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Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

Meeting Handbook

(Translation)

Date: June 8, 2022

Table of Contents

Meeting Procedure ........................................................................................................................... 1

Meeting Agenda ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.Report Items ............................................................................................................................ 3 2.Ratification Items .................................................................................................................. 10 3.Discussion Items ................................................................................................................... 12 4.Extraordinary Motions .......................................................................................................... 13 Attachment ..................................................................................................................................... 14 1. Independent Auditors’ Report and 2021 Consolidated Financial Statements...................... 14 2. Independent Auditors’ Report and 2021 Parent Company Only Financial Statements ....... 26 3. Comparison table illustrating the original and amended texts of the Articles of Incorporation ........................................................................................................................ 37 4. Comparison table illustrating the original and amended texts of the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets ........................................................................................ 39 Appendix ........................................................................................................................................ 49 1. Articles of Incorporation ...................................................................................................... 49 2. Rules of Procedures for Shareholders Meeting .................................................................... 55 3. Shareholding of Directors .................................................................................................... 59

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Procedure

  1. Meeting Commencement Announced

  2. Chairman’s Address

  3. Report Items

  4. Ratification Items

  5. Discussion Items

  6. Extraordinary Motions

  7. Adjournment

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Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Agenda

  1. Time: 9:00 a.m., June 8, 2022 (Wednesday)

  2. Place: No.1, Industry East 2[nd] Road, HsinChu Science Park Life Hub, Bach Conference Room

  3. Shareholders’ meeting will be held by physical meeting

  4. Chairman: Chiu, Sun-Chien, Chairman

  5. Chairman’s Address

  6. Report Items

  7. (1) Business report of 2021

  8. (2) Audit Committee’s review report

  9. (3) To report 2021 employees’ compensation and directors’ remuneration

  10. (4) To report 2021 cash dividends distribution from retained earnings

  11. (5) To report cash distribution from capital surplus

  12. Ratification Items

  13. (1) 2021 business report and financial statements

  14. (2) Distribution of 2021 retained earnings

  15. Discussion Items

  16. (1) To revise the Articles of Incorporation

  17. (2) To revise the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets

  18. Extraordinary Motions

  19. Adjourment

Remark: Except for the proposals without objection from any shareholder after solicitation by the chairman are deemed approval, the chairman shall decide a vote to be held on individual proposal, or on whole or part of the proposals at the same time before extraordinary motions with the ballots to be counted separately for each proposal of the above ratification items and discussion items.

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Report Items

Report 1: Business report of 2021

Explanation: Please refer to the following for the business report.

Business Report

Dear Shareholders, Ladies and Gentlemen:

1. 2021 Operating Results

During 2021, in addition to the continuing impact of COVID-19, the semiconductor industry experienced unprecedented supply shortages. These issues have put many markets and companies to the test. Alongside these black swan events, the world we live in is experiencing wave after wave of digital transformation. The demand for all types of connectivity products is rising rapidly, both for new products and because of the need to upgrade and improve existing products to meet the expectations and needs of customers.

The importance of semiconductor products to people's lives has become particularly obvious in the face of current supply shortages. In spite of the challenges created by the imbalance of supply and demand, Realtek achieved a new milestone in 2021, delivering another year of revenue growth and breaking the NT$100 billion mark. This has been attained through close collaboration with upstream suppliers and downstream customers, as well as the tremendous efforts provided by all Realtek employees.

Full-year 2021 consolidated revenue reached NT$105.5 billion, an increase of 35.7% from the previous year. Gross profit was NT$53.2 billion, an increase of 60.0% from the previous year; and net profit after tax was NT$16.8 billion, representing an increase of 91.7% compared to the previous year, with earnings per share of NT$33.00. According to IC Insights, worldwide semiconductor industry revenue in 2021 was US$613.9 billion, an increase of 25% compared to 2020, of which IC sales grew by 26%. Realtek once again marched forward at a speed outpacing the overall industry.

As well as economic performance, the industry continues to recognize Realtek's excellence in technological innovation and execution. According to the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, Realtek submitted a new high of 442 patent applications in 2021, ranking fourth place among all domestic enterprises and the highest among all fabless IC design houses in Taiwan. At COMPUTEX 2021, Realtek received a Best Choice Golden Award for our Automotive Ethernet Switch (RTL9075AA/RTL9072AAD), and a Best Choice Category Award for our low-power AI IP camera SoC (RTS3916N). Additionally, the company's new generation gaming network total solution comprising 2.5GbE Gaming NIC (RTL8125BG) with its highly-praised ‘Dragon Feature’, Wi-Fi 6 (RTL8852AE), and 2.5G Intelligent Switch (RTL9313 + RTL8221B) was a 2021 COMPUTEX d&i awards winner.

Realtek puts corporate sustainability at its core, and is committed to meeting the expectations of various stakeholders. The company pays constant attention to corporate social responsibility-related initiatives, defines important indices, integrates internal resources, and formulates short, medium, and long-term goals. In 2021, material subjects included Corporate Governance and Law Compliance, Information Security, Economic Performance, Innovation and R&D, Talent Appointment and

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Development, Supplier Sustainability Management, and Climate Change Response. Responding to the continuing growth of the company and our responsibility to the environment, our two new offices (currently under construction) are being built with the goal of achieving the US Green Building Council's Leading Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, providing employees with a highefficiency, environmentally-friendly workplace. In order to increase our utilization of green energy, Realtek has also started to install solar panels on the roof of each building, and plans to purchase more renewable green energy over the years to come. In order to reduce the carbon footprint of our products, Realtek leverages its core technical capabilities to continuously launch products with higher performance and lower power consumption, while aiming at net zero carbon emissions as a long-term goal.

During the pandemic, Realtek comprehensively upgraded the company's IT infrastructure and information security to support the need for employees to work remotely in order to maintain the normal operation of the company, and to ensure the health and safety of employees. Leveraging our technical prowess and doing our share to fight against the pandemic, Realtek actively cooperated with the National Taiwan University Hospital to provide intelligent medical aid equipment required for isolation wards. Additionally, the ‘Free Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Screening’ joint project sponsored by Realtek, Taipei Longshan Temple, the Liver Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Foundation, and Yuan HighTech was recognized by Enterprise Asia with the ‘Asia Responsible Enterprise Award (AREA) for Health Promotion’ in 2021.

2. 2022 Business Plan

The impact of COVID-19, and the semiconductor industry’s supply and demand issues, continue to linger. In spite of this, Realtek continues to vigorously pursue its commitment to using innovation to provide more competitive products to the market, while in turn delivering a better overall user experience to its customers. In 2022, Realtek will launch a series of new products to strengthen its product portfolio in key markets in order to maintain growth momentum and leadership in technology.

In relation to wireless network communication, over the course of 2021, Wi-Fi 6 has gradually replaced Wi-Fi 5 in both PC and router markets, and is expected to become mainstream during 2022. After the successful production of the first-generation Wi-Fi 6 solutions for the mass market in 2021, Realtek's Wi-Fi 6E solution has been designed into several customers' products with the gradual opening of the 6 GHz unlicensed band around the world. In 2022, Realtek will focus on the optimization and promotion of Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, while simultaneously accelerating the development of our next generation Wi-Fi 7. Realtek continues to cooperate with IoT market standard leaders to provide a development platform for first-line customers so that they can launch new products when the official version of the standard is released in 2023. Realtek's multipronged strategy on Bluetooth (BT) has proven to be very successful. The new generation of BT SoC for TWS (True Wireless Stereo) with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), and BT5.2 BLE Audio technology will further enable a wide range of BT audio applications. Realtek BT NIC and BLE SoCs are the prime choices for major global brands in the BT audio remote controller and wearable markets. Looking to the future, in addition to focusing our attention on personal entertainment and smart homes, we will also be targeting industrial, medical, and automotive markets to provide cross-domain and diverse applications.

Over the past two years, the specifications for Ethernet in both the PC and Network markets have gradually moved up from 1GbE to 2.5GbE. Realtek 2.5GbE Ethernet controller chips have been widely adopted in gaming motherboards, mid-to-high-end PCs, switches, and network expansion accessories.

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In 2022, we will launch third generation 2.5GbE products and higher-speed 5GbE Ethernet solutions to meet the needs of the highly digitalized post-pandemic market. The demand for network bandwidth has rapidly increased with the popularization of Wi-Fi 6, and the speed of older mainstream 1GbE switches is no longer sufficient. A boom in 2.5GbE switches can be expected, and in 2022, Realtek expects to launch an easy-to-operate 8-port 2.5GbE switch with low-power consumption.

With the trend towards enterprise networks driven by the infrastructure upgrade of telecom operators in various countries, Realtek will launch a high-end, multi-port, multi-GbE managed switch product to provide a complete and competitive solution to the market. In broadband networks, users' demand for bandwidth is increasing, and global operators are accelerating the deployment and upgrade of optical fiber networks. Realtek has a complete portfolio of PON products to meet various needs, and that can compete in telco tender projects in many countries. Realtek is a major supplier of automotive Ethernet, and Automotive Ethernet has become the backbone of in-vehicle networks. With ever more stringent requirements for speed, interfaces, safety, and security, Realtek will strive to meet these needs and continue to provide innovative high-quality products, thereby increasing both revenue, and market share.

For PC peripheral products, as the pandemic eased up in the second half of 2021 the commercial segment replaced the consumer segment and became the main driver for the PC market. In 2022, Realtek will build on existing voice recognition, voice wake-up, and noise reduction technologies, and add deep learning to create a superb user experience in voice applications, rendering Realtek the best voice and audio solution for new generation PC products. In image signal processing, this year Realtek will launch a new generation of ISP solutions supporting 4K high picture quality with more user convenient features and superior clarity. For high-speed interface products, the Realtek Card Reader, Hub, USB Type-C, and high-speed Translators lead the industry in both portfolio breadth and compatibility, and are highly recognized and employed by customers.

With regard to multimedia products, the TV SoC supply cycle was disrupted due to both the epidemic and supply shortages, however, we will continue to do our best to meet our customer order demands. Realtek will also develop a new generation of TV SoC that supports 8K (7680x4320), and offers smart TV functions to provide users with the best experience in both audio and video. Responding to the trend towards higher resolution and multimedia network streaming, Realtek has developed a new generation of set-top-box products integrating HDR, 3D sound, and the latest encoding technologies. These software and hardware reference designs, complete with our in-house multimedia and network total solutions, help customers develop high-performance solutions that provide great value to the market. Regarding LCD monitors, Realtek continues to lead the industry in delivering various high-speed interface specifications, supporting the technologies that give rise to high resolution, high dynamic range, and high frame rate, providing customers with multiple product choices that more closely meet their requirements.

3. Strategy for Future Development, and Impact by Competitive, Regulatory, and Macro Conditions

The world remains challenged by the semiconductor industry’s supply/demand imbalance and geopolitical conflicts. Nevertheless, there is still plenty of room for growth in the semiconductor market with the advancement and upgrade of 5G Communications, the Internet, and Artificial Intelligence. Realtek will continue to enhance its core competency in technology, make good use of diverse silicon IPs to create product differentiation, and establish mutual trust and lasting partnerships with customers.

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While creating greater economic performance, we are committed to strengthening corporate governance, corporate sustainability, and creating long-term increasing value for shareholders. Realtek wishes to thank all shareholders for your continued support!

Chairman: Chiu, Sun-Chien President: Yen, Kuang-Yu Controller: Chang, Jr-Neng

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Report 2: Audit Committee’s review report

Explanation: Please refer to the following for the Audit Committee’s review report.

Audit Committee’s review report

The Company's 2021 business report, financial statements and distribution of retained earnings have been prepared by the Board of Directors. The financial statements also have been audited by Pricewaterhouse Coopers' with the opinion that they present fairly the Company’s financial position, operating performance, and cash flows. The Audit Committee has reviewed the business report, financial statements, and distribution of retained earnings, and found no irregularities. We hereby according to Securities and Exchange Act and Company Act submit this report.

To 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Chairman of the Audit Committee: Chen, Fu-Yen

March 18, 2022

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Report 3: To report 2021 employees’ compensation and directors’ remuneration Explanation:

  1. According to Article 18 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, if gained profits within a fiscal year, the Company shall allocate at a maximum of 3% of the profits as directors’ remuneration, and allocate no less than 1% of the profits as employees’ compensation.

  2. The Board of Directors resolved the distribution of 2021 employees’ compensation and directors’ remuneration as follows

emuneration as follows
Unit: NT dollars
Item Amount Profit Ratio
Employees’compensation 4,956,693,814 21.89%
Directors’ remuneration 130,000,000 0.57%

Note: Employees' compensation and directors' remuneration amount are consistent with the 2021 annual estimated expenses.

  1. Except directors’ remuneration is paid in cash, the employees’ compensation is paid in cash of NT $ 3,965,355,284 and in new issued shares of NT$991,338,530. The numbers of new issued shares are 2,178,766 shares, which are calculated based on the closing price NT$455 per share of 2022/03/17, prior to the board resolution date. The new issued shares from employees’ compensation have the same rights and obligations as the original shares. The employees entitled to receive employees’ compensation include employees of subsidiary companies who meet certain requirements. The Chairman is authorized by the Board of Directors to determine the capital increase record date and other related matters.

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Report 4: To report 2021 cash dividends distribution from retained earnings

Explanation:

  1. The Board of Directors resolved that the 2021 cash dividends distribution from retained earnings is NT$ 12,821,591,025. According to the shares held by each shareholder in the shareholders’ register on cash dividend record date, the cash dividends to common shareholders is NT$25 per share.

  2. Due to the changes of outstanding shares caused by the Company’s subsequent events such as shares’ buyback, transfer or cancellation of treasury stocks or others, the cash distribution per share might be affected. The Chairman is authorized by the Board of Directors to adjust the distribution.

  3. The cash distribution to each shareholder is rounded down to one dollar (under one dollar is rounded down). The rounded down amounts are recognized as the Company’s other income.

  4. The Chairman is authorized by the Board of Directors to determine the cash dividend record date and payment date.

Report 5: To report cash distribution from capital surplus Explanation:

  1. The Board of Directors resolved that pursuant to the Article 241 of the Company Act, the cash distribution from the capital surplus in excess of par value is NT$ 1,025,727,282. According to the shares held by each shareholder in the shareholders’ register on cash distribution record date, the cash distribution to common shareholders is NT$2 per share.

  2. Due to the changes of outstanding shares caused by the Company’s subsequent events such as shares’ buyback, transfer or cancellation of treasury stocks or others, the cash distribution per share might be affected. The Chairman is authorized by the Board of Directors to adjust the distribution.

  3. The cash distribution to each shareholder is rounded down to one dollar (under one dollar is rounded down). The rounded down amounts are recognized as the Company’s other income.

  4. The Chairman is authorized by the Board of Directors to determine the cash distribution record date and payment date.

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Ratification Items

Proposal 1

Proposed by the Board of Directors

Subject: 2021 business report and financial statements. Approval is respectfully requested. Explanation: The 2021annual financial statements have been audited by Pricewaterhouse Coopers' and the business report was approved by the Board of Directors. For the business report, independent auditors’ report and financial statement, please refer to pages 3-6, page 1425, Attachment 1, and page 26-36, Attachment 2, of this handbook.

Resolution:

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Proposal 2

Proposed by the Board of Directors

Subject: Distribution of 2021 retained earnings. Approval is respectfully requested. Explanation: The distribution of 2021 retained earnings was approved by the Board of Directors.

Realtek Semiconductor Corporation Distribution of retained earnings 2021

Unit: NT dollars

2021
Unit: NT dollars
Item Amount
2021Net Income after taxes 16,852,758,968
Minus: Appropriated for Legal reserve (1,685,275,897)
Minus: Appropriated for Special Reserve (220,040,167)
2021Earnings Available for Distribution 14,947,442,904
Plus: Previous Year’s Unappropriated Earnings 10,524,922,269
Cumulative Earnings Available for Distribution for
2021
25,472,365,173
Items for Distribution:
Dividendsto Shareholders (distributedincash) (12,821,591,025)
UnappropriatedRetainedEarnings 12,650,774,148

According to No. 871941343 official letter issued by Ministry of Finance on April 30, 1998, distribution of retained earnings shall be used in specific identification method. The first priority of distribution of retained earnings is 2021 profit, then the following sequence adopted in last-in first-out method are the previous year’s part before 2021 if insufficiency based on the principles of the Company’s profit distribution.

Chairman: Chiu, Sun-Chien President: Yen, Kuang-Yu Controller: Chang, Jr-Neng

Resolution:

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Discussion Items

Proposal 1

Subject: To revise the Articles of Incorporation. Approval is respectfully requested. Explanation:

  1. In response to amendment and enactment of acts and practical needs, the Company hereby proposes to amend part of the Articles of Incorporation.

  2. The comparison table illustrating the original and amended texts of the Articles of Incorporation is available on page 37-38, Attachment 3 of this handbook.

Resolution:

Proposal 2

  • Subject: To revise the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets. Approval is respectfully requested.

Explanation:

  1. In order to conform to the letter (No. 1110380465) dated January 28, 2022 issued by Financial Supervisory Commission, and the practice demand, the Company hereby proposes to amend the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets.

  2. The comparison table illustrating the original and amended texts of the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets is available on page 39-48, Attachment 4 of this handbook.

Resolution:

  • Remark: Except for the proposals without objection from any shareholder after solicitation by the chairman are deemed approval, the chairman shall decide a vote to be held on individual proposal, or on whole or part of the proposals at the same time before extraordinary motions with the ballots to be counted separately for each proposal of the above ratification items and discussion items.

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Extraordinary Motions

Adjourment

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Attachment

Attachment 1: Independent Auditors’ Report and 2021 Consolidated Financial Statements

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE

PWCR21000212

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Group”) as at December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of other auditors (please refer to the Other matter section), the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as at December 31, 2021 and 2020, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations, and SIC Interpretations as endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Attestation of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and generally accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants of the Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. Based on our audits and the report of other auditors, 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 judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the Group’s 2021 consolidated financial statements. These matters were addressed

in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole and, in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

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Key audit matters for the Group’s 2021 consolidated financial statements are stated as follows:

Evaluation of inventories

Description

Refer to Note 4(13) of the consolidated financial statements for inventory evaluation policies, Note 5(2) for uncertainty of accounting estimates and assumptions of inventory evaluation and Note 6(6) for the details of inventories.

The Group is primarily engaged in researching, developing, manufacturing, selling of various integrated circuits and related application software. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Due to the balances of inventories are significant to the financial statements and the rapid technological changes in the industry, there is a higher risk of decline in market value and obsolescence of inventories. Thus, we considered the evaluation of inventories as one of the key audit matters.

How our audit addressed the matter

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

  1. Obtained an understanding of accounting policies on the provision of allowance for inventory valuation losses and assessed the reasonableness.

  2. Validated the accuracy of inventory aging report, as well as sampled and confirmed the consistency of quantities and amounts with detailed inventory listing, verified dates of movements with supporting documents and ensured the proper categorization of inventory aging report.

  3. Evaluated and confirmed the reasonableness of net realizable value for inventories through validating respective supporting documents.

Other matter – Reference to the audits of other auditors

We did not audit the financial statements of certain consolidated subsidiaries and investments accounted for under equity method. Those financial statements were audited by other auditors, whose reports thereon have been furnished to us, and our opinion expressed herein, insofar as it relates to the amounts included in the financial statements and the information on the consolidated subsidiaries and investments accounted for under equity method were based solely on the reports of other auditors. Total assets

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(including investments accounted for under equity method amounted to NT$191,377 thousand and NT$156,854 thousand) of those companies amounted to NT$1,220,840 thousand and NT$959,452 thousand, constituting 1.21% and 1.23% of the consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and total operating revenues were both NT$0 thousand, both constituting 0% of the consolidated total operating revenues for the years then ended. Furthermore, according to the reports of other auditors, comprehensive losses of those investments accounted for under equity method amounted to NT$12,113 thousand and NT$21,101 thousand, constituting (0.07%) and (0.28%) of comprehensive incomes for the years then ended, respectively.

Other matter – Parent company only financial reports

We have audited and expressed an unqualified opinion with other matter section on the parent company only financial statements of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation as at and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

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

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

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

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

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Auditor’s 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 auditor’s 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 generally accepted auditing standards 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.

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

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

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

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

  4. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our 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 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.

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

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

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

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s 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.

Cheng, Ya-Huei Lin, Yu-Kuan For and on behalf PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan March 18, 2022

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Assets Notes
6(1)
6(2)
6(4)
6(5)
6(5) and 7
6(6)
6(3)
6(4) and 8
6(7)
6(8)
6(9)
6(10)
6(11)
6(29)
December 31, 2021
AMOUNT
%
$
7,197,351
7
1,952,647
2
43,740,876
43
12,796,821
13
3,192,184
3
156,928
-
16,548,712
16
659,883
1
86,245,402
85
3,644,878
4
80,101
-
191,377
-
6,302,938
6
1,587,910
2
41,641
-
2,231,694
2
171,321
-
734,651
1
14,986,511
15
$
101,231,913 100
December 31, 2020 December 31, 2020
AMOUNT
$
7,197,351
1,952,647
43,740,876
12,796,821
3,192,184
156,928
16,548,712
659,883
86,245,402
3,644,878
80,101
191,377
6,302,938
1,587,910
41,641
2,231,694
171,321
734,651
14,986,511
$
101,231,913
AMOUNT
$
7,296,360
1,080,657
35,330,346
10,840,669
2,812,399
301,431
8,622,977
527,074
66,811,913
2,619,331
79,657
156,854
4,448,532
1,647,421
45,690
2,067,324
169,876
49,319
11,284,004
$
78,095,917
%
Current assets
1100
Cash and cash equivalents
1110
Financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss - current
1136
Financial assets at amortised cost -
current
1170
Accounts receivable, net
1180
Accounts receivable, net - related
parties
1200
Other receivables
130X
Inventories, net
1410
Prepayments
11XX
Total current assets
Non-current assets
1517
Financial assets at fair value through
other comprehensive income - non-
current
1535
Financial assets at amortised cost -
non-current
1550
Investments accounted for under
equity method
1600
Property, plant and equipment
1755
Right-of-use assets
1760
Investment property
1780
Intangible assets
1840
Deferred income tax assets
1900
Other non-current assets
15XX
Total non-current assets
1XXX
Total assets
9
1
45
14
4
1
11
1
86
3
-
-
6
2
-
3
-
-
14
100

(Continued)

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Liabilities andEquity December 31, 2021
December 31, 2020
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(13)
$
13,342,100
13
$
11,456,690
15
6(22)
211,100
-
336,254
-
3,276
-
28,653
-
11,105,568
11
10,620,054
14
7
334,413
-
340,232
-
6(14)
24,645,141
24
14,665,453
19
7
101,253
-
94,808
-
1,458,340
2
1,084,362
1
80,315
-
100,900
-
6(22)
7,539,417
8
7,401,488
10
58,820,923
58
46,128,894
59
6(15)
1,002,799
1
-
-
6(17)
989,475
1
1,018,706
1
6(29)
103,512
-
102,872
-
1,252,390
2
1,276,357
2
6(16)
110,490
-
100,342
-
3,458,666
4
2,498,277
3
62,279,589
62
48,627,171
62
6(18)
5,106,849
5
5,106,849
7
6(19)
1,101,079
1
2,122,008
3
6(20)
5,577,083
5
5,577,083
7
1,556,049
2
217,036
-
27,377,681
27
17,992,154
23
6(21)
(
1,776,090 ) (
2) (
1,556,049) (
2)
38,942,651
38
29,459,081
38
9,673
-
9,665
-
38,952,324
38
29,468,746
38
9
$
101,231,913 100
$
78,095,917
100
Current liabilities
2100
Short-term borrowings
2130
Contract liabilities - current
2150
Notes payable
2170
Accounts payable
2180
Accounts payable - related parties
2200
Other payables
2220
Other payables - related parties
2230
Current income tax liabilities
2280
Lease liabilities - current
2300
Other current liabilities
21XX
Total current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
2540
Long-term borrowings
2550
Provisions - non-current
2570
Deferred income tax liabilities
2580
Lease liabilities - non-current
2600
Other non-current liabilities
25XX
Total non-current liabilities
2XXX Total liabilities
Equity
Share capital
3110
Common shares
Capital surplus
3200
Capital surplus
Retained earnings
3310
Legal reserve
3320
Special reserve
3350
Undistributed earnings
Other equity
3400
Other equity interest
31XX
Equity attributable to holders of the
parent company
36XX
Non-controlling interest
3XXX Total equity
Significant contingent liabilities and
unrecognized contract commitments
3X2X
Total liabilities and equity

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

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

Items Year ended December 31
2021
2020
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(22) and 7
$
105,504,286
100
$
77,759,470
100
6(6) and 7
(
52,315,883 ) (
49)(
44,510,731 )(
57)
53,188,403
51
33,248,739
43
6(27)(28) and 7
(
4,477,084 ) (
4) (
3,434,253 ) (
4)
(
3,433,308 ) (
3) (
2,104,282 ) (
3)
(
27,949,765 ) (
27) (
19,054,888 ) (
25)
12(2)
(
3,350 )
- (
15,753 )
-
(
35,863,507 ) (
34)(
24,609,176 )(
32)
17,324,896
17
8,639,563
11
6(23)
326,399
-
833,821
1
6(24)
213,427
-
176,965
-
6(25)
(
171,247 )
- (
109,328 )
-
6(26)
(
106,640 )
- (
153,896 )
-
6(7)
(
12,113 )
- (
30,980 )
-
249,826
-
716,582
1
17,574,722
17
9,356,145
12
6(29)
(
721,911 ) (
1)(
562,619 )
-
$
16,852,811
16
$
8,793,526
12
4000
Operating revenue
5000
Operating costs
5950
Gross profit
Operating expenses
6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative
expenses
6300
Research and development
expenses
6450
Expected credit losses
6000
Total operating expenses
6900
Operating income
Non-operating income and
expenses
7100
Interest income
7010
Other income
7020
Other gains and losses
7050
Finance costs
7060
Share of losses of associates and
joint ventures accounted for
under equity method
7000
Total non-operating income
and expenses
7900
Profit before income tax, net
7950
Income tax expense
8200
Net income for the year

(Continued)

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

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

Items Notes
6(21)
(
(
(
6(30)
6(30)
Year ended December 31 Year ended December 31
2021 2020
AMOUNT
$
-
995,872
-
995,872

1,215,913 ) (

1,215,913 ) (
$
220,041 )
$
16,632,770
$
16,852,759
52
$
16,852,811
$
16,632,718
52
$
16,632,770
$
Other comprehensive income, net
Components of other
comprehensive income (loss) that
will not be reclassified to profit
or loss
8311
Losses on remeasurements of
defined benefit plans
8316
Unrealised income from
investments in equity
instruments measured at fair
value through other
comprehensive income
8320
Share of other comprehensive
income of associates and joint
ventures accounted for under
equity method, components of
other comprehensive income that
will not be reclassified to profit
or loss
8310
Total components of other
comprehensive income that
will not be reclassified to profit
or loss
Components of other
comprehensive income (loss) that
will be reclassified to profit or
loss
8361
Financial statements translation
differences of foreign operations
8360
Total components of other
comprehensive loss that will be
reclassified to profit or loss
8300
Other comprehensive loss, net
8500
Total comprehensive income for
the year
Net income attributable to:
8610
Equity holders of the parent
company
8620
Non-controlling interest
Net income for the year
Comprehensive income attributable
to:
8710
Equity holders of the parent
company
8720
Non-controlling interest
Total comprehensive income
for the year
Earnings per share (in dollars)
9750
Basic earnings per share
9850
Diluted earnings per share
$

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

2020
Balance at January 1, 2020
Net income for the year
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year
Total comprehensive income (loss)
Distribution of 2019 earnings
Legal reserve
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Employees' compensation transferred to common shares
Cash from capital surplus
Changes in non-controlling interest
Changes in equity of associates accounted for under equity
method
Cash dividends returned
Balance at December 31, 2020
2021
Balance at January 1, 2021
Net income for the year
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year
Total comprehensive income (loss)
Distribution of 2020 earnings
Special reserve
Cash dividends
Cash from capital surplus
Changes in non-controlling interest
Changes in equity of associates accounted for under equity
method
Cash dividends returned
Balance at December 31, 2021
Notes Equity a Equity a ttributableto own er s of the parentcom pany pany pany Non-controlling
interest
Totalequity
Commonshares Capitalsurplus R etainedEarnings Otherequityinterest Total
Legal reserve Special reserve Undistributed
earnings
Financial
statements
translation
differences of
foreignoperations

a
f
Unrealised gains
from financial
ssets measured at
air value through
other
comprehensive
income
6(16)(21)
6(20)
6(20)
6(20)
6(18)(19)
6(19)
6(19)
6(19)
6(21)
6(20)
6(20)
6(19)
6(19)
6(19)
$ 5,080,955
-
-
-
-
-
-
25,894
-
-
-
-
$ 5,106,849
$ 5,106,849
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 5,106,849
$ 2,736,854
-
-
-
-
-
-
393,591
(
1,021,370 )
-
12,763
170
$ 2,122,008
$ 2,122,008
-
-
-
-
-
(
1,021,370 )
-
226
215
$ 1,101,079
$ 4,902,176
-
-
-
674,907
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 5,577,083
$ 5,577,083
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 5,577,083
$
-
-
-
-
-
217,036
-
-
-
-
-
-
$
217,036
$
217,036
-
-
-
1,339,013
-
-
-
-
-
$ 1,556,049
$ 14,716,036
8,793,477
(
29,252 )
8,764,225
(
674,907 )
(
217,036 )
(
4,596,164 )
-
-
-
-
-
$ 17,992,154
$ 17,992,154
16,852,759
-
16,852,759
(
1,339,013 )
(
6,128,219 )
-
-
-
-
$ 27,377,681
($
762,143 )
-
(
2,178,815 )
(
2,178,815 )

-

-

-
-
-
-
-
-
($ 2,940,958 )
($ 2,940,958 )
-
(
1,215,913 )
(
1,215,913 )

-

-
-
-
-
-
($ 4,156,871 )
$
545,107
-
839,802
839,802
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 1,384,909
$ 1,384,909
-
995,872
995,872
-
-
-
-
-
-
$ 2,380,781
$ 27,218,985
8,793,477
(
1,368,265 )
7,425,212
-
-
(
4,596,164 )
419,485
(
1,021,370 )
-
12,763
170
$ 29,459,081
$ 29,459,081
16,852,759
(
220,041 )
16,632,718
-
(
6,128,219 )
(
1,021,370 )
-
226
215
$ 38,942,651
$
9,699
49

-
49
-
-

-
-

-
(
83 )
-
-
$
9,665
$
9,665
52

-
52
-

-

-
(
44 )
-
-
$
9,673
$ 27,228,684
8,793,526
(
1,368,265 )
7,425,261
-
-
(
4,596,164 )
419,485
(
1,021,370 )
(
83 )
12,763
170
$ 29,468,746
$ 29,468,746
16,852,811
(
220,041 )
16,632,770
-
(
6,128,219 )
(
1,021,370 )
(
44 )
226
215
$ 38,952,324

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before tax
Adjustments
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)
Depreciation

Amortization

Expected credit losses

Interest expense

Interest income

Dividend income

Gains on financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss

Share of loss of associates and joint ventures
accounted for under equity method

Losses (gains) on disposal of property, plant and
equipment

Losses (gains) on disposal of investments

Impairment loss

Gains arising from lease modifications

Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Changes in operating assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or
loss - current
Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable, net - related parties
Other receivables
Inventories
Prepayments
Changes in operating liabilities
Contract liabilities - current
Notes payable
Accounts payable
Accounts payable - related parties
Other payables
Other payables - related parties
Other current liabilities
Accrued pension obligations
Year ended December 31
Notes
2021
2020
$ 17,574,722 $ 9,356,145
6(27)
998,212
841,711
6(11)(27)
1,302,659
1,142,222
12(2)
3,350
15,753
6(26)
106,640
153,896
6(23)
(
326,399 ) (
833,821 )
6(24)
(
43,713 ) (
24,877 )
6(2)(25)
(
114,364 ) (
231,470 )
6(7)
12,113
30,980
6(25)
196 (
1,501 )
6(25)
145 (
466 )
6(25)
-
140,854
6(25)
(
236 )
-
(
757,626 ) (
775,175 )
(
1,959,432 ) (
2,596,515 )
(
379,855 ) (
621,578 )
(
5,057 )
12,214
(
7,925,735 ) (
1,231,442 )
(
132,809 ) (
208,390 )
(
125,154 )
231,280
(
25,377 )
25,377
485,514
3,178,330
(
5,819 )
10,718
9,458,090
3,971,653
6,445
7,515
137,929
2,023,410
(
4,610 ) (
3,791 )

(Continued)

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Cash inflow generated from operations
Interest received
Dividends received
Interest paid
Income tax paid
Net cash flows from operating activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive income
Acquisition of financial assets at amortised cost
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at
amortised cost
Acquisition of investments accounted for under
equity method
Proceeds from disposal of investments accounted
for under equity method
Proceeds from capital reduction of investee
accounted for under equity method

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and
equipment
Acquisition of intangible assets

Increase in refundable deposits
(Increase)decrease in other non-current assets
Net cash flows used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase in short-term borrowings

Decrease in short-term borrowings

Increase in long-term borrowings

Repayment of principal portion of lease liabilities

Increase(decrease) in guarantee deposits
Cash from capital surplus and cash dividends
Cash dividends returned
Net cash flows used in financing activities
Effect of exchange rate
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Year ended December 31
Notes
2021
2020
$ 18,279,829 $ 14,613,032
475,959
1,288,875
43,713
24,877
(
103,261 ) (
159,889 )
(
344,311) (
326,686)
18,351,929
15,440,209
(
85,922 )
-
(
62,836,686 ) (
48,815,990 )
53,308,799
51,019,963
(
45,000 )
-
110
466
6(7)
-
20,684
6(31)
(
2,510,168 ) (
1,782,469 )
200
1,700
6(31)
(
1,178,805 ) (
977,132 )
(
684,728 ) (
17,743 )
(
604)
30,070
(
14,032,804) (
520,451)
6(32)
155,016,591
209,374,818
6(32)
(
153,131,181 ) (
216,864,994 )
6(32)
1,017,360
-
6(32)
(
90,779 ) (
88,691 )
197 (
2,199 )
(
7,149,589 ) (
5,617,534 )
215
170
(
4,337,186) (
13,198,430)
(
80,948) (
152,879)
(
99,009 )
1,568,449
7,296,360
5,727,911
$ 7,197,351 $ 7,296,360

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Attachment 2: Independent Auditors’ Report and 2021 Parent Company Only Financial Statements

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TRANSLATED FROM CHINESE

PWCR21000205

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying parent company only balance sheets of Realtek Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”) as at December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related parent company only statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the parent company only financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of other auditors (please refer to the Other matter section ), the accompanying parent company only financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2021 and 2020, 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 generally accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the parent company only Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants of the Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. Based on our audits and the reports of other auditors, we believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

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Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the Company’s 2021 parent company only financial statements. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the parent company only financial statements as a whole and, in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key audit matters for the Company’s 2021 parent company only financial statements are stated as follows:

Valuation of inventories

Description

Refer to Note 4(11) of the parent company only financial statements for inventory valuation policies, Note 5(2) for uncertainty of accounting estimates and assumptions of inventory valuation and Note 6(3) for the details of inventories.

The Company is primarily engaged in researching, developing, manufacturing, selling of various integrated circuits and related application software. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Due to the balances of inventories are significant to the financial statements and the rapid technological changes in the industry, there is a higher risk of decline in market value and obsolescence of inventories. Thus, we considered the valuation of inventories as one of the key audit matters.

How our audit addressed the matter

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

  1. Obtained an understanding of accounting policies on the provision for inventory valuation losses and assessed the reasonableness.

  2. Validated the accuracy of inventory aging report, as well as sampled and confirmed the consistency of quantities and amounts with detailed inventory listing, verified dates of movements with supporting documents and ensured the proper categorization of inventory aging report.

  3. Evaluated and confirmed the reasonableness of net realizable value for inventories through validating respective supporting documents.

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Other matter – Reference to the audits of other auditors

We did not audit the financial statements of certain investments accounted for under equity method. Those financial statements were audited by other auditors whose reports thereon have been furnished to us, and our opinion expressed herein is based solely on the reports of the other auditors. Investments accounted for under equity method amounted to NT$763,850 thousand and NT$642,359 thousand, constituting 0.83% and 0.92% of total assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Comprehensive income amounted to NT$236,416 thousand and NT$196,125 thousand, constituting 1.42% and 2.64% of total comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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

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

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

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

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the parent company only financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the parent company only financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s 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 generally accepted auditing standards in the Republic of China will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the parent company only financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s 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.

Cheng, Ya-Huei[Lin, Yu-Kuan ]

For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan March 18, 2022

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REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

PARENT COMPANY ONLY BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Assets Notes
6(1)
6(2)
6(2) and 7
7
6(3)
8
6(4)
6(5)
6(6)
6(7)
6(23)
December31,2021
AMOUNT
%
$
2,874,335
3
129,129
-
7,908,657
9
1,809,669
2
8,161
-
7,534,133
8
11,800,895
13
486,118
-
32,551,097
35
75,858
-
48,827,097
53
5,891,478
7
1,357,716
2
2,143,811
2
171,321
-
719,802
1
59,187,083
65
$
91,738,180 100
December31,2020 December31,2020
AMOUNT
$
2,874,335
129,129
7,908,657
1,809,669
8,161
7,534,133
11,800,895
486,118
32,551,097
75,858
48,827,097
5,891,478
1,357,716
2,143,811
171,321
719,802
59,187,083
$
91,738,180
AMOUNT
$
4,630,448
124,360
7,587,080
1,810,900
3,828
685,224
6,029,557
376,511
21,247,908
75,293
41,140,275
4,027,004
1,390,104
1,955,629
169,876
34,805
48,792,986
$
70,040,894
%
Current assets
1100
Cash and cash equivalents
1110
Financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss - current
1170
Accounts receivable, net
1180
Accounts receivable, net - related
parties
1200
Other receivables
1210
Other receivables - related parties
130X
Inventories, net
1410
Prepayments
11XX
Total current assets
Non-current assets
1535
Financial assets at amortised cost -
non-current
1550
Investments accounted for under
equity method
1600
Property, plant and equipment
1755
Right-of-use assets
1780
Intangible assets
1840
Deferred income tax assets
1900
Other non-current assets
15XX
Total non-current assets
1XXX
Total assets
7
-
11
2
-
1
9
-
30
-
59
6
2
3
-
-
70
100

(Continued)

31

REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

PARENT COMPANY ONLY BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

Liabilities andEquity December 31, 2021
December 31, 2020
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(8)
$
13,342,100
15
$
11,456,690
16
6(16)
84,259
-
163,080
-
3,276
-
3,276
-
7,349,443
8
7,609,092
11
7
236,973
-
253,691
-
6(9)
22,905,637
25
13,403,670
19
7
63,954
-
60,784
-
1,443,630
2
1,063,516
2
26,419
-
35,944
-
6(16)
5,044,464
5
5,240,048
8
50,500,155
55
39,289,791
56
6(10)
1,002,799
1
-
-
6(23)
103,512
-
102,872
-
1,078,976
2
1,089,030
2
6(11)
110,087
-
100,120
-
2,295,374
3
1,292,022
2
52,795,529
58
40,581,813
58
6(12)
5,106,849
5
5,106,849
7
6(13)
1,101,079
1
2,122,008
3
6(14)
5,577,083
6
5,577,083
8
1,556,049
2
217,036
-
27,377,681
30
17,992,154
26
6(15)
(
1,776,090 ) (
2) (
1,556,049) (
2)
38,942,651
42
29,459,081
42
9
$
91,738,180 100
$
70,040,894
100
Current liabilities
2100
Short-term borrowings
2130
Contract liabilities - current
2150
Notes payable
2170
Accounts payable
2180
Accounts payable - related parties
2200
Other payables
2220
Other payables - related parties
2230
Current income tax liabilities
2280
Lease liabilities - current
2300
Other current liabilities
21XX
Total current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
2540
Long-term borrowings
2570
Deferred income tax liabilities
2580
Lease liabilities - non-current
2600
Other non-current liabilities
25XX
Total non-current liabilities
2XXX
Total liabilities
Equity
Share capital
3110
Common shares
Capital surplus
3200
Capital surplus
Retained earnings
3310
Legal reserve
3320
Special reserve
3350
Undistributed earnings
Other equity
3400
Other equity interest
3XXX
Total equity
Significant contingent liabilities and
unrecognized contract commitments
3X2X
Total liabilities and equity

32

REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

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

Items YearendedDecember31
2021
2020
Notes
AMOUNT
%
AMOUNT
%
6(16) and 7
$
68,352,652
100
$
56,426,751
100
6(3) and 7
(
35,369,895 ) (
52) (
33,889,501 ) (
60)
32,982,757
48
22,537,250
40
-
- (
1,271 )
-
32,982,757
48
22,535,979
40
6(21)(22) and 7
(
2,968,243 ) (
4) (
2,306,323 ) (
4)
(
2,808,054 ) (
4) (
1,680,835 ) (
3)
(
23,003,371 ) (
34) (
15,250,126 ) (
27)
12(2)
(
3,350 )
- (
15,753 )
-
(
28,783,018 ) (
42) (
19,253,037 ) (
34)
4,199,739
6
3,282,942
6
6(17)
27,803
-
52,103
-
6(18) and 7
66,543
-
67,522
-
6(19)
(
205,702 ) (
1) (
12,797 )
-
6(20)
(
94,875 )
- (
137,127 ) (
1)
6(4)
13,564,251
20
6,100,834
11
13,358,020
19
6,070,535
10
17,557,759
25
9,353,477
16
6(23)
(
705,000 ) (
1) (
560,000 ) (
1)
$
16,852,759
24
$
8,793,477
15
$
-
- ($
29,252 )
-
6(15)
995,872
2
839,802
2
995,872
2
810,550
2
6(15)
(
1,215,913 ) (
2) (
2,178,815 ) (
4)
($
220,041 )
- ($
1,368,265 ) (
2)
$
16,632,718
24
$
7,425,212
13
6(24)
$
33.00
$
17.24
6(24)
$
32.38
$
16.93
4000
Operating revenue
5000
Operating costs
5900
Gross profit
5910
Unrealized profit from sales
5950
Net operating margin
Operating expenses
6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative expenses
6300
Research and development expenses
6450
Expected credit losses
6000
Total operating expenses
6900
Operating income
Non-operating income and expenses
7100
Interest income
7010
Other income
7020
Other gains and losses
7050
Finance costs
7070
Share of profit of associates and
joint ventures accounted for under
equity method
7000
Total non-operating income and
expenses
7900
Profit before income tax, net
7950
Income tax expense
8200
Net income for the year
Other comprehensive income, net
Components of other comprehensive
income (loss) that will not be
reclassified to profit or loss
8311
Losses on remeasurements of
defined benefit plans
8330
Share of other comprehensive
income of associates and joint
ventures accounted for under equity
method
8310
Total other comprehensive income
that will not be reclassified to
profit or loss
Components of other comprehensive
(loss) income that will be reclassified
to profit or loss
8380
Share of other comprehensive loss of
associates and joint ventures
accounted for under equity method
8300
Other comprehensive loss ,net
8500
Total comprehensive income for the
year
Earnings Per Share (in dollars)
9750
Basic earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars)
9850
Diluted earnings per share

33

Realtek Semiconductor Corporation PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

RetainedEarnings RetainedEarnings Other equityinterest equityinterest equityinterest
Unrealised gains
from financial assets
Financial statements measured at fair
translation value through other
Undistributed differences of comprehensive
Notes Commonshares Capitalsurplus Legal reserve Special reserve earnings foreignoperations income Totalequity
2020
Balance at January 1, 2020 $ 5,080,955 $ 2,736,854 $ 4,902,176 $ - $ 14,716,036 ($ 762,143 ) $ 545,107 $ 27,218,985
Net income for the year - - - - 8,793,477 - - 8,793,477
Other comprehensive income (loss) 6(11)(15) - - - - ( 29,252 ) ( 2,178,815 ) 839,802 ( 1,368,265 )
Total comprehensive income (loss) - - - - 8,764,225 ( 2,178,815 ) 839,802 7,425,212
Distribution of 2019 earnings
Legal reserve 6(14) - - 674,907 - ( 674,907 ) - - -
Special reserve 6(14) - - - 217,036 ( 217,036 ) - - -
Cash dividends 6(14) - - - - ( 4,596,164 ) - - ( 4,596,164 )
Employees' compensation transferred to 6(12)(13)
common shares 25,894 393,591 - - - - - 419,485
Cash from capital surplus 6(13) - ( 1,021,370 ) - - - - - ( 1,021,370 )
Changes in equity of associates accounted for 6(13)
under equity method - 12,763 - - - - - 12,763
Cash dividends returned 6(13) - 170 - - - - - 170
Balance at December 31, 2020 $ 5,106,849 $ 2,122,008 $ 5,577,083 $ 217,036 $ 17,992,154 ($ 2,940,958 ) $ 1,384,909 $ 29,459,081
2021
Balance at January 1, 2021 $ 5,106,849 $ 2,122,008 $ 5,577,083 $ 217,036 $ 17,992,154 ($ 2,940,958 ) $ 1,384,909 $ 29,459,081
Net income for the year - - - - 16,852,759 - - 16,852,759
Other comprehensive income (loss) 6(15) - - - - - ( 1,215,913 ) 995,872 ( 220,041 )
Total comprehensive income (loss) - - - - 16,852,759 ( 1,215,913 ) 995,872 16,632,718
Distribution of 2020 earnings
Special reserve 6(14) - - - 1,339,013 ( 1,339,013 ) - - -
Cash dividends 6(14) - - - - ( 6,128,219 ) - - ( 6,128,219 )
Cash from capital surplus 6(13) - ( 1,021,370 ) - - - - - ( 1,021,370 )
Changes in equity of associates accounted for 6(13)
under equity method - 226 - - - - - 226
Cash dividends returned 6(13) - 215 - - - - - 215
Balance at December 31, 2021 $ 5,106,849 $ 1,101,079 $ 5,577,083 $ 1,556,049 $ 27,377,681 ($ 4,156,871 ) $ 2,380,781 $ 38,942,651

34

REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit before tax
Adjustments
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)
Depreciation

Amortization

Expected credit losses

Interest expense

Interest income

Dividend income

Gains on financial assets at fair value through
profit or loss

Share of gain of associates and joint ventures
accounted for under equity method

Gain on disposal of property, plant and
equipment

(Gains) losses on disposal of investments

Unrealized profit from sales
Gains arising from lease modifications

Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Changes in operating assets
Financial assets at fair value through profit or
loss - current
Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable, net - related parties
Other receivables
Other receivables, - related parties
Inventories
Prepayments
Changes in operating liabilities
Contract liabilities - current
Accounts payable
Accounts payable - related parties
Other payables
Other payables - related parties
Other current liabilities
Accrued pension obligations
Notes
2021
2020
$
17,557,759 $
9,353,477
6(21)
833,678
694,924
6(21)
1,272,531
1,098,919
12(2)
3,350
15,753
6(20)
94,875
137,127
6(17)
(
27,803 ) (
52,103 )
6(18)
(
1,434 ) (
411 )
6(19)
(
47,244 ) (
95,624 )
6(4)
(
13,564,251 ) (
6,100,834 )
6(19)
(
200 ) (
1,700 )
6(19)
145 (
466 )
-
1,271
6(19)
(
236 )
-
42,475
-
(
324,856 ) (
1,008,712 )
1,160 (
589,540 )
(
4,354 )
11,442
(
16,956 )
47,165
(
5,771,338 ) (
209,231 )
(
109,607 ) (
171,182 )
(
78,821 )
95,227
(
259,649 )
1,949,574
(
16,718 ) (
59,494 )
8,980,596
3,526,463
3,170
5,094
(
195,584 )
1,408,188
(
4,606 ) (
3,790 )

(Continued)

35

REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)


Cash inflow generated from operations
Interest received
Dividends received
Interest paid
Income taxes paid
Net cash flows from operating activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of financial assets at amortised cost
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets at
amortised cost
Increase in other receivables, - related parties
Decrease in other receivables, - related parties
Acquisition of investments accounted for under
equity method
Proceeds from capital reduction of investee
accounted for under equity method

Proceeds from disposal of investments accounted
for under equity method
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and
equipment
Acquisition of intangible assets

Increase in refundable deposits
Decrease in other non-current assets
Net cash flows used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase in short-term borrowings

Decrease in short-term borrowings

Increase in long-term borrowings

Repayment of principal portion of lease liabilities

Increase (decrease) in guarantee deposits
Cash from capital surplus and cash dividends
Cash dividends returned
Net cash flows used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Notes
2021
2020
$
8,366,082 $
10,051,537
27,824
57,250
5,670,493
5,631,893
(
91,496 ) (
143,121 )
(
325,663 ) (
321,381 )
13,647,240
15,276,178
(
627 ) (
10,408 )
62
-
(
10,323,895 ) (
7,787,942 )
3,500,242
12,785,206
(
20,000 ) (
3,515,687 )
6(4)
-
20,684
110
466
6(25)
(
2,425,189 ) (
1,707,418 )
200
1,700
6(25)
(
1,167,374 ) (
974,580 )
(
684,997 ) (
18,639 )
-
29,985
(
11,121,468 ) (
1,176,633 )
6(26)
155,016,591
205,377,996
6(26)
(
153,131,181 ) (
212,526,076 )
6(26)
1,017,360
-
6(26)
(
35,293 ) (
35,261 )
12 (
2,220 )
(
7,149,589 ) (
5,617,534 )
215
170
(
4,281,885 ) (
12,802,925 )
(
1,756,113 )
1,296,620
4,630,448
3,333,828
$
2,874,335 $
4,630,448

36

Attachment 3: Comparison table illustrating the original and amended texts of the Articles of

Incorporation

Incorporation
Amended Version Original Version Reason
Article 2
The scope of business of the Company
shall be as follows:
1. CC01080 Electronic Parts and
Components Manufacturing
2. I501010 Product Designing
3. F401010 International Trade
4. I301010 Service of information
software.
5. I301020 Data Processing Services
6. CC01100Restrained Telecom Radio
Frequency Equipments and Materials
Manufacturing (Radio transmitters,
radio transceivers, radio receivers,
industrial, scientific, medical radiation
machines, and other machines with
radio radiant energy only)
7.CF01010 Medical Materials and
Equipment Manufacturing
8.F108031 Wholesale of Drugs,
Medical Goods
9.F208031 Retail sale of Medical
Equipments
(1) Researching, designing, developing,
manufacturing, and selling the
following products:
1. various integrated circuits
2. hearing aids with tinnitus mask
function
3. bone conduction hearing aid
4. Picture archiving and
communications system.
(2) Providing application design,
testing, maintenance and technical
consulting services of the software and
hardware for the above products.
(3) Researching, developing and selling
various intellectual property
(4) Also engaged in trading business in
relation to the business of the Company.
Article 2
The scope of business of the Company
shall be as follows:
1. CC01080 Electronic Parts and
Components Manufacturing
2. I501010 Product Designing
3. F401010 International Trade
4. I301010 Service of information
software.
5. I301020 Data Processing Services
6. CC01101 Restrained Telecom Radio
Frequency Equipments and Materials
Manufacturing (Radio transmitters,
radio transceivers, radio receivers,
industrial, scientific, medical radiation
machines, and other machines with
radio radiant energy only)
7. F401021 Restrained Telecom Radio
Frequency Equipments and Materials
Import (Radio transmitters, radio
transceivers, radio receivers, industrial,
scientific, medical radiation machines,
and other machines with radio radiant
energy only)
8. CF01011 Medical Materials and
Equipment Manufacturing
9. F108031 Wholesale of Drugs,
Medical Goods
10. F208031 Retail sale of Medical
Equipments
(1) Researching, designing, developing,
manufacturing, and selling the
following products:
1. various integrated circuits
2. hearing aids with tinnitus mask
function
3. bone conduction hearing aid
4. Picture archiving and
communications system.
(2) Providing application design,
testing, maintenance and technical
consulting services of the software and
hardware for the above products.
(3) Researching, developing and selling
various intellectual property
(4) Also engaged in trading business in
relation to the business of the Company.
1. In
accordance
with MOEA’s
announcement
(No.
10902419890)
dated August
12, 2020,
correcting
business item
code and
removing
business item.
2. Item number
adjustment.
Article 3
The Company is headquartered in
Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan,
Article 3
The Company is headquartered in
Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park,
In line with
the name
change of

37

Amended Version Original Version Reason
Republic of China, and when necessary,
upon approval of the Board of
Directors and the competent authorities,
may establish branch offices within or
outside the territory of the Republic of
China.
Taiwan, Republic of China, and when
necessary, upon approval of the Board
of Directors and the competent
authorities, may establish branch
offices within or outside the territory of
the Republic of China.
Hsinchu
Science-
Based
Industrial
Park to
Hsinchu
SciencePark.
Article 8-1
When the Company's shareholders'
meeting is held, it may be held by video
None Amendment
according to
Article 172-2
of the
Company
Act.

conference or other methods announced
by the central competent authority.
Article 20
The Articles of Incorporation hereof
were established on Oct. 16, 1987; 1st
amended on Sep. 25, 1989; (omitted)
33rd amended on Jun. 10, 2020; 34th
amended on Jun. 8, 2022.
Article 20
The Articles of Incorporation hereof
were established on Oct. 16, 1987; 1st
amended on Sep. 25, 1989; (omitted)
33rd amended on Jun. 10, 2020.
Adding
amendment
date.

38

Attachment 4: Comparison table illustrating the original and amended texts of the Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets

Amended Version OriginalVersion Reason
Article 5: Standards of public
announcement and declaration
Under any of the following
circumstances, the Company
acquiring or disposing of assets shall
publicly announce and report the
relevant information on the FSC's
designated website in the
appropriate format as prescribed by
regulations within 2 days counting
inclusively from the date of
occurrence of the event:
1. Acquisition or disposal of real
property or right-of-use assets
thereof from or to a related party,
or acquisition or disposal of
assets other than real property or
right-of-use assets thereof from
or to a related party where the
transaction amount reaches 20
percent or more of paid-in
capital, 10 percent or more of the
company's total assets, or
NT$300 million or more;
provided, this shall not apply to
trading of domestic government
bonds or bonds under repurchase
and resale agreements, or
subscription or redemption of
money market funds issued by
domestic securities investment
trust enterprises.
2. Merger, demerger, acquisition, or
transfer of shares.
3. Losses from derivatives trading
reaching the limits on aggregate
losses or losses on individual
contracts set out in the procedures
adopted by the company.
4. Where equipment or right-of-use
assets thereof for business use are
acquired or disposed of, and
furthermore the transaction
counterparty is not a related party,
and the transaction amount
reaches NT$500 million or more.
5. Wherelandisacquired under an
Article 5: Standards of public
announcement and declaration
Under any of the following
circumstances, the Company
acquiring or disposing of assets shall
publicly announce and report the
relevant information on the FSC's
designated website in the
appropriate format as prescribed by
regulations within 2 days counting
inclusively from the date of
occurrence of the event:
1. Acquisition or disposal of real
property or right-of-use assets
thereof from or to a related party,
or acquisition or disposal of
assets other than real property or
right-of-use assets thereof from
or to a related party where the
transaction amount reaches 20
percent or more of paid-in
capital, 10 percent or more of the
company's total assets, or
NT$300 million or more;
provided, this shall not apply to
trading of domestic government
bonds or bonds under repurchase
and resale agreements, or
subscription or redemption of
money market funds issued by
domestic securities investment
trust enterprises.
2. Merger, demerger, acquisition, or
transfer of shares.
3. Losses from derivatives trading
reaching the limits on aggregate
losses or losses on individual
contracts set out in the
procedures adopted by the
company.
4. Where equipment or right-of-use
assets thereof for business use are
acquired or disposed of, and
furthermore the transaction
counterparty is not a related
party, and the transaction amount
reaches NT$500millionor more.
1. To conform to
the letter (No.
1110380465)
dated January
28, 2022,
issued by the
Financial
Supervisory
Commission,
the trading of
foreign
government
bonds with a
credit rating
not lower than
the sovereign
rating of
Taiwan is
exempt from
making a
public
announcement.
2. Wording
amendment

39

Amended Version OriginalVersion Reason
arrangement on engaging others
to build on the company's own
land, engaging others to build 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 reaches NT$500
million.
6. Where an asset transaction other
than any of those referred to in
the preceding five subparagraphs,
a disposal of receivables by a
financial institution, or an
investment in the mainland China
area reaches 20 percent or more
of paid-in capital or NT$300
million; provided, this shall not
apply to the following
circumstances:
A. Trading of domestic
government bondsor foreign
government bonds with a
credit rating not lower than the
sovereign rating of Taiwan.
B. Trading of bonds under
repurchase and resale
agreements, or subscription or
redemption 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
transaction counterparty within
the preceding year.
3. The cumulative transaction
amountof acquisitionsand
5. Where land is acquired under an
arrangement on engaging others
to build on the company's own
land, engaging others to build 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 reaches NT$500
million.
6. Where an asset transaction other
than any of those referred to in
the preceding five subparagraphs,
a disposal of receivables by a
financial institution, or an
investment in the mainland China
area reaches 20 percent or more
of paid-in capital or NT$300
million; provided, this shall not
apply to the following
circumstances:
A. Trading of domestic
government bonds.
B. Trading of bonds under
repurchase and resale
agreements, or subscription or
redemption 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
transaction counterparty within
the preceding year.
3. The cumulative transaction
amount of acquisitions and
disposals (cumulative
acquisitionsand disposals,

40

Amended Version OriginalVersion Reason
disposals (cumulative
acquisitions and disposals,
respectively) of real property or
right-of-use assets thereof within
the same development project
within the preceding year.
4. The cumulative transaction
amount of acquisitions and
disposals (cumulative
acquisitions and disposals,
respectively) of the same security
within the preceding year.
"Within the preceding year" as used
in the preceding paragraph refers to
the year preceding the date of
occurrence of the current
transaction. Items duly announced in
accordance with these Regulations
need not be counted toward the
transaction amount.
A public company 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 a public 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.
A public company acquiring or
disposing of assets shall keep all
relevant contracts, meeting minutes,
log books, appraisal reports and
CPA, attorney, and securities
underwriter opinions at the
company, where they shall be
retainedfor5 years exceptwhere
respectively) of real property or
right-of-use assets thereof within
the same development project
within the preceding year.
4. The cumulative transaction
amount of acquisitions and
disposals (cumulative
acquisitions and disposals,
respectively) of the same security
within the preceding year.
"Within the preceding year" as used
in the preceding paragraph refers to
the year preceding the date of
occurrence of the current
transaction. Items duly announced in
accordance with these Regulations
need not be counted toward the
transaction amount.
A public company 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 a public 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.
A public company acquiring or
disposing of assets shall keep all
relevant contracts, meeting minutes,
log books, appraisal reports and
CPA, attorney, and securities
underwriter opinions at the
company, where they shall be
retained for 5 years except where
another actprovides otherwise.

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another actprovides otherwise.
Article 7: In acquiring or disposing
of real property, equipment, or right-
of-use assets thereof where the
transaction amount reaches 20
percent of the Company's paid-in
capital or NT$300 million or more,
the company, unless transacting with
a domestic government agency,
engaging others to build on its own
land, engaging others to build on
rented land, or acquiring or
disposing of equipment or right-of-
use assets thereof held for business
use, shall obtain an appraisal report
prior to the date of occurrence of the
event from a professional appraiser
and shall further comply with the
following provisions:
1. Where due to special
circumstances it is necessary to
give a limited price, specified
price, or special price as a
reference basis for the transaction
price, the transaction shall be
submitted for approval in
advance by the board of directors;
the same procedure shall also be
followed whenever there is any
subsequent change 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 any one of the following
circumstances applies with
respect to the professional
appraiser's appraisal results,
unless all the appraisal results for
the assets to be acquired are
higher than the transaction
amount, or all the appraisal
results for the assets to be
disposed of are lower than the
transaction amount, a certified
public accountant shall be
engaged to perform the appraisal
andrender aspecific opinion
Article 7: In acquiring or disposing
of real property, equipment, or right-
of-use assets thereof where the
transaction amount reaches 20
percent of the Company's paid-in
capital or NT$300 million or more,
the company, unless transacting with
a domestic government agency,
engaging others to build on its own
land, engaging others to build on
rented land, or acquiring or
disposing of equipment or right-of-
use assets thereof held for business
use, shall obtain an appraisal report
prior to the date of occurrence of the
event from a professional appraiser
and shall further comply with the
following provisions:
1. Where due to special
circumstances it is necessary to
give a limited price, specified
price, or special price as a
reference basis for the transaction
price, the transaction shall be
submitted for approval in
advance by the board of
directors; the same procedure
shall also be followed whenever
there is any subsequent change 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 any one of the following
circumstances applies with
respect to the professional
appraiser's appraisal results,
unless all the appraisal results for
the assets to be acquired are
higher than the transaction
amount, or all the appraisal
results for the assets to be
disposed of are lower than the
transaction amount, a certified
public accountant shall be
engagedto perform theappraisal
1. To conform to
the letter (No.
1110380465)
dated January
28, 2022,
issued by the
Financial
Supervisory
Commission,
when external
experts issue
appraisal
reports or
opinions, they
shall follow
the self-
regulatory
rules of the
respective
associations.
As a result,
delete the CPA
shall follow
the Statement
of Auditing
Standards.
2. Wording
amendment.

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regarding the reason for the
discrepancy and the
appropriateness of the transaction
price:
A. The discrepancy between the
appraisal result and the
transaction amount is 20
percent or more of the
transaction amount.
B. The discrepancy between the
appraisal results of two or
more professional appraisers is
10 percent or more of the
transaction 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 not more than 6
months have elapsed, an opinion
may still be issued by the original
professional appraiser.
in accordance with the provisions
of Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 20 published by
the ROC Accounting Research
and Development Foundation
(ARDF) and render a specific
opinion regarding the reason for
the discrepancy and the
appropriateness of the transaction
price:
A. The discrepancy between the
appraisal result and the
transaction amount is 20
percent or more of the
transaction amount.
B. The discrepancy between the
appraisal results of two or
more professional appraisers is
10 percent or more of the
transaction 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 not more than 6
months have elapsed, an opinion
may still be issued by the original
professional appraiser.
Article 8: The Company acquiring
or disposing of securities shall, prior
to the date of occurrence of the
event, obtain financial statements of
the issuing company for the most
recent period, certified or reviewed
by a certified public accountant, for
reference in appraising the
transaction price.
Where the Company acquires or
disposes of securities or
memberships or intangible assets or
right-of-use assets thereof and the
transaction amount reaches 20
percent or more of paid-in capital or
NT$300 million or more, except in
transactions with a domestic
government agency,the company
Article 8: The Company acquiring
or disposing of securities shall, prior
to the date of occurrence of the
event, obtain financial statements of
the issuing company for the most
recent period, certified or reviewed
by a certified public accountant, for
reference in appraising the
transaction price.
Where the Company acquires or
disposes of securities or
memberships or intangible assets or
right-of-use assets thereof and the
transaction amount reaches 20
percent or more of paid-in capital or
NT$300 million or more, except in
transactions with a domestic
government agency,the company
To conform to the
letter (No.
1110380465)
dated January 28,
2022, issued by
the Financial
Supervisory
Commission,
when external
experts issue
appraisal reports
or opinions, they
shall follow the
self-regulatory
rules of the
respective
associations. As a
result,delete the

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shall additionally engage a certified
public accountant prior to the date of
occurrence of the event to provide
an opinion regarding the
reasonableness of the transaction
price. This requirement does not
apply, however, to publicly quoted
prices of securities that have an
active market, or where otherwise
provided by regulations of the
Financial Supervisory Commission
(FSC).
shall additionally engage a certified
public accountant prior to the date of
occurrence of the event to provide
an opinion regarding 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 No. 20
published by the ARDF.This
requirement does not apply,
however, to publicly quoted prices
of securities that have an active
market, or where otherwise provided
by regulations of the Financial
Supervisory Commission(FSC).
CPA shall follow
the Statement of
Auditing
Standards.
Article 11: Professional appraisers
and their officers, certified public
accounts, attorneys, and securities
underwriters that provide the
Companies with appraisal reports,
certified public accountant's
opinions, attorney's opinions, or
underwriter's opinions shall meet the
following requirements:
1. May not have previously received
a final and unappealable sentence
to imprisonment for 1 year or
longer for a violation of the Act,
the Company Act, the Banking
Act of The Republic of China, the
Insurance Act, the Financial
Holding Company Act, or the
Business Entity Accounting Act,
or for fraud, breach of trust,
embezzlement, forgery of
documents, or occupational
crime. However, this provision
does not apply if 3 years have
already passed since completion
of service of the sentence, since
expiration of the period of a
suspended sentence, or since a
pardon was received.
2. May not be a related party or de
facto related party of any party to
the transaction.
3.If the companyisrequiredto
Article 11: Professional appraisers
and their officers, certified public
accounts, attorneys, and securities
underwriters that provide the
Companies with appraisal reports,
certified public accountant's
opinions, attorney's opinions, or
underwriter's opinions shall meet the
following requirements:
1. May not have previously received
a final and unappealable sentence
to imprisonment for 1 year or
longer for a violation of the Act,
the Company Act, the Banking
Act of The Republic of China, the
Insurance Act, the Financial
Holding Company Act, or the
Business Entity Accounting Act,
or for fraud, breach of trust,
embezzlement, forgery of
documents, or occupational
crime. However, this provision
does not apply if 3 years have
already passed since completion
of service of the sentence, since
expiration of the period of a
suspended sentence, or since a
pardon was received.
2. May not be a related party or de
facto related party of any party to
the transaction.
3.If the companyisrequiredto
1. To conform to
the letter (No.
1110380465)
dated January
28, 2022,
issued by the
Financial
Supervisory
Commission,
when external
experts issue
appraisal
reports or
opinions, they
shall follow
the self-
regulatory
rules of the
respective
associations.
2. Wording
amendment.

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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 shallfollow
the self-regulatory rules of the
respective associations andcomply
with the following:
1. Prior to accepting a case, they
shall prudently assess their own
professional capabilities, practical
experience, and independence.
2. Whenexecutinga case, they shall
appropriately plan and execute
adequate working procedures, in
order to produce a conclusion and
use the conclusion as the basis for
issuing the report or opinion. The
related working procedures, data
collected, and conclusion shall be
fully and accurately specified in
the case working papers.
3. They shall undertake an item-by-
item evaluation of the
appropriatenessand
reasonableness of the sources of
data used, the parameters, and the
information, as the basis for
issuance of the appraisal report or
the opinion.
4. They shall issue a statement
attesting to the professional
competence and independence of
the personnel who prepared the
report or opinion, and that they
have evaluated and found that the
information used isappropriate
andreasonable, and that they
have complied with applicable
lawsandregulations.
obtain appraisal reports from two
or more professional appraisers,
the different professional
appraisers or appraisal officers
may not be related parties or de
facto related parties of each other.
When issuing an appraisal report or
opinion, the personnel referred to in
the preceding paragraph shall
comply with the following:
1. Prior to accepting a case, they
shall prudently assess their own
professional capabilities,
practical experience, and
independence.
2. Whenexamininga case, they
shall appropriately plan and
execute adequate working
procedures, in order to produce a
conclusion and use the
conclusion as the basis for
issuing the report or opinion. The
related working procedures, data
collected, and conclusion shall be
fully and accurately specified in
the case working papers.
3. They shall undertake an item-by-
item evaluation of the
comprehensiveness, accuracy,
and reasonableness of the sources
of data used, the parameters, and
the information, as the basis for
issuance of the appraisal report or
the opinion.
4. They shall issue a statement
attesting to the professional
competence and independence of
the personnel who prepared the
report or opinion, and that they
have evaluated and found that the
information used is reasonable
and accurate,and that they have
complied with applicable laws
andregulations.
Article 13: When the Company
intends to acquire or dispose of real
property or right-of-use assets
thereof from or to a related party, or
when it intends to acquire or dispose
Article 13: When the Company
intends to acquire or dispose of real
property or right-of-use assets
thereof from or to a related party, or
when it intends to acquire or dispose
To conform to the
letter (No.
1110380465)
dated January 28,
2022,issued by

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of assets other than real property or
right-of-use assets thereof from or to
a related party and the transaction
amount reaches 20 percent or more
of paid-in capital, 10 percent or
more of the company's total assets,
or NT$300 million or more, except
in trading of domestic government
bonds or bonds under repurchase
and resale agreements, or
subscription or redemption of
money market funds issued by
domestic securities investment trust
enterprises, the company may not
proceed to enter into a transaction
contract or make a payment until the
following matters have been
approved by the board of directors
and recognized by the audit
committee:
1. The purpose, necessity and
anticipated benefit of the
acquisition or disposal of assets.
2. The reason for choosing the
related party as a transaction
counterparty.
3. With respect to the acquisition of
real property or right-of-use
assets thereof from a related
party, information regarding
appraisal of the reasonableness of
the preliminary transaction terms
in accordance with Article 14 and
Article 15.
4. The date and price at which the
related party originally acquired
the real property, the original
transaction counterparty, and that
transaction counterparty's
relationship to the company and
the related party.
5. Monthly cash flow forecasts for
the year commencing from the
anticipated month of signing of
the contract, and evaluation of the
necessity of the transaction, and
reasonableness of the funds
utilization.
6.An appraisal report from a
of assets other than real property or
right-of-use assets thereof from or to
a related party and the transaction
amount reaches 20 percent or more
of paid-in capital, 10 percent or
more of the company's total assets,
or NT$300 million or more, except
in trading of domestic government
bonds or bonds under repurchase
and resale agreements, or
subscription or redemption of
money market funds issued by
domestic securities investment trust
enterprises, the company may not
proceed to enter into a transaction
contract or make a payment until the
following matters have been
approved by the board of directors
and recognized by the audit
committee:
1. The purpose, necessity and
anticipated benefit of the
acquisition or disposal of assets.
2. The reason for choosing the
related party as a transaction
counterparty.
3. With respect to the acquisition of
real property or right-of-use
assets thereof from a related
party, information regarding
appraisal of the reasonableness of
the preliminary transaction terms
in accordance with Article 14 and
Article 15.
4. The date and price at which the
related party originally acquired
the real property, the original
transaction counterparty, and that
transaction counterparty's
relationship to the company and
the related party.
5. Monthly cash flow forecasts for
the year commencing from the
anticipated month of signing of
the contract, and evaluation of the
necessity of the transaction, and
reasonableness of the funds
utilization.
6.An appraisal report from a
the Financial
Supervisory
Commission, for
the acquisition or
disposal of assets
with a related
party by the
Company or any
subsidiaries that
are not domestic
public companies,
if the transaction
amount reaches
10% of the total
assets of the
Company, the
Company shall
submit relevant
materials to the
shareholders'
meeting for
approval before
proceeding.
However, the
dealing of the
Company with
subsidiaries, or the
dealing between
the Company’s
subsidiaries is
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professional appraiser or a CPA's
opinion obtained in compliance
with the preceding article.
7. Restrictive covenants and other
important stipulations associated
with the transaction.
With respect to the types of
transactions listed below, when to be
conducted between the Company
and the subsidiaries, or between the
subsidiaries in which it directly or
indirectly holds 100 percent of the
issued shares or authorized capital,
the Company's board of directors
authorized the chairman to have the
decisions within NT$500 million
subsequently submitted to and
ratified by the next board of
directors meeting:
1. Acquisition or disposal of
equipment or right-of-use assets
thereof held for business use.
2. Acquisition or disposal of real
property right-of-use assets held
for business use.
The Company or any subsidiaries
that are not domestic public
companies has paragraph 1
transaction and the transaction
amount reaches 10% of the total
assets of the Company, the
Company shall submit relevant
materials to the shareholders'
meeting for approval before
proceeding. However, for the
dealing of the Company with
subsidiaries, or the dealing between
the Company’s subsidiaries, the
transaction is exempted from the
resolution of the shareholders'
meeting.
The calculation of the
transaction amounts referred to in
paragraph 1 andthe preceding
paragraph shall be made in
accordance with Article 5,
paragraph 2 herein, and "within the
preceding year" as used herein
referstothe yearprecedingthe date
professional appraiser or a CPA's
opinion obtained in compliance
with the preceding article.
7. Restrictive covenants and other
important stipulations associated
with the transaction.
The calculation of the transaction
amounts referred to in the preceding
paragraph shall be made in
accordance with Article 5, paragraph
2 herein, and "within the preceding
year" as used herein refers to the
year preceding the date of
occurrence of the current
transaction. Items that have been
approved by the board of directors
and recognized by the audit
committee need not be counted
toward the transaction amount.
With respect to the types of
transactions listed below, when to be
conducted between the Company
and the subsidiaries, or between the
subsidiaries in which it directly or
indirectly holds 100 percent of the
issued shares or authorized capital,
the Company's board of directors
authorized the chairman to have the
decisions within NT$500 million
subsequently submitted to and
ratified by the next board of
directors meeting:
1. Acquisition or disposal of
equipment or right-of-use assets
thereof held for business use.
2. Acquisition or disposal of real
property right-of-use assets held
for business use.

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of occurrence of the current
transaction. Items that have been
approved by theshareholders’
meeting,board of directors and
recognized by the audited
committee need not be counted
towardthetransaction amount.

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Appendix

Appendix 1

Realtek Semiconductor Corporation Articles of Incorporation

(Translation)

I. General Provisions

Article 1 The Company shall be incorporated under the Company Act as a company limited by shares named “Realtek Semiconductor Corp.”. “Realtek Semiconductor Corp.” is the Company’s English name.

  • Article 2 The scope of business of the Company shall be as follows:

  • CC01080 Electronic Parts and Components Manufacturing

  • I501010 Product Designing

  • F401010 International Trade

  • I301010 Service of information software.

  • I301020 Data Processing Services

  • CC01101 Restrained Telecom Radio Frequency Equipments and Materials Manufacturing (Radio transmitters, radio transceivers, radio receivers, industrial, scientific, medical radiation machines, and other machines with radio radiant energy only)

  • F401021 Restrained Telecom Radio Frequency Equipments and Materials Import (Radio transmitters, radio transceivers, radio receivers, industrial, scientific, medical radiation machines, and other machines with radio radiant energy only)

  • CF01011 Medical Materials and Equipment Manufacturing

  • F108031 Wholesale of Drugs, Medical Goods

  • F208031 Retail sale of Medical Equipments

  • (1) Researching, designing, developing, manufacturing, and selling the following products:

  • various integrated circuits

  • hearing aids with tinnitus mask function

  • bone conduction hearing aid

  • Picture archiving and communications system.

  • (2) Providing application design, testing, maintenance and technical consulting services of the software and hardware for the above products.

  • (3) Researching, developing and selling various intellectual property

  • (4) Also engaged in trading business in relation to the business of the Company.

  • Article 3 The Company is headquartered in Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park, Taiwan, Republic of China, and when necessary, upon approval of the Board of Directors and the competent authorities, may establish branch offices within or outside the territory of the Republic of China.

  • Article 4 Public announcements of the Company shall be made in accordance with Article 28 of the Company Act.

  • (1) The Company's domestic and foreign investment transactions shall be resolved by the board of directors, and are not subject to the restriction of Article 13 of the Company Act.

  • (2) The Company upon approval of the Board of Directors may provide

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endorsement and guarantee to others.

II. Shares

  • Article 5 The authorized capital of the Company is NT$8,900,000,000, divided into 890,000,000 common shares, and may be paid-up in installments. Among the above capital, a total of NT$800,000,000, divided into 80,000,000 shares at par value NT$10 each share, is reserved for issuing employee stock warrants, and may be issued in installments in accordance with the resolution of the Board of Directors.

  • Article 5-1 To issue employee stock warrants with the exercise price lower than the closing price of the Company stocks as of the issuing date, the Company is required to obtain the consent of a majority of the shareholders present who represent twothirds or more of the total number of outstanding shares. The Company is allowed to register multiple issues over a period of 1 year from the date of the shareholders meeting resolution.

  • Article 5-2 To transfer treasury shares to employees at less than the average actual share repurchase price, the Company is required to obtain the consent of a majority of the shareholders present who represent two-thirds or more of the total number of outstanding shares at the most recent shareholders meeting.

  • Article 6 The share certificates of the Company shall be all name-bearing share certificates, which shall be signed or sealed by three or more directors of the Company, and issued after duly authentication pursuant to the law. The Company’s shareholder services follow the Regulations Governing the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies issued by the competent authority.

The Company may be exempted from printing share certificates if the shares are registered with the centralized securities depository enterprise.

III. Shareholders Meetings

  • Article 7 Registration of stock transfer shall be suspended within sixty days prior to any general shareholders meeting, thirty days prior to any special shareholders meeting, or within five days prior to the record date for distributing dividends, bonuses, or other benefits.

  • Article 8 Shareholders meetings of the Company are of two types, general meeting and special meeting. General meeting shall be convened once a year within six months of the end of a fiscal year, and shareholders shall be notified thirty days prior to the scheduled meeting date. Special meeting shall be convened whenever necessary, and shareholders shall be notified fifteen days prior to the scheduled meeting date.

  • Article 9 In case the shareholder is unable to attend the Shareholders meeting, the shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend the meeting by presenting a proxy document with signature or seal and stating therein the scope of power authorized to the proxy. Unless otherwise provided in the relevant regulation, the shareholders’ appointment of proxies to attend the meeting shall follow the Regulations Governing the Use of Proxies for Attendance at Shareholder Meetings of Public Companies issued by the Competent Authority. The voting rights at a shareholders meeting may be exercised by way of

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electronic means. A shareholder exercising voting rights at a shareholders
meeting by way of electronic means shall be deemed to have attended the said
shareholders meeting in person. The related matters are handled in accordance
with the relevant regulation.
Article 10 Each share is entitled to one voting right, unless otherwise provided in the
Company Act.
Article 11 Unless otherwise provided in the Company Act, the resolutions at a
shareholders meeting shall be adopted by a majority of the shareholders present
who represent half or more of the total number of outstanding shares.
The resolution of the proposal at a shareholders meeting shall be decided by the
chairman by way of voting or solicitation. Except for the proposals without
objection from any shareholder after solicitation by the chairman are deemed
approval, the chairman shall decide that a vote to be held on whole or part of
the proposals at the same time before extraordinary motions with the ballots to
be counted separately for each proposal.
IV. Directors
Article 12 The number of directors of the Company shall be between seven (7) to thirteen
(13), and the board of directors is authorized to determine the number of
directors.
In the board, the number of independent directors shall be no less than three
(3). Directors shall be elected by adopting a candidate nomination system. The
election of independent directors and non-independent directors shall be held
together, provided the elected number of independent directors and non-
independent directors shall be calculated separately. The professional
qualifications, restrictions on shareholdings and concurrent office held, method
of nomination and election, and other matters for compliance with respect to
independent directors shall be in accordance with relevant regulation by the
Competent Authority. Directors are elected from among the nominees listed
in the roster of director candidates at a shareholders meeting. The term of office
for directors is three (3) years and the directors are eligible for re-election.
Article 12-1 The Company is allowed to purchase liability insurance for directors and
managers. The board of directors is authorized to decide the insurance
coverage.
Article 13 The board of directors shall be formed by directors. The directors shall elect
from among themselves a chairman by a majority approval in a meeting
attended by over two-thirds of the directors. A vice chairman may be elected
depending on the demand of business.
The chairman internally presides over the shareholders meeting and the board
of directors, and externally represents the Company.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be convened by the Chairman.
However, the first meeting after the re-election of directors shall be convened
in accordance with the article 203 of the Company Act. Notice of the meeting
shall be delivered in writing, by email, or by fax with the proposed agenda
specified.
The chairman presides over the board of directors. In case the chairman is on
leave or cannot exercise his duty, the vice chairman shall act on his behalf. In
case of no vice chairman elected or the vice chairman is on leave or cannot
exercise his duty as well, the chairman shall designate one of the directors to

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act on his behalf. In case of no designation, the board shall elect from among directors as the acting chairman. In case a meeting of the board of directors is proceeded via visual communication network, then the directors taking part in such a visual communication meeting shall be deemed to have attended the meeting in person.

  • Article 13-1 The Company forms an Audit Committee, consisting of all independent directors. The number, term of office, powers, rules of procedure for meetings of the audit committee, and resources to be provided by the Company when the audit committee exercises its powers, shall be in accordance with the Company’s audit committee charter.

  • Article 14 The duties and responsibilities of the Board of Directors shall be as follows: 1. Review the following matters raised by the general manager:

  • 1-1. The Company's operating principles, and medium and long-term development plans.

  • 1-2. Annual budget and implementation supervision.

  • 1-3. Annual report and final statements.

  • 1-4. Capital increase and decrease plan.

  • 1-5. Important contracts with others.

  • 1-6. Company charters and important business rules.

  • 1-7. Branch establishment, reorganization or withdrawal.

  • 1-8. Major capital expenditure plan.

  • 1-9. Other matters issued for review.

  • Review of distribution of earnings or offset of losses.

  • Review of the Company's articles of incorporation or amendments.

  • Appointment and dismissal of general manager, financial supervisor, and audit supervisor.

  • Implementation of the resolution of the shareholders meeting.

  • Convening of the shareholders meeting and business report at the shareholders meeting.

  • Other businesses that should be handled in accordance with the laws.

  • Article 15 Directors shall attend the meeting of the Board in person. In case that a director is unable to attend a board meeting, he/she may appoint one of the other directors as his/her proxy to attend the meeting. A director may accept the appointment to act as the proxy referred to in the preceding paragraph of one other director only.

  • Article 15-1 The directors’ remuneration is authorized to be decided by the board of directors based on the directors’ degree of involvement and contribution to the Company’s business operation, as well as on usual level of the industry.

V. Managers

  • Article 16 The Company shall appoint general manager, whose appointment, discharge, and remuneration shall be in accordance with the provisions in Article 29 of the Company Act.

VI. Accounting

  • Article 17 The Company’s fiscal year shall be from January 1 to December 31 of each calendar year. At the end of each fiscal year, the board of directors shall have the following documents prepared and submitted to the shareholders meeting

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for approval.

  1. Business report

  2. Financial statements

  3. Proposal for distribution of earning or offset of losses

Article 18 If gained profits within a fiscal year, the Company shall allocate at a maximum of 3% of the profits as directors’ remuneration, and allocate no less than 1% of the profits as employees’ compensation. However, in case of the accumulated losses, certain profits shall first be reserved to cover the accumulated losses, and then allocate employees’ compensation and directors’ remuneration according to the proportion in the preceding paragraph.

The distribution of employees' compensation in the preceding paragraph shall be in cash or in stock, and shall be resolved with a consent of a majority of the directors present at a meeting attended by over two-thirds of the total directors. The distribution of director's remuneration and employee’ compensation shall be reported to the shareholders meeting.

The employees entitled to receive employees’ compensation may include the employees of subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain specific requirements. The requirements are determined by the board of directors or its authorized person.

The Company belongs to the integrated circuit design industry and is in the growth phase of the enterprise life cycle. After considering the long-term business development of the Company, matching future investment fund requirements, and the long-term financial planning of the Company, if there are profits at the end of fiscal year, the Company shall first offset the accumulated losses with profits after tax, and then shall contribute 10% of profit as legal reserve, unless the accumulated legal reserve has reached the amount of the Company’s total capital, and contribute or reverse special reserve in accordance with relevant laws or regulation by the competent authority. If there are net profits remained, the remaining net profits and the retained earnings from previous years shall be distributed as shareholders’ dividend after the distribution proposal is prepared by the board of directors. In case the distribution is in the form of issuing new shares, the distribution proposal shall be approved at a shareholders meeting. In case the distribution is in the form of cash, the distribution proposal is authorized to be approved by the board of directors. After considering financial, business and operational factors, the Company may distribute the whole of distributable earnings of the current year, and may also distribute whole or part of the reserves in accordance with the law or the regulation by the competent authority. The dividend distributed to shareholders shall not be less than 50% of the increased distributable retained earnings for the current year.

When distributing dividends, the main consideration is the Company's future expansion of operating scale and requirement of cash flow. The cash dividends shall not be less than 10% of the total dividends distributed to shareholders in the current year.

According to Article 240, Paragraph 5, and Article 241, Paragraph 2 of the Company Act, the Company authorizes the distributable dividends, legal reserve, and capital reserve in whole or in part may be paid in cash after a resolution has been adopted by a majority vote at a meeting of the board of directors attended by two-thirds of the total number of directors, and in addition thereto a report of such distribution shall be submitted to the shareholders

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meeting.

VII. Supplementary Provisions

Article 19 For matters not provided herein, provisions in the Company Act shall govern. Article 20 The Articles of Incorporation hereof were established on Oct. 16, 1987; 1st amended on Sep. 25, 1989; 2nd amended on Oct. 7, 1989; 3rd amended on Dec. 5, 1990; 4th amended on Jun. 26, 1991; 5th amended on Jun. 27, 1992; 6th amended on Jun. 26, 1993; 7th amended on Apr. 2,1994; 8th amended on May 20, 1995; 9th amended on May 4, 1996; 10th amended on Jan. 21, 1997; 11th amended on May 5, 1997; 12th amended on May 19, 1998; 13th amended on Apr. 30, 1999; 14th amended on Jun. 9, 2000; 15th amended on May 30, 2001; 16th amended on Jun. 3, 2002; 17th amended on Jun. 9, 2003; 18th amended on Jun. 1, 2004; 19th amended on Jun. 13, 2005; 20th amended on Jun. 12, 2006; 21st amended on Jun. 11,2007; 22nd amended on Jun. 13, 2008; 23rd amended on Jun. 10, 2009; 24th amended on Jun. 15, 2010; 25th amended on Jun. 15, 2011; 26th amended on Jun. 12, 2012; 27th amended on Jun. 21, 2013; 28th amended on Jun. 24, 2014; 29th amended on Jun. 7, 2016; 30th amended on Jun. 8, 2017; 31st amended on Jun. 5, 2018; 32nd amended on Jun. 12, 2019; 33rd amended on Jun. 10, 2020.

