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NTC AGM Information 2019

Dec 16, 2019

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Nuvoton Technology Corporation Minutes of 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders[1]

Time and Date: 9:30 a.m., June 24, 2018 (Monday)

Place: Room 102, No. 4, Creation Rd. III, Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Shares present at the meeting: Shareholders who were present in person or by proxy together held 152,792,870 shares (including 23,597,480 shares present by electronic means), representing 73.61% of the total number of issued shares of the Company, which is 207,554,400 shares.

Chairman: Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao, the Chairman of the Board of Directors

Recorder: Hung-Wen, Huang

Director Present Mr. Robert Hsu, Mr. Allen Hsu

  • Others Present Mr. Hung-Bin Yu, CPA at Deloitte and Mr. Robert Chang, Assistant Manager at Deloitte

  • Ms. Wendy Hsieh, lawyer at Dentons Taiwan Attorneys-at-Law

Meeting called:

The total number of issued shares of the Company is 207,554,400 shares. As of 9:30 a.m., the number of shares present was 152,790,870 (including 127,060,731 shares in person, 2,132,659 shares by proxy, and 23,597,480 shares by electronic means), which constituted the quorum of shareholders representing at least two-thirds of issued shares of the Company, and therefore the Chairman announced the commencement of the meeting.

Opening Speech of the Chairman: (omitted)

Matters to be reported:

  • I. To report the business of fiscal year 2018

The Company's 2018 business report and financial report are hereby presented (please refer to Attachment 1). Please examine.

  • II. To report the Audit Committee's review of 2018 final accounts

The Audit Committee's Review Report is hereby presented (please refer to Attachment 3). Please examine.

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.

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  • III. To report the distribution of the remuneration of employees and directors for fiscal year 2018 According to the Company's 2018 earnings audited by the certified public accountants, the Company has no accumulated losses to be offset against earnings. It is proposed to, in accordance with Article 24-1 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, allot 1% of the earnings to be the remuneration of directors, which is NT$8,404,703 in total, and allot 6% of the earnings to be the remuneration of employees, which is NT$50,428,220 in total. The above amounts will all be paid in cash. The aforesaid ratios and amounts for allocation have been approved by the Remuneration Committee and the Board of Directors.

  • IV. Other matters to be reported

    • (I) Report on shareholdings of all directors

      1. According to 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 should be 12,000,000 shares. The Company has set up an Audit Committee and thus the requirement on the minimum shareholdings of all supervisors is not applicable.

      2. Please refer to Attachment 4 for the shareholding of each director and the shareholdings of all directors as of the record date for determining the shareholders eligible to attend this 2019 annul general shareholders meeting.

      3. The aggregate shareholdings of all directors meet the minimum shareholding required by laws and regulations.

    • (II) During the period for accepting shareholders' proposals (from April 12, 2019 to April 22, 2019), no shareholders submitted any written proposal to the Company for the 2019 annual general shareholders meeting in accordance with Article 172-1 of the Company Act.

Matters to be acknowledged and discussed

Motion I

Proposed by the Board of Directors

  • Proposal: The business report and financial report of fiscal year 2018 are hereby presented. Please acknowledge and recognize the same.

Explanation:

  1. Please refer to Attachment 1 for the business report and financial report of fiscal year 2018.

  2. The aforementioned financial report had been approved by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fifth Term and after audited by the certified public accountants, together with the

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business report, has been submitted to and reviewed by the Audit Committee.

  • Resolution: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 152,792,870. Approval Vote: 149,064,706 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 10,136 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 3,718,028 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 97.55% of the voting shares present.

Motion II

  • Proposal: The proposal for distribution of 2018 profit of the Company is presented. Please acknowledge and recognize the same.

Explanation:

  1. The Company has a net profit after tax of NT$710,633,362 for the year of 2018. The proposed statement of profit distribution is as follows.

  2. The proposal was approved by the Fourteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fifth Term.

Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Statement of Profit Distribution

For the year ended December 31, 2018

(Unit: NT$)

(Unit: NT$)
Items Total
Undistributed Surplus Earnings of Previous Fiscal Years
Plus: Adjustment on initial application of IFRS 9.
Plus: Disposals of investments in equity instruments at fair value
through other comprehensive income.
Plus: Adjustment made to retained earnings for investments under the
equity method Equity Method
Minus: Losses on remeasurement of defined benefit plans
Plus: Net Income of 2018
Minus: 10% legal reserve appropriated
308,314,499
493,000
3,228,100
2,585,205
(69,908,000)
710,633,362
(71,063,336)
Retained Earnings Available for Distribution as of December 31, 884,282,830
Distributable items:
Cash Dividends to Common Shares (NT$2.5 per share)(Note)
(518,886,000)
Undistributed earnings, End of Year 365,396,830

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(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 Accountant Officer: Hung-Wen, Huang

  • Resolution: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 152,792,870. Approval Vote: 149,060,706 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 14,136 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 3,718,028 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 97.55% of the voting shares present.

Motion III Proposed by the Board of Directors

Proposal: It is proposed to amend certain provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. Please review and approve the same.

Explanation:

  1. It is proposed to amend the Company's Articles of Incorporation to conform to the amendment to the Company Act which loosens the scope of employees entitled to receive employee reward and remuneration and the procedure for distributing dividends, and based on the Company's actual operational needs.

  2. Please see Attachment 5 to this handbook for the comparison table showing the amendments and Appendix 3 for the full text of the Articles of Incorporation after amendment.

  3. Resolution: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 152,792,870. Approval Vote: 149,057,701 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 10,141 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 3,725,028 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 97.55% of the voting shares present.

Motion IV Proposed by the Board of Directors

Proposal: It is proposed to amend the rules of the Company. Please review and approve the same. Explanation:

  1. The rules of the Company are amended as follows:

  2. (1) Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets

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  • (a) These procedures are amended based on the letter dated November 26, 2018 (Ref. No.: Jin-Guan-Jeng-Fa-Tze-1070341072) issued by the Financial Supervisory Commission and the Company's actual needs.

  • (b) Major amendments to the Company’s Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets are as follows:

    • i. Right-of-use assets are included in the scope of assets to conform to IFRS 16.

    • ii. The scope of derivatives products is specified to conform to IFRS 9.

    • iii Negative qualifications of outside experts are specified, the items to be evaluated and examined by outside experts and the items to be covered by their statements are specified to conform to IFRS 9.

    • iv. The approval procedure is revised based on actual operating needs.

  • (c) Please refer to Attachment 6 for the comparison table of the articles proposed to be amended in these procedures and the full text of these procedures after amendment.

  • (2) Procedures for Engaging in Financial Derivatives Transactions

  • (a) These procedures are amended to specify the scope of derivatives products to conform to IFRS 9 according to the letter dated November 26, 2018 (Ref. No.: Jin-Guan-Jeng-Fa-Tze-1070341072) issued by the Financial Supervisory Commission, and based on the Company's actual needs.

  • (b) Please refer to Attachment 7 for the comparison table of the articles proposed to be amended in these procedures and the full text of these procedures after amendment.

  • (3) Regulations Governing Endorsements and Guarantees, renamed as Operating Procedures for Endorsements and Guarantees

  • (a) These procedures are amended to strengthen the Company's corporate governance according to the letter dated March 7, 2019 (Ref. No.: Jin-Guan-Jeng-Shung-Tze-1080304826) issued by the Financial Supervisory Commission and based on the Company's actual needs.

  • (b) Please refer to Attachment 8 for the comparison table of the articles proposed to be amended in these procedures and the full text of these procedures after amendment.

  • (4) Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds

  • (a) These procedures are amended to increase the flexibility in internal funds allocation and use of group companies and strengthen the Company's corporate governance according to the letter dated March 7, 2019 (Ref. No.: Jin-Guan-Jeng-Shung-Tze-1080304826) issued by the

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Financial Supervisory Commission and based on the Company's actual needs.

  • (b) Please refer to Attachment 9 for the comparison table of the articles proposed to be amended in these procedures and the full text of these procedures after amendment.

  • (5) Rules of Procedures for Shareholders Meeting

  • (a) These procedures are amended to conform to the amendments to the Company Act which requires certain proposals for convening shareholders meeting should be enumerated, and the main contents of such proposals should be explained, in the convention notice of shareholders meeting.

  • (b) Please refer to Attachment 10 for the comparison table of the articles proposed to be amended in these rules and Appendix 1 for the full text of the Rules of Procedures for Shareholders Meeting after amendment.

  • (6) Procedures for Election of Directors

  • (a) These procedures are amended to conform to the amendments to the Company Act which simplifies the nomination process.

  • (b) Please refer to Attachment 11 for the comparison table of the articles proposed to be amended in these procedures and Appendix 2 for the full text of the Procedures for Election of Directors after amendment.

  • Resolution: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 152,792,870. Approval Vote: 144,249,101 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,818,741 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 3,725,028 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 94.40% of the voting shares present.

Motion V

Proposed by the Board of Directors

Proposal: Election of directors (including independent directors) of the sixth term of the Company. Explanation:

  1. The directors (including independent directors) of the fifth term were elected at the annual general shareholders' meeting on June 15, 2016 and their term of office expired on June 14, 2019. Since the annual general shareholders' meeting of this year will be held on June 24, 2019, according to Paragraph 2 of Article 195 of the Company Act, in case no election of new directors is effected after expiration of the term of office of existing directors, the term of office of directors shall be

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extended until the time new directors have been elected and assumed their office. Given that the term of office of the fifth-term directors (including independent directors) has expired, it is proposed to elect all the directors (including the independent directors) of the sixth term.

  1. According to Article 15 of the Articles of Incorporation, the Company has nine directors and the number of independent directors should not be less than three. According to the ruling of the Ministry of Economic Affairs dated November 30, 2015 (Ref. No.: Jing-Shan-Tze-09402426290), the Board of Directors resolved and passed that the total number of the directors (including the independent directors) of the sixth term shall be nine (inclusive of four independent directors), and the newly-elected directors (including the independent directors) will take office after the 2019 annual general shareholders' meeting (and their term of office is from June 24, 2019 to June 23, 2022).

  2. The Company’s directors (including independent directors) of the sixth term shall be elected according to the candidate nomination system and procedures. The list of director (including independent directors) candidates for this election has been approved by the Fifteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fifth Term. Please refer to Attachment 12 to this handbook for information on the candidates.

4. Please vote.

According to Article 5 of the Regulations Governing Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters, if a candidate for an independent director has served as an independent director of the company for three consecutive terms or more, the company shall announce the results of the previous review and the reasons for continuing to nominate the candidate as an independent director. The company also present the reasons to the shareholders at the time of the election at the shareholders meeting.

Mr. Royce Yu-Chun Hong, a candidate for independent directors, meets the requirements of independence and has professional experiences in the industry. He has made obvious contributions to the Company. He was nominated as an independent director candidate by the Fifteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fifth Term of the Company. His expertise will assist to supervise the board of directors and provide the advice when exercising the duties of independent directors.

Statement by the Shareholder No. 1117, “The Securities and Futures Investors Protection Center”:

According to Article 24, Item 4 of the “Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies”, if a TWSE/TPEx listed company and its group enterprises and organizations, and another company and its group enterprises and organizations nominate for each other any director, supervisor or managerial officer as a candidate for an independent director of the other, the TWSE/TPEx listed company shall, at the time it receives the nominations for independent

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directors, disclose the fact and explain the suitability of the candidate for independent director. If the candidate is elected as an independent director, the TWSE/TPEx listed company shall disclose the number of votes cast in favor of the elected independent director.

In the case where the company and the listed company Synnex Technology International Corporation have mutual nominations for the other party's directors and managers as independent director candidates, please explain the suitability of Mr. David Shu-Chyuan Tu as an independent director in accordance with the prevailing code provisions to safeguard the shareholders' equity.

The Chairman added that:

Mr. David Shu-Chyuan Tu, an independent director candidate, meets the independence requirements of the statutory requirements and has industry professional experience. He was nominated as one of the four independent director candidates by the Fifteenth Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fifth Term of the company. He provided professional and constructive suggestions to the company and which brought great contributions under the last independent director term. Therefore, the board of directors consider he is a suitable candidate for independent directors.

Result of election:

Category Name Number of votes elected
Director Arthur Yu-ChengChiao 157,705,343
Director Pei-Ming Chen(Representative of Winbond
Electronics Corporation)
142,681,041
Director Ken-Shew Lu 142,377,116
Director Chi-Lin Wea 142,054,616
Director Yung Chin(Representative ofChin Xin
Investment Corp.)
140,667,375
Independent
director
Allen Hsu 141,827,346
Independent
director
Royce Yu-Chun Hong 141,513,816
Independent
director
David Shu-Chyuan Tu 141,298,865
Independent
director
Jerry Hsu 140,964,964

Motion VI

Proposed by the Board of Directors

Proposal: It is proposed to release the director from the non-competition restrictions. Please review and approve the same.

Explanation:

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  1. It is conducted in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 209 of the Company Act

  2. Please refer to Attachment 13 to this handbook for the description of competitive conduct of the newly elected directors of the sixth term and the directors of the fifth term of the Company who concurrently act as directors or managers in other companies engaging in the same business as the Company.

  3. It is proposed to the shareholders meeting, in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 209 of the Company Act, to release the newly elected directors' of the sixth term from the non-competition restrictions starting from the day such directors enter office as the Company's directors, and to release the director(s) of the fifth term from the non-competition restriction starting from the day when such director(s) become the director(s) or manager(s) of other companies that engages in the same business as the Company, and to waive the Company's right to request disgorgement of profits against such director(s) from the day when the director(s) entered office as the director(s) or manager(s) of those companies.

  4. Resolution: Motion 6-1: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 25,919,598. Approval Vote: 16,050,807 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,828,769 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,040,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 61.92% of the voting shares present.

  5. Motion 6-2: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 25,919,598. Approval Vote: 16,050,807 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,828,769 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,040,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 61.92% of the voting shares present.

  6. Motion 6-3: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 25,919,598. Approval Vote: 16,054,807 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,824,769 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,040,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 61.94% of the voting shares present.

  7. Motion 6-4: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 25,919,598. Approval Vote: 16,049,807 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,828,769 (including voting via electronic transmission);

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Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,041,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 61.92% of the voting shares present.

  • Motion 6-5: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 152,792,870. Approval Vote: 142,923,079 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,828,769 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,041,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 93.54% of the voting shares present.

  • Motion 6-6: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 152,792,870. Approval Vote: 142,923,079 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,828,769 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,041,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 93.54% of the voting shares present.

  • Motion 6-7: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 25,919,598. Approval Vote: 20,858,407 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 20,169 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,041,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 80.47% of the voting shares present.

  • Motion 6-8: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 152,792,870. Approval Vote: 147,731,679 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 20,169 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,041,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 96.68% of the voting shares present.

  • Motion 6-9: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 152,792,870. Approval Vote: 142,923,079 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,828,769 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,041,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above

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proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 93.54% of the voting shares present.

  • Motion 6-10: Total number of voting rights present at the time of voting: 25,919,598. Approval Vote: 16,049,807 (including voting via electronic transmission); Disapproval Vote: 4,828,769 (including voting via electronic transmission); Invalid votes: 0; Abstain from Voting and None Voting: 5,041,022 (including voting via electronic transmission). Resolved that the above proposal be and is hereby approved as proposed, with affirmative vote of 61.92% of the voting shares present.

Other Matters and Motions: None

Meeting Adjourned (10:51 a.m.)

(The video recording of this shareholder’s annual general meeting concerning detailed contents, procedures, and shareholder statements will prevail in the event of any discrepancy.)

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Attachments

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< Attachment 1>

Nuvoton Technology Corporation 2018 Business Report

2018 has been a year of stable growth for Nuvoton and we have achieved great results in revenue and profitability again. The global semiconductor market benefited from expansions in the applications of wireless communications, information industry, automotive electronics, high-performance computing, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence. Despite headwinds from the United States and China trade disputes, overall demand continued to increase and help facilitate growth in the semiconductor industry.

Financial Performance

The overall financial results show that, the total consolidated revenue for 2018 was NT$10,040 million with an annual growth rate of 8.71%; the net profit after tax was NT$711 million with an annual growth rate of 3.27%; the earnings per share after tax was NT$3.42.

Products, Markets and Technological Developments

The Company's scope of business mainly includes research and development and sales of IC and semiconductor foundry services. Important achievements are described below:

Nuvoton created a customer-centric microcontroller ecosystem, which includes a wide range of platform products, and related software and hardware for development, debugging, and mass production, to fully satisfy the needs of customers at all stages. In addition to the successful development of high performance NuMicro® M480 series – Arm Cortex®-M4 microcontroller with secure boot function and hardware cryptography, we collaborated with SEGGER to provide embedded emWin GUI software, and launched NuMicro® M2351 Series TrustZone® empowered microcontroller focusing on IoT security. We launched the new generation of voice products N589 series, targeting the market of intelligent interactive toy application, built-in 8-bit core high-quality voice and music synthesizer, and the audio MCU and audio CODEC components have also been successfully adopted by customers, showing the Company's products and innovative applications are recognized by users around the world.

The BMC( Baseboard Management Controller), supported by the OpenBMC open source firmware of OCP (Open Compute Project), which can share the OCP members' BMC firmware development results and exert powerful computing performance. Regarding TPM( Trusted Platform Module) , we partnered with OnBoard Security, an American software company, to promote trust computing and jointly market the hardware and the software total solutions for IoT to ensure their applications are protected from the threat of malicious hacker attacks. With the highest level of hardware TPM2.0 security certification, we expect to achieve great results in the future.

For the foundry services, Nuvoton continued to cultivate the power market in 2018. In addition to

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processes that range from 3.3V to 40V, a number of high-voltage processes including 60V/80V/120V/250V/600V/700V have been gradually developed to expand the range of the Company's services in power market, while also enhance the competitiveness of customers' products.

Honors and Awards

Nuvoton has achieved great results in its main business and we also won multiple honors and awards. Our safety and health management personnel received the "Excellent Occupational Safety and Health Promotion Performance" award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration in 2018 which affirmed Nuvoton's commitment to occupational safety. In terms of long-term corporate goals for sustainable development of the environment, we have actively reduced power consumption in the factory and received the "Energy Conservation Elite" from the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The wastewater treatment personnel also received the "Outstanding Environmental Protection Personnel" award from the Hsinchu Science Park Administration. These results demonstrated our commitments to corporate social responsibilities and conservation of the Earth's resources.

Enterprise Business and Expectations

New advanced technologies rely on strong functionalities of semiconductors from wireless communication artificial intelligence, big data, IoT, smart cities, smart medicine, to cloud computing. In the future, Nuvoton shall uphold its global development strategy, steadily strengthen capabilities to research and development, and continue to develop more product applications and services, and market more innovative applications and services by cooperating with our clients. We believe that the Company shall explore more business opportunities to maximize the values for our shareholders, clients, and employees.

Finally, on behalf of Nuvoton Technology Corp., we'd like to thank all our shareholders for your support and affirmation.

Chairman: Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao President: Sean Tai Accounting Manager: Hung-Wen, Huang

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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 4 and 6)
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, current (Notes 4 and 7)
Notes and accounts receivable, net (Notes 4 and 8)
Accounts receivable due from related parties, net (Notes 4, 8 and 27)
Other receivables (Notes 9 and 27)
Inventories (Notes 4 and 10)
Other current assets (Note 24)
Total current assets
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income, non-current (Notes 4 and 11)
Available-for-sale financial assets, non-current (Notes 4 and 12)
Financial assets measured at cost, non-current (Notes 4 and 13)
Property, plant and equipment (Notes 4 and 14)
Investment properties (Notes 4 and 15)
Intangible assets (Notes 4 and 16)
Deferred income tax assets (Notes 4 and 21)
Refundable deposits paid (Note 6)
Other non-current assets (Note 24)
Total non-current assets
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
Other payables (Notes 17 and 26)
Current tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 21)
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Products guarantee based on commitment (Note 4)
Accrued pension liabilities (Notes 4 and 18)
Other non-current liabilities
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT
Share capital (Note 19)
Capital surplus
Additional paid-in capital
Employee share options
Retained earnings
Legal reserve
Unappropriated earnings
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations (Notes 4 and 19)
Unrealized gains (losses) on financial asset at fair value through other comprehensive income
(Notes 4 and 19)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale financial assets (Notes 4 and 19)
Total equity
TOTAL
2018
Amount
%
$ 1,543,918
25
763
-
934,777
15
62,306
1
181,397
3
1,560,938
26

173,760

3

4,457,859
73
539,283
9
-
-
-
-
697,917
11
50,527
1
144,754
2
109,790
2
81,435
1

36,103

1

1,659,809
27
$ 6,117,668
100
$ 888,700
15
878,329
14
84,963
1
63,186
1
1,915,178
31
101,891
2
294,427
5
71,806
1
468,124
8
2,383,302
39
2,075,544
34
63,485
1
13
-
470,659
8
955,346
15
(10,535)
-
179,854
3
-
-
3,734,366
61
$ 6,117,668
100
2017










Amount
%
$ 1,417,029
23
1,710
-
743,264
12
51,114
1
376,245
6
1,634,318
26

225,732

4

4,449,412
72
-
-
289,789
5
301,493
5
642,663
10
56,278
1
203,612
3
95,318
2
71,571
1

38,696

1

1,699,420
28
$ 6,148,832
100
$ 934,901
15
874,942
14
88,934
2
88,549
1
1,987,326
32
101,891
2
306,107
5
90,547
1
498,545
8
2,485,871
40
2,075,544
34
63,485
1
13
-
401,846
6
896,014
15
(165)
-
-
-
226,224
4
3,662,961
60
$ 6,148,832
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, 2018 AND 2017

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

OPERATING REVENUE (Note 20)
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
Interest income
Dividend income
Other gains and losses
Gains (losses) on disposal of property, plant and
equipment
Foreign exchange gains (losses)
Gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value
through profit or loss
Total non-operating income and losses
PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Notes 4 and 21)
NET PROFIT
2018
Amount
%
$ 10,040,221
100

6,127,054
61

3,913,167
39
235,538
3
398,485
4

2,524,485
25

3,158,508
32

754,659

7
12,105
-
73,322
1
7,516
-
1,254
-
20,475
-

(30,411)

-

84,261

1
838,920
8

(128,287)
(1)

710,633

7
2017


















Amount
%
$ 9,235,382
100

5,502,875
60

3,732,507
40
223,903
3
407,029
4

2,388,012
26

3,018,944
33

713,563

7
13,197
-
65,216
1
5,380
-
638
-
(3,894)
-

5,331

-

85,868

1
799,431
8

(111,298)
(1)

688,133

7
(Continued)

12

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSSES)
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to
profit or loss
Remeasurement of defined benefit plans (Notes 4
and 18)
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments in equity
instruments at fair value through other
comprehensive income
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit
or loss
Exchange differences on translation of foreign
operations
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale
financial assets
Other comprehensive income (loss)
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
EARNINGS PER SHARE (Notes 4 and 23)
From continuing operations
Basic
Diluted
2018
Amount
%
$ (67,323)
(1)
(196,160)
(2)
(10,370)
-

-

-

(273,853)
(3)
$ 436,780

4
$ 3.42
$ 3.40
2017






Amount
%
$ (18,946)
-
-
-
(29,445)
-

142,876

1

94,485

1
$ 782,618

8
$ 3.32
$ 3.30
$ $


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

(Concluded)

13

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2017
Net profit in 2017
Other comprehensive income (loss) in 2017
Total comprehensive income (loss) in 2017
Appropriation of 2016 earnings (Note 19)
Legal reserve
Cash dividends
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2017
Adjustment on initial application of IFRS 9 (Note 3)
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2018 AFTER ADJUSTMENTS
Net profit in 2018
Other comprehensive income (loss) in 2018
Total comprehensive income (loss) in 2018
Appropriation of 2017 earnings (Note 19)
Legal reserve
Cash dividends
Disposals of investments in equity instruments at fair value through other
comprehensive income (Notes 11 and 19)
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2018
Equity Attributable to Owners of the Parent
Other Equity
Exchange
Differences on
Unrealized
Gain (Losses)
on Financial
Assets at Fair
Value
Unrealized
Gain (Losses)
on
Capital Surplus
Retained Earnings
Translation of
Through Other Available-for-
Additional
Employee
Unappropriated
Foreign
Comprehensive sale Financial
Paid-in Capital
Share Options
Legal Reserve
Earnings
Operations
Income
Assets
$ 63,485
$ 13
$ 340,530
$ 786,274
$ 29,280
$ -
$ 83,348

-
-
-
688,133
-
-
-

-

-

-

(18,946)

(29,445)

-

142,876


-

-

-

669,187

(29,445)

-

142,876

-
-
61,316
(61,316)
-
-
-

-

-

-

(498,131)

-

-

-

63,485
13
401,846
896,014
(165)
-
226,224

-

-

-

493

-

379,242

(226,224)


63,485

13

401,846

896,507

(165)

379,242

-

-
-
-
710,633
-
-
-

-

-

-

(67,323)

(10,370)

(196,160)

-


-

-

-

643,310

(10,370)

(196,160)

-

-
-
68,813
(68,813)
-
-
-

-

-

-

(518,886)

-

-

-


-

-

-

3,228

-

(3,228)

-

$ 63,485
$ 13
$ 470,659
$ 955,346
$ (10,535)
$ 179,854
$ -
Equity Attributable to Owners of the Parent
Other Equity
Exchange
Differences on
Unrealized
Gain (Losses)
on Financial
Assets at Fair
Value
Unrealized
Gain (Losses)
on
Capital Surplus
Retained Earnings
Translation of
Through Other Available-for-
Additional
Employee
Unappropriated
Foreign
Comprehensive sale Financial
Paid-in Capital
Share Options
Legal Reserve
Earnings
Operations
Income
Assets
$ 63,485
$ 13
$ 340,530
$ 786,274
$ 29,280
$ -
$ 83,348

-
-
-
688,133
-
-
-

-

-

-

(18,946)

(29,445)

-

142,876


-

-

-

669,187

(29,445)

-

142,876

-
-
61,316
(61,316)
-
-
-

-

-

-

(498,131)

-

-

-

63,485
13
401,846
896,014
(165)
-
226,224

-

-

-

493

-

379,242

(226,224)


63,485

13

401,846

896,507

(165)

379,242

-

-
-
-
710,633
-
-
-

-

-

-

(67,323)

(10,370)

(196,160)

-


-

-

-

643,310

(10,370)

(196,160)

-

-
-
68,813
(68,813)
-
-
-

-

-

-

(518,886)

-

-

-


-

-

-

3,228

-

(3,228)

-

$ 63,485
$ 13
$ 470,659
$ 955,346
$ (10,535)
$ 179,854
$ -
Total Equity
$ 3,378,474
688,133
94,485
782,618
-
(498,131)
3,662,961
153,511
3,816,472
710,633
(273,853)
436,780
-
(518,886)
-
$ 3,734,366
Share Capital
$ 2,075,544
-

-

-
-

-
2,075,544

-

2,075,544
-

-

-
-

-

-
$ 2,075,544
Capital Surplus
Additional
Employee
Paid-in Capital
Share Options
$ 63,485
$ 13
-
-

-

-

-

-
-
-

-

-
63,485
13

-

-

63,485

13
-
-

-

-

-

-
-
-

-

-

-

-
$ 63,485
$ 13
Retained Earnings
Unappropriated
Legal Reserve
Earnings
$ 340,530
$ 786,274
-
688,133

-

(18,946)

-

669,187
61,316
(61,316)

-

(498,131)
401,846
896,014

-

493

401,846

896,507
-
710,633

-

(67,323)

-

643,310
68,813
(68,813)

-

(518,886)

-

3,228
$ 470,659
$ 955,346

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

14

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before income tax

Adjustments for:
Depreciation expense
Amortization expense
Expected credit loss recognized (reversed) on accounts receivables
(Reversal of) provision for allowance for doubtful accounts
Interest income
Dividend income
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
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 accrued pension liabilities
Increase (decrease) in other non-current liabilities

Cash generated from operations
Income tax paid
Interest received
Dividend received

Net cash generated from operating activities

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of intangible assets
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at fair value through other
comprehensive income
Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets at fair value through
other comprehensive income
Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets measured at cost
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
(Increase) decrease in refundable deposits paid

Net cash used in investing activities
2018
$ 838,920

164,001
86,807
3,855
-
(12,105)
(73,322)
947
(1,254)
(195,624)
(11,192)
194,234
73,380
51,972
2,593
(46,201)
(30,619)
(25,363)
(79,003)

(8,190)

933,836
(146,907)
12,896

73,322


873,147

(23,855)
5,850
3,500
-
(198,466)
1,941

(9,864)


(220,894)
2017
$ 799,431
155,125
88,233
-
66
(13,197)
(65,216)
(2,417)
(638)
26,579
5,949
(132,070)
(455,881)
(2,851)
2,802
28,359
(18,538)
(19,964)
(64,877)

(13,233)
317,662
(23,466)
19,478

65,216

378,890
(45,111)
-
-
4,000
(291,937)
915

(900)

(333,033)
(Continued)

15

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash dividends

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
2018
$ (518,886)


(6,478)

126,889

1,417,029

$ 1,543,918
2017
$ (498,131)

(29,524)
(481,798)

1,898,827
$ 1,417,029

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

(Concluded)

16

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 4 and 6)
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, current (Notes 4 and 7)
Notes and accounts receivable, net (Notes 4 and 8)
Accounts receivable due from related parties, net (Notes 4, 8 and 25)
Other receivables (Notes 6 and 25)
Inventories (Notes 4 and 9)
Other current assets (Note 22)
Total current assets
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income, non-current (Notes 4 and 10)
Available-for-sale financial assets, non-current (Notes 4 and 11)
Financial assets measured at cost, non-current (Notes 4 and 12)
Investments accounted for using equity method (Notes 4 and 13)
Property, plant and equipment (Notes 4 and 14)
Intangible assets (Notes 4 and 15)
Deferred income tax assets (Notes 4 and 19)
Refundable deposits paid (Note 6)
Other non-current assets (Note 22)
Total non-current assets
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable
Other payables (Notes 16 and 25)
Current tax liabilities (Notes 4 and 19)
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Products guarantee based on commitment (Note 4)
Accrued pension liabilities (Notes 4 and 17)
Other non-current liabilities
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
EQUITY
Share capital (Note 18)
Capital surplus
Additional paid-in capital
Employee share options
Retained earnings
Legal reserve
Unappropriated earnings
Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations (Notes 4 and 18)
Unrealized gains (losses) on financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
(Notes 4 and 18)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale financial assets (Notes 4 and 18)
Total equity
TOTAL
2018
Amount
%
$ 960,293
16
763
-
602,000
10
332,028
5
28,016
-
1,557,510
26

162,333

3

3,642,943
60
493,166
8
-
-
-
-
1,009,874
17
612,248
10
122,967
2
80,000
1
75,707
1

35,129

1

2,429,091
40
$ 6,072,034
100
$ 888,249
15
917,252
15
83,748
1
52,093
1
1,941,342
32
101,891
1
292,862
5
1,573
-
396,326
6
2,337,668
38
2,075,544
34
63,485
1
13
-
470,659
8
955,346
16
(10,535)
-
179,854
3
-
-
3,734,366
62
$ 6,072,034
100
2017










Amount
%
$ 607,505
10
1,710
-
542,941
9
228,732
4
346,972
6
1,625,931
27

215,110

3

3,568,901
59
-
-
183,199
3
301,493
5
1,137,627
19
569,765
9
163,499
3
67,000
1
65,737
1

37,510

-

2,525,830
41
$ 6,094,731
100
$ 934,066
16
923,354
15
73,283
1
77,446
1
2,008,149
33
101,891
2
302,086
5
19,644
-
423,621
7
2,431,770
40
2,075,544
34
63,485
1
13
-
401,846
6
896,014
15
(165)
-
-
-
226,224
4
3,662,961
60
$ 6,094,731
100

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

17

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(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 accounted for using
equity method
Interest income
Dividend income
Other gains and losses
Gains (losses) on disposal of property, plant and
equipment
Foreign exchange gains (losses)
Gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value
through profit or loss
Total non-operating income and losses
PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Notes 4 and 19)
NET PROFIT
(Continued)
2018
Amount
%
$ 9,798,594
100

6,116,544
63

3,682,050
37
148,532
1
370,922
4

2,457,238
25

2,976,692
30

705,358

7
17,004
-
6,624
-
67,547
1
470
-
1,163
-
13,882
-

(30,411)

-

76,279

1
781,637
8

(71,004)
(1)

710,633

7
2017


















Amount
%
$ 9,000,394
100

5,490,445
61

3,509,949
39
136,536
1
381,513
4

2,323,442
26

2,841,491
31

668,458

8
27,940
-
6,057
-
60,266
1
83
-
905
-
(3,952)
-

5,331

-

96,630

1
765,088
9

(76,955)
(1)

688,133

8

18

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSSES)
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to
profit or loss
Remeasurement of defined benefit plans (Notes 4
and 17)
Unrealized gains (losses) on investment in equity
instruments at fair value through other
comprehensive income
Share of other comprehensive income(loss) of
subsidiaries accounted for using equity method
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit
or loss
Exchange differences on translation of foreign
operations
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale
financial assets
Share of comprehensive income of subsidiaries
accounted for using equity method
Other comprehensive income (loss)
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
EARNINGS PER SHARE (Notes 4 and 21)
From continuing operations
Basic
Diluted
2018
Amount
%
$ (69,908)
(1)
(135,687)
(1)
(57,888)
(1)
(10,370)
-
-
-

-

-

(273,853)
(3)
$ 436,780

4
$ 3.42
$ 3.40
2017






Amount
%
$ (21,978)
-
-
-
3,032
-
(29,445)
-
90,323
1

52,553

-

94,485

1
$ 782,618

9
$ 3.32
$ 3.30
$ $

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

(Concluded)

19

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Share Capital
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2017
$ 2,075,544
Net profit in 2017
-
Other comprehensive income (loss) in 2017

-
Total comprehensive income (loss) in 2017

-
Appropriation of 2016 earnings (Note 18)
Legal reserve
-
Cash dividends

-
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2017
2,075,544
Adjustment on initial application of IFRS 9 (Note 3)

-
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2018 AFTER ADJUSTMENTS

2,075,544
Net profit in 2018
-
Other comprehensive income (loss) in 2018

-
Total comprehensive income (loss) in 2018

-
Appropriation of 2017 earnings (Note 18)
Legal reserve
-
Cash dividends
-
Disposals of investments in equity instruments at fair value through other
comprehensive income (Notes 10 and 18)

-
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2018
$ 2,075,544
Capital Surplus
Additional
Paid-in Capital
Employee
Share Options
$ 63,485
$ 13
-
-

-

-

-

-
-
-

-

-
63,485
13

-

-

63,485

13
-
-

-

-

-

-
-
-
-
-

-

-
$ 63,485
$ 13
Retained Earnings
Legal Reserve
Unappropriated
Earnings
$ 340,530
$ 786,274
-
688,133

-

(18,946)

-

669,187
61,316
(61,316)

-

(498,131)
401,846
896,014

-

493

401,846

896,507
-
710,633

-

(67,323)

-

643,310
68,813
(68,813)
-
(518,886)

-

3,228
$ 470,659
$ 955,346
Other Equity
Exchange
Differences on
Translation
Unrealized
Gain (Losses)
on Financial
Assets at Fair
Value Through
Other
Unrealized
Gain (Losses)
on
Available-for-
of Foreign
Operations
Comprehensive
Income
sale Financial
Assets
$ 29,280
$ -
$ 83,348

-
-
-

(29,445)

-

142,876


(29,445)

-

142,876

-
-
-

-

-

-

(165)
-
226,224

-

379,242

(226,224)


(165)

379,242

-

-
-
-

(10,370)

(196,160)

-


(10,370)

(196,160)

-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-

(3,228)

-

$ (10,535)
$ 179,854
$ -
Total Equity
$ 3,378,474
688,133
94,485
782,618
-
(498,131)
3,662,961
153,511
3,816,472
710,633
(273,853)
436,780
-
(518,886)
-
$ 3,734,366

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

20

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before income tax

Adjustments for:
Depreciation expense
Amortization expense
Expected credit loss recognized (reversed) on accounts receivables
(Reversal of) provision for allowance for doubtful accounts
Interest income
Dividend income
Share of profit of subsidiaries 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
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 accrued pension liabilities
Increase (decrease) in other non-current liabilities

Cash generated from (used in) operations
Income tax paid
Interest received
Dividends received

Net cash generated from (used in) operating activities

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of intangible assets
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at fair value through other
comprehensive income
Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets at fair value through
other comprehensive income
Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets measured at cost
Acquisition of investment accounted for using equity method
2018
$ 781,637

140,681
68,518
1,403
-
(6,624)
(67,547)
(17,004)
673
947
(1,163)
(60,462)
(103,296)
318,924
68,421
52,777
2,381
(45,817)
(49,635)
(25,353)
(79,132)

(7,520)

972,809
(73,539)
6,656

67,547


973,473

(23,750)
5,850
3,500
-
-
2017
$ 765,088
132,392
72,988
-
1,609
(6,057)
(60,266)
(27,940)
(310)
(2,417)
(905)
(72,104)
(87,969)
(320,893)
(456,962)
(5,253)
2,382
29,580
(3,761)
(19,454)
(69,709)

7,243
(122,718)
(14,781)
6,534

60,266

(70,699)
(22,025)
-
-
4,000
(2,072)

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

21

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 (In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Proceeds from capital reduction of investments accounted for using
equity method

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
(Increase) decrease in refundable deposits paid

Net cash generated from (used in) investing activities

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash dividends

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR
2018
$ 75,826

(154,894)
1,639

(9,970)


(101,799)


(518,886)

352,788

607,505

$ 960,293
2017
$ -
(263,518)
915

(856)

(283,556)

(498,131)
(852,386)

1,459,891
$ 607,505

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

(Concluded)

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< Attachment 2>

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

The Board of Directors and Shareholders Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Nuvoton Technology Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the “Group”), which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), IFRIC Interpretations (IFRIC), and SIC Interpretations (SIC) endorsed and issued into effect by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with The Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountant of the Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Validity of sales revenues

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There is significant risk of revenue recognition. In addition, customers’ line of credits are highly correlated to delivery of products and recognition of sales revenue. We therefore considered that the validity of sales revenue from the twenty largest customers with changes in credit lines and temporary increase in credit lines in 2018 as a key audit matter for 2018. Refer to Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements for the Group’s revenue recognition policies.

Our audit procedures in response to the validity of sales revenue included understanding the design and the implementation of internal control of sales revenue and selecting samples of revenue items to ensure the occurrence of transactions.

Other Matter

We have also audited the parent company only financial statements of Nuvoton Technology Corporation as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 on which we have issued an unmodified opinion.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Consolidated Financial Statements

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

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

Those charged with governance (including members of the audit committee) are responsible for overseeing the Group’s financial reporting process.

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

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

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As part of an audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended

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December 31, 2017 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

The engagement partners on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Hung-Bin Yu and Kenny Hong.

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Deloitte & Touche Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China February 1, 2019

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.

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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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

The Board of Directors and Shareholders Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Nuvoton Technology Corporation (the Company), which comprise the balance sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended, and the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with The Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountant of the Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

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Validity of Sales Revenues

There is significant risk of revenue recognition. In addition, customers’ line of credits are highly correlated to delivery of products and recognition of sales revenue. We therefore considered that the validity of sales revenue from the twenty largest customers with changes in credit lines and temporary increase in credit lines in 2018 is a key audit matter for 2018. Refer to Note 4 to the financial statements for the Company’s revenue recognition policies.

Our audit procedures in response to the validity of sales revenue included understanding the design and the implementation of internal control of sales revenue and selecting samples of revenue items to ensure the occurrence of transactions.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements

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

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

Those charged with governance (including members of the audit committee) are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

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

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As part of an audit in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018

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

The engagement partners on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Hung-Bin Yu and Kenny Hong.

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Deloitte & Touche Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China February 1, 2019

Notice to Readers

The accompanying financial statements are intended only to present the 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 financial statements are those generally 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 independent auditors’ report and financial statements shall prevail.

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Review Report by Audit Committee

The Board of Directors has prepared the Company’s 2018 Business Report, financial statements (including consolidated financial statements) and profit distribution proposal. The Board of Directors had engaged CPA Hung-Bin Yu and CPA Kenny Hong from Deloitte & Touche to audit the financial statements, who issued an audited report containing an unqualified opinion. The above business report, financial statements and profit distribution proposal have been examined by the Audit Committee and are considered by the Audit Committee to be in conformity with the requirements. We hereby report as above in accordance with Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act and Article 219 of the Company Act. Please review the same.

To

2018 Annual General Shareholders Meeting of Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Convener of the Audit Committee: Allen Hsu

Date: February 1, 2019

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Nuvoton Technology Corporation Shareholdings of All Directors of the Fifth Term[2]

April 26,2019
Title Name Current shareholding
(Number of Shares)
Shareholding
ratio
(%)
Chairman Winbond Electronics
Corporation
Representative: Arthur
Yu-ChengChiao
126,620,087 shares 61.01%
Vice Chairman Robert Hsu 152,328 shares 0.07%
Director YungChin 0 0.00%
Director Ken-Shew Lu 0 0.00%
Director Chi-Lin Wea 0 0.00%
Independent
Director
Royce Yu-Chun Hong 0 0.00%
Independent
Director
Allen Hsu 0 0.00%
Independent
Director
David Shu-Chyuan Tu 0 0.00%
Independent
Director
Jerry Hsu 0 0.00%
Shareholdings of All Directors 126,772,415 shares 61.08%

Note: (1) The Company has a total of 207,554,400 issued shares as of April 26, 2019. Shareholdings of all directors are 126,772,415 shares and are in compliance with Article 26 of the Securities and Exchange Act.

(2) The Company has set up the Audit Committee and thus the requirement on the minimum shareholdings of all supervisors is not applicable.

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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< Attachment 5>

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Comparison Table of Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note Article 8 Article 8 The wording of this article is slightly The shares issued by the Company ~~Shares certificates of the Company shall be~~ revised to conform may be in scripless form and without ~~in registered form and shall be signed or~~ to the provisions of physical certificates, but the Company ~~sealed by at least three directors and then be~~ Article 161-2 of the shall register the shares with the ~~printed in the form as requested by the~~ central securities depositary ~~government authority and be legally~~ Company Act and institution. ~~authenticated before being issued in~~ the practical needs. ~~accordance with laws and regulations. I~~ n 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 15 Article 15 The wording of this article is revised to The Company shall have nine The Company shall have nine directors, conform to the directors, whose term of office is whose term of office is three years. Among three years. Among the directors there the directors there should be not less than wording used in relevant laws and should be not less than three three independent directors. Election of independent directors. Election of directors shall adopt the candidates regulations. directors shall adopt the candidates nomination system prescribed in Article nomination system prescribed in 192-1 of the Company Act. All of the Article 192-1 of the Company Act. directors are elected by the shareholders All of the directors are elected by the meeting from the candidate list of directors shareholders meeting from the and are eligible for re-election. Independent candidate list of directors and are and non-independent directors shall be eligible for re-election. Independent elected at the same time, but the quota shall and non-independent directors shall be calculated separately. The method of be elected at the same time, but the candidate nomination and election of quota shall be calculated separately. directors, professional qualifications, The method of candidate nomination requirements relating to shareholdings, and election of directors shall restrictions on concurrent positions held, and conform to the Company Act, the other compliance matters with respect to Securities and Exchange Act, and independent directors shall conform to ~~the~~ other relevant rules and regulations. ~~Company Act, the Securities and Exchange~~ The professional qualifications, ~~Act, and~~ other relevant rules and regulations. requirements relating to The board of directors may resolve to shareholdings, restrictions on purchase liability insurance for directors of

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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note concurrent positions held, and other the Company. compliance matters with respect to independent directors shall conform to relevant rules and regulations. The board of directors may resolve to purchase liability insurance for directors of the Company. Article 17 Article 17 Certain wording is added and revised to Except as otherwise provided by law, Meetings of the Board of Directors are conform to Article meetings of the Board of Directors convened by the Chairman of the Board of 203-1 of the are convened by the Chairman of the Directors. When convening a meeting of Board of Directors. When the Board of Directors, a meeting notice Company Act. convening a meeting of the Board of specifying the reasons for convening such Directors, a meeting notice specifying meeting shall be sent to each directors ~~seven~~ the reasons for convening such ~~days prior to the meeting;~~ provided that a meeting shall be sent to each director meeting may be convened at any time in case within the period prescribed by the of emergency. competent authority in charge of The meeting notice set forth in the preceding securities laws prior to the meeting; paragraph may be in writing or e-mail or by provided that a meeting may be fax. convened at any time in case of Unless otherwise provided by law, emergency. resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Board The meeting notice set forth in the of Directors must be approved by a majority preceding paragraph may be in vote of the directors being present, who shall writing or e-mail or by fax. represent no less than half of the total Unless otherwise provided by law, number of directors. Directors may designate resolutions adopted at a meeting of other directors as their proxies to attend the the Board of Directors must be meetings of the Board of Directors; provided approved by a majority vote of the that each director may act as proxy for one directors being present, who shall other director only. The Board of Directors represent no less than half of the total shall meet at least once every three months. 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. (Deleted) ~~Article 24-1~~ The original article

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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
~~If th C h t fit 1% f~~














is moved to Article
25 and this article is
deleted.
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Article 25 Article 25
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1. The
original
Article
24
is
moved
to
this
Article.
2. The
original
Article
25
is
moved
to
Paragraph 1 of
Article 26.
3. The wording was
slightly revised to
conform
to
Articles
167-1,
167-2, 235-1 and
267.
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Article After Amendment Article After Amendment Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
If the Company has net profit, 1% or
more of the net profit shall be
allocated
as
remuneration
of
employees
and
1%
or
less
as
remuneration of directors; provided
that if the Company has accumulated
losses, the Company shall first set
aside an amount for making up losses.
The distribution of employeeand
director
remuneration
shall
be
reported to the shareholders' meeting.
The Company may purchase its shares
for transferring such treasury shares,
~~tii ditibtd i~~




~~reserve or reanng as unsrue earnngs.~~
~~Th Bd f Dit bit l~~
~~e oar o recors may sum a proposa~~
~~f llti f th ii bl d~~
~~or aocaon o e remanng aance an~~
~~th ltd ditibtd i t th~~
~~e accumuae unsrue earnngs o e~~
~~hhld~~
~~ti~~
~~f~~
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~~vens o sareoers sa no e ess~~
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~~an o e oa amoun o vens o~~
~~shareholders.~~

issue
employee
options,
provide



pre-emptive
right
for
employees'



subscription upon issuing new shares,

issue new restricted employee shares,

and distribute employee remuneration,

to those eligible

employeesof the
controlling
or

who meet
Article 26
If the Company has pre-tax profit at
Article 26 1. The
original
Article 25 was

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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
the end of the current fiscal year, after































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,operatingstatus,retained





moved
to
Paragraph 1 of
this article.
2. The second part
of
the
first
paragraph
of
Article 25 was
moved
to
Paragraph 3 of
this article.
3. This article was
amended
to
conform
to
Article 214 of
the
Company
Act
and
its
wording
was
slightly revised.

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 the above

and undistributed earnings of previous

years or after 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 an amount as

undistributed earnings, 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 Board of Directors shall be
authorized to distribute the profit, the

legal reserve and the capital reserve

mentioned in the preceding paragraph

in cash upon resolution by a majority

vote at a board meeting attended by

two-thirds or more of the directors,

and shall report the same to the

shareholders’meeting.
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

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Article After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note structure, operating status, earnings, earnings, industry characteristics and industry characteristics and economic economic cycle. The dividends shall be cycle. The dividends shall be distributed in a steady manner. Distributable distributed in a steady manner. earnings may be retained undistributed or Distributable earnings may be distributed in cash dividend or the retained undistributed or distributed in combination of stock dividend and cash cash dividend or the combination of dividend, so as to maintain sustainable stock dividend and cash dividend, so management and development. With respect as to maintain sustainable to distribution of dividends, in consideration management and development. With of future operating scale and cash flow respect to distribution of dividends, in requirements, no less than 50% of the consideration of future operating scale remaining amount of the net profit after tax and cash flow requirements, no less of the current year, after covering the than 50% of the remaining amount of accumulative losses and setting aside the the net profit after tax of the current legal reserve and the special reserve, shall be year, after covering the accumulative distributed to shareholders as dividends. The losses and setting aside the legal conditions, timing, amounts and types of reserve and the special reserve, shall retained earnings and distribution of be distributed to shareholders as dividends may be adjusted on proper dividends, and the percentage of cash occasions based on the needs to deal with dividends to shareholders shall not be changes in economic and industrial trends less than 10% of the total amount of and in view of the Company's future dividends to shareholders. The development needs and profitability. 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 These Articles of Incorporation were These Articles of Incorporation were enacted amendment was added. enacted on March 14, 2008. on March 14, 2008. The first amendment was made on The first amendment was made on September September 1, 2008. 1, 2008. The second amendment was made on The second amendment was made on November 17, 2009. November 17, 2009. The third amendment was made on The third amendment was made on June 10, June 10, 2011. 2011.

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The fourth amendment was made on
June 5, 2012.
The fifth amendment was made on
June 10, 2015.
The sixth amendment was made on
June 15, 2016.
The seventh amendment was made on
June 12, 2018.
The eighth amendment was made on
June 24, 2019.





The fourth amendment was made on June 5,
2012.
The fifth amendment was made on June 10,
2015.
The sixth amendment was made on June 15,
2016.
The seventh amendment was made on June
12, 2018.



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< Attachment 6>

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Comparison Table of Amendments to Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets

Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
Article 1
The scope of applicability of the term
"Assets" as used in these Procedures is as
follows:
(1)
Stocks, government bonds, corporate
bonds, financial debentures, securities
representing units of funds, depositary
receipts,
call
(put)
warrants,
beneficiary securities, asset-backed
securities.
(2)
Real property (including land, houses
and buildings, investment property,
rights to use land, and construction
enterprise inventory) and equipment.
(3)
Memberships
(4)
Patents,
copyrights,
trademarks,
franchise rights, and other intangible
assets.
(5)
Right-of-use assets.
(6)
Claims
of
financial
institutions
(including
receivables,
bills
purchased and discounted, loans, and
overdue receivables).
(7)
Derivatives.
(8)
Assets acquired or
disposed of
through
mergers,
spin-offs,
acquisitions or transfer of shares in
accordance with the law.
(9)
Other major assets.


















Article 1
The scope of applicability of the term
"Assets" as used in these Procedures is as
follows:
(1)
Stocks, government bonds, corporate
bonds,
financial
debentures,
securities
representing
units
of
funds, depositary receipts, call (put)
warrants,
beneficiary
securities,
asset-backed securities.
(2)
Real
property
(including
land,
houses and buildings, investment
property,~~rights to use land~~, and
construction enterprise inventory)
and equipment.
(3)
Memberships
(4)
Patents,
copyrights,
trademarks,
franchise rights, and other intangible
assets.
~~(5~~)
Claims
of
financial
institutions
(including
receivables,
bills
purchased and discounted, loans, and
overdue receivables).
~~(6~~)
Derivatives.
~~(7~~)
Assets acquired or disposed through
mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions or
transfer of shares in accordance with
the law.
~~(8~~)
Other major assets.

















1. Subparagraph (5) is
newly
added
to
expand the scope of
the assets that the
Company has the
right
to
use
to
conform to IFRS16
Leases,
and
the
current
Subparagraph
(2)
regarding the right
to
use
land
is
moved
to
Subparagraph (5).
2. The
current
Subparagraphs (5)
to (7) are moved to
and
become
Subparagraphs (6)
to (8).
Article 4
The
term
"Subsidiary"
under
these
Article 4
The
term
"Subsidiary"
under
these
This article is revised
to conform to laws and

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Procedures
accordance
Procedureshas the meaning as defined in
the International Financial Reporting
Standards published by the Financial
Supervisory
Commission
and
in
adherence
to
relevant
laws
and
regulations.
regulations.
Article 5
The term "Related Party" under these
Procedures
shall
be
determined
in
accordance with the Regulations governing
the Preparation of Financial Reports by
Securities Issuers.
Article 5
The term "Related Party" under these
Procedureshas the meaning as defined in
the International Financial Report by the
Financial Supervisory Commission and in
adherence
to
relevant
laws
and
regulations.
This article is revised
to conform to laws
and regulations.
Article 6
The
term
"Derivatives"
under
these
Procedures
means
forward
contracts,
options
contracts,
futures
contracts,
leverage contracts and swap contracts,
whose value is derived from,specific
interest rates,financial instrument prices,
commodity prices,exchange rates, indexes
of prices or rates, credit rating or credit
index, or other variables; or hybrid contracts
combining the above contracts; or hybrid
contracts or structured products containing
embedded derivatives.The term "Forward
Contracts" does not include insurance
contracts, performance contracts, after-sales
service
contracts,
long-term
leasing
contracts or long-term purchase (sales)
contracts.
Article 6
The term "Derivatives" under these
Procedures means forward contracts,
options
contracts,
futures
contracts,
leverage contracts, swap contracts~~and~~
~~compound contracts combining the above~~
~~products,~~whose value is derived from
~~assets~~, interest rates, exchange rates,
~~indexes or other interests.~~The term
"Forward Contracts" does not include
insurance
contracts,
performance
contracts, after-sales service contracts,
long-term leasing contracts or long-term
purchase (sales) contracts.
The
scope
of
derivatives is amended
to conform to the
definitions in IFRS 9
Financial Instruments.
Article 7
Assets acquired or disposed of through
mergers,
spin-offs,
acquisitions
or
assignment of shares in accordance with
law under these Procedures means assets
acquired or disposed of through mergers,
spin-offs or acquisitions conducted under
the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act,
Article 7
Assets acquired or disposed of through
mergers,
spin-offs,
acquisitions
or
assignment of shares in accordance with
law under these Procedures means assets
acquired or disposed through mergers,
spin-offs or acquisitions conducted under
the Business Mergers and Acquisitions
The number of the
article of the Company
Act cited in this article
is revised due to the
amendment
to
the
Company Act.

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Financial Holding Company Act, Financial
Institution
Merger
Act
and/or
other
acts/laws, or acquisitions of shares through
issuance of new shares of its own as the
consideration
therefore
(hereinafter
"Assignment of Shares") under Article
156-3 of the Company Act.
Act, Financial Holding Company Act,
Financial Institution Merger Act and/or
other acts/laws, or acquisitions of shares
through issuance of new shares of its own
as the consideration therefore (hereinafter
"Assignment of Shares") under~~Paragraph~~
~~8,~~Article 156 of the Company Act~~.~~
Article 9
Professional Appraisers and their officers,
certified public accountants, attorneys and
securities underwriters that provide the
Company with appraisal reports, certified
public accountant's opinions, attorney's
opinions or underwriter's opinions shall
meet the following requirements:
1.
It/he shall not have previously
received a final and unappealable
sentence to imprisonment for one (1)
year or longer for a violation of the
Securities and Exchange Act, the
Company Act, the Banking Act, the
Insurance Act, the Financial Holding
Company Act, or the Business Entity
Accounting Act, or for fraud, breach
of trust, embezzlement, forgery of
documents, or occupational crime;
provided,
however,
that
this
provision does not apply if three (3)
years have already passed since the
completion of the term of the
imprisonment
sentence,
since
expiration of the period of a
probation,
or
since
it/he
was
pardoned.
2.
It/he may not be a Related Party or
de facto Related Party of any party to
the transaction.
3.
If the Company is required to obtain
appraisal reports from two or more
professional appraisers, the different
Article 9
Professional Appraisers and their officers,
certified public accountants, attorneys and
securities underwriters that provide the
Company with appraisal reports, certified
public accountant's opinions, attorney's
opinions or underwriter's opinions shall
not be aRelated Party of any party to the
transaction.
The
passive
qualification
of
outside
experts
is
specified
in
accordance with the
laws and regulations.
The
items
to
be
evaluated
and
examined by outside
experts and the items
to be covered by their
statement are specified
in
accordance
with
Article
9
of
the
Regulations
Governing
the
Preparation
of
Financial Reports by
Securities Issuers.

1.
2.
3.

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professional appraisers or appraisal
officers may not be Related Parties or
de facto Related Parties of each
other.
When issuing an appraisal report or
opinion, the personnel referred to in the
preceding paragraph shall comply with the
following:
1.
Prior to accepting a case, it/he shall
prudently
assess
its/his
own
professional capabilities, practical
experience, and independence.
2.
When examining a case, it/he shall
appropriately
plan
and
execute
adequate work process, in order to
produce a conclusion and use the
conclusion as the basis for issuing the
report or opinion. The relevant work
procedures,
data
collected,
and
conclusion
shall
be
fully
and
accurately specified in the working
papers for the case.
3.
It/he shall undertake an item-by-item
evaluation of the comprehensiveness,
accuracy, and reasonableness of the
sources of data, the parameters, and
the information used, as the basis for
issuance of the appraisal report or the
opinion.
4.
It/he shall issue a statement attesting
to the professional competence and
independence of the personnel who
prepared the report or opinion, and
that it/he has evaluated and found
that
the
information
used
is
reasonable and accurate, and that
it/he has complied with applicable
laws and regulations.
However, if the Company acquires or
disposes of assets through a court auction,
However, if the Company acquires or
disposes of assets through a court auction,
the court certificates may substitute for
appraisal reports or the certified public
accountant's opinions.

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the court certificates may substitute for
appraisal reports or the certified public
accountant's opinions.
Article 11
The
total
amount
for
purchase
of
non-operating
real
property
and
its
right-of-use assetsmay not exceed100%of
the ownership equity of the Company; the
total amount for investment in securities
may not exceed300%of the ownership
equity of the Company; the amount for
investment in individual securities may not
exceed300%of the ownership equity of
the Company.
Article 11
The total amount for purchase of
non-operating real property may not
exceed10%of the ownership equity of
the Company; the total amount for
investment in securities may not exceed
100%of the ownership equity of the
Company; the amount for investment in
individual securities may not exceed50%
of the ownership equity of the Company.
~~Total securities investments do not~~
~~include~~
~~amounts~~
~~invested~~
~~in~~
~~the~~
~~above-mentioned subsidiary companies.~~
To conform to IFRS 16
Lease,
right-of-use
assets of real property
for
non-operational
use are included in this
article and this article
is revised based on
actual needs.
Article 12
The
restriction
on
the
amount
any
Subsidiary of the Company may use to
purchase non-operating real property and
its right-of-use assetsand to invest in
securities or each individual securities are
as follows:
(1)
If such Subsidiary's main business is
investment:
The restriction on the amount for such
Subsidiary to purchase non-operating
real propertyand its right-of-use
assetsmay not exceed10%of the
ownership equity of such Subsidiary;
the restriction on the amount for such
Subsidiary to invest in securities may
not exceed the paid-in capital of such
Subsidiary or300%of ownership
equity of such Subsidiary whichever
is higher; however, the amount for
investment in individual securities
may not exceed the paid-in capital of
such Subsidiary or 300% of the
ownershipequityof such Subsidiary,
Article 12
The restriction on the amount any
Subsidiary of the Company may use to
purchase non-operating real property and
to invest in securities or each individual
securities are as follows:
(1)
If such Subsidiary's main business is
investment:
The restriction on the amount for
such
Subsidiary
to
purchase
non-operating real property may not
exceed100%of the ownership
equity of such Subsidiary; the
restriction on the amount for such
Subsidiary to invest in securities
may not exceed the paid-in capital
of such Subsidiary or500%of
ownership equity of the Company,
whichever is higher; however, the
amount for investment in individual
securities may not exceed the
paid-in capital of such Subsidiary or
300% of the ownership equity of
such
Subsidiary,
whichever
is
To conform to the laws
and
regulations,
right-of-use assets of
real
property
for
non-operational
use
are included in these
Procedures and this
article is revised based
on actual needs.

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(2) whichever
is
higher;
provided,
however, that the investment holding
companies in which the Company
holds 100% issued shares are not
subject to the above restrictions (an
investment holding company referred
to above means a company having
investment professionals for the
purpose
of
controlling
other
companies'operations).
If such Subsidiary's main business is
not investment:
The restriction on the amount for such
Subsidiary to purchase non-operating
real propertyand its right-of-use
assetsmay not exceed100%of the
ownership equity of such Subsidiary;
the restriction on the amount to invest
in securities may not exceed the
paid-in capital of such Subsidiary or
300%of the ownership equity of such
Subsidiary, whichever is higher;
however, the amount for investment
in individual securities may not
exceed the paid-in capital of such
Subsidiary or300%of the ownership
equity of such Subsidiary, whichever
is higher.
(2) higher.
If such Subsidiary's main business is
not investment:
The restriction on the amount for
such
Subsidiary
to
purchase
non-operating real property may not
exceed10%of the ownership equity
of such Subsidiary; the restriction
on the amount to invest in securities
may not exceed the paid-in capital
of such Subsidiary or100%of the
ownership
equity
of
such
Subsidiary, whichever is higher;
however, the amount for investment
in individual securities may not
exceed the paid-in capital of such
Subsidiary or50%of the ownership
equity
of
such
Subsidiary,
whichever is higher.
~~Total securities investments do not~~
~~include~~
~~amounts~~
~~invested~~
~~in~~
~~above-mentioned~~
~~Subsidiary~~
~~companies by each Subsidiary.~~
Article 14
The procedures of acquisition or disposition
of securities.
(1)
For the acquisition or disposal of
negotiable securities, the Responsible
Unit should attach the relevant
evaluation report and submit the
application tothe head-in-charge of
Article 14
The
procedures
of
acquisition
or
disposition of securities.
(1)
For the acquisition or disposal of
negotiable securities, the responsible
unit should attach the relevant
evaluation report and submit the
application
to
the
President.
This article is revised
based on actual needs.

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(2) the Responsible Unit. Transaction
amounts less than but not including
NT$100 million can be approved by
the Chairman and authorized for
processing by the Responsible Unit.
Transaction amounts greater than
(inclusive) NT$100 million, should
be submitted tothe Audit Committee
and
Board
of
Directors
for
authorization. If the acquisition or
disposition of securities is for the
same purpose, it is not allowed to file
different
applications.
When
engaging in different transactions for
the acquisition or disposition of
securities, they should proceed in
accordance with Paragraph (3) of this
Article.
In connection with the acquisition or
disposition
of
securities
for
transaction purpose, the Responsible
Unit is authorized to engage in the
transaction within the investment
quota approved by the board of
directors meeting. After completion
of the transaction, the Responsible
Unit
should
report
to
the
head-in-charge of the Responsible
Unit.
(Hereafter Omitted)
Transaction amounts less than but
not including NT$100 million, can
be authorized for processing by the
responsible unit by the Chairman.
Transaction amounts greater than
(inclusive) NT$100 million, should
be submitted to the Board of
Directors for authorization. If the
acquisition
or
disposition
of
securities is for the same purpose, it
is not allowed to file different
applications. When engaging in
different
transactions
for
the
acquisition
or
disposition
of
securities, they should proceed in
accordance with Paragraph (3) of
this Article.
(2)
In connection with the acquisition or
disposition
of
securities,
the
Responsible Unit is authorized to
engage in the transaction within the
investment quota approved by the
board of directors meeting. After
completion of the transaction, the
Responsible Unit should report to
the President and Chairman~~.~~
(Hereafter Omitted)
Article 15
Procedures for acquisition or disposal of
real propertyand its right-of-use assets
(1)
The Responsible Unit should submit
the purpose or use, the basis of
determination of transaction price and
transaction method for the acquisition
or dispositionof real property,to the
head-in-charge of the Responsible
Unit for his/her approval and then
Article 15
Procedures for acquisition or disposal of
real property
(1)
The Responsible Unit should submit
the purpose or use, the basis of
determination of transaction price
and transaction method for the
acquisition or disposition, tothe
President and Chairmanfor their
approval and then submit it to the
1. To conform to IFRS
16
Lease,
right-of-use asset are
newly added in this
article.
2. The
equipment
provided in current
Paragraph
(3)
of
Article 15 is moved
to Subparagraph (4)

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(2)
(3)
submit it to theAudit Committee and
board of directors for approval.For
transactions of the right-of-use assets
of real property in the amount
reaching NT$100 million or above,
the Responsible Unit shall follow the
above procedure and then submit to
the Audit Committee and the board
of directors for approval.
In acquiring or disposing of real
propertyor its right-of-use assets
where the transaction amount reaches
20% of the Company's paid-in
capital or NT$300,000,000 or above,
unless transacting with adomestic
government agency, commissioning
others to build on its own land, or
commissioning others to build on
rented land, an appraisal report should
be obtained in advance from a
Professional
Appraiser
and
the
transaction should be complied with
the provisions of Article 18 of these
Procedures.
In acquiring or disposing of real
propertyor its right-of-use assets
from or to a Related Party or in
acquiring or disposing of any other
assets which are not real propertyor
its right-of-use assetswhere the
transaction amount reaches 20% of
the Company's paid-in capital ,or 10%
of the Company's total assets, or
NT$300,000,000 or above, except in
the trading ofdomesticgovernment
bonds or bonds under repurchase and
resale agreements, or subscription or
redemption
of
domestic
money
market funds, the Company may not
proceed
with
execution
of
a
transaction contract or makingany
board of directors for approval.
(2)
In acquiring or disposing of real
property
where
the
transaction
amount
reaches
20%
of
the
Company's
paid-in
capital
or
NT$300,000,000 or above, unless
transacting
with
a
government
agency, commissioning others to
build
on
its
own
land,
or
commissioning others to build on
rented land, an appraisal report
should be obtained in advance from
a Professional Appraiser and the
transaction should be complied with
the provisions of Article 18 of these
Procedures.
(3)
In acquiring or disposing of real
property from or to a Related Party
or in acquiring or disposing of other
assets which are not real property or
its right-of-use assets where the
transaction amount reaches 20% of
the Company's paid-in capital ,or
10% of the company's total assets, or
NT$300,000,000 or above, except in
the trading of government bonds or
bonds under repurchase and resale
agreements,
or
subscription
or
redemption of domestic money
market funds, the Company may not
proceed
with
execution
of
a
transaction contract or making any
payment
unless
and
until
the
of Paragraph 1 of
Article 17.

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payment
unless
and
until
the
following
information
has
been
submitted for approval from the Audit
Committee and board of directors
meeting:
1. The
purpose,
necessity
and
anticipated benefit of the real
property acquisition or disposal.
2. The reason for choosing the related
party as a trading counterparty.
3. The relevant information regarding
appraisal of the reasonableness of
the preliminary transaction terms
for acquisition of real propertyor
its right-of-use assetsfrom a
Related Party in accordance with
the provisions of Paragraphs (5)
and (6)of this Article.
4. The date and price at which the
Related Party originally acquired
the real property, the original
trading
counterparty
and
that
trading counterparty's relationship
with the Company and the Related
Party.
5. Monthly cash flow forecasts for
the year commencing from the
month of anticipated signing of the
contract and evaluation of the
necessity of the transaction and
reasonableness of the use of
proceeds.
6. An
appraisal
report
from
a
professional appraiser or a CPA's
opinion obtained in compliance
withParagraph (2) of this Article.
7. Restrictive
terms
and
other
important stipulations associated
with the transaction.
following information has been
submitted for approval from the
Audit Committee and board of
directors meeting:
1. The
purpose,
necessity
and
anticipated benefit of the real
property acquisition or disposal.
2. The reason for choosing the
related
party
as
a
trading
counterparty.
3. The
relevant
information
regarding
appraisal
of
the
reasonableness of the preliminary
transaction terms for acquisition
of real property from a Related
Party in accordance with the
provisions of Paragraphs (4) and
(5) of this Article.
4. The date and price at which the
Related Party originally acquired
the real property, the original
trading counterparty and that
trading
counterparty's
relationship with the Company
and the Related Party.
5. Monthly cash flow forecasts for
the year commencing from the
month of anticipated signing of
the contract and evaluation of the
necessity of the transaction and
reasonableness of the use of
proceeds.
6. An appraisal report from a
professional appraiser or a CPA's
opinion obtained in compliance
with~~the preceding~~article.
7. Restrictive
terms
and
other
important stipulations associated
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8.The calculation of the transaction
amount shall be conducted in
accordance with Paragraph 2 of
Article
25,
and
"within
the
preceding year" as used herein
refers to the year preceding the
Date
of
Occurrence
of
the
transaction. Items that have been
approved by the Audit Committee
and the board of directors need not
be counted toward the transaction
amount.
9.When a matter is submitted for
discussion
by
the
board
of
directors, the board of directors
shall take into full consideration
each
independent
director's
opinions.
If
an
independent
director objects to or expresses
reservations about any matter, it
shall be recorded in the meeting
minutes of the board of directors
meeting.
10. The
items
which
requires
approval of the Audit Committee
need first be approved by more
than half of all Audit Committee
members and then submitted to
the board of directors for a
resolution, and shall be subject to
mutatis mutandis application of
Paragraphs3and 4of Article 29.
The calculation of the transaction
amountas set forth in the
preceding paragraphshall be
conducted in accordance with
Paragraph 2 of Article 25, and
"within the preceding year" as
used herein refers to the year
preceding the Date of Occurrence
of the transaction. Items that have
been approved by the Audit
Committee and the board of
directors not be counted toward
the transaction amount.
~~With respect to the acquisition or~~
~~disposal~~
~~of~~
~~business-use~~
~~equipment between the Company~~
~~and its parent or subsidiaries, the~~
~~Company's Board of Directors~~
~~may delegate the Chairman to~~
~~decide such matters when the~~
~~transaction is within a certain~~
~~amount and have the decisions~~
~~subsequently submitted to and~~
~~ratified by the next Board of~~
~~Directors meeting.~~
When a matter is submitted for
discussion by the Board of
Directors~~pursuant to paragraph~~
~~1~~, the Board of Directors shall
take into full consideration each
Independent Director's opinions.
If
an
Independent
Director
objects
to
or
expresses
reservations about any matter, it
shall be recorded in the meeting
minutes of the Board of Directors
meeting.
The items~~in Paragraph 1~~which
requires approval of the Audit
Committee
need
first
be
approved bymore than half of all

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(4)
(5)
1.
Wherethe right-of-use assets ofreal
property for operational use are
acquired or disposed of by and
between the Companyand its parent
company,Subsidiaries,or by and
among the Company's Subsidiaries in
which the Company directly or
indirectly holds 100 percent of the
issued
shares
or
capital,
the
Chairman of the board of directors is
authorized to approve the transaction
with the transaction amountof less
than NT$300 millionfirst and then
the transaction after consummation
shall be submitted tothe Audit
Committeeand the board of director
ratification.
In acquiring real propertyor its
right-of-use assetsfrom a Related
Party, the reasonableness of the
transaction costs shall be evaluated by
the following means:
Based upon the Related Party's
transaction
price
plus
necessary
interest on funding and the costs to be
duly borne by the buyer in accordance
with the law. "Necessary interest on
funding" is imputed as the weighted
average interest rate on borrowing in
the year the Company purchases the
property; provided, it may not be
higher
than
the
maximum
non-financial industrylendingrate
Audit Committee members and
then submitted to the board of
directors for a resolution, and
shall be subject to mutatis
mutandis
application
of
Paragraph 3 of Article 29.
~~(4~~)
In acquiring real property from a
Related Party, the reasonableness of
the
transaction
costs
shall
be
evaluated by the following means:
1.
Based upon the Related Party's
transaction price plus necessary
interest on funding and the costs to
be duly borne by the buyer in
accordance
with
the
law.
"Necessary interest on funding" is
imputed as the weighted average
interest rate on borrowing in the year
the
Company
purchases
the
property; provided, it may not be
higher
than
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announced by the Ministry of Finance
ROC.
2.
Total loan value appraisal from a
financial institution where the related
party
has
previously
created
a
mortgage on the property as security
for a loan. The actual cumulative
amount loaned by the financial
institution shall have reached 70% or
more of the financial institution's
appraised loan value of the property
and the period of the loan shall have
been one year or more. However,
this shall not apply where the
financial institution is a Related Party
of one of the trading counterparties.
3.
Where land and building(s) thereupon
are combined as a single property
purchased
or
leased
in
one
transaction, the transaction costs for
the land and building(s) may be
separately appraised in accordance
with the provisions of the above
items.
4.
If the Company acquires real property
or its right-of-use assetsfrom a
Related Party and appraises the cost
of the real propertyor its right-of-use
assetsin accordance with items 1, 2
and 3 of Paragraph(5)of this Article,
a certified public accountant shall also
be engaged to check the appraisal and
render a specific opinion.
5. Where the Company acquires real
propertyor its right-of-use assetsfrom a
Related Party and one of the following
circumstances exists, the acquisition
shall be conducted in accordance with
Finance ROC.
2.
Total loan value appraisal from a
financial
institution
where
the
related party has previously created a
mortgage on the property as security
for a loan. The actual cumulative
amount loaned by the financial
institution shall have reached 70% or
more of the financial institution's
appraised loan value of the property
and the period of the loan shall have
been one year or more. However,
this shall not apply where the
financial institution is a Related
Party
of
one
of
the
trading
counterparties.
3.
Where
land
and
building(s)
thereupon are combined as a single
property
purchased
in
one
transaction, the transaction costs for
the land and building(s) may be
separately appraised in accordance
with the provisions of the above
items.44. If the Company acquires
real property from a Related Party
and appraises the cost of the real
property in accordance with items 1,
2 and 3 of Paragraph (4) of this
Article, a certified public accountant
shall also be engaged to check the
appraisal and render a specific
opinion.
5.
Where the Company acquires real
property from a Related Party and
one of the following circumstances
exists, the acquisition shall be
conducted
in
accordance
with
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Paragraph (3) of this Article and the
provisions of the preceding four items do
not apply:
(A) The Related Party acquired
the real propertyor its
right-of-use assetsthrough
inheritance or as a gift.
(B) More than five years have
elapsed from the time the
Related Party signed the
contract to obtain the real
propertyor its right-of-use
assetsto the signing date for
the current transaction.
(C) The real property is acquired
through signing of a joint
development contract with the
related party, or through
engaging a related party to
build real property, either on
the company's own land or on
rented land.
(D)The right-of-use assets of real
property for operational use
are acquired or disposed of by
and between the Company
and its parent company or
Subsidiaries, or by and among
the Company's Subsidiaries in
which the Company directly
or
indirectly
holds
100
percent of the issued shares or
capital.
(6)
When the results of the Company's
appraisal conducted in accordance
with the provisions of items 1, 2 and 3
of the preceding Paragraph are all
lower than the transaction price, the
transaction shall be conducted in
accordance with Article 16 hereof.
However,if anyof the following
items do not apply:
(A) The Related Party acquired the
real property through inheritance
or as a gift.
(B)
More than five years have
elapsed from the time the Related
Party signed the contract to obtain
the real property to the signing
date for the current transaction.
(C)
The real property is acquired
through
signing
of
a
joint
development contract with the
related party, or through engaging
a related party to build real
property, either on the company's
own land or on rented land.2.
(5)When the results of the Company's
appraisal conducted in accordance with
the provisions of items 1, 2 and 3 of the
preceding Paragraph are all lower than
the transaction price, the transaction
shall be conducted in accordance with
Article 16 hereof. However, if any of
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circumstances exists, and objective
evidence has been submitted and
specific opinions on reasonableness
of the transaction price have been
obtained from a professional real
property appraiser and a certified
public accountant have been obtained,
the preceding sentence shall not
apply:
1. Where the Related Party acquired
undeveloped land or leased land
for development, it may submit of
compliance with one of the
following conditions:
(A) Where aggregate values of the
undeveloped land appraised
in accordance with the means
in the preceding Paragraph
and the building(s) according
to
the
Related
Party's
construction
cost
plus
reasonable construction profit
are in excess of the actual
transaction
price.
"Reasonable
Construction
Profit" shall be deemed to be
of no more than 500 meters or
parcels close in publicly
announced
current
value;
transactions
for
similarly
sized
real
property
in
principle refer to transactions
completed
by
unrelated
parties for real property with
an area of no less than 50% of
the property in the planned
transaction; within one year
refers to one year from the
actual date of acquisition of
the real property. the average
gross operating profit margin
and
specific
opinions
on
reasonableness of the transaction price
from a professional real property
appraiser
and
a
certified
public
accountant have been obtained, the
preceding sentence shall not apply:
1. Where the Related Party acquired
undeveloped land or leased land
for development, it may submit
of compliance with one of the
following conditions:
(A)Where aggregate values of the
undeveloped land appraised in
accordance with the means in
the preceding Paragraph and
the building(s) according to
the
Related
Party's
construction
cost
plus
reasonable construction profit
are in excess of the actual
transaction
price.
"Reasonable
Construction
Profit" shall be the average
gross operating profit margin
of
the
Related
Party's
construction division over the
most recent three years or the
gross profit margin for the
construction industry for the
most
recent
period
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2. of
the
Related
Party's
construction division over the
most recent three years or the
gross profit margin for the
construction industry for the
most
recent
period
as
announced by the Ministry of
Finance, whichever is lowest.
(B)Transactions
by
unrelated
parties within the preceding
year involving other floors of
the
same
property
or
neighboring property, where
the land/building area and
transaction terms are similar
after
calculation
of
reasonable
price
discrepancies in floor or area
land prices in accordance
with standard real property
sale/purchase
market
practicesor leasing practice.
Where the Company acquiring real
property
or
obtaining
the
right-of-use assets of real property
through leasingfrom a Related
Party provides evidence that the
terms of the transaction are similar
to the terms of transactions for the
acquisition of neighboring real
property of a similar size by
unrelated
parties
within
the
(B)
~~Completed~~
transactions
by
unrelated
parties
within
the
preceding year involving other
floors of the same property or
neighboring property, where the
land/building
area
and
transaction terms are similar after
calculation of reasonable price
discrepancies in floor or area
land prices in accordance with
standard
real
property
sale/purchase market practices.
~~(C)~~
~~Completed~~
~~leasing~~
~~transactions by unrelated parties~~
~~for other floors of the same~~
~~property within the preceding~~
~~year, where the transaction terms~~
~~are similar after calculation of~~
~~reasonable price discrepancies~~
~~among floors in accordance with~~
~~standard real property leasing~~
~~market practices.~~
2. Where the Company acquiring
real property from a Related
Party provides evidence that the
terms of the transaction are
similar
to
the
terms
of
transactions~~completed~~for the
acquisition of neighboring real
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preceding year.
Transactions for neighboring real
property in the preceding two
paragraphs in principle refer to
real property on the same or an
adjacent block and within a
distance;
a
transaction
with
similar size in principle refers to a
transaction by unrelated parties
for parcels with a land area of no
less than 50% of the property in
the planned transaction; "within
one year" refers to the year
preceding the actual date of
acquisition of the real property or
its right-of-use assets.
preceding year.
~~Completed~~
transactions
for
neighboring real property in the
preceding two items in principle
refer to real property on the same
or an adjacent block and within a
distance of no more than 500
meters or close in publicly
announced
current
value;
a
transaction with similar size in
principle refers to a transaction
~~completed~~by unrelated parties
for parcels with a land area of no
less than 50% of the property in
the planned transaction; "within
one year" refers to the year
preceding the actual date of
acquisition of the real property.
Article 16
Where the Company acquires real property
or its right-of-use assetsfrom a Related
Party
and
the
results
of
appraisals
conducted
in
accordance
with
the
provisions of Paragraphs(5)and(6)of
Article 15 are uniformly lower than the
transaction price, the following shall be
done:
(1) The difference between the real
property or its right-of-use assets
transaction price and the appraised
costs shall be set aside as a special
reserve
in
accordance
with
the
Paragraph 1 of Article 41 of the
Securities and Exchange Act and may
not be distributed or used for capital
increase and issuance of bonus shares.
If an investor that has investment in the
Company and adopts the equity method
for such investment and is a public
company,in relation to its share of the
Article 16
Where the Company acquires real property
from a Related Party and the results of
appraisals conducted in accordance with
the provisions of Paragraphs(4)and(5)of
Article 15 are uniformly lower than the
transaction price, the following shall be
done:
(1) The difference between the real
property transaction price and the
appraised costs shall be set aside as a
special reserve in accordance with
the Paragraph 1 of Article 41 of the
Securities and Exchange Act and
may not be distributed or used for
capital increase and issuance of
bonus shares. If an investor that has
investment in the Company and
adopts the equity method for such
investment and is a public company,
in relation to its share of the above
special reserve set aside bythe
To conform to IFRS 16
Lease, this Article is
amended to incorporate
the matters to be done
when
the
appraised
cost is lower than the
transaction price in the
case of the acquisition
of
the
right-of-use
assets of real property
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
above special reserve set aside by the
Company, it shall also set aside a
special reserve under Paragraph 1 of
Article 41 of the Securities and
Exchange Act in proportion to its
shareholding.
Members ofthe Audit Committeewho
are independent directorsshall comply
with the provisions of Article 218 of
the Company Act.
The circumstances of handling under
the above subparagraphs 1 and 2 shall
be reported to the shareholders meeting
and the detailed contents of the
transaction disclosed in the annual
report and prospectus.
If the Company has set aside a special
reserve
under
this
Article,
the
Company shall not utilize such special
reserve until it has recognized a loss
due to price decline for the assets it
purchasedor leasedat a premium, or
they have been disposed of,or the lease
contract has been terminated,or
adequate compensation has been made,
or the original condition has been
restored, or there is other evidence
confirming that it is not unreasonable to
do so, and the FSC has agreed with the
utilization.
The Company shall also comply with
the provisions of the preceding four
subparagraphs when acquiring real
propertyor its right-of-use assetfrom a
Related Party if there is other evidence
indicating that the transaction is in any
way inconsistent with regular business
practices.
Company, it shall also set aside a
special reserve under Paragraph 1 of
Article 41 of the Securities and
Exchange Act in proportion to its
shareholding.
(2) The Audit Committee shall comply
with the provisions of Article 218 of
the Company Act.
(3) The circumstances of handling under
the above subparagraphs 1 and 2 shall
be reported to the shareholders
meeting and the detailed contents of
the transaction disclosed in the annual
report and prospectus.
(4) If the Company has set aside a special
reserve
under
the
preceding
paragraph, the Company shall not
utilize such special reserve until it has
recognized a loss due to price decline
for the assets it purchased at a
premium, or they have been disposed
of, or adequate compensation has
been made, or the original condition
has been restored, or there is other
evidence confirming that it is not
unreasonable to do so, and the FSC
has agreed with the utilization.
(5) The Company shall also comply with
the provisions of the preceding four
subparagraphs when acquiring real
property from a Related Party if there
is other evidence indicating that the
transaction is in any way inconsistent
with regular business practices.
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The procedures of acquisition or disposition
of equipmentor its right-of-use assets
(1) Where
the
Responsible
Unit
is
acquiring
a
fixed
asset
or
its
right-of-use assets, it should comply
with the procedures of negotiation and
evaluation of transaction price and
should submit to the Chairman for
approval; when disposing of a fixed
asset, it should handle in accordance
with the asset depreciation procedure;
however, if the transaction amount
reaches NT$100 million or above, it
should be submitted tothe Audit
Committee andthe board of directors
meeting for approval.
(2) If the transaction amount reaches 20%
or more of the Company's paid-in
capital or NT$300 million or above,
unless transacting with a government
agency or acquisition or disposal of the
equipmentor its right-of-use assetfor
operational use, prior to the Date of
Occurrence of the transaction, an
appraisal should be obtained by a
Professional Appraiser who should
issue an appraisal report and the
transaction should be complied with
Article 18 of these Procedures.
(3) Acquisition or disposal of assets other
than real propertyor its right-of-use
assetsfrom or to a Related Party must
comply with Paragraph (3) of Article
15 of these Procedures.
(4) Where equipment or its right-of-use
assets for operational use are acquired
or disposed of by and between the
Company and its parent company,
Subsidiaries, or by and among the
Company's Subsidiaries in which the
Company directly or indirectly holds
The
procedures
of
acquisition
or
disposition of equipment
(1) Where the Responsible Unit is
acquiring a fixed asset, it should
comply with the procedures of
negotiation
and
evaluation
of
transaction price and should submit to
the Chairman for approval; when
disposing of a fixed asset, it should
handle in accordance with the asset
depreciation procedure; however, if
the
transaction
amount
reaches
NT$100 million or above, it should be
submitted to the board of directors
meeting for approval.
(2) If the transaction amount reaches 20%
or more of the Company's paid-in
capital or NT$300 million or above,
unless transacting with a government
agency or acquisition or disposal of
the equipment for operational use,
prior to the Date of Occurrence of the
transaction, an appraisal should be
obtained by a Professional Appraiser
who should issue an appraisal report
and
the
transaction
should
be
complied with Article 18 of these
Procedures.
(3) Acquisition or disposal of assets other
than real property from or to a Related
Party must comply with Paragraph (3)
of Article 15 of these Procedures.
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100 percent of the issued shares or
capital, the Chairman of the board of
directors is authorized to approve the
transaction
with
the
transaction
amount of less than NT$300 million
first and then the transaction after
consummation shall be submitted to
the Audit Committee and the board of
directors for ratification.
Article 18
The evaluation of real property,equipment
or their right-of-use assets
In acquiring or disposing of real property,
equipmentor their right-of-use assets,the
Company should obtain an appraisal report
in advance from a Professional Appraiser
and shall further comply with the following
provisions:
(1) Where due to special circumstances a
limited price, specified price or special
price must be given as a reference basis
for the transaction price, the transaction
shall be submitted for approval in
advance by the board of directors, and
thesameprocedure shall be followed
for anysubsequentchanges to the terms
and conditions of the transaction.
(2) Where the transaction amount is NT$1
billion or more, appraisals from two or
more Professional Appraisers shall be
obtained.
(Hereafter Omitted)
Article 18
The evaluation of real propertyor
equipment
In acquiring or disposing of real property
orequipment, the Company should obtain
an appraisal report in advance from a
Professional Appraiser and shall further
comply with the following provisions:
(1) Where due to special circumstances a
limited price, specified price or
special price must be given as a
reference basis for the transaction
price,
the
transaction
shall
be
submitted for approval in advance by
the board of directors, and the
procedureprovided aboveshall be
followed for anyfuturechanges to the
terms
and
conditions
of
the
transaction.
(2) Where the transaction amount is
NT$1 billion or more, appraisals from
two or more Professional Appraisers
shall be obtained.
(Hereafter Omitted)
To conform to IFRS 16
Lease, the right-of-use
assets are newly added
in this article.
Article 19
The procedures of acquisition or disposition
of memberships
(1) Where the Responsible Unit acquires
or disposes of memberships,if the
Article 19
The
procedures
of
acquisition
or
disposition of memberships
(2) Where the Responsible Unit acquires
or disposes of memberships,if the
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transaction amount is below NT$1
million, thehead-in-charge of the
Responsible Unitis authorized to
approve
the
transaction;
if
the
transaction amount is NT$10 million or
more, the
transaction should be
submitted tothe Audit Committee and
the board of directors meeting for
approval.
(Hereafter Omitted)
transaction amount is
million, the President is
Article 20:
The procedures of acquisition or disposal of
intangible assetsor their right-of-use assets
(1) Where a legal basis exists for the
development of products, whether
jointly by the Company and other
entities, or by the Company on behalf of
another entity, or by another entity on
behalf of the Company, or for the
Company to obtain certain techniques
or processes developed by other
entities, and the parties agree to have
any intangible assetor its right-of-use
assetsresulting from such development
to be owned by the Company, the
authority to approve the acquisition or
disposal of such intangible asset should
rest with the head of the relevant center.
Any agreement proposing to have any
intangible assets or their right-of-use
assetsresulting from such development,
joint or otherwise, to be owned either
jointly by the Company and another
entity or by such other entity must in
principle be approved by the head of the
relevant business group; any agreement
proposing to have another entity to
acquire any existing intangible assetsor
their right-of-use assetswhich the
Article 20:
The procedures of acquisition or disposal
of intangible assets
(1) Where a legal basis exists for the
development of products, whether
jointly by the Company and other
entities, or by the Company on behalf
of another entity, or by another entity
on behalf of the Company, or for the
Company to obtain certain techniques
or processes developed by other
entities, and the parties agree to have
any intangible asset resulting from
such development to be owned by the
Company, the authority to approve the
acquisition
or
disposal
of
such
intangible asset should rest with the
head of the relevant center. Any
agreement proposing to have any
intangible assets resulting from such
development, joint or otherwise, to be
owned either jointly by the Company
and another entity or by such other
entity must in principle be approved by
the head of the relevant business group;
any agreement proposing to have
another entity to acquire any existing
intangible assets which the Company
intends to dispose of must inprinciple
To conform to IFRS 16
Lease, the right-of-use
assets are newly added
and
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Company intends to dispose of must in
principle be approved by the head of the
relevant business group, unless it is
otherwise required to be approved by a
higher ranking officer in accordance
with relevant laws or regulations, board
of directors or other rules of the
Company at the time of the acquisition
or disposal.
(2) If the transaction amount for acquisition
or disposal of intangible assetsor their
right-of-use assetsreaches 20% or more
of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$3
million or above, it should comply with
Paragraph 2 of Article 19 of these
Procedures.
(3) When the Company intends to acquire
or dispose of intangible assets or their
right-of-use assets from or to a Related
Party and the transaction amount reaches
20% or more of the Company's paid-in
capital, 10% or more of the Company's
total assets, or NT$300 million or above,
except for transactions with domestic
government agencies, the transaction
should be conducted in accordance with
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and
Paragraph 3 of Article 15 of these
Procedures.
(4)If the transaction amount for an
acquisition or disposal of intangible
assets or their right-of-use assets reaches
NT$100
million
or
above,
such
acquisition
or
disposal
shall
be
submitted to the Audit Committee
meeting and the board of directors
meeting for approval.
be approved by the head of the relevant
business group, unless it is otherwise
required to be approved by a higher
ranking officer in accordance with
relevant laws or regulations, board of
directors or other rules of the Company
at the time of the acquisition or
disposal.
(2) If
the
transaction
amount
for
acquisition or disposal of intangible
assets reaches 20% or more of the
Company's paid-in capital or NT$3
million or above, it should comply with
Paragraphs 2 of Article 19 of these
Procedures.
Article 21
Where the Company's acquisition or
disposal of assets is subject to the approval
Article 21
The procedures of acquisition or disposal
when engaging in Derivatives trading
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of the board of directors under these
Procedures or other acts or regulations,such
transaction should be first approved by
more than half of all Audit Committee
members and then submitted to the board of
directors for resolution and Paragraphs 3
and 4 of Article 29 shall apply_mutatis_
mutandis.
Where an acquisition or disposal of assets
transaction is submitted 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.
Any transaction conducted by the Company
involving major assets or Derivative trading
shall be approved by more than half of all
Audit Committee members and submitted
to the board of directors for resolution, and
Paragraphs 3and 4of Article 29 shall apply
mutatis mutandis
When the division in charge engages in
Derivatives trading, the Derivatives are
limited to the financial Derivatives only
and such trading shall be handled in
accordance with the "Procedures of
Governing Engagement in Derivatives
Transactions" of the Company.
The
Company
shall
supervise
its
Subsidiaries to draw up the relevant rules
to manage the engagement in Derivatives
trading and shall supervise its Subsidiaries
to comply with the Derivatives trading
rules. The Internal Audit will examine the
relevant
matters
relating
to
the
self-inspection report of its Subsidiaries
establishing
rules
relating to derivatives
trading is specified to
conform to laws and
regulations.
Article 22
The procedures of acquisition or disposal of
assets
through
mergers,
spin-offs,
acquisitions or assignment of shares
(1) Where the Company conducts a
merger,
spin-off,
acquisition,
or
assignment of shares, the Responsible
Unit shall attach evaluation explanation
which shall be approved by the
Chairman and, prior to conveningthe
meeting of the Audit Committee and
the board meeting for resolution, retain
a
certified
public
accountant,
attorney-in-law
or
securities
underwriter to issue an opinion on the
reasonableness of the share exchange
ratio,acquisitionprice or distribution
Article 22
The procedures of acquisition or disposal
of assets through mergers, spin-offs,
acquisitions or assignment of shares
(1) Where the Company conducts a
merger,
spin-off,
acquisition,
or
assignment of shares, the Responsible
Unit
shall
attach
evaluation
explanation which shall be approved
by the Chairman and, prior to
convening the board meeting for
resolution, retain a certified public
accountant,
attorney-in-law
or
securities underwriter to issue an
opinion on the reasonableness of the
share exchange ratio, acquisition price
or distribution of cash or other
This article is revised
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of
cash
or
other
property
to
shareholders and submit it tothe Audit
Committee andthe board of directors
for approval.
(Hereafter Omitted)
property to shareholders and submit it
to the board of directors for approval.
(Hereafter 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,such
transaction should be first approved by
more than half of all Audit Committee
members and then submitted to the board
of directors for resolution and Paragraphs 3
and 4 of Article 29 shall apply mutatis
mutandis..
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.
Any transaction conducted by the Company
involving major
assets or derivative
products shall be approved by more than
half of all Audit Committee members and
submitted to the board of directors for
resolution, and Paragraphs 3and 4 of
Article 29 shall apply mutatis 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 the Audit
Committee.
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.
Any
transaction
conducted
by
the
Company involving major assets or
derivative products shall be approved by
more than half of all Audit Committee
members and submitted to the board of
directors for resolution, and Paragraph 3 of
Article 29 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
This article is revised
based on actual needs.
Article 25
Under any of the following circumstances,
the Company acquiring or disposing of
assets shall publicly announce and report
the relevant information on the website
designated by the FSC in the prescribed
format within two days commencing
immediatelyfrom the Date of Occurrence
Article 25
Under any of the following circumstances,
the Company acquiring or disposing of
assets shall publicly announce and report
the relevant information on the website
designated by the FSC in the prescribed
format within two days commencing
immediatelyfrom the Date of Occurrence
To conform to IFRS 16
Lease, the right-of-use
assets are newly added
in this article and the
public announcement
of transactions with
Related
Parties
is
stipulated.

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of such fact:
(1) Acquisition or disposal of real property
or its right-of-use assetsfrom or to a
Related Party, or acquisition or disposal
of assets other than real propertyor its
right-of-use assetsfrom or to a Related
Party where the transaction amount
reaches 20% or more of paid-in capital,
10% or more of the Company's total
assets, or NT$300 million or more.
This shall not apply to the trading of
domesticgovernment bonds or bonds
under
repurchase
and
resale
agreements,
or
subscription
or
redemption of domestic money market
funds.
(2) Merger,
spin-off,
acquisition,
or
assignment of shares.
(3) Where losses from Derivatives trading
reach the limits on aggregate losses or
losses on individual contracts set out in
the
procedures
adopted
by
the
Company.
(4) Where equipmentor its right-of-use
assetsfor business use are acquired or
disposed of, and the transaction
counterparty is not a Related Party and
the transaction amount reaches any of
the following thresholds:
(a)
For a public company whose
paid-in capital is less than NT$10
billion, the transaction amount
reaches NT$500 million or more.
(b)
For a public company whose
paid-in capital is NT$10 billion or
more, the transaction amount
reaches NT$1 billion or more.
(5) Where land is acquired under an
of such fact:
(1) Acquisition or disposal of real
property from or to a related party, or
acquisition or disposal of assets other
than real property from or to a related
party where the transaction amount
reaches 20% or more of paid-in
capital, 10% or more of the company's
total assets, or NT$300 million or
more. This shall not apply to the
trading of government bonds or bonds
under
repurchase
and
resale
agreements,
or
subscription
or
redemption
of
domestic
money
market funds.
(2) Merger, demerger, acquisition, or
transfer of shares.
(3) Where
losses
from
Derivatives
trading reach the limits on aggregate
losses
or
losses
on
individual
contracts set out in the procedures
adopted by the Company.
(4) Where~~the type of assets being~~
equipment
for
business
use
is
acquired or disposed of, and the
transaction counterparty is not a
Related Party and the transaction
amount reaches any of the following
threshold:
(a) For a public company whose
paid-in capital is less than NT$10
billion, the transaction amount
reaches NT$500 million or more.
(b) For a public company whose
paid-in capital is NT$10 billion
or
more,
the
transaction
amount reaches NT$1 billion
or more.

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(6) arrangement
for
commissioned
construction on self-owned land or on
rented land, joint construction and
allocation of housing units, joint
construction
and
allocation
of
ownership
percentages,
or
joint
construction and separate sale,and
furthermore
the
transaction
counterparty is not a Related Party and
the amount the Company expects to
invest in the transaction is less than
NT$500 million.
Where an asset transaction other than
those referred to in the preceding five
subparagraphs,
a
disposal
of
receivables by a financial institution,
or
Mainland
China
Investment,
reaches
20%
or
more
of
the
Company's paid-in capital or NT$300
million; provided, that the above shall
not
apply
in
the
following
circumstances:
(1) Trading ofdomesticgovernment
bonds.
(2) Trading
of
bonds
under
repurchase/resale agreements or
subscription
/purchase
or
repurchase of money market funds
issued
by
domestic
securities
investment trust enterprises.
The amount of transactions above shall
be calculated as follows:
(1) The amount of any individual
transaction.
(2) The cumulative transaction amount
of acquisitions and disposals of the
same type of underlying asset with
the same tradingcounterparty
(5)
Where land is acquired under an
arrangement
for
commissioned
construction on self-owned land or
on rented land, joint construction and
allocation of housing units, joint
construction
and
allocation
of
ownership percentages, or joint
construction and separate sale, and
the amount the Company expects to
invest in the transaction is less than
NT$500 million.
(6) Where an asset transaction other than
those referred to in the preceding five
subparagraphs,
a
disposal
of
receivables by a financial institution,
or
Mainland
China
Investment,
reaches
20%
or
more
of
the
Company's paid-in capital or NT$300
million; provided, that the above shall
not
apply
in
the
following
circumstances:
(1) Trading of government bonds.
(2) Trading
of
bonds
under
repurchase/resale agreements or
subscription
/purchase
or
repurchase of money market
funds
issued
by
domestic
securities
investment
trust
enterprises.
The amount of transactions above
shall be calculated as follows:
(1) The amount of any individual
transaction.
(2) The
cumulative
transaction
amount
of
acquisitions
and
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within one year.
(3) The cumulative transaction amount
of real propertyor its right-of-use
assetsacquisitions and disposals
(cumulative
acquisitions
and
disposals, respectively) within the
same development project within
one year.
(4) The cumulative transaction amount
of
acquisitions
and
disposals
(cumulative
acquisitions
and
disposals, respectively) of the same
security within one year.
(Hereafter Omitted)
Where the Company acquires or
disposes of assets, the division in
charge shall keep all relevant contracts,
meeting minutes, log books, appraisal
reports and opinions of certified public
accountants, attorneys, and securities
underwriters at the Company, where
they shall be stored for five years,
unless otherwise provided by laws.
trading counterparty within one
year.
(3) The
cumulative
transaction
amount
of
real
property
acquisitions
and
disposals
(cumulative
acquisitions
and
disposals, respectively) within the
same development project within
one year.
(4) The
cumulative
transaction
amount
of
acquisitions
and
disposals
(cumulative
acquisitions
and
disposals,
respectively) of the same security
within one year.
(Hereafter Omitted)
Where the Company acquires or
disposes of assets, the division in
charge
shall
keep
all
relevant
contracts, meeting minutes, log books,
appraisal reports and opinions of
certified public accountants, attorneys,
and securities underwriters at the
Company, where they shall be stored
for five years, unless otherwise
provided by laws.
Article 27
Information required to be reported in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter
II hereof on acquisitions and disposals of
assets by any Subsidiary of the Company
that is not a domestic public company shall
be reported by the relevant division in
charge of the Company.
The paid-in capital or total assets of the
Company shall be the standard for
determining
whether
a
transaction
conducted by a Subsidiary referred to in the
preceding Paragraph reaches the threshold
relative topaid-in capital or total assets,
Article 27
Information required to be reported in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter
II on acquisitions and disposals of assets
by any Subsidiary of the Company that is
not a domestic public company shall be
reported by the relevant division in charge
of the Company.
The paid-in capital or total assets of the
Company shall be the standard for
determining
whether
a
transaction
conducted by a Subsidiary referred to in
the preceding Paragraph reaches20% of
paid-in capital or10% oftotal assets,
This article is revised
to accommodate the
adjustment
to
Paragraph 1 of Article
25 hereof.

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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note which requires public announcement and which requires public announcement and regulatory filing under Paragraph 1 of regulatory filing under Paragraph 1 of Article 25 hereof. Article 25 hereof. Chapter IV Penalty Chapter IV Penalty This article is revised based on actual needs. When managers or persons in charge violate When managers or persons in charge these Procedures or the Regulations violate these Procedures or the Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies promulgated Assets by Public Companies promulgated by the FSC, the Human Resources Division by the FSC, the Human Resources will make a proposal of penalty according to Division will make a proposal for penalty the severity of violation by each person according to the severity of violation by based on the facts and evidence provided by each person based on the facts and the Responsible Unit or auditing division evidences provided by the Responsible and submit the same to the head-in-charge Unit or auditing division. Penalty on for approval. Penalty on managers will be persons in charge will be submitted and submitted to and resolved by the Audit approved by the Chairman after approval Committee and the board meeting. by the President; penalty on managers will be submitted to and resolved by the board meeting after approved by the Chairman. In the event any irrecoverable losses of the In the event any irrecoverable losses of the Company are caused due to the willful or Company are caused due to the willful or negligent acts or omissions of the manger negligent acts or omissions of an individual, or person in charge, the person in charge such individual may be suspended from and the manger may be suspended from duties, subject to approval of the head-in-charge. duties, respectively subject to approval of ~~t~~ he President and the Chairman. The manager as described in this Article The manager as described in this Article shall mean the manager as established in shall mean the manager as established in accordance with the ruling issued by the accordance with the ruling issued by the Securities and Futures Commission dated Securities and Futures Commission dated 27 March 2003 per its letter (Ref. No.: 27 March 2003 per its letter (Ref. No.: Tai-Tsai-Tseng-(3)-092001301); the Tai-Tsai-Tseng-(3)-092001301); the person person in charge shall mean the relevant in charge shall mean the relevant chief who chief who reviews and approves the reviews and approves the execution of any execution of any such transactions such transactions Article 30 Article 30 The date of this amendment is added. These Procedures were formulated on July These Procedures were formulated on July 14, 2008. 14, 2008. The first amendment was made on June 10, The first amendment was made on June 10,

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2009.
The second amendment was made on June
5, 2012.
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.
The sixth amendment was made on June 14,
2017
The seventh amendment was made on June
24, 2019
2009.
The second amendment was made on June
5, 2012.
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.
The sixth amendment was made on June
14, 2017

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Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets (After Amendment)

I. Purpose

To efficiently manage the procedures of acquisition and disposition of the Company's assets and to ensure the Company's rights and interests, the Company enacts these Procedures.

II. Objective

To meet the Company's policies, to fully utilize resources and to properly acquire or dispose of assets to maximize the economic benefit to the Company.

III. Contents

Chapter I General

  • Article 1: The scope of applicability of the term "Assets" as used in these Procedures is as follows:

  • (1) Stocks, government bonds, corporate bonds, financial debentures, securities representing units of funds, depositary receipts, call (put) warrants, beneficiary securities, asset-backed securities.

  • (2) Real property (including land, houses and buildings, investment property, rights to use land, and construction enterprise inventory) and equipment.

  • (3) Memberships

  • (4) Patents, copyrights, trademarks, franchise rights, and other intangible assets.

  • (5) Right-of-use assets.

  • (6) Claims of financial institutions (including receivables, bills purchased and discounted, loans, and overdue receivables).

  • (7) Derivatives.

  • (8) Assets acquired or disposed of through mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions or transfer of shares in accordance with law.

(9) Other major assets.

  • Article 2: The term "Date of Occurrence" under these Procedures means the date of execution of contract, date of payment, date of consignment trade, date of transfer, date of board of directors meeting or any other date that can confirm the counterpart and the transaction amount, whichever date is earliest; provided that, where approval of the competent authority is required for such transaction, the earlier of the earliest date above or the date of receipt of approval by the competent authority shall apply.

  • Article 3: The term "Professional Appraiser" under these Procedures means a real property appraiser or other person duly authorized by laws to engage in the value appraisal

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of real property or equipment.

  • Article 4: The term "Subsidiary" under these Procedures shall be determined in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

  • Article 5: The term "Related Party" under these Procedures shall be determined in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

  • Article 6: The term "Derivatives" under these Procedures means forward contracts, options contracts, futures contracts, leverage contracts and swap, whose value is derived from, specific interest rates, financial instrument prices, commodity prices, exchange rates, indexes of prices or rates, credit rating or credit index, or other variables; or hybrid contracts combining the above contracts; or hybrid contracts or structured products containing embedded derivatives. The term "Forward Contracts" does not include insurance contracts, performance contracts, after-sales service contracts, long-term leasing contracts or long-term purchase (sales) contracts.

  • Article 7: "Assets acquired or disposed of through mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions or assignment of shares in accordance with law" under these Procedures means assets acquired or disposed of through mergers, spin-offs or acquisitions conducted under the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act, Financial Holding Company Act, Financial Institution Merger Act and/or other acts/laws, or acquisitions of shares through issuance of new shares of its own as the consideration therefore (hereinafter "Assignment of Shares") under Article 156-3 of the Company Act.

  • Article 8: The term "Mainland Area Investment" means investments in People's Republic of China conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Regulations Governing Permission for Investment or Technical Cooperation in the Mainland Area" promulgated by the Investment Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

  • Article 9: Professional Appraisers and their officers, certified public accountants, attorneys and securities underwriters that provide the Company with appraisal reports, certified public accountant's opinions, attorney's opinions or underwriter's opinions shall meet the following requirements:

  • It/he shall not have previously received a final and unappealable sentence to imprisonment for one (1) year or longer for a violation of the Securities and Exchange Act, the Company Act, the Banking Act, the Insurance Act, the Financial Holding Company Act, or the Business Entity Accounting Act, or for fraud, breach of trust, embezzlement, forgery of documents, or occupational crime; provided, however, that this provision does not apply if three (3) years have already passed since the completion of the term of the imprisonment sentence, since expiration of the period of a probation, or since it/he was pardoned.

  • It/he may not be a Related Party or de facto Related Party of any party to

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the transaction.

  1. If the Company is required to obtain appraisal reports from two or more professional appraisers, the different professional appraisers or appraisal officers may not be related parties or de facto related parties of each other.

When issuing an appraisal report or opinion, the personnel referred to in the preceding paragraph shall comply with the following:

  1. Prior to accepting a case, it/he shall prudently assess its/his own professional capabilities, practical experience, and independence.

  2. When examining a case, it/he shall appropriately plan and execute adequate work process, in order to produce a conclusion and use the conclusion as the basis for issuing the report or opinion. The relevant work procedures, data collected, and conclusion shall be fully and accurately specified in the working papers for the case.

  3. It/he shall undertake an item-by-item evaluation of the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and reasonableness of the sources of data, the parameters, and the information used, as the basis for issuance of the appraisal report or the opinion.

  4. It/he shall issue a statement attesting to the professional competence and independence of the personnel who prepared the report or opinion, and that it/he has evaluated and found that the information used is reasonable and accurate, and that it/he has complied with applicable laws and regulations.

  5. However, if the Company acquires or disposes of assets through a court auction, the court certificates may substitute for appraisal reports or the certified public accountant's opinions.

Article 10: Responsible Unit

The Responsible Unit under these Procedures means the business operating unit designated by the Company based on the nature of each business of the Company.

  • Article 11: The total amount for purchase of non-operating real property and its right-of-use assets may not exceed 100% of the ownership equity of the Company; the total amount for investment in securities may not exceed 300% of the ownership equity of the Company; the amount for investment in individual securities may not exceed 300% of the ownership equity of the Company.

  • Article 12: The restriction on the amount any Subsidiary of the Company may use to purchase non-operating real property and its right-of-use assets and to invest in securities or each individual securities are as follows:

  • (1) If such Subsidiary's main business is investment:

The restriction on the amount for such Subsidiary to purchase non-operating real property and its right-of-use assets may not exceed 10% of the ownership equity of such Subsidiary; the restriction on the amount for such Subsidiary to invest in securities may not exceed the paid-in capital of such

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Subsidiary or 300% of ownership equity of such subsidiary, whichever is higher; however, the amount for investment in individual securities may not exceed the paid-in capital of such Subsidiary or 300% of the ownership equity of such Subsidiary, whichever is higher; provided, however, that the investment holding companies in which the Company holds 100% issued shares are not subject to the above restrictions (an investment holding company referred to above means a company having investment ' professionals for the purpose of controlling other companies operations).

  • (2) If such Subsidiary's main business is not investment:

    • The restriction on the amount for such Subsidiary to purchase non-operating real property and its right-of-use assets may not exceed 100% of the ownership equity of such Subsidiary; the restriction on the amount to invest in securities may not exceed the paid-in capital of such Subsidiary or 300% of the ownership equity of such Subsidiary, whichever is higher; however, the amount for investment in individual securities may not exceed the paid-in capital of such Subsidiary or 300% of the ownership equity of such Subsidiary, whichever is higher.
  • Article 13: Each Subsidiary of the Company shall enact its "Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets" in accordance with "Regulations Governing the Acquisition or Disposal of Assets by Public Companies" issued by the Financial Supervisory Commission ("FSC") and these Procedures.

  • The acquisition or disposal of assets by each Subsidiary shall comply with the "Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets" of each such Subsidiary. And, the Internal Audit of the Company will examine the relevant matters relating to the self-inspection report of its Subsidiary.

Chapter II Procedures

Article 14: The procedures of acquisition or disposal of securities

  1. For the acquisition or disposal of negotiable securities, the Responsible Unit should attach the relevant evaluation report and submit the application to the head-in-charge of the Responsible Unit. Transaction amounts less than but not including NT$100 million can be approved by the Chairman and authorized for processing by the Responsible Unit. Transaction amounts greater than (inclusive) NT$100 million, should be submitted to the Audit Committee and Board of Directors for authorization. If the acquisition or disposition of securities is for the same purpose, it is not allowed to file different applications. When engaging in different transactions for the acquisition or disposition of securities, they should proceed in accordance with Paragraph 3 of this Article.

  2. In connection with the acquisition or disposition of securities for transaction purpose, the Responsible Unit is authorized to engage in the transaction within the investment quota approved by the board of directors meeting.

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After completion of the transaction, the Responsible Unit should report to the head-in-charge of the Responsible Unit.

  1. If the Company acquires or disposes of securities which are not listed or traded on the stock exchange or over-the-counter market, the Company shall, prior to the Date of Occurrence of the event, obtain financial statements of the target company for the most recent period, certified or reviewed by a certified public accountant, for reference in appraising the transaction price. In addition, if the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$300 million or above, the Company shall additionally engage a certified public accountant prior to the Date of Occurrence of the event to provide an opinion on the reasonableness of the transaction price. If the CPA needs to use the report of an expert as evidence, the CPA shall do so in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Auditing Standards published by the Accounting Research and Development Foundation ("ARDF"). This requirement does not apply, however, to securities which have publicly quoted prices from an active market, or where otherwise provided by regulations of the FSC.

  2. In connection with Mainland Area Investment, approval from competent authorities should be obtained before proceeding with the transaction. Upon engaging in the investment, the transaction should be handled in accordance with this Article.

Article 15: Procedures for acquisition or disposal of real property and its right-of-use assets

  • (1) The Responsible Unit should submit the purpose or use, the basis of determination of transaction price and transaction method for the acquisition or disposition of real property, to the head-in-charge of the Responsible Unit for his/her approval and then submit it to the Audit Committee and board of directors for approval. For transactions of the right-of-use assets of real property in the amount reaching NT$100 million or above, the Responsible Unit shall follow the above procedure and then submit to the Audit Committee and the board of directors for approval.

  • (2) In acquiring or disposing real property or its right-of-use assets where the transaction amount reaches 20% of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$300,000,000 or above, unless transacting with a domestic government agency, commissioning others to build on its own land, or commissioning others to build on rented land, an appraisal report should be obtained in advance from a Professional Appraiser and the transaction should be complied with the provisions of Article 18 of these Procedures.

  • (3) In acquiring or disposing of real property or its right-of-use assets from or to a Related Party or in acquiring or disposing of any other assets which are not real property or its right-of-use assets where the transaction amount reaches 20% of the Company's paid-in capital ,or 10% of the Company's total assets, or NT$300,000,000 or above, except in the trading of domestic

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government bonds or bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or redemption of domestic money market funds, the Company may not proceed with execution of a transaction contract or making any payment unless and until the following information has been submitted for approval from the Audit Committee and board of directors meeting:

  1. The purpose, necessity and anticipated benefit of the real property acquisition or disposal.

  2. The reason for choosing the related party as a trading counterparty.

  3. The relevant information regarding appraisal of the reasonableness of the preliminary transaction terms for acquisition of real property or its right-of-use assets from a Related Party in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs (5) and (6) of this Article.

  4. The date and price at which the Related Party originally acquired the real property, the original trading counterparty and that trading counterparty's relationship with the Company and the Related Party.

  5. Monthly cash flow forecasts for the year commencing from the month of anticipated signing of the contract and evaluation of the necessity of the transaction and reasonableness of the use of proceeds.

  6. An appraisal report from a professional appraiser or a CPA's opinion obtained in compliance with Paragraph (2) of this Article.

  7. Restrictive terms and other important stipulations associated with the transaction.

  8. The calculation of the transaction amount shall be conducted in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 25, and "within the preceding year" as used herein refers to the year preceding the Date of Occurrence of the transaction. Items that have been approved by the Audit Committee and the board of directors need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

  9. When a matter is submitted for discussion by the board of directors, the board of directors shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinions. If an independent director objects to or expresses reservations about any matter, it shall be recorded in the meeting minutes of the board of directors meeting.

  10. The items which requires approval of the Audit Committee need first be approved by more than half of all Audit Committee members and then submitted to the board of directors for a resolution, and shall be subject to mutatis mutandis application of Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 29.

  11. (4) Where the right-of-use assets of real property for operational use are acquired or disposed of by and between the Company and its parent company, Subsidiaries, or by and among the Company's Subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100 percent of the issued

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shares or capital, the Chairman of the board of directors is authorized to approve the transaction with the transaction amount of less than NT$300 million first and then the transaction after consummation shall be submitted to the Audit Committee and the board of director ratification.

  • (5) In acquiring real property or its right-of-use assets from a Related Party, the reasonableness of the transaction costs shall be evaluated by the following means:

  • Based upon the Related Party's transaction price plus necessary interest on funding and the costs to be duly borne by the buyer in accordance with the law. "Necessary interest on funding" is imputed as the weighted average interest rate on borrowing in the year the Company purchases the property; provided, it may not be higher than the maximum non-financial industry lending rate announced by the Ministry of Finance ROC.

  • Total loan value appraisal from a financial institution where the related party has previously created a mortgage on the property as security for a loan. The actual cumulative amount loaned by the financial institution shall have reached 70% or more of the financial institution's appraised loan value of the property and the period of the loan shall have been one year or more. However, this shall not apply where the financial institution is a Related Party of one of the trading counterparties.

  • Where land and building(s) thereupon are combined as a single property purchased or leased in one transaction, the transaction costs for the land and building(s) may be separately appraised in accordance with the provisions of the above items.

  • If the Company acquires real property or its right-of-use assets from a Related Party and appraises the cost of the real property or its right-of-use assets in accordance with items 1, 2 and 3 of Paragraph (5) of this Article, a certified public accountant shall also be engaged to check the appraisal and render a specific opinion.

  • Where the Company acquires real property or its right-of-use assets from a Related Party and one of the following circumstances exists, the acquisition shall be conducted in accordance with Paragraph (3) of this Article and the provisions of the preceding four items do not apply:

    • (A) The Related Party acquired the real property or its right-of-use assets through inheritance or as a gift.

    • (B) More than five years have elapsed from the time the Related Party signed the contract to obtain the real property or its right-of-use assets to the signing date for the current transaction.

    • (C) The real property is acquired through signing of a joint development contract with the related party, or through engaging a related party

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to build real property, either on the company's own land or on rented land.

  - (D) The right-of-use assets of real property for operational use are acquired or disposed of by and between the Company and its parent company or Subsidiaries, or by and among the Company's Subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100 percent of the issued shares or capital.
  • (6) When the results of the Company's appraisal conducted in accordance with the provisions of items 1, 2 and 3 of the preceding Paragraph are all lower than the transaction price, the transaction shall be conducted in accordance with Article 16 hereof. However, if any of the following circumstances exists, and objective evidence has been submitted and specific opinions on reasonableness of the transaction price from a professional real property appraiser and a certified public accountant have been obtained, the preceding sentence shall not apply:

  • Where the Related Party acquired undeveloped land or leased land for development, it may submit of compliance with one of the following conditions:

    • (A) Where aggregate values of the undeveloped land appraised in accordance with the means in the preceding Paragraph and the building(s) according to the Related Party's construction cost plus reasonable construction profit are in excess of the actual transaction price. "Reasonable Construction Profit" shall be the average gross operating profit margin of the Related Party's construction division over the most recent three years or the gross profit margin for the construction industry for the most recent period as announced by the Ministry of Finance, whichever is lower.

    • (B) Transactions by unrelated parties within the preceding year involving other floors of the same property or neighboring property, where the land/building area and transaction terms are similar after calculation of reasonable price discrepancies in floor or area land prices in accordance with standard real property sale/purchase market practices or leasing practice.

  • Where the Company acquiring real property or obtaining the right-of-use assets of real property through leasing from a Related Party provides evidence that the terms of the transaction are similar to the terms of transactions for the acquisition of neighboring real property of a similar size by unrelated parties within the preceding year.

Transactions for neighboring real property in the preceding two items in principle refer to real property on the same or an adjacent block and within a distance of no more than 500 meters or close in publicly announced current value; a transaction with similar size in principle

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refers to a transaction by unrelated parties for parcels with a land area of no less than 50% of the property in the planned transaction; "within one year" refers to the year preceding the actual date of acquisition of the real property or its right-of-use assets.

  • Article 16: Where the Company acquires real property or its right-of-use assets from a Related Party and the results of appraisals conducted in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs (5) and (6) of Article 15 are uniformly lower than the transaction price, the following shall be done:

  • (1) The difference between the real property or its right-of-use assets transaction price and the appraised costs shall be set aside as a special reserve in accordance with the Paragraph 1 of Article 41 of the Securities and Exchange Act and may not be distributed or used for capital increase and issuance of bonus shares. If an investor that has investment in the Company and adopts the equity method for such investment and is a public company, in relation to its share of the above special reserve set aside by the Company, it shall also set aside a special reserve under Paragraph 1 of Article 41 of the Securities and Exchange Act in proportion to its shareholding.

  • (2) Members of the Audit Committee who are independent directors shall comply with the provisions of Article 218 of the Company Act.

  • (3) The circumstances of handling under the above subparagraphs 1 and 2 shall be reported to the shareholders meeting and the detailed contents of the transaction disclosed in the annual report and prospectus.

  • (4) If the Company has set aside a special reserve under this Article, the Company shall not utilize such special reserve until it has recognized a loss due to price decline for the assets it purchased or leased at a premium, or they have been disposed of, or the lease contract has been terminated, or adequate compensation has been made, or the original condition has been restored, or there is other evidence confirming that it is not unreasonable to do so, and the FSC has agreed with the utilization.

  • (5) The Company shall also comply with the provisions of the preceding four subparagraphs when acquiring real property or its right-of-use asset from a Related Party if there is other evidence indicating that the transaction is in any way inconsistent with regular business practices.

  • Article 17: The procedures of acquisition or disposition of equipment or its right-of-use assets

  • (1) Where the Responsible Unit is acquiring a fixed asset or its right-of-use assets, it should comply with the procedures of negotiation and evaluation of transaction price and should submit to the Chairman for approval; when disposing of a fixed asset, it should handle in accordance with the asset depreciation procedure; however, if the transaction amount reaches NT$100 million or above, it should be submitted to the Audit Committee and the board of directors meeting for approval.

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  • (2) If the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$300 million or above, unless transacting with a government agency or acquisition or disposal of the equipment or its right-of-use asset for operational use, prior to the Date of Occurrence of the transaction, an appraisal should be obtained by a Professional Appraiser who should issue an appraisal report and the transaction should be complied with Article 18 of these Procedures.

  • (3) Acquisition or disposal of assets other than real property or its right-of-use assets from or to a Related Party must comply with Paragraph (3) of Article 15 of these Procedures.

  • (4) Where equipment or its right-of-use assets for operational use are acquired or disposed of by and between the Company and its parent company, Subsidiaries, or by and among the Company's Subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100 percent of the issued shares or capital, the Chairman of the board of directors is authorized to approve the transaction with the transaction amount of less than NT$300 million first and then the transaction after consummation shall be submitted to the Audit Committee and the board of directors for ratification.

Article 18: The evaluation of real property, equipment or their right-of–use assets

In acquiring or disposing of real property, equipment or their right-of-use assets, the Company should obtain an appraisal report in advance from a Professional Appraiser and shall further comply with the following provisions:

  • (1) Where due to special circumstances a limited price, specified price or special price must be given as a reference basis for the transaction price, the transaction shall be submitted for approval in advance by the board of directors, and the same procedure shall be followed for any subsequent changes to the terms and conditions of the transaction.

  • (2) Where the transaction amount is NT$1 billion or more, appraisals from two or more Professional Appraisers shall be obtained.

  • (3) Where the Professional Appraiser's appraisal results in any of the following circumstances, unless all the appraised values of the assets to be acquired are higher than the transaction amount, or all the appraised values of the assets to be disposed of are lower than the transaction amount, a certified public accountant shall be engaged to perform the appraisal in accordance with the provisions of Statement of General Auditing Procedures No. 20 published by the ARDF and express a specific opinion regarding the reason for the discrepancy and the fairness of the transaction price:

  • (a) Where the discrepancy between the appraisal result and the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of the transaction amount.

  • (b) Where the discrepancy between the appraisal results of two or more Professional Appraisers reaches 10% or more of the transaction

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amount.

  • (4) No more than 3 months may elapse between the date of the appraisal report issued by a Professional Appraiser and the contract execution date; provided, where the publicly announced current value for the same period is used and no more than six months have elapsed, an opinion may still be issued by the original Professional Appraiser.

Article 19: The procedures of acquisition or disposition of memberships

  • (1) Where the Responsible Unit acquires or disposes of memberships, if the transaction amount is below NT$1 million, the head-in-charge of the Responsible Unit is authorized to approve the transaction; if the transaction amount is NT$10 million or more, the transaction should be submitted to the Audit Committee and the board of directors meeting for approval.

  • (2) Except for transactions with government agencies, if the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$300 million or above, an opinion on the fairness of the transaction price issued by a certified public accountant in accordance with the Statement of General Auditing Procedures No. 20 published by the ARDF are required prior to the Date of Occurrence of the transaction.

  • Article 19-1: Calculation of the transaction price provided in Articles 14, 15, 17, 19 and 20 shall be conducted in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 25 hereof, and "within one year" as used herein refers to the year preceding the Date of Occurrence of the current transaction. Items for which an appraisal report from a professional appraiser or a CPA's opinion has been obtained need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

  • Article 20: The procedures of acquisition or disposal of intangible assets or their right-of-use assets

  • (1) Where a legal basis exists for the development of products, whether jointly by the Company and other entities, or by the Company on behalf of another entity, or by another entity on behalf of the Company, or for the Company to obtain certain techniques or processes developed by other entities, and the parties agree to have any intangible asset or its right-of-use assets resulting from such development to be owned by the Company, the authority to approve the acquisition or disposal of such intangible asset should rest with the head of the relevant center. Any agreement proposing to have any intangible assets or their right-of-use assets resulting from such development, joint or otherwise, to be owned either jointly by the Company and another entity or by such other entity must in principle be approved by the head of the relevant business group; any agreement proposing to have another entity to acquire any existing intangible assets or their right-of-use assets which the Company intends to dispose must in principle be approved by the head of the relevant business group, unless it is otherwise required to be approved by a higher ranking officer in accordance with relevant laws or regulations, board of directors or

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other rules of the Company at the time of the acquisition or disposal.

  • (2) If the transaction amount for acquisition or disposal of intangible assets or their right-of-use assets reaches 20% or more of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$3 million or above, it should comply with Paragraphs 2 of Article 19 of these Procedures.

  • (3) When the Company intends to acquire or dispose of intangible assets or their right-of-use assets from or to a Related Party and the transaction amount ' -

  • reaches 20% or more of the Company s paid in capital, 10% or more of the Company's total assets, or NT$300 million or above, except for transactions with domestic government agencies, the transaction should be conducted in accordance with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and Paragraph 3 of Article 15 of these Procedures.

  • (4) If the transaction amount for an acquisition or disposal of intangible assets or their right-of-use assets reaches NT$100 million or above, such acquisition or disposal shall be submitted to the Audit Committee meeting and the board of directors meeting for approval.

  • Article 21: The procedures of acquisition or disposal when engaging in Derivatives trading

  • When the Finance Department engages in Derivatives trading, the Derivatives are limited to the financial Derivatives only and such trading shall be handled in accordance with the "Procedures for Engaging In Financial Derivatives Transactions" of the Company.

The Company shall supervise its Subsidiaries to draw up the relevant rules to manage the engagement in Derivatives trading and shall supervise its Subsidiaries to comply with the Derivatives trading rules. The Internal Audit will examine the relevant matters relating to the self-inspection report of its Subsidiaries. If any of the Company's Subsidiaries does not intend to engage in derivatives trading, it may, after obtaining the approval of its board of directors, be exempted from establishing the procedures governing derivatives trading. If it subsequently wishes to engage in derivatives trading, it shall still comply with Article 29 and the preceding paragraph before doing so.

  • Article 22: The procedures of acquisition or disposal of assets through mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions or assignment of shares

  • (1) Where the Company conducts a merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares, the Responsible Unit shall attach evaluation explanation which shall be approved by the Chairman and, prior to convening the meeting of the Audit Committee and the board meeting for resolution, retain a certified public accountant, attorney-in-law or securities underwriter to issue an opinion on the reasonableness of the share exchange ratio, acquisition price or distribution of cash or other property to shareholders and submit it to the Audit Committee and the board of directors for approval. However, the requirement of obtaining an aforesaid opinion on reasonableness issued by an expert may be

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exempted in the case of a merger of a Subsidiary in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100% of the issued shares or authorized capital, and in the case of a merger between Subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100% of the respective Subsidiaries' issued shares or authorized capital.

  • (2) Where the Company participates in a merger, spin-off or acquisition, a public report to shareholders shall be prepared detailing important contractual content and matters relevant to the merger, spin-off, or acquisition prior to the shareholders meeting and such report should be included along with the expert opinion referred to in Paragraph (1) of this Article when sending convention notice of the shareholders meeting for reference in deciding whether to approve such merger, spin-off, or acquisition; provided, where a provision of another act exempts the Company from convening a shareholders meeting to approve the merger, spin-off, or acquisition, this restriction shall not apply.

Where the shareholders meeting of any one of the companies participating in a merger, spin-off, or acquisition fails to convene or pass a resolution due to lack of a quorum, insufficient votes, or other legal restriction, or the proposal is rejected by a shareholders meeting, the Company shall immediately publicly explain the reason, the follow-up measures, and the proposed date of the next shareholders meeting.

  • (3) The Company participating in a merger, spin-off, or acquisition shall convene the board meeting and the shareholders meeting on the same day as other parties to the transaction to resolve relevant matters of the merger, spin-off, or acquisition, unless otherwise provided by other laws or regulations or reported to and approved by the FSC in advance due to extraordinary circumstances.

The Company participating in an assignment of shares shall convene the board meeting on the same day as other parties to the transaction, unless otherwise provided by other laws or regulations or reported to and approved by the FSC in advance due to extraordinary circumstances.

  • (4) Where the Company participates in a merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares, the Company shall prepare a complete written record of the following information and preserve it for five years for check:

  • Personnel's basic information: including the occupational titles, names, and national ID numbers (or passport numbers in the case of foreign nationals) of all persons involved in the plan or execution of any merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares prior to the disclosure of the information.

  • Dates of material events: including the dates of signing of any letter of intent or memorandum of understanding, engagement of financial or legal advisor(s), execution of contract(s) and convention of a board of

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directors meeting.

  1. Important documents and minutes: including plan of any merger, spin-off, acquisition, and assignment of shares, any letter of intent or memorandum of understanding, material contracts, and minutes of board of Directors meetings.

  2. (5) Where the Company participates in a merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares, the Company shall, within two days commencing immediately from the date of the resolution of the board of directors approving such transaction, report the information set out in Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding Paragraph in the prescribed format via the Internet-based information system to the FSC for filing.

  3. (6) Every person participating in or privy to the plan for any merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares shall issue a written undertaking of confidentiality and may not disclose the content of the plan prior to public disclosure of the information and may not trade, in their own name or under the name of another person, in any stock or other equity securities of any company related to the plan for any merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares.

  4. (7) The Company participating in a merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares may not arbitrarily alter the share exchange ratio or acquisition price unless under the below-listed circumstances, and shall stipulate the circumstances permitting alteration in the contract for the merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares:

  5. Cash capital increase, issuance of convertible corporate bonds, or the issuance of bonus shares, issuance of corporate bonds with warrants, preferred shares with warrants, stock warrants, or other equity based securities.

  6. An action, such as a disposal of major assets, which affects the Company's financial conditions and operations.

  7. An event, such as a material disaster or material change in technology that affects shareholder equity or share price.

  8. An adjustment where any of the companies participating in the merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares from another company, buys back treasury stock.

  9. An increase or decrease in the number of entities or companies participating in the merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares.

  10. Other terms/conditions provided in the contract for alteration and have been publicly disclosed.

  11. (8) The contract for a merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares participated by the Company shall record the rights and obligations of the

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companies participating in the merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares, and shall also record the following:

  1. Handling of breach of contract.

  2. Principles for the handling of equity-type securities previously issued or treasury stock previously bought back by any company that is dissolved in a merger or that is spun off.

  3. The amount of treasury stock that the participating companies are permitted under law to buy back after the record date of calculation of the share exchange ratio, and the principles for handling thereof.

  4. The manner of handling changes in the number of participating entities or companies.

  5. Anticipated progress schedule for plan execution, and anticipated completion date.

  6. Scheduled date for convening the shareholders meeting in accordance with laws and regulations if the plan exceeds the deadline without completion, and relevant procedures.

  7. (9) After public disclosure of the information, if the Company participating in a merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares intends further to carry out a merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares with another company, all of the participating companies shall carry out anew the procedures or legal actions that had originally been completed toward the merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares; except that where the number of participating companies is decreased and a participating company's shareholders meeting has adopted a resolution authorizing the board of directors to alter the limits of authority, such participating company may be exempted from calling another shareholders meeting to resolve on the matter anew.

  8. (10) Where a company participating in a merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares is not a company listed on the stock exchanges or traded on over-the-counter markets, the Company shall sign an agreement with the non-public company, and comply with the provisions of Paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6) and (9) of this Article.

Article 23: Other major assets

The procedures for the acquisition or disposal of other major assets should be handled in accordance with Article 19 of these Procedures.

  • 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, such transaction should be first approved by more than half of all Audit Committee members and then submitted to the board of directors for resolution and Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 29 shall apply mutatis mutandis .

  • Where an acquisition or disposal of assets transaction is submitted to the board of

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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.

Any transaction conducted by the Company involving major assets or Derivatives trading shall be approved by more than half of all Audit Committee members and submitted to the board of directors for resolution, and Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 29 shall apply mutatis mutandis .

Chapter III Public Disclosure of Information

  • Article 25: Under any of the following circumstances, the Company acquiring or disposing of assets shall publicly announce and report the relevant information on the website designated by the FSC in the prescribed format within two days commencing immediately from the Date of Occurrence of such fact:

  • (1) Acquisition or disposal of real property or its right-of-use assets from or to a Related Party, or acquisition or disposal of assets other than real property or its right-of-use assets from or to a Related Party where the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of paid-in capital, 10% or more of the Company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more. This shall not apply to the trading of domestic government bonds or bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or redemption of domestic money market funds.

  • (2) Merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares.

  • (3) Where losses from Derivatives trading reach the limits on aggregate losses or losses on individual contracts set out in the procedures adopted by the Company.

  • (4) Where equipment or its right-of-use assets for operating use are acquired or disposed of, and the transaction counterparty is not a Related Party and the transaction amount reaches any of the following thresholds:

    1. For a public company whose paid-in capital is less than NT$10 billion, the transaction amount reaches NT$500 million or more.

    2. For a public company whose paid-in capital is NT$10 billion or more, the transaction amount reaches NT$1 billion or more.

  • (5) Where land is acquired under an arrangement for commissioned construction on self-owned land or on rented land, joint construction and allocation of housing units, joint construction and allocation of ownership percentages, or joint construction and separate sale, and furthermore the transaction counterparty is not a Related Party and the amount the Company expects to invest in the transaction is less than NT$500 million.

  • (6) Where an asset transaction other than those referred to in the preceding five subparagraphs, a disposal of receivables by a financial institution, or Mainland China Investment, reaches 20% or more of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$300 million; provided, that the above shall not apply in the

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following circumstances:

  1. Trading of domestic government bonds.

  2. Trading of bonds under repurchase/resale agreements or subscription /purchase or repurchase of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises.

The amount of transactions above shall be calculated as follows:

  • (1) The amount of any individual transaction.

  • (2) The cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions and disposals of the same type of underlying asset with the same trading counterparty within one year.

  • (3) The cumulative transaction amount of real property or its right-of-use assets acquisitions and disposals (cumulative acquisitions and disposals, respectively) within the same development project within one year.

  • (4) The cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions and disposals (cumulative acquisitions and disposals, respectively) of the same security within one year.

"Within one year" as used in the preceding Paragraph refers to the year preceding the Date of Occurrence of the current transaction. Items publicly announced in accordance with these Procedures need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

The Finance Department shall compile monthly reports on the status of Derivatives trading engaged in up to the end of the preceding month by the Company and any Subsidiaries that are not domestic public companies and enter the information in the prescribed format into the information reporting website designated by the FSC by the 10th day of each month.

When the Company at the time of public announcement makes an error or omission in an item required by regulations to be publicly announced and so is required to correct it, all the items shall be again publicly announced and reported in their entirety within two days counting inclusively from the date of knowing of such error or omission.

Where the Company acquires or disposes of assets, the division in charge shall keep all relevant contracts, meeting minutes, log books, appraisal reports and opinions of certified public accountants, attorneys or securities underwriters at the Company, where they shall be stored for five years, unless otherwise provided by laws.

  • Article 26: Under any of the following circumstances, the Company, after publicly announcing and reporting the transaction in accordance with the preceding Article, shall publicly announce and report the relevant information on the website designated by the FSC within two days commencing immediately from the Date of Occurrence of such fact:

  • Change, termination, or rescission of a contract signed in regard to the original transaction.

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  1. The merger, spin-off, acquisition, or assignment of shares is not completed by the scheduled date set forth in the contract.

  2. Change to any publicly announced and reported information.

  3. Article 27: Information required to be reported in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II hereof on acquisitions and disposals of assets by any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a domestic public company shall be reported by the relevant division in charge of the Company.

The paid-in capital or total assets of the Company shall be the standard for determining whether a transaction conducted by a Subsidiary referred to in the preceding paragraph reaches the threshold relative to paid-in capital or total assets, which requires public announcement and regulatory filing under Paragraph 1 of Article 25.

Chapter IV Penalty

When managers or persons in charge violate these Procedures or the Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies promulgated by the FSC, the Human Resources Division will make a proposal for penalty according to the severity of violation by each person based on the facts and evidence provided by the Responsible Unit or auditing division and submit the same to the head-in-charge for approval. Penalty on managers will be submitted to and resolved by the Audit Committee and the board meeting.

In the event any irrecoverable losses of the Company are caused due to the willful or negligent acts or omissions of an individual, such individual may be suspended from duties, subject to approval of the head-in-charge.

The manager as described in this Article shall mean the manager as established in accordance with the ruling issued by the Securities and Futures Commission dated 27 March 2003 per its letter (Ref. No.: Tai-Tsai-Tseng-(3)-092001301); the person in charge shall mean the relevant chief who reviews and approves the execution of any such transactions.

Chapter V Effectiveness and Amendment

Article 28: For matters not covered herein, provisions in relevant laws and regulations and relevant rules of the Company shall govern.

  • Article 29: These Procedures are effective subject to the approval of the Audit Committee and the board of directors and then submitted to the shareholders meeting for approval. The preceding procedures shall apply if there is any amendment to these Procedures. If any director has objections to the Procedures and the objection is recorded or made in the form of the written statement, the information about the objections shall be sent to the Audit Committee.

When these Procedures are 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.

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If approval of more than half of all Audit Committee members as required in Paragraph 1 of this Article is not obtained, the procedures may be implemented if approved by two-thirds or more of all directors of the Board of 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 the preceding Paragraph shall mean the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.

Article 30: These Procedures were formulated 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 made on June 14, 2013.

The fourth amendment was made on June 12, 2014.

The fifth amendment was made on June 15, 2016.

The sixth amendment was made on June 14, 2017

The seventh amendment was made on June 24, 2019

Chapter VI Reference Documents

Regulation: Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies

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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Comparison Table of Amendment to Procedures for Engaging In Financial Derivatives Transactions

Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
Article 1: Scope of Derivatives
The
financial
derivatives
that
the
Company may engage in refers to
forward contracts, option contracts, future
contracts, leverage contracts, or swap
contracts, whose value is derived from a
specificinterest rate,financial instrument
price, commodity price,exchange rates,
indexof prices or rates,credit rating or
credit index, or other variables; or hybrid
contracts combining the above contracts,
or hybrid contracts or structured products
containing embedded derivative products.
The term "forward contracts" does not
include insurance contracts, performance
contracts, after-sale service contracts,
long-term leasing contracts or long-term
purchase/sales contracts










Article 1: Scope of Derivatives
The financial derivatives that the Company
may engage in refers to forward contracts,
option contracts, future contracts, leverage
contracts, swap contracts~~and compound~~
contracts~~combining the above products,~~
whose value is derived from the underlying
~~assets,~~interest rates, exchange rates,
indices or other~~interests~~. The term
"forward contracts" does not include
insurance contracts, performance contracts,
after-sale
service
contracts,
long-term
leasing
contracts
or
long-term
purchase/sales contracts










The
scope
of
derivative products is
amended
in
accordance with the
letter dated November
26, 2018 issued by the
Financial Supervisory
Commission
(Ref.
No.:
Jin-Guan-Jeng-Fa-Tze
- 1070341072) and the
definition provided in
International Financial
Reporting
Standard
(IFRS) 9,Financial
Instruments.
Article 3: Separation of Powers and
Obligations
1. Finance Division:
The Finance Division shall
have
officers
of
trading,
telephone confirmation and
settlement
for
financial
derivatives.
The
trading
officer should be responsible
for
trading
financial
derivatives;
the
telephone
confirmation officer should be
responsible
for
transaction
confirmation with banks by
telephone; and the settlement
personnel are responsible for
arranging
the
settlement















Article 3: Separation of Powers and
Obligations
1. Finance Division:
~~a.~~
The
Finance
Division
shall have officers of trading,
telephone
confirmation
and
settlement
for
financial
derivatives. The trading officer
should
be
responsible
for
trading financial derivatives;
the
telephone
confirmation
officer should be responsible
for
transaction
confirmation
with banks by telephone; and
the settlement personnel are
responsible for arranging the
settlement matterspursuant to















To modify the numeral
order of the paragraphs
and explanations in the
article.

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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
matters
pursuant
to
the
transaction agreement.
2. Accounting Division: This
division should be responsible
for the written confirmation of
derivatives.
3.The respective functions of
trading,
confirmation
and
settlement shall be performed
by different officers.
4. Setting up risk-assessment,
risk-supervision,
and
risk-control personnel who
should belong to a different
department from the above
personnel, and report to the
higher level chiefs who are
not involved in trading or its
relevant
position
policy
implementation.
















the transaction agreement.
~~b.~~
The respective functions
of trading, confirmation and
settlement shall be performed
by different officers.
~~c.~~
Setting
up
risk-assessment,
risk-supervision,
and
risk-control
personnel
who
should belong to a different
department from the above
personnel, and report to the
higher level chiefs who are not
involved in trading or its
relevant
position
policy
implementation.
2. Accounting
Division:
This
division should be responsible
for the written confirmation of
derivatives.














IV. PROMULGATION AND
AMENDMENT
These Procedures were formulated on
July 14, 2008.
The first amendment was made on


IV. PROMULGATION AND
AMENDMENT
These Procedures were formulated on July
14, 2008.
The first amendment was made on


The
date
of
this
amendment is added.

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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
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.
The sixth amendment was made on June
12, 2018.
The seventh amendment was made on
June 24, 2019.






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.
The sixth amendment was made on June
12, 2018.




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Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Procedures for Engaging in Financial Derivatives Transactions (After Amendment)

I. PURPOSES

In accordance with the "Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Assets" of the Company, the Company enacts these Procedures for Engaging in Financial Derivatives Transactions (the "Procedures") for serving as the basis for execution of derivative transactions.

II. OBJECTIVES

To efficiently manage the income and expenses, assets and liabilities of the Company and to reduce the financial risks resulting from the volatility of the price of financial products (such as, exchange rate and interest rate) and to enhance the competitiveness of the Company and to manage each derivatives transaction, the Company enacts the Procedures to be followed when engaging in derivatives transactions.

III. CONTENTS

Chapter I Principles and Directions of Transactions

Article 1: Scope of Derivatives

The financial derivatives that the Company may engage in refers to forward contracts, option contracts, future contracts, leverage contracts, or swap contracts, whose value is derived from a specific interest rate, financial instrument price, commodity price, exchange rates, index of prices or rates, credit rating or credit index, or other variables; or hybrid contracts combining the above contracts, or hybrid contracts or structured products containing embedded derivative products. The term "forward contracts" does not include insurance contracts, performance contracts, after-sale service contracts, long-term leasing contracts or long-term purchase/sales contracts

Article 2: Strategy of Operation or Hedge

In principle, to engage in financial derivatives transactions should be for hedging the risk resulting from the operation of the Company.

Article 3: Separation of Powers and Obligations

1. Finance Division:

The Finance Division shall have officers of trading, telephone confirmation and settlement for financial derivatives. The trading officer should be

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responsible for trading financial derivatives; the telephone confirmation officer should be responsible for transaction confirmation with banks by telephone; and the settlement personnel are responsible for arranging the settlement matters pursuant to the transaction agreement.

  1. Accounting Division: This division should be responsible for the written confirmation of derivatives.

  2. The respective functions of trading, confirmation and settlement shall be performed by different officers.

  3. Setting up risk-assessment, risk-supervision, and risk-control personnel who should belong to a different department from the above personnel, and report to the higher level chiefs who are not involved in trading or its relevant position policy implementation.

Article 4: Trading Limit

The total amount of contracts for derivative transactions engaged by the Company which are not offset should not exceed 50% of the shareholders' equity.

Article 5: Set Stop Loss Limit

  1. The maximum amount of unrealized losses for all contracts of derivatives transaction in which the Company engages in should be the lesser of the amount of 20% of the total amount of contracts or 3% of the shareholders' equity.

  2. The maximum amount of the unrealized losses in one single contract of financial derivatives transactions which the Company engages in shall be 20% of the transaction amount.

  3. If unrealized losses on all contracts or one single contract in the financial derivatives transactions engaged by the Company reach the foregoing ceiling, the Company should announce the material information in accordance with the relevant regulations and report to the Board of Directors after the announcement.

Article 6 Performance Assessment

The performance evaluation shall be based on the evaluation of hedging effect on the financial derivatives transactions engaged by the Company.

Chapter II Operating Procedures

Article 7: Authorized Amount and Level of Transactions

  1. The authorized amount and level of hedging foreign exchange forward

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transactions are as follows:

transactions are as follows:
Unit:
USD
Total Amount
Per Day
Aggregate Net
Position
Approver who is one level
higher than Center Chief
USD20,000,000
or more
USD30,000,000
or more
Center Chief USD20,000,000
(inclusive)
USD30,000,000
Chief of Finance Division USD10,000,000
(inclusive)
USD15,000,000
(inclusive)
Manager of Finance
Department
USD2,000,000
(inclusive)
USD3,000,000
(inclusive)
  1. Except for the hedging foreign exchange forward transactions, other products, such as financial transactions, option transactions and composite products shall be reported to the Chairman for approval prior to the execution thereof.

  2. Except that the hedging derivatives transactions shall be conducted according to the foregoing two paragraphs, any major derivatives transactions to be executed by the Company shall be approved by one-half or more of the total members of the Audit Committee and be submitted to the Board of Directors meeting for resolution. Such transactions, without being approved by one-half or more of the total members of the audit committee, may be conducted with the consent of two-thirds of the total directors, and the resolution of the audit committee shall be recorded in the board meeting minutes. The total members of the audit committee and total directors as referred to in this paragraph shall be the actual incumbent members or directors.

Chapter III Procedures of Public Announcement and Report

  • Article 8: The Company should make announcements and reports in accordance with the "Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Properties" of the Company.

Chapter IV Accounting Method

  • Article 9: The financial derivatives transactions shall be conducted in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and relevant laws and regulations.

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Chapter V Internal Control System

Article 10: Risk Management

  1. Credit risk: When the Company chooses the counterparty of the transaction, the counterparty chosen shall be limited to financial institutions with lower credit risks in order to avoid the risk of breach of contract by the counterparty.

  2. Market risk: In relation to derivative products, the risks of changes in market prices arising from the changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates or other factors.

  3. Liquidity risk: To ensure the market liquidity, the trading counterparty shall be equipped with adequate facilities, information, capital and the ability to trade in any major international market.

  4. Operating risk: The Company shall ensure the full compliance the authorized trading amount and the rules of operating process in order to avoid the operating risk.

  5. Legal risk: The documents that the Company executes with the counterparties shall be reviewed by internal legal personnel or professional lawyers before the formal execution in order to avoid the legal risk.

  6. Cash flow risk: The authorized transaction officer should monitor the cash flow of the Company, in order to make sure that there is sufficient cash.

Article 11: Internal Control

  1. Trading officials shall obtain both the oral and written (or through email) authorization of their supervisors before any transaction. If only oral consent is obtained from the supervisor prior to a transaction, a written or email authorization shall be obtained in the next working day at the latest.

  2. After each transaction is completed, trading officer shall fill out the transaction record in the next working day at the latest and attach thereto the paper-backed written or email authorization. When the transaction record is approved, it is delivered to the written confirmation officer, who examines the confirmation sent from the bank and the transaction record made by the Company and then affixes a seal to the confirmation if the confirmation is correct. A receipt is mailed back to the bank, and the other receipt is retained at the Accounting Division.

  3. The contents of transaction records should specifically state, including but not limited to, the transaction date, counterparty, number, currency, amount, price, mature date, settlement date, approved authorization, the stop-loss limit, the limitation of the total transaction amount, the conditions of the

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current position and other items meeting the characteristic of each product. The transaction records are prepared to correspond with the characteristic of the transaction.

  1. The written confirmation officer shall maintain the account book and issue written verification regularly with the corresponding bank. They shall also assist the non-trading department of the Finance Division to conduct its auditing.

  2. The trading officer should examine whether the total transaction amount exceeds the authorized amount on a regular basis and whenever there is any change to the transactions, should produce lists or charts to the chiefs responsible based on the authorized standard for their review.

Article 12: Periodical Evaluation

The center chief should supervise the financial department to mark derivatives to market on a weekly basis. However, evaluation on the hedging transactions arising out of hedging business operating risks shall be taken at least twice a month and spreadsheet of such evaluation is required and submitted to the center chief and high-level managers authorized by the Board of Directors.

  • Article 13: The Company, when engaging in derivatives transactions, shall establish a log book in which details of the types and amounts of derivatives trading engaged in, Board of Directors approval dates, and periodical evaluation reports shall be recorded in detail for future reference.

Chapter VI Supervision and Management of the Board of Directors

  • Article 14: When the Company engages in derivatives transactions, its Board of Directors shall faithfully supervise and manage such transactions in accordance with the following principles:

  • Designate senior management personnel to pay continuous attention to monitoring and controlling derivatives trading risk.

  • Periodically evaluate whether derivatives trading performance is consistent with established operational strategy and whether the risk undertaken is within the company's permitted scope of tolerance.

Article 15: Senior management personnel authorized by the Board of Directors shall manage derivatives trading in accordance with the following principles:

  1. Periodically evaluate the risk management measures currently employed are appropriate and are faithfully conducted in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and these Procedures.

  2. When irregular circumstances are found in the course of supervision of

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trading and profit-loss circumstances, appropriate measures shall be adopted and a report immediately made to the Board of Directors; where the Company has independent directors, an independent director shall be present at the meeting and express an opinion.

  • Article 16: The Company shall report to the nearest meeting of the Board of Directors after it authorizes the relevant personnel to conduct derivatives trading in accordance with these Procedures.

Chapter VII Internal Audit

  • Article 17: The internal auditor should periodically check whether the internal control is proper or not. In addition, the internal auditor shall examine each month whether the trading department complies with the Procedures or not and make an audit report. Once Upon finding any material violation, the internal auditor shall give written notice to the Audit Committee.

Chapter VIII Penalty

Article 18: It is handled in accordance with the "Procedures of Acquisition or Disposal of Properties" of the Company.

IV. PROMULGATION AND AMENDMENT

The Procedures shall be approved by one-half or more of all members of the Audit Committee and submitted to the Board of Directors for resolution. The Procedures will take effect after being approved by the shareholders' meeting. Any amendments thereto shall follow the above procedures. If any director has objections to the Procedures and the objection is recorded or made in the form of the written statement, the information about the objections shall be sent to the Audit Committee. The Board of the Directors shall fully take account of the opinion of each independent director when the Board of the Directors discusses the Procedures, and the consent of, or the opinion and reason of objections raised by independent directors shall be recorded in the minutes.

If the aforesaid matter as provided in the preceding Paragraph was not approved by one-half or more of the all Audit Committee members, it may be approved by two-thirds or more of all directors of the Board of Directors, and the Audit Committee's resolution shall be recorded in the minutes. All Audit Committee members and all directors in this Paragraph shall mean the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.

V. HISTORY

These Procedures were formulated on July 14, 2008.

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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. The sixth amendment was made on June 12, 2018. The seventh amendment was made on June 24, 2019.

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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Comparison Table of Amendments to Operating Procedures For Endorsements And Guarantees

Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
Operating Proceduresfor Endorsements
and Guarantees

RegulationsGoverning Endorsements
and Guarantees

The wording has been
amended by reference to
the Regulations Governing
Loaning of Funds and
Making
of
Endorsements/Guarantees
by Public Companies.
I. PURPOSE
To soundly manage endorsements and
guarantees for others by the Company
and to protect the assets and credit of the
Company, the Company enacts these
Operating Proceduresas a basis for the
execution
of
endorsements
and
guarantees.





I. PURPOSE
To soundly manage endorsements and
guarantees for others by the Company
and to protect the assets and credit of
the Company, the Company enacts
theseRegulationsas a basis for the
execution
of
endorsements
and
guarantees.






The wording has been
amended by reference to
the Regulations Governing
Loaning of Funds and
Making
of
Endorsements/Guarantees
by Public Companies.
II. OBJECTIVE
Execution
of
matters
relative
to
endorsements and guarantees made by
the Company for others shall be
governed by theseOperating Procedures.
Any matter not provided for in these
Operating Proceduresshall be governed
by the related laws and regulations to
effectively manage endorsements and
guarantees and to comply with the
Company's goal of steady operation.








II. OBJECTIVE
Execution
of
matters
relative
to
endorsements and guarantees made by
the Company for others shall be
governed by theseRegulations. Any
matter not provided for in these
Regulationsshall be governed by the
related
laws
and
regulations
to
effectively manage endorsements and
guarantees and to comply with the
Company's goal of steady operation.









The wording has been
amended by reference to
the Regulations Governing
Loaning of Funds and
Making
of
Endorsements/Guarantees
by Public Companies.
III. CONTENTS
Article 1: The
term
"endorsements
and/or guarantees" referred to
in theseOperating Procedures
include following:
(1)~(3): Omitted


III. CONTENTS
Article 1: The
term
"endorsements
and/or guarantees" referred
to
in
these
Regulations
include following:
(1)~(3): Omitted


The wording has been
amended by reference to
the Regulations Governing
Loaning of Funds and
Making
of
Endorsements/Guarantees

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(4) When
the
Company
creates
a
pledge
or
mortgage on its chattel or
real property as security
for the loans of another
company, theOperating
Proceduresshall apply.





(4)
When
the
Company
creates
a
pledge
or
mortgage on its chattel
or
real
property
as
security for the loans of
another company, the
Regulationsshall apply.






by Public Companies.
Article 3: Amount
ceiling
for
endorsement/guarantee
(1) The
limit
on
the
aggregate
amount
of
endorsements
and/or
guarantees
The
limit
on
the
aggregate
amount
of
endorsements
and/or
guarantees made by the
Company,
or
the
Company
and
its
subsidiaries
together,
shall not exceed fifty
percent of the Company's
net assetsshown in the
Company's
latest
financial report.
(2) The limit on the total
amount of endorsements
and/or guarantees for any
single entity
The
total
amount
of
endorsements
and/or
guarantees made by the
Company
or
the
Company
and
its
subsidiaries together for a
singleenterpriseshall not























Article 3: Amount
ceiling
for
endorsement/guarantee
(1) The
limit
on
the
aggregate
amount
of
endorsements
and/or
guarantees
1. The aggregate amount of
endorsements
and/or
guarantees made by the
Companyitselfshall not
exceed fifty percent of
the
Company's
net
assets.
2.The aggregate amount of
endorsements
and/or
guaranteesmade by the
Company
and
its
subsidiaries
together
shall not exceed fifty
percent
of
the
Company's net assets.
(2) The limit on the total
amount of endorsements
and/or guarantees for
any single entity
1. The total amount of
endorsements
and/or
guarantees made by the
Company for a single
company
shall
not
exceedfortypercent of
the
Company's
net
assets;if the Company



























1. Redundant words are
deleted
and
subparagraphs
are
combined together.
2. The limit on the total
amount
of
endorsements/guarante
es for any single entity
is adjusted from 40%
of the Company’s net
worth to 20% of the
Company’s net worth,
and
the
restriction
relating
to
the
net
worth
of
the
endorsee/guarantee
company is adjusted
from twice the net
worth to the net worth,
in order to properly
control risks.
3. Where
the
endorsement/ guarantee
is provided due to
business
relationship,
the evaluation criteria
for
whether
the
endorsed
/guaranteed
amount is equivalent to
the business transaction
amount is specified.
4. An exemption is added
to
exempt
the

endorsements
and/or
guaranteesmade by the
Company
and
its
subsidiaries
together
shall not exceed fifty
financial report.
The limit on the total
amount of endorsements
and/or guarantees for any
single entity
The
total
amount
of
endorsements
and/or
guarantees made by the
Company
or
the
Company
and
its
subsidiaries together for a
singleenterpriseshall not

percent
of
the

Company's net assets.
The limit on the total
amount of endorsements
and/or guarantees for
any single entity
The total amount of
endorsements
and/or
guarantees made by the
Company for a single
company
shall
not
exceedfortypercent of
the
Company's
net
assets;if the Company

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exceedtwentypercent of
the Company's net assets
shown in the Company's





2.
engages
and/or
because
relations
~~t~~
in endorsements
guarantees

of
business
~~th t~~


































Company
from
the
limit
on
the
total
amount
of
endorsement/guarantee
for a single entity in the
case
of
providing
endorsement/guarantee
by the Company for the
subsidiaries in which
the Company directly
or
indirectly
holds
100% of the voting
shares,
for
the
Company
to
have
greater flexibility in
providing
endorsement/guarantee
for companies in the
same group.
5. The
wording
in
Paragraphs (3)~(4) is
revised by reference to
the
laws
and
regulations.
6. Independent
directors
are added to comply
with
laws
and
regulations
to
strengthen
corporate
governance.

latest financial report or
~~, e aggregae~~
~~f dt~~

the net worth of the
~~amoun~~
~~d/~~
~~o enorsemens~~
~~t~~
endorsee/guarantee
company, whichever is
~~anor~~
~~guaranees~~
~~idd~~
~~b~~
~~th~~
~~prove~~
~~y~~
~~e~~
~~C t il~~

lower.
If the Company engages
in endorsements and/or
guarantees
because
of
business
relations,
the
aggregate
amount
of
~~ompany o any snge~~

~~hll~~
~~t~~
~~company~~
~~sa~~
~~no~~
~~d ti th t~~
~~excee wce e ne~~
~~t~~
~~f~~
~~th~~
~~asses~~
~~o~~
~~e~~
~~endorsee/guarantee~~
~~f hih th~~
~~company or wc e~~
~~C~~
~~id~~

endorsements
and/or
~~ompany~~
~~proves~~
~~endorsement/guarantee~~
~~ft t f th~~
guarantees provided by

the Company to any
~~or ory percen o e~~
~~C’ t t~~

single enterprise shall not
~~ompanys ne asses,~~
~~whichever is lower~~.
The Company and its
subsidiaries together for
a singlecompanyshall
not exceedfortypercent
of the Company's net
assets.~~If the Company~~
~~i dt~~

exceed the total trading

amount
between
the
Company
and
such

endorsee/guarantee
company in the most

recent year.The trading
amount referred to above

The trading
~~e ompany~~
~~i dt~~
means the higher of the
~~engages n enorsemens~~
~~d/~~
~~t~~

total purchase amount or
~~anor~~
~~guaranees~~
~~b~~
~~f~~
~~bi~~

the total sales amount.
The restriction on the
~~ecause~~
~~o~~
~~usness~~
~~lti~~
~~th~~
~~reaons,~~
~~e~~
~~t~~
~~t~~
~~f~~
amount
of
~~aggregae~~
~~amoun~~
~~o~~
~~dt~~
~~d/~~
endorsements/guarantees
that the Company may
~~enorsemens~~
~~anor~~
~~t idd b~~
~~guaranees prove y~~
~~th C t~~

provide to any singe
~~e ompany o any~~
~~il hll t~~

enterprise
and
the
~~snge company sa no~~
~~d ti th t~~

restriction relating to the
~~excee wce e ne~~
~~t~~
~~f~~
~~th~~

net
worth
of
the
~~asses~~
~~o~~
~~e~~
~~endorsee/guarantee~~
~~f hih th~~
endorsee/guarantee
company need not apply
~~company or wc e~~
~~C~~
~~id~~

to
the
Company’s
~~ompany~~
~~proves~~
~~endorsement/guarantee~~
~~ft t f th~~
endorsements/guarantees
for its subsidiaries in
~~or ory percen o e~~
~~C’ t t~~
which
the
Company
~~ompanys ne asses,~~

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(3) directly
or
indirectly





























(3)
~~whichever is lower~~.
Where
the
Company
needs to exceed the
limits set out in these
Regulationsto satisfy its
business needs, it shall
obtain approval from the
board of directors and
half or more of the
directors shall act as
joint guarantors against
loss that may be caused
to the Company by the
excess
endorsement
and/or
guarantee
provided
that
the
conditions set out in
theseRegulationsare
complied with. It shall
also
amend
the
RegulationsGoverning
Endorsements
and/or
Guarantees accordingly
and submit the same to
the
shareholders'
meeting
for
its
ratification.
If
the
shareholders'
meeting
does not approve, the
Company shall adopt a
plan to discharge the
amount in excess within
a
given
time
limit.
Where
there
are
independent directors in
the board, when the
Companysubmits the



































holds
100%
voting
shares.
Where
the
Company
needs to exceed the limits
set out in theseOperating
Proceduresto satisfy its
business needs, it shall
obtain approval from the
board of directors and
half or more of the
directors shall act as joint
guarantors against loss
that may be caused to the
company by the excess
endorsement
and/or
guarantee provided that
the conditions set out in
these
Operating
Proceduresare complied
with. It shall also amend
theOperating Procedures
Governing Endorsements
and/or
Guarantees
accordingly and submit
the
same
to
the
shareholders' meeting for
its ratification. If the
shareholders'
meeting
does not approve, the
company shall adopt a
plan to discharge the
amount in excess within a
given time limit. Where
there
are
independent
directors in the board,
when
the
Company

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(4) submits
the
Operating
Procedures
Governing
Endorsements
and/or
Guarantees to the board
meetings for discussion
in accordance with the
above provisions, it shall
take
into
full
consideration
each
independent
director's
opinions, which shall be
included in the minutes of
the
board
meetings,
regardless of whether it
was
assenting
or
dissenting opinion.
Where
changes
in
circumstances
of
the
Company result in that
the entity for which the
Company
provides
endorsement/guarantee
ceases to be a qualified
entity under Article 2 of
theOperating Procedures,
or
the
amount
endorsed/guaranteed
exceeds the ceiling due to
changes in the calculation
base for the ceiling, the
Company
shall
adopt
rectification plans, submit
the relevant rectification
plans
to
independent
directors andthe Audit
Committee and complete
Operating





























(4)
RegulationsGoverning
Endorsements
and/or
Guarantees to the board
meetings for discussion
in accordance with the
above provisions, it shall
take
into
full
consideration
each
independent
director's
opinions, which shall be
included in the minutes
of the board meetings,
regardless of whether it
was
assenting
or
dissenting opinion.
Where
changes
in
circumstances
of
the
Company result in that
the entity for which the
Company
provides
endorsement/guarantee
ceases to be a qualified
entity under Article 2 of
theRegulations, or the
amount
endorsed/guaranteed
exceeds the ceiling due
to
changes
in
the
calculation base for the
ceiling, the Company
shall adopt rectification
plans,
submit
the
relevant
rectification
plans
to
the
Audit
Committee
and
complete
the
rectification
on
schedule.































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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note the rectification on schedule. Article 6: Operating Procedures of Article 6: Operating Procedures of 1. For the purpose of Making Endorsements and Making Endorsements and clarity, the Guarantees and Review Guarantees and Review introductory language Process Process in the first Paragraph is Before providing an endorsement or Before providing an endorsement or revised to specify that guarantee for others, the Company shall guarantee for others, the Company shall a public issuing carefully evaluate whether the carefully evaluate whether the company, when endorsement or guarantee is in endorsement or guarantee is in compliance with the "Regulations compliance with the "Regulations conducting endorsement/guarantee Governing Loaning of Funds and Making Governing Loaning of Funds and of Endorsements and/or Guarantees by Making of Endorsements and/or , shall comply with the Public Companies" promulgated by the Guarantees by Public Companies" and procedures formulated securities regulator and the Company these Regulations. In addition, the by the Company to shall handle and review the Company shall handle and review the comply with relevant endorsement/guarantee matters in following matters. laws and regulations. accordance with these Operating Procedures. 2. The wording in Subparagraph (3) is (1)~(2): Omitted (1)~(2): Omitted revised and certain (3) If necessary, the ceiling on the (3) If necessary, the ceiling on the amount of endorsements and/or amount of endorsements provision is moved to guarantees proposed to be and/or guarantees proposed to Subparagraph (8) to decided by the board of be decided by the board of make the text more directors may be decided by the directors may be decided by precise. chairman of the board of the chairman of the board of 3. Subparagraphs (6) and directors provided the amount directors provided the amount (9) are revised to is within ten percent of the is within ten percent of the Company's net worth shown in Company's net worth and then reflect the change in the Company's latest financial be reported to the upcoming the head-in-charge report and then be reported to board of directors for based on the power and the upcoming board of ratification; provided that an liability of each directors for ratification. Where endorsement/guarantee among business in the there are independent directors the companies in which the organization. in the board, when making an Company directly or indirectly 4. In relation to the basis endorsement or guarantee for holds 90% or more of voting for calculation of others, the Company shall take shares cannot be proceeded into full consideration each unless submitted to and paid-in capital, the independent director's opinions, approved by the board of references to paragraph which shall be included in the director. Where there are numbers are revised to

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minutes of the board meetings,
regardless of whether it was
assenting or dissenting opinion.
(4)~(5): Omitted
(6) The Finance Division shall
periodically prepare and report
the statement of details of
guarantees for the purpose of
controlling and monitoring the
financial conditions and usage
of
fund
of
the
guarantee
company.
Should
any
significant change regarding
the
aforementioned
matters
arise, the Finance Division
shall immediately report to the
Chairman of the board of
directors
and
appropriate
measures shall be taken in
accordance
with
the
instructions.
(7) Omitted
(8) A subsidiary in which the






















independent directors in the
board,
when
making
an
endorsement or guarantee for
others, the Company shall take
into full consideration each
independent
director's
opinions,
which
shall
be
included in the minutes of the
board meetings, regardless of
whether it was assenting or
dissenting opinion.
(4)~(5): Omitted
(6) The Finance Division shall
periodically prepare and report
the statement of details of
guarantees for the purpose of
controlling and monitoring the
financial conditions and usage
of fund of the guarantee
company.
Should
any
significant change regarding
the aforementioned matters
arise, the Finance Division
shall immediately report to~~the~~
~~President and~~the Chairman of
the board of directors and
appropriate measures shall be
taken in accordance with the
instructions.
(7) Omitted

























reflect the adjustment
to the paragraph order.

Company owns 90% or more of

its voting shares cannot provide

any
endorsement/guarantee


according to Paragraph (2) of

Article
2
unless
such
endorsement/guarantee
has

been submitted to and approved

by the board of directors of the

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(9) Company in advance; provided


































(8) The Finance Division shall
examine the net worth of the
company
for
which
the
Company
provides
endorsement/guarantee at the
end of each month. If the net
worth of such company is
lower than 1/2 of its paid-in
capital, the Finance Division
shall
prepare
a
valuation
report and submit such report
tothe President andthe
Chairman
in
order
to
determine whether to continue
to
provide
endorsement/guarantee to such
company. If the Company will
continue
to
provide
endorsement/guarantee
for
such company, the Finance
Division
shall
obtain
a
negotiable
instrument
guaranteed by another person
with
the
issuing
amount
equivalent to the amount of
endorsement/guarantee
or
other security; provided that,
no
guaranteed
negotiable
instrument
or
security
is
required if the company for
which the Company provides
the endorsement/guarantee is
directly and indirectly wholly
































that the endorsement/guarantee

by and among subsidiaries in

which the Company directly or

indirectly holds 100% voting

shares is not subject to the

above restrictions.
The Finance Division shall
examine the net worth of the
company
for
which
the
Company
provides
endorsement/guarantee at the
end of each month. If the net
worth of such company is
lower than 1/2 of its paid-in
capital, the Finance Division
shall prepare a valuation report
and submit such report to the
Chairman in order to determine
whether to continue to provide
endorsement/guarantee to such
company. If the Company will
continue
to
provide
endorsement/guarantee for such
company, the Finance Division
shall
obtain
a
negotiable
instrument
guaranteed
by
another person with the issuing
amount
equivalent
to
the
amount
of
endorsement/guarantee or other
security; provided that, no
guaranteed
negotiable
instrument
or
security
is
required if the company for
which the Company provides
the endorsement/guarantee is
directly and indirectly wholly
owned by the Company.

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(10) During the period that the
Company
receives
the
endorsement/guarantee or loan
provided
by
its
parent
company, the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries shall
not
engage
in
any
endorsement/guarantee.
(11) In the case of a subsidiary with
shares having no par value or a
par value other than NT$10, the
paid-in
capital
calculation
pursuant to Paragraph(9)of
this Article shall be the share
capital
plus
premium
for
issuance of shares above par
value.
(Hereafter Omitted)















owned by the Company.
(9)During the period that the
Company
receives
the
endorsement/guarantee or loan
provided
by
its
parent
company, the Company and
each of its Subsidiaries shall
not
engage
in
any
endorsement/guarantee.
(10) In the case of a subsidiary
with shares having no par
value or a par value other than
NT$10, the paid-in capital
calculation
pursuant
to
Paragraph(8)of this Article
shall be the share capital plus
premium
for
issuance
of
shares above par value.
(Hereafter Omitted)














Article 9: Internal Audit
The Company's internal auditors shall
audit the procedures for processing
endorsements and guarantees and the
implementation
thereof
no
less
frequently than quarterly and prepare
written records accordingly. They shall
promptly notifythe independent directors
andthe Audit Committee in writing of
any material violation matters.







Article 9: Internal Audit
The Company's internal auditors shall
audit the procedures for processing
endorsements and guarantees and the
implementation
thereof
no
less
frequently than quarterly and prepare
written records accordingly. They shall
promptly notify the Audit Committee in
writing
of
any
material
violation
matters.








Independent directors are
added to comply with laws
and
regulations
to
strengthen
corporate
governance.
Article 10: Procedures of Announcement
and Report
(1) Omitted
(2) If
the
balance
of
endorsement/guarantee reaches any
of the following thresholds, the
Company shall announce and report
within
two
days
beginning





Article
10:
Procedures
of
Announcement and Report
(1) Omitted
(2) If
the
balance
of
endorsement/guarantee reaches any
of the following thresholds, the
Company shall announce and report
within
two
days
beginning





Considering
that
the
endorsement/guarantee is
not a transaction in nature,
certain wording in this
article has been amended
to comply with the laws
and regulations.

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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
(3)
(4)
immediately from the same day of
the date of occurrence. The date of
occurrence referred to above means
the date of contract signing, date of
payment, date of board of directors
resolutions, or other dates that can
confirm
the
endorsed/guaranteed
partyand monetary amount of the
endorsement/ guarantee, whichever
date is earlier.
1~2 Omitted
3.
The
balance
of
endorsement/guarantee of the
Company and its subsidiaries
provided for a single entity
reaches
NT$10
million
or
more,
and
the
aggregate
balance
of
endorsement/guarantee
provided for,the book value of
investmentunder the equity
methodin and funds lending to,
such
entity
reaches
thirty
percent or more of the net
worth of the Company as stated
in its latest financial statement.
4
Omitted
Omitted
The Company shall evaluate or
record
the
contingent
loss
for
endorsements and/or guarantees and
shall adequately disclose information
on endorsements and/or guarantees in
its financial reports and provide
relevant information to the certified

























(3)
(4)
immediately from the same day of
the date of occurrence. The date of
occurrence referred to above means
the date of contract signin~~g for the~~
~~transaction~~, date of payment, date of
board of directors resolutions, or
other dates that can confirm the
counterparty andmonetary amount
of
the
endorsement/
guarantee
~~transaction~~,
whichever
date
is
earlier.
1~2 Omitted
3.
The
balance
of
endorsement/guarantee of the
Company and its subsidiaries
provided for a single entity
reaches NT$10 million or
more,
and
the
aggregate
balance
of
endorsement/guarantee
provided
for,
long-term
investment
in
and
funds
lending to, such entity reaches
thirty percent or more of the
net worth of the Company as
stated in its latest financial
statement.
4
Omitted
Omitted
The Company shall evaluate or
record the contingent loss for
endorsements and/or guarantees and
shall
adequately
disclose
information on endorsements and/or
guarantees in its financial reports
and providethe certified public
accountants
with
relevant



























with
relevant
public accountants for them to
information to conduct necessary

conduct necessary audit procedures.

audit procedures.

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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
Article 11: Subsidiary
and
parent
company net worth
1. "Subsidiary" and "parent company"
as set forth in theseOperating
Proceduresshall be determined as per
the
Regulations
Governing
the
Preparation of Financial Reports by
Securities Issuers.
2. "Net worth" as set forth in these
Operating Proceduresmeans the
equity attributable to owners of the
parent company on the balance sheet
under the Regulations Governing the
Preparation of Financial Reports by
Securities Issuers.
Article 11: Subsidiary
and
parent
company net worth
1. "Subsidiary" and "parent company"
as set forth in theseRegulations
shall be determined as per the
Regulations
Governing
the
Preparation of Financial Reports by
Securities Issuers.
2. "Net worth" as set forth in these
Regulations
means
the
equity
attributable to owners of the parent
company on the balance sheet under
the
Regulations
Governing
the
Preparation of Financial Reports by
Securities Issuers.











Certain wording has been
amended by reference to
the Regulations Governing
Loaning of Funds and
Making
of
Endorsements/Guarantees
by Public Companies.
Article 12: Penalty
In order to prevent managers or
personnel
in
charge
from
taking
advantage of their offices to engage in
illegal endorsements and/or guarantees,
when managers or personnel in charge
violate theProceduresor the related laws
and regulations, the Human Resource
Department shall provide a proposal of
penalty according to the severity of
violation based on the evidence provided
by the division in charge or audit division
and approved by the head-in-charge.
Penalty imposed on managers shall be
submitted to the Audit Committee and
the board of directors for resolution.
In the event of unrecoverable loss
incurred froman individual'sviolation of
theOperating Proceduresor the related
Article 12: Penalty
In order to prevent managers or
personnel
in
charge
from
taking
advantage of their offices to engage in
illegal endorsements and/or guarantees,
when managers or personnel in charge
violate theRegulationsor the related
laws and regulations, the Human
Resource Department shall provide a
proposal of penalty according to the
severity of violation based on the
evidence provided by the division in
charge
or
audit
division.
Penalty
imposed on personnel in charge shall be



















1. Certain wording has
been
amended
by
reference
to
the
Regulations
Governing Loaning of
Funds and Making of
Endorsements/Guarant
ees
by
Public
Companies.
2. The wording has been
amended according to
the adjustment to the
power and liability of
each business in the
organization.
shall be

assented by the President and approved

by the Chairman of the board of

directors.Penalty imposed on managers
shall beassented by the Chairman of the
board of directors andsubmitted to the
board of directors for resolution.
In the event of unrecoverable loss
incurred
from
violation
of
the
Regulationsor the related laws and

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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
laws and regulations with intent or
negligence, suspension may be imposed
after
being
approved
by
the
head-in-charge.
The aforementioned managers shall
mean the ones set up in accordance with
the rulingissued by the Securities and
Futures Commission dated March 27,
2003
(Ref.
No.:
Tai-Tsai-Jen-(3)-0920001301) and the
aforementioned personnel in charge shall
mean personnel involved and relevant
supervisors in charge of review and
approval of execution.
regulations with intent or negligence,
suspension
may
be
imposed
on













personnel
in
charge
after
being



approved
by
the
President
and


suspension
may
be
imposed
on
managers after being approved by the

Chairman of the board of directors.
The aforementioned managers shall
mean the ones set up in accordance with
the
ruling
(Ref.
No.:
Tai-Tsai-Jen-(3)-0920001301) and the
aforementioned personnel in charge
shall mean personnel involved and
relevant supervisors in charge of review
and approval of execution.
Article 13: Control
procedure
to
subsidiaries
in
providing
endorsement /guarantee
The Company shall require all of its
subsidiaries to formulate their own
"Operating Procedures forEndorsement
and Guarantee" in accordance with the
"Regulations Governing Lending Funds
and
Providing
Endorsement
and
Guarantee
by
Public
Offering
Companies"
promulgated
by
the
competent authorities and the "Operating
Procedures
for
Endorsement
and
Guarantee"
of
the
Company.
Any
endorsement/guarantee provided by the
subsidiaries shall comply with their own
"Operating Procedures forEndorsement
and Guarantee",
Article 13: Control
procedure
to
subsidiaries
in
providing
endorsement /guarantee
The Company shall require all of its
subsidiaries to formulate their own
"Regulations Governing Endorsement
and Guarantee" in accordance with the
"Regulations Governing Lending Funds
and
Providing
Endorsement
and
Guarantee
by
Public
Offering
Companies"
promulgated
by
the
competent
authorities
and
the
"Regulations GoverningEndorsement
and Guarantee" of the Company. Any
endorsement/guarantee provided by the
subsidiaries shall comply with their own
"Regulations GoverningEndorsement
and Guarantee".
















Certain wording has been
amended by reference to
the Regulations Governing
Loaning of Funds and
Making
of
Endorsements/Guarantees
by Public Companies.
IV. VALIDATION AND
AMENDMENTS
TheseOperating Proceduresshall be
approved by at least one half of all the
IV. VALIDATION AND
AMENDMENTS
TheseRegulationsshall be approved by
at least one half of all the Audit


1. Certain wording has
been
amended
by
reference
to
the
Regulations Governing
Loaningof Funds and

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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note audit committee members and then Committee members and then submitted Making of submitted to the Board of Directors for to the Board of Directors for resolution. Endorsements/Guarant resolution. After approved by the Board After approved by the Board of ees by Public of Directors, the Regulations shall be Directors, the Regulations shall be Companies. submitted to the shareholders' meeting submitted to the shareholders' meeting 2. Certain wording has for approval. Where any director for approval. Where any director been revised by expresses dissent and it is contained in expresses dissent and it is contained in reference to Article the minutes or a written statement, the the minutes or a written statement, the 14-3 of the Securities Company shall submit the dissenting Company shall submit the dissenting and Exchanges Act to opinions to the audit committee and for opinions to the audit committee and for reflect the amendment discussion by the shareholders' meeting. discussion by the shareholders' meeting. to the law. The same shall apply to any amendments The same shall apply to any to the Procedures. When the amendments to the Regulations. When Procedures are submitted by the the Regulations are submitted by the Company to the Board of Directors for Company to the Board of Directors for discussion in accordance with relevant discussion in accordance with relevant rules, the Board of Directors shall take rules, the Board of Directors shall take into full consideration each independent into full consideration each independent director's opinions; any dissent from or director's opinions; the independent qualification by the independent directors directors' opinions specifically (if any) shall be included in the minutes expressing assent or dissent and the of the Board of Directors' meetings. reasons for dissent shall be included in the minutes of the Board of Directors' If approval of the majority of all audit meetings. committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not obtained, the If approval of the majority of all audit Regulations or any amendment hereto committee members as required in the may be implemented if approved by preceding paragraph is not obtained, the more than two-thirds of all directors, and Regulations or any amendment hereto the resolution of the audit committee may be implemented if approved by shall be recorded in the meeting minutes more than two-thirds of all directors, of the Board of Directors. The terms "all and the resolution of the audit audit committee members" and "all committee shall be recorded in the directors" in this paragraph shall be meeting minutes of the Board of counted as the actual number of persons Directors. The terms "all audit currently holding those positions. committee members" and "all directors" in this paragraph shall be counted as the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.

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Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Operating Procedures for Endorsements and Guarantees (After Amendment)

I. PURPOSE

To soundly manage endorsements and guarantees for others by the Company and to protect the assets and credit of the Company, the Company enacts these Operating Procedures as a basis for the execution of endorsements and guarantees.

II. OBJECTIVE

Execution of matters relative to endorsements and guarantees made by the Company for others shall be governed by these Operating Procedures. Any matter not provided for in these Operating Procedures shall be governed by the related laws and regulations to effectively manage endorsements and guarantees and to comply with the Company's goal of steady operation.

III. CONTENTS

Article 1:

The term "endorsements and/or guarantees" referred to in the Operating Procedures include the following:

  • (1) Endorsements and/or guarantees in connection with financing facilities, including:

  • Financing facilities in connection with discounts on customers' check;

  • Endorsements and/or guarantees provided in connection with financing facilities for other companies; and

  • Instruments issued to non-financial enterprises as security in connection with the financing facilities for the Company.

  • (2) Endorsements and/or guarantees in connection with customs duty, which mean endorsements and/or guarantees made for the Company or other companies with respect to matters involving customs duty;

  • (3) Other endorsements and/or guarantees, which cannot be categorized in items (1) and (2) as mentioned above; and

  • (4) When the Company creates a pledge or mortgage on its chattel or real property as security for the loans of another company, the Operating Procedures shall apply.

Article 2: Parties for whom the Company may provide endorsement/guarantee

  • (1) The Company may provide endorsement/guarantee for the following:

  • A company who has business relationship with the Company.

  • A company in which the Company directly and indirectly owns more than fifty

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percent of the voting shares.

  1. A company that directly and indirectly owns more than fifty percent of the voting shares of the Company.

  2. (2) The companies in which the Company directly and indirectly owns ninety percent or more of voting shares may provide endorsement/guarantee for one another; provided that, the amount of endorsement/guarantee provided by the Company may not exceed ten percent of the net worth shown in the Company's latest financial report; provided further that, the endorsement/guarantee provided by a company which is directly and indirectly wholly owned by the Company to another company which is also directly and indirectly wholly owned by the Company is not subject to the restriction provided in the immediately preceding proviso.

  3. (3) Where the Company fulfills its contractual obligations by providing mutual endorsement/guarantee for another company in the same industry or the collaborative builders for purposes of undertaking a construction project, or where all the shareholders make endorsement/guarantee for their jointly invested company in proportion to their shareholding percentages, such endorsement/guarantee may be exempted from the restrictions under the preceding two paragraphs. The investment as mentioned in this paragraph means investment directly made by the Company or made through a company in which the Company owns one hundred percent of the voting shares.

Article 3: Amount ceiling for endorsement/guarantee

  • (1) The limit on the aggregate amount of endorsements and/or guarantees The limit on the aggregate amount of endorsements and/or guarantees made by the Company, or the Company and its subsidiaries together, shall not exceed fifty percent of the Company's net assets shown in the Company's latest financial report.

  • (2) The limit on the total amount of endorsements and/or guarantees for any single entity The total amount of endorsements and/or guarantees made by the Company or the Company and its subsidiaries together for a single enterprise shall not exceed twenty percent of the Company's net assets shown in the Company's latest financial report or the net worth of the endorsee/guarantee company, whichever is lower.

  • If the Company engages in endorsements and/or guarantees because of business relations, the aggregate amount of endorsements and/or guarantees provided by the Company to any single enterprise shall not exceed the total trading amount between the Company and such endorsee/guarantee company in the most recent year. The trading amount referred to above means the higher of the total purchase amount or the total sales amount.

The restriction on the amount of endorsements/guarantees that the Company may

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provide to any singe enterprise and the restriction relating to the net worth of the endorsee/guarantee company need not apply to the Company’s endorsements/guarantees for its subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100% voting shares.

  • (3) Where the Company needs to exceed the limits set out in these Operating Procedures to satisfy its business needs, it shall obtain approval from the board of directors and half or more of the directors shall act as joint guarantors against loss that may be caused to the company by the excess endorsement and/or guarantee provided that the conditions set out in these Operating Procedures are complied with. It shall also amend the Operating Procedures Governing Endorsements and/or Guarantees accordingly and submit the same to the shareholders' meeting for its ratification. If the shareholders' meeting does not approve, the company shall adopt a plan to discharge the amount in excess within a given time limit. Where there are independent directors in the board, when the Company submits the Operating Procedures Governing Endorsements and/or Guarantees to the board meetings for discussion in accordance with the above provisions, it shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinions, which shall be included in the minutes of the board meetings, regardless of whether it was assenting or dissenting opinion.

  • (4) Where changes in circumstances of the Company result in that the entity for which the Company provides endorsement/guarantee ceases to be a qualified entity under Article 2 of the Operating Procedures, or the amount endorsed/guaranteed exceeds the ceiling due to changes in the calculation base for the ceiling, the Company shall adopt rectification plans, submit the relevant rectification plans to independent directors and the Audit Committee and complete the rectification on schedule.

Article 4: Corporate Chops for Endorsements and Guarantees

The Company shall use the corporate chop registered with the Ministry of Economic Affairs as the dedicated chop for endorsements and/or guarantees.

When making a guarantee for a foreign company, the Company shall have the Guarantee Agreement signed by a person authorized by the board of directors.

Article 5: Custody of Corporate Chops and Notes for Endorsements and Guarantees

The corporate chops and notes for endorsements and/or guarantees shall be kept in the custody of a designated person (the "Custodian") approved by the board of directors and may be used to seal or issue negotiable instruments only in prescribed procedures. The Company shall submit the Custodian of the seals for endorsements and/or guarantees to the board of directors for its approval. The same shall apply to any change to the

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Custodian.

Article 6: Operating Procedures of Making Endorsements and Guarantees and Review Process

Before making an endorsement or guarantee for others, the Company shall carefully evaluate whether the endorsement or guarantee is in compliance with the "Regulations Governing Loaning of Funds and Making of Endorsements and/or Guarantees by Public Companies" promulgated by the securities regulator and the Company shall handle and review the endorsement/guarantee matters in accordance with these Operating Procedures.

  • (1) The guarantee company shall provide detailed financial information to the Finance Department of the Company.

  • (2) The Finance Division shall prepare a report specifically stating the financial information of the guarantee company, examining the necessity and reasonableness of endorsements and/or guarantees, credit status and risk assessment of the entity for which the endorsement and/or guarantee is made and the impact on the Company's operational risks, financial condition and shareholders' equity. Such report shall be submitted to the chairman of the board of directors for approval.

  • (3) If necessary, the ceiling on the amount of endorsements and/or guarantees proposed to be decided by the board of directors may be decided by the chairman of the board of directors provided the amount is within ten percent of the Company's net worth shown in the Company's latest financial report and then be reported to the upcoming board of directors for ratification. Where there are independent directors in the board, when making an endorsement or guarantee for others, the Company shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinions, which shall be included in the minutes of the board meetings, regardless of whether it was assenting or dissenting opinion.

  • (4) The Chairman of the board of directors may approve the endorsement and/or guarantee made for the guarantee company within the ceiling decided by the board of directors and refer to the Finance Department for execution.

  • (5) The endorsement and/or guarantee may be made by the Finance Department after receiving the guarantee notes of the same term and same amount and collaterals where necessary. Appraisal of the collateral shall be done carefully by the Finance Department. However, where the subsidiaries are one hundred percent invested directly and indirectly by the Company, receipt of guarantee notes and collateral can exempt.

  • (6) The Finance Department shall periodically prepare and report the statement of details of guarantees for the purpose of controlling and monitoring the financial

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conditions and usage of fund of the guarantee company. Should any significant change regarding the aforementioned matters arise, the Finance Department shall immediately report to the Chairman of the board of directors and appropriate measures shall be taken in accordance with the instructions.

  • (7) The Finance Division shall prepare a memorandum book and truthfully record the following information: entities for which the approved endorsements and/or guarantees are made, amount, date of approval by the board of directors or the chairman of the board of directors, endorsement and/or guarantee date, and matters to be carefully evaluated under paragraph (2) of this Article.

  • (8) A subsidiary in which the Company owns 90% or more of its voting shares cannot provide any endorsement/guarantee according to Paragraph (2) of Article 2 hereof unless such endorsement/guarantee has been submitted to and approved by the board of director of the Company in advance; provided that the endorsement/guarantee by and among subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100% voting shares is not subject to the above restrictions.

  • (9) The Finance Division shall examine the net worth of the company for which the Company provides endorsement/guarantee at the end of each month. If the net worth of such company is lower than 1/2 of its paid-in capital, the Finance Division shall prepare a valuation report and submit such report to the Chairman in order to determine whether to continue to provide endorsement/guarantee to such company. If the Company will continue to provide endorsement/guarantee for such company, the Finance Division shall obtain a negotiable instrument guaranteed by another person with the issuing amount equivalent to the amount of endorsement/guarantee or other security; provided that, no guaranteed negotiable instrument or security is required if the company for which the Company provides the endorsement/guarantee is directly and indirectly wholly owned by the Company.

  • (10) During the period that the Company receives the endorsement/guarantee or loan provided by its parent company, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall not engage in any endorsement/guarantee.

  • (11) In the case of a subsidiary with shares having no par value or a par value other than NT$10, the paid-in capital calculation pursuant to Paragraph (9) of this Article shall be the share capital plus premium for issuance of shares above par value.

Provision of material endorsement or guarantee by the Company shall be approved by one-half or more of all members of the Audit Committee and submitted to the board of directors meeting for resolution. If the aforesaid matter was not approved by one-half or more of the all Audit Committee members, it may be approved by two-thirds or more of all directors of the board of directors, and the Audit Committee's resolution shall be recorded in the minutes. All Audit Committee members and all directors in this

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Paragraph shall mean the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.

Article 7: Renewal of Endorsements and/or Guarantees

Renewal of endorsements and/or guarantees shall be conducted in accordance with Article 6.

Article 8: Cancellation of Endorsement and Guarantee Record

When the cancellation of endorsements and/or guarantees is requested by the guarantee company or the Company, the Finance Department shall process it in accordance with the following procedures:

  • (1) It shall be confirmed that the guarantee company has cancelled the record of the liability of guarantee.

  • (2) A copy of cancellation of the guarantee notes by the guarantee company shall be obtained.

Article 9: Internal Audit

The Company's internal auditors shall audit the procedures for processing endorsements and guarantees and the implementation thereof no less frequently than quarterly and prepare written records accordingly. They shall promptly notify the independent directors and the Audit Committee in writing of any material violation matters.

Article 10: Procedures of Announcement and Report

  • (1) The Company shall announce and report the previous month's balance of endorsements and/or guarantees of itself and its subsidiaries by the 10th day of each month.

  • (2) If the balance of endorsement/guarantee reaches any of the following thresholds, the Company shall announce and report within two days beginning immediately from the same day of the date of occurrence. The date of occurrence referred to above means the date of contract signing, date of payment, date of board of Directors resolutions, or other dates that can confirm the endorsed/guaranteed party and monetary amount of the endorsement/ guarantee, whichever date is earlier.

  • The balance of endorsement/guarantee of the Company and its subsidiaries reaches fifty percent or more of the net worth of the Company as stated in its latest financial statement.

  • The balance of endorsement/guarantee of the Company and its subsidiaries provided for a single entity reaches twenty percent or more of the net worth of the Company as stated in its latest financial statement.

  • The balance of endorsement/guarantee of the Company and its subsidiaries

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provided for a single entity reaches NT$10 million or more, and the aggregate balance of endorsement/guarantee provided for, the book value of investment under the equity method in and funds lending to, such entity reaches thirty percent or more of the net worth of the Company as stated in its latest financial statement.

  1. The amount of new endorsement/guarantee provided by the Company or its subsidiaries reaches NT$30 million and reaches five percent of the net worth of the Company as stated in its latest financial statement.

  2. (3) Where any subsidiary of the Company is not a domestic public offering company, the Company shall make the required announcement and report on behalf of such subsidiary if the situation prescribed in the preceding Item 4 occurs.

  3. (4) The Company shall evaluate or record the contingent loss for endorsements and/or guarantees and shall adequately disclose information on endorsements and/or guarantees in its financial reports and provide relevant information to the certified public accountants for them to conduct necessary audit procedures.

Article 11: Subsidiary and parent company net worth

  • (1) "Subsidiary" and "parent company" as set forth in these Operating Procedures shall be determined as per the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

  • (2) "Net worth" as set forth in these Operating Procedures means the equity attributable to owners of the parent company on the balance sheet under the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Article 12: Penalty

In order to prevent managers or personnel in charge from taking advantage of their offices to engage in illegal endorsements and/or guarantees, when managers or personnel in charge violate the Operating Procedures or the related laws and regulations, the Human Resource Department shall provide a proposal of penalty according to the severity of violation based on the evidence provided by the division in charge or audit division and approved by the head-in-charge. Penalty imposed on managers shall be submitted to the Audit Committee and the board of directors for resolution.

In the event of unrecoverable loss incurred from an individual's violation of the Operating Procedures or the related laws and regulations with intent or negligence, suspension may be imposed after being approved by the head-in-charge.

The aforementioned managers shall mean the ones set up in accordance with the ruling issued by the Securities and Futures Commission dated March 27, 2003 (Ref. No.: Tai-Tsai-Jen-(3)-0920001301) and the aforementioned personnel in charge shall mean

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personnel involved and relevant supervisors in charge of review and approval of execution.

Article 13: Control procedure to subsidiaries in providing endorsement /guarantee

The Company shall require all of its subsidiaries to formulate their own "Operating Procedures for Endorsement and Guarantee" in accordance with the "Regulations Governing Lending Funds and Providing Endorsement and Guarantee by Public Offering Companies" promulgated by the competent authorities and the "Operating Procedures for Endorsement and Guarantee" of the Company. Any endorsement/guarantee provided by the subsidiaries shall comply with their own "Operating Procedures for Endorsement and Guarantee".

IV. VALIDATION AND AMENDMENTS

These Operating Procedures shall be approved by at least one half of all the audit committee members and then submitted to the Board of Directors for resolution. After approved by the Board of Directors, the Regulations shall be submitted to the shareholders' meeting for approval. Where any director expresses dissent and it is contained in the minutes or a written statement, the Company shall submit the dissenting opinions to the audit committee and for discussion by the shareholders' meeting. The same shall apply to any amendments to the Operating Procedures. When the Operating Procedures are submitted by the Company to the Board of Directors for discussion in accordance with relevant rules, the Board of Directors shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinions; any dissent from or qualification by the independent directors (if any) shall be included in the minutes of the Board of Directors' meetings.

If approval of the majority of all audit committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not obtained, the Regulations or any amendment hereto may be implemented if approved by more than two-thirds 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" in this paragraph shall be counted as the actual number of persons currently holding those positions

V. Reference Documents

Regulations Governing Loaning of Funds and Making of Endorsements/Guarantees by Public Companies.

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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Comparison Table of Amendments to Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds

Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
Article 1: Parties Eligible for Loans from
the Company
(1) The Company shall not grant loans to
any shareholder or anyone except for
the following:
1. Companies
which
have
business
dealings with the Company, to the
extent that the loan is for their working
capital needs only; and
2. Companies having short-term financing
needs in which the Company holds,
whether directly or indirectly, fifty
percent or more of the voting shares.
(2)The restrictions set out in Paragraphs
1 and2 of Article 2and Article 4
hereof
may
not
apply
to
the
intercompany loans between foreign
companies in which the Company
holds, whether directly or indirectly,
100% of the voting shares, or the
intercompany
loans
granted
by
foreign companies in which the
Company holds, whether directly or
indirectly, 100% of the voting shares,
to the Company; provided, however,
that the Company shall prescribe the
aggregate maximum loan amount
that the Company can provide and
the maximum loan amount permitted
to be lent to a single borrower and
specify the term of loan in these
Procedures
according
to
the
Article 1: Parties Eligible for Loans from
the Company
The Company may grant loans only to













1. This Article has been
amended to explicitly
define
parties
to
which loans may be
granted
and
the
nature
thereof.
"Business
dealings"
shall be limited to the
working
capital
financing relating to
the purchase and sale
of merchandise by
both
parties,
excluding
lending
that does not involve
business dealings, in
order
to
properly
manage risks.
2. To comply with the
amendment
to
the
law and improve the
flexibility
of
financing
between
members within the
group, in view that
Article 15 of the
Company Act does
not apply to foreign
companies,
intercompany
loans
granted
to
the
Company by foreign
companies in which

companies or firms which have business

dealings with the Company or short-term

financing needs and in which the

Company invests and holds fifty percent

or more shareholding ("Borrower").

"Short-term"referred to above shall
mean a period of less than one year. The
restriction set out inParagraphs 2 and 3
ofArticle 2, Article 4 andArticle 5
hereof shall apply to the intercompany
loans between foreign companies in
which the Company holds, whether
directly or indirectly, 100% of the voting
shares.

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Regulations Governing Loans and



the Company holds
directly or indirectly
100% of the voting
shares
are
exempt
from the loan limits
and
one-year
repayment term.

Endorsements /Guarantees by Public

Companies
promulgated
by
the



securities authority.
Article 2: Maximum amount of loans
granted to other parties
(1)Aggregate maximum loan amount
The
aggregate
maximum
loan
amount granted to others may not
exceed twenty percent of the net
worth of the Companyshown in its
latest financial report.
(2)
The maximum amount of loans for
each borrower
The aggregate amount of loans
granted to the same Borrower
having business dealings with the
Company and short-term financing

Article 2:~~Reasons, necessities and~~
maximum amount of loans
granted to other parties
~~(1) Th R d Nit f Fd~~
~~R iti d~~

















1. The
reasons
and
necessity of lending
specified
in
the
original Article are
subject to Article 1,
and
the
relevant
evaluation procedures
have been conducted
pursuant
to
Subparagraph (2) of
Paragraph
1
of
Article 3 (Operating
Procedures
for
Loaning
of
Funds
and Review Process);
therefore, redundant
words
have
been
deleted.
In
the
meantime, the order
of the paragraphs has
been rearranged.
2. The order of the
paragraphs
(aggregate maximum
loan amount of the
Company
and
maximum
loan
amount
for
each
borrower)
was
switched, such that
the
description
regarding
the
aggregate maximum
loan amount of the




(2)
~~e easons an ecessy o un~~
~~Loaning~~
~~The Company may engage in fund~~
~~loaning to other companies or~~
~~enterprises~~
~~having~~
~~business~~
~~transactions with the Company or~~
~~the necessity of short-term fund~~
~~needs. The aforementioned fund~~
~~loaning~~
~~for~~
~~the~~
~~necessity~~
~~of~~
~~short-term fund needs shall be~~
~~confined to business needs or~~
~~revolving fund for operation of~~
~~other companies or enterprises or~~
~~other circumstances where the~~
~~Company's~~
~~board~~
~~of~~
~~directors~~
~~consents~~
~~to~~
~~the~~
~~necessity~~
~~of~~
~~short-term fund needs.~~
The maximum amount of loans for
each borrower
The aggregate amount of loans
granted to the same Borrower
having business dealings with the
Company and short-term financing


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(3)
(4)
needs
shall
not
exceed
the
Borrower's net worthshown in the
Borrower's latest financial reportor
ten percent of the net worth of the
Companyshown in the Company's
latest financial report, whichever is
lower. Moreover, in the event of
aforementioned loans for business
dealings with the Company, the
amount of each individual loan
offered by the Company may not
exceed
the
total
business
transaction amount within the latest
year between the Borrower and the
Company. The business transaction
amount shall mean the amount of
purchase or sale between the
Company and Borrower, whichever
is higher.
"Financing amount"used in this
exceed
the
shown in the





























(3)
(4)
needs shall not exceed1.5 times
the Borrower's net worth or ten
percent of the net worth of the
Company, whichever is lower.
Moreover,
in
case
of
aforementioned loans to others
having business dealings with the
Company, the amount of each
individual loan offered by the
Company may not exceed the
average
monthly
business
transaction amount within the
latest year between the Borrower
and the Company. The business
transaction amount shall mean the
amount
of
purchase
or
sale
between the Borrower and the
Company, whichever is higher.
Aggregate maximum loan amount
of the Company
The aggregate maximum loan
amount granted to others may not
exceed twenty percent of the net
worth of the Company.
Where changes in circumstances in
respect of the Company cause the
entity to which the Company gives
loans to cease to be an eligible
entity under theseGuidelinesor the
loan balance exceeds the maximum
loan amount, the Company shall
draft an improvement plan, submit
the same to the Audit Committee
and complete the improvement on
schedule.
1.5 times


























Company
precedes
the description of the
maximum
loan
amount
for
each
borrower,
to
be
consistent with the
description order in
the
Regulations
Governing
Loaning
of Funds and Making
of
Endorsements/Guara
ntees
by
Public
Companies and the
Procedures
for
Endorsement
and
Guarantee
of
the
Company.
3. The
wording
has
been
amended
by
reference to laws and
regulations.
In
addition,
the
Borrower’s net worth
becomes
the
maximum
loan
amount, for proper
risk management and
to prevent making
excessive and large
loans to prejudice the
shareholders’
rights
and interests. Further,
to
simplify,
the
amount of money lent
for business dealings
shall mean the total
amount of business
transaction.
4. Explanation provided
in
laws
and
regulation is newly

article
means
the
cumulative
balance
of
the
Company's
short-term financing.
Where changes in circumstances in
respect of the Company cause the
entity to which the Company gives
loans to cease to be an eligible
entity under theProceduresor the
loan balance exceeds the maximum
loan amount, the Company shall
draft an improvement plan, submit
the
same
to
the
independent
directors andthe Audit Committee
and complete the improvement on
schedule.

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added.

  1. To strengthen corporate governance, independent directors have been added in Paragraph (4) in response to the amendment to the law.

Article 3: Operating Procedures of Fund Article 3: Operating Procedures of Fund Loaning and Review Process Loaning and Review Process

Before loaning funds to others, the Before loaning funds ~~of the Company~~ to Company shall carefully evaluate others, the Company shall carefully whether it is in compliance with the evaluate whether it is in compliance with "Regulations Governing Loaning of the "Regulations Governing Loaning of Funds and Providing Endorsements Funds and Providing Endorsements and/or Guarantees by Public Companies" and/or Guarantees by Public Companies" promulgated by the securities authority and these Procedures. The Company and these Operating Procedures. The may make loans to others only after the Company may make loans to others only results of evaluation have been submitted after the results of evaluation have been to and resolved upon by the Board of submitted to and resolved upon by the Directors. The Company shall not Board of Directors. The Company shall authorize any other person to make such not authorize any other person to make decision. Where the independent such decision. Where the independent directors have been installed, when directors have been installed, when loaning funds to others, the Company loaning funds to others, the Company shall take into full consideration each shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinions; the independent director's opinions; the independent directors' opinions independent directors' opinions specifically expressing assent or dissent specifically expressing assent or dissent and their reasons for dissent shall be and their reasons for dissent shall be included in the minutes of the board included in the minutes of the board meetings. meetings. The operating procedures of (1) When the Company handles the fund loaning and review process are as matters of fund loaning, the follows: necessary financial information and (1) When the Company handles the guarantee shall be provided by the matters of fund loaning, the Borrower to the Finance Division of necessary financial information and the Company in advance. guarantee shall be provided by the (2) The Finance Division of the

  1. The language in the introductory paragraph and Paragraphs (1) to (3) was revised by reference to the Regulations Governing Loaning of Funds and Endorsements/ Guarantees by Public Companies.

  2. The approver has been changed in accordance with the power and liability of each business in the organization.

  3. The order of paragraphs is adjusted.

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(2)
(3)
(4)
Borrower to the Finance Division of
the Company in advance.
The
Finance
Division
of
the
Company shall prepare a report
specifically stating the borrower,
reason,
the
necessity
and
reasonableness of loansto others,
amount, term, interest rate, method
of repayment, source of funds,
collateral or other methods of
guarantee
and
other
necessary
matters.
The procedures of fund loaning will
be
processed
by
the
Finance
Division only after receiving the
guarantee notes of the same amount
or other collateral as security for
applying to the Company for fund
loaning. Appraisal of the collateral
shall be done carefully by the
Finance Division.
The funds loaning between the
Company and its subsidiaries shall
be submitted to the Board of
Directors
for
approval
in
accordance with this Article and the
chairman of the Board of Directors
may be authorized to loan the funds
in installments or revolving within a
certain amount resolved by the
Board of Directors and within one
year with respect to the same
borrowers to whom the funds are





























Company shall prepare a report
specifically stating the borrower,
reason, amount, term, interest rate,
method of repayment, source of
funds, collateral or other methods of
guarantee
and
other
necessary
matters. The borrower's credit status
and risk assessment and analysis of
the impact of such fund loaning upon
the Company's business operation,
financial condition and shareholders'
equity shall also be made by the
Finance Division of the Company.
Fund loaning shall be handled by the
Finance Division after such report
has been submitted tothe President
andthe Chairman of the board of
directors for their review and to the
board of directors for approval.
(3) The procedures of fund loaning will
be processed by the Finance Division
only after receiving the guarantee
notes of the same amount or other
collateral as security for applying to
the Company for fund loaning.
Appraisal of the collateral shall be
done
carefully
by
the
Finance
Division.
(4) The funds loaning between the
Company and its subsidiaries shall be
submitted to the Board of Directors
for approval in accordance with this
Article and the chairman of the
Board
of
Directors
may
be
authorized to loan the funds in
installments or revolving within a
certain amount resolved by the Board
of Directors and within one year with
respect to the same borrews to whom
the funds are loaned. The authorized
amount of the funds loaned to a





































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loaned. The authorized amount of
the funds loaned to a single
enterprise shall not exceed ten
percent of the net worth of the
Company shown in the Company's
latest financial report.
(5)
(Hereafter Omitted)
single enterprise shall not exceed ten
percent of the net worth of the
Company shown in the Company's
latest financial report.
(5) (Hereafter Omitted)
single enterprise shall not exceed ten
percent of the net worth of the
Company shown in the Company's
latest financial report.
(5) (Hereafter Omitted)


Article 4: The Term of Loan
The term of loan shall not exceed one
year.
Article 4: The Term of Loan
The term of loan shall not exceed one
year.~~If the tern of loan needs to exceed~~
~~th l f th bd f~~





The wording has been
amended by reference to
laws and regulations, and
the term of loan is
adjusted so that it shall
not exceed one year for
proper risk management.
~~e ern o oan nees o excee~~
~~th l f th bd f~~
~~one year, e approva o e oar o~~
~~dit i id f ti Th~~
~~recors s requre or exenson. e~~
~~t f l td f htt~~
~~erm o oans grane or sor-erm~~
~~financing needs should not be extended.~~
Article
6:
The
Follow-Up
Control
Measures and the Process of Overdue
Loan
(1)
The Company shall prepare a
memorandum book for its fund
loaning activities and truthfully
record the following information:
the borrower, amount, date of
approval by the board of directors,
date of loan, and matters to be
carefully evaluated under Article 3.
(2)
The Finance Division shall be
responsible
for
following
and
checking the financial conditions,
business
and
related
credit
conditions of the Borrower and the
guarantor
and
shall
also
pay
attention to whether there is any
change to the value of the collateral.
If there is any significant change of
circumstances, the Finance Division
shall immediately report to the
Chairman of the board of directors
and appropriate measures shall be
Article 6: The Follow-Up Control
Measures and the Process of Overdue
Loan
(1)
The Company shall prepare a
memorandum book for its fund
loaning activities and truthfully
record the following information:
the borrower, amount, date of
approval by the board of directors,
date of loan, and matters to be
carefully evaluated under Article 3.
(2)
The Finance Division shall be
responsible
for
following
and
checking the financial conditions,
business
and
related
credit
conditions of the Borrower and the
guarantor and shall also pay
attention to whether there is any
change to the value of the
collateral. If there is any significant
change
of
circumstances,
the
Finance Division shall immediately
report to~~the President and~~the
Chairman of the board of directors
and appropriate measures shall be
taken in accordance with the
























1. Certain
words
in
Paragraphs (1) to (4)
have been amended
by reference to laws
and regulations.
2. The
approver
in
Paragraphs (2) and
(3) has been changed
in accordance with
power and liability of
each business in the
organization.
3. The
wording
is
revised by reference
to the Regulations
Governing
Loaning
of
Funds
and
Endorsements/
Guarantees by Public
Companies.

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taken in accordance with the
instructions.
(3)
When making a repayment on or
before the due date, the Borrower
shall first calculate the interest
payable together with the principle.
The Finance Division shall provide
a report confirming that all amount
of loan has been repaid and is
approved by the Chairman of the
board of directors before return of
collateral or guarantee to the
Borrower.
(4)
The Borrower shall immediately
repay all amount of interest and
principle when due; otherwise, the
Company
may
dispose
the
collateral and/or has a right of
recovery to the guarantor.
















instructions.
(3)
When making a repayment on or
before the due date, the Borrower
shall first calculate the interest
payable together with the principle.
The Finance Division shall provide
a report confirming that all amount
of loan has been repaid and is
approved by~~the President and t~~he
Chairman of the board of directors
before return of collateral or
guarantee to the Borrower.
(4)
The Borrower shall immediately
repay all amount of interest and
principle when due; otherwise, the
Company
may
dispose
the
collateral and/or has a right of
recovery to the guarantor.














Article 7: Internal Audit
The Company's internal auditors shall
audit the operating procedures for loaning
funds to others and the implementation
thereof no less frequently than quarterly
and prepare written records accordingly.
The Company's internal auditors shall
promptly notify theindependent directors
andAudit Committee in writing of any
material violation found







Article 7: Internal Audit
The Company's internal auditors shall
audit the operating procedures for
loaning
funds
to
others
and
the
implementation
thereof
no
less
frequently than quarterly and prepare
written
records
accordingly.
The
Company's
internal
auditors
shall
promptly notify the Audit Committee in
writing of any material violation found








To strengthen corporate
governance, independent
directors have been added
in this article in response
to the amendment to the
law.
Article 8: Procedure for announcement
and report
(1)
The Company shall announce and
report the loan balances of the
Company and its subsidiaries for
the previous month by the tenth day
of each month, or conduct the
announcement
and
report
in
accordance
with
relevant
regulationspromulgated bythe









Article 8: Procedure for announcement
and report
(1)
The Company shall announce and
report the loan balances of the
Company and its subsidiaries for
the previous month by the tenth
day of each month, or conduct the
announcement
and
report
in
accordance
with
relevant
regulationspromulgated bythe









In view that loaning of
funds is not a transaction
in nature, certain wording
in Paragraph (2) has been
amended to comply with
the amendment to the
law.

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competent authority.
(2)
If the loan balance reaches any of
the
following
thresholds,
the
Company shall announce and report
within two days from the date of
occurrence. The date of occurrence
referred to above means the date of
execution of the contract, date of
payment, date of board resolutions,
or other dates that may confirmthe
party to which the money is lent
and loan amount, whichever date is
earlier.
(Hereafter Omitted)
competent authority.
If the loan balance reaches any of
the
following
thresholds,
the
Company shall announce and report
within two days from the date of
occurrence. The date of occurrence
referred to above means the date of
execution of the contract, date of
payment, date of board resolutions,
or other dates that may confirmthe
party to which the money is lent










competent authority.
(2)
If the loan balance reaches any of
the
following
thresholds,
the
Company
shall
announce
and
report within two days from the
date of occurrence. The date of
occurrence
referred
to
above
means the date of execution of the
contract~~for the transaction~~, date of
payment, date of board resolutions,
or other dates that may confirm the
counterparty and monetary value
of the transaction, whichever date
is earlier.
(Hereafter Omitted)
competent authority.
If the loan balance reaches any of
the
following
thresholds,
the
Company
shall
announce
and
report within two days from the
date of occurrence. The date of
occurrence
referred
to
above
means the date of execution of the
contract~~for the transaction~~, date of
payment, date of board resolutions,
or other dates that may confirm the
counterparty and monetary value











Article 9: Penalty for Violation of These
Procedures by Managers or Personnel in
Charge
(1)
The responsible person of the
Company
who
has
violated
Paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the
Regulations Governing Loaning of
Funds
and
Endorsements/Guarantees by Public
Companies shall be liable, jointly
and severally with the Borrower,
for the repayment of the loan at
issue in accordance with Paragraph
6 of the same article of the same
regulations, and shall indemnify the
Company for any damages suffered
by the Company resulted therefrom.
(2)
In order to prevent managers or
personnel in charge from taking
advantage of their offices to engage
in illegal fund loaning, when
managers or personnel in charge
violate theseOperating Procedures
or the related laws and regulations,
the Human Resource Department



















Article 9: Penalty for Violation of These
Procedures by Managers or Personnel in
Charge
In order to prevent managers or
personnel
in
charge
from
taking
advantage of their offices to engage in
illegal fund loaning, when managers or
personnel
in
charge
violate
these
Proceduresor the related laws and
regulations,
the
Human
Resource









1. Paragraph (1) was
newly
added
to
conform
to
the
amendment
to
the
law. It is specified
that in the event of
any violation of these
operating procedures,
the
Company’s
responsible
person
shall be jointly and
severally liable for
the repayment of the
loan
and
indemnification
for
any damages caused.
2. Relevant words have
been
amended
according
to
adjustments to the
power and liability of
each business in the
organization.

Company
who
has
violated

Paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the

Regulations Governing Loaning of

Funds
and
Endorsements/Guarantees by Public

Companies shall be liable, jointly

and severally with the Borrower,

for the repayment of the loan at

issue in accordance with Paragraph

6 of the same article of the same
regulations, and shall indemnify the

Company for any damages suffered

by the Company resulted therefrom.
In order to prevent managers or
personnel in charge from taking
advantage of their offices to engage
in illegal fund loaning, when
managers or personnel in charge
violate theseOperating Procedures
or the related laws and regulations,
the Human Resource Department

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shall provide a proposal of penalty Department shall provide a proposal of to be approved by the penalty according to the severity of head-in-charge according to the violation based on the evidence provided severity of violation based on the by the division in charge or audit evidence provided by the division division. Penalty imposed on personnel in charge or audit division. Penalty in charge shall be assented by the imposed on managers shall be President and approved by the Chairman submitted to the Compensation of the board of directors. Penalty Committee and the board of imposed on managers shall be assented directors for approval. by the Chairman of the board of directors and submitted to the board of directors In the event of unrecoverable loss ' incurred from an individual s violation of for approval. these operating procedures or the related In the event of unrecoverable loss laws and regulations with intent or incurred from violation of these negligence, suspension may be imposed procedures or the related laws and on personnel in charge after being regulations with intent or negligence, approved by the president and suspension suspension may be imposed on personnel may be imposed on managers after being in charge after being approved by the approved by the head-in-charge. President and suspension may be imposed on managers after being The aforementioned managers shall mean approved by the Chairman of the board the ones set up in accordance with the of directors. ruling issued by the Securities and Futures Commission dated March 27, The aforementioned managers shall 2003 (Ref. No.: mean the ones set up in accordance with Tai-Tsai-Jen-(3)-0920001301) and the the ruling (Ref. No.: aforementioned personnel in charge shall Tai-Tsai-Jen-(3)-0920001301) and the mean personnel involved and relevant aforementioned personnel in charge shall supervisors in charge of review and mean personnel involved and relevant approval of execution. supervisors in charge of review and approval of execution. IV. THE EFFECTIVENESS AND IV. THE EFFECTIVENESS AND AMENDMENT AMENDMENT

These Procedures shall be approved by at These Procedures shall be approved by least one half of all the audit committee at least one half of all the audit members and then submitted to the Board committee members and then submitted of Directors for resolution. After to the Board of Directors for resolution. approved by the Board of Directors, these After approved by the Board of procedures shall be submitted to the Directors, these procedures shall be shareholders' meeting for approval; where submitted to the shareholders' meeting any director expresses dissent and it is for approval; where any director contained in the minutes or a written expresses dissent and it is contained in statement, the Company shall submit the the minutes or a written statement, the

The language of this article is revised by reference to Article 14-3 of the Securities and Exchanges Act to reflect amendments to the law.

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dissenting opinion to the audit committee Company shall submit the dissenting and for discussion by the shareholders' opinion to the audit committee and for meeting. The same shall apply to any discussion by the shareholders' meeting. amendment to the Procedures. When the The same shall apply to any amendment Operating Procedures of Fund Loaning to the Procedures. When the Operating are submitted by the Company to the Procedures of Fund Loaning are Board of Directors for discussion in submitted by the Company to the Board accordance with relevant rules, the Board of Directors for discussion in accordance of Directors shall take into full with relevant rules, the Board of consideration each independent director's Directors shall take into full opinion; any dissent from or qualification consideration each independent director's by the independent directors (if any) shall opinion; independent directors' opinions be included in the minutes of the Board specifically expressing assent or dissent of Directors' meetings. and their reasons for dissent shall be included in the minutes of the board meetings.

If approval of the majority of all audit If approval of the majority of all audit committee members as required in the committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not obtained, preceding paragraph is not obtained, these Procedures or amendments thereto these Procedures or amendments thereto may be implemented if approved by may be implemented if approved by more more than two-thirds of all directors, and than two-thirds of all directors, and the the resolution of the audit committee resolution of the audit committee shall be shall be recorded in the meeting minutes recorded in the meeting minutes of the of the Board of Directors. The terms Board of Directors. The terms "all audit "all audit committee members" in committee members" in paragraph 3 and paragraph 3 and "all directors" in this "all directors" in this paragraph shall be paragraph shall be counted as the actual counted as the actual number of persons number of persons currently holding currently holding those positions. those positions.

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Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds (After Amendment)

I. PURPOSE

To soundly manage the Company's fund loaning and to reduce the risk in management, the Company enacts these Procedures.

II. OBJECTIVE

These Procedures were enacted in accordance with the Company Act and other relevant laws and regulations to effectively manage matters concerning loans to others in line with the principles of steady and solid management of the Company.

III. CONTENTS

Article 1: Parties Eligible for Loans from the Company

  • (1) The Company shall not grant loans to any shareholder or anyone except for the following:

  • Companies which have business dealings with the Company, to the extent that the loan is for their working capital needs only; and

    1. Companies having short term financing needs in which the Company holds, whether directly or indirectly, fifty percent or more of the voting shares.
  • (2) The restrictions set out in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 and Article 4 hereof may not apply to the intercompany loans between foreign companies in which the Company holds, whether directly or indirectly, 100% of the voting shares, or the intercompany loans granted by foreign companies in which the Company holds, whether directly or indirectly, 100% of the voting shares, to the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall prescribe the aggregate maximum loan amount that the Company can provide and the maximum loan amount permitted to be lent to a single borrower and specify the term of loan in these Procedures according to the Regulations Governing Loans and Endorsements /Guarantees by Public Companies promulgated by the securities authority.

Article 2: Maximum amount of loans granted to other parties

  • (1) Aggregate maximum loan amount

The aggregate maximum loan amount granted to others may not exceed twenty percent of the net worth of the Company shown in its latest financial report.

  • (2) The maximum amount of loans for each borrower

The aggregate amount of loans granted to the same Borrower having business

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dealings with the Company and short-term financing needs shall not exceed the Borrower's net worth shown in the Borrower's latest financial report or ten percent of the net worth of the Company shown in the Company's latest financial report, whichever is lower. Moreover, in the event of aforementioned loans for business dealings with the Company, the amount of each individual loan offered by the Company may not exceed the total business transaction amount within the latest year between the Borrower and the Company. The business transaction amount shall mean the amount of purchase or sale between the Company and Borrower, whichever is higher.

  • (3) "Financing amount" used in this article means the cumulative balance of the Company's short-term financing.

  • (4) Where changes in circumstances in respect of the Company cause the entity to which the Company gives loans to cease to be an eligible entity under the Operating Procedures or the loan balance exceeds the maximum loan amount, the Company shall draft an improvement plan, submit the same to the independent directors and the Audit Committee and complete the improvement on schedule.

Article 3: Operating Procedures of Fund Loaning and Review Process

Before loaning funds to others, the Company shall carefully evaluate whether it is in compliance with the "Regulations Governing Loaning of Funds and Providing Endorsements and/or Guarantees by Public Companies" promulgated by the securities authority and these Operating Procedures. The Company may make loans to others only after the results of evaluation have been submitted to and resolved upon by the Board of Directors. The Company shall not authorize any other person to make such decision. Where the independent directors have been installed, when loaning funds to others, the Company shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinions; the independent directors' opinions specifically expressing assent or dissent and their reasons for dissent shall be included in the minutes of the board meetings. The operating procedures of fund loaning and review process are as follows:

  • (1) When the Company handles the matters of fund loaning, the necessary financial information and guarantee shall be provided by the Borrower to the Finance Department of the Company in advance.

  • (2) The Finance Department of the Company shall prepare a report specifically stating the borrower, reason, the necessity and reasonableness of loans to others, amount, term, interest rate, method of repayment, source of funds, collateral or other methods of guarantee and other necessary matters.

  • (3) The procedures of fund loaning will be processed by the Finance Department only after receiving the guarantee notes of the same amount or other collateral as security

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for applying to the Company for fund loaning. Appraisal of the collateral shall be done carefully by the Finance Division.

  • (4) The funds loaning between the Company and its subsidiaries shall be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval in accordance with this Article and the Chairman of the Board of Directors may be authorized to loan the funds in installments or revolving within a certain amount resolved by the Board of Directors and within one year with respect to the same persons to whom the funds are loaned. The authorized amount of the funds loaned to a single enterprise shall not exceed ten percent of the net worth of the Company shown in the Company's latest financial report.

  • (5) During the period that the Company receives the endorsement/guarantee provided by, or the funds lent by, its parent company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries may engage in lending of funds to others.

Material fund loaning by the Company shall be approved by at least one half of all audit committee members and submitted to the Board of Directors for resolution. If approval of the majority of all audit committee members is not obtained, such fund loaning may be implemented if approved by more than two-thirds 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" in this Paragraph shall be counted as the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.

Article 4: The Term of Loan

The term of loan shall not exceed one year.

Article 5: The Method of Interest Calculation for Loaning of Funds

The method of interest calculation for fund loaning shall be decided with reference to the interest rate of correspondent financial institutions of the Company and may be adjusted according to the cost of funds. The interest calculation and receipt shall be made once a month except that under special circumstances, adjustment may be made according to the actual need after being approved by the Board of Directors.

Article 6: The Follow-Up Control Measures and the Process of Overdue Loan

  • (1) The Company shall prepare a memorandum book for its fund loaning activities and truthfully record the following information: the borrower, amount, date of approval by the Board of Directors, date of loan, and matters to be carefully evaluated under Article 3 hereof.

  • (2) The Finance Department shall be responsible for following and checking the financial conditions, business and related credit conditions of the Borrower and the guarantor and shall also pay attention to whether there is any change to the value of

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the collateral. If there is any significant change of circumstances, the Finance Division shall immediately report to the Chairman of the Board of Directors and appropriate measures shall be taken in accordance with the instructions.

  • (3) When making a repayment on or before the due date, the Borrower shall first calculate the interest payable together with the principle. The Finance Department shall provide a report confirming that all amount of loan has been repaid and is approved by the Chairman of the Board of Directors before return of collateral or guarantee to the Borrower.

  • (4) The Borrower shall immediately repay all amount of interest and principle when due; otherwise, the Company may dispose the collateral and/or has a right of recovery to the guarantor.

Article 7: Internal Audit

The Company's internal auditors shall audit the operating procedures for loaning funds to others and the implementation thereof no less frequently than quarterly and prepare written records accordingly. The Company's internal auditors shall promptly notify the independent directors and the Audit Committee in writing of any material violation found.

Article 8: Procedure for announcement and report

  • (1) The Company shall announce and report the loan balances of the Company and its subsidiaries for the previous month by the tenth day of each month, or conduct the announcement and report in accordance with relevant regulations promulgated by the competent authority.

  • (2) If the loan balance reaches any of the following thresholds, the Company shall announce and report within two days from the date of occurrence. The date of occurrence referred to above means the date of execution of the contract, date of payment, date of board resolutions, or other dates that may confirm the party to which the money is lent and loan amount, whichever date is earlier.

  • (i) The balances of the loans granted by the Company and its subsidiaries reaches twenty percent or more of the net worth of the Company as stated in its latest financial statement.

  • (ii) The balances of the loans granted by the Company and its subsidiaries made to a single entity reaches ten percent or more of the net worth of the Company as stated in its latest financial statement.

  • (iii) The amount of new loans granted by the Company or its subsidiaries reaches NT$10 million and reaches two percent of the net worth of the Company as stated in its latest financial statement.

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  • (3) Where any subsidiary of the Company is not a domestic public offering company, the Company shall make the required announcement and report on behalf of such subsidiary if the situation prescribed in the preceding Item (iii) occurs.

  • (4) The Company shall evaluate the status of loans and make sufficient allowances for bad debts and shall properly disclose relevant information in its financial reports and provide the certified public accountants with the relevant information to conduct necessary audit procedures.

Article 9: Subsidiary and Parent Company, Net Worth

  • (1) "Net worth" as set forth herein means parent company owner's equity on the balance sheet under the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

  • (2) "Subsidiary" and "parent company" as set forth herein shall be determined per the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

Article 10: Penalty

  • (1) The responsible person of the Company who has violated Paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the Regulations Governing Loaning of Funds and Endorsements/Guarantees by Public Companies shall be liable, jointly and severally with the Borrower, for the repayment of the loan at issue in accordance with Paragraph 6 of the same article of the same regulations, and shall indemnify the Company for any damages suffered by the Company resulted therefrom.

  • (2) In order to prevent managers or personnel in charge from taking advantage of their offices to engage in illegal fund loaning, when managers or personnel in charge violate these Operating Procedures or the related laws and regulations, the Human Resource Department shall provide a proposal of penalty to be approved by the head-in-charge according to the severity of violation based on the evidence provided by the division in charge or audit division. Penalty imposed on managers shall be submitted to the Compensation Committee and the board of directors for approval.

  • In the event of unrecoverable loss incurred from an individual's violation of these operating procedures or the related laws and regulations with intent or negligence, suspension may be imposed on personnel in charge after being approved by the president and suspension may be imposed on managers after being approved by the head-in-charge.

The aforementioned managers shall mean the ones set up in accordance with the ruling issued by the Securities and Futures Commission dated March 27, 2003 (Ref. No.: Tai-Tsai-Jen-(3)-0920001301) and the aforementioned personnel in charge shall mean personnel involved and relevant supervisors in charge of review and approval

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of execution.

Article 11: Control procedure to subsidiaries in loaning funds to other parties

The Company shall require all of its subsidiaries to formulate their own "Procedures for Loaning Funds to Other Parties" in accordance with the "Regulations Governing Loaning Funds and Providing Endorsement and Guarantee by Public Offering Companies" promulgated by the competent authorities and the "Procedures for Loaning Funds to Other Parties" of the Company. Any loan made by the subsidiaries shall comply with their own "Procedures for Loaning Funds to Other Parties", and the internal audit department of the Company shall be responsible for reviewing all self-assessment reports prepared by all subsidiaries.

IV. THE EFFECTIVENESS AND AMENDMENT

These Procedures shall be approved by at least one half of all the audit committee members and then submitted to the Board of Directors for resolution. After approved by the Board of Directors, these procedures shall be submitted to the shareholders' meeting for approval; where any director expresses dissent and it is contained in the minutes or a written statement, the Company shall submit the dissenting opinion to the audit committee and for discussion by the shareholders' meeting. The same shall apply to any amendment to the Procedures. When the Operating Procedures of Fund Loaning are submitted by the Company to the Board of Directors for discussion in accordance with relevant rules, the Board of Directors shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinion; any dissent from or qualification by the independent directors (if any) shall be included in the minutes of the Board of Directors' meetings.

If approval of the majority of all audit committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not obtained, these Procedures or amendments thereto may be implemented if approved by more than two-thirds 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" in this Paragraph and "all directors" in this paragraph shall be counted as the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.

V. Reference Documents

Regulations Governing Loaning of Funds and marking of Endorsements/Guarantees by Public Companies.

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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Comparison Table of Amendments to Rules Governing the Conduct of Shareholders Meeting

Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
Article 3
(Omitted)
The matters specified in Paragraph 5 of
Article 172 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 reasonsand explained in
theconventionnoticeof the meeting, and
may not be proposed as extemporary
motions.The essential contents of the
matters specified in Paragraph 5 of Article
172 of the Company Act may be posted on
the website designated by the competent
authority in charge of securities affairs, and
such website shall be indicated in the above
notice.
(Hereafter Omitted)
Article 3
(Omitted)
~~Th lti dih f dit~~











The wording of
this
article
is
revised
to
conform to the
amendments
to
Paragraph 5 of
Article 172 of
the
Company
Act.
~~e eecon or scarge o recors,~~
~~dt t th C' Atil f~~
~~amenmen o e ompanys rces o~~
~~Iti dilti iff~~
~~ncorporaon, ssouon, merger, or spn-o~~
~~f th C th tt ifid i~~
~~o e ompany, or e maers spece n~~
~~Ph 1 f Atil 185 f th C~~
~~aragrap o rce o e ompany~~
~~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.
(Hereafter Omitted)
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.
The third amendment was made on June 15,
2016.
The fourth amendment was made on June
24, 2019.
Article 16
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.
The third amendment was made on June 15,
2016.



The date of this
amendment
is
added.

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NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Comparison Table of Amendments to the Procedures for Election of Directors

Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
Article 2
The candidate nomination and election of
directors shall be conducted in accordance
with the Company Act, Securities and
Exchange Act and other relevant laws and
regulations. The professional qualification,
shareholding, restrictions on concurrent
serving in other companies and other matters
to be complied with by independent
directors shall be processed in accordance
with relevant laws and regulations.
Article 2
~~Ul thi idd b l d~~




The wording of
this
article
is
revised
to
conform to the
amendments
to
Article 192-1 of
the
Company
Act.
~~ness oerwse prove y aws an~~
~~lti b th C' til f~~
~~reguaons or y e ompanys arces o~~
~~incorporation,~~elections of directors shall be
conducted
in
accordance
with
these
Procedures.
Article 6
Elections of directors 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. Each
share shall have voting rights in number
equal to the directors to be elected, and may
be cast for a single candidate orallocated
among multiple candidates shown on the list
of director candidates.
Article 6
Elections of directors 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~~
~~C hll i th lifiti~~














The wording of
this
article
is
revised
to
conform to the
amendments
to
Articles
192-1
and 198 of the
Company Act.
~~ompany sa revew e quacaons,~~
~~dti k i bkd d~~
~~eucaon, wor experence, acgroun, an~~
~~hth th it f th tt t~~
~~weer ere exss any o e maers se~~
~~fth i Atil 30 f th C At ith~~
~~or n rce o e ompany c w~~
~~t t didt f dit d t~~
~~respec o canaes o recors an may no~~
~~bitil dd it f dtti~~
~~arrary a requremens or ocumenaon~~
~~of other qualifications~~.~~The Company shall~~
~~fth id th lt f th i t~~
~~urer prove e resus o e revew o~~
~~hhld f thi f tht~~
~~sareoers or er reerence, so a~~
~~qualified directors will be elected.~~Each share
shall have voting rights in number equal to the
directors to be elected, and may be cast for a
single candidate or split among multiple
candidates shown on the list of director
candidates.
Article 16 Article 16 Date
of
this

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Articles After Amendment Article Before Amendment Note
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 on June 15,
2016.
The fourth amendment was made on June
24, 2019.





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 on June 15,
2016.




amendment was
added.

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List of Directors (including Independent Directors) Candidates

Category Name Education Work
Experience
Current Job Shareholding
(Unit:Share)

Name of
government
or legal
person
represented
Director
Candidate
Arthur
Yu-Cheng
Chiao
Master in
Electrical
Engineering and
Researcher of
Management
College of
Washington
University
Chairman
of
Walsin
Lihwa
Corporation
Chairman
and
Compensation
Committee
member
of
Capella
Microsystems




Chairman and CEO of Winbond
Electronics Corporation
Director
of
Walsin
Lihwa
Corporation
Director of Walsin Technology
Corporation
Director of United Industrial
Gases Co., Ltd.
Independent
Director
and
Compensation
Committee
Convener and Audit Committee
member of Taiwan Cement Corp.
Independent
Director
and
Compensation
Committee
Member and Audit Committee
member of Synnex Technology
International Corporation
Supervisor of MiTAC Holdings
Corporation












0
N/A
Director
Candidate
Pei-Ming
Chen
MS
of
E.E.,
University
of
Detroit, USA


Assistant
Vice
President
of
Winbond
Electronics


Vice
President
of
Winbond
Electronics Corp.
Chairman
of
Mobile
Magic
Design Corp.
Director of Winbond Electronics
(Suzhou)



126,620,087
Winbond
Electronics
Corp.
Director
Candidate
Yung
Chin
Master
of
Applied
Mathematics,
University
of
Washington;


Chief Auditor of
Walsin
Lihwa
Corp.
Vice
President
of
Winbond
Electronics
Corp.




Director
and
Chief
Administrative
Officer
of
Winbond Electronics Corporation
Chairman of Hwa Bao Botanic
Conservation Corp.



253,185
Chin
Xin
Investment
Corp.
Director
Candidate
Ken-Shew
Lu
PhD from Texas
Tech University

Senior
Vice
President
of
Memory
Products, Senior
Vice
President
of Global Mixed
and
Analog,
Signal
Logical
Products
of
Texas
Instruments








Chairman, CEO and Director of
Diodes Incorporated
Director of Lorenz
Director of Lite-On Technology
Corporation


0
N/A

137

Category Name Education Work
Experience
Current Job Shareholding
(Unit:Share)

Name of
government
or legal
person
represented
Incorporated
Chairman
of
LED Engin, Inc
Director
Candidate
Chi-Lin
Wea
Master
of
Management
from
Imperial
College
London, United
Kingdom, PhD
in
Economics
from University
of Paris






Secretary
general
of
Executive Yuan,
Chairman
of
Land Bank of
Taiwan,
Director
of
National Taiwan
University
College
of
Management







Chairman of Waterland Financial
Holding Co., Ltd.
Chairman of International Bills
Finance Corporation
Director
of
ELAN
MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
Director of AcBel Polytech Inc.
Independent Director of Inventec
Besta Co., Ltd.,
Independent Director of Sinbon
Electronics Co., Ltd.,
Independent
Director of Formosa Plastics
Corporation.






0
N/A
Independent
Director
Candidate
Allen Hsu MBA, National
Chengchi
University;
Refresher
course,
of
Walton Business
School



Chairman
of
Altek
Corporation,
Chairman
of
TAIWAN
MASK CORP.,
Chairman
of
Myson Century,
Inc., Chairman
of
Chingis
Technology
Corporation,
Independent
Director of ANZ
Bank
(Taiwan)
Limited








Chairman of Hestia Power Inc.
Chairman of AccelStor Co., Ltd.
Chairman of Yizhong Technology
Inc.
Chairman
of
You
Yuan
Investment Ltd.
Chairman
of
Fortune
Star
Investment Ltd.
Director of Innodisk Corporation,
Director of Acme Electronics
Corporation
Director of Anderson Industrial
Corp.
Director of Pilot Electronics
Corporation
Independent
Director,
Compensation
Committee
convener and Audit Committee
convener of Winbond Electronics
Corporation










0
N/A
Independent
Director
Candidate
David
Shu-Chyuan
Tu
Master
of
Computer
Engineering
from California
State University


President
of
Planning
Department
of
Synnex
Technology
International
Corp.


Vice President Group Business
Development
&
Strategy
of
Synnex Technology International
Corp.
Director of BestCom Infotech
Corp




0
N/A
Independent
Director
Royce
Yu-Chun
Department
of
Industrial
Design
Rhode


Director
of
Panasonic
Corporation

Chairman and President of Ipevo
Inc.
Chairman of XrangeCo.,Ltd.

0
N/A

138

Category Name Education Work
Experience
Current Job Shareholding
(Unit:Share)

Name of
government
or legal
person
represented
Candidate Hong Island School of
Design, Graphic
Design at Art
Center College
of Design




Creative
Director
of
PCHome Store

Chairman of XING Mobility Inc
Chairman of Panasonic Taiwan
Co., Ltd.
Director of Long Jun Investment
Co., Ltd.
Supervisor of Yuchi Venture
Investment Co., Ltd.
Supervisor
of
Panasonic
Electronics Products Co. Ltd.



Independent
Director
Candidate
Jerry Hsu Waseda
Business
School,
Japan,
MBA,
Peking
University,
China


Director
of
Cal-Comp
Biotech,
Director
of
Kinpo
Electronics, Inc.
Director of PC
Home Online



Chairman and Executive VP of
AcBel Polytech
Director of Kinpo Electronics,
Inc.,
Director of PCHome Store,
Director of Eslite spectrum Corp.
Independent Director of Winbond
Electronics Corporation
Independent Director of SIRTEC
INTERNATIONALCo.,Ltd.




0
N/A

139

Explanations of Involvement of the Director in Acts for Himself or Others Which Fall into the Scope of the Company's Business

Mr. Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao

Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
Winbond Electronics
Corporation
Chairman and
CEO
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing
Walsin Lihwa Corporation Director ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
WALSIN TECHNOLOGY
CORP
Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
United Industrial Gases Co.,
Ltd
Director F401010International Trade
Chin Cheng Construction
Corp.
Director ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
Winbond Electronics
Corporation America
Director Design, sales and service of semiconductor parts and
components
Taiwan Cement Corp. Independent
Director
F401010International Trade
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
Synnex Technology
International
Corp.
Independent
Director
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.

140

Mr. Pei-Ming Chen

Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
Mobile
Magic
Design
Corporation

Chairman
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
Winbond Electronics
(Suzhou) Ltd.
Director Design, research, development, testing and sales of
integrated circuit and its related equipment, and
after-sale service
Winbond Electronics
Corporation America
Director Design, sales and service of semiconductor parts and
components
Winbond Electronics
Corporation
Vice President CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing

Winbond Electronics Corporation

Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
Walton Advanced
Engineering Inc.
Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
Winbond Electronics (H.K.)
Ltd.
Director Sales and service of semiconductor parts and
components
Winbond Technology Ltd. Director Design and service of semiconductor components
Mobile Magic Design
Corporation
Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
Techdesign Corporation Director F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited or
restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.

141

Ms. Yung Chin

Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
Winbond Electronics
Corporation
Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing
Winbond Electronics (H.K.)
Ltd.
Chairman Sales and service of semiconductor parts and
components
Hwa Bao Botanic
Conservation Corp.
Chairman F401010International Trade
I501010Product Designing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
Winbond Electronics
Corporation America
Director Design, sales and service of semiconductor parts and
components

Mr. Ken-Shew Lu

Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
Diodes Incorporated Chairman, CEO
and Director

Sales and service of semiconductor parts and
components
Lorenz Director The company is mainly engaged in semiconductor
software design
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY
CORP.
Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
F401010 International Trade
I301010 Software Design Services
I501010 Product Designing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.

Mr. Chi-Lin Wea

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Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
ELAN
MICROELECTRONICS
CORP.
Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
AcBel Polytech Inc. Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
INVENTEC BESTA CO.,
LTD
Independent
Director
F401010International Trade
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
I301010Software Design Services
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
SINBON ELECTRONICS
CO.,LTD.
Independent
Director
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
I501010Product Designing
F401010International Trade
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
Formosa Plastics Corporation Independent
Director
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.

Mr. Allen Hsu

Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
HESTIA POWER INC. Chairman CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing

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I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing
F401010International Trade
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
INNODISK CORPORATION Director F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
ACME ELECTRONICS
CORPORATION
Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
PARPRO CORPORATION Director CC01080 Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
Winbond Electronics
Corporation
Independent
Director
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing

Mr. David Shu-Chyuan Tu

Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
Synnex Technology
International
Corp.
Vice President
Group Business
Development &
Strategy
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
ZZ99999All business items that are notprohibited

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or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to specialapproval.
BestCom Infotech Corp. Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.

Mr. Royce Yu-Chun Hong

Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
Ipevo Inc. Chairman and
General Manage
r
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
Xrange Co., Ltd. Chairman I501010Product Designing
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
XING Mobility Inc Chairman F401010International Trade
I501010Product Designing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
Panasonic Taiwan
Co., Ltd.
Chairman CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
I301010Software Design Services
F401010International Trade
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.

Mr. Jerry Hsu:

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Names of other companies
Title Business items same or similar to the Company’s
Where he served
CAL-COMP BIOTECH CO.,
LTD.
Director F401010International Trade
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
KINPO ELECTRONICS,
INC.
Director CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
Breeze Integrated
Development Co., Ltd.
Director ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
PCHOME ONLINE INC. Director F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
CAL-COMP BIG DATA,
INC.
Director CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
The Eslite Spectrum
Corporation
Director F401010International Trade
I301010Information Software Service
I501010Product Design
AcBel Polytech Inc. Chairman and
Executive VP
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.
Kang Exhibition Electronics
(Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
Director and
General
Manager
The company mainly engages in the processing,
manufacturing and sale of power suppliers.
AcBel Polytech (Dongguan)
Co., Ltd.
Director and
General
The company mainly engages in the processing and
manufacturing of power suppliers.

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Manager
AcBel Polytech (Wuhan) Co.,
Ltd.
Director and
General
Manager
The company mainly engages in the processing,
manufacturing and sale of power suppliers.
AcBel (USA) Polytech Inc. Director The company mainly engages in providing the
after-sale maintenance services.
AcBel Polytech (SAMOA)
Investment Inc.
Director The company mainly engages in general investments.
AcBel Polytech (Singapore)
Pte Ltd.
Director The company mainly engages in general investments.
AcBel Polytech (UK) Limited Director The company mainly engages in providing the
after-sale maintenance services.
AcBel Polytech Japan Inc. Director The company mainly engages in marketing and
services of electronicproducts.
Power Station Holdings Ltd Director The companymainlyengages ingeneral investments.
Winbond Electronics
Corporation
Independent
Director
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
CC01120Data Storage Media Manufacturing and
Duplicating
F401010International Trade
I301010Software Design Services
I501010Product Designing
SIRTEC INTERNATIONAL
CO.,LTD
Independent
Director
CC01080Electronic Parts and Components
Manufacturing
CC01110Computers and Computing Peripheral
Equipment Manufacturing
F401010International Trade
ZZ99999All business items that are not prohibited
or restricted by law, except those that are
subject to special approval.

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Appendix

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(English Translation)

Nuvoton Technology Corporation Rules of Procedure for Shareholders Meeting (After Amendment)

The fourth amendment will be submitted to the annual general shareholders meeting on June 24, 2019 for approval

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 the Articles 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 general 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 according to relevant laws and regulations. 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 according to relevant laws and regulations.

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 matters specified in Paragraph 5 of Article 172 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

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the reasons and explained in the convention notice of the meeting, and may not be proposed as extemporary motions. The essential contents of the matters specified in Paragraph 5 of Article 172 of the Company Act may be posted on the website designated by the competent authority in charge of securities affairs, and such website shall be indicated in the above notice.

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 submitting 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 this Article. 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 in the proxy which comes later.

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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 place and time of shareholders meetings, if the Company has independent directors, 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 sign-in 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 handbook, 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, the Company shall hand out election ballot as well.

Shareholders shall attend shareholders meetings based on attendance passes, attendance 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 who have solicited proxies 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 a managing director to serve on his behalf. If there are no managing directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall appoint a

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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 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 sing-in 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.

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,

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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 in the preceding paragraph 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.

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

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the speaking shareholder, no other shareholders shall interrupt the speech of the speaking shareholder; the chairman 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

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 in charge of securities laws, when a person who acts as the proxy for two or more shareholders, the number of voting rights represented by him/her shall not exceed 3% of the total number of voting shares of the Company, otherwise, the portion of excessive voting rights 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 Paragraph 2 of Article 179 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 transmission, 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 extemporaneous motions and amendments to original proposals of that meeting; it is therefore advisable that the Company avoid any 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 the Company 2 days before the date of the shareholders meeting. When duplicate declarations of

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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, 2 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 by correspondence or by way of electronic transmission, the Company shall finish the counting and verification of the votes cast in writing by correspondence 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 by correspondence or by way of electronic transmission, the Company shall compile the number of votes cast in writing by correspondence or by way of electronic transmission and prepare a statement of information and disclose such statement of information in an explicit manner at the venue of the shareholders meeting.

Unless otherwise provided laws and regulations or the Company's Articles of Incorporation, resolutions agreed upon by a majority 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 laws and regulations or the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. At the time of a vote, for each proposal, the chairman or a person designated by the chairman 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.

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 by correspondence or by way of electronic transmission, unless the number of votes cast in writing by correspondence or by way of electronic transmission have reached a majority vote for the

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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 chairman.

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:

  1. Where a ballot is not placed on the form provided by the Company.

  2. Where a ballot is not placed in the ballot box.

  3. Where a ballot is blank without any words written or without any writing expressing opinion regarding the motion.

  4. Where a ballot is found to have words thereon other than those required to be filled in.

  5. Where the handwriting on a ballot is too blurred or indistinct to be readable or has been altered.

  6. 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."

  7. 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 by correspondence 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 doubts or 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 Subparagraph 7 of the preceding Paragraph, as well as in compliance with the regulations of the relevant competent authority.

Article 14

If the shareholders shall elect directors at the shareholders meeting, the election shall be handled in accordance with the rules related to election of directors 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

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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 Market Observation Post System.

The meeting minutes shall accurately record the date (year, month, day) and venue of the meeting, the chairman's full name, the methods by which resolutions were adopted, and a summary of the deliberations and their results, and shall be preserved 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 venue of the shareholders meeting.

Article 17

Staff handling administrative affairs of a shareholders meeting shall wear identification cards or arm bands.

The chairman 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 venue of a shareholders meeting, if a shareholder attempts to speak through any device other than the public address equipment set up by the Company, the chair may prevent the shareholder from so doing.

When a shareholder violates the rules of procedure and defies the chairman's correction, obstructing the proceedings and refusing to heed calls to stop, the chairman may direct the proctors or security personnel to escort the shareholder from the meeting.

Article 18

When a meeting is in progress, the chairman may announce a break based on time

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considerations. If an air-raid alarm, an earthquake or a force majeure event occurs, the chairman may unilaterally rule the meeting temporarily suspended for evacuation individually and announce whether, in view of the circumstances, the meeting will be resumed after the reason of suspending the meeting is eliminated.

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.

The third amendment was made on June 15, 2016.

The fourth amendment was made on June 24, 2019.

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Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Procedures for Election of Directors (After Amendment)

Amended and enacted by the Shareholders Meeting on June 24th 2019.

Article 1

To ensure a just, fair and open election of directors, these Procedures are hereby adopted.

Article 2

The candidate nomination and election of directors shall be conducted in accordance with the Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act and other relevant laws and regulations. The professional qualification, shareholding, restrictions on concurrent serving in other companies and other matters to be complied with by independent directors shall be processed in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

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 of Directors as a whole are as follows:

  1. Making judgments about operations ability.

  2. Accounting and financial analysis ability.

  3. Business management ability.

  4. Crisis management ability.

  5. Knowledge of the industry.

  6. International market perspective.

  7. Leadership ability.

  8. Decision-making ability.

Article 4 (Deleted)

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.”

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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 directors 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. Each share shall have voting rights in number equal to the directors to be elected, and may be cast for a single candidate or allocated among multiple candidates shown on the list of director candidates.

Article 7

The Board of Directors shall prepare ballots for directors in numbers corresponding to the directors 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 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. 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 chairman shall appoint several persons to be voting supervisors and vote counters each to perform relevant duties respectively. 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 voting supervisors before voting commences.

Article 10

If the candidate is a shareholder of the Company, the electors shall fill in the name and the

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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:

  1. The ballot was not prepared by the Board of Directors.

  2. A ballot is placed in ballot boxes not prepared by the Board of Directors, or a blank ballot is placed in the ballot box.

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

  4. Candidate(s) listed on the same ballot are not on the candidate list or two or more candidates on the candidate list are listed on the same ballot.

  5. 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.

  6. There are other written characters or symbols in addition to the account name/name(s) of the candidate(s), shareholder account number/number of identification certificate and voting rights allocated, on the ballot.

  7. The name of a candidate filled in on the ballot is same as another shareholder's name but the respective shareholder account numbers or numbers of identification certificates are not indicated to identify each of them.

Article 12

After completion of voting by attending shareholders, the ballot boxes shall be opened and the votes will be counted on the spot under the supervision of the voting supervisors. The voting results, including the list of elected directors and the number of votes obtained by each elected director will be announced by the chairman on the spot.

Article 13

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The board of directors of the Company will issue an elected notice to each elected director.

Article 14

Any other matters not set forth in the Procedures shall be dealt with in accordance with the Company Act and relevant laws and regulations, Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and relevant provisions 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. The third amendment was made on June 15, 2016.

The fourth amendment was made on June 24, 2019.

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Nuvoton Technology Corporation

Articles of Incorporation[3] (After Amendment)

The eighth amendment will be submitted to the annual general shareholders meeting on June 24, 2019 for approval

I. General Provisions

Article 1

The Company is incorporated as a company limited by shares under the Company Act and shall have the name 新唐科技股份有限公司 (NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, hereinafter “the Company”).

Article 2

The scope of business of the Company shall be as follows:

  1. CC01080 Electronic Parts and Components Manufacturing

  2. CC01110 Computers and Computing Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing

  3. CC01120 Data Storage Media Manufacturing and Duplicating

  4. F401010 International Trade

  5. I301010 Software Design Services

  6. I501010 Product Designing

Research and development, designing, manufacturing and selling of the following products and technologies:

  1. Consumer Logic IC Products

  2. Computer Logic IC Products

  3. Production, testing, and foundry service of 6-inch wafers

Article 3

The Company may provide endorsement and guarantee for the operational needs of the Company.

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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Article 4

The total amount of the Company’s investments shall not be subject to the ceiling of 40% of the Company’s paid-up capital.

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 three billion New Taiwan Dollars (NT$3,000,000,000), divided into 300 million shares, at ten New Taiwan Dollars (NT$10) each, and may be issued in installments. The un-issued shares may be issued by a resolution of the Board of Directors whenever it deems necessary. In the aforesaid total capital, up to one hundred eighty million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$180,000,000) may be reserved for issuance of stock warrants, preferred shares with warrants or corporate bonds with warrants, consisting of 18 million shares, with a par value of ten New Taiwan Dollars (NT$10) per share, which may be issued in installments. The respective amount of stock warrants, preferred shares with warrants or corporate bonds with warrants may be adjusted by the Board of Directors in consideration of factors concerning capital market and operation needs.

Article 8

The shares issued by the Company may be in scripless form and without physical certificates, but 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 Depositary & Clearing Corporation may request the Company to combine its share certificates in exchange for issuance of share certificates of large denomination.

III. Shareholders Meeting

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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.

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 regulations, 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 attending shareholders, in person or by proxy, who represent a majority of the total issued shares of the Company.

Article 13-1

After the Company becomes a public issuing company, the revocation of public issuance shall be reported to the shareholders meeting for resolution, and this article shall not be changed while the Company is traded on the Emerging Market Board or Mainboard of Taipei Exchange or listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange.

Article 14

In the case that the Company is held by a single government shareholder or a single juristic person shareholder, the functional duties and power of the shareholders meeting of the Company shall be exercised by the Board of Directors, to which the provisions governing the shareholders meeting as set out in the Articles of Incorporation shall not apply.

IV Board of Directors and Audit Committee

Article 15

The Company shall have nine Directors, whose term of office is three years. Among the directors there should be not less than three independent directors. Election of directors shall

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adopt the candidates nomination system prescribed in Article 192-1 of the Company Act. All of the directors are elected by the shareholders meeting from the candidate list of directors 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 directors shall conform to the Company Act, the Securities and Exchange Act, and other relevant rules and regulations. The professional qualifications, requirements relating to shareholdings, restrictions on concurrent positions held, and other compliance matters with respect to independent directors shall conform to relevant rules and regulations. The Board of Directors may resolve to purchase liability insurance for directors of the Company.

Article 15-1

The Company, pursuant to Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act, establish an audit committee. The audit committee shall be formed by all independent directors and shall have no less than three members and one of the members shall be the convener and at least one member shall be a professional on accounting or finance. The members of the audit committee shall be responsible for performing the functions and duties provided under the Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act and other laws and regulations and shall comply with relevant laws and regulations and the Company's rules and regulations.

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

Except as otherwise provided by law, 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 within the period prescribed by the competent authority in charge of securities laws prior to the meeting; provided that a meeting may be convened at any time in case of emergency without written notice.

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.

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Article 18

In the case where the Chairman of the Board of Directors 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 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.

Article 20

The authorities of the Board of Directors are as follows:

  1. Review operation principles, and long term and short term development plans.

  2. Review and implement annual business plans.

  3. Approve budget and review the results at year-end;

  4. Propose to increase or decrease the Company’s capital.

  5. Propose profit distribution or a plan for making up losses.

  6. Review, approve, amend and terminate material contracts and contracts relating to procurement, transfer, licensing or technical cooperation of important technology and patents.

  7. 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.

  8. Propose to revise the Articles of Incorporation.

  9. Review and approve the Company's organizational structures and important business rules.

  10. Decide the establishment, reorganization, or removal of branch or business offices.

  11. Review capital expenditure projects whose values are over NT$100 million (included). The Chairman of the Board of Directors is authorized to review and approve capital expenditure projects whose values are below the aforesaid amount.

  12. Appoint or remove corporate officials at the level of vice presidents and higher.

  13. Convene shareholders meetings and make business report.

  14. Approve the Company's investments or transfers of shares whose value is above

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NT$100 million (included). The Chairman of the Board of Directors is authorized to review and approve investments or transfers of shares whose values are below the aforesaid amount.

  1. Appoint or dismiss auditing certified public accountant of the Company.

  2. Apply for financing, providing guarantees, acceptances and credit extension with, and raise debts from, financial institutions or third persons, whose value is above NT$100 million (included). The Chairman of the Board of Directors is authorized to review and approve those whose values are less than the aforesaid amount.

  3. Decide the amount of endorsements, guarantees, and acceptances to be made in the name of the Company.

  4. Examine and approve major business transactions between relevant parties (including affiliated enterprises).

  5. Perform such other duties and responsibilities prescribed by law or authorized by the shareholders meetings.

When it is necessary and legally permissible, the Chairman of the Board of Directors may review, approve, or implement the matters listed in aforementioned paragraphs before reporting to the Board of Directors. When used for the same purposes, the matters specified in items 11, 14, and 16 of this Article shall not be divided for contracting or applied for, or implemented without prior approval.

Article 21 (Deleted)

V. Managers

Article 22

The Company may have chief executive officer, president and several vice presidents according to the resolution of the Board of Directors, and their appointment, removal, and remuneration 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 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. Accounting

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

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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 recognition at the shareholders meeting in accordance with the legal process.

Article 25

If the Company has net profit, 1% or more of the net profit shall be allocated as remuneration of employees and 1% or less as remuneration of directors; provided that if the Company has accumulated losses, the Company shall first set aside an amount for making up losses.

The distribution of employee and director remuneration shall be reported to the shareholders' meeting.

The Company may purchase its shares for transferring such treasury shares, issue employee - ' options, provide pre emptive right for employees subscription upon issuing new shares, issue new restricted employee shares, and distribute employee remuneration, to those eligible employees of the Company’s controlling or subordinated companies who meet certain criteria, which shall be determined and resolved by the Board of Directors.

The directors entitled to director's remuneration and relevant matters shall be handled in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and be determined by the Board of Directors.

Article 26

  • 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 the above and undistributed earnings of previous years or after 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 an amount as undistributed earnings, 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 Board of Directors shall be authorized to distribute the profit, the legal reserve and the capital reserve mentioned in the preceding paragraph in cash upon resolution by a majority - vote at a board meeting attended by two thirds or more of the directors, and shall report the same to the shareholders' meeting.

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, earnings, industry characteristics and economic cycle. The dividends shall be distributed in a steady manner. Distributable earnings may be retained

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undistributed or distributed in cash dividend or the combination of stock dividend and cash dividend, so as to maintain sustainable management and development. With respect to distribution of dividends, in consideration of future operating scale and cash flow requirements, no less than 50% of the remaining amount of the net profit after tax of the current year, after covering the accumulative losses and setting aside the legal reserve and the special reserve, shall be distributed to shareholders as dividends, and the percentage of cash dividends to shareholders shall not be less than 10% of the total amount of dividends to shareholders. 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 provided for in these Articles of Incorporation shall be handled in accordance with the Company Act.

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.

The sixth amendment was made on June 15, 2016.

The seventh amendment was made on June 12, 2018.

The eighth amendment was made on June 24, 2019.

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