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UIS AGM Information 2019

Jul 8, 2019

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Stock No. 2404

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.

The 2019 General Shareholders Meeting

Agenda Handbooks

Date: June 19, 2019

Location: Chinatrust Executive House (No.219-2, Sec. 3, Zhongxing Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Table of Contents
One. Meeting procedure ................................................................................................ 1
Two. Meeting agenda .................................................................................................... 2
I.
Reporting matters ........................................................................................... 3
II.
Approvals ....................................................................................................... 4
III. Discussions ..................................................................................................... 4
IV. Motions ........................................................................................................... 6
Three. Annex
Annex I Business report ............................................................................... 7
Annex II Audit Committee’s audit report...................................................... 9
Annex III Independent Auditor’s Report and financial statements .............. 10
Annex IV The 2018 Earnings Distribution Table ......................................... 31
Annex V “Articles of Association” amendment made before and after ..... 32
Annex VI “Procedures for the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets”
amendment made before and after ............................................... 39
Annex VII “Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds” amendment
made before and after ................................................................... 79
Annex VIII “Operating Procedures for Making of Endorsements and
Guarantees” amendment made before and after .......................... 82
Four. Appendix
Appendix I Rules of Procedure for the Company’s Shareholders Meetings .. 85
Appendix II Articles of Association of the Company ...................................... 90
Appendix III Procedures for the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets ............... 98
Appendix IV Operating Procedure for Loaning of Funds ............................... 122
Appendix V Operating Procedures for Making of Guarantees and
Endorsements ............................................................................. 129
Appendix VI Shareholdings of Directors ......................................................... 135

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. The 2019 General Shareholders Meeting Procedures

  • I. Meeting in session

II. Message from the Chairman

  • III. Reporting matters

  • IV. Approvals

  • V. Discussions

VI. Motions

VII. Meeting adjourn

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UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. The 2019 General Shareholders Meeting Agenda

Time: 9:00am, June 19 (Wednesday), 2019

Location: Chinatrust Executive House (No.219-2, Sec. 3, Zhongxing Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City)

  • (I) Reporting matters

  • (1) The 2018 business report

  • (2) The 2018 Audit Committee’s audit report

  • (3) The 2018 Remuneration to employees and directors

  • (4) Mainland China area investment

  • (II) Approvals

  • (1) The 2018 business report and financial statements

  • (2) The 2018 earnings distribution

(III) Discussions:

  • (1) Partial amendment to the Company’s “Articles of Association”

  • (2) Partial amendment to the Company’s “Procedures for the Acquisition and Disposal Of Assets”

  • (3) Partial amendment to the Company’s “Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds”

  • (4) Partial amendment to the Company’s “Operating Procedures for Making of Endorsements and Guarantees”

  • (IV) Motions

  • (V) Meeting adjourn

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I. Reporting matters:

  • I. The 2018 business report is submitted for review

  • Note: Please refer to Annex I for the business report in details.

  • II. The 2018 Audit Committee’s audit report is submitted for review

  • Note: Please refer to Annex II for the 2018 Audit Committee’s audit report in details.

  • III. The 2018 remuneration to employees and directors is reported for review.

  • Note: 1. According to the provision of Article 19 of the Company’s Articles of Association, an amount equivalent to 6%~10% of the Company’s earnings, if any, should be appropriated as remuneration to employees; also, an amount less than 2% of the earnings should be appropriated as remuneration to directors.

  • To provide employees with a remuneration of approximately NT$300,000,000 and according to the recommendations made in the 3rd meeting of the 4th Remuneration Committee, it is proposed to directors with a remuneration of approximately NT$27,000,000 (not more than 2%), which will be paid in cash.

  • IV. The implementation of Mainland China area investment is reported for review.

  • Note: The following 5 Mainland China area investments of the Company are currently approved by the Investment Commission MOEA:

  • Su Yuan Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. [former United Integrated (Shanghai) Service Co., Ltd.] is with a paid-in capital of US$1,000,000 and 100% shareholding.

  • Jiangxi United Integrated Service Co., Ltd. is with a paid-in capital of RMB 100 million and 75% shareholding.

  • Suzhou Hantai Service Co., Ltd. is with a paid-in capital of US$12 million and 100% shareholding.

  • Jiangxi Jen-Kong Group Co., Ltd. is with a paid-in capital of RMB 1,043,500,000 and 19.8% shareholding.

  • Beijing Hanhe Tang Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. is with a paid-in capital of US$1,000,000 and 100% shareholding.

II. Approvals:

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  • Proposal 1: The 2018 business report and financial statements are submitted for approval. (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

  • Note: The Company’s 2018 annual business report and various financial statements have been resolved by the Board of Directors and verified by the Audit Committee. See Annex I and III for details. Please approve.

Resolutions:

  • Proposal 2: The 2018 earnings distribution proposal is proposed for approval. Please approve. (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

  • Note: 1. The Company’s 2018 earnings distribution table had been resolved by the Board of Directors on March 25, 2019 and verified by the Audit Committee. See Annex IV for details.

  • For the aforementioned earnings distribution, after the resolution reached in the (2019) general shareholders meeting, the Chairman will be authorized to schedule the dividend distribution base date and to calculate the dividend amount (rounded up to NT$) according to the shares held by shareholders in the shareholder registry. The total amount of the odd lot is included in the other income of the Company.

  • If the changes in outstanding shares affect the earnings distribution ratio, the Company intends to authorize the Chairman to handle the changes related matters. Please approve.

Resolutions:

III. Discussions:

  • Proposal 1: The partial amendment to the “Articles of Association” of the Company is submitted for resolutions. (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

  • Note: It is proposed to amend some of the provisions of the “Articles of Association” in response to the actual needs of the company. The comparison table of the amendment made

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before and after is detailed in Annex V and is submitted for resolutions.

Resolutions:

  • Proposal 2: It is proposed to amend some of the provision of the Company’s “Procedures for the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets.” (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

  • Note: In order to comply with the changes in the relevant law and regulations and adopt International Financial Reporting Standards No. 16 “Leases,” it is proposed to amend some of the provisions of the Company’s “Procedures for the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets.” For the comparison table of amendment made before and after, please refer to Annex VI for details.

Resolutions:

  • Proposal 3: It is proposed to amend some of the provisions of the Company’s “Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds” and it is submitted for resolutions. (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

  • Note: In order to comply with the changes in the relevant law and regulations and the actual operation of the Company, it is proposed to amend some of the provisions of the Company’s “Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds.” For the comparison table of amendment made before and after, please refer to Annex VII for details.

Resolutions:

  • Proposal 4: It is proposed to amend some of the provisions of the Company’s “Operating Procedures for Making of Endorsements and Guarantees” and it is submitted for resolutions. (Proposed by the Board of Directors)

  • Note: In order to comply with the changes in the relevant law and regulations and the actual operation of the Company, it is proposed to amend some of the provisions of the Company’s “Operating Procedures for Making of Endorsements and Guarantees.” For the comparison table of the amendment made before and after, please refer to Annex VIII for details.

Resolutions:

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IV. Motions:

V. Meeting adjourn

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Annex I

Business report

I. Business plan implementation results

With the active efforts of all colleagues and the support of all shareholders of the Company, regarding the overall operating results in 2018, the consolidated operating income amounted to NT$18.127 billion and the net income before tax amounted to NT$3.037 billion. The consolidated operating income of the Company for the year of 2018 is classified by the main product categories as follows:

Unit: NT$ Thousand

Unit: NT$Tho
Item Amount Percentage(%)
System integration 17,898,319 98.7%
Maintenance service 104,137 0.6%
Design business and product
sales
125,478 0.7%
Total 18,127,934 100.0%

II. The 2018 profitability analysis

The Company’s 2018 main profitability indicators are as follows:

e 2018 profitability analysis
The Company’s 2018 main profitability
indicators are
Ratio of return on total assets 12.15%
Ratio of return on shareholders’ equity 32.27%
Profit ratio 12.55%
Earnings per share (NTD/Share) NT$9.42

III. The 2019 operational outlook

(I) Business goals

Due to the substantial growth of the Chinese market and Singapore market in 2018, the overall overseas revenue accounted for 47% of the company’s total revenue, which was the highest in the recent years. In addition, Taiwan’s revenue had also grown considerably, so the company’s revenue in 2018 was a record high.

The overseas market will cool down in 2019, but the Taiwanese market will continue to grow. The overall revenue in 2019 is expected to remain the same and may have a chance to break through.

(II) Management policy and development strategy

For the company’s long-term operation and development, in addition to strengthening internal management, the Company’s competitive advantages in cost, quality, and technology must be greatly improved; also, more cadres in China and Taiwan will be trained and relevant system elites will be recruited, especially in Mainland China in order to prepare for the business growth in China. At present, in the Company’s professional field, although the revenue and competitiveness have been ahead of the peers, the Company will strive to enhance its operation this year and improve the construction method to reduce costs and increase profitability in order to increase market share and keep the competitors in distance. In terms of products, the wireless security monitoring system department has achieved considerably, but research and development and business development must be

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further deepened.

(III) External competition, regulatory environment, and overall business environment impact

The Company’s market share in Taiwan’s high-tech industry has increased year by year. There are only several real competitors faced by the Company. In Chinese market, severe competition comes from the manufacturers of China, Taiwan, and foreigners.However, Chinese market is relatively large. The Company is a first-class brand with competition advantage comparing to the competitors. Therefore, the Company still has certain advantages to compete in Chinese market.

In terms of Singapore market, the Company has made a great breakthrough in the first two years, which is very helpful for market development in the future.

Chairman: Manager: Chief Accountant: C.S. Chen C.S. Chen Li-Mei Pan

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Annex II

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. The Audit Committee’s audit report

Hereby approved

The Board of Directors had prepared and presented the Individual Financial Statements and the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year of 2018, which were audited by CPA Johnny Lee and CPA Tzu Hui Lee of KPMG in Taiwan. Such audited financial statements together with the business report and the earnings distribution statement were reviewed and verified by the Audit Committee. The report is then prepared according to Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act and Article 219 of the Company Act and submitted for approval.

Sincerely yours,

The 2019 General Shareholders Meeting of the Company

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.

Convener of the Audit Committee: Ting Ho

March 22, 2019

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Annex III

Independent Auditors’ Report

To the Board of Directors of United Integrated Services Co., Ltd.:

Opinion

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of United Integrated Services Co., Ltd. and its Subsidiaries ("the Group"), which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, based on our audit and the other auditors' report (please refer to other matter section), the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and with the International Financial Reporting Standards ( IFRSs ), International Accounting Standards ( IASs ), Interpretations developed by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ( IFRIC ) or the former Standing Interpretations Committee ( SIC ) endorsed and issued into effect by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China. Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Auditing and Certification of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the Certified Public Accountants Code of Professional Ethics in Republic of China ("the Code"), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis of our opinion.

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Other Matter

Other companies included in investments accounted for using equity method of the Group, which like Ablerex Electronics Co., Ltd., Wholetech System Hitech Limited and JG Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. The financial statements have not been audited by us but by other auditors. Therefore, the amounts of the financial statements about Ablerex Electronics Co., Ltd., Wholetech System Hitech Limited and JG Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. are based on the other auditors' report. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Group recognized the amount of investment in the equity method of Ablerex Electronics Co., Ltd., Wholetech System Hitech Limited and JG Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., accounted for 3.64% and 4.53% of total assets, respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, share of profit of associates accounted for using equity method accounted for 2.10% and 3.45% of income before tax, respectively.

Some directors of United Integrated Services Co., Ltd. are judged by the Taiwan High Court, who were involved in the violation of the Securities Exchange Act. For circumstances of these cases, please refer to note12 (b) of the consolidated financial statements.

United Integrated Services Co., Ltd. has prepared individual financial statements for the years of 2018 and 2017, and we have issued an unqualified opinion with other matter section thereon.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. In our judgment, the key audit matters we communicated in the auditors' report were as follows:

  1. Revenue recognition

For the accounting policies related to revenue recognition, please refer to Note 4 (p) Revenue recognition; Revenue recognition of accounting estimates and assumptions of uncertainty, please refer to Note 5 (b) Income recognition; For the description of revenue recognition, please refer to Note 6 (v) Revenue.

Description of Key Audit Matters:

Construction contract revenue of the Group is recognized by the degree of completion of the contract. The degree of completion is based on the contract costs incurred as of the financial statements date which represents the percentage of the estimated total contract cost. Because construction contract accounting treatment involves high level of estimation and judgment, revenue recognition has been identified as a key audit matter in our audit.

We performed our audit procedures by:

Our principal audit procedures include the effectiveness test of internal control execution related to the timing and correctness of revenue recognition. Select samples of new construction contract during the reporting period of the Group, and review the contracts and related documents; we obtained the annual project revenue statistics of the Group, and calculated the validity of the recognition amount of the project revenue.

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2. Accounts receivable impairment assessment

For the accounting policies of the impairment assessment of accounts receivable, please refer to Note 4 (g) Financial instruments; for the accounting estimates and assumptions of the uncertainly, please refer to Note 5(a) Impairment assessment of accounts receivable; For the description of the impairment assessment of accounts receivable, please refer to Note6(d) Receivable and net accounts receivable.

Description of Key Audit Matters:

The Group recognized expected credit loss in accordance to the Group’s policy of allowance for bad debts, and established its estimation based on its client’s credit risk, historical experiences of credit loss, and the rational expectation of future economic status. Since the accounting treatment of expected credit losses involves high level of estimation and judgment, the assessment of impairment of accounts receivable has been identified as a key audit matter in our audit.

We performed our audit procedures by:

Our principal audit procedures include (i) understanding the accounting policies of notes receivable, accounts receivable, and their impairment assessment; (ii) implementing sampling procedures to examine accuracy of accounts receivable aging report; (iii) analyzing the changes of aging of accounts receivable in each period; (iv) performing random examination of the historical collection records; (v) examining subsequent events to evaluate the reasonableness of the Group’s recognition of allowance for impairment losses.

3. Financial instruments assessment

For the accounting policies related to the assessment of financial instruments, please refer to Note 4 (g) Financial Instruments; Financial instruments of accounting estimates and assumptions uncertainty, please refer to Note 5 (c) Financial assets impairment; For the description of the financial instruments assessment, please refer to Note 6 (z) Financial value and level information.

Description of Key Audit Matters:

The valuation for accounting treatment of financial instruments of the Group, which involves the exercise of professional judgments on valuation techniques and important parameters. Therefore, the valuation of financial instruments has been identified as a key audit matter in our audit.

We performed our audit procedures by:

Our principal audit procedures included (i) performing an assessment over the investment cycle of its initial recognition and disclosures on financial statements, which involved in internal control procedures for fair value measurement performed by the management (ii) Appointed our valuation specialists to assess the reasonableness of valuation techniques and to test the key parameters of financial assets without active market prices, wherein valuation models were used to ensure that the applied valuation techniques were in accordance with IFRS 13 “Fair Value Measurement”.

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

The management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial

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Reports by Securities Issuers and IFRSs, IASs, interpretation as well as related guidance endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China, and for such internal control as the 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, the 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 the management either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance including members of the Audit Committee are responsible for overseeing the Group s financial reporting process.

AuditorsResponsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  1. 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.

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

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

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

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the year ended December.31, 2018 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

The engagement partners on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Jung-Lin, Lee and Tzu-Hui, Lee.

KPMG

Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) March 25, 2019

Notes to Readers

The accompanying parent company only financial statements are intended only to present the statement of financial position, financial performance and its cash flows in accordance with the accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such parent company only financial statements are those generally accepted and applied in the Republic of China.

The auditors’ report and the accompanying parent company only financial statements are the English translation of the Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between, or any difference in the interpretation of the English and Chinese language auditors’ report and parent company only financial statements, the Chinese version shall prevail.

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(English Translation of Consolidated Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese) UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Balance Sheets December 31, 2018 and 2017

(Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Assets
Current assets:
1100
Cash and cash equivalents (note6(a))
1110
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss-current (note6(b), (z))
1125
Available-for-sale financial assets-current (note6(c),(z))
1140
Contract assets-current (note6(v))
1150
Notes receivable, net (note6(d))
1170
Accounts receivable, net (note6(d))
1190
Accounts receivable of construction contracts (note6(e))
1221
Current tax assets
130X
Inventories (note6(f))
1410
Prepayments (note6(g))
1470
Other current assets (note6(n),7and 8)
Total current assets
Non-current assets:
1543
Financial assets carried at cost-non-current (note6(j))
1510
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss-non-current (note6(h), (z))
1517
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income-non-current
(note6(i), (z))
1550
Investments accounted for under equity method (note6(k))
1600
Property, plant and equipment (note6(l))
1780
Intangible assets (note6(m))
1840
Deferred income tax assets (note6(s))
1900
Other non-current assets (note6(n) and 8)
Total non-current assets
Total assets
December 31, 2018
Amount
%
$ 7,029,298
34
149,575
1
-
-
2,176,124
10
581,743
3
3,822,249
18
-
-
14,485
-
39,233
-
1,453,776
7
2,058,412
10
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
2130
Contract liabilities (note6(v))
2150
Notes payable (note6(z))
2160
Notes payable-related parties (note6(z) and 7)
2170
Accounts payable (note6(z))
2180
Accounts payable-related parties (note6(z) and 7)
2190
Accounts payable of construction contracts (note6(e))
2220
Other payables-related parties (note7)
2230
Current income tax liabilities
2250
Provision liabilities-current (note6(p))
2300
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
Non-Current liabilities:
2550
Provision liabilities-non-current (note6(r))
2570
Deferred income tax liabilities (note6(s))
2645
Guarantee deposit received (note6(z))
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Equity attributable to shareholders of the company:
3100
Common stock
3200
Capital surplus
Retained earnings:
3310
Legal reserve
3320
Special reserve
3350
Unappropriated earnings
3400
Other equity
Total equity attributable to shareholders of the parent company
36XX
Non-controlling interests
Total equity
Total liabilities and equity
December 31, 2017
Amount
%
7,995,750
48
42,323
-
100,350
1
-
-
296,972
2
1,410,567
8
1,695,309
10
9,599
-
34,957
-
621,816
4
1,642,271
10
13,849,914
83
1,018,462
6
-
-
-
-
752,728
5
736,116
4
1,809
-
92,852
1
173,690
1
2,775,657
17
16,625,571
100
December 31, 2018
Amount
%
6,943,358
33
241,795
1
38,960
-
4,100,557
20
84,831
-
-
-
125,964
1
444,470
2
13,354
-
868,349
4
December 31, 2017
Amount
%

-
-

46,861
-
-
-

2,252,559
15
50,399
-
6,557,290
39

147,587
1

60,380
-
3,205
-

496,819
3
12,861,638
61

9,615,100
58

17,324,895
83
334,415
2
118,983
1
8,802
-

309,270
2

89,318
1
4,523
-

-
-
7,879
-
1,636,961
8
756,814
4
806,633
4
1,341
-
84,696
-
191,384
1
462,200
3

403,111
3
13,323,838
64

10,018,211
61
1,905,867
9

2,382,334
14
374,156
2

611,987
4
1,515,740
7
112,888
1
2,780,424
13

1,394,285
8

133,666
1

1,992,541
12

3,485,708
17
4,409,052
21

3,520,492
21
565,261
3

(112,888)
(1)
7,254,336
35


6,401,925
38
232,429
1

205,435
1
7,486,765
36

6,607,360
39
$
20,810,603
100
$
20,810,603
100

16,625,571
100

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(English Translation of Consolidated Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese) UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars , Except for Earnings Per Common Share)

Operating Revenues (note(v), (w) and 7):
4520
Construction revenue (note6(v))
4600
Service and design revenue
Operating revenue, net
Operating costs (note6(f), (m), (r), (x), 7 and 12):
5520
Construction cost
5600
Service and design cost
Total operating costs
Gross profit from operations
Operating expenses (note6(m), (p), (q), (r), (x) and 12):
6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative expenses
6300
Research and development expenses
6450
Expected credit impairment losses
Total operating expenses
Net operating income
Non-operating income and expenses:
7010
Other income (note6(y))
7020
Other gains and losses (note6(y))
7100
Interest income
7510
Interest expense (note6(y) and 7)
7370
Share of profit of associations and joint ventures accounted for using equity method (note6(k))
Total non-operating income and expenses
Profit from continuing operations before tax
7950
Less: Income tax (note6(s))
Net Profit
8300
Other comprehensive income:
8310
Components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
8311
Gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans
8316
Unrealized gains (losses) from investments in equity instruments measured at fair value through other
comprehensive income(note6(i))
8320
Share of other comprehensive income of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method,
components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
8349
Income tax related to components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
Components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
8360
Other components of other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss
8361
Exchange differences on translation(note6(t))
8362
Unrealized gains (losses) on valuation of available-for-sale financial assets(note6(t))
8370
Share of other comprehensive income of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method,
components of other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss
8399
Income tax related to components of other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss
Components of other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss
8300
Other comprehensive income, net
Total comprehensive income
Profit attributable to:
8610
Profit attributable to owners of parent (note6(u))
8620
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests
Comprehensive income attributable to:
8710
Comprehensive income, attributable to owners of parent
8720
Comprehensive income, attributable to non-controlling interests
9750
Basic earnings per share (note6(u))
9850
Diluted earnings per share (note6(u))
2018 %
99
1
2017 %
98
2
Amount
17,898,319
229,615
Amount

12,247,176

278,742

18,127,934
14,786,885
157,608
100
82
1


12,525,918

10,131,450

159,954
100
81
1

14,944,493
83

10,291,404
82

3,183,441
17

2,234,514
18

32,382
695,937
36,070
46,952
-
4
-
-

26,704

555,339
42,120
-
-
4
-
-

811,341
4
624,163
4

2,372,100
13

1,610,351
14

389,382
72,258
146,014
(6,368)
63,636
2
-
1
-
-


319,528
(339,021)

100,240
(6,572)
61,056
3
(3)
1
-
-

664,922
3

135,231
1

3,037,022
762,853
16
4


1,745,582

403,818
15
3

2,274,169
12

1,341,764
12

(21,830)
(954,501)
(133)
9,567
-
(5)
-
-

(29,593)

-
(510)
5,031
-
-
-
-

(966,897)
(5)

(25,072)
-

(39,178)
-
-
6,397

-
-
-
-


(18,227)
34,780
1,127
3,098
-
-
-
-

(32,781)
-
20,778
-

(999,678)
(5)

(4,294)
-

$
1,274,491

7


1,337,470
12

$ 2,147,566
126,603
11
1


1,214,548

127,216
11
1

$
2,274,169
12
1,341,764
12

$ 1,155,079
119,412
6
1


1,210,254

127,216
11
1

$
1,274,491
7

1,337,470
12

$
9.42 5.10
$ 9.27 5.00

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(English Translation of Consolidated Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese) UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Balance at January 1, 2017
A1
Net income for the year
D1
Other comprehensive income (losses) for the year
D3
Total comprehensive income (losses) for the period
D5
Appropriation and distribution of retained earnings:
Legal reserve
B1
Special reserve
B3
Cash dividends
B5
Other changes in capital surplus:
Changes in equity of associates and joint ventures
accounted for using equity method
C7
Other changes in capital surplus
C17
Disposal of company's stock by subsidiaries
recognized as treasury stock transactions
L7
Changes in non-controlling interests
O1
Balance at December 31, 2017
Z1
Effects of retrospective application
A3
Equity at beginning of period after adjustments
A5
Net income for the year
D1
Other comprehensive income (losses) for the year
D3
Total comprehensive income (losses) for the period
D5
Appropriation and distribution of retained earnings:
Legal reserve
B1
Special reserve
B3
Cash dividends
B5
Other changes in capital surplus:
Changes in equity of associates and joint ventures
accounted for using equity method
C7
Capital reduction
E3
Changes in non-controlling interests
O1
Balance at December 31, 2018
Z1
Equity attributable to owners of parent Equity attributable to owners of parent Equity attributable to owners of parent Equity attributable to owners of parent Non-controlling
interests
Total equity
**Share capital ** Capital
surplus
Retained earnings Total other equity interest Treasury
stock
Total equity
attributable to
owners of
parent
Exchange
differences on
translation of
foreign
financial
statements
Unrealized
gains (losses)
on financial
assets measured
at fair value
through other
comprehensive
income


Unrealized
gains (losses)
on
available-for-sal
e financial
assets
Total other
equity interest
Common stock Legal
reserve
Special
reserve
Unappropriated
retained
earnings
Total retained
earnings
$ 2,382,334
610,422

1,239,086

63,220
2,458,110
3,760,416

(23,896)
- (109,770)
(133,666)
(594)
6,618,912
16,170
6,635,082


-

-


-
-


-
-


-
-

1,214,548
(25,072)



1,214,548

(25,072)



-

(14,002)
-
-

-
34,780


-

20,778

-
-


1,214,548
(4,294)

127,216
-



1,341,764
(4,294)

-
- - -
1,189,476



1,189,476



(14,002)
-
34,780



20,778
-
1,210,254
127,216

1,337,470

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
-
-
-
294
268
1,003
-
155,199
-
-

-

-

-
-

-
70,446
-
-
-
-
-

(155,199)
(70,446)
(1,429,400)
-
-
-
-



-

-

(1,429,400)
-
-
-
-


-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-


-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
594
-

-
-
(1,429,400)
294
268

1,597
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
62,049


-
-
(1,429,400)
294
268
1,597

62,049

2,382,334

-

611,987
-

1,394,285
-

133,666
-
1,992,541
(55,443)

3,520,492

(55,443)

(37,898)

-
-
1,583,250
(74,990)

74,990

(112,888)

1,658,240
-
-
6,401,925
1,602,797

205,435
-



6,607,360
1,602,797

2,382,334

611,987

1,394,285

133,666

1,937,098



3,465,049


(37,898)

1,583,250



-


1,545,352
-
8,004,722
205,435

8,210,157


-

-


-
-


-
-


-
-

2,147,566
(12,396)



2,147,566

(12,396)



-

(25,590)

-
(954,501)

-

-

-
(980,091)
-
-

2,147,566
(992,487)

126,603
(7,191)



2,274,169

(999,678)

-
- - -
2,135,170



2,135,170



(25,590)

(954,501)


-

(980,091)
-
1,155,079

119,412



1,274,491

-

-

-

-

(476,467)

-
-
-
(238,233)
402

-
-
121,455
-

-

-
-
-

-
(20,778)
-
-
-
-

(121,455)
20,778
(1,191,167)
-
-
-



-

-

(1,191,167)
-
-
-


-
-

-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
(1,429,400)
402
(476,467)
-

-
-
-
-
-
(92,418)


-
-
(1,429,400)
402
(476,467)

(92,418)
$
1,905,867
374,156
1,515,740
112,888 2,780,424 4,409,052 (63,488) 628,749 - 565,261 - 7,254,336
232,429


7,486,765

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(English Translation of Consolidated Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese) UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

AAAA
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities:
A10000
Profit before tax
A20000
Adjustments:
A20010
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss):
A20100
Depreciation expense
A20200
Amortization expense
A20300
Expected credit loss for bad debt expense(reversal of provision)
A20400
Net loss (gain) on financial assets or liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
A20900
Interest expense
A21200
Interest income
A21300
Dividend income
A22300
Share of profit of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method
A22500
Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plan and equipment
A23100
Gain on disposal of investments
A23500
Impairment loss on financial assets
A20010
Total adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)
A30000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
A31000
Changes in operating assets:
A31125
Increase in contract assets
A31130
Decrease(increase) in notes receivable
A31150
Decrease(increase) in accounts receivable
A31160
Decrease in accounts receivable due from related parties
A31170
Increase in construction contracts receivable
A31200
Increase in inventories
A31230
Decrease(increase) in prepayments
A31240
Increase in other current assets
A31000
Subtotal of changes in operating assets
A32000
Changes in operating liabilities:
A32125
Increase in Contract liabilities
A32130
Increase (decrease) in notes payable
A32140
Increase (decrease) in notes payable to related parties
A32150
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
A32160
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable to related parties
A32170
Increase in construction contracts receivable
A32190
Decrease in other payable to related parties
A32200
Increase (decrease) in provisions
A32230
Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities
A32240
Increase in net defined benefit liability
A32000
Subtotal of changes in operating liabilities
A30000
Subtotal of changes in operating assets and liabilities
A20000
Total adjustments
A33000
Cash inflow (outflow) generated from operations
A33100
Interest received
A33300
Interest paid
A33500
Income taxes refund (paid)
AAAA
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities
BBBB
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities:
B00100
Acquisition of financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss
B00200
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss
B00300
Acquisition of available-for-sale financial assets
B01400
Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets at cost
B01800
Acquisition of investments accounted for using equity method
B02700
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
B02800
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
B03800
Increase (decrease) in refundable deposits
B04100
Increase in other receivables
B04500
Acquisition of intangible assets
B06500
Increase in other financial assets
B06800
Decrease in other non-current assets
B07200
Decrease in prepayments for business facilities
B07600
Dividends received
BBBB
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities
CCCC
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities:
C03100
Increase in guarantee deposits received
C04500
Cash dividends paid
C04700
Capital reduction payments to shareholders
C05000
Proceeds from sale of treasury shares
C05800
Change in non-controlling interests
CCCC
Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities
DDDD
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
EEEE
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
E00100
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
E00200
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
2018
$ 3,037,022
27,408
3,708
46,952
15,206
6,368
(146,014)
(356,400)
(63,636)
(1)
-
-
2017

1,745,582

25,258

5,604

(17,746)

(24,489)

6,572

(100,240)

(257,432)

(61,056)

27
(13,656)
3,300
(466,409)

(433,858)

(480,815)
(284,771)
(2,458,634)
-
-
(4,276)
(831,960)
(3,110)



-

463,996

2,307,972
144
(322,888)

(3,483)

312,820

(191,150)

(4,063,566)



2,567,411

386,068
194,934
38,960
1,847,998
34,432
-
(21,623)
10,149
371,530
3,314



-

(111,524)

(40,246)

(710,609)

(43,614)
762,191

-

(4,731)

(157,709)

2,354

2,865,762



(303,888)

(1,197,804)



2,263,523

(1,664,213)



1,829,665

1,372,809
135,539
-
(329,869)



3,575,247

93,992
(291)

(495,276)

1,178,479



3,173,672

(826)
1,806
-
-
(10,382)
(9,564)
2,603
(104,253)
6,345
-
(87,094)
-
2,176
80,903



-

67,358
(1,310)
5,132

(2,579)

(6,527)

-

2,686

-
(718)

(775,555)
4,990

7,123

325,310

(118,286)



(374,090)

4,279
(1,429,400)
(476,467)
-
(92,418)



(1,534)

(1,429,400)

-
1,597

62,049

(1,994,006)



(1,367,288)

(32,639)



(8,399)

(966,452)
7,995,750



1,423,895

6,571,855

$
7,029,298


7,995,750

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Independent Auditors’ Report

To the Board of Directors of United Integrated Services Co., Ltd.:

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of United Integrated Services Co., Ltd. ("the Company"), which comprise the statement of financial position as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and the statements of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and notes to the Company's financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, based on our audit and the other auditors' report (please refer to other matter section), the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, 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 Certification of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants” and the auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Company's Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Certified Public Accountants Code of Professional Ethics in Republic of China ("the Code"), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis of our opinion.

Other Matter

Other companies included in investments accounted for using equity method of the Company, which like Ablerex Electronics Co., Ltd., Wholetech System Hitech Limited and JG Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. The financial statements have not been audited by us but by other auditors. Therefore, the amounts of the financial statements about Ablerex Electronics Co., Ltd., Wholetech System Hitech Limited and JG Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. are based on the other auditors' report. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized the amount of investment in the equity method of Ablerex Electronics Co., Ltd., Wholetech System Hitech Limited and JG Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., accounted for 4.26% and 5.71% of total assets, respectively.

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For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, share of profit of associates accounted for using equity method accounted for 2.37% and 4.16% of income before tax, respectively.

Some directors of United Integrated Services Co., Ltd. are judged by the Taiwan High Court, who were involved in the violation of the Securities Exchange Act. For circumstances of these cases, please refer to note12 (b) of the consolidated financial statements.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Company's financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Company's financial statements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. In our judgment, the key audit matters we communicated in the auditors' report were as follows:

  1. Revenue recognition

For the accounting policies related to revenue recognition, please refer to Note 4 (p) Revenue recognition; Revenue recognition of accounting estimates and assumptions of uncertainty, please refer to Note 5 (b) Income recognition; For the description of revenue recognition, please refer to Note 6 (u) Revenue.

Description of Key Audit Matters:

Construction contract revenue of the Company is recognized by the degree of completion of the contract. The degree of completion is based on the contract costs incurred as of the financial statements date which represents the percentage of the estimated total contract cost. Because construction contract accounting treatment involves high level of estimation and judgment, revenue recognition has been identified as a key audit matter in our audit.

We performed our audit procedures by:

Our principal audit procedures include the effectiveness test of internal control execution related to the timing and correctness of revenue recognition. Select samples of new construction contract during the reporting period of the Company, and review the contracts and related documents; we obtained the annual project revenue statistics of the Company, and calculated the validity of the recognition amount of the project revenue.

  1. Accounts receivable impairment assessment

For the accounting policies of the impairment assessment of accounts receivable, please refer to Note 4 (f) Financial instruments; for the accounting estimates and assumptions of the uncertainly, please refer to Note 5(a) Impairment assessment of accounts receivable; For the description of the impairment assessment of accounts receivable, please refer to Note6(d) Receivable and net accounts receivable.

Description of Key Audit Matters:

The Company recognized expected credit loss in accordance to the Company’s policy of allowance for bad debts, and established its estimation based on its client’s credit risk, historical experiences of credit loss, and the rational expectation of future economic status. Since the accounting treatment of expected credit losses involves high level of estimation and judgment, the assessment of impairment of accounts receivable has

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been identified as a key audit matter in our audit.

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We performed our audit procedures by:

Our principal audit procedures include (i) understanding the accounting policies of notes receivable, accounts receivable, and their impairment assessment; (ii) implementing sampling procedures to examine accuracy of accounts receivable aging report; (iii) analyzing the changes of aging of accounts receivable in each period; (iv) performing random examination of the historical collection records; (v) examining subsequent events to evaluate the reasonableness of the Company’s recognition of allowance for impairment losses.

3. Financial instruments assessment

For the accounting policies related to the assessment of financial instruments, please refer to Note 4 (f) Financial Instruments; Financial instruments of accounting estimates and assumptions uncertainty, please refer to Note 5 (c) Financial assets impairment; For the description of the financial instruments assessment, please refer to Note 6 (y) Financial value and level information.

Description of Key Audit Matters:

The valuation for accounting treatment of financial instruments of the Company, which involves the exercise of professional judgments on valuation techniques and important parameters. Therefore, the valuation of financial instruments has been identified as a key audit matter in our audit.

We performed our audit procedures by:

Our principal audit procedures included (i) performing an assessment over the investment cycle of its initial recognition and disclosures on financial statements, which involved in internal control procedures for fair value measurement performed by the management (ii) Appointed our valuation specialists to assess the reasonableness of valuation techniques and to test the key parameters of financial assets without active market prices, wherein valuation models were used to ensure that the applied valuation techniques were in accordance with IFRS 13 “Fair Value Measurement”.

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

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

In preparing the Company's financial statements, the 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 the management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance including members of the Audit Committee are responsible for overseeing the Company s financial reporting process.

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AuditorsResponsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

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

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

  1. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Company's 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 the management.

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

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

  6. Obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities which accounted for using equity method by the Company to express an opinion on the Company's 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

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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.

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From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the Company's financial statements of the year ended December.31, 2018 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

The engagement partners on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’ report are Jung-Lin, Lee and Tzu-Hui, Lee.

KPMG

Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) March 25, 2019

Notes to Readers

The accompanying parent company only financial statements are intended only to present the statement of financial position, financial performance and its cash flows in accordance with the accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such parent company only financial statements are those generally accepted and applied in the Republic of China.

The auditors’ report and the accompanying parent company only financial statements are the English translation of the Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between, or any difference in the interpretation of the English and Chinese language auditors’ report and parent company only financial statements, the Chinese version shall prevail.

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(English Translation of Parent Company Only Financial Statements and Report Originally Issued in Chinese) UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. Balance Sheets December 31, 2018 and 2017 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Assets
Current assets:
1100
Cash and cash equivalents (note6(a))
1110
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss-current (note6(b), (y))
1125
Available-for-sale financial assets-current (note6(c),(y))
1140
Contract assets-current (note6(u))
1150
Notes receivable, net (note6(d))
1170
Accounts receivable, net (note6(d))
1180
Accounts receivable-related parties, net (note6(d) and 7)
1190
Accounts receivable of construction contracts (note6(e))
130X
Inventories (note6(f))
1410
Prepayments (note6(g))
1221
Current tax assets
1470
Other current assets (note6(n) and 7)
Total current assets
Non-current assets:
1543
Financial assets carried at cost-non-current (note6(j))
1510
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss-non-current (note6(h))
1517
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income-non-current
(note6(i))
1550
Investments accounted for under equity method (note6(k))
1600
Property, plant and equipment (note6(l))
1780
Intangible assets (note6(m))
1840
Deferred income tax assets (note6(r))
1995
Other non-current assets-other (note6(n))
1940
Long-term notes and accounts-related parties (note7)
Total non-current assets
Total assets
December 31, 2018
Amount
%
$ 5,802,022
33
149,575
2
-
-
1,002,722
6
3,035
-
2,789,672
16
66,904
-
-
-
44,134
-
1,041,684
6
14,485
-
2,003,552
11
December 31, 2017
Amount
%
5,963,676
45
42,323
-
100,350
1
-
-
3,125
-
651,877
5
16,254
-
681,476
5
39,218
-
58,718
-
9,599
-
1,515,868
11
9,082,484
67
1,018,462
8
-
-
-
-
2,182,607
18
569,929
4
1,809
-
92,852
1
8,083
-
228,180
2
4,101,922
33
13,184,406
100
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
2130
Contract liabilities (note6(u))
2150
Notes payable (note6(y))
2160
Notes payable-related parties (note6(y) and 7)
2170
Accounts payable (note6(y))
2180
Accounts payable-related parties (note6(y) and 7)
2190
Accounts payable of construction contracts (note6(e))
2200
Other payables
2220
Other payables-related parties (note7)
2230
Current income tax liabilities
2250
Provision liabilities-current (note6(o))
2300
Other current liabilities
Total current liabilities
Non-Current liabilities:
2550
Provision liabilities-non-current (note6(q))
2570
Deferred income tax liabilities (note6(r))
2645
Guarantee deposit received (note6(y))
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
3100
Common stock
3200
Capital surplus
Retained earnings:
3310
Legal reserve
3320
Special reserve
3350
Unappropriated earnings
Other equity interest:
3400
Other equity
Total equity
Total liabilities and equity
December 31, December 31, 2017
Amount
%

-
-

46,135
-
-
-

1,184,121
9

77,150
1
4,501,567
34

415,774
3

147,587
1

-
-
3,205
-
6,642
-
Amount

10,038,362
55


6,382,181
48
12,917,785
74

334,415
2
118,983
1
2,004
-


309,270
2

89,318
1
1,712
-

-
-
7,879
-
1,636,961
9
2,314,018
13
560,187
3
1,341
-
84,696
-
6,551
-
218,682
1

455,402
3


400,300
3

10,493,764
58


6,782,481
51

1,905,867
11


2,382,334
18

374,156
2


611,987
5

1,515,740
9
112,888
1
2,780,424
16


1,394,285
11

133,666
1

1,992,541
15
4,830,315
26

4,409,052
26


3,520,492
27

565,261
3


(112,888)
(1)

7,254,336
42



6,401,925
49

$
17,748,100
100


13,184,406
100
$
17,748,100
100

See accompanying notes to parent company only financial statements

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(English Translation of Parent Company Only Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese) UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. Statements of Comprehensive Income For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars , Except for Earnings Per Common Share)

Operating Revenues (note9(u), (v) and 7):
4520
Construction revenue (note6(u))
4600
Service and design revenue
Operating revenue, net
Operating costs (note6(f), (m), (q), (w), 7 and 12):
5520
Construction cost
5600
Service and design cost
Total operating costs
Gross profit from operations
Operating expenses (note6(m), (o), (p), (q) and 12):
6100
Selling expenses
6200
General and administrative expenses
6300
Research and development expenses
7055
Expected credit impairment losses
Total operating expenses
Net operating income
Non-operating income and expenses:
7010
Other income (note6(x))
7020
Other gains and losses (note6(x))
7100
Interest income
7510
Interest expense (note6(x) and 7)
7375
Share of profit of subsidiaries, associations and joint ventures accounted for using equity method (note6(l))
Total non-operating income and expenses
Profit from continuing operations before tax
7950
Less: Income tax (note6(r))
Net Profit
8300
Other comprehensive income:
8310
Components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
8311
Gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans
8316
Unrealized gains (losses) from investments in equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive
income(note6(i))
8330
Share of other comprehensive income of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method,
components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
8349
Income tax related to components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
Components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
8360
Other components of other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss
8362
Unrealized gains (losses) on valuation of available-for-sale financial assets
8380
Share of other comprehensive income of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method,
components of other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss
8399
Income tax related to components of other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss
Components of other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss
8300
Other comprehensive income, net
Total comprehensive income
9750
Basic earnings per share (note6(t))
9850
Diluted earnings per share (note6(t))
2018 %
98
2
2017 %
96
4
Amount
9,352,741
220,976
Amount

6,992,538

265,106

9,573,717
100

7,257,644
100

7,109,722
167,948
75
2


5,730,275

157,901
80
2

7,277,670
77

5,888,176
82

2,296,047
23

1,369,468
18

32,363
604,691
36,070
36,733
-
6
-
-

26,641

460,719
42,099
-
-
6
1
-

709,857
6
529,459
7

1,586,190
17

840,009
11

373,337
91,091
139,197
(6,298)
497,540
4
1
1
-
5


297,223

(320,494)

93,894
(6,281)

540,197
4
(4)
1
-
7

1,094,867
11

604,539
8

2,681,057
533,491
28
6


1,444,548

230,000
19
3

2,147,566
22

1,214,548
16

(21,830)
(954,501)
(133)
9,567
-
(10)
-
-

(29,593)

-
(510)
5,031
-
-
-
-

(966,897)
(10)

(25,072)
-

-
(31,987)
6,397

-
-
-


34,780
(17,100)
3,098
-
-
-

(25,590)
-
20,778
-

(992,487)
(10)

(4,294)
-

$
1,155,079

12


1,210,254
16

$
9.42 5.10
$ 9.27 5.00

See accompanying notes to parent company only financial statements

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(English Translation of Parent Company Only Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese) UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. Statements of Changes in Equity For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

Balance at January 1, 2017
A1
Net income for the year
D1
Other comprehensive income (losses) for the year
D3
Total comprehensive income (losses) for the period
D5
Appropriation and distribution of retained earnings:
Legal reserve
B1
Special reserve
B3
Cash dividends
B5
Other changes in capital surplus:
Changes in equity of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method
C7
Other changes in capital surplus
C17
Disposal of company's stock by subsidiaries recognized as treasury stock transactions
L7
Balance at December 31, 2017
Z1
Effects of retrospective application
A3
Equity at beginning of period after adjustments
A5
Net income for the year
D1
Other comprehensive income (losses) for the year
D3
Total comprehensive income (losses) for the period
D5
Appropriation and distribution of retained earnings:
Legal reserve
B1
Special reserve
B3
Cash dividends
B5
Other changes in capital surplus:
Changes in equity of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method
C7
Capital reduction
E3
Balance at December 31, 2018
Z1
**Share capital ** Capital
surplus
Retained earnings Retained earnings Total other equity interest Total other equity interest Treasury
stock
Total equity
6,618,912
Exchange
differences on
translation of
foreign
financial
statements
Unrealized
gains (losses)
on financial
assets measured
at fair value
through other
comprehensive
income


Unrealized
gains (losses)
on
available-for-sal
e financial
assets
Total other
equity interest
Common stock Legal
reserve
Special
reserve
Unappropriated
retained
earnings
Total retained
earnings
$ 2,382,334 610,422
1,239,086
63,220
2,458,110
3,760,416
(23,896)
- (109,770) (133,666)
(594)


-

-

-
-


-
-

-
-


1,214,548
(25,072)

1,214,548
(25,072)



-

(14,002)
-
-

-
34,780

-
20,778


-

-

1,214,548
(4,294)

-
- - -
1,189,476

1,189,476



(14,002)
-
34,780

20,778


-

1,210,254

-

-

-

-

-

-
-
-
-
294
268
1,003
155,199
-
-

-

-

-
-
70,446
-
-
-
-

(155,199)

(70,446)
(1,429,400)
-
-
-

-
-
(1,429,400)
-
-
-


-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
594

-
-
(1,429,400)
294
268
1,597

2,382,334

-

611,987
-


1,394,285
-
133,666
-

1,992,541
(55,443)
3,520,492
(55,443)

(37,898)

-
-
1,583,250
(74,990)

74,990
(112,888)
1,658,240

-

-

6,401,925
1,602,797

2,382,334
611,987
1,394,285
133,666

1,937,098

3,465,049


(37,898)

1,583,250



-

1,545,352


-

8,004,722


-

-

-
-


-
-

-
-


2,147,566
(12,396)

2,147,566
(12,396)



-

(25,590)

-
(954,501)

-

-

-
(980,091)

-

-

2,147,566
(992,487)

-
- - -
2,135,170

2,135,170



(25,590)

(954,501)


-

(980,091)


-

1,155,079

-

-

-

-

(476,467)
-
-
(238,233)
402
-
121,455
-

-

-
-
-
(20,778)
-
-
-

(121,455)

20,778
(1,191,167)
-
-

-
-
(1,191,167)
-
-


-
-

-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
(1,429,400)
402
(476,467)

$
1,905,867
374,156
1,515,740
112,888 2,780,424 4,409,052 (63,488) 628,749 - 565,261 -
7,254,336

See accompanying notes to parent company only financial statements

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(English Translation of Parent Company Only Financial Statements Originally Issued in Chinese) UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. Statements of Cash Flows

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (Expressed in Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)

AAAA
Cash flows from (used in) operating activities:
A10000
Profit before tax
A20000
Adjustments:
A20010
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss):
A20100
Depreciation expense
A20200
Amortization expense
A20300
Expected credit loss for bad debt expense(reversal of provision)
A20400
Net loss (gain) on financial assets or liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
A20900
Interest expense
A21200
Interest income
A21300
Dividend income
A22400
Share of profit of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method
A22500
Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plan and equipment
A23100
Gain on disposal of investments
A23500
Impairment loss on financial assets
A20010
Total adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)
A30000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
A31000
Changes in operating assets:
A31125
Increase in contract assets
A31130
Decrease in notes receivable
A31150
Decrease(increase) in accounts receivable
A31160
Decrease(increase) in accounts receivable due from related parties
A31170
Decrease in construction contracts receivable
A31200
Increase in inventories
A31230
Decrease(increase) in prepayments
A31240
Decrease(increase) in other current assets
A31000
Subtotal of changes in operating assets
A32000
Changes in operating liabilities:
A32125
Increase in Contract liabilities
A32130
Increase (decrease) in notes payable
A32140
Increase (decrease) in notes payable to related parties
A32150
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable
A32160
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable to related parties
A32170
Decrease in construction contracts receivable
A32200
Increase in provisions
A32230
Increase (decrease) in other current liabilities
A32240
Increase in net defined benefit liability
A32000
Subtotal of changes in operating liabilities
A30000
Subtotal of changes in operating assets and liabilities
A20000
Total adjustments
A33000
Cash inflow (outflow) generated from operations
A33100
Interest received
A33500
Income taxes refund (paid)
AAAA
Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities
BBBB
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities:
B00010
Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
B00200
Proceeds from disposal of financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss
B00300
Acquisition of available-for-sale financial assets
B01400
Proceeds from capital reduction of financial assets at cost
B01800
Acquisition of investments accounted for using equity method
B02700
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment
B02800
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
B03800
Increase (decrease) in refundable deposits
B04200
Decrease in other receivables
B04300
Increase in other receivables due from related parties
B04500
Acquisition of intangible assets
B06500
Increase in other financial assets
B06700
Increase in other non-current assets
B07600
Dividends received
BBBB
Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities
CCCC
Cash flows from (used in) financing activities:
C03100
Increase in guarantee deposits received
C04500
Cash dividends paid
C04600
Proceeds from issuing shares
CCCC
Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities
EEEE
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
E00100
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
E00200
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
2018
$ 2,681,057
12,082
1,909
36,733
15,206
6,298
(139,197)
(356,400)
(497,540)
(241)
-
-
2017

1,444,548

14,391

4,773

(15,024)

(24,489)

6,281

(93,894)

(257,432)

(540,197)

5
(5,747)
3,300
(921,150)

(908,033)

(321,246)
91
(2,174,528)
(50,650)
-
(4,916)
(982,965)
31,029



-

376,977

2,548,222

10,955
177,492

(5,136)

644,723

(2,173)

(3,503,185)



3,751,060

1,393,209
195,396
38,960
1,426,053
13,425
-
10,149
242,357
3,314



-

(111,018)

(40,246)

(1,102,664)

(54,875)
(300,580)

4,731

(116,140)

2,354

3,322,863



(1,718,438)

(180,322)



2,032,622

(1,101,472)



1,124,589

1,579,585
128,791
(147,966)



2,569,137

83,357

(354,587)

1,560,410



2,297,907

(826)
1,806
-
-
(10,382)
(4,678)
2,580
744
181,854
9,498
(90)
(77,334)
(563)
80,902



-

63,063
(1,310)
5,132

(2,579)

(2,830)

-

4,862

26,312

9,619

(718)

(832,621)

(344)

414,614

183,511



(316,800)

292
(1,429,400)
(476,467)



(232)

(1,429,400)

-

(1,905,575)


(1,429,632)

(161,654)
5,963,676



551,475

5,412,201

$
5,802,022


5,963,676

See accompanying notes to parent company only financial statements

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Annex IV

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. The 2018 Earnings Distribution Table

Unit: NT$

Unit: NT$
Item Amount Note
Undistributed earnings at the
beginningof theperiod
700,697,827
IFRS first-time application of the
adjusted retained earnings
(55,443,425)
Net income 2,147,566,428
Legal reserve (10%) (214,756,643)
Reversed amount of the special
reserve in thisyear
112,887,566
Changes in the actuarial profit and
loss of theyear
(12,397,618)
Distributable earnings 2,678,554,135
Distribution items
Shareholder dividend 1,905,866,980 Proposed to
distribute cash
dividend of
NT$10 per share
to shareholders
Undistributed earnings at the end of
theperiod
772,687,155

Note 1: The principle of earnings distribution of the Company is based on the 2018 distributable earnings.

Chairman: Manager: Chief Accountant: C.S. Chen C.S. Chen Li-Mei Pan

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Annex V

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.

The “Articles of Association” amendment made before and after

Clauses Clauses before amendment made Clauses afteramendment made Note
Article 1 The Company is named “UNITED INTEGRATED
SERVICES CO., LTD.” according to~~the~~
organization stipulated in the Company Act.
The Company is named “UNITED INTEGRATED
SERVICES CO., LTD.” according to the
organization stipulated in the Company Act.
The Company’s name in English is“UNITED
INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.”
The Company’s
name in English
is added in
accordance with
Article 392-1 of
the Company
Act.
Article 5-1: Additions The treasury shares purchased by the Company
according to law may be transferred to the
employees of the controlled or subordinate
company who meet certain conditions.
The Company’s employee stock warrants or
restrictive shares may be available to the
employees of the controlled or subordinate
company who meet certain conditions.
When the Company issues stock shares, the
employees of the controlled or subordinate
company who meet certain conditions are
entitled to subscribe shares.
In response to the
actual needs of
the company, it is
amended in
accordance with
Articles 167-1,
Article 167-2,
and Article 267
of the Company
Act.
Article 7 The Company’s stocks are all ordered and signed or
sealed by ~~more than three directors~~;also,certified
The Company’s stocks are all ordered and signed or
sealed bytherepresentative directors;also,
It is amended in
accordance with
Article 162 of the

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Clauses Clauses before amendment made Clauses afteramendment made Note
by the~~competent authority or its approved issuing~~
~~and registration agency in advance~~.
The shares issued by the Company are exempted
from printing stocks, and should be registered with
the centralized securities depository institutions.
certified bythe banks that are authorized as a
stock certification agency.
The shares issued by the Company are exempted
from printing stocks, and should be registered with
the centralized securities depository institutions.
Company Act.
Article 9 Shareholders meetings include general shareholders
meeting and extraordinary shareholders meeting. A
general shareholders meeting is~~held~~once a year
and it shall be convened by the Board of Directors
within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year.
An extraordinary shareholders meeting is convened
when it is necessary.
Shareholders meetings include general shareholders
meeting and extraordinary shareholders meeting. A
general shareholders meeting isheld once a year
and it shall be convened by the Board of Directors
within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year.
An extraordinary shareholders meeting is convened
when it is necessary.
A discretionary
text revision is
made in
accordance with
the terminology
stipulated in the
Company Act.
Article 12 The resolutions of the shareholders meeting, unless
otherwise regulated by law, shall be reached with
the attendance of the shareholders that represent the
majority of the shares issued, and with the consent
of the attending shareholders that represent the
majority of the voting rights.
The resolutions of the shareholders meeting, unless
otherwise regulated by law, shall be reached with
the attendance of the shareholders that represent the
majority of the shares issued, and with the consent
of the attending shareholders that represent the
majority of the voting rights.
Shareholders who exercise their voting rights by
electronic means are deemed to be present in
person, and their related matters are handled in
accordance with the law.
In response to the
actual needs of the
Company

33

Clauses Clauses before amendment made Clauses afteramendment made Note
Article 13-1 The board meeting of the Company shall be
convened at least once a quarter, and the reasons for
the convening shall be clearly stated. The directors
shall be notified 7 days in advance, but in case of
emergency, the board meeting can be convened at
any time. The board meeting notice can be issued in
writing or by fax or E-mail.
~~When the Chairman asks for leave or cannot~~
~~exercise his powers for any reason, his proxy shall~~
~~handle the matters in accordance with Article 208~~
~~of the Company Act.~~
~~If the director is unable to attend the board meeting~~
~~for any reason, he may entrust other directors to act~~
~~by proxy, but the representative is limited to be~~
~~entrusted by a director only.~~
The board meeting of the Company shall be
convened at least once a quarter, and the reasons for
the convening shall be clearly stated. The directors
shall be notified 7 days in advance, but in case of
emergency, the board meeting can be convened at
any time. The board meeting notice can be issued in
writing or by fax or E-mail.
Delete some
duplicate text and
adjust it to Article
15.
Article 15 When the Chairman asks for leave or cannot
exercise his powers for any reason, his proxy shall
handle the matters in accordance with Article 208
of the Company Act.
When the Chairman asks for leave or cannot
exercise his powers for any reason, his proxy shall
handle the matters in accordance with Article 208
of the Company Act.
If the director is unable to attend the board
meeting for any reason, he may entrust other
directors to act by proxy, but the representative
Consolidation
with Article 13-1

34

Clauses Clauses before amendment made Clauses afteramendment made Note
is limited to be entrusted by a director only.
Article 16 For the remunerations of all directors, the Board of
Directors is authorized to determine it according to
their participation in and contribution to the
Company’s operations and by referring to the
standards of the industry.
For the remunerations of all directors, the Board of
Directors is authorized to determine it according to
their participation in and contribution to the
Company’s operations and by referring to the
standards of the industry.
The Company may purchase liability insurance
for the directors during their office term
according to the liability for the responsibility
range.
Acquire liability
insurance for
board directors
according to the
law and
regulations.
Article 18 The Company shall, at the end of each fiscal year,
have the Board of Directors had the following
reports prepared and presented to the shareholders
meeting for approval: (1) business report (2)
financial statements (3) earnings distribution or loss
compensation statement~~.~~
The Company shall, at the end of each fiscal year,
have the Board of Directors had the following
reports prepared and presented to the shareholders
meeting for approval: (1) business report (2)
financial statements (3) earnings distribution or loss
compensation statement.
In response to the
actual needs of the
Company
Article 19 If the Company makes a profit in the year, it should
appropriate 6%~10% of the earnings as
remunerations to employees. The Board of
Directors decides the distribution of stock dividend
or cash dividend. The employees of the subordinate
companies who have met certain conditions are
If the Company makes a profit in the year, it should
appropriate 6%~10% of the earnings as
remunerations to employees. The Board of
Directors decides the distribution of stock dividend
or cash dividend. The employees of the subordinate
companies who have met certainconditionsare
It is amended in
accordance with
Article 235-1 of the
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also entitled to the said remunerations. The
Company’s Board of Directors may resolve to
appropriate not more than 2% of the
aforementioned earnings as remunerations to
directors. The remuneration to employee and
directors shall be reported in the shareholders
meeting.
also entitled to the said remunerations. The
Company’s Board of Directors may resolve to
appropriate not more than 2% of the
aforementioned earnings as remunerations to
directors. The remuneration to employee and
directors shall be reported in the shareholders
meeting.
company.
Article 19-1 The Company’s earnings, if any, should be applied
to pay tax and make up for losses, and then
appropriate 10% legal reserve. However, when the
legal reserve is equivalent to the paid-in capital of
the Company, the appropriation of legal reserve
could be ceased. In addition, special reserve will be
appropriated or reversed according to law and
regulations. The remaining amount, if any, plus the
accumulated undistributed earnings will be
available for distribution according to the proposal
of the Board of Directors. The distribution of
dividends to the shareholders should be presented in
the shareholders meeting for resolutions.
The Company’s earnings, if any, should be applied
to pay tax and make up for losses, and then
appropriate 10% legal reserve. However, when the
legal reserve is equivalent to the paid-in capital of
the Company, the appropriation of legal reserve
could be ceased. In addition, special reserve will be
appropriated or reversed according to law and
regulations. The remaining amount, if any, plus the
accumulated undistributed earnings will be
available for distribution according to the proposal
of the Board of Directors. The distribution of
dividends to the shareholders should be presented in
the shareholders meeting for resolutions.
For the earnings distribution in the form of cash
dividend as stated in the preceding paragraph,
It is amended in
accordance with
Article 240 of the
Company Act in
response to the
actual needs of the
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The Company’s dividend policy is based on current
and future development plans, considering the
investment environment, capital needs, and
domestic and international competition, and taking
into account the interests of shareholders and other
factors, in order to stabilize business development
and protect investors’ rights and interests. The
dividends to shareholders can be in the form of cash
dividend and/or stock dividend; also, the cash
dividend is not less than 25% of the total dividend.
the Board of Directors is authorized to have it
distributed with a special resolution reached and
have it reported in the shareholders meeting.
The Company’s dividend policy is based on current
and future development plans, considering the
investment environment, capital needs, and
domestic and international competition, and taking
into account the interests of shareholders and other
factors, in order to stabilize business development
and protect investors’ rights and interests. The
dividends to shareholders can be in the form of cash
dividend and/or stock dividend; also, the cash
dividend is not less than 25% of the total dividend.
**Article 19-2 ** Addition If the Company has no loss, the earnings
distribution can be resolved specifically in the
shareholders meeting according to the Company
Act, which is issuing stock dividend or cash
dividend with the legal reserve exceeding 25% of
the paid-up capital and all or part of the capital
reserve in compliance with the Company Act.
When cash dividend is to be distributed, the
Board of Directors is authorized to have it
It is amended in
accordance with
Article 240 and
Article 241 of the
Company Act in
response to the
actual needs of the
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distributed with a special resolution reached and
have it reported in the shareholders meeting.
Article 21 The Articles of Association was enacted on August
19, 1982.
The 32nd amendment was made on June 17, 2014.
The 33rd amendment was made on June 16, 2015.
The 34th amendment was made on June 14, 2016.
The 35th amendment was made on June 22, 2017.
The 36th amendment was made on June 12, 2018.
The Articles of Association was enacted on August
19, 1982.
The 32nd amendment was made on June 17, 2014.
The 33rd amendment was made on June 16, 2015.
The 34th amendment was made on June 14, 2016.
The 35th amendment was made on June 22, 2017.
The 36th amendment was made on June 12, 2018.
The 37th amendment was made on June 19,
2019.
Amendment
frequency and
date

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Annex VI

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.

The “Operational Procedures for the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets” amendment made before and after

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Article 3 Applicable scope of the assets referred to in the
Procedures
I.
Investment in stocks, government bonds,
corporate bonds, financial bonds, securities
presenting interest in a fund, domestic
beneficiary certificates, overseas mutual
funds,
depositary
receipts,
call
(put)
warrants, beneficial interest securities, and
asset-backed securities;
II.
Real property (including land, houses and
buildings, investment property,~~right-of-use~~
~~land,~~and construction enterprise inventory)
and equipment;
III. Memberships;
IV. Patents, copyrights, trademarks, franchise
rights, and other intangible assets;
V.
Claims of financial institutions (including
receivables, bills purchased and discounted,
loans, and overdue receivables;
VI. Financial derivatives;
VII. Acquisition or disposal of assets in
accordance
with
mergers,
demergers,
Applicable scope of the assets referred to in the
Procedures
I.
Investment in stocks, government bonds,
corporate bonds, financial bonds, securities
presenting interest in a fund, domestic
beneficiary certificates, overseas mutual
funds,
depositary
receipts,
call
(put)
warrants, beneficial interest securities, and
asset-backed securities;
II.
Real property (including land, houses and
buildings,
investment
property,
and
construction
enterprise
inventory)
and
equipment;
III. Memberships;
IV. Patents, copyrights, trademarks, franchise
rights, and other intangible assets;
V.
Right-of-use assets;
VI.Claims of financial institutions (including
receivables, bills purchased and discounted,
loans, and overdue receivables);
VII.Financial derivatives;
VIII.Assets
acquired
or
disposed
of
in
I. In accordance with the
provisions of
International Financial
Reporting Standard No.
16 “Leases,”
subparagraph 5 is added
to expand the scope of
assets and move the
current subparagraph 2
“right-of-use land” to
subparagraph 5.
II. Move the current
subparagraph 5 -
subparagraph 8 to
subparagraphs 6 -
subparagraph 9.

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Article 7
Article 8
acquisitions, and transfer of shares;
VIII. Other major assets.
Investment amount
In addition to the assets obtained for business
use, the Company and its subsidiaries have also
invested in the real property and securities that
are not intended for business use with a limit of
amount set as follows:
I.
The total amount of real property not
intended for business use shall not exceed
150% of the net value.
II.
The total amount of portfolio investment
shall not exceed 100% of the net value.
However, the Company’s total investment
in the long-term equity shall not exceed
80% of the net value.
III. The investment in each individual security
shall not exceed 30% of the net value.
The public announcement and filing standards
Under any of the following circumstances, the
Company acquiring or disposing of assets shall
publicly
announce
and
file
the
relevant
information on the FSC’s designated website in
accordance
with
mergers,
demergers,
acquisitions, and transfer of shares;
IX.Other major assets.
Investment amount
In addition to the assets obtained for business
use, the Company and its subsidiaries have also
invested in the real property and securities that
are not intended for business use with a limit of
amount set as follows:
I.
The total amount of real propertyand
use-of-right assets not intended for business
use shall not exceed 150% of the net value.
II.
The total amount of portfolio investment
shall not exceed 100% of the net value.
However, the Company’s total investment
in the long-term equity shall not exceed
80% of the net value.
III. The investment in each individual security
shall not exceed 30% of the net value.
The public announcement and filing standards
Under any of the following circumstances, the
Company acquiring or disposing of assets shall
publicly
announce
and
file
the
relevant
information on the FSC’s designated website in
In accordance with the
provisions of
International Financial
Reporting Standards No.
16 “Leases,” the
right-of-use assets not
intended for business use
is included in the
prescribed limits as
stipulated in the
Company’s Procedures.
I. The amendment of the
government bond as
stipulated in subparagraph
1 of paragraph 1 and
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the
appropriate
format
as
prescribed
by
regulations within 2 days counting inclusively
from the date of occurrence of the event:
I.
Acquisition or disposal of real property
thereof from or to a related party, or
acquisition or disposal of assets other than
real property thereof from or to a related
party where the transaction amount reaches
20% or more of paid-in capital, 10% or
more of the company’s total assets, or
NT$300 million or more. 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.
II.
Mergers,
demergers,
acquisitions,
and
transfer of shares
III. Losses from the trading of financial
derivatives reaching the limits on aggregate
losses or losses on individual contracts set
out in the procedures adopted by the
company
IV. Where equipment for business use are
the
appropriate
format
as
prescribed
by
regulations within 2 days counting inclusively
from the date of occurrence of the event:
I.
Acquisition or disposal of real propertyor
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% or more of paid-in capital,
10% or more of the company’s total assets,
or NT$300 million or more. Provided, this
shall not apply to trading ofdomestic
government
bonds
or
bonds
under
repurchase and resale agreements, or
subscription or redemption of money market
funds
issued
by
domestic
securities
investment trust enterprises.
II.
Mergers,
demergers,
acquisitions,
and
transfer of shares
III. Losses from the trading of financial
derivatives reaching the limits on aggregate
losses or losses on individual contracts set
out in the procedures adopted by the
company
IV. Where equipmentor right-of-use assets
7 is with the main
consideration that the
central and local
government debts of
Taiwan are clear and easy
to inquire, and it is
exempted from the
requirement of public
announcement and filing.
The foreign government
debts are not uniformed
and are not exempt from
this requirement of public
announcement and filing.
It is clearly defined in the
amendment that the
exemption is limited to
domestic government
bonds.
II. In accordance with the
provisions of
International Financial
Reporting Standard No.
16 “Leases,” the
amendment of
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acquired or disposed of, and furthermore the
transaction counterparty is not a related
party, and the transaction amount meets any
of the following criteria:
(I)
For a public company whose paid-in
capital is less than NT$10 billion, the
transaction amount reaches NT$500
million or more;
(II) For a public company whose paid-in
capital is NT$10 billion or more, the
transaction amount reaches NT$1
billion or more;
V.
Acquisition or disposal by a public
company in the construction business of real
property thereof for construction use, and
furthermore the transaction counterparty is
not a related party, and the transaction
amount reaches NT$500 million
V. thereof for business use are acquired or
disposed of, and furthermore the transaction
counterparty is not a related party, and the
transaction amount meets any of the
following criteria:
(I)
For a public company whose paid-in
capital is less than NT$10 billion, the
transaction amount reaches NT$500
million or more;
(II) For a public company whose paid-in
capital is NT$10 billion or more, the
transaction amount reaches NT$1
billion or more;
Acquisition or disposal by a public
company in the construction business of real
propertyor right-of-use assetsthereof for
construction use, and furthermore the
transaction counterparty is not a related
party, and the transaction amount reaches
NT$500 million; among such cases, if the
public company has paid-in capital of
NT$10 billion or more, and it is disposing
of
real
property
from
a
completed
construction project that it constructed
itself, and furthermore the transaction
counterparty is not a related party, then the
subparagraph 4 of
paragraph 1, the text of
subparagraph 5 and
subparagraph 3 of
paragraph 2 is made to
have the right-of-use
assets included in the
provisions of this Article.
III. In view of the fact that
the construction company
sells the real property
from a completed
construction project that it
constructed itself, it is an
act necessary for the
company to carry out
daily business sales. The
construction project of a
large-scale construction
enterprise is easy to reach
the public announcement
and filing standard due to
the high amount, which
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VI. 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 the amount the company
expects to invest in the transaction reaches
NT$500 million.
VII. Where an asset transaction other than any of
those referred to in the preceding six
paragraphs or a disposal of receivables by a
financial institution or Mainland China area
investment (referring to the investment in
Mainland China in accordance with the
“Rules Governing Investment in China or
Technical Cooperation” of the Investment
Commission MOEA) is for an amount
exceeding 20% of the paid-in capital or
NT$300 million. Provided, this shall not
applyto the followingcircumstances:
VI.
VII.
threshold shall be a transaction amount
reaching NT$1 billion or more.
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 or more.
Where an asset transaction other than any of
those referred to in the preceding six
subparagraphs or a disposal of receivables
by a financial institution or Mainland China
area investment (referring to the investment
in Mainland China in accordance with the
“Rules Governing Investment in China or
Technical Cooperation” of the Investment
Commission MOEA) is for an amount
exceeding 20% of the paid-in capital or
NT$300 million. Provided, this shall not
applyto the followingcircumstances:
materiality of the
information disclosure,
referring to the
company’s acquisition
and disposal of equipment
for business use,
additional wordings are
added to the latter part of
subparagraph 5 of
paragraph 1 to relax the
aforementioned disposal
transaction and the public
announcement and filing
standards for non-related
parties.
IV. Considering that the
announcement
specifications for the
related party is clearly
defined in subparagraph 1
of paragraph 1, and the
transaction of the
non-related party as
stipulated in subparagraph
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(I)
Trading
of
domestic
government
bonds
(II) Where
done
by
professional
investors-securities
trading
on
securities exchanges or OTC markets,
or subscription of ordinary corporate
bonds or general bank debentures
without
equity
characteristics
(excluding subordinated debt) that are
offered and issued in the primary
market, or subscription or redemption
of securities investment trust funds or
futures trust funds, or subscription by a
securities
firm
of
securities
as
necessitated
by
its
undertaking
business
or
as
an
advisory
recommending securities firm for an
emerging
stock
company,
in
accordance with the rules of Taipei
Exchange.
(III) Trading of bonds under repurchase and
resale agreements, or subscription or
redemption of money market funds
issued
by
domestic
securities
investment trust enterprises
The aforementioned transactions amount shall be
(I)
Trading
of
domestic
government
bonds
(II) Where
done
by
professional
investors-securities
trading
on
securities exchanges or OTC markets,
or subscription of ordinary corporate
bonds or general bank debentures
without
equity
characteristics
(excluding subordinated debt) that are
offered and issued in the primary
market, or subscription or redemption
of securities investment trust funds or
futures trust funds,or subscription by a
securities
firm
of
securities
as
necessitated
by
its
undertaking
business
or
as
an
advisory
recommending securities firm for an
emerging
stock
company,
in
accordance with the rules of Taipei
Exchange.
(III) Trading of bonds under repurchase and
resale agreements, or subscription or
redemption of money market funds
issued
by
domestic
securities
investment trust enterprises
The aforementioned transactions amount shall be
compliance of the
company, the provision of
subparagraph 6 of
paragraph 1 is amended
clearly for compliance.
V. Amendment of clause
2, subparagraph 7 of
paragraph 1:
(I) In view of the fact that
the trading of securities at
the domestic and offshore
stock exchanges or
securities firms is a
general business act of the
professional investors,
which is likely to lead to
frequent announcements.
In the consideration of the
materiality of the
information disclosure, it
is exempted from the
requirement of
announcements. For the
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calculated as follows:
I.
The amount of any individual transaction.
II.
The cumulative transaction amount of
acquisitions and disposals of the same type
of
underlying
asset
with
the
same
transaction
counterparty
within
the
preceding year
The amount of the underlying transaction;
III. The cumulative transaction amount of
acquisitions
and
disposals
(cumulative
acquisitions and disposals, respectively) of
real property or right-of-use assets thereof
within the same development project within
the preceding year.
IV. 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 the
Procedures need not be counted toward the
transaction amount.
The Company shall make public announcement
and filingin theprescribed format in accordance
calculated as follows:
I.
The amount of any individual transaction
II.
The cumulative transaction amount of
acquisitions and disposals of the same type
of
underlying
asset
with
the
same
transaction
counterparty
within
the
preceding year;
III. The cumulative transaction amount of
acquisitions
and
disposals
(cumulative
acquisitions and disposals, respectively) of
real propertyor right-of-use assetsthereof
within the same development project within
the preceding year;
IV. 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 the
Procedures need not be counted toward the
transaction amount.
The Company shall make announcement and
reportingin theprescribed format in accordance
subject matter or
institutions as defined in
the Regulations include
domestic and offshore
without the need of
further indication.
(II) In view of the fact
that the subscription of
ordinary corporate bonds
in the foreign primary
market by the
professional investors is a
routine operation and the
nature of the products is
simple; in addition, the
domestic securities
investment trust business
and futures trust business
are regulated by the
Financial Supervision
Commission, and the
subscription or
redemption of offered
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with the “Regulations Governing the Acquisition
and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies.”
The Company shall compile monthly reports on
the status of the trading of financial derivatives
engaged in up to the end of the preceding month
by~~the company~~and~~a~~ny subsidiaries that are not
domestic public companies and enter the
information in the prescribed format into the
information reporting website designated by~~the~~
~~FSC~~before the 10th day of each month.
When a public company at the time of public
announcement making 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 filed
in their entirety within two days counting
inclusively from the date of knowing of such
error or omission.
The Company’s acquisition and disposal 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 act provides otherwise.
with the “Regulations Governing the Acquisition
and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies.”
The Company shall compile monthly reports on
the status of the trading of financial derivatives
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 before the 10th day of each month.
When a public company at the time of public
announcement making 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 filed
in their entirety within two days counting
inclusively from the date of knowing of such
error or omission.
The Company’s acquisition and disposal 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 act provides otherwise.
as a professional, an
amendment is proposed to
have the professional
investors exempted from
the requirement of
announcement for the
trade of the
aforementioned securities.
Also, considering the
higher risk of the
subordinated debts, it is
clearly defined that the
ordinary corporate bond
and general bank
debentures without equity
characteristics are not
included in the
subordinated debts.
VI. Subparagraph 3 of
paragraph 1 is rephrased
accordingly in accordance
with the law.
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Article 10 In acquiring or disposing of real property~~or~~
equipment thereof where the transaction amount
reaches 20% 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 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:
I.
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~~.
II.
Where the transaction amount is NT$1
billion or more, appraisal service provided
by two or more professional appraisers shall
be obtained.
III. Where
any
one
of
the
following
In acquiring or disposing of real propertyor
equipment thereof where the transaction amount
reaches 20% of the company’s paid-in capital or
NT$300 million or more, the company, unless
transacting with adomestic government agency,
engaging others to build on its own land,
engaging others to build on rented land, or
acquiring or disposing of equipment 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:
I.
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 subsequentchange to the terms
and conditions of the transaction.
II.
Where the transaction amount is NT$1
billion or more, appraisal service provided
by two or more professional appraisers shall
be obtained.
III. Where
any
one
of
the
following
The government agencies
designated in paragraph 1
refer to the central and
local government
agencies of Taiwan. The
main consideration is that
the transactions
conducted with central
and local government
agencies of Taiwan must
be with bidding or
bargaining arranged
according to relevant
regulations; therefore, the
price is unlikely to be
manipulated. It is
exempted from the
requirement of obtaining
experts’ opinions. In
terms of the transaction
conducted with foreign
government agencies,
because its relevant
regulations and
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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 in accordance with
the provisions of Statement of Auditing
Standards
No.
20
published
by
the
Accounting Research and Development
Foundation (ARDF) and render a specific
opinion regarding the reason for the
discrepancy and the appropriateness of the
transaction price:
(I)
The discrepancy between the appraisal
result and the transaction amount is
20% or more of the transaction
amount.
(II) The discrepancy between the appraisal
results of two or more professional
appraisers is 10% or more of the
transaction amount.
IV. No more than 3 months may elapse between
the date of the appraisal report issued bya
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 CPA
shall be engaged to perform the appraisal in
accordance with the provisions of Statement
of Auditing Standards No. 20 published by
the Accounting Research and Development
Foundation (ARDF) and render a specific
opinion regarding the reason for the
discrepancy and the appropriateness of the
transaction price:
(I)
The discrepancy between the appraisal
result and the transaction amount is
20% or more of the transaction
amount.
(II) The discrepancy between the appraisal
results of two or more professional
appraisers is 10% or more of the
transaction amount.
IV. No more than 3 months may elapse between
the date of the appraisal report issued bya
therefore, it is not yet
entitled to the said
exemption; also, the
provision of paragraph 1
is amended to limit the
said exemption to
domestic government
agencies.
II. In accordance with the
provisions of
International Financial
Reporting Standard No.
16 “Leases,” the
provision of paragraph 1
is amended to include the
right-of-use assets in the
specification.
III. Subparagraph 1 of
paragraph 1 is rephrased
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Article 12
Article 12-1
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 acquiring or disposing ofmemberships or
intangible assets thereof where the transaction
amount reaches 20% of the company’s paid-in
capital or NT$300 million or more, the company,
unless transacting with a domestic government
agency, an accountant shall be engaged to render
a specific opinion on the appropriateness of the
transaction price on the date of occurrence in
accordance with the provisions of Statement of
Auditing Standards No. 20 published by the
Accounting
Research
and
Development
Foundation (ARDF).
Article 12-1
The calculation of the transaction amounts
referred to in the preceding three paragraphs shall
be handled in accordance with paragraph 2,
Article 8 herein, and “within the preceding year”
as used herein refers to theyearprecedingthe
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 acquiring or disposing of membershipsor
intangible assets thereof where thetransaction
amount reaches 20% of the company’s paid-in
capital or NT$300 million or more, the company,
unless transacting with adomesticgovernment
agency, an CPA shall be engaged to render a
specific opinion on the appropriateness of the
transaction price on the date of occurrence in
accordance with the provisions of Statement of
Auditing Standards No. 20 published by the
Accounting
Research
and
Development
Foundation (ARDF).
Article 13
The calculation of the transaction amounts
referred to in the preceding three paragraphs shall
be handled in accordance with paragraph 2,
Article 8 herein, and “within the preceding year”
as used herein refers to theyearprecedingthe
The reasons for the
amendment are the same
as stated in Note 1 and
Note 2 of Articles 10 with
a rephrasing made
accordingly.
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Article 13
Article 14
date of occurrence of the current transaction.
Items that are supported with an appraisal
reported issued by the professional appraisers or
the opinions of an accountant need not be
counted toward the transaction amount.
Article 13
Where the Company acquires or disposes of
assets through court auction procedures, the
evidentiary documentation issued by the court
may be substituted for the appraisal report or
CPA opinion.
Article 14
Professional appraisers and their officers, CPA,
attorneys, and securities underwriters that provide
the Company with appraisal reports, certified
public accountant’s opinions, attorney’s opinions,
or underwriter’s~~opinions may not be related~~
~~parties of each other~~. Professional appraisers
(referring to real property appraisers or other
persons who are legally engaged in real property
and equipment valuation operations)~~and their~~
~~personnel are not criminally sentenced or~~
~~convicted. If the company is required to obtain~~
~~appraisal reports from two or moreprofessional~~
date of occurrence of the current transaction.
Items that are supported with an appraisal
reported issued by the professional appraisers or
the opinions of an CPA need not be counted
toward the transaction amount.
Article 14
Where the Company acquires or disposes of
assets through court auction procedures, the
evidentiary documentation issued by the court
may be substituted for the appraisal report or
CPA’s opinion.
Article 15
Professional appraisers (referring to real property
appraisers or other persons who are legally
engaged in real property and equipment valuation
operations) and their officers, CPA, attorneys,
and securities underwriters that provide the
Company with appraisal reports, CPA’s opinions,
attorney’s opinions, or underwriter’s opinions
shall meet the following requirements:
I.
May not have previously received a final
and unappealable sentence to imprisonment
for 1 year or longer for a violation of the
Securities and Exchange Act, the Company
Clause renumbered
Clause renumbered
I. In order to simplify the
regulations, point 4 “the
directions for contracting
the services of the
professional appraisers
and their appraisal
officers, CPA, attorneys,
or securities underwriters”
of the Tai.Chai.Jen (I) Tzi
No. 0920001151 Order
dated March 21, 2003 by
the Securities and Futures

I.

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. ~~appraisers, the different professional appraisers or~~
~~appraisal officers may not be related parties of~~
~~each other.~~
II. Burean of the Ministry of
Finance is added in the
Regulations; also,
subparagraph
1 –subparagraph 3 of
paragraph 1 are added to
clearly define the passive
qualification of the
relevant experts by
referring to passive
qualification for directors,
supervisors, and managers
as stipulated in
subparagraph 4 of Article
53 of the Stock Exchange
Act and the ethical
principle of the issuers or
responsible person as
stipulated in subparagraph
15, paragraph 1, Article 8
of the “Regulations
Governing the Offering
and Issuance of Securities
by Securities Issuers;”
also, the aforementioned
provision is abolished.
III.

shall

I.

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Article 15 Article 15
When the Companyengages in anyacquisition or
II. II. Clarify the
responsibilities of
external experts. Add
paragraph 2 to clearly
define the assessment,
audit, and declaration of
the appraisal report or
opinion issued by the
relevant experts as
stipulated in the
Regulations by referring
to the “Regulations
Governing the
Preparation of Financial
Reports by Securities
Issuers” Article 9 “the
assessment, audit, and
declaration of the
appraisal report or
opinion of the CPA on the
appraisal report or
opinion on the investment
real property.”
Clause renumbered and
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Article 16 disposal of assets from or to a related party, in
addition to ensuring that the necessary resolutions
are adopted and the reasonableness of the
transaction terms is appraised, if the transaction
amount reaches 20% or more of the company’s
paid-in capital, NT$300 million or more, or 10%
or more of the total assets, the company shall also
obtain an appraisal report from a professional
appraiser or a CPA’s opinion in compliance with
the regulations.
The calculation of the transaction amount
referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be
made in accordance with Article12-1herein.
When judging whether a transaction counterparty
is a related party (which should be determined
according to the “Regulations Governing the
Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities
Issuers”), in addition to legal formalities, the
substance of the relationship shall also be
considered.
Article 16
When the Company intends to acquire or dispose
of real property thereof from or to a related party,
or when it intends to acquire or dispose of assets
other than realpropertythereof from or to a
disposal of assets from or to a related party, in
addition to ensuring that the necessary resolutions
are adopted and the reasonableness of the
transaction terms is appraised, if the transaction
amount reaches 20% or more of the company’s
paid-in capital, NT$300 million or more, or 10%
or more of the total assets, the company shall also
obtain an appraisal report from a professional
appraiser or a CPA’s opinion in compliance with
the regulations.
The calculation of the transaction amount
referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be
made in accordance with Article13 herein.
When judging whether a transaction counterparty
is a related party (which should be determined
according to the “Regulations Governing the
Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities
Issuers”), in addition to legal formalities, the
substance of the relationship shall also be
considered.
Article 17
When the Company intends to acquire or dispose
of real propertyor right-of-use assetsthereof
from or to a related party, or when it intends to
acquire or dispose of assets other than real
I. Clause renumbered and
renumbered subparagraph
3 of paragraph 1
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related party and the transaction amount reaches
20% or more of paid-in capital, 10% or more of
the company’s total assets, or NT$300 million or
more, 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
Audit Committee and the Board of Directors:
I.
The purpose, necessity, and anticipated
benefit of the acquisition or disposal of
assets;
II.
The reason for choosing the related party as
a transaction counterparty;
III. With respect to the acquisition of real
property thereof from a related party,
information regarding appraisal of the
reasonableness
of
the
preliminary
transaction terms in accordance with Article
17 and Article 18;
IV. The date and price at which the related party
originallyacquired the realproperty,the
propertyor right-of-use assetsthereof from or to
a related party and the transaction amount
reaches 20% or more of paid-in capital, 10% or
more of the company’s total assets, or NT$300
million or more, except in trading ofdomestic
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
Audit Committee and the Board of Directors:
I.
The purpose, necessity, and anticipated
benefit of the acquisition or disposal of
assets;
II. The reason for choosing the related party as a
transaction counterparty;
III. With respect to the acquisition of real
propertyor right-of-use assetsthereof from
a related party, information regarding
appraisal of the reasonableness of the
preliminary transaction terms in accordance
with Article18 and Article 19;
IV. The date and price at which the related party
originallyacquired the realproperty,the
to the domestic
government bonds. It is
with the main
consideration that the
central and local
government debts of
Taiwan are clear and easy
to inquire, and it is
exempted from going
through the procedure of
being resolved in the
board meeting and
recognized by the
supervisors. The foreign
government debts are not
uniformed and are not
exempt from this
requirement. It is clearly
defined that the
exemption is limited to
domestic government
bonds. In addition, in
accordance with the
provisions of
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original transaction counterparty, and that
transaction counterparty’s relationship to
the company and the related party;
V.
Monthly cash flow forecasts for the year
commencing from the anticipated month of
signing of the contract, evaluation of the
necessity
of
the
transaction,
and
reasonableness of the funds utilization;
VI. An appraisal report from a professional
appraiser or a CPA’s opinion obtained in
compliance with the preceding article;
VII. 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 paragraph 2, Article 8
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 Audit Committee and
the Board of Directors need not be counted
toward the transaction amount.
With respect to the acquisition or disposal of
equipment thereof from or to a related party,
when to be conducted between the Company and
its
parent
company
~~or~~
subsidiaries~~,~~
the
original transaction counterparty, and that
transaction counterparty’s relationship to
the company and the related party;
V.
Monthly cash flow forecasts for the year
commencing from the anticipated month of
signing the contract, and evaluation of the
necessity
of
the
transaction,
and
reasonableness of the funds utilization;
VI. An appraisal report from a professional
appraiser or a CPA’s opinion obtained in
compliance with the preceding article;
VII. 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 paragraph 2, Article 8
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 Audit Committee and
the Board of Directors need not be counted
toward the transaction amount.
With respect to the following transactions
conducted between the Company and its parent
companyand subsidiaries,or subsidiaries that the
Company directly or indirectly hold 100% of the
16 “Leases,” the
right-of-use assets shall
be included in the
provisions of this Article,
and the provision of
paragraph 1 is amended
clearly for compliance.
III. Considering that the
public offering company
and its parent company,
subsidiaries, or its directly
or indirectly 100% owned
subsidiaries, due to the
overall business planning,
there are needs and
demands for a collective
purchase or lease of
equipment for business
use and then transferred
(including trading or
sublease), or the
possibility of leasing and
sub-leasing real property,
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Article 17 company’s Board of Directors may pursuant to
the regulations to delegate the board chairman to
decide such matters when the transaction is
within a certain amount and have the decisions
subsequently submitted to and ratified in the next
board meeting.
If approval of more than half of all Audit
Committee members as required in the preceding
paragraph is not obtained, the procedures may be
implemented if approved by more than two-thirds
of all directors, and the resolution of the Audit
Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the
board meeting. The terms “all Audit Committee
members” and “all directors” in the preceding
paragraph shall be counted as the actual number
of persons currently holding those positions.
Article 17
The Company that acquires real property thereof
from
a
related
party
shall
evaluate
the
reasonableness of the transaction costs bythe
issued shares or total capital,the Company’s
Board of Directors may pursuant to the
regulations to delegate the board Chairman to
decide such matters when the transaction is
within a certain amount and have the decisions
subsequently submitted to and ratified in the next
board meeting:
I.
Acquire or dispose of equipment or
right-of-use assets for business use.
II.
Acquire or dispose of the right-of-use assets
for business use.
If approval of more than half of all Audit
Committee members as required in the preceding
paragraph is not obtained, the procedures may be
implemented if approved by more than two-thirds
of all directors, and the resolution of the Audit
Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the
board meeting. The terms “all Audit Committee
members” and “all directors” in the preceding
paragraph shall be counted as the actual number
of persons currently holding those positions.
Article 18
The Company that acquires real propertyor
right-of-use assets thereof from a related party
shall
evaluate
the
reasonableness
of
the
authorize the Chairman
having the acquisition and
disposal of the equipment
for business use, the
right-of-use assets, or
right-of-use property for
business use between
them handled and with a
rephrasing made
accordingly.
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following means:
I.
Based upon the related party’s transaction
price plus necessary interest on funding and
the costs to be duly borne by the buyer.
“Necessary interest on funding” is imputed
as the weighted average interest rate on
borrowing in the year the company
purchases the property; provided, it may not
be higher than the maximum non-financial
industry lending rate announced by the
Ministry of Finance.
II.
Total loan value appraisal from a financial
institution where the related party has
previously created a mortgage on the
property as security for a loan; provided, the
actual cumulative amount loaned by the
financial institution shall have been 70% or
more of the financial institution’s appraised
loan value of the property and the period of
the loan shall have been 1 year or longer.
However, this shall not apply where the
financial institution is a related party of one
of the transaction counterparties.
Where land and structures thereupon are
combined as a single property purchased in one
transaction,the transaction costs for the land and
transaction costs by the following means:
I.
Based upon the related party’s transaction
price plus necessary interest on funding and
the costs to be duly borne by the buyer.
“Necessary interest on funding” is imputed
as the weighted average interest rate on
borrowing in the year the company
purchases the property; provided, it may not
be higher than the maximum non-financial
industry lending rate announced by the
Ministry of Finance.
II.
Total loan value appraisal from a financial
institution where the related party has
previously created a mortgage on the
property as security for a loan; provided, the
actual cumulative amount loaned by the
financial institution shall have been 70% or
more of the financial institution’s appraised
loan value of the property and the period of
the loan shall have been 1 year or longer.
However, this shall not apply where the
financial institution is a related party of one
of the transaction counterparties.
Where land and structures thereupon are
combined as a single property purchasedor
leased in one transaction,the transaction costs for
Reporting Standard No.
16 “Leases,” the
provision of paragraph 1 -
paragraph 4 are amended
to include the right-of-use
property by leasing from
the related party in the
provisions of this Article.
III. Considering that the
public offering company
and its parent company,
subsidiaries, or its directly
or indirectly 100% owned
subsidiaries, due to the
overall business planning,
there are possibilities for
a collective lease and
sublease of real property,
and the risk of such
transactions is low, so
subparagraph 4 of
paragraph 4 is added to
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the structures may be separately appraised in
accordance with any of the means listed in the
preceding paragraph.
The Company that acquires real property thereof
from a related party and appraises the cost of the
real
property thereof in
accordance with
paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 shall also engage a
CPA to check the appraisal and render a specific
opinion.
Where the Company acquires real property
thereof from a~~related party and one of the~~
~~following circumstances exists, appraises the~~
~~reasonableness of the transaction cost according~~
~~to relevant regulations. Except for the following~~
~~circumstances, it is necessary to engage a CPA to~~
~~check the appraisal and render a specific opinion~~.
I.
The related party acquired the real property
thereof through inheritance or as a gift;
II.
More than 5 years will have elapsed from
the time the related party signed the contract
to obtain the real property thereof to the
signing date for the current transaction;
III. The real property is acquired through
signing of a joint development contract with
the relatedparty,or through engaginga
the land and the structures may be separately
appraised in accordance with any of the means
listed in the preceding paragraph.
The Company that acquires real propertyor
right-of-use assets thereof from a related party
and appraises the cost of the real property or
right-of-use assets thereof in accordance withthe
preceding two paragraphs shall also engage a
CPA to check the appraisal and render a specific
opinion.
The Company that acquires real propertyor
right-of-use assets thereof from a related party
and with any of the following conditions should
be handled in accordance with the provisions of
the preceding article and the first three provisions
shall not apply:
I.
The related party acquired the real property
thereof through inheritance or as a gift;
II.
The time for the related party to contract to
acquire the real propertyor right-or-use
assets has been more than five years from
the date of the transaction.
III. The real property is acquired through
signing of a joint development contract with
the relatedparty,or through engaginga
transaction cost (the price
at which the related party
acquiring or leasing real
property) according to
this Article. In addition,
such transaction is not
subject to the provision of
this Article, so it is not
required to evidence the
reasonableness of the
security transaction price
according to Article 17
and appropriate special
reserve according to
Article 18.
IV. The preambular of
paragraph 3 and
paragraph 4 is rephrased
accordingly in accordance
with the law.
shall
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Article 18 related party to build real property, either on
the company’s own land or on rented land.
Article 18
When the results of the Company’s appraisal
conducted in accordance with paragraph 1 and
paragraph 2 of Article~~17~~are uniformly lower
than the transaction price, the matter shall be
handled in compliance with Article 19. However,
where
the
following
circumstances
exist,
objective evidence has been submitted and
specific opinions on reasonableness have been
obtained from a professional real property
appraiser and a CPA, this restriction shall not
apply.
I.
Where
the
related
party
acquired
undeveloped land or leased land for
development, it may submit proof of
compliance with one of the following
conditions:
1. Where undeveloped land is appraised in
related party to build real property, either on
the company’s own land or on rented land.
IV. The Company and its parent company,
subsidiaries, or subsidiaries that the Company
directly or indirectly holds 100% of the issued
shares or total capital, acquire the right-of-use
assets for business use.
Article 19
When the results of the Company’s appraisal
conducted in accordance with paragraph 1 and
paragraph 2 ofthe preceding Articleare
uniformly lower than the transaction price, the
matter shall be handled in compliance with
Article20.However, where the following
circumstances exist, objective evidence has been
submitted
and
specific
opinions
on
reasonableness have been obtained from a
professional real property appraiser and a CPA,
this restriction shall not apply.
I.
Where
the
related
party
acquired
undeveloped land or leased land for
development, it may submit proof of
compliance with one of the following
conditions:
1. Where undeveloped land is appraised in
I. Clause renumbered and
renumbered the preamble
in paragraph 1.
II. Cooperate with the
actual operation of real
property leasing, such as,
factory buildings, the
acquisition of use-of-right
assets from the related
party can be with the
reasonableness of price
assessed by referring to
the lease transaction of
unrelated parties within
the preceding year in the
neighborhood. The
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2.
~~3~~
accordance with the means in the
preceding
Article,
and
structures
according
to
the
related
party’s
construction
cost
plus
reasonable
construction profit are valued in excess
of the actual transaction price. The
“Reasonable construction profit” shall be
deemed as the average gross operating
profit margin of the related party’s
construction division over the most
recent 3 years or the gross profit margin
for the construction industry for the most
recent period as announced by the
Ministry of Finance, whichever is lower.
~~Completed transactions~~by unrelated
parties
within
the
preceding
year
involving other floors of the same
property or neighboring or closely valued
parcels of land, where the land area and
transaction
terms
are
similar
after
calculation
of
reasonable
price
discrepancies in floor or area land prices
in accordance with standard property
market sale or leasing practices.
~~Completed transactions by unrelated~~
~~parties~~
~~within~~
~~the~~
~~preceding~~
~~year~~
2. accordance with the means in the
preceding
Article,
and
structures
according
to
the
related
party’s
construction
cost
plus
reasonable
construction profit are valued in excess
of the actual transaction price. The
“Reasonable construction profit” shall be
deemed as the average gross operating
profit margin of the related party’s
construction division over the most
recent 3 years or the gross profit margin
for the construction industry for the most
recent period as announced by the
Ministry of Finance, whichever is lower.
Completed transactionsby unrelated
parties
within
the
preceding
year
involving other floors of the same
property or neighboring or closely valued
parcels of land, where the land area and
transaction terms are similar after the
calculation
of
reasonable
price
discrepancies in floor or area land prices
in accordance with standard property
market saleor leasingpractices.
paragraph 1 is
consolidated into clause
2, and the clause of
treating lease as a
transaction is enacted and
clause 2, subparagraph 1
of paragraph 1,
subparagraph 2, and
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~~involving other floors of the same~~
~~property or closely valued parcels of~~
~~land, where the lease terms are similar~~
~~after calculation of reasonable price~~
~~discrepancies in floor or area land prices~~
~~in accordance with standard property~~
~~leasing practices.~~
II.
Where the Company acquiring real property
from a related party provides evidence that
the terms of the transaction are similar to
the
terms
of
completed
transactions
involving neighboring or closely valued
parcels of land of a similar size by unrelated
parties within the preceding year.
~~Completed transactions~~involving neighboring or
closely valued parcels of land in the preceding
paragraph in principle refers to parcels on the
same or an adjacent block and within a distance
of no more than 500 meters or parcels close in
publicly announced current value; transactions
involving similarly sized parcels in principle
refers to~~transactions completed~~by unrelated
parties for parcels with a land area of no less than
50% of the property in the planned transaction;
within thepreceding year refers to theyear
II.
Where the Company acquiring real property
or obtaining right-of-use assetsby leasing
from a related party provides evidence that
the terms of thetransactionare similar to
the
terms
of
completed
transactions
involving neighboring or closely valued
parcels of land of a similar size by unrelated
parties within the preceding year.
Completed transactions involving neighboring or
closely valued parcels of land in the preceding
paragraph in principle refers to parcels on the
same or an adjacent block and within a distance
of no more than 500 meters or parcels close in
publicly announced current value; transactions
involving similarly sized parcels in principle
refers totransactions completedby unrelated
parties for parcels with a land area of no less than
50% of the property in the planned transaction;
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Article 19 preceding the date of occurrence of the
acquisition of the real property.
Article 19
Where the Company acquires real property
thereof from a related party and the results of
appraisals conducted in accordance with~~Article~~
~~17 and Article 18~~are uniformly lower than the
transaction price, the following steps shall be
taken:
I.
A special reserve shall be set aside against
the difference between the real property
transaction price and the appraised cost, and
may not be distributed or used for capital
increase or issuance of bonus shares. Where
the Company uses the equity method to
account for its investment in another public
company, then the special reserve shall be
set aside pro rata in a proportion consistent
with the share of the Company’s equity
stake in the other company.
II.
The independent directors of the Audit
Committee shall comply with Article 218 of
the Company Act.
III. Actions taken pursuant to~~subparagraphs 1~~
~~and 2~~in thepreceding paragraph shall be
preceding the date of occurrence of the
acquisition of the real property.
Article 20
Where the Company acquires real propertyor
right-of-use assets thereof from a related party
and the results of appraisals conducted in
accordance with thelast two Articlesare
uniformly lower than the transaction price, the
following steps shall be taken:
I.
A special reserve shall be set aside against
the difference between the real property
transaction price and the appraised cost, and
may not be distributed or used for capital
increase or issuance of bonus shares. Where
the Company uses the equity method to
account for its investment in another public
company, then the special reserve shall be
set aside pro rata in a proportion consistent
with the share of the Company’s equity
stake in the other company.
II.
The independent directors of the Audit
Committee shall comply with Article 218 of
the Company Act.
III. Actions taken pursuant to subparagraphs 1
and 2 inthe precedingparagraph shall be
I. Clause renumbered
II. In accordance with the
provisions of
International Financial
Reporting Standards No.
16 “Leases,” the
preambular of paragraph
1, subparagraph 1,
paragraph 2, and
paragraph 3 are amended
to have the right-of-use
assets that are acquired
from the related party by
leasing included in the
to-do list when the
appraisal cost is lower
than the transaction price.
III. The preamble of
paragraph 1 and
subparagraph 3 are
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Article 20 reported to a shareholders meeting, and the
details of the transaction shall be disclosed
in the annual report and any investment
prospectus.
The Company that has set aside a special reserve
under the preceding paragraph may not utilize the
special reserve until it has recognized a loss on
decline in market value of the assets it purchased,
or they have been disposed of, or adequate
compensation has been made, or the status quo
ante has been restored, or there is other evidence
confirming that there was nothing unreasonable
about the transaction, and the FSC has given its
consent.
When the Company obtains real property thereof
from a related party, it shall also comply with the
preceding two paragraphs if there is other
evidence indicating that the acquisition was not
an arm’s length transaction.
Article 20
Engaging in the trading of financial derivatives
I.
Scope of application:
(I)
Definition: Derivatives refer to a
transaction contract whose value is
reported to a shareholders meeting, and the
details of the transaction shall be disclosed
in the annual report and any investment
prospectus.
The Company that has set aside a special reserve
under the preceding paragraph may not utilize the
special reserve until it has recognized a loss on
decline in market value of the assets it purchased,
or they have been disposed of,or adequate
compensation has been made,or the status quo
ante has been restored, or there is other evidence
confirming that there was nothing unreasonable
about the transaction, and the FSC has given its
consent.
When the Company obtains real propertyor
right-of-use assets thereof from a related party, it
shall also comply with the preceding two
paragraphs if there is other evidence indicating
that the acquisition was not an arm’s length
transaction.
Article 21
Engaging in the trading of financial derivatives
I.
Scope of application:
(I)
Definition: Financial derivatives refer
to a transaction contract whose value is
I. Clause renumbered
II. In accordance with the
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derived from products, such as,~~assets,~~
~~interest rates~~, exchange rates, indexes~~,~~
~~or other interests~~.~~Trading of Financial~~
~~Derivatives includes combinations of~~
~~various financial contracts, such as,~~
forward contracts, futures contracts,
~~forward~~
~~interest~~
~~rate~~
~~agreements,~~
~~options and synthetic products, such~~
~~as, futures options, exchange options,~~
~~combined derivatives, etc.~~
(II) The
types
and
objects
of
the
transactions that the Company can
engage in are as follows: forward
foreign exchange transactions with
principal and non-principal settlement.
It is limited to the financial institutions
that can engage in such transactions.
(III) The “Procedures” is not applicable to
forward contracts, including insurance
contracts,
performance
contracts,
after-sales service contracts, long-term
lease
contracts,
and
long-term
purchases (sales) contracts.
IV. Segregation of duties
The segregation of duties for engagingin
derived fromspecific interest rates,
financial instrument price,product
price, exchange rates,price or fee
indexes, credit rating or credit index,
or forward contract,option contract,
futures
contract,
leverage
margin
contract, exchange contract, portfolio
of
the
aforementioned
contracts,
embedded derivatives contracts, or
structures products derived from other
variables.
(II) The
types
and
objects
of
the
transactions that the Company can
engage in are as follows: forward
foreign exchange transactions with
principal and non-principal settlement.
It is limited to financial institutions
that can engage in such transactions.
(III) The “Procedures” is not applicable to
forward contracts, including insurance
contracts,
performance
contracts,
after-sales servicecontracts, long-term
lease
contracts,
and
long-term
purchases (sales) contracts.
IV. Segregation of duties
The segregation of duties for engagingin
“Financial Instruments,”
subparagraph 1 and the
scope of financial
derivatives in the
Regulations are amended
with a rephrasing made
accordingly.
III. The Audit Committee
is newly established and it
should be notified in
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the trading of financial derivatives is as
follows:
(I)
The duties of the Board of Directors:
1. The
transaction
procedure
is
approved and it is also applicable to
the amendments. The procedure is
reported
in
the
shareholders
meeting.
2. For the purpose of trading with a
contractual amount or the trading of
financial
derivatives
whose
principal
amount
exceeding
NT$300
million,
it
shall
be
approved by the Board of Directors
for implementation, and the Board
of
Directors
is
authorized
to
approve other trading of financial
derivatives; also, it should be
reported in the most recent board
meeting with the effectiveness of
implementation monitored and the
risk controlled to the extent of
tolerable losses.
(II) The duties of the Chairman:
1. Assign the financial unit and the
derivatives is as follows:
(I)
The duties of the Board of Directors:
1. The
transaction
procedure
is
approved and it is also applicable to
the amendments. The procedure is
reported
in
the
shareholders
meeting.
2. For the purpose of trading with a
contractual amount or the trading of
financial
derivatives
whose
principal
amount
exceeding
NT$300
million,
it
shall
be
approved by the Board of Directors
for implementation, and the Board
of
Directors
is
authorized
to
approve other trading of financial
derivatives; also, it should be
reported in the most recent board
meeting with the effectiveness of
implementation monitored and the
risk controlled to the extent of
tolerable losses.
(II) The powers and responsibilities of the
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relevant
department
heads
to
execute the approved “trading of
financial derivatives.”
2. The
“Trading
of
Financial
Derivatives,”
which
should
be
approved by the Board of Directors,
shall be sent to the Board of
Directors for resolutions.
3. Approved the “Trading of Financial
Derivatives” resolved by the Board
of Directors.
4. Regularly and occasionally report to
the Board of Directors on the
“Financial Derivatives Performance
Report” and implementation results.
5. Regularly and occasionally monitor
whether the trading of financial
derivatives
is
carried
out
in
accordance with the Procedures,
and
control
its
operational
performance within the tolerable
loss.
(III) The responsibilities of the Finance
Department:
1. The Chairman assigns personnel to
execute the approved transaction
relevant
department
heads
to
execute the approved “trading of
financial derivatives.”
2. The
“Trading
of
Financial
Derivatives,”
which
should
be
approved by the Board of Directors,
shall be sent to the Board of
Directors for resolutions.
3. Approved the “Trading of Financial
Derivatives” resolved by the Board
of Directors.
4. Regularly and occasionally report to
the Board of Directors on the
“Derivatives Performance Report”
and implementation results.
5. Regular and occasionally monitor
whether the trading of financial
derivatives
is
carried
out
in
accordance with the Procedures,
and
control
its
operational
performance within the tolerable
loss.
(III) The responsibilities of the Finance
Department:
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and settlement of the “trading of
financial derivatives.”
2. Record
the
transactions
immediately
and
verify
their
correctness against the accounting
document.
3. File the transaction records.
4. Prepare the “Trading of Financial
Derivatives Evaluation Report.”
5. If the approved “trading of financial
derivatives” is subject to major
changes in the market or the
maximum amount of tolerable loss
or significant difference from the
original estimate, the performance
report shall be immediately sent to
the Chairman for review in order to
determine whether the case should
still
be
continued
or
the
implementation content of the case
should be revised.
(IV) Audit unit:
Check
whether
the
trading
of
“financial
derivatives”
has
been
carried out in accordance with the
Procedures on a monthlybasis,and the
and settlement of the “trading of
financial derivatives.”
2. Record the transaction occurred
immediately
and
verify
the
correctness with the accounting
document.
3. File the transaction records.
4. Prepare the “Trading of Financial
Derivatives Evaluation Report.”
5. If the approved “trading of financial
derivatives” is subject to major
changes in the market or the
maximum amount of tolerable loss
or significant difference from the
original estimate, the performance
report shall be immediately sent to
the
Chairman
for
review
to
determine whether the case should
still
be
continued
or
the
implementation content of the case
should be revised.
(IV) Audit unit:
Check
whether
the
trading
of
“financial
derivatives”
has
been
carried out in accordance with the
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Article 21 audit results are composed into an
audit report and sent to the Chairman.
Article 21
The Company that conducts a merger, demerger,
acquisition, or transfer of shares(refers to the
merger, demerger, or acquisition according to the
Business Merger and Acquisitions Act, Financial
Holdings Company Act, the Financial Institution
Merger Act, or other law) to acquire or dispose of
assets, or issues shares for a transfer of shares
(referred to as “share transfer” hereinafter)
according to~~paragraph 8~~of Article 156 of the
Company Act, prior to convening the Board of
Directors to resolve on the matter, shall engage a
CPA, attorney, or securities underwriter to give
an opinion on the reasonableness of the share
exchange ratio, acquisition price, or distribution
of cash or other property to shareholders, and
then submit it to the Board of Directors for
deliberation
and
passage.
However,
the
requirement of obtaining an aforesaid opinion on
reasonableness issued byan expert maybe
Article 22 I. Clause renumbered
II. The amendments to the
Company Act issued on
August 1, 2018 were
implemented on
November 1, 2018. In line
with the renumbered
Article, “paragraph 8 of
Article 156” referred to in
subparagraph 2 is
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Article 22 exempted in the case of a merger by the
Company of a subsidiary in which it directly or
indirectly holds 100% of the issued shares or
authorized capital, and in the case of a merger
between subsidiaries in which the Company
directly or indirectly holds 100% of the
respective
subsidiaries’
issued
shares
or
authorized capital.
Article 22
The Company participating in a merger,
demerger, or acquisition shall prepare a public
report
to
shareholders
detailing
important
contractual contents and matters relevant to the
merger, demerger, or acquisition prior to the
shareholders meeting and include it together with
the expert opinion referred to in the preceding
paragraph when sending shareholders notification
of the shareholders meeting for reference in
deciding whether to approve the merger,
demerger, or acquisition. Provided, where a
provision of another act exempts a company from
convening a shareholders meeting to approve the
merger, demerger, or acquisition, this restriction
shall not apply.
exempted in the case of a merger by the
Company of a subsidiary in which it directly or
indirectly holds 100% of the issued shares or
authorized capital, and in the case of a merger
between subsidiaries in which the Company
directly or indirectly holds 100% of the
respective
subsidiaries’
issued
shares
or
authorized capital.
Article 23
The Company participating in a merger,
demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares shall
prepare a public report to shareholders detailing
important contractual contents and matters
relevant to the merger, demerger, or acquisition
prior to the shareholders meeting and include it
along with the expert opinion referred to in the
preceding paragraph when sending shareholders
notification of the shareholders meeting for
reference in deciding whether to approve the
merger, demerger, or acquisition. Provided,
where a provision of another act exempts a
company from convening a shareholders meeting
to approve the merger, demerger, or acquisition,
this restriction shall not apply.
Where the shareholders meetingof anyone of the
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Article 23 Where the shareholders meeting of any one of the
companies participating in a merger, demerger, or
acquisition fails to convene or pass a resolution
due to lack of a quorum, insufficient votes, or
other legal restriction, or the proposal is rejected
by the shareholders meeting, the companies
participating in
the
merger, demerger or
acquisition shall immediately publicly explain the
reason,
the
follow-up
measures,
and
the
preliminary date of the next shareholders
meeting.
Article 23
The Company participating in a merger,
demerger, or acquisition shall convene a board
meeting and shareholders meeting on the day of
transaction to resolve matters relevant to the
merger, demerger, or acquisition, unless another
act provides otherwise or the FSC is notified in
advance of extraordinary circumstances and
grants consent.
A company participating in a transfer of shares
shall call a board meeting on the day of the
transaction, unless another act provides otherwise
or the FSC is notified in advance of extraordinary
circumstances andgrants consent.
companies participating in a merger, demerger, or
acquisition fails to convene or pass a resolution
due to lack of a quorum, insufficient votes, or
other legal restriction, or the proposal is rejected
by the shareholders meeting, the companies
participating in
the
merger, demerger or
acquisition shall immediately publicly explain the
reason,
the
follow-up
measures,
and
the
preliminary date of the next shareholders
meeting.
Article 24
The Companyparticipating in a merger,
demerger, or acquisition shall convene a board
meeting and shareholders meeting on the day of
the transaction to resolve matters relevant to the
merger, demerger, or acquisition, unless another
act provides otherwise or the FSC is notified in
advance of extraordinary circumstances and
grants consent.
A company participating in a transfer of shares
shall call a board meeting on the day of the
transaction, unless another act provides otherwise
or the FSC is notified in advance of extraordinary
circumstances andgrants consent.
I.
Clause renumbered
II.
Paragraph 4 is
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When participating in a merger, demerger,
acquisition, or transfer of another company’s
shares, the Company shall prepare a full written
record of the following information and retain it
for 5 years for reference: and within two days
from the date of the resolution of the Board of
Directors, the information in subparagraph 1 and
subparagraph 2 below shall be submitted to the
securities authority for reference in the prescribed
format by the Internet Information System.
I.
Basic identification data for personnel:
Including the occupational titles, names, and
national ID numbers (or passport numbers
in the case of foreign nationals) of all
persons involved in the planning or
implementation of any merger, demerger,
acquisition,
or
transfer
of
another
company’s shares prior to information
disclosure.
II.
Dates of material events: Including the
signing
of
any
letter
of
intent
or
memorandum of understanding, the hiring
of a financial or legal advisor, the execution
of a contract, and the convening of board
meetings.
III. Important
documents
and
minutes:
When participating in a merger, demerger,
acquisition, or transfer of another company’s
shares, the Company shall prepare a full written
record of the following information and retain it
for 5 years for reference: and within two days
from the date of the resolution of the Board of
Directors, the information in paragraph 1 and
paragraph 2 below shall be submitted to the
securities authority for reference in the prescribed
format by the Internet Information System.
I.
Basic identification data for personnel:
Including the occupational titles, names, and
national ID numbers (or passport numbers
in the case of foreign nationals) of all
persons involved in the planning or
implementation of any merger, demerger,
acquisition,
or
transfer
of
another
company’s shares prior to information
disclosure.
II.
Dates of material events: Including the
signing
of
any
letter
of
intent
or
memorandum of understanding, the hiring
of a financial or legal advisor, the execution
of a contract, and the convening of board
meetings.
III. Important
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Article 24
Article 25
Including merger, demerger, acquisition,
and share transfer plans, any letter of intent
or memorandum of understanding, material
contracts, and minutes of board meetings.
Where the Company participating in a merger,
demerger, acquisition, or transfer of another
company’s shares is neither listed on an exchange
nor has its shares traded on an OTC market, the
Company shall sign an agreement with such
company whereby the latter is required to abide
by the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 24
Every person participating in or privy to the plan
for merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of
shares shall issue a written undertaking of
confidentiality and may not disclose the content
of the plan prior to public disclosure of the
information and may not trade, in their own name
or under the name of another person, in any stock
or other equity security of any company related to
the plan for merger, demerger, acquisition, or
transfer of shares.
Article 25
Including merger, demerger, acquisition,
and share transfer plans, any letter of intent
or memorandum of understanding, material
contracts, and minutes of board meetings.
Where the Company participating in a merger,
demerger, acquisition, or transfer of another
company’s shares is neither listed on an exchange
nor has its shares traded on an OTC market, the
Company shall sign an agreement with such
company whereby the latter is required to abide
by the provisions of the preceding paragraph,
Article 25, and Article 28.
Article 25
Every person participating in or privy to the plan
for merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of
shares shall issue a written undertaking of
confidentiality and may not disclose the content
of the plan prior to public disclosure of the
information and may not trade, in their own name
or under the name of another person, in any stock
or other equity security of any company related to
the plan for merger, demerger, acquisition, or
transfer of shares.
Article 26
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The Company participating in a merger,
demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares may
not arbitrarily alter the share exchange ratio or
acquisition price unless under the below-listed
circumstances,
and
shall
stipulate
the
circumstances
permitting
alteration
in
the
contract for the merger, demerger, acquisition, or
transfer of shares:
I.
Cash
capital
increase,
issuance
of
convertible corporate bonds, or the issuance
of bonus shares, issuance of corporate bonds
with
warrants,
preferred
shares
with
warrants, stock warrants, or other equity
based securities.
II.
An action, such as, a disposal of major
assets that affects the company’s financial
operations.
III. An event, such as, a major disaster or major
change
in
technology
that
affects
shareholder equity or share price.
IV. An adjustment where any of the companies
participating in the merger, demerger,
acquisition, or transfer of shares from
another company, buys back treasury stock.
V.
An increase or decrease in the number of
entities or companiesparticipatingin the
The Company participating in a merger,
demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares may
not arbitrarily alter the share exchange ratio or
acquisition price unless under the below-listed
circumstances,
and
shall
stipulate
the
circumstances
permitting
alteration
in
the
contract for the merger, demerger, acquisition, or
transfer of shares:
I.
Cash
capital
increase,
issuance
of
convertible corporate bonds, or the issuance
of bonus shares, issuance of corporate bonds
with
warrants,
preferred
shares
with
warrants, stock warrants, or other equity
based securities.
II.
An action, such as, a disposal of major
assets that affects the company’s financial
operations.
III. An event, such as, a major disaster or major
change
in
technology
that
affects
shareholder equity or share price.
IV. An adjustment where any of the companies
participating in the merger, demerger,
acquisition, or transfer of shares from
another company, buys back treasury stock.
V.
An increase or decrease in the number of
entities or companiesparticipatingin the
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Article 26 merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of
shares.
VI. Other terms and conditions that the contract
stipulates may be altered and that have been
publicly disclosed.
Article 26
The contract for the Company’s participation in a
merger, demerger, acquisition, or of shares shall
record the rights and obligations of the Company,
and shall also record the following:
I.
Handling of breach of contract;
II.
Principles for the handling of equity-type
securities previously issued or treasury
stock previously bought back by any
company that is extinguished in a merger or
that is demerged.
III. The amount of treasury stock participating
companies are permitted under law to buy
back after the record date of calculation of
the share exchange ratio, and the principles
for handling thereof;
IV. The manner of handling changes in the
number
of
participating
entities
or
companies;
V.
Preliminary progress schedule forplan
merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of
shares.
VI. Other terms and conditions that the contract
stipulates may be altered and that have been
publicly disclosed.
Article 27
The contract for the Company’s participation in a
merger, demerger, acquisition, or of shares shall
record the rights and obligations of the Company,
and shall also record the following:
I.
Handling of breach of contract;
II.
Principles for the handling of equity-type
securities previously issued or treasury
stock previously bought back by any
company that is extinguished in a merger or
that is demerged.
III. The amount of treasury stock participating
companies are permitted under law to buy
back after the record date of calculation of
the share exchange ratio, and the principles
for handling thereof;
IV. The manner of handling changes in the
number
of
participating
entities
or
companies;
V.
Preliminary progress schedule forplan
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Article 27
Article 28
execution, and anticipated completion date;
VI. Scheduled date for convening the legally
mandated shareholders meeting if the plan
exceeds the deadline without completion,
and relevant procedures;
Article 27
After public disclosure of the information, if any
company participating in the merger, demerger,
acquisition, or share transfer intends further to
carry out a merger, demerger, acquisition, or
share transfer with another company, all of the
participating companies shall carry out anew the
procedures or legal actions that had originally
been completed toward the merger, demerger,
acquisition, or share transfer; except that where
the number of participating companies is
decreased
and
a
participating
company’s
shareholders meeting has adopted a resolution
authorizing the Board of Directors to alter the
limits of authority, such participating company
may
be
exempted
from
calling
another
shareholders meeting to resolve on the matter
anew.
Article 28
execution, and anticipated completion date;
VI. Scheduled date for convening the legally
mandated shareholders meeting if the plan
exceeds the deadline without completion,
and relevant procedures;
Article 28
After public disclosure of the information, if any
company participating in the merger, demerger,
acquisition, or share transfer intends further to
carry out a merger, demerger, acquisition, or
share transfer with another company, all of the
participating companies shall carry out anew the
procedures or legal actions that had originally
been completed toward the merger, demerger,
acquisition, or share transfer; except that where
the number of participating companies is
decreased
and
a
participating
company’s
shareholders meeting has adopted a resolution
authorizing the Board of Directors to alter the
limits of authority, such participating company
may
be
exempted
from
calling
another
shareholders meeting to resolve on the matter
anew.
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Provisions for the acquisition or disposal of
assets by subsidiaries
I.
The acquisition and disposal of assets by
subsidiaries shall also be handled in
accordance with the provisions of the parent
company.
II.
If the subsidiary is not a domestic public
offering company, and the assets obtained
or disposed of met the public announcement
and filing standards as stipulated in Article
8,~~t~~he public announcement and filing
matters shall be handled by the parent
company.
III. The so-called~~“reaching the threshold of~~
~~20% of the company’s paid-in capital or~~
~~10% of the total assets”~~as stipulated in the
public announcement and filing standard of
the subsidiary is based on the paid-in capital
or total assets of the parent company.
The so-called subsidiaries (which should be
determined
according
to
the
“Regulations
Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports
by Securities Issuers”) are with more than 50%
outstanding voting shares held by the Company
or the Company holds
more than 50%
outstandingvotingshares of the invested
Provisions for the acquisition or disposal of
assets by subsidiaries
I.
The acquisition and disposal of assets by
subsidiaries shall also be handled in
accordance with the provisions of the parent
company.
II.
If the subsidiary is not a domestic public
offering company, and the assets obtained
or disposed of met the public announcement
and filing standards as stipulated in Article
8, the public announcement and filing
matters shall be handled by the parent
company.
III. The paid-in capital or total assets for public
announcement and filing by the subsidiaries
as stipulated in paragraph 1 of Article 8 is
based on the paid-in capital or total assets of
the parent company.
The so-called subsidiaries (which should be
determined
according
to
the
“Regulations
Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports
by Securities Issuers”) are with more than 50%
outstanding voting shares held by the Company
or the Company holds
more than 50%
outstandingvotingshares of the invested
I. Clause renumbered
II. Point 2 of paragraph 1
is rephrased accordingly
in accordance with the
law.
III. The public
announcement and filing
standard of the subsidiary
shall be the same as that
of the parent company,
and paragraph 1 is
amended in accordance
with the newly added
paragraph 1 of Article 8
regarding the
announcement and filing
standard of “NT$10
billion paid-in capital” so
the subsidiaries are also
subject to the public
announcement and filing
standard.

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Clauses Clauses before amendment made Clauses after the amendment made Note
Article 28-1
Article 29
companies through the subsidiaries, and so on, or
the invested company with more than 50% issued
voting shares held by the Company directly and
through the subsidiary indirectly, and so on.
Article 28-1
The calculation of the “10% of the total assets” as
stipulated in the Procedures is based on the
amount of the total assets in the most recent
subsidiary or individual financial reports as
stipulated in the “Regulations Governing the
Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities
Issuers.”
If the company’s stock is not denominated or the
denomination is not at NT$10 par, the transaction
amount equivalent to “20% of the paid-up
capital” as stipulated in the Procedures shall be
calculated
based
on
the
“10%
of
the
shareholders” equity of the parent company.”
Article 29
Disclosures of financial statement
companies through the subsidiaries, and so on, or
the invested company with more than 50% issued
voting shares held by the Company directly and
through the subsidiary indirectly, and so on.
Article 30
The calculation of the “10% of the total assets” as
stipulated in the Procedures is based on the
amount of the total assets in the most recent
subsidiary or individual financial reports as
stipulated in the “Regulations Governing the
Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities
Issuers.”
If the company’s stock is not denominated or the
denomination is not at NT$10 par, the transaction
amount equivalent to “20% of the paid-up
capital” as stipulated in the Procedures shall be
calculated based on “10%of the shareholders’
equity of the parent company.”According to the
Procedures, for the company with a paid-in
capital of NT$10 billion, the calculation of the
transaction amount is based on the shareholder’s
equity of NT$20 billion of the parent company.
Article 31
Disclosures of financial statement
I. Clause renumbered
II. The latter part of
paragraph 2 is added to
clearly define that when
the company’s stock is
not denominated or the
denomination is not at
NT$10 par, the
calculation of “NT$10
billion paid-in capital” as
stipulated in Article 8.
Clause renumbered

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Clauses Clauses before amendment made Clauses after the amendment made Note
Article 30 If the acquisition and disposal of assets by the
Company meets the public announcement and
filing standards as stipulated in Article 8 of the
Procedures, and the transaction counterparty is a
substantial related party, the contents of the
public announcement and filing shall be disclosed
in the notes to the financial statements and
reported in the shareholders meeting.
Article 30
Date of implementation
The
enactment
or
amendment
of
the
“Procedures” is subject to the approval of the
majority of the Audit Committee members and
shall be submitted to the shareholders meeting for
approval after the resolutions of the Board of
Directors. If approval of more than half of all
Audit Committee members as required in the
preceding paragraph is not obtained, the
Procedures may be implemented if approved by
more than two-thirds of all directors, and the
resolution of the Audit Committee shall be
recorded in the minutes of the board meeting.
If the acquisition and disposal of assets by the
Company meets the public announcement and
filing standards as stipulated in Article 8 of the
Procedures, and the transaction counterparty is a
substantial related party, the contents of the
public announcement and filing shall be disclosed
in the notes to the financial statements and
reported in the shareholders meeting.
Article 32
Date of implementation
The
enactment
or
amendment
of
the
“Procedures” is subject to the approval of the
majority of the Audit Committee members and
shall be submitted to the shareholders meeting for
approval after the resolutions of the Board of
Directors. If approval of more than half of all
Audit Committee members as required in the
preceding paragraph is not obtained, the
procedures may be implemented if approved by
more than two-thirds of all directors, and the
resolution of the Audit Committee shall be
recorded in the minutes of the board meeting.
Clause renumbered

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Annex VII

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.

“Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds” amendment made before and after

Clauses Clauses before amendment made Clauses after amendment made Note
One.
Two.
Article 3
Subject:
The Operational Procedures is handled in accordance
with the provisions of Article 36-1 of the Securities
and Exchange Act (hereinafter referred to as the
“Act”) and the~~FSC.Shen.Tzi No. 1010029874 dated~~
~~July~~
~~6,~~
~~2012~~
by
the
Financial
Supervisory
Commission.
Contents:
Total loaning of fund limits and individual loaning of
fund limits:
I.
The Company’s total loan amount shall not
exceed 40~~% of the Company’s net value, but the~~
~~total loaning of funds due to the need for~~
~~short-term financing between the companies or~~
~~firms shall not exceed 40% of the Company’s~~
~~net value.~~
II.
The individual loaning of fund to the company
or firm that has business dealings with the
Companyshall not exceed the amount of
Subject:
The Operating Procedures is handled in
accordance with the provisions of Article 36-1
of the Securities and Exchange Act (hereinafter
referred to as the “Act”) and the“Regulations
Governing Loaning of Funds and Making of
Endorsements and Guarantees by Public
Companies” by the Financial Supervisory
Commission.
Contents:
Total loaning of fund limits and individual
loaning of fund limits:
I.
The Company’s total loan amount shall not
exceed 40% of the Company’s net value.
II.
The individual loaning of fund to the
company or firm that has business dealings
with the Companyshall not exceed the
The provisions are
amended accordingly.
The Financial
Supervisory Commission
(hereinafter referred to as
the “FSC”) enacts the
provision of paragraph 3
by referring to paragraph
2 of Article 15 of the
Company Act. It clearly
defines that when the
company’s loaning of
fund exceedingthe limits

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business transactions between the two parties.
The so-called business transaction amount
refers to the higher amount of purchases or sales
between the two parties.
III. The loaning of fund to a company or firm that
needs a short-term financing shall not exceed
20% of the Company’s net value.
IV. “Net value” refers to the balance of total assets
net of the total liabilities (i.e. shareholders’
equity); the calculation of 40% should be based
on the accumulated loan amount.
For loaning of funds between foreign companies that
are with 100% voting shares held by the Company
directly and indirectly, the total loan amount shall not
exceed 60% of the net value of the foreign
companies. For loaning of funds to individual
company, the loan amount shall not exceed 40% of
the net value of the foreign company and it is for a
period of one year.
amount of business transactions between
the two parties. The so-called business
transaction amount refers to the higher
amount of purchases or sales between the
two parties.
III. The loaning of fund to a company or firm
that needs a short-term financing shall not
exceed 20% of the Company’s net value.
IV. “Net value” refers to the balance of total
assets net of the total liabilities (i.e.
shareholders’ equity); the calculation of
40% should be based on the accumulated
loan amount.
For loaning of funds between foreign companies
that are with 100% voting shares held by the
Company directly and indirectly, the total loan
amount shall not exceed 60% of the net value of
the foreign companies. For loaning of funds to
individual company, the loan amount shall not
exceed 40% of the net value of the foreign
company and it is for a period of one year.
When the responsible person of the Company
violates the provision of paragraph 1, he/she
shall be responsible for the loan payment
together with the borrower; if the company
suffers damage, he/she shall also be liable for
damages.
stipulated in this Article,
the responsible person of
the company shall jointly
bear the responsibility for
compensating the
damages.

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Three.
V.
Other matters:
The public announcement and filing as stipulated in
the Regulations refers to the information reporting
website designated by the Financial Supervisory
Commission.
The date of occurrence stated in the Regulations
refers to the date of signing the~~transaction~~contract,
the date of payment, the date of resolution of the
Board of Directors, or other date on which the
transaction counterparty and the~~transaction~~amount
are determined whichever is earlier.
Other matters:
The public announcement and filing as
stipulated in the Regulations refers to the
information reporting website designated by the
Financial Supervisory Commission.
The date of occurrence stated in the Regulations
refers to the date of signing the transaction
contract, the date of payment, the date of
resolution of the Board of Directors, or other
date on which the transaction counterparty and
the
transaction
amount
are
determined
whichever is earlier.
In view of the fact that
loaning of fund is not a
transaction in its nature,
paragraph 2 is rephrased.

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Annex VIII

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.

“Operating Procedures for Making of Endorsements and Guarantees” amendment made before and after

Clauses Clauses before amendment made Clauses after amendment made Note
Article 1
Article 10
Subject:
The Operational Procedures is handled in accordance
with the provisions of Article 36-1 of the Securities
and Exchange Act (hereinafter referred to as the
“Act”) and the~~FSC.Shen.Tzi No. 1010029874 dated~~
~~July~~
~~6,~~
~~2012~~
by
the
Financial
Supervisory
Commission.
The public announcement and filing procedure:
The
Company
shall
announce
and
file
the
endorsement and guarantee balance amount of the
last month of the Company and its subsidiaries before
the 10th day of each month. If the endorsement and
guarantee balance amount reaches one of the
following standards, it shall be announced and filed
within two days from the date of occurrence:
I.
The endorsement and guarantee balance amount
of the Company and its subsidiaries exceeds
50% of the Company’s net value on the most
Subject:
The Operating Procedures is handled in
accordance with the provisions of Article 36-1
of the Securities and Exchange Act (hereinafter
referred to as the “Act”) and the“Regulations
Governing Loaning of Funds and Making of
Endorsements and Guarantees by Public
Companies” by the Financial Supervisory
Commission.
The public announcement and filing procedure:
The Company shall announce and file the
endorsement and guarantee balance amount of
the last month of the Company and its
subsidiaries before the 10th day of each month.
If the endorsement and guarantee balance
amount reaches one of the following standards,
it shall be announced and filed within two days
from the date of occurrence:
I.
The endorsement and guarantee balance
amount
of
the
Company
and
its
subsidiaries
exceeds
50%
of
the
The provisions are
amended accordingly.
In order to clarify the
definition of long-term
investment, the provision
of subparagraph 3 of
paragraph 1 is amended
by referring to the
provision of subparagraph
1, paragraph 4 of Article 9
of the “Regulations
Governing the
Preparation of Financial
Reports bySecurities

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recent financial statements.
II.
The making of endorsement and guarantee for
one single enterprise by the Company and its
subsidiaries exceeds 20% of the Company’s net
value on the most recent financial statements.
III. The making of endorsement and guarantee for
one single enterprise by the Company and its
subsidiaries exceeds NT$10 million; also, the
total amount of endorsement and guarantee,
~~long-term~~investment, and loan balance exceeds
30% of the Company’s net value in the most
recent financial statements.
IV. Additional guaranteed and guarantee for an
amount of more than NT$30 million is made by
the Company or its subsidiaries that exceeds 5%
of the Company’s net value in the most recent
financial statements.
If the subsidiary of the Company is not a domestic
public offering company, the subsidiary’s public
announcement and fling for the matters stipulated in
subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph should be
implemented by the Company.
Company’s net value on the most recent
financial statements.
II.
The making of endorsement and guarantee
for one single enterprise by the Company
and its subsidiaries exceeds 20% of the
Company’s net value on the most recent
financial statements.
III. The making of endorsement and guarantee
for one single enterprise by the Company
and
its
subsidiaries
exceeds
NT$10
million;
also,
the
total
amount
of
endorsement and guarantee, investment
book amount under theequity method,
and loan balance exceeds 30% of the
Company’s net value in the most recent
financial statements.
IV. Additional guaranteed and guarantee for an
amount of more than NT$30 million is
made by the Company or its subsidiaries
that exceeds 5% of the Company’s net
value
in
the
most
recent
financial
statements.
If the subsidiary of the Company is not a
domestic
public
offering
company,
the
subsidiary’s public announcement and fling for
the matters stipulated in subparagraph 4 of the
preceding paragraph should be implemented by
the Company.
Issuers.”

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Article 15 The public announcement and filing as stipulated in
the Regulations refers to the information reporting
website designated by the Financial Supervisory
Commission.
The date of occurrence stated in the Regulations
refers to the date of signing the~~transaction~~contract,
the date of payment, the date of resolution of the
Board of Directors, or other date on which the
transaction counterparty and the~~transaction~~amount
are determined whichever is earlier.
The public announcement and filing as
stipulated in the Regulations refers to the
information reporting website designated by the
Financial Supervisory Commission.
The date of occurrence stated in the Regulations
refers to the date of signing the transaction
contract, the date of payment, the date of
resolution of the Board of Directors, or other
date on which the transaction counterparty and
the
transaction
amount
are
determined
whichever is earlier.
In view of the fact that
making ofendorsement
and guaranteeis not a
transaction in its nature,
paragraph 2 is rephrased.

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Appendix I

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. Rules of Procedure for Shareholders Meetings

Amended on June 14, 2016 Amended on June 12, 2018

  • Article 1 The rules of procedures for the Company’s shareholders meetings, except as otherwise provided by law and regulations, shall be as provided in these Rules.

  • Article 2 The so-called “shareholders” in the Rules refers to the shareholders and the proxies of the shareholders.

  • Article 3 The attending shareholders are required to wear the attendance cards. The shareholders meeting shall furnish the attending shareholders with an attendance book to sign, or 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 attendance book and sign-in cards handed in plus the number of shares whose voting rights are exercised by correspondence or electronically.

  • Article 4 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 paragraph 1 of Article 175 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 5 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

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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 deliberation on the meeting agenda of the preceding two paragraphs (including extraordinary motions), except by a resolution of the shareholders meeting.

Except for the proposals included in the agenda, if any shareholder intends to propose other proposals or amendments or alternatives to the original proposal, it should be seconded by other shareholders; also, the shareholding of the proposer and the shareholder who seconded the motion should be more than 1% of the total outstanding shares. It is not a motion and will not be discussed or voted on. After a resolution is made and the meeting is adjourned, the shareholders may not elect another Chairman to continue the meeting at the original site or another place.

  • Article 6 When a meeting is in progress, the Chairman may announce a break based on time considerations. A resolution may be adopted at a shareholders meeting to defer or resume the meeting within 5 days for the motion that could not be concluded in the meeting without the need of issuing a notice and announcement.

  • Article 7 Before speaking, an attending shareholder must specify on a speaker’s slip the subject of the speech, his/her 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 a 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 8 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 3 minutes.

If the shareholder’s speech violates the rules or exceeds the scope of the

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agenda item or disturbs the order of the proceeding, the Chairman may stop such act or terminate the speech discretionally or upon the request of other shareholders.

  • Article 9 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 10 Except as otherwise provided in the Company Act and in the Company’s Articles of Association, the passage of a proposal shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of the voting rights represented by the attending shareholders.

At the time of a vote, for each proposal, the Chairman or a person designated by the Chairman shall first announce the total number of voting rights represented by the attending shareholders, followed by a poll of the shareholders.

A shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share held, shareholders may have proxies attended the meeting on their behalf.

With the exception of a trust enterprise, when one person is concurrently appointed as proxy by two or more shareholders, the voting rights represented by that proxy may not exceed 3% of the voting rights represented by the total number of issued shares. If that percentage is exceeded, the voting rights in excess of that percentage shall not be included in the calculation.

When a shareholder is an interested party in relation to an agenda item, and there is the likelihood that such a relationship would prejudice the interests of the Company, that shareholder may not vote on that item, and may not exercise voting rights as proxy for any other shareholder.

  • Article 11 Attendance and voting at a shareholders meeting shall be calculated based on the numbers of shares.

  • Article 12 The venue for a shareholders meeting shall be in the county or city where the headquarters located, 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.

  • Article 13 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

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leave or for any reason unable to exercise the powers of the Vice Chairman, the Chairman shall appoint one of the directors to act as Chairman. Where the Chairman does not make such a designation, the directors shall select from among themselves one person to serve as Chairman.

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.

  • Article 14 The Company may appoint its attorneys, CPA, 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 15 The Company, beginning from the time it accepts shareholder attendance registrations, shall make an uninterrupted audio and video recording of the registration procedure, the proceedings of the shareholders meeting, and the voting and vote counting procedures.

  • The recorded materials of the preceding paragraph shall be retained for at least 1 year. If, however, a shareholder files a lawsuit pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, the recording shall be retained until the conclusion of the litigation.

  • Article 16 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.

  • Article 17 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 18 After an attending shareholder has spoken, the Chairman may respond in person or direct relevant personnel to respond.

  • Article 19 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.

  • The results of the voting shall be announced on-site at the meeting, and a record made of the vote.

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  • Article 20 The Chairman may direct the proctors (or security personnel) to help maintain order at the meeting place. When proctors (or security personnel) help maintain order at the meeting place, they shall wear an identification card or armband bearing the word “Proctor.”

  • Article 21 If a force majeure event occurs, such as, an air raid alarm, earthquake, fire, etc., the Chairman may rule the meeting temporarily suspended for evacuation and announce the meeting resumed 1 hour after the situation resolved.

  • Article 22 The matters not specified in the Rules shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Company Act, other relevant law and regulations, and the Articles of Association of the Company.

  • Article 23 These Rules and any amendments hereto, shall be implemented after adoption by shareholders meetings.

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Appendix II

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD. Articles of Association

Chapter 1 General Rules

Article 1 The Company is named “UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.” according to the organization stipulated in the Company Act.

Article 2 The Company’s business operation is as follows:

  1. CB01010 Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

  2. CB01030 Pollution Controlling Equipment Manufacturing

  3. CC01060 Wired communication machinery and equipment manufacturing industry

  4. CC01070 Wireless communication machinery and equipment manufacturing industry

  5. CC01080 Electronic component manufacturing industry

  6. CC01110 Computer and its peripheral equipment manufacturing industry

  7. CE01010 General instrument manufacturing industry

  8. CF01011 Medical equipment manufacturing industry

  9. E101011 General construction industry

  10. E103101 Environmental protection engineering professional construction industry

  11. E501011 Water pipe contractor

  12. E599010 Piping engineering industry

  13. E601010 Electrical appliance installation industry

  14. E602011 Refrigeration and air conditioning engineering

  15. E603040 Fire safety equipment installation engineering industry

  16. E603050 Automatic control equipment engineering industry

  17. E603080 Traffic signs installation engineering industry

  18. E604010 Machinery installation industry

  19. E605010 Computer equipment installation industry

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  1. E701010 Communication engineering industry 21. E701030 Telecommunications controls radio frequency equipment installation engineering industry

  2. EZ05010 Instrument and gauge installation engineering 23. F108031 Medical equipment wholesale industry 24. F113010 Machinery wholesale industry 25. F113030 Precision instrument wholesale industry 26. F113050 Computer and transactional machinery and equipment wholesale industry

  3. F113070 Telecommunications equipment wholesale industry

  4. F113090 Traffic sign equipment wholesale industry

  5. F113100 Pollution prevention equipment wholesale industry

  6. F117010 Fire safety equipment wholesale industry

  7. F118010 Information software wholesale industry

  8. F119010 Electronic materials wholesale industry

  9. F208031 Medical equipment retail industry

  10. F213040 Precision instrument retailing industry

  11. F218010 Information software retailing industry

  12. F401021 Telecommunications controls radio frequency equipment import industry (limited to radio transmitters, radio transceivers, and radio receivers)

  13. I103060 Management consulting industry 38. I301010 Information software service industry

  14. IF01010 Fire safety equipment maintenance industry 40. IF02010 Electrical equipment detection and maintenance industry

  15. IG03010 Energy technology service industry 42. J101050 Environmental testing services industry

  16. J101060 Waste (sewage) water treatment industry

  17. JA02010 Electrical and electronic products repair industry 45. JE01010 Leasing industry 46. CC01101 Telecommunications controls radio frequency equipment manufacturing industry

  18. ZZ99999 Except for the chartered business, including the business not prohibit or restrict by law

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Article 3 The Company has a head office in Taipei City and may establish branches domestically or internationally as necessary by the resolution of the Board of Directors.

  • Article 4 The public announcement method of the Company shall be handled in accordance with the relevant law and regulations of the Company Act and the requirements of the competent authorities.

Chapter 2 Shares

  • Article 5 The Company’s authorized capital amount is NT$3 billion, divided into 300 million shares at NT$10 par and issued by installation. The Board of Directors is authorized to have the unissued shares issued according to actual needs.

  • Article 6 The total amount of transfer investment of the Company may exceed 40% of the paid-in capital, and it may make external guarantees for other companies.

Article 7 The Company’s stocks are all ordered and signed or sealed by more than three directors; also, certified by the competent authority or its approved issuing and registration agency in advance.

The shares issued by the Company are exempted from printing stocks, and should be registered with the centralized securities depository institutions.

Article 8 The transfer of shares shall be suspended within 60 days before the general shareholders meeting, within 30 days before the extraordinary shareholders meeting, or within 5 days before the date of the company’s decision made to distribute dividends and bonuses or other benefits.

Chapter 3 Shareholders Meeting

Article 9 Shareholders meetings include general shareholders meeting and extraordinary shareholders meeting. General shareholders meeting is

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held once a year and it shall be convened by the Board of Directors within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year. Extraordinary shareholders meetings are convened when it is necessary. It is convened in accordance with the law when necessary.

Article 10 When a shareholder is unable to attend the general shareholders meetings for any reason, he/she may, in accordance with the relevant law and regulations, issue a power of attorney stating the scope of authorization and entrust a proxy to attend the meeting. It is to be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Company Act and the “Regulations Governing the use of Proxies for Attendance at the Shareholder Meetings of Public Companies” issued by the competent authorities.

Article 11 The shareholders of the Company have one vote per share, but those who are with events as stipulated in Article 179 of the Company Act have no voting rights.

Article 12 The resolutions of the shareholders meeting, unless otherwise regulated by law and regulations, shall be reached with the attendance of the shareholders who have had the majority of the shares issued, and with the consent of the attending shareholders who have had the majority of the voting rights.

Chapter 4 Directors and Audit Committee

Article 13 The Company shall have seven to ten directors designated, three or more independent directors that shall not be less than one-fifth of the board directors for a 3-year term and can be re-elected. The nomination system for candidates is adopted in the election of directors. The provisions of the nomination system are handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 192-1 of the Company Act.

Article 13-1 The board meeting of the Company shall be convened at least once a quarter, and the reasons for the convening shall be clearly stated.

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The directors shall be notified 7 days in advance, but in case of emergency, the board meeting can be convened at any time. The board meeting notice can be issued in writing or by fax or E-mail.

When the Chairman asks for leave or cannot exercise his/her powers for any reason, his/her proxy shall handle the matters in accordance with Article 208 of the Company Act.

If the director is unable to attend the board meeting for any reason, he may entrust other directors to act by proxy, but the proxy is limited to be entrusted by one director only.

Article 14 The Board of Directors shall be organized by the directors, and more than two-thirds of the directors shall attend the meeting and more than half of the attending directors shall agree to elect one Chairman. The Chairman represents the company externally. The duties of the Board of Directors:

  1. Review the long-term business policy.

  2. Approve important regulations and contracts.

  3. Review the appointment and dismissal of managers.

  4. Set up and abolish important branches.

  5. Approve budgets and financial reports.

  6. Propose to the shareholders meeting the amendment of the Articles of Association, changes in the capital stock, and the dissolution or merger of the company.

  7. Propose the proposal of earnings distribution or making up for losses to the shareholders meeting.

  8. Decide on other important matters.

Article 15 When the Chairman asks for leave or cannot exercise his powers for any reason; his proxy shall handle the matters in accordance with Article 208 of the Company Act.

Article 16 For the remunerations of all directors, the Board of Directors is authorized to determine it according to their participation in and contribution to the Company’s operations and by referring to the standards of the industry.

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Chapter 5 Managers

Article 17 The Company may have one general manager, vice general managers, and several managers appointed with their appointment, dismissal, and remuneration handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 29 of the Company Act.

Chapter 6 Accounting

Article 18 The Company shall, at the end of each fiscal year, have the Board of Directors prepared the following reports and presented them to the shareholders meeting for approval: (1) business report (2) financial statements (3) earnings distribution or loss compensation statement.

Article 19 If the Company makes a profit in the year, it should appropriate 6%~10% of the earnings as remunerations to employees. The Board of Directors decides the distribution of stock dividend or cash dividend. The employees of the subordinate companies who have met certain conditions are also entitled to the said remunerations. The Company’s Board of Directors may resolve to appropriate not more than 2% of the aforementioned earnings as remunerations to directors. The remuneration to employee and directors shall be reported in the shareholders meeting.

However, when the company still has accumulated losses, it should retain an amount to make up for the loss in advance, and then appropriate remuneration to employees and directors according to the ratio stated in the preceding paragraph.

Article 19-1 The Company’s earnings, if any, should be applied to pay taxes and make up for losses, and then appropriate 10% legal reserve. However, when the legal reserve is equivalent to the paid-in capital of the Company, the appropriation of legal reserve could be ceased. In addition, special reserve will be appropriated or reversed according to law and regulations. The remaining amount, if any, plus the accumulated undistributed earnings will be available for distribution according to the proposal of the Board of Directors. The

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distribution of dividends to the shareholders should be presented in the shareholders meeting for resolutions.

The Company’s dividend policy is based on current and future development plans, considering the investment environment, capital needs, and domestic and international competition, and taking into account the interests of shareholders and other factors, in order to stabilize business development and protect investors’ rights and interests. The dividends to shareholders can be in the form of cash dividend and/or stock dividend; also, the cash dividend is not less than 25% of the total dividend.

Chapter 7 Supplementary Clauses

Article 20 The matters not covered in the Articles of Association will be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Company Act.

Article 21 The Articles of Association was enacted on August 19, 1982. The 1st amendment was made on September 2, 1982. The 2nd amendment was made on February 4, 1983. The 3rd amendment was made on May 18, 1984. The 4th amendment was made on August 12, 1985. The 5th amendment was made on July 1, 1986. The 6th amendment was made on November 7, 1986. The 7th amendment was made on July 31, 1987. The 8th amendment was made on October 23, 1987. The 9th amendment was made on November 6, 1987. The 10th amendment was made on June 29, 1988. The 11th amendment was made on March 2, 1990. The 12th amendment was made on October 18, 1990. The 13th amendment was made on December 18, 1990. The 14th amendment was made on October 30, 1991. The 15th amendment was made on June 4, 1994. The 16th amendment was made on October 29, 1994. The 17th amendment was made on November 10, 1994. The 18th amendment was made on April 11, 1995.

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The 19th amendment was made on May 10, 1997. The 20th amendment was made on May 11, 1998. The 21st amendment was made on June 7, 1999. The 22nd amendment was made on May 26, 2000. The 23rd amendment was made on May 16, 2001. The 24th amendment was made on May 20, 2002. The 25th amendment was made on May 27, 2003. The 26th amendment was made on October 31, 2003. The 27th amendment was made on May 27, 2004. The 28th amendment was made on June 10, 2005. The 29th amendment was made on June 9, 2006. The 30th amendment was made on June 10, 2009. The 31st amendment was made on June 18, 2010. The 32nd amendment was made on June 17, 2014. The 33rd amendment was made on June 16, 2015. The 34th amendment was made on June 14, 2016. The 35th amendment was made on June 22, 2017. The 36th amendment was made on June 12, 2018.

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Appendix III

Procedures for Acquisition or Disposal of Assets (CM-108)

Enactment: March 7, 1995

Amendment: April 27, 1996 Amendment: April 29, 1999 Amendment: October 20, 1999

Amendment: December 17, 1999

Amendment: November 15, 2002

Amendment: March 4, 2003 Amendment: April 13, 2007

Amendment: March 15, 2011

Amendment: March 1, 2012

Amendment: March 27, 2013 Amendment: March 26, 2014 Amendment: March 28, 2017 Amendment: March 23, 2018

  • Article 1 Purpose

In order to protect investment and implement information disclosure, the Company’s acquisition and disposal of assets should be handle in accordance with the Procedures.

  • Article 2 Reference

  • The “Procedures” is handled in accordance with Article 36-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act. However, the other governing law and regulations shall prevail.

  • Article 3 Applicable scope of the assets referred to in the Procedures

  • I. Investment in stocks, government bonds, corporate bonds, financial bonds, securities presenting interest in a fund, domestic beneficiary certificates, overseas mutual funds, depositary receipts, call (put) warrants, beneficial interest securities, and asset-backed securities;

  • II. Real property (including land, houses and buildings, investment property, right-of-use land, and construction enterprise inventory) and equipment.

  • III. Memberships

  • IV. Patents, copyrights, trademarks, franchise rights, and other intangible assets

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

  • VI. Derivatives

  • VII. Assets acquired or disposed of in accordance with mergers, demergers, acquisitions, and transfer of shares.

  • VIII. Other major assets

Article 4

  • Appraisal procedures

The Company’s decision procedures and references for obtaining or disposing of asset trading conditions shall be handled as follows:

  1. Acquired or disposed of securities that have been traded in the stock exchange market or TPEx, which are determined by the current share price or bond price, which is subject to the provisions of Article 185 of the Company Act, is subject to the approval of the shareholders meeting.

  2. Acquired or disposed of securities that are not traded in the stock exchange market or TPEx should be priced with the net worth per share, profitability, future development potential and market interest rate, bond coupon rate, debtor’s credit and transaction at the time, or accountant’s opinions on the reasonableness of price considered.

  3. Acquired or disposed of debt securities that are not traded in the stock exchange market or TPEx should be priced by referring to the prevailing market interest rate, bond coupon rate, and debtor’s credit.

  4. The acquisition or disposal of real property shall be determined by referring to the announced present value, the assessed value, the actual transaction price of the adjacent real property, or the appraisal report issued by the professional appraisal agency.

  5. The acquisition or disposal of the other assets as stated in the preceding four paragraphs shall be handled by means of inquiry, price comparison, bargaining, or tender, and shall be consulted with reference to market prices, network information, professional magazines, etc. If they meet the provisions of the public announcement and filing standards of the Procedures, it is necessary to refer to the appraisal report of the professional appraisers.

Article 5 Operational Procedures for the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets

  • I. For the acquisition or disposal of assets, the using department shall evaluate the reasons for the intended acquisition or disposition, the subject matter, the counterpart of the transaction, the transfer price, the conditions of payment, and the reference basis for the price, and submit it to the competent authority for

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resolutions, and shall be executed by the following units; also, the related matters are handled in accordance with the relevant operational regulations of the Company’s internal control system and the “Procedures.”

  • II. Execution unit

  • Long-term and short-term portfolio investment, financial institutions’ claims: Finance Department

  • Real property, plant, and equipment, memberships, intangible assets, and other major assets:

General affairs administrative department or using unit

  1. Financial derivatives: Finance Department.

  2. Assets acquired or disposed of by legal merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares:

The Finance Department or the relevant unit designated by the Chairman

  • III. The relevant operations related to the acquisition or disposal of the assets shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the internal control system of the Company. If a major default is discovered, the relevant personnel shall be disciplined accordingly depending on the severity of the violation committed.

Article 6 Delegation of authorization

  • I. For the Company’s acquisition or disposal of assets, except for the securities transaction conducted at the stock exchange market or TPEx, if the assets meet the public announcement and filing standards as stipulated in this “Procedures,” it cannot be initiated until being reported to the Chairman or after the resolution of the Board of Directors.

  • II. For the Company’s acquisition or disposal of securities at the stock exchange market or TPEx, if the assets do not meet the public announcement and filing standards as stipulated in this “Procedures,” it shall be determined by the competent authority within the scope of authorization.

  • III. For the Company’s acquisition or disposal of assets that must be approved by the Board of Directors in accordance with the “Procedures” or other legal requirements, if any director expresses objection and has a record or written statement, the director’s objection information shall be sent to the Audit Committee. The objections or reservations, if any, of an independent director should be stated in the minutes of the board meeting. The trading of major assets or financial derivatives shall be approved by more than one-half of all members of the Audit Committee and shall be resolved by the Board of Directors. If approval of more than half of all Audit

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Committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not obtained, the Procedures may be implemented if approved by more than two-thirds of all directors, and the resolution of the Audit Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the board meeting.

  • Article 7 Investment amount

In addition to the assets obtained for business use, the Company and its subsidiaries have also invested in the real property and securities that are not intended for business use with a limit of amount set as follows:

  • I. The total amount of real property not intended for business use shall not exceed 150% of the net value.

  • II. The total amount of portfolio investment shall not exceed 100% of the net value. However, the Company’s total investment in the long-term equity shall not exceed 80% of the net value.

  • III. The investment in each individual security shall not exceed 30% of the net value.

Article 8 The public announcement and filing standards

Under any of the following circumstances, the Company acquiring or disposing of assets shall publicly announce and file 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:

  • I. Acquisition or disposal of real property thereof from or to a related party, or acquisition or disposal of assets other than real property thereof from or to a related party where the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of paid-in capital, 10% or more of the company’s total assets, or NT$300 million or more; 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.

  • II. Mergers, demergers, acquisitions, and transfer of shares

  • III. Losses from the trading of financial derivatives reaching the limits on aggregate losses or losses on individual contracts set out in the procedures adopted by the company

  • IV. If the types of assets acquired or disposed of are equipment for business use, the transaction counterparty is not related party, and the transaction amount meets one of the following requirements:

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  • (I) For a public company whose paid-in capital is less than NT$10 billion, the transaction amount reaches NT$500 million or more;

  • (II) For a public company whose paid-in capital is NT$10 billion or more, the transaction amount reaches NT$1 billion or more;

  • V. Acquisition or disposal by a public company in the construction business of real property thereof for construction use, and furthermore the transaction counterparty is not a related party, and the transaction amount reaches NT$500 million

  • VI. 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 the amount the company expects to invest in the transaction reaches NT$500 million.

  • VII. Where an asset transaction other than any of those referred to in the preceding six subparagraphs or a disposal of receivables by a financial institution or Mainland China area investment (referring to the investment in the mainland China in accordance with the “Rules Governing Investment in China or Technical Cooperation” of the Investment Commission MOEA) is for an amount exceeding 20% of the paid-in capital or NT$300 million. Provided, this shall not apply to the following circumstances:

  • (I) Trading of domestic government bonds

  • (II) Where done by professional investors-securities trading on securities exchanges or OTC markets, or subscription of ordinary corporate bonds or general bank debentures without equity characteristics (excluding subordinated debt) that are offered and issued in the primary market, or subscription or redemption of securities investment trust funds or futures trust funds, or subscription by a securities firm of securities as necessitated by its undertaking business or as an advisory recommending securities firm for an emerging stock company, in accordance with the rules of Taipei Exchange.

  • (III) Trading of bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises

The aforementioned transactions amount shall be calculated as follows:

  • I. The amount of any individual transaction

  • II. The cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions and disposals of the same

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type of underlying asset with the same transaction counterparty within the preceding year;

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

  • IV. 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 the Procedures need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

The Company shall make announcement and reporting in the prescribed format in accordance with the “Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposal of Assets by Public Companies.”

The Company shall compile monthly reports on the status of the trading of financial derivatives 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 before the 10th day of each month.

When a public company at the time of public announcement making 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 filed in their entirety within two days counting inclusively from the date of knowing of such error or omission.

The Company’s acquisition and disposal 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 act provides otherwise.

Article 9

Time limit for making public announcement and filing

The Company after announcing and filing transactions in accordance with the provisions of the preceding article with one of the following circumstances shall report the relevant information on the designated website of the FSC within two days from the date of occurrence:

  • I. The relevant contracts signed for the original transaction have been changed, terminated, or cancelled.

  • II. The mergers, demergers, acquisitions, and transfer of shares are not completed

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according to the contractual schedule.

  • III. The originally announced and filed contents have been changed.

  • Article 10 In acquiring or disposing of real property or equipment thereof where the transaction amount reaches 20% 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 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:

  • I. 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.

  • II. Where the transaction amount is NT$1 billion or more, appraisal service provided by two or more professional appraisers shall be obtained.

  • III. 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 CPA shall be engaged to perform the appraisal in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Auditing Standards No. 20 published by the Accounting Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) and render a specific opinion regarding the reason for the discrepancy and the appropriateness of the transaction price:

    • (I) The discrepancy between the appraisal result and the transaction amount is 20% or more of the transaction amount.

    • (II) The discrepancy between the appraisal results of two or more professional appraisers is 10% or more of the transaction amount.

  • IV. 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 11 The Company for the acquisition and disposal of securities shall obtain the financial statements of the target company that have recently been certified or reviewed by the accountants for reference in evaluating the transaction price before the date of

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occurrence (it refers to the contracting date of the transaction, payment date, entrustment date, account transfer date, board resolution date, or other date on which the transaction counterparty and transaction amount are determined, whichever is sooner. An investor who is subject to the approval of the competent authority shall be subject to the aforementioned dates or the date of approval by the competent authority whichever is sooner). For the transaction amount exceeding 20% of the Company’s paid-in capital or NT$300 million, the accountant should be consulted before the date of occurrence to express an opinion on the reasonableness of the transaction price. If the accountant needs to use a report of an expert, it shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Standards on Auditing No. 20 issued by the Accounting Research and Development Foundation. However, the securities with a market price available or otherwise provided by the securities competent authority are not subject to such requirement.

  • Article 12 In acquiring or disposing of memberships or intangible assets thereof where the transaction amount reaches 20% of the company’s paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more, the company, unless transacting with a domestic government agency, an accountant shall be engaged to render a specific opinion on the appropriateness of the transaction price on the date of occurrence in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Auditing Standards No. 20 published by the Accounting Research and Development Foundation (ARDF).

  • Article 12-1 The calculation of the transaction amounts referred to in the preceding three paragraphs shall be handled in accordance with paragraph 2, Article 8 herein, and “within the preceding year” as used herein refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items that are supported with an appraisal reported issued by the professional appraisers or the opinions of an accountant need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

  • Article 13 Where the Company acquires or disposes of assets through court auction procedures, the evidentiary documentation issued by the court may be substituted for the appraisal report or CPA opinion.

  • Article 14 Professional appraisers and their officers, certified public accounts, attorneys, and securities underwriters that provide the Company with appraisal reports, certified public accountant’s opinions, attorney's opinions, or underwriter’s opinions may not be a related party of any party to the transaction. Professional appraisers (referring to real estate appraisers or other persons who are legally engaged in real property and equipment valuation operations) and their personnel are not criminally sentenced or convicted. If the company is required to obtain appraisal reports from two or more professional appraisers, the different professional appraisers or appraisal officers may not be related parties of each

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other.

  • Article 15 For the Company’s acquisition and disposal of assets hereof from and to the related parties, in addition to having the relevant resolution procedures handled and reasonableness of trading conditions assessed accordingly to the regulations, when the transaction amount exceeds 20% of the company’s paid-in capital, NT$300 million, or 10% of total assets of the company, an appraisal report of a professional appraiser or accountant’s opinion should be obtained in accordance with the provisions as stated in the preceding section.

The calculation of the transaction amount referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be made in accordance with Article 12-1 herein.

When judging whether a transaction counterparty is a related party (which should be determined according to the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers”), in addition to legal formalities, the substance of the relationship shall also be considered.

Article 16 When the Company intends to acquire or dispose of real property thereof from or to a related party, or when it intends to acquire or dispose of assets other than real property thereof from or to a related party and the transaction amount reaches 20% or more of paid-in capital, 10% or more of the company’s total assets, or NT$300 million or more, 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 Audit Committee and the Board of Directors:

  • I. The purpose, necessity, and anticipated benefit of the acquisition or disposal of assets;

  • II. The reason for choosing the related party as a transaction counterparty;

  • III. With respect to the acquisition of real property thereof from a related party, information regarding appraisal of the reasonableness of the preliminary transaction terms in accordance with Article 17 and Article 18;

  • IV. 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;

  • V. Monthly cash flow forecasts for the year commencing from the anticipated month of signing the contract, and evaluation of the necessity of the transaction, and reasonableness of the funds utilization;

  • VI. An appraisal report from a professional appraiser or a CPA’s opinion obtained

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in compliance with the preceding article;

  • VII. 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 paragraph 2, Article 8 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 Audit Committee and the Board of Directors need not be counted toward the transaction amount.

With respect to the acquisition or disposal of equipment thereof from or to a related party, when to be conducted between the Company and its parent company or subsidiaries, the company’s Board of Directors may pursuant to the regulations to delegate the Chairman to decide such matters when the transaction is within a certain amount and have the decisions subsequently submitted to and ratified in the next board meeting.

If approval of more than half of all Audit Committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not obtained, the procedures may be implemented if approved by more than two-thirds of all directors, and the resolution of the Audit Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the board meeting. The terms “all Audit Committee members” and “all directors” in the preceding paragraph shall be counted as the actual number of persons currently holding those positions.

Article 17 The Company that acquires real property thereof from a related party shall evaluate the reasonableness of the transaction costs by the following means:

  • I. Based upon the related party’s transaction price plus necessary interest on funding and the costs to be duly borne by the buyer. “Necessary interest on funding” is imputed as the weighted average interest rate on borrowing in the year the company purchases the property; provided, it may not be higher than the maximum non-financial industry lending rate announced by the Ministry of Finance.

  • II. Total loan value appraisal from a financial institution where the related party has previously created a mortgage on the property as security for a loan; provided, the actual cumulative amount loaned by the financial institution shall have been 70% or more of the financial institution’s appraised loan value of the property and the period of the loan shall have been 1 year or longer. However, this shall not apply where the financial institution is a related party of one of the transaction counterparties.

Where land and structures thereupon are combined as a single property purchased in one transaction, the transaction costs for the land and the structures may be separately

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appraised in accordance with any of the means listed in the preceding paragraph.

The Company that acquires real property thereof from a related party and appraises the cost of the real property thereof in accordance with paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 shall also engage a CPA to check the appraisal and render a specific opinion.

Where the Company acquires real property thereof from a related party and one of the following circumstances exists, appraises the reasonableness of the transaction cost according to relevant regulations. Except for the following circumstances, it is necessary to engage a CPA to check the appraisal and render a specific opinion.

  • I. The related party acquired the real property thereof through inheritance or as a gift;

  • II. More than 5 years will have elapsed from the time the related party signed the contract to obtain the real property thereof to the signing date for the current transaction;

  • III. The real property is acquired through signing of a joint development contract with the related party, or through engaging a related party to build real property, either on the company’s own land or on rented land.

  • Article 18 When the results of the Company’s appraisal conducted in accordance with paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Article 17 are uniformly lower than the transaction price, the matter shall be handled in compliance with Article 19. However, where the following circumstances exist, objective evidence has been submitted and specific opinions on reasonableness have been obtained from a professional real property appraiser and a CPA, this restriction shall not apply.

  • I. Where the related party acquired undeveloped land or leased land for development, it may submit proof of compliance with one of the following conditions:

    1. Where undeveloped land is appraised in accordance with the means in the preceding Article, and structures according to the related party’s construction cost plus reasonable construction profit are valued in excess of the actual transaction price. The “Reasonable construction profit” shall be deemed as the average gross operating profit margin of the related party’s construction division over the most recent 3 years or the gross profit margin for the construction industry for the most recent period as announced by the Ministry of Finance, whichever is lower.

    2. Completed transactions by unrelated parties within the preceding year involving other floors of the same property or neighboring or closely valued parcels of land, where the land area and transaction terms are similar after calculation of reasonable price discrepancies in floor or area land prices in

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accordance with standard property market sale or leasing practices.

  1. Completed transactions by unrelated parties within the preceding year involving other floors of the same property or closely valued parcels of land, where the lease terms are similar after calculation of reasonable price discrepancies in floor or area land prices in accordance with standard property leasing practices.

  2. II. Where the Company acquiring real property from a related party provides evidence that the terms of the transaction are similar to the terms of completed transactions involving neighboring or closely valued parcels of land of a similar size by unrelated parties within the preceding year.

Completed transactions involving neighboring or closely valued parcels of land in the preceding paragraph in principle refers to parcels on the same or an adjacent block and within a distance of no more than 500 meters or parcels close in publicly announced current value; transactions involving similarly sized parcels in principle refers to transactions completed by unrelated parties for parcels with a land area of no less than 50% of the property in the planned transaction; within the preceding year refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the acquisition of the real property.

Article 19 Where the Company acquires real property thereof from a related party and the results of appraisals conducted in accordance with Article 17 and Article 18 are uniformly lower than the transaction price, the following steps shall be taken:

  • I. A special reserve shall be set aside against the difference between the real property transaction price and the appraised cost, and may not be distributed or used for capital increase or issuance of bonus shares. Where the Company uses the equity method to account for its investment in another public company, then the special reserve shall be set aside pro rata in a proportion consistent with the share of the Company’s equity stake in the other company.

  • II. The independent directors of the Audit Committee shall comply with Article 218 of the Company Act.

  • III. Actions taken pursuant to subparagraphs 1 and 2 in the preceding paragraph shall be reported to a shareholders meeting, and the details of the transaction shall be disclosed in the annual report and any investment prospectus.

The Company that has set aside a special reserve under the preceding paragraph may not utilize the special reserve until it has recognized a loss on decline in market value of the assets it purchased, or they have been disposed of, or adequate compensation has been made, or the status quo ante has been restored, or there is other evidence confirming that there was nothing unreasonable about the transaction, and the FSC

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has given its consent.

When the Company obtains real property thereof from a related party, it shall also comply with the preceding two paragraphs if there is other evidence indicating that the acquisition was not an arm’s length transaction.

Article 20 Engaging in the trading of financial derivatives

  • I. Scope of application:

  • (I) Definition: Derivatives refer to a transaction contract whose value is derived from products, such as, assets, interest rates, exchange rates, indexes, or other interests. Trading of Financial Derivatives includes combinations of various financial contracts, such as, forward contracts, futures contracts, forward interest rate agreements, Options and synthetic products, such as, futures options, exchange options, combined derivatives, etc.

  • (II) The types and objects of the transactions that the Company can engage in are as follows: forward foreign exchange transactions with principal and non-principal settlement. It is limited to financial institutions that can engage in such transactions.

  • (III) The “Procedures” is not applicable to forward contracts, including insurance contracts, performance contracts, after-sales service contracts, long-term lease contracts, and long-term purchases (sales) contracts.

  • II. The trading of financial derivatives is with the following types of risks, and the management of the Company should be cautious in engaging in the trading of financial derivatives and should perform in accordance with the provisions of the Procedures.

  • (I) Market risk or known as price risk:

    • Refers to the impact of the changes in market prices (exchange rates, interest rates, stock prices, bonds, or other index) on the market price of all products.
  • (II) Credit risk:

It refers to the risk that a party to the transaction is unable to perform the contractual obligations of the transaction and causes the loss of the assets of the other party.

  • (III) Liquidity risk:

Liquidity risk refers to the risk that a position cannot be maintained at a reasonable price or a transaction counterparty cannot be found.

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  • (IV) Operational risk:

Operational risk refers to the risks caused by improper system, human error, poor supervision, or management errors.

  • (V) Legal risk:

Legal risk means that the contract is unclear, the authorization is not true, the statute is incomplete, the counterparty has no legal capacity, or the contract is invalid, so the contract signed with the counterparty is legally unenforceable, resulting in loss of finance and goodwill.

  • III. Business management and hedging strategy

The Company is engaged in the trading of financial derivatives and the purpose of hedging is divided into:

  • (I) For the purpose of trading: possess or issue financial derivatives to earn the price spread, including trading and other trading activities that are measured at fair value through profit or loss.

  • (II) Not for trading purposes: to circumvent assets or liabilities already held, or to circumvent the expected trading risk.

  • IV. Segregation of duties

The segregation of duties for engaging in derivatives is as follows:

  • (I) The duties of the Board of Directors:

  • The transaction procedure is approved and it is also applicable to the amendments. The procedure is reported in the shareholders meeting.

  • For the purpose of trading with a contractual amount or the trading of financial derivatives whose principal amount exceeding NT$300 million, it shall be approved by the Board of Directors for implementation, and the Board of Directors is authorized to approve other trading of financial derivatives; also, it should be reported in the most recent board meeting with the effectiveness of implementation monitored and the risk controlled to the extent of tolerable losses.

  • (II) The powers and responsibilities of the Chairman:

  • Assign the financial unit and the relevant department heads to execute the approved “trading of financial derivatives.”

  • The “Trading of Financial Derivatives,” which should be approved by the Board of Directors, shall be sent to the Board of Directors for resolutions.

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  1. Approved the “Trading of Financial Derivatives” resolved by the Board of Directors.

  2. Regularly and occasionally report to the Board of Directors on the “Derivatives Performance Report” and implementation results.

  3. Regular and occasionally monitor whether the trading of financial derivatives is carried out in accordance with the Procedures, and control its operational performance within the tolerable loss.

(III) The responsibilities of the Finance Department:

  1. Assigned by the Chairman to execute the approved transaction and settlement of the “trading of financial derivatives.”

  2. Record the transaction occurred immediately and verify the correctness with the accounting document.

  3. File the transaction records.

  4. Prepare the “Trading of Financial Derivatives Evaluation Report.”

  5. If the approved “trading of financial derivatives” is subject to major changes in the market or the maximum amount of tolerable loss or significant difference from the original estimate, the performance report shall be immediately sent to the Chairman for review to determine whether the case should still be continued or the implementation content of the case should be revised.

  6. (IV) Audit unit:

Check whether the “derivatives” transaction has been carried out in accordance with the Procedures on a monthly basis, and the audit results are composed into an audit report and sent to the Chairman.

  • V. Performance evaluation methods and procedures

  • (I) Measure the “position” of the financial derivatives once a week.

  • (II) The hedging transaction of financial derivatives that are required for business is assessed every two weeks.

  • (III) The Finance Department will engage in the trading of financial derivatives every two weeks and it is divided into two categories by the trading purposes:

    1. For the purpose of trading

    2. For the purpose of hedging risks

The evaluation report prepared by the department head should be

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presented to the chairman.

  • (IV) The performance evaluation principles of the trading of financial derivatives in the performance evaluation report are:

The approved trading of financial derivatives is with the performance evaluated individually, so its fair price, related book value, net profit and loss arising from the transaction, and the non-operating profit and loss of the recognized and clearly deferred risk may not be assessed collectively, except for those with statutory offset rights.

  • VI. The total contract amount of the Company’s trading of financial derivatives shall not exceed NT$500 million.

  • VII. Total and individual contract loss limits:

  • (I) The realized and unrealized losses arising from all financial derivatives contracts of the Company shall not exceed 4% of the total contract amount.

  • (II) The realized and unrealized losses arising from individual financial derivatives contract shall not exceed 4% of the approved “Trading of Financial Derivatives.”

VIII. Operating procedures

  • (I) The “Trading of Financial Derivatives Application Form” and the “Trading of Financial Derivatives Evaluation Report” should be submitted by the Finance Department to the Chairman for approval.

  • If it is not approved by the chairman, it will be filed for records.

  • If the chairman indicates that the case still needs to be partially amended, or the evaluation content, project, or description is added, the Finance Department shall have the report amended as instructed and then submitted for approval.

  • The “Financial Derivatives Evaluation Case” approved by the Chairman or the Board of Directors is the “Trading of Financial Derivatives Case” to be implemented by the Finance Department.

  • (II) The trading of financial derivatives with a notional amount more than NT$300 million shall be approved by the Board of Directors, while other transactions shall be approved by the chairman and shall be reported in the most recent board meeting afterwards.

  • (III) The approved “Trading of Financial Derivatives case” shall be submitted

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to the Finance Department for execution. The transaction voucher information, in addition to the approval of the financial officer, shall be approved by the chairman before executing the transaction.

  • (IV) The Finance Officer prepares the “Trading of Financial Derivatives Performance Report” on a monthly basis and submits it to the chairman for reviewing the position and performance of the financial derivatives, and monitors whether the trading procedures are appropriate and whether the operational performance is within the scope of control.

  • IX. Internal control principles:

The internal control principles for ensuring the Company’s stability, safe operation, and the security of the trading of financial derivatives are as follows:

  • (I) The trading, settlement, and position risk assessment should be handled by different personnel and shall have appropriate division of labor.

  • (II) Traders are not allowed to operate privately.

  • (III) Each completed transaction is to be settled by a third party other than the trader; also, the counterparty is required to report all the transaction information regularly.

  • (IV) The procedure for the settlement of each transaction shall be properly approved and controlled by the competent authority, and a written record or certificate shall be made immediately for subsequent review.

  • (V) Each transaction should be logged in or posted on the checklist and reviewed by the head of the finance department. The accounting unit will check the relevant books at the time of bookkeeping.

  • (VI) Assess the trading of financial derivatives on a weekly basis in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Procedures.

  • (VII) Establish an information management system for financial derivative, improve the efficiency of the trading of financial derivatives, and provide an instant management table to facilitate the control of all the trading position of financial derivatives.

  • (VIII) Document the risk limit and scope of authorization of each trading of financial derivatives in the “Trading of Financial Derivatives,” and classify the transaction position into two categories: trading position and non-trading position or hedging position with the risk assessed regularly.

  • (IX) The risks arising from the financial derivatives should be considered collectively, and all risks of other businesses should be considered

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together with a performance evaluation report presented to the chairman.

  • X. Risk management measures

  • (I) Credit risk management:

    1. The credit risk of different transactions conducted with the same transaction counterparty shall be aggregated, and the risks cannot be offset against each other in order to reflect the substantial risks. However, the same type same term or similar opposite transactions can be offset against each other in order to avoid having the credit risk overstated due to an itemized calculation.

    2. For those transactions conducted with the counterparty with early termination clauses in the contract, the risks should be carefully evaluated in advance with preventive actions taken to avoid the increase of market risk or liquidity risk.

  • (II) Market risk management:

    1. The Company shall, in accordance with the assessment report of the Ministry of Finance, approve the conditions, risk limits, transaction limits, gapping, contract amounts, etc. of the financial derivatives.

    2. When preparing a “Financial Derivatives Evaluation Report” and assessing performance, attention should be paid to changes in the value of the financial directives arising from the changes in interest rates, exchange rates, and other market factors.

    3. The Company establishes an effective risk control operating program by the following methods, including:

      • A. All transactions are subject to the approval processes.
    4. B. The risk of trading should be assessed in advance and the tolerable loss should be defined.

      • C. Frequently track and analyze trading situations and present performance reports to determine the correctness of the transaction.

      • D. Regular audits are performed by the audit office to ensure that the Procedure is implemented properly.

      • E. The strategy should be adjusted accordingly when there is a difference between the estimate and the actual result.

  • (III) Liquidity risk management:

    1. The Company shall base on the overall liquidity risk ass the market or

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products and funds related liquidity risk.

  1. The funds required for the trading of financial derivatives should be incorporated into the Company’s overall fund control, and try to avoid the risk of unable to acquire the funds needed for the trading of financial directives at a reasonable cost due to insufficient cash flow.

  2. For the market risk of the financial derivatives, appropriate tolerance of cash flow and gapping should be set in advance.

  3. (IV) Operational risk management:

Regarding the Company’s control over operational risk, the chairman and senior executives of each department must understand the operation process and have them managed appropriately. The segregation of duties for transaction and settlement personnel are in place to ensure the safety of assets and income. Skilled and experienced operation personnel are appointed with a performance report and risk analysis report prepared and provided to the chairman, which is described as follows:

The Company’s staff for the trading of financial derivatives is:

  1. Finance Department: Engages in actual trading transactions and settlement operations.

  2. Accounting Department: Handles the data process of records and accounting writing-off process upon the completion of the transaction.

Upon the completion of the transactions by the traders, the settlement personnel should immediately have it confirmed with the counterparty by telephone and initiate the settlement process. The audit department shall check the accuracy and consistency of the transaction data on a regular or occasional basis.

  • (V) Legal risk management:

    1. For the trading of financial derivatives and the contents of contracts, if legal matters are involved, the legal counsel of the Company should be consulted for review in advance.

    2. The management and the relevant personnel of the Company should understand the relevant law and interpretations of financial derivatives.

  • XI. Internal audit:

In order to enable the Company to engage in the trading of financial derivatives steadily, in addition to the internal audit performed by the Audit Office and the self-checking of the business unit, the aforementioned internal control

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principles must be implemented with the audit priorities adopted as follows:

  - (I) Before the Company conducts the trading of financial derivatives, a written policy on the nature, type, tolerable risk amount, internal control requirements, and profit and loss should be submitted to the chairman for approval.

  - (II) The total risk position of the Company’s engaging in the trading of financial derivatives should be reviewed weekly.

  - (III) The auditors engaged in internal audits of the company shall be familiar with the trading of financial derivatives, and the auditors shall be different from the trading personnel.

  - (IV) The evaluation report, transaction record, performance evaluation report, and other information of the “Trading of Financial Derivatives” should be checked regularly to review the completeness and correctness of the transaction records.
  • XII. The information on the trading of the Company’s financial derivatives shall be provided to the accountant and fully disclosed in the financial report.

  • Article 21 The Company that conducts a merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares (refers to the merger, demerger, or acquisition according to the Business Merger and Acquisitions Act, Financial Holding Company Act, the Financial Institution Merger Act, or other laws) to acquire or dispose of assets, or issues shares for a transfer of shares (referred to as “share transfer” hereinafter) according to paragraph 8 of Article 156 of the Company Act, prior to convening the Board of Directors to resolve on the matter, shall engage a CPA, attorney, or securities underwriter to give an opinion on the reasonableness of the share exchange ratio, acquisition price, or distribution of cash or other property to shareholders, and submit it to the Board of Directors for deliberation and passage. However, the requirement of obtaining an aforesaid opinion on reasonableness issued by an expert may be exempted in the case of a merger by the Company of a subsidiary in which it directly or indirectly holds 100% of the issued shares or authorized capital, and in the case of a merger between subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100% of the respective subsidiaries’ issued shares or authorized capital.

  • Article 22 The Company participating in a merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares shall prepare a public report to shareholders detailing important contractual contents and matters relevant to the merger, demerger, or acquisition prior to the shareholders meeting and include it along with the expert opinion referred to in the preceding paragraph when sending shareholders notification of the shareholders meeting for reference in deciding whether to approve the merger, demerger, or acquisition.

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Provided, where a provision of another act exempts a company from convening a shareholders meeting to approve the merger, demerger, or acquisition, this restriction shall not apply.

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

  • Article 23 The Company participating in a merger, demerger, or acquisition shall convene a board meeting and shareholders meeting on the day of the transaction to resolve matters relevant to the merger, demerger, or acquisition, unless another act provides otherwise or the FSC is notified in advance of extraordinary circumstances and grants consent.

A company participating in a transfer of shares shall call a board meeting on the day of the transaction, unless another act provides otherwise or the FSC is notified in advance of extraordinary circumstances and grants consent.

When participating in a merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of another company’s shares, the Company shall prepare a full written record of the following information and retain it for 5 years for reference: and within two days from the date of the resolution of the Board of Directors, the information in paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 below shall be submitted to the securities authority for reference in the prescribed format by the Internet Information System.

  • I. Basic identification data for personnel: Including the occupational titles, names, and national ID numbers (or passport numbers in the case of foreign nationals) of all persons involved in the planning or implementation of any merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of another company’s shares prior to information disclosure.

  • II. Dates of material events: Including the signing of any letter of intent or memorandum of understanding, the hiring of a financial or legal advisor, the execution of a contract, and the convening of board meetings.

  • III. Important documents and minutes: Including merger, demerger, acquisition, and share transfer plans, any letter of intent or memorandum of understanding, material contracts, and minutes of board meetings.

Where the Company participating in a merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of another company’s shares is neither listed on an exchange nor has its shares traded on an OTC market, the Company shall sign an agreement with such company whereby

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the latter is required to abide by the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

  • Article 24 Every person participating in or privy to the plan for merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares shall issue a written undertaking of confidentiality and may not disclose the content of the plan prior to public disclosure of the information and may not trade, in their own name or under the name of another person, in any stock or other equity security of any company related to the plan for merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares.

  • Article 25 The Company participating in a merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares may not arbitrarily alter the share exchange ratio or acquisition price unless under the below-listed circumstances, and shall stipulate the circumstances permitting alteration in the contract for the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares:

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

  • II. An action, such as, a disposal of major assets that affects the company’s financial operations.

  • III. An event, such as, a major disaster or major change in technology that affects shareholder equity or share price.

  • IV. An adjustment where any of the companies participating in the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares from another company, buys back treasury stock.

  • V. An increase or decrease in the number of entities or companies participating in the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares.

  • VI. Other terms and conditions that the contract stipulates may be altered and that have been publicly disclosed.

  • Article 26 The contract for the Company’s participation in a merger, demerger, acquisition, or of shares shall record the rights and obligations of the Company, and shall also record the following:

  • I. Handling of breach of contract;

  • II. Principles for the handling of equity-type securities previously issued or treasury stock previously bought back by any company that is extinguished in a merger or that is demerged.

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

  • IV. The manner of handling changes in the number of participating entities or

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companies;

  • V. Preliminary progress schedule for plan execution, and anticipated completion date;

  • VI. Scheduled date for convening the legally mandated shareholders meeting if the plan exceeds the deadline without completion, and relevant procedures;

  • Article 27 After public disclosure of the information, if any company participating in the merger, demerger, acquisition, or share transfer intends further to carry out a merger, demerger, acquisition, or share transfer with another company, all of the participating companies shall carry out anew the procedures or legal actions that had originally been completed toward the merger, demerger, acquisition, or share transfer; except that where the number of participating companies is decreased and a participating company’s shareholders meeting has adopted a resolution authorizing the Board of Directors to alter the limits of authority, such participating company may be exempted from calling another shareholders meeting to resolve on the matter anew.

  • Article 28 Provisions for the acquisition or disposal of assets by subsidiaries

  • I. The acquisition and disposal of assets by subsidiaries shall also be handled in accordance with the provisions of the parent company.

  • II. If the subsidiary is not a domestic public offering company, and the assets obtained or disposed of met the public announcement and filing standards as stipulated in Article 8, the public announcement and filing matters shall be handled by the parent company.

  • III. The so-called “reaching the threshold of 20% of the company’s paid-up capital or 10% of the total assets” as stipulated in the public announcement and filing standard of the subsidiary is based on the paid-in capital or total assets of the parent company.

  • The so-called subsidiaries (which should be determined according to the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers”) are with more than 50% outstanding voting shares held by the Company or the Company holds more than 50% outstanding voting shares of the invested companies through the subsidiaries, and so on, or the invested company with more than 50% issued voting shares held by the Company directly and through the subsidiary indirectly, and so on.

  • Article 28-1 The calculation of the “10% of the total assets” as stipulated in the Procedure is based on the amount of the total assets in the most recent subsidiary or individual financial reports as stipulated in the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.”

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If the company’s stock is not denominated or the denomination is not at NT$10 par, the transaction amount equivalent to “20% of the paid-up capital” as stipulated in the Procedures shall be calculated based on the “10% of the shareholders” equity of the parent company.”

  • Article 29 Disclosures of financial statement

If the acquisition and disposal of assets by the Company meets the public announcement and filing standards as stipulated in Article 8 of the Procedures, and the transaction counterparty is a substantial related party, the contents of the public announcement and filing shall be disclosed in the notes to the financial statements and reported in the shareholders meeting.

  • Article 30

  • Date of implementation

The enactment or amendment of the “Procedures” is subject to the approval of the majority of the Audit Committee members and shall be submitted to the shareholders meeting for approval after the resolutions of the Board of Directors. If approval of more than half of all Audit Committee members as required in the preceding paragraph is not obtained, the Procedures may be implemented if approved by more than two-thirds of all directors, and the resolution of the Audit Committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the board meeting.

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Appendix IV

Operating Procedures for loaning of funds (CM-109)

Enactment: March 7, 1995 Amendment: March 1, 2002 Amendment: March 4, 2003 Amendment: March 24, 2009 Amendment: March 25, 2010 Amendment: December 28, 2012 Amendment: March 23, 2018

One. Subject:

The Procedures is handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 36-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) and the FSC.Shen.Tzi No. 1010029874 dated 07.06.2012 by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

Two. Contents:

Article 1: Borrowers:

  • I. Those who have business dealings with the Company

  • II. Those who have short-term financing needs with the Company

  • The “short-term” referred to in the preceding paragraph is for one year. However, if the company’s business cycle is longer than one year, the business cycle shall prevail.

The so-called financing amount refers to the accumulated balance of the Company’s short-term financing.

Article 2: Reasons and necessity for loaning of funds:

If the Company engages in loaning of funds with other company or firm due to its business operation, it shall comply with the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 3; the loaning of funds for the need of short-term financing, it is limited to the following circumstances:

  • I. The invested company with more than 20% shares held by the Company has needs for short-term financing due to its business operation.

  • II. Other company or firm has needs for short-term financing due to the purchase

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of raw material or working capital.

  • III. Others loaning of funds approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Article 3: Total loaning of fund limits and individual loaning of fund limits:

  • I. The Company’s total loan amount shall not exceed 40% of the Company’s net value, but the total loaning of funds due to the need for short-term financing between the companies or firms shall not exceed 40% of the Company’s net value.

  • II. The individual loaning of fund to the company or firm that has business dealings with the Company shall not exceed the amount of business transactions between the two parties. The so-called business transaction amount refers to the higher amount of purchases or sales between the two parties.

  • III. The loaning of fund to a company or firm that needs a short-term financing shall not exceed 20% of the Company’s net value.

  • IV. “Net value” refers to the balance of total assets net of the total liabilities (i.e. shareholders’ equity); the calculation of 40% should be based on the accumulated loan amount.

For loaning of funds between foreign companies that are with 100% voting shares held by the Company directly and indirectly, the total loan amount shall not exceed 60% of the net value of the foreign companies. For loaning of funds to individual company, the loan amount shall not exceed 40% of the net value of the foreign company and it is for a period of one year.

Article 4: Operating procedures for loaning of funds:

  • I. Credit check:

Applications

When the borrowers apply for loans to the Company, the responsible personnel should make preliminary contact with them to understand the intended use of the funds and their recent business and financial status. The interview records of the qualified applicants should be submitted to the chairman for approval.

Credit investigation

  1. For the initial borrower, the borrower should provide basic information and financial information for a credit investigation.

  2. After accepting the application, the Finance Department of the Company shall investigate and evaluate the business operation, financial status, solvency and credit, profitability, and intended use of the loans with a report

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prepared.

  1. In the case of a renewed loan, in principle, a credit investigation is conducted once a year. If it is a major case, it will be investigated once every six months according to actual needs.

  2. If the borrower’s financial position is good and the annual financial statements have been audited by the accountants, then the financial report prepared for more than one year but less than two years can be used continuously. The loaning of fund should be reported with the Independent Auditor’s Report enclosed for reference.

Detailed review procedure

The Finance Department shall conduct a detailed evaluation and review on the borrowers, which should at least include:

  • (I) The necessity and rationality of the loaning of funds;

  • (II) Is it necessary to measure the loan amount with the financial position of the borrowers?

  • (III) Whether the accumulated loaning of funds is still within the limit?

  • (IV) Impact on the Company’s operational risk, financial position, and shareholders’ equity

  • (V) Is it necessary to obtain the collateral and what is the appraisal value of the collateral?

  • (VI) Enclose the credit investigation and risk evaluation records of the borrowers.

  • II. Scope of authorization:

For loaning of funds of the Company, the credit investigation result concluded by the Finance Department should be forwarded to the chairman for approval and submitted to the Board of Directors for resolutions, which should not be authorized to others for decision-making.

For loaning of funds between the Company and its subsidiaries, or between the subsidiaries, it is subject to the resolutions of the Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. The Chairman may be authorized to allocate the loan amount to the same borrower resolved by the Board of Directors within a year by installments or revolving application.

The so-called “loan amount” referred to in the preceding paragraph shall meet the requirement of paragraph 2 of Article 3; also, the loaning of fund to one single enterprise by the Company or its subsidiaries may not exceed an amount

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equivalent to 10% the net value on the most recent financial statements of the Company or its subsidiaries.

The Board of Directors should fully consider the opinions of the independent directors and include their opinions and the reasons for their consent or objection in the minutes of board meeting.

III. Notify the borrowers

After the loaning of fund is approved, the responsible personnel shall inform the borrower in writing or by phone as soon as possible with the details of the loan conditions of the Company, including the amount, term, interest rate, collateral and guarantor, etc., and ask the borrower to sign the contract within the time limit. Funds will be appropriated upon completing the pledge (mortgage) of collateral and the guarantor’s conformation.

  • IV. Contract confirmation

  • The responsible personnel shall have the contractual clauses drafted up for loaning of funds for the review of the supervisor; also, the opinions of the legal counsel may be obtained before having the contract signed.

  • The content of the contract shall be in accordance with the approved terms of the loan, and the borrower and the joint guarantor shall, after signing the contract, complete the process of confirmation.

  • V. Collateral rights setting

  • In the case of a guaranteed loan, the borrower shall provide collateral and handle the pledge or lien to ensure the Company’s claims.

  • If the debtor provides an individual or a company with sufficient financial ability or credit as guarantee instead of providing the collateral, the Board of Directors may refer to the credit investigation report of the Finance Department. If a company acts as a guarantor, check its Articles of Association to verify whether it can act as a guarantor or not.

VI. Insurance

  1. In addition to land and securities, collaterals should be protected with a fire insurance. Ships and vehicles should be protected with a blanket insurance. The insurance amount should be no less than the collateral value. The insurance policy should be prepared with the Company designated as the beneficiary. The name, quantity, storage location, insurance conditions, and insurance policy of the subject matter shall be in accordance with the originally approved conditions of the Company: if the building number has not been compiled at the time of loan setting, the address shall be marked by

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the section and lot number.

  1. The responsible personnel should notify the borrower to extend the insurance policy before the expiration of the insurance period.

  2. VII. Appropriation

Once the approved loaning of fund contract is signed by the borrower, the promissory note (or installment repayment) is deposited, the collateral mortgage is set up and registered, and the correctness of the entire process is checked, the funds will be appropriated.

Article 5: Loan terms and interest-bearing methods:

  • I. Term of each loan:

    • (I) Those who have business dealings with the Company are limited to one year.

    • (II) Those who have short-term financing needs with the Company are limited to one year However, if the company’s business cycle is longer than one year, the business cycle shall prevail.

  • II. The loan interest rate shall not be lower than the maximum interest rate of the Company’s short-term loans from financial institutions. The loan interest of the Company shall be calculated and paid on a monthly basis. In case of special circumstances, it may be adjusted according to the actual situation after the approval of the chairman.

  • Article 6: Subsequent control measures for loans and procedures for non-performing loans:

  • I. Pay attention to the finance, business, and relevant credit conditions of the borrowers and guarantors after the loaning of fund processed. For the collateral provided, attention should be paid to the change in the value of the collateral. In case of major changes, the chairman should be notified immediately and adequate measures should be taken in accordance with the instructions.

  • II. When the borrower repays the loan on or before the expiry date, the interest payable shall be calculated first, which shall be settled together with the principal before having the promissory note cancelled and returned to the borrower or processing the lien cancellation.

  • III. The borrower shall pay off the principal and interest on the expiry date.

Article 7: Internal Control:

  • I. The Company while handling the loaning of fund should prepare the log book for documenting the loan counterparty, the amount, the board resolution date, the loan distribution date, and the matters that should be carefully evaluated

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according to the requirements.

  • II. The internal auditors of the Company shall audit the loaning of funds operating procedures and its implementation on a quarterly basis, at least, and make a written record. If a major default is discovered, the Audit Committee shall be notified in writing immediately. If a major default is discovered, the manager and the organizer shall be disciplined depending on the situation of violation.

  • III. If the loan counterparty does not meet the requirements of the Regulations or the balance exceeds the limit due to a change of the situation, the Company should have an improvement plan made; also, the relevant improvement plan shall be sent to the Audit Committee and the corrective action shall be completed according to the planning schedule to strengthen the internal control of the company.

Article 8: The public announcement and filing:

  • I. The Company shall announce and file the loaning of fund balance of the Company and its subsidiaries in the previous month before the 10th day of each month.

  • II. The Company’s loan balance while meeting one of the following standards shall be announced and filed within two days from the date of occurrence:

  • (I) The loaning of fund balance of the Company and its subsidiaries exceeds 20% of the Company’s net value on the most recent financial statements.

  • (II) The loaning of fund for one single enterprise by the Company and its subsidiaries exceeds 10% of the Company’s net value on the most recent financial statements.

  • (III) The new loaning of fund of the Company or its subsidiaries exceeds NT$10 million, that is more than 2% of the Company’ net value on the most recent financial statements.

If the subsidiary of the Company is not a domestic public offering company, the subsidiary’s public announcement and fling for the matters stipulated in subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph should be implemented by the Company.

Three. Other matters:

  • I. When the subsidiary of the Company plans for loaning of funds, the Company shall instruct the subsidiary to stipulate the Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds according to regulations, and shall comply with the stipulated Operational Procedures.

  • II. The Company shall evaluate the loaning of funds with adequate allowance for bad debts

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appropriated, and properly disclose relevant information in the financial report; also, provide relevant information for the accountant to perform the necessary auditing procedures and issue an adequate audit report.

  • III. The matters not covered in the Operating Procedures should be handled in accordance with the relevant law and regulations and the relevant regulations of the Company.

  • IV. Subsidiaries and parent companies referred to in the Regulations shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.”

  • The financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. The net value stated in the Regulations refers to the shareholder’s equity of the parent company as stipulated in the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.”

  • V. The public announcement and filing as stipulated in the Regulations refers to the information reporting website designated by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

The date of occurrence stated in the Regulations refers to in the date of signing the transaction contract, the date of payment, the date of resolution of the Board of Directors, or other date on which the transaction counterparty and the transaction amount are determined whichever is earlier.

Four. Effective and amendment:

The Company’s “Operating Procedures for Loaning of Funds” shall be approved by the Audit Committee, resolved by the Board of Directors, and presented in the shareholders meeting for approval. If any director expresses objection and has a record or written statement, the Company should have such objection forwarded to the Audit Committee and presented in the shareholders meeting for discussion, which is applicable to the amendments.

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Appendix V

Operating Procedures for Making of Endorsements and Guarantees (CM-104)

Enactment: March 7, 1995 Amendment: April 11, 1997 Amendment: March 4, 2003 Amendment: March 16, 2006 Amendment: March 24, 2009 Amendment: March 25, 2010 Amendment: December 28, 2012 Amendment: March 23, 2018

  • Article 1: The Procedures is handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 36-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) and the FSC.Shen.Tzi No. 1010029874 dated 07.06.2012 by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

  • Article 2: Scope of application as stipulated in the Rules:

  • I. Financing endorsement and guarantee:

    • (I) Bills discount and financing

    • (II) Making of endorsements and guarantees for the financing of other company;

    • (III) Issuing a note to non-financial institution as guarantee for the financing of the Company;

  • II. Tariff guarantee: refers to the making of endorsements and guarantees for the relevant customs matters of the Company or other company.

  • III. Other endorsement and guarantees: refers to the endorsements and guarantees that cannot be classified into the preceding two paragraphs.

  • IV. The Company provides property or real property as collateral and handles the pledge or lien for the loans of the other company.

  • Article 3: Objects of endorsement and guarantee

Except for the inter-industry or co-constructor guarantees according to the contractual requirements due to the needs of the construction projects, or the making of endorsements and guarantees by all shareholders proportionally to their shareholding ratio for the invested company due to a joint investment relationship, or the performance guarantees made by the industry for the pre-sale house contract according to the Consumer Protection Act, the making of endorsements and guarantees is limited

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to the following companies:

  • I. Trading party

  • II. The company that is with more than 50% of the voting shares held by the Company directly and indirectly;

  • III. The company that directly and indirectly holds more than 50% of the voting shares of the Company;

For the company that is with more than 90% of the voting shares held by the Company directly and indirectly; the Company may make endorsements and guarantees for an amount not exceeding 10% of the Company’s net value. However, for making of endorsements and guarantees between the companies with 100% shares with voting held by the Company directly and indirectly, this restriction shall not apply.

The term “capital investment” as mentioned in paragraph 1 refers to the direct capital investment of the Company or the indirect investment through the company with 100% voting shares held by the Company.

Article 4: The endorsement and guarantee amount

  • I. The Company’s total endorsement and guarantee amount shall not exceed 60% of the current net value. The making of endorsement and guarantee for a single enterprise shall not exceed 10% of the current net value or for the subsidiary or the parent company of the Company shall not exceed 40% of the current net value. The said “net value” is based on the most recent financial statements audited or reviewed by an accountant.

  • II. The total amount of endorsements and guarantees made by the Company and its subsidiaries shall not exceed 60% of the Company’s current net value; and if it exceeds 50% of the Company’s current net value, it shall be explained in the shareholders meeting for its necessity and reasonableness. The making of endorsement and guarantee for a single enterprise shall not exceed 10% of the Company’s current net value, or for the subsidiary or the parent company of the Company shall not exceed 40% of the Company’s current net value.

  • III. For making of endorsements and guarantees due to the business transactions conducted with the Company, in addition to the aforementioned limits, the amount of individual endorsement and guarantee shall not exceed the amount of business transactions conducted between the two parties. The so-called business transaction amount refers to the higher amount of purchases or sales between the two parties.

  • Article 5: Decision-making and Authorization Level

  • I. The Company’s making of endorsements and guarantees shall be approved by the

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Board of Directors. When independent directors are appointed, the opinions of the independent directors should be fully considered; also, their clear consent or objection and the reasons for their objection should be included in the minutes of board meeting. The Board of Directors may pursuant to the regulations of the Rules to delegate the board chairman to decide such matters when the transaction is within a certain amount and have the decisions subsequently submitted to and ratified in the Board of Directors.

  • II. For the subsidiary that is with more than 90% of the voting shares held by the Company directly and indirectly that is making endorsements and guarantees in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 3, it should be reported to the Company’s Board of Directors for resolutions before implementation. However, the making of endorsements and guarantees between the companies with 100% voting shares held by the Company directly and indirectly is not subject to this restriction.

  • III. If the Company’s making of endorsements and guarantees has exceeded the amount as stipulated in the Regulations due to business needs and it does meet the conditions of the Regulations; also, it is approved by the Board of Directors and confirmed by the majority of the directors who would be held responsible for the potential losses. Moreover, the Rules Governing the Making of Endorsements and Guarantees is amended accordingly and reported in the shareholders meeting for ratification. When it is not resolved in the shareholders meeting, it should be planned to offset the overrun limit within a certain period of time.

When independent directors are appointed to attend the aforementioned board meeting, the opinions of the independent directors should be fully considered; also, their clear consent or objection and the reasons for their objection should be included in the minutes of board meeting.

Article 6: Operational Procedures for Endorsement and Guarantee

  • I. When the Company’s making of endorsements and guarantees, the endorsed and guaranteed company shall file the “Endorsement and Guarantee Application Form” with the Financial Department of the Company. The Finance Department shall conduct a credit investigation on the endorsed and guaranteed company, assess the risk, and provide an evaluation record, which should be reviewed and approved by the President and the Chairman with collateral obtained, if necessary.

  • II. The Finance Department conducts a credit investigation on the endorsed and guaranteed company with a risk assessment performed, which includes:

  • (I) The necessity and rationality of the making of endorsement and guarantee;

  • (II) Is it necessary to measure the endorsement and guarantee amount with the financial position of the borrowers?

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  • (III) Whether the accumulated endorsement and guarantee amount still within the limit?

  • (IV) For making of endorsements and guarantees due to business transactions, it is necessary to assess whether the endorsement and guarantee amount and the business transactions amount are within the limit.

  • (V) Impact on the Company’s operational risk, financial position, and shareholders’ equity

  • (VI) Is it necessary to obtain the collateral and what is the appraisal value of the collateral?

  • (VII) Enclose the credit investigation and risk evaluation records of the endorsement and guarantee.

  • III. The Finance Department shall establish a log book for the details of the endorsement and guarantee object, the amount, the resolution date of the Board of Directors or the chairman, the endorsement and guarantee date, and the items that should be carefully evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

  • IV. The Finance Department shall evaluate or recognize the contingent loss of the endorsement and guarantee, properly disclose the endorsement and guarantee information in the financial report, and provide relevant information to the accountants for them to adopt the necessary audit procedures and issue an adequate audit report.

  • V. When the endorsement and guarantee object that was in compliance with the Regulations has become not in compliance with the Regulation due to changes in the circumstances of the Company or the endorsement and guarantee amount exceeds the specified amount due to changes in the calculation base, the said endorsement and guarantee amount or overrun limit must be written-off when the contract expires or within the corrective action period; also, the relevant improvement plan shall be sent to the Audit Committee, reported to the Board of Directors, and completed according to the planning schedule.

  • VI. If the endorsement and guarantee object is a subsidiary whose net value is less than one-half of the paid-in capital, the relevant management and control measures shall be determined.

  • VII. If the subsidiary’s stock is not denominated or the denomination is not at NT$10 par, the amount of paid-in capital calculated in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph 6 of preceding paragraph shall be the sum of the stock capital plus additional paid-in capital - stock premium.

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  • Article 7: Cancellation of endorsement and guarantee

  • I. If the endorsement and guarantees related documents or bills need to be cancelled due to debt settlement or extension, the endorsement and guarantee company shall issue an official letter to return the original endorsement ad guarantee related certificates to the Finance Department of the Company with the “Deregistration” seal affixed. The application form should be kept for future reference.

  • II. The Finance Department shall have the revoked endorsement and guarantee documented in the log book to reduce the endorsement and guarantee amount.

  • Article 8: Internal control

  • I. The internal auditors of the Company shall audit the making of endorsement and guarantee operating procedures and its implementation on a quarterly basis, at least, and make a written record. If a major default is discovered, the Audit Committee shall be notified in writing immediately.

  • II. The Company shall make the endorsements and guarantees in accordance with the prescribed procedures. If a major default is discovered, the manager and the organizer shall be disciplined depending on the situation of violation.

  • Article 9: Seals custody and procedures

  • I. The Company’s special seal for making of endorsements and guarantees is the company seal applied for to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The said company seal and the guarantee notes shall be kept by the designated personnel separately; also, should be sealed and issued in accordance with the prescribed procedures. The appointment, dismissal, and/or rotation of the seal custodian shall be reported to the Board of Directors for approval.

  • II. If the Company makes endorsements and guarantees for a foreign company, the Company’s letter of guarantee should be signed by the person authorized by the Board of Directors.

  • Article 10: The public announcement and filing procedures

The Company shall announce and file the endorsement/guarantee balance amount of the last month of the Company and its subsidiaries before the 10th day of each month. If the endorsement/guarantee balance amount reaches one of the following standards, it shall be announced and filed within two days from the date of occurrence:

  • I. The endorsement and guarantee balance amount of the Company and its subsidiaries exceeds 50% of the Company’s net value on the most recent financial statements.

  • II. The making of endorsement and guarantee for one single enterprise by the Company and its subsidiaries exceeds 20% of the Company’s net value on the

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most recent financial statements.

  • III. The making of endorsement/guarantee for one single enterprise by the Company and its subsidiaries exceeds NT$10 million; also, the total amount of endorsement/guarantee, long-term investment, and loan balance exceeds 30% of the Company’s net value in the most recent financial statements.

  • IV. Additional guaranteed and guarantee for an amount of more than NT$30 million is made by the Company or its subsidiaries that exceeds 5% of the Company’s net value in the most recent financial statements.

If the subsidiary of the Company is not a domestic public offering company, the subsidiary’s public announcement and fling for the matters stipulated in subparagraph 4 of the preceding paragraph should be implemented by the Company.

  • Article 11: When the subsidiary of the Company intends to make endorsements and guarantees, the Company shall instruct the subsidiary to stipulate the Operating Procedures for Making of Endorsements and Guarantees according to regulations, and shall comply with the stipulated Operational Procedures.

  • Article 12: The matters not addressed in the Rules should be handled in accordance with the relevant law and regulations and the relevant regulations of the Company.

  • Article 13: The Rules shall be approved by the Audit Committee, resolved by the Board of Directors, and presented in the shareholders meeting for approval. If any director expresses objection and has a record or written statement, the Company should have such objection sent to the Audit Committee and reported it to the shareholders meeting for discussion, which is applicable to the amendments.

  • Article 14: Subsidiaries and parent companies referred to in the Regulations shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.”

The financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. The net value stated in the Regulations refers to the shareholder’s equity of the parent company as stipulated in the “Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.”

  • Article 15: The public announcement and filing as stipulated in the Regulations refers to the information reporting website designated by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

  • The date of occurrence stated in the Regulations refers to in the date of signing the transaction contract, the date of payment, the date of resolution of the Board of Directors, or other date on which the transaction counterparty and the transaction amount are determined whichever is earlier.

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Appendix VI

UNITED INTEGRATED SERVICES CO., LTD.

Shareholdings of all directors

  • I. The Company’s paid-in capital is NT$1,905,866,980 with 190,586,698 shares issued.

  • II. According to Article 2 of the “Rules and Review Procedures for Director and Supervisor Share Ownership Ratio at Public Companies,” if more than two independent directors are elected, the shareholding ratio of all directors and supervisors that is calculated proportionally will be reduced to 80%. According to the law, all directors of the Company should hold 11,435,201 shares. The Company has set up an Audit Committee, so the mandatory number of shares to be held by the supervisors is not applicable.

  • III. The number of shares held by the individual director and all directors recorded in the register of shareholders as of the cut-off date of the shareholders meeting (April 21, 2019) is as follows, which has met the statutory standards:

Director’s shareholdings

April 21, 2019

April 21, 2019
Job Title Name or Title Shareholding Shareholding
ratio (%)
Chairman C.S. Chen 2,902,434 1.52%
Director Belle Lee 8,825,867 4.63%
Director BennyChen 2,226,840 1.17%
Director Joseph Lee 186 0.00%
Director Song Quan Company Limited
Representative: Hsueh J. Sung
12,160,800 6.38%
Director Kuan-MingLin 0 0.00%
Independent
Director
Michael Tsai 0 0.00%
Independent
Director
Ting Herh 0 0.00%
Independent
Director
James Kao 0 0.00%
Shareholdings of all directors 26,116,127 13.70%

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