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Appendix 2

Realtek Semiconductor Corporation Rules of Procedures for Shareholders Meeting (Translation)

Article 1 The rules of procedures for the Company's shareholders meetings, except as
otherwise provided by laws, regulations, or the Articles of Incorporation, shall
be as provided in these Rules.
Article 2 Shareholders and their proxies (collectively, "shareholders") shall attend
shareholders meetings based on attendance cards, sign-in cards, or other
certificates of attendance. Solicitors soliciting proxy forms shall also bring
identification documents for verification.
Attending shareholders may hand in a sign-in card in lieu of signing in. The
number of shares in attendance shall be calculated according to the shares
indicated by the sign-in cards handed in plus the number of shares whose
voting rights are exercised by correspondence or electronic means.
Article 3 Attendance and voting at shareholders meetings shall be calculated based on
numbers of shares.
With respect to resolutions of shareholders meetings, the number of shares held
by a shareholder with no voting rights shall not be calculated as part of the total
number of issued shares.
When the Company holds a shareholders meeting, the shareholders may
exercise voting rights by electronic or correspondence means. Shareholders
exercising voting rights by way of electronic means shall be in accordance with
the Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act, and Regulations Governing
the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies, to exercise
voting rights on the electronic voting platform designated by the Company.
Shareholders exercising voting rights by electronic means will be deemed to
have attended the meeting in person.
Shareholder who are not able to attend the shareholders meeting in person may
appoint a proxy to attend the meeting by providing the proxy form issued by
the Company and stating the scope of the proxy's authorization.
A shareholder may issue only one proxy form and appoint only one proxy for
any given shareholders meeting, and shall deliver the proxy form to the
Company 5 days before the date of the shareholders meeting. When duplicate
proxy forms are delivered, the one received earliest shall prevail unless a
declaration is made to cancel the previous proxy appointment.
After a proxy form has been delivered to the Company, if the shareholder
intends to attend the meeting in person or to exercise voting rights by
correspondence or electronic means, a written notice of proxy cancellation
shall be submitted to the Company 2 business days before the date of the
shareholders meeting. If the cancellation notice is submitted after that time,
votes cast at the meeting by the proxy shall prevail.
After a shareholder has exercised voting rights by electronic means, in the
event the shareholder intends to attend the shareholders meeting in person, a
declaration of intent to retract the voting rights already exercised under the
preceding paragraph shall be made by the same means by which the voting
rights were exercised, 2 business days before the date of the shareholders
meeting. If the notice of retraction is submitted after that time, the voting rights

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already exercised by electronic means shall prevail. When a shareholder has
exercised voting rights both by electronic means and by appointing a proxy to
attend a shareholders meeting, the voting rights exercised by the proxy in the
meeting shall prevail.
Article 4 Unless otherwise provided by laws or regulations, the Company's shareholders
meetings shall be convened by the board of directors.
The venue for a shareholders meeting shall be the premises of the Company, or
a place easily accessible to shareholders and suitable for a shareholders
meeting. The meeting may begin no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 3 p.m.
Full consideration shall be given to the opinions of the independent directors
with respect to the place and time of the meeting.
Article 5 If a shareholders meeting is convened by the board of directors, the meeting
shall be chaired by the chairman of the board. When the chairman of the board
is on leave or for any reason unable to exercise the powers of the chairman, the
vice chairman shall act in place of the chairman; if there is no vice chairman or
the vice chairman also is on leave or for any reason unable to exercise the
powers of the vice chairman, the directors shall select from among themselves
one person to serve as chair.
If a shareholders meeting is convened by a party with power to convene but
other than the board of directors, the convening party shall chair the meeting.
When there are two or more such convening parties, they shall mutually select
a chair from among themselves.
Article 6 The Company may appoint its attorneys, certified public accountants, or related
persons retained by it to attend a shareholders meeting. Staff handling
administrative affairs of a shareholders meeting shall wear identification cards
or arm bands.
Article 7 The Company shall make completed audio and video recording of the
proceedings of the shareholders meeting. The recorded materials shall be
retained for at least 1 year.
Article 8 The chairman shall call the meeting to order at the appointed meeting time.
However, when the attending shareholders do not represent a majority of the
total number of issued shares, the chairman may announce a postponement,
provided that no more than two such postponements, for a combined total of no
more than 1 hour, may be made.
If the quorum is not met after two postponements, but the attending
shareholders represent one third or more of the total number of issued shares, a
tentative resolution may be adopted pursuant to Article 175, paragraph 1 of the
Company Act.
When, prior to conclusion of the meeting, the attending shareholders represent
a majority of the total number of issued shares, the chairman may resubmit the
tentative resolution for a vote by the shareholders meeting pursuant to Article
174 of the Company Act.
Article 9 If a shareholders meeting is convened by the board of directors, the meeting
agenda shall be set by the board of directors. The meeting shall proceed in the
order set by the agenda, which may not be changed without a resolution of the
shareholders meeting.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a
shareholders meeting convened by a party with the power to convene that is
not the board of directors.
The chairman may not declare the meeting adjourned prior to completion of

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deliberation on the meeting agenda of the preceding two paragraphs (including extraordinary motions), except by a resolution of the shareholders meeting. If the chairman declares the meeting adjourned in violation of the rules of procedure, the other members of the board of directors shall promptly assist the attending shareholders in electing a new chair in accordance with statutory procedures, by agreement of a majority of the votes represented by the attending shareholders, and then continue the meeting. After adjournment, shareholders are not allowed to elect another chair to continue the meeting at the original place or another place.

  • Article 10 Before speaking, an attending shareholder must specify on a speaker's slip the subject of the speech, shareholder account number (or attendance card number), and account name. The order in which shareholders speak will be set by the chairman. A shareholder in attendance who has submitted a speaker's slip but does not actually speak shall be deemed to have not spoken. When the content of the speech does not correspond to the subject given on the speaker's slip, the spoken content shall prevail. When an attending shareholder is speaking, other shareholders may not speak or interrupt unless they have sought and obtained the consent of the chairman and the shareholder that has the floor. The chairman shall stop any violation.

  • Article 11 Attending shareholders' enquiries on the matters set out in the agenda shall be made after all the reported matters have been read or reported by the chairman or his designated person. Except with the consent of the chairman, a shareholder may not speak more than twice on the same proposal, and a single speech may not exceed 5 minutes. If the shareholder's speech violates the rules or exceeds the scope of the agenda item, the chairman may terminate the speech.

  • Article 12 When a juristic person is appointed to attend as proxy, it may designate only one person to represent it in the meeting. When a juristic person shareholder appoints two or more representatives to attend a shareholders meeting, only one of the representatives so appointed may speak on the same proposal.

  • Article 13 After an attending shareholder has spoken, the chairman may respond in person or direct relevant personnel to respond.

  • Article 14 The chairman shall allow ample opportunity during the meeting for explanation and discussion of proposals and of amendments or extraordinary motions put forward by the shareholders. When the chairman is of the opinion that a proposal has been discussed sufficiently to put it to a vote, the chairman may announce the discussion closed and call for a vote.

  • Article 15 Vote monitoring and counting personnel for the voting on a proposal shall be appointed by the chairman, provided that all monitoring personnel shall be shareholders of the Company. Immediately after vote counting has been completed, the results of the voting shall be announced on-site at the meeting and be recorded.

  • The ballot of voting at the shareholders meeting shall be deemed void if one of the following conditions are found by all of the vote monitoring personnel: (1) The ballot is not prepared by the company.

  • (2) The ballot in the ballot box is not marked for voting, or not the one designated for voting of specific proposal.

  • (3) The ballot is not placed in the ballot box.

  • (4) The ballot is not recognizable due to damage or indistinct handwriting.

  • (5) The ballot has been altered or written with other characters or symbols.

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  • (6) Both for and against are marked on the ballot. If there is a dispute from shareholders on the voting process, the vote counting method, the validity of the votes, etc., the chairman shall make a determination.

  • Article 16 When a meeting is in progress, the chairman may announce a break based on time considerations.

  • Article 17 Except as otherwise provided in the Company Act and in the Articles of Incorporation, the passage of a proposal shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of the voting rights represented by the attending shareholders. The resolution of the shareholders meeting shall be decided by the chairman by way of voting or solicitation. Except for the motions without objection from any shareholders after solicitation by the chairman are deemed approval, the chairman shall decide that all or part of the motions be voted on a case-by-case basis at the same time before the extraordinary motion.

  • If no objection from any shareholders after solicitation by the chairman, the resolution shall be deemed approval with the same effect as the resolution by voting.

  • Article 18 When there is an amendment or an alternative to a proposal, the chairman shall present the amended or alternative proposal together with the original proposal and decide the order in which they will be put to a vote. When any one among them is passed, the other proposals will then be deemed rejected, and no further voting shall be required.

  • The discussion and voting order of the shareholders' proposals in the extraordinary motions shall be determined by the chairman. Those belonging to the same type of proposals shall be merged by the chairman.

  • Article 19 The chairman may direct the proctors or security personnel to help maintain order at the meeting. When proctors or security personnel help maintain order at the meeting, they shall wear identification cards or arm bands. At the meeting, if a shareholder attempts to speak through any device other than the public address equipment set up by the Company, the chairman 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 20 When a meeting is in progress, if a force majeure event occurs, the chairman may rule the meeting temporarily suspended and announce a time when, in view of the circumstances, the meeting will be resumed.

  • If the meeting venue is no longer available for continued use and not all of the items (including extraordinary motions) on the meeting agenda have been addressed, the shareholders meeting may adopt a resolution to resume the meeting at another venue.

  • Article 21 These Rules shall be implemented after adoption by shareholders meetings. Amendments based on demand of these Rules are authorized to the board of directors.

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Appendix 3

Shareholding of Directors

Shareholding of Directors Shareholding of Directors Shareholding of Directors Shareholding of Directors Shareholding of Directors Shareholding of Directors
Record date: April 10,2022
Position
Name
Date
Elected
Shares
Shareholding
Ratio(%)
Chairman
United Glory Co., Ltd.
Representative:
Chiu,Sun-Chien
2021.08.09
3,265,954
0.64%
Vice
Chairman
United Glory Co., Ltd.
Representative:
Chern,Kuo-Jong
2021.08.09
Director
Cotek Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd
Representative:
Yeh,Nan-Horng
2021.08.09
22,146,604
4.32%
Director
Sonnen Limited
Representative:
Yeh,Po-Len
2021.08.09
66,000
0.01%
Director
Yen, Kuang-Yu
2021.08.09
23,948
0.00%
Director
Huang, Yung-Fang
2021.08.09
42,205
0.01%
Director
Ni, Shu-Ching
2021.08.09
6,308,389
1.23%
Independent
Director
Tsai, Tyau-Chang
2021.08.09
0
0
Independent
Director
Chen, Fu-Yen
2021.08.09
0
0
Independent
Director
Lo, Chun-Pa
2021.08.09
0
0
Total
31,853,100
6.21%
Position Name Date
Elected
Shares Shareholding
Ratio(%)
Chairman United Glory Co., Ltd.
Representative:
Chiu,Sun-Chien
2021.08.09 3,265,954 0.64%
Vice
Chairman
United Glory Co., Ltd.
Representative:
Chern,Kuo-Jong
2021.08.09
Director Cotek Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd
Representative:
Yeh,Nan-Horng
2021.08.09 22,146,604 4.32%
Director Sonnen Limited
Representative:
Yeh,Po-Len
2021.08.09 66,000 0.01%
Director Yen, Kuang-Yu 2021.08.09 23,948 0.00%
Director Huang, Yung-Fang 2021.08.09 42,205 0.01%
Director Ni, Shu-Ching 2021.08.09 6,308,389 1.23%
Independent
Director
Tsai, Tyau-Chang 2021.08.09 0 0
Independent
Director
Chen, Fu-Yen 2021.08.09 0 0
Independent
Director
Lo, Chun-Pa 2021.08.09 0 0
Total 31,853,100 6.21%

Total shares issued as of April 10, 2022: 512,863,641 common shares

Note The Company’s Directors are required by the law to hold in the aggregate not less than 16,411,636 shares. As of April 10, 2022, the shareholdings of all Directors (not including Independent Directors) were 31,853,100 shares.

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