Shareholders present may hand in an was adjusted. may hand in an attendance card in attendance card in lieu of signing on the lieu of signing on the attendance attendance book. Each Shareholder book. Each Shareholder attending attending the shareholders meeting in the shareholders meeting in person person (or proxy) shall wear an (or proxy) shall wear an attendance attendance pass. pass. The Company shall hand in the agenda The Company shall hand in the booklet, annual report, attendance pass, agenda booklet, annual report, speech note, ballot and other meeting attendance pass, speech note, ballot documents to the Shareholders and other meeting documents to the attending the shareholders meeting. If Shareholders attending the there is an election of directors and shareholders meeting. If there is an supervisors, the Company shall hand in
6 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note election of directors ~~and~~ election ballot as well. ~~supervisors,~~ the Company shall hand in election ballot as well. ...(Omitted)... ...(Omitted)... Article 14 Article 14 As the Company sets If the shareholders shall elect If the shareholders shall elect directors up the audit committee directors ~~and supervisors~~ at the and supervisors at the shareholders to replace supervisors, shareholders meeting, the election meeting, the election shall be handled in relevant language shall be handled in accordance with accordance with the rules related to relating to supervisors the rules related to election of election of directors and supervisors of was adjusted. directors of the Company and the the Company and the results of the results of the election shall be election shall be announced on the spot. announced on the spot. The ballots for the election of the The ballots for the election of the preceding paragraph shall be properly preceding paragraph shall be preserved in envelops with seals and properly preserved in envelops with signatures of the persons responsible for seals and signatures of the persons checking ballots thereon and shall be responsible for checking ballots preserved for at least one year; provided thereon and shall be preserved for at that if any shareholder files a lawsuit least one year; provided that if any according to Article 189 of the shareholder files a lawsuit Company Act, such ballots shall be according to Article 189 of the preserved until end of the litigation. Company Act, such ballots shall be preserved until end of the litigation.
| least one year; provided that if any shareholder files a lawsuit according to Article 189 of the Company Act, such ballots shall be preserved until end of the litigation. |
according to Article 189 of the Company Act, such ballots shall be preserved until end of the litigation. |
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| Article 21 | Article 21 | Date | of | this | |
| These Rules were enacted on June 10, 2009. |
These Rules were enacted on June 10, 2009. |
amendment added. |
was | ||
| The first amendment was made on | The first amendment was made on June | ||||
| June 5, 2012. | 5, 2012. | ||||
| The second amendment was made | The second amendment was made on | ||||
| on June 10,, 2015. | June 10,, 2015. | ||||
| The third amendment was made on | |||||
| June 15, 2016. |
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the "Company")
Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of
Assets[7]
Article After Amdnement Article Before Amendment Note Article 15 Article 15 As the Company established the audit Operational procedures for Operational procedures for acquisition committee to replace acquisition or disposal of real or disposal of real property property 1~2: Omitted supervisors, the 1~2: Omitted 3. In acquiring or disposing of real language relating to supervisor was 3. In acquiring or disposing of property where the transaction amount amended accordingly. real property where the transaction reaches 20% of the Company's paid-in amount reaches 20% of the capital or NT$300 million or above, Company's paid-in capital or except in trading of government bonds NT$300 million or above, except or bonds under repurchase and resale in trading of government bonds or agreements, or subscription or bonds under repurchase and resale redemption of domestic money market agreements, or subscription or funds, the Company may not proceed redemption of domestic money with execution of ant transaction market funds, the Company may contract or make any payment until not proceed with execution of ant the following information/matters transaction contract or make any have been submitted and approved by payment until the following the board of directors and recognized information/matters have been by the supervisors: submitted and approved by the audit committee and the board of directors ~~and recognized by the supervisors:~~ (1)~(7): Omitted (1)~(7): Omitted The calculation of the transaction The calculation of the transaction amount shall be conducted in amount shall be conducted in accordance with Paragraph 2 of accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 25, and "within the Article 25, and "within the preceding preceding year" as used herein year" as used herein refers to the year refers to the year preceding the preceding the Date of Occurrence of Date of Occurrence of the the transaction. Items that have been transaction. Items that have been approved by the board of directors and approved by the audit committee recognized by the supervisors need not and the board of directors ~~and~~ be counted again when calculating the ~~recognized by the supervisors~~ need transaction amount. not be counted again when With respect to the acquisition or
7 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Article After Amdnement Article Before Amendment
Note
calculating the transaction amount. disposal of business-use equipment With respect to the acquisition or between a public company and its disposal of business-use equipment parent or subsidiaries, the Company's between a public company and its board of directors may delegate the parent or subsidiaries, the Chairman of the board of directors to Company's board of directors may decide such matters when the delegate the Chairman of the board transaction is within a certain amount of directors to decide such matters and have the decisions subsequently when the transaction is within a submitted to and ratified by the next certain amount and have the board of directors meeting. decisions subsequently submitted Where the Company has installed to and ratified by the next board of independent directors, when an directors meeting. acquisition or disposal of assets ~~Where the Company has installed~~ transaction is reported to the board of ~~independent directors, wW~~ hen an directors for deliberation, the opinions acquisition or disposal of assets of each independent director shall be transaction is reported to the board given full consideration and their of directors for deliberation, the dissenting or qualified opinion shall be opinions of each independent recorded in the meeting minutes. director shall be given full Where an audit committee has been consideration and their dissenting established, matters which require or qualified opinion shall be recognition by the supervisors shall recorded in the meeting minutes. first be approved by more than half of ~~Where an audit committee has~~ all audit committee members and then ~~been established,mM~~ atters which submitted to the board of directors for require ~~recognition bya~~ pproval of resolution, and Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the audit committe ~~e the~~ Article 29 shall apply mutatis ~~supervisors~~ shall first be approved mutandis . by more than half of all audit committee members and then submitted to the board of directors for resolution, and Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 29 shall apply mutatis mutandis . …(Omitted)… …(Omitted)… Article 16 Article 16 As the Company Where the Company acquires real Where the Company acquires real established the audit property from a Related Party and property from a Related Party and the committee to replace the results of appraisals conducted results of appraisals conducted in supervisors, the in accordance with the provisions accordance with the provisions of language relating to of Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 15 are supervisor was 15 are uniformly lower than the uniformly lower than the transaction amended transaction price, the following price, the following steps shall be accordingly. steps shall be taken: taken: (1): Omitted (1): Omitted (2) ~~SupervisorsT~~ he audit committee (2) Supervisors shall comply with the shall comply with the provisions of provisions of Article 218 of the
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| Article After Amdnement | Article Before Amendment | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Article 218 of the Company Law. (3)~(5): Omitted |
Company Law. (3)~(5): Omitted |
|
| Article 24 Where the Company's acquisition or disposal of assets is subject to the approval of the board of directors under these Procedures or other acts or regulations, and where a director expresses dissent and it is contained in the minutes or a written statement, the Company shall distribute the director's opinion tothe audit committe~~eeach supervisor.~~ ~~Where the Company has installed~~ ~~independent directors, wW~~hen an acquisition or disposal of assets transaction is reported to the board of directors for deliberation under the preceding paragraph, the opinions of each independent director shall be given full consideration and their dissenting or qualified opinion shall be entered into the meeting minutes. ~~Where~~ ~~the~~ ~~Company~~ ~~has~~ ~~established an audit committee,~~ ~~a~~Any transaction involving major assets or derivative transactions shall be approved by one half ore more of all audit committee members and submitted to the board of directors for resolution, and Paragraph~~s~~3~~4 and 5~~of Article 29 shall applymutatis mutandis. |
Article 24 Where the Company's acquisition or disposal of assets is subject to the approval of the board of directors under these Procedures or other acts or regulations, and where a director expresses dissent and it is contained in the minutes or a written statement, the Company shall distribute the director's opinion to each supervisor. Where the Company has installed independent directors, when an acquisition or disposal of assets transaction is reported to the board of directors for deliberation under the preceding paragraph, the opinions of each independent director shall be given full consideration and their dissenting or qualified opinion shall be entered into the meeting minutes. Where the Company has established an audit committee, any transaction involving major assets or derivative transactions shall be approved by one half or more of all audit committee members and submitted to the board of directors for resolution, and Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 29 shall apply mutatis mutandis. |
As the Company establishedthe audit committee to replace supervisors, the language relating to supervisor was amended accordingly. |
| Article 29 These Procedures~~are effective~~ ~~subject to the approval ofs~~hall be approved by one half or more of all audit committee members and then first submitted tothe board of directorsfor deliberationand~~then~~ ~~submitted first to the supervisors,~~ thensumitted to the shareholders meeting for approval. These Procedures will take effect after |
Article 29 These Procedures are effective subject to the approval of the board of directors and then submitted first to the supervisors, then the shareholders meeting for approval. The preceding procedures shall apply if there is any amendment to these Procedures. Where a director expressed dissent and such dissent is contained in the minutes or a written statement, the |
As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the language was amended and the practical operation of these Procedures was adjusted accordingly. |
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Article After Amdnement Article Before Amendment Note the approval of the shareholders Company shall distribute the director's meeting. The preceding opinion to each supervisor. procedures shall apply if there is any amendment to these Procedures. Where a director expressed dissent and such dissent is contained in the minutes or a written statement, the Company shall distribute the director's opinion to the audit committe ~~eeach supervisor. Where the Company has installed~~ Where the Company has installed ~~independent directors, wW~~ hen independent directors, when these these Procedures is reported to the Procedures is reported to the board of board of directors for deliberation directors for deliberation under the under the preceding paragraph, the preceding paragraph, the opinions of opinions of each independent each independent director shall be director shall be given full given full consideration and their consideration and their dissenting dissenting or qualified opinion shall be or qualified opinion shall be entered into the meeting minutes. entered into the meeting minutes. Where the Company has established ~~Where the Company has~~ an audit committee, when these ~~established an audit committee,~~ Procedures are adopted or amended, ~~when these Procedures are~~ they shall be subject to approval by ~~adopted or amended, they shall be~~ one half or more of all Audit ~~subject to approval by one half ore~~ Committee members and submitted to ~~more of all Audit Committee~~ the board of directors for resolution. ~~members and submitted to the~~ If approval of one half or more of all ~~board of directors for resolution.~~ audit committee members as required If approval of one half or more of in the preceding paragraph is not all audit committee members as obtained, the procedures may be required in the ~~precedingf~~ irst implemented if approved by ~~pP~~ aragraph is not obtained, the two-thirds or more of all directors, and procedures may be implemented if the resolution of the audit committee approved by two-thirds or more of shall be recorded in the meeting all directors, and the resolution of minutes of the board of directors. the audit committee shall be The terms "all audit committee recorded in the meeting minutes of members" in Paragraph 3 and "all the board of directors . directors" in the preceding paragraph The terms "all audit committee shall mean the actual number of members" ~~in Paragraph 3~~ and "all persons currently holding those directors" in the preceding positions. paragraph shall mean the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.
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| Article After Amdnement | Article Before Amendment | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Article 30 These Procedures were enacted on July 14, 2008. The first amendment was made on June 10, 2009. The second amendment was made on June 5, 2012. The third amendment was mande on June 14, 2013. The fourth amendment was made on June 12, 2014. The fifth amendment was made on June 15,2016. |
Article 30 These Procedures were enacted on July 14, 2008. The first amendment was made on June 10, 2009. The second amendment was made on June 5, 2012. The third amendment was mande on June 14, 2013. The fourth amendment was made on June 12, 2014. |
Date of this amendment was added. |
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the "Company")
Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Engaging in Derivatives Transactions[8]
Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note Article 6-1 This article was added due to Except for foreign exchange establishment of the forward transactions for hedge purpose shall be handled in audit committee by the Company and in accordance with Article 6, other consideration of the major derivative transactions practical operation of entered into by the Company shall these Procedures. be approved by one half or more of all audit committee members and submitted to the board of directors for resolution. If approval of one half or more of all audit committee members is not obtained, the derivative transactions may be conducted if approved by two-thirds or more of all directors, and the resolution of the audit committee shall be recorded in the meeting minutes of the board of directors. The terms "all audit committee members" and "all directors" herein shall mean the actual number of persons currently holding those positions. Article 19 Article 19 As the Company established the audit The Company's internal audit The Company's internal audit committee to replace personnel shall periodically make a personnel shall periodically make a supervisors, the determination of the suitability of determination of the suitability of internal controls on derivative internal controls on derivative language was amended accordingly. transactions and conduct a monthly transactions and conduct a monthly audit of how faithfully derivatives audit of how faithfully derivatives trading by the trading department in trading by the trading department in compliance with the procedures for compliance with the procedures for engaging in derivative transactions, engaging in derivative transactions, and prepare an audit report. If any and prepare an audit report. If any material violation is discovered, the material violation is discovered, the internal audit personnel shall notify internal audit personnel shall notify
8 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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| Article After Amendment | Article After Amendment | Article Before Amendment | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| the audit committe~~e~~ | ~~each supervisor~~ | each supervisor in writing. | |
| in writing. | |||
| IV. Effect and Amendment These Proceduresshall be approved by one half or more of the audit committee members, submitted~~after~~ ~~being approved by~~tothe board of directorsfor resolution and then ~~shall be sent to each supervisor and~~ submitted to the shareholders meeting for approval. These Procedures will take effect after the approval of the shareholders meeting. The above procedure shall apply in the event of any amendments to these Procedures. If any director expresses dissidents on these Procedures which were put in records or written statement, the Company shall send the dissidents to the audit committe~~eeach~~ ~~supervisor.~~ ~~Where the Company has~~ ~~installed~~ ~~independent~~ ~~directors,~~ ~~w~~When these Procedures is reported to the board of directors for discussion pursuant to these Procedures, the opinions of each independent director shall be given full consideration and their explicit consent or dissenting opinion and reasons of the dissenting opinion shall be noted in the minutes of the board meeting. If approval of one half or more of all audit committee members as required in the preceding Paragraph is not obtained, the procedures may be implemented if approved by two-thirds or more off all directors, and the resolution of the audit committee shall be recorded in the meeting minutes of the board of directors .The terms "all audit committee members"and "all directors"in this Paragraph shall mean the actual number of persons currently holding those positions. |
IV. Effect and Amendment These Procedures, after being approved by the board of directors, shall be sent to each supervisor and submitted the shareholders meeting for approval. These Procedures will take effect after the approval of the shareholders meeting. The above procedure shall apply in the event of any amendments to these Procedures. If any director expresses dissidents on these Procedures which were put in records or written statement, the Company shall send the dissidents to each supervisor. Where the Company has installed independent directors, when these Procedures is reported to the board of directors for discussion pursuant to these Procedures, the opinions of each independent director shall be given full consideration and their explicit consent or dissenting opinion and reasons of the dissenting opinion shall be noted in the minutes of the board meeting. |
As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the language was amended and the practical operation of these Procedures was adjusted accordingly. |
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| Article After Amendment | Article Before Amendment | Note |
|---|---|---|
| V. History These Procedures were enacted on July 14, 2008. The first amendment was made on December 19, 2008. The second amendment was made on September 22, 2009. The third amendment was made on June 14, 2013. The fourth amendment was made on June 12, 2014. The fifth amendment was made on June 15,2016. |
V. History These Procedures were enacted on July 14, 2008. The first amendment was made on December 19, 2008. The second amendment was made on September 22, 2009. The third amendment was made on June 14, 2013. The fourth amendment was made on June 12, 2014. |
Date of this amendment was added. |
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the "Company")
Comparison Table of Amendments to the Regulations Governing Endorsements and Guarantees[9]
Amended Article Original Article Note Article 3: Ceiling of Article 3: Ceiling of Endorsements and As the Company Endorsements and Guarantees Guarantees established the audit (1)~(3): Omitted (1)~(3): Omitted committee to replace (4)If due to changes of (4) If due to changes of circumstances supervisors, the circumstances the entities for the entities for which the Company language was which the Company provides provides endorsements/guarantees no amended accordingly. endorsements/guarantees no longer meet the conditions set forth in longer meet the conditions set Article of these Regulations that such forth in Article of these entities had been able to meet before Regulations that such entities had such changes, or the amount of been able to meet before such endorsements/guarantees exceed the changes, or the amount of ceiling permitted by these Regulations endorsements/guarantees exceed due to change of basis for calculating the ceiling permitted by these the ceiling, an improvement plan shall Regulations due to change of basis be prepared and delivered to each for calculating the ceiling, an supervisors. The Company shall improvement plan shall be complete the improvement according prepared and delivered to ~~each~~ the schedule provided in the ~~supervisorst~~ he audit committee. improvement plan. The Company shall complete the improvement according the schedule provided in the improvement plan. Article 6: Operation Procedures of Article 6: Operation Procedures of As the Company Making Endorsements and Making Endorsements and Guarantees established the audit Guarantees and Review Process and Review Process committee, taking into the practical operation Before making an endorsement or Before making an endorsement or of these Regulations, guarantee for others, the Company guarantee for others, the Company shall this article was added. shall carefully evaluate whether carefully evaluate whether the the endorsement or guarantee is in endorsement or guarantee is in compliance with the "Regulations compliance with the "Regulations
9 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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| Amended Article | Original Article | Note |
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| Governing Loaning of Funds and Making of Endorsements and/or Guarantees by Public Companies" promulgated by securities regulator and these Regulations. In addition, the Company shall handle and review the following: (1)~(10): Omitted If the Company will conduct |
Governing Loaning of Funds and Making of Endorsements and/or Guarantees by Public Companies" promulgated by securities regulator and these Regulations. In addition, the Company shall handle and review the following: (1)~(10): Omitted |
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material endorsements or provide |
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material guarantees, it shall obtain |
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the consent of the one half or more |
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| of all members of the audit | ||
| committee and submit to the board | ||
| of directors for resolution. If no | ||
| consent of one half or more of all | ||
| members of the audit committee is | ||
| obtained, such endorsements and | ||
guarantee may alternatively be |
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approved by two thirds of all |
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directors and the minutes of the |
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| board meeting shall record the | ||
resolution of the audit committee |
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| for this proposal. The terms"all | ||
audit committee members"and |
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| "all directors"in this paragraph | ||
shall mean the actual number of |
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positions. |
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| Article 9: Internal Audit The Company's internal auditors shall audit the operational procedure of endorsements and guarantees and their enforcement situation at least every quarter and shall make written record. If any material violations are found, the internal auditors shall immediately notify the audit committee ~~supervisors~~in writing. |
Article 9: Internal Audit The Company's internal auditors shall audit the operational procedure of endorsements and guarantees and their enforcement situation at least every quarter and shall make written record. If any material violations are found, the internal auditors shall immediately notify the supervisors in writing. |
As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the language was amended accordingly. |
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Amended Article Original Article Note IV. Effect and Amendment\ IV. Effect and Amendment\ As the Company These Regulations ~~,~~ shall be These Regulations, after being approved established the audit approved by one half or more of by the board of directors, shall be sent committee to replace the audit committee members, to each supervisor and submitted to the supervisors, the submitted to ~~after being approved~~ shareholders meeting for approval. If language was ~~by~~ the board of directors for any director expresses any objection to amended accordingly resolution and then , shall be sent these Regulations and such objection is and this article was to each supervisor and submitted recorded or put in writing, the Company adjusted based on the to the shareholders meeting for shall sent such objection to each practical operation of approval. These Regulations will supervisor and submitted to the these Regulations. enter into force after the approval shareholders meeting for discussion, of the shareholders meeting. If any together with these Regulations. director expresses any objection to Amendments to these Regulations shall these Regulations and such follow the same procedure. Where the objection is recorded or put in Company has had independent writing, the Company shall sent directors, when the operational such objection to ~~each supervisor~~ procedure of endorsements and the audit committee and submitted guarantees is submitted to the board to the shareholders meeting for meeting for discussion pursuant to the discussion, together with these preceding paragraph, the opinion of Regulations. Amendments to each independent directors shall be fully these Regulations shall follow the taken into consideration and their same procedure. ~~Where the~~ explicit consent or dissenting opinion ~~Company has had independent~~ and reasons of the dissenting opinion ~~directors, wW~~ hen the operational shall be noted in the minutes of the procedure of endorsements and board meeting. guarantees is submitted to the board meeting for discussion pursuant to these Regulations ~~preceding paragraph~~ , the opinion of each independent directors shall be fully taken into consideration and their explicit consent or dissenting opinion and reasons of the dissenting opinion shall be noted in the minutes of the board meeting.
If no consent of one half or more of all members of the audit committee is obtained for the matters set forth in the preceding paragraph, such matters may alternatively be approved by two
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| Amended Article | Original Article | Note |
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| thirds of all directors and the | ||
| minutes of the board meeting shall | ||
record the resolution of the audit |
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| committee for this proposal. The | ||
terms "all audit committee |
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| members"and"all directors"in | ||
| this paragraph shall mean the | ||
actual number of persons currently |
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holding those positions. |
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the "Company")
Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Lending Funds to Other Parties[10]
Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note Article 2: Reasons, necessities and Article 2: Reasons, necessities and As the Company amount ceiling for lending funds amount ceiling for lending funds to established the audit to others others committee to replace (1)~(3) Omitted (1)~(3) Omitted supervisors, the (4)If, due to change of (4)If, due to change of circumstances, language was circumstances, the entities that the the entities that the Company loans amended accordingly. Company loans funds fails to funds fails to satisfy the requirements or satisfy the requirements or the the loan amount exceeds the ceiling loan amount exceeds the ceiling provided in these Procedures, an provided in these Procedures, an improvement plan should be prepared improvement plan should be and delivered to each supervisor. prepared and delivered to ~~each~~ Improvements should be completed in ~~supervisort~~ he audit committee. accordance with the schedule provided Improvements should be in the improvement plan. completed in accordance with the schedule provided in the improvement plan.
Article 3: Operation Procedures of Article 3: Operation Procedures of Fund A new provision was Fund Loaning and Review Process Loaning and Review Process added due to Before loaning funds to others, the Before loaning funds to others, the establishment of the Company shall carefully evaluate Company shall carefully evaluate audit committee by whether it is in compliance with whether it is in compliance with the the Company and in the "Regulations Governing "Regulations Governing Loaning of consideration of the Loaning of Funds and Making of Funds and Making of Endorsements practical operation of Endorsements and/or Guarantees and/or Guarantees by Public these Procedures. by Public Companies" and these Companies" and these Procedures. Procedures. The Company may The Company may make loans to others make loans to others only after the only after the results of evaluation have results of evaluation have been been submitted to and resolved upon by submitted to and resolved upon by the board of directors. The Company the board of directors. The shall not authorize any other person to Company shall not authorize any make such decision. Where the
10 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
other person to make such independent directors have been decision. Where the independent installed, when loaning funds to others, directors have been installed, when the Company shall take into full loaning funds to others, the consideration each independent Company shall take into full director's opinions; the independent consideration each independent directors' opinions specifically director's opinions; the expressing assent or dissent and their independent directors' opinions reasons for dissent shall be included in specifically expressing assent or the minutes of the board meetings. dissent and their reasons for (1)~(5) (Omitted) dissent shall be included in the minutes of the board meetings. (1)~(5) (Omitted) Any major loaning of funds by the Company shall be approved by one half or more of all audit committee members and submitted to the board of directors for deliberation. If approval of one half or more of all audit committee members is not obtained, the Company may provide such loan if approved by two-thirds or more of all directors, and the resolution of the audit committee shall be recorded in the meeting minutes of the board of directors. The terms "all audit committee members" and "all directors" used herein shall mean the actual number of persons currently holding those positions. Article 7: Internal auditing Article 7: Internal auditing As the Company The internal auditing personnel of The internal auditing personnel of the established the audit the Company shall audit the Company shall audit the procedure of committee to replace procedure of loaning funds to loaning funds to others by the Company supervisors, the others by the Company and its and its implementation status, and make language was implementation status, and make written records. If there is any amended accordingly. written records. If there is any material violation of the Procedures, the material violation of the internal auditing personnel of the Procedures, the internal auditing Company shall immediately notify each personnel of the Company shall supervisor in writing. immediately notify ~~each~~
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note ~~supervisort~~ he audit committee in writing. IV. Effect and Amendment IV. Effect and Amendment As the Company These Procedures ~~, after being~~ These Procedures, after being approved established the audit ~~approved by the board of directors,~~ by the board of directors, shall be sent to committee to replace shall be approved by one half or supervisors, the each supervisor and submitted to the more of audit committee members language was shareholders meeting for approval. If and then first submitted to the amended and the any director expresses dissidents on board of directors for deliberation practical operation of and then ~~sent to each supervisor~~ these Procedures which were put in these Procedures was ~~and~~ submitted to the shareholders records or written statement, the adjusted accordingly. meeting for approval. These Company shall send the dissidents to Procedures will take effect after each supervisor and submit the the approval of the shareholders dissidents to the shareholders meeting meeting. If any director expresses together with these Procedures for dissidents on these Procedures discussion. The above procedure shall which were put in records or apply in the event of any amendments to written statement, the Company these Procedures. Where the Company shall send the dissidents to the audit committe ~~eeach supervisor~~ has installed independent directors, and submit the dissidents to the when these Procedures is reported to the shareholders meeting together board of directors for deliberation under with these Procedures for the preceding paragraph, the opinions of discussion. The above procedure each independent director shall be given shall apply in the event of any full consideration and their explicit amendments to these Procedures. consent or dissenting opinion and ~~Where the Company has installed~~ reasons of the dissenting opinion shall ~~independent directors, wW~~ hen be noted in the minutes of the board these Procedures is reported to the board of directors for deliberation meeting. under the preceding paragraph, the opinions of each independent director shall be given full consideration and their explicit consent or dissenting opinion and reasons of the dissenting opinion shall be noted in the minutes of the board meeting. If approval of one half or more of all audit committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not obtained, the procedures may be implemented if
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| Article After Amendment | Article Before Amendment | Note |
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| approved by two-thirds or more of | ||
all directors, and the resolution of |
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the audit committee shall be |
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| recorded in the meeting minutes of | ||
the board of directors. The terms |
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| "all audit committee members" | ||
| and"all directors"used herein | ||
| shall mean the actual number of | ||
| persons currently holding those | ||
positions. |
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the "Company") Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Election of Directors and Supervisors[11]
| Article After Amendment | Article Before Amendment | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Name of Election Procedures Procedures for Election of Directors~~and Supervisors~~ |
Name of Election Procedures Procedures for Election of Directors and Supervisors |
As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the language was amended accordingly. |
| Article 1 To ensure a just, fair and open election of directors ~~and~~ ~~supervisors,~~these Procedures are hereby adopted. |
Article 1 To ensure a just, fair and open election of directors and supervisors, these Procedures are hereby adopted. |
As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the language relating to supervisors was deleted. |
| Article 2 Unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations or by the Company's articles of incorporation, elections of directors~~and supervisors~~shall be conducted in accordance with these Procedures. |
Article 2 Unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations or by the Company's articles of incorporation, elections of directors and supervisors shall be conducted in accordance with these Procedures. |
As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the language relating to supervisors was deleted. |
| Article 4 (Deleted) |
Article 4 Supervisors of the Company shall have the following qualifications: 1. Integrity and a practical attitude. 2. Impartial judgment. 3. Professional knowledge. 4. Abundant experience. 5. Abilityto read financial statements. |
The Article was deleted. As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the provisions relating to supervisors were deleted. |
11 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note Article 6 Article 6 As the Company Elections of both directors ~~and~~ Elections of both directors and established the audit ~~supervisors~~ at the Company shall supervisors at the Company shall adopt committee to replace adopt the candidate nomination the candidate nomination system and supervisors, the system and procedures set out in procedures set out in Article 192-1 of language relating to Article 192-1 of the Company Act the Company Act and cumulative voting supervisors was and cumulative voting with single with single name registered on the deleted. name registered on the ballot. ballot. This Company shall review the This Company shall review the qualifications, education, work qualifications, education, work experience, background, and whether experience, background, and there exists any of the matters set forth whether there exists any of the in Article 30 of the Company Act with matters set forth in Article 30 of respect to candidates of directors and the Company Act with respect to supervisors and may not arbitrarily add candidates of directors ~~and~~ requirements for documentation of other ~~supervisors~~ and may not qualifications. The Company shall arbitrarily add requirements for further provide the results of the review documentation of other to shareholders for their reference, so qualifications. The Company shall that qualified directors and supervisors further provide the results of the will be elected. Each share shall have review to shareholders for their voting rights in number equal to the reference, so that qualified directors or supervisors to be elected, directors ~~and supervisors~~ will be and may be cast for a single candidate elected. Each share shall have or split among multiple candidates voting rights in number equal to shown on the list of director and the directors ~~or supervisors~~ to be supervisor candidates. elected, and may be cast for a single candidate or split among multiple candidates shown on the list of director ~~and supervisor~~ candidates. Article 7 Article 7 As the Company The board of directors shall The board of directors shall prepare established the audit prepare ~~separate b~~ allots for separate ballots for directors and committee to replace directors ~~and supervisors~~ in supervisors in numbers corresponding supervisors, the numbers corresponding to the to the directors or supervisors to be language relating to directors ~~or supervisors~~ to be elected. The number of voting rights supervisors was elected. The number of voting associated with each ballot shall be deleted.
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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note rights associated with each ballot specified on the ballots, which shall shall be specified on the ballots, then be distributed to the attending which shall then be distributed to shareholders at the shareholders the attending shareholders at the meeting. Attendance card numbers shareholders meeting. Attendance printed on the ballots may be used card numbers printed on the instead of recording the names of voting ballots may be used instead of shareholders. recording the names of voting shareholders. Article 8 Article 8 As the Company The number of directors ~~and~~ The number of directors and supervisors established the audit ~~supervisors~~ will be as specified in will be as specified in the Company's committee to replace the Company's articles of articles of incorporation. Independent supervisors, the incorporation. Independent directors and non-independent directors language and contents directors and non-independent shall be voted at the same time but the relating to supervisors directors shall be voted at the votes for independent and were deleted. same time but the votes for non-independent director positions shall independent and non-independent be separately calculated. Those director positions shall be receiving ballots representing the separately calculated. Those highest numbers of votes will be elected receiving ballots representing the sequentially according to their highest numbers of votes will be respective numbers of votes. If a person elected sequentially according to is elected as director and supervisor at their respective numbers of votes. the same time, unless otherwise ~~If a person is elected as director~~ provided by laws and regulations, such ~~and supervisor at the same time,~~ person shall determine to be director or ~~unless otherwise provided by laws~~ supervisor. The vacancy resulted ~~and regulations, such person shall~~ therefrom shall be filled by the ~~determine to be director or~~ candidate who has obtained the second ~~supervisor. The vacancy resulted~~ highest votes right after that elected ~~therefrom shall be filled by the~~ director and supervisor. When two or ~~candidate who has obtain the~~ more persons receive the same number ~~second highest votes right after~~ of votes, thus exceeding the specified ~~that elected director and~~ number of positions, they shall draw ~~supervisor.~~ When two or more lots to determine the winner, with the persons receive the same number chairman drawing lots on behalf of any of votes, thus exceeding the person not in attendance. . specified number of positions,
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| Article After Amendment | Article After Amendment | Article Before Amendment | Note |
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| they shall draw lots to determine the winner, with the chairman drawing lots on behalf of any person not in attendance. |
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| Article 12 After completion of voting by attending directors, the ballot boxes shall be opened and the votes will be counted on the spot under the supervision of the vote monitoring personnel. The voting results, including the list of elected directors ~~and~~ ~~supervisors~~and the number of votes obtained by each elected director~~and supervisors~~will be announced by the chairman on the spot. |
Article 12 After completion of voting by attending directors, the ballot boxes shall be opened and the votes will be counted on the spot under the supervision of the vote monitoring personnel. The voting results, including the list of elected directors and supervisors and the number of votes obtained by each elected director and supervisors will be announced by the chairman on the spot. |
As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the language relating to supervisors was deleted. |
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| Article 13 The board of directors of the Company will issue an elected notice to each elected directo~~r and~~ ~~supervisor.~~ |
Article 13 The board of directors of the Company will issue an elected notice to each elected director and supervisor. |
As the Company established the audit committee to replace supervisors, the language relating to supervisors was deleted. |
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| Article 16 These Procedures were enacted on June 10, 2009. The first amendment was made on June 14, 2013. The second amendment was made on June 10, 2015. The third amendment was made |
Article 16 These Procedures were enacted on June 10, 2009. The first amendment was made on June 14, 2013. The second amendment was made on June 10, 2015. |
Date of this amendment was added. |
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| on June 15, 2016. |
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Appendix
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(English Translation)
Nuvoton Technology Corporation Rules Governing the Conduct of Shareholders Meeting[12]
Amended and enacted by the Shareholders Meeting on June 10th 2015
Article 1
These Rules were created for the specific purpose of establishing a good shareholders meeting governance system to strengthen the supervisory and management functions of the Company.
Article 2
Unless otherwise provided relevant laws, regulations and Article of Incorporation, all shareholders meetings of the Company shall be conducted in accordance with these Rules.
With the exceptions of Article 3 and Article 4 of these Rules, in which the term "shareholder" refers to shareholders themselves, "shareholder" as used in these Rules refers to shareholders themselves or a legally commissioned proxy attending on behalf of a shareholder.
Article 3
The shareholders meetings of the Company shall be convened by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations.
All shareholders shall be served with the convention notice of annual shareholders meeting at least 30 days prior to each meeting, except for those shareholders each holding less than 1,000 registered shares who may be notified by means of an announcement on the Market Observation Post System at least 30 days prior to the meeting as according to relevant laws. All shareholders shall be served with the convention notice of special shareholders meetings at least 15 days prior to the meeting, except for those shareholders each holding less than 1,000 registered shares who may be notified by means of an announcement on the Market Observation Post System at least 15 days prior to the meeting as according to relevant laws.
Convention notices and announcements shall state the reasons for the meeting. The convention notice may, as an alternative, be given by means of electronic transmission, after obtaining the prior consent of shareholders.
The election or discharge of directors and supervisors, amendment of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, dissolution, merger, or spin-off of the Company, or the matters specified in Paragraph 1
12 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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of Article 185 of the Company Act, or Article 26-1 or Article 43-6 of the Securities and Exchange Act, or Article 56-1 or Article 60-2 of the Regulations Governing Offering and Issuance of Securities by Issuers shall be listed among the reasons for the meeting, and may not be proposed as extemporary motions.
The Company shall prepare the agenda handbook for shareholders meeting prior to the meeting in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.
A shareholder holding 1 percent or more of the total number of issued shares may propose in writing to the Company a proposal for discussion at an annual shareholders meeting; provided that only one matter shall be allowed in each single proposal. In case a proposal submitted by shareholder(s) contains more than one matter, such proposal shall not be included in the agenda of the shareholders meeting. In addition, if any of the circumstances listed in Paragraph 4 of Article 172-1 of the Company Act occurs to the proposal submitted by any shareholder, the Board of Directors of the Company may ignore that proposal.
The Company shall announce the acceptance of shareholders' proposal, the place and the period for shareholders to submit proposals to be discussed at the shareholders meeting prior to the commencement of the close period for share transfer. The period for accepting such proposals shall not be less than 10 days.
Shareholder-submitted proposals are limited to 300 words, and no proposal containing more than 300 words will be included in the meeting agenda. The 300 words limit includes reasons and punctuation marks. Shareholders submit proposals to be discussed at the shareholders meeting shall attend the shareholders meeting in person or by proxy, and participate in discussion of those proposals. Prior to the date for issuance of notice of a shareholders meeting, the Company shall inform the shareholders who submitted proposals of the proposal screening results, and shall list in the meeting notice the proposals that conform to the provisions of these Rules. At the shareholders meeting the Board of Directors shall explain the reasons for the exclusion of any shareholder proposals not included in the agenda.
Article 4.
Prior to any shareholders meeting, a shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend the meeting by issuing a power of attorney in the proxy form provided by the Company stating the scope of authorization.
Each shareholder may issue one proxy form, and may only appoint one person to serve as a proxy. The power of attorney must be delivered to the Company at least five days prior to each shareholders meeting. If two or more written proxy forms are received from a shareholder, the first one received by the Company shall prevail; unless an explicit statement to revoke the previous written proxy is made
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in the proxy which comes later.
After the Company receives a proxy form, in the case that a shareholder who has issued a power of attorney intends to attend the shareholders meeting in person or to exercise his/her/its voting power in writing or by way of electronic transmission, a written proxy rescission notice need be delivered to the Company two days prior to the date of the shareholders meeting; otherwise, the voting right exercised by the authorized proxy at the meeting shall prevail.
Article 5
Shareholders meetings shall be held at the Company's premises or at another place that is convenient for shareholders to attend and suitable for such meetings. Shareholders meetings shall not start earlier than 9:00 AM or later than 3:00 PM. About the opinions of each attending independent directors shall be taken into full consideration.
Article 6
This Company shall prepare an attendance book for attending shareholders or proxies of shareholders ("Shareholders") to sign in, or Shareholders present may hand in an attendance card in lieu of signing on the attendance book. Each Shareholder attending the shareholders meeting in person (or proxy) shall wear an attendance pass.
The Company shall hand in the agenda booklet, annual report, attendance pass, speech note, ballot and other meeting documents to the Shareholders attending the shareholders meeting. If there is an election of directors and supervisors, the Company shall hand in election ballot as well.
Shareholders or their proxies (collectively, "shareholders") shall attend shareholders meetings based on attendance cards, sign-in cards, or other certificates of attendance. The Company may not arbitrarily add requirements for other documents beyond those showing eligibility to attend presented by shareholders. Solicitors shall also bring identification documents for verification.
When a government or legal entity is a shareholder, said shareholder may be represented by more than one proxy at a shareholders meeting. A legal entity serving as proxy to attend a shareholders meeting may designate only one representative to attend such meeting.
Article 7
If a shareholders meeting is convened by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall serve as chair for the meeting. If the Chairman of the Board of Directors is on leave or for any reason unable to perform his duties as Chairman, the Vice-Chairman shall act in place of the chairman. If the Company does not have a Vice-Chairman or the Vice-Chairman is also on leave or for any reason unable to perform the necessary duties, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall appoint
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a managing director to serve on his behalf. If there are no managing directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall appoint a director to serve on his behalf. Where the Chairman does not make such a designation, the managing directors or the directors shall select from among themselves one person to serve as chair for the meeting.
If a shareholders meeting is convened by a party other than the Board of Directors, the convening party shall chair the meeting. When there are two or more individuals within such convening parties, the convening parties shall select a chair from among themselves in mutual agreement.
The Company may appoint lawyer(s) or certified public accountant(s) engaged by the Company, or relevant persons, to attend a shareholders meeting.
Article 8
The process of the shareholders meeting shall be audio recorded or video recorded in its entirety and these records shall be preserved for at least one year. If the Company allows shareholders to exercise their voting right in writing or by way of electronic transmission, the related written and media data shall also be preserved for at least one year. However, if a lawsuit has been filed by any shareholder pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, all records and data involved shall be kept by the Company until the legal proceedings of the lawsuit have been concluded.
Article 9
Attendance and voting at the shareholders meeting shall be determined based on the number of shares. The number of shares represented by shareholders at the meeting shall be calculated as the number of shares represented by those present in person as indicated by the attendance book or attendance cards, plus the number of shares in which voting rights are exercised in writing or by way of electronic transmission.
The chairman shall announce the commencement of the shareholders meeting at the time scheduled for the meeting. But if the number of shares represented by the shareholders present at the meeting is less than one-half of all issued shares of the Company at the time scheduled for the meeting, the chairman may announce the postponement of the meeting. The shareholders meeting can only be postponed twice and the time of the postponement shall not be more than one hour in total.
If after two postponements as aforementioned, the number of shares represented by the shareholders present at the meeting is still less than one-half of all issued shares of the Company but the shareholders present at the meeting represent more than one-third of all issued shares, tentative resolutions may be made in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 175 of the Company Act. A notice of such tentative resolution shall be given to each of the shareholders, and the shareholders meeting shall be reconvened within one months.
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If the number of the shares represented by the shareholders present at the shareholders meeting reaches one-half of all issued shares of the Company prior to the end of the meeting, the chairman may submit the aforementioned tentative resolutions to the shareholders meeting for approval in accordance with Article 174 of the Company Act.
Article 10
The agenda of the meeting shall be set by the Board of Directors if the meeting is convened by the Board of Directors. The shareholders meeting shall be conducted according to the agenda, and unless otherwise provided by these Rules herein, or laws and regulations, the agenda shall not be changed without resolution from the shareholders meeting.
The above provision also applies to shareholders meetings convened by any parties that are not the Board of Directors but have the power to convene such meetings.
Unless otherwise resolved at the meeting, the chairman cannot announce adjournment of the meeting before all the items (including extemporaneous motions) listed in the agenda made according to the preceding two paragraphs are completed.
After the meeting is adjourned, shareholders cannot designate another person as chairman and continue the meeting at the same or other place.
When the chairman sees the discussion over a motion, an amendment, or extemporaneous motion as having proceeded to the extent necessary to make a resolution, he may announce discontinuance of the discussion and submit the motion for resolution.
Article 11
When a shareholder present at the meeting wishes to speak, he/she shall fill in a speech note specifying the summary of his/her speech, the shareholder's account number (or the attendance pass number) and the account name of the shareholder. The chairman shall determine the sequence of shareholders' speeches.
If any shareholder present at the meeting submits a speech note but does not speak, no speech should be deemed to have been made by the shareholder. In case the contents of the speech of a shareholder are inconsistent with the contents of the speech note submitted by such shareholder, the contents of the actual speech shall prevail. Conduct for proxy’s speeches shall comply with the letter of the proxy forms, documents of public solicitation and advertisement. Unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations, the shareholders appointing a proxy to attend the shareholders meeting shall agree with any speeches and voting made by the proxy in the shareholders meeting.
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The same shareholder may not speak more than twice on the same motion without the chairman's permission, and each speech time may not exceed 5 minutes. The chairman may halt the speech of any shareholder who violates the above provision or when the content of such speech is outside the scope of the ongoing discussion.
When a shareholder speaks at the meeting, unless otherwise permitted by the chairman and the speaking shareholder, no other shareholders shall interrupt the speech of the speaking shareholder; the chair shall stop any violations.
When a legal-entity shareholder has appointed two or more representatives to attend the shareholders meeting, only one representative can speak for each motion.
After the speeches of the shareholders present at the shareholders meeting, the chairman may respond in person or designate relevant persons to respond to the speech.
Article 12
Attendance and voting at the shareholders meeting shall be determined based on the number of shares.
The shares held by shareholders having no voting right shall not be counted in the total number of issued shares while adopting a resolution at a meeting of shareholders.
A shareholder who has a personal interest in the matter under discussion at a meeting, which may impair the interest of the company, shall not vote nor exercise the voting right on behalf of another shareholder.
The preceding shares for which voting right cannot be exercised shall not be counted in the number of votes of shareholders present at the meeting.
Except for trust enterprises or stock agencies approved by the competent authority, when a person who acts as the proxy for two or more shareholders, the number of voting power represented by him/her shall not exceed 3% of the total number of voting shares of the company, otherwise, the portion of excessive voting power shall not be counted.
Article 13
A shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share held, except when the shares are restricted shares or are deemed non-voting shares under Article 179, paragraph 2 of the Company Act.
When the Company holds a shareholders meeting, it may allow the shareholders to exercise voting rights by correspondence or electronic transmission. When voting rights are exercised by correspondence or electronic means, the method of exercise shall be specified in the shareholders meeting notice. A shareholder exercising voting rights by correspondence or electronic transmission will be deemed to have attended the meeting in person, but to have waived his/her rights with respect to the extraordinary motions and amendments to original proposals of that meeting; it is therefore
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advisable that the Company avoid the submission of extemporaneous motions and amendments to original proposals.
A shareholder intending to exercise voting rights by correspondence or electronic transmission under the preceding paragraph shall deliver a written declaration of intent to this Corporation before 2 days before the date of the shareholders meeting. When duplicate declarations of intent are delivered, the one received earliest shall prevail, except when a declaration is made to cancel the earlier declaration of intent.
After a shareholder has exercised voting rights by correspondence or electronic transmission, in the event the shareholder intends to attend the shareholders meeting in person, a written declaration of intent to retract the voting rights already exercised under the preceding paragraph shall be made known to the Company, by the same means of which the voting rights were exercised, and by 2 business days before the date of the shareholders meeting. If the notice of retraction is submitted after that time, the voting rights already exercised by correspondence or electronic transmission shall prevail. When a shareholder has exercised voting rights both by correspondence or electronic transmission and by appointing a proxy to attend a shareholders meeting, the voting rights exercised by the proxy in the meeting shall prevail.
If the Company allows its shareholders to exercise their voting rights in writing or by way of electronic transmission, the Company shall finish the counting and verification of the votes cast in writing or by way of electronic transmission prior to the convening of the shareholders meeting.
If the Company allows its shareholders to exercise their voting rights in writing or by way of electronic transmission, the Company shall compile the number of votes cast in writing or by way of electronic transmission and prepare a statement of information and disclose such statement of information in an explicit manner at the place of the shareholders meeting.
Unless otherwise provided by the Company Act or the Company's Articles of Incorporation, resolutions agreed upon through majority vote of the votes represented by shareholders present at the meeting shall be adopted. The voting rights of shareholders shall be calculated according to the voting rights of represented shares that shareholders may exercise in accordance with the Company Act or the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. At the time of a vote, for each proposal, the chair or a person designated by the chair shall first announce the total number of voting rights represented by the attending shareholders.
A motion may be resolve by way of vote, or shall be deemed passed if no objection to the motion is expressed by all of the shareholders present at the meeting after the solicitation of the chairman, and shall have the same effect as if it was voted through ballot casting.
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If there is an amendment or alternative to a motion, the chairman shall combine the amendment or alternative with the original motion to determine their orders for resolution. In addition, if the proposal submitted by shareholders according to Article 3 of these Rules is conflicting or amending or substituting against the proposal of the Board of Directors, the chairman shall combine the proposal of shareholders with that of the Board of Directors to decide the order for resolution. If any one of the above motions is passed, the others shall be deemed as rejected, upon which no further resolution shall be required. But where the Company allows its shareholders to exercise their voting rights in writing or by way of electronic transmission, unless the number of votes cast in writing or by way of electronic transmission have reached a majority vote for the motion, the passing of a motion may not occur through the "passed if no objection to the motion is expressed by all of the shareholders present at the meeting" clause.
Vote monitoring and counting personnel for the voting on a motion shall be appointed by the chair.
Counting of the votes shall be completed at the site of the shareholders meeting. The result of the votes shall be announced and recorded on the spot.
The persons responsible for checking ballots must be shareholders and shall monitor the voting procedure to prevent the occurrence of inappropriate voting behavior, examine ballots and monitor the records of the persons responsible for counting ballots. A ballot will be deemed invalid and shall not be calculated under any of the following conditions:
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Where a ballot is not placed on the form provided by the Company.
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Where a ballot is not placed in the ballot box.
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Where a ballot is blank without any words written or without any writing expressing opinion regarding the motion.
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Where a ballot is found to have words thereon other than those required to be filled in.
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Where the handwriting on a ballot is too blurred or indistinct to be readable or has been altered.
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Where a ballot is used by a proxy in violation of "Regulations Governing the Use of Proxies for Attendance at Shareholder Meetings of Public Companies."
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Where any violation of laws or regulations or voting guidelines made by the Company is found.
The standard for recognition of invalid ballots in cases of shareholders exercising voting rights in writing is carried out in conformity with the subparagraphs 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the preceding paragraph. In the case of doubts or disputes, the Company's verification unit is authorized to arbitrate the dispute. In addition, the standard for recognition of invalid ballots in cases of shareholder voting rights being exercised through electronic transmission is carried out in conformity with Sub-paragraph 7 of the preceding paragraph, as well as in compliance with the regulations of the relevant authority.
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Article 14
If the shareholders shall elect directors and supervisors at the shareholders meeting, the election shall be handled in accordance with the rules related to election of directors and supervisors of the Company and the results of the election shall be announced on the spot.
The ballots for the election of the preceding paragraph shall be properly preserved in envelops with seals and signatures of the persons responsible for checking ballots thereon and shall be preserved for at least one year; provided that if any shareholder files a lawsuit according to Article 189 of the Company Act, such ballots shall be preserved until end of the litigation.
Article 15
Resolutions adopted at a shareholders meeting shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting, which shall be affixed with the signature or seal of the chairman of the meeting and shall be distributed to all shareholders of the company within 20 days after the close of the meeting. The minutes of the meeting may be prepared and distributed in electronic form.
The Company may distribute the meeting minutes of the preceding paragraph by means of a public announcement made through the MOPS.
The meeting minutes shall accurately record the year, month, day, and place of the meeting, the chair's full name, the methods by which resolutions were adopted, and a summary of the deliberations and their results, and shall be retained for the duration of the existence of the Company.
Article 16
On the day of a shareholders meeting, the Company shall compile in the prescribed format a statistical statement of the number of shares obtained by solicitors through solicitation and the number of shares represented by proxies, and shall make an express disclosure of the same at the place of the shareholders meeting.
Article 17
Staff handling administrative affairs of a shareholders meeting shall wear identification cards or arm bands.
The chair may direct the proctors or security personnel to help maintain order at the meeting place. Proctors or security personnel helping to maintain order at the meeting place shall wear an identification card or armband bearing the word "Proctor."
At the place of a shareholders meeting, if a shareholder attempts to speak through any device other than the public address equipment set up by this Corporation, the chair may prevent the shareholder from so
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doing.
When a shareholder violates the rules of procedure and defies the chair's correction, obstructing the proceedings and refusing to heed calls to stop, the chair may direct the proctors or security personnel to escort the shareholder from the meeting.
Article 18
When a meeting is in progress, the chair may announce a break based on time considerations. If a force majeure event occurs, the chair may rule the meeting temporarily suspended and announce a time when, in view of the circumstances, the meeting will be resumed.
Article 19
Any concerning matter that is not addressed in these Rules shall be handled in accordance with the Company Act and other related laws and regulations, and the relevant provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
Article 20
These Rules shall be effective from the date it is approved by the shareholders meeting. The same applies in the case of amendments.
Article 21
These Rules were enacted on June 10, 2009.
The first amendment was made on June 5, 2012.
The second amendment was made on June 10, 2015.
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Nuvoton Technology Corporation Articles of Incorporation[13]
Amended and enacted by the Shareholders Meeting on June 10th 2015
I. General Provisions
Article 1
The Company is incorporated as a Company limited by shares under the Company Act and shall have the named NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (hereinafter “the Company”).
Article 2
The scope of business of the Company shall be as follows:
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CC01080 Electronic Parts and Components Manufacturing
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CC01110 Computers and Computing Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
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CC01120 Data Storage Media Manufacturing and Duplicating
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F401010 International Trade
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I301010 Software Design Services
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I501010 Product Designing
Research and development, designing, manufacturing and selling the following products and technologies:
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Consumer Logic IC Products
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Computer Logic IC Products
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Production, testing, and foundry service of 6-inch wafers
Article 3
The Company may provide endorsement and guarantee and act as a guarantor.
Article 4
The total amount of the Company’s investments shall not be subject to the restriction of not more than 40% of the Company’s paid-up capital.
13 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Article 5
The Company has its head-office in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan. Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors and government authority, the Company may, if necessary, set up branches or business offices within and outside of the Republic of China.
Article 6
Public announcements of the Company shall be made in accordance with Article 28 of the Company Act.
II. Shares
Article 7
The total capital of the Company shall be in the amount of NT$ 3000000000 New Taiwan Dollar, divided into 300 million shares, at ten New Taiwan Dollars each, and may be paid-up by installments. The Board of Directors may pay the unpaid shares whenever it deems necessary. In the aforesaid total capital, shares within the scope of NT$ 180 million may be reserved for warrants, preferred shares with warrants or corporate bonds with warrants, consisting of NT$ 18 million shares, with a par value of NT$ 10 per share, which may be issued by separate installments. The respective amount of stock options with warrants, preferred shares with warrants or corporate bonds with warrants be adjusted by the Board of Directors in consideration of factors concerning capital market and operation needs.
Article 8
Shares certificates of the Company shall be in registered form and shall be signed or sealed by at least three directors and then be printed in the form as requested by the government authority and be legally authenticated before being issued in accordance with laws and regulations. In the case where issuance of shares does not require issuing of share certificates, the Company shall register the shares with the central securities depositary institution.
Article 9
The transfer, registration, loss or destruction of share certificates shall be handled in accordance with the Company Act and relevant regulations. Taiwan Securities Central Depository Co., Ltd. may request the Company to combine its share certificates in exchange for issuance of share certificates of large denomination.
III. Shareholders Meeting
Article 10
Shareholders meetings of the Company are of two types: regular meetings and special meetings. Regular meetings shall be convened, by the Board of Directors, within six (6) months after the close of each fiscal year. Special meetings shall be convened in accordance with the relevant laws, whenever necessary.
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Article 11
Shareholders may designate a proxy to attend a shareholders meeting with a power of attorney stating the scope of authority in accordance with the Company Act and relevant laws, promulgated by government authorities.
Article 12
Each share of stock shall be entitled to one vote, unless otherwise provided by applicable laws or regulations.
Article 13
Except otherwise provided by the laws and regulations, a resolution of the shareholders meeting shall be adopted by the consent of a majority of the votes represented by those in attendance at the meeting, in person or by proxy, by shareholders who represent a majority of the total issued shares. Article 13-1
After the public issuance of its shares of the company the revocation of public issuance shall be reported to the shareholders meeting for a resolution, and shall not be changed while the Company is publicly listed or OTC-listed.
Article 14
In the case that the Company is organized by a single government shareholder or a single juristic person shareholder, the functional duties and power of the shareholders meeting of such company shall be exercised by its Board of Directors, to which the provisions governing the shareholders meeting as set out in this Act shall not apply.
IV Board of Directors & Supervisors
Article 15
The Company shall have nine to thirteen directors and one to three supervisors, whose term of office is three years. Among the directors there should be not less than two independent directors and independent directors shall account for not less than one-fifth of the total number of directors. Election of directors and supervisors shall adopt the candidates nomination system prescribed in Article 192-1 of the Company Act. All of the directors and the supervisors are elected by the shareholders meeting from the candidate list of directors and supervisors, and are eligible for re-election. Independent and non-independent directors shall be elected at the same time, but the quota shall be calculated separately. The method of candidate nomination and election of director and supervisor, professional qualifications, requirements relating to shareholdings, restrictions on concurrent positions held, and other compliance matters with respect to independent directors shall conform to the Company Act, the Securities and Exchange Act, and other relevant rules and regulations. The board of directors may resolve to purchase liability insurance for directors and supervisors of the Company.
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Article 15-1
The Company may, pursuant to Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act, establish an audit committee to replace supervisors and the audit committee or its members shall be responsible for performing the functions and duties of supervisors provided under the Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act and other laws and regulations. After establishment of the audit committee, the provisions relating to supervisors in the Articles of Incorporation shall no longer apply. The functions and duties of the audit committee and its members and relevant matters shall be handled in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Act.
Article 16
The Board of Directors shall consist of the directors of the Company; the chairman of the board of directors shall be elected from among the directors by a majority of directors in attendance at a meeting attended by at least two-thirds of the directors. A Vice chairman may be appointed to assist the chairman.
Article 17
Meetings of the Board of Directors are convened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors. When convening a meeting of the Board of Directors, a meeting notice specifying the reasons for convening such meeting shall be sent to each director and supervisor seven days prior to the meeting; provided that a meeting may be convened at any time in case of emergency.
The meeting notice set forth in the preceding paragraph may be in writing or e-mail or by fax.
Unless otherwise provided by law, resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors must be approved by a majority vote of the directors being present, who shall represent no less than half of the total number of directors. Directors may designate other directors as their proxies to attend the meetings of the Board of Directors; provided that each director may act as proxy for one other director only. The Board of Directors shall meet at least once every three months.
Article 18
In the case where the Chairman of the Board is on leave or otherwise unable to perform his/her duties, matters conducted on behalf of the Chairman shall be handled in accordance with Article 208 of the Company Act.
Article 19
The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the remuneration of directors and supervisors based on their contribution and involvement in the operations of the Company and by reference to standard compensation levels in similar industries both domestically and internationally.
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Article 20
The authorities of the Board of Directors are as follows:
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Review operation principles, and long term and short term development plans.
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Review and implement annual business plans.
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Approve budget and review the results at year-end;
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Propose to increase or decrease Company capital.
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Propose profit distribution or a plan for recovery of losses.
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Review, approve, amend and terminate material contracts and contracts relating to procurement, transfer, licensing of important technology and patents and of important technical cooperation.
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Propose and review plans in connection with using transfer as security, sale, lease, pledge, mortgage, or other disposal of all or a substantial portion of assets of the Company.
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Propose to revise the Articles of Incorporation.
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Review and approve the Company's organizational structures and business rules.
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Decide the establishment, reorganization, or removal of branch or business offices.
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Review capital expenditure projects whose values are over NT$100 million (included). The chairman is authorized to review and approve capital expenditure projects whose values are below the aforesaid amount.
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Appoint or remove corporate officials at the level of vice presidents and higher.
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Convene shareholders meetings and make business report.
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Approve the Company's re-investments or transfers of shares whose value is above NT$100 million (included). The chairman is authorized to review and approve investments or transfers of shares whose values are below the aforesaid amount.
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Appoint or dismiss auditing certified public accountant of the Company.
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Apply for financing, provide guarantees, acceptances and credit extension, and raise debts from and to financial institutions or third persons, whose value is above NT$100 million(included). The chairman is authorized to review and approve those whose values are less than the aforesaid amount.
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Decide in the name of the Company the amount of endorsements, guarantees, and acceptances.
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Examine and approve major business transactions between relevant parties (including relevant enterprises).
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Perform such other duties and responsibilities prescribed by law or authorized by shareholders meetings.
The chairman may review, approve, or implement the aforementioned paragraphs which meet practical requirements and the laws before reporting to the Board of Directors. When used for the same purposes,
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the regulations specified in item 11, 14, and 16 of this Article shall not be divided for contracting, applied for, or arbitrarily implemented.
Article 21
The supervisors shall perform the following functions and responsibilities:
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Audit the final accounting.
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Examine business and financial conditions of the Company.
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Examine the books, records and documents of the Company.
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Perform such other supervisory matters provided by law.
V. Managers
Article 22
The Company may have president and several vice presidents according to the resolution of the Board of Directors. Appointment, removal, and remuneration of the president and vice presidents shall be handled in accordance with Article 29 of the Company Act. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the duties and functions of the said managers or the Board of Directors may authorize the Chairman of the Board of Directors to determine the duties and functions of the said managers.
VI. Financial Reports
Article 23
The fiscal year for the Company shall be from January 1 of each year to December 31 of the same year.
Article 24
After the end of each fiscal year, the Board of Directors shall have the following documents prepared: (1) business report, (2) financial statements, and (3) proposal for allocation of surplus profit or making up losses, and submit the same for supervisors' examination and for recognition at the shareholders meeting.
Article 25
If the Company has pre-tax profit at the end of the current fiscal year, after paying all taxes and covering all accumulated losses, the Company shall set aside 10% of said earnings as legal reserve. However, legal reserve need not be made when the accumulated legal reserve equals the paid-in capital of the Company. If there is any distributable profit after aggregating the balance of above and undistributed earnings of previous years or aggregating the losses of the current fiscal year and undistributed earnings of previous years, special reserve shall be set aside or reversed according to laws and regulations or rules of competent authority. If there is any remaining amount, after setting aside a special reserve or retaining as undistributed earnings, such remaining amount may be allocated based on the following principles:
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1~2% as remuneration to directors and supervisors.
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10~15% as bonus for employees.
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The remaining part is the shareholders. The shareholders' cash-dividend ratio shall not be less than 10% of the total amount of shareholders' dividends.
The remuneration of employees may be distributed to the employees of subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain criteria. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the "employees of
subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain criteria" above or the Board of Directors may authorize the Chairman of the Board of Directors to ratify the "employees of subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain criteria" set forth above.
Article 26
The Company's dividend distribution policy is made in accordance with the Company Act and the Articles of Incorporation in consideration of factors including capital and financial structure, operating status, retained earnings, industry characteristics and economic cycle. The dividends shall be distributed in a steady manner. Distributable earnings may be retained undistributed or distributed in stock dividend or cash dividend or the combination of stock dividend and cash dividend, so as to maintain sustainable management and development. The conditions, timing, amounts and types of retained earnings and distribution of dividends may be adjusted on proper occasions based on the needs to deal with changes in economic and industrial trends and in view of the Company's future development needs and profitability.
VII. Supplementary Provisions
Article 27
Any matters not sufficiently provided for in these Articles of Incorporation shall be handled in accordance with the Company Act and other applicable laws or regulations.
Article 28
All kinds of rules and operational regulations of the Company shall be otherwise made.
Article 29
These Articles of Incorporation were enacted on March 14, 2008.
The first amendment was made on September 1, 2008.
The second amendment was made on November 17, 2009. The third amendment was made on June 10, 2011. The fourth amendment was made on June 5, 2012.
The fifth amendment was made on June 10, 2015.
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Nuvoton Technology Corporation Procedures for Election of Directors and Supervisors[14]
Amended and enacted by the Shareholders Meeting on June 10th 2015
Article 1
To ensure a just, fair and open election of directors and supervisors, these Procedures are hereby adopted.
Article 2
Unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations or by the Company's articles of incorporation, elections of directors and supervisors shall be conducted in accordance with these Procedures.
Article 3
The overall composition of the Board of Directors shall be taken into consideration in the selection of
this Company's directors. Each board member shall have the necessary knowledge, skill, and experience to perform their duties; the abilities that must be present in the board as a whole are as follows:
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Making judgments about operations ability.
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Accounting and financial analysis ability.
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Business management ability.
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Crisis management ability.
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Knowledge of the industry.
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International market perspective.
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Leadership ability.
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Decision-making ability.
Article 4
Supervisors of the Company shall have the following qualifications:
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Integrity and a practical attitude.
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Impartial judgment.
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Professional knowledge.
14 This translation is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Chinese version and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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4. Abundant experience.
5. Ability to read financial statements.
Article 5
The qualifications for the independent directors of the Company shall comply with Articles 2, 3, and 4 of the “Regulations Governing Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies.”
The election of independent directors of the Company shall comply with Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the “Regulations Governing Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies,” and shall be conducted in accordance with Article 24 of the “Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles for TWSE/GTSM Listed Companies.”
Article 6
Elections of both directors and supervisors at the Company shall adopt the candidate nomination system and procedures set out in Article 192-1 of the Company Act and cumulative voting with single name registered on the ballot. This Company shall review the qualifications, education, work experience, background, and whether there exists any of the matters set forth in Article 30 of the Company Act with respect to candidates of directors and supervisors and may not arbitrarily add requirements for documentation of other qualifications. The Company shall further provide the results of the review to shareholders for their reference, so that qualified directors and supervisors will be elected. Each share shall have voting rights in number equal to the directors or supervisors to be elected, and may be cast for a single candidate or split among multiple candidates shown on the list of director and supervisor candidates.
Article 7
The board of directors shall prepare separate ballots for directors and supervisors in numbers corresponding to the directors or supervisors to be elected. The number of voting rights associated with each ballot shall be specified on the ballots, which shall then be distributed to the attending shareholders at the shareholders meeting. Attendance card numbers printed on the ballots may be used instead of recording the names of voting shareholders.
Article 8
The number of directors and supervisors will be as specified in the Company's articles of incorporation. Independent directors and non-independent directors shall be voted at the same time but the votes for independent and non-independent director positions shall be separately calculated. Those receiving ballots representing the highest numbers of votes will be elected sequentially according to their respective numbers of votes. If a person is elected as director and supervisor at the same time, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations, such person shall determine to be director or supervisor.
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The vacancy resulted therefrom shall be filled by the candidate who has obtained the second highest votes right after that elected director and supervisor. When two or more persons receive the same number of votes, thus exceeding the specified number of positions, they shall draw lots to determine the winner, with the chairman drawing lots on behalf of any person not in attendance.
Article 9
Before the election commences, the chair shall appoint several persons each to voting supervisor(s) and vote counter(s). The voting supervisors may be appointed from among the shareholders present. The ballot boxes shall be prepared by the Board of Directors and publicly checked by the vote monitoring personnel before voting commences.
Article 10
If the candidate is a shareholder of the Company, the electors shall fill in the name and the shareholder's number of such candidate in the column of "candidate" of the ballot. If the candidate is not a shareholder of the Company, the electors shall fill in such candidate's name and the number of its identification certificate in the same column. If the candidate is a government agency or a legal entity, either the full name of the government agency or the legal entity or the full name of the government agency or the legal entity and the name(s) of their representative(s) should be filled in the column of to be elected. If the government-linked shareholder or institutional shareholder has several representatives, the name of each representative shall be filled in.
Article 11
A ballot shall be void and excluded from the votes for any candidate upon any of the following conditions:
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The ballot was not prepared by the Board of Directors.
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A ballot is placed in ballot boxes not prepared by the Board of Directors, or a blank ballot is placed in the ballot box.
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The writing is unclear and indecipherable or has been altered.
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Two or more candidates who are not on the candidate list or on the candidate list are listed on the same ballot.
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The candidate whose name is filled in the ballot is a shareholder, but the candidate's account name and shareholder account number do not conform with those given in the shareholder register, or the candidate whose name is filled in the ballot is a non-shareholder, and a cross-check shows that the candidate's name and identity card number do not match.
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There are other written characters or symbols in addition to the name(s) of the candidate(s), shareholder's number or the number of identification certificate on the ballot.
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The name of a candidate filled in on the ballot is same as another shareholder's name but the respective shareholder's numbers or numbers of identification certificates are not indicated to identify each of them.
Article 12
After completion of voting by attending directors, the ballot boxes shall be opened and the votes will be counted on the spot under the supervision of the vote monitoring personnel. The voting results,
including the list of elected directors and supervisors and the number of votes obtained by each elected director and supervisors will be announced by the chairman on the spot.
Article 13
The board of directors of the Company will issue an elected notice to each elected director and supervisor.
Article 14
Any other matters not set forth in the Procedures shall be dealt with in accordance with the Company Act and relevant laws, Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and relevant laws in the Rules Governing the Conduct of Shareholders Meeting.
Article 15
These Procedures shall be implemented after approval by a shareholders meeting. Any amendment hereto is subject to the same procedures.
Article 16
These Procedures were enacted on June 10, 2009.
The first amendment was made on June 14, 2013.
The second amendment was made on June 10, 2015.
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