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Stock Code: 1304
USI Corporation
Handbook for the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Date: May 31, 2022 Location: 5F., No.2,Yuanshan Rd., Niaosong Dist., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
The Kaohsiung Grand Hotel, Po Shou Hall (Physical shareholders meeting)
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Table of Contents
Meeting Procedure ·················································· 3 Meeting Agenda ····················································· 4 Report Items ························································· 5 Matters for Ratification and Discussion ······················· 13 Extemporary Motions ·············································· 49 Appendices: 1. Parliamentary Rules for Shareholders’ Meetings ··········· 50 2. Articles of Incorporation ······································· 59 3. Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets (before amendment) ············································ 68 4. Stake of Directors ··············································· 96 5. The Impact of Stock Dividend Issuance on Business Performance, EPS, and ROE ·································· 97 6. Description of Handling of Stockholder Proposals ········· 99
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USI Corporation
Procedure of the 2022 Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders
1. Announcement of the Commencement of the
Meeting
2. Chairperson Takes Chair
3. Opening Speech of the Chairperson
4. Report Items
5. Matters for Ratification and Discussion
6. Extemporary Motions
7. Adjournment
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USI Corporation
Year 2022
Agenda of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Date : May 31, 2022 (Tuesday) AM 09:00
Location: 5F., No.2,Yuanshan Rd., Niaosong Dist., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
The Kaohsiung Grand Hotel, Po Shou Hall
(Physical shareholders meeting)
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Report Items:
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(1) To report 2021 operating results.
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(2) To report Audit Committee's Review Reports of 2021 Financial Statement.
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(3) To report 2021 remuneration of directors and employees.
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(4) To report the issuance of unsecured corporate bonds of USI Corporation in 2021.
2. Matters for Ratification and Discussion:
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(1) To ratify 2021 Business Report and Financial Statements.
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(2) To ratify 2021 earnings distribution.
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(3) To approve the “Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets”.
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(4) To approve the permission of directors for competitive actions.
3. Extemporary Motions:
4. Adjournment
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I. Report Items:
Report 1
To report 2021 operating results.
USI Corporation
2021 Business Report
The 2021 net sales revenue increased by 58% over last year to NT$16 billion, with a budget achievement rate of 170%. Net income before tax increased by NT$3.31 billion from last year to NT$5.87 billion, with a budget achievement rate of 554%. Net income after tax was NT$5.19 billion.
At the beginning of 2021, EVA and its feedstock were short supplied from Texas because of ice storm. EVA price soared after Lunar New Year. PV encapsulation film plants reducing operation rate for high raw material cost and new EVA capacity launching in China made EVA price began to fall in Q2. Due to the serious delay in machine installation and the government’s introduction of various stimulation programs in mainland China during H1, the PV demand boosted the EVA price to a new high in history in October. However, the encapsulation film plants were unable to pass on the skyrocketed raw material costs. It led to the EVA price adjustment. In terms of sales volume, EVA sales increased by 9% over last year to 147,000MT, a new high in history. The demand for HDPE products returned to normal due to the stable supply of face masks. In terms of production, through reducing the production cost with continual process improvement, old equipment replacement, production efficiency, and quality improvement, and the active trial ru ~~ne~~ of niche products, the annual production volume increased by 2% over
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last year to 249,402MT. Dedicated to actively improving industrial safety and environment protection, promoting process safety management (PSM), implementing energy conservation and carbon reduction programs. The investment put in two solar plants with a capacity of 4MW each in central Taiwan generate green power up to 100 GWh and reduce carbon by 5 tCO2e to achieve sustainable business development and carbon reduction. In R&D, besides continuing with the process optimization of the optical-grade cyclic block copolymer (CBC) for quality and performance improvement, the development of new specifications for special packaging materials was also engaged. Additionally, major breakthroughs in UVC application for disinfection and sterilization were realized and the certification of new healthcare-related standards and regulations to actively promote UVC use in vials and pre-filled syringes was successfully obtained. Continuously diversify the applications in ink, shoes foaming, and wire and cable for high value-added EVA products. The production of high MI HDPE materials was stabilized; the orders for injection molding application were delivered one by one. Improving the production process of existing PE products for quality elevating and promoting products to advanced applications were executed.
In 2021, the annual total operating profit increased from NT$2.61 billion over last year to NT$3.52 billion. The net nonoperating income was NT$2.349 billion, including main income from investments by equity method and income from dividends. In addition to persistently enhancing and implementing environmental and safety measures, we strengthened predictive maintenance to ensure the safety of the working environment in all plants. To practice sustainable development, in CSR, besides constantly promoting green energy development, green product R&D, various circular economy programs, and plant smart energy management, we began to implement carbon footprint and water management this
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year to optimize energy conservation, carbon reduction, recycling, reuse, and public safety protection. Besides continuous participation in charitable and epidemic control in social welfare, we offered job opportunities to local residents. Additionally, we supported vulnerable groups, remote townships, environmental protection, and ecological conservation through the USI Education Foundation. Furthermore, it offered grants and scholarships for colleges and universities and sponsored colleges/university social service activities to fulfill CSR in real action.
Looking ahead to 2022, although the solar demand is optimistic, the continuous introduction of new EVA capacity will impact the EVA market. In addition, the global economic condition will be increasingly uncertain because of pandemic and geopolitical risk. We will make efforts to seek stable and low-cost ethylene sources, lower production costs, improve the quality of product and technical service, develop differentiated products, and enhance the cultivation of markets outside of China to disperse market risk. We will also enhance the R&D of new products and new technologies to enhance competitiveness for sustainable development and growth.
Chairperson: Yi-Gui Wu
President: Ke-Shun Wang
Chief Accounting Officer: Chuan-Hua Kuo
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Report Items:
Report 2
To report Audit Committee's Review Reports of 2021 Financial Statement.
USI Corporation Audit Report
This Audit Committee has audited the 2021 Business Report produced by the Board of Directors, the financial statements (including consolidated and individual financial statements) audited and certified by CPA Pi-Yu Chuang and CPA Cheng-Hung Kuo of Deloitte Taiwan, and the proposal for profit distribution and found no nonconformity. In accordance with Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act and Article 219 of the Company Act, this report is presented for approval to AGM.
To
The 2022Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Audit Committee, USI Corporation
Independent Director: Chong Chen Independent Director: Tyzz-Jiun Duh Independent Director: Ying-Jun Hai
March 16, 2022
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Report Items:
Report 3
To report 2021 remuneration of directors and employees.
Description: 1. Proceeded in accordance with related orders of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Article
34 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
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The 2021 remuneration for directors will be distributed in cash at 0.05%, NT$3,000,000, of the 2021 earnings.
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The 2021 remuneration for employees will be distributed in cash at 1%, NT$ 59,331,734, of the 2021 earnings.
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Report Items:
Report 4
To report the issuance of unsecured corporate bonds of USI Corporation in 2021.
Description: 1. In order to repay bank loans, the resolution on the issuance of 2021 1st unsecured corporate bonds amounting to NT$2 billion in 2021 was made at the 6[ th ] meeting of the 20[th] board of directors. That corporate bond was issued smoothly on June 23, 2021. The placement and issuance of bond are reported as follows:
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(1)Total issued amount: NT$2 billion is divided into NT$1 billion for A bond and NT$1 billion for B bond..
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(2) Term of issuance: The issuance period of A bond is five years, from June 23, 2021 to June 23, 2026; the issuance period of B bond is seven years, from June 23, 2021 to June 23, 2028.
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(3)Coupon Rate: A bond has a fixed annual interest rate of 0.63%, and B bond has a fixed annual interest rate of 0.73%.
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(4)Method of interest calculation and payment: Simple interest calculated at the coupon rate
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once a year.
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(5)Principal repayment: Half of the principal will be repaid in the fourth and fifth year from the date of issue of the A bond, and half of the principal will be repaid in the sixth and seventh year of the B bond from the issue date..
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(6)Format of bond: The said bond is issued in book-entry, and registration is made through Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation.
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In order to repay bank loans, the resolution on the issuance of 2021 2nd unsecured corporate bonds amounting to NT$2 billion in 2021 was made at the 7[ th ] meeting of the 20[th] board of directors. That corporate bond was issued smoothly on Oct. 26, 2021. The placement and issuance of bond are reported as follows:
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(1)Total issued amount: NT$2 billion is divided into NT$ 700 million for A bond and NT$1.3 billion for B bond.
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(2)Term of issuance: The issuance period of A bond is five years, from Oct. 26, 2021 to Oct. 26, 2026; the issuance period of B bond is seven years, from Oct. 26, 2021 to Oct. 26,
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2028.
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(3)Coupon Rate: A bond has a fixed annual interest rate of 0.63%, and B bond has a fixed annual interest rate of 0.77%.
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(4)Method of interest calculation and payment: Simple interest calculated at the coupon rate once a year.
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(5)Principal repayment: Half of the principal will be repaid in the fourth and fifth year from the date of issue of the A bond, and half of the principal will be repaid in the sixth and seventh year of the B bond from the issue date..
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(6)Format of bond: The said bond is issued in book-entry, and registration is made through Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation.
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II. Matters for Ratification and Discussion:
Proposal 1
Proposed by the Board
To ratify 2021 Business Report and Financial Statements.
Description: 1. The 2021 financial statements (including consolidated and individual financial statements) approved by the Board on March 10, 2022 are audited by CPA Pi-Yu Chuang and CPA Cheng-Hung Kuo of Deloitte Taiwan and the Audit Committee for the record.
- Please refer to p. 5-7 of this Handbook for the 2021 Business Report and p.14-35 for the CPA Audit Report and the financial statements.
Resolution:
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Independent Auditors' Report
TO USI Corporation
Audit opinion
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of USI Corporation and its subsidiaries (the Group) as of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (including the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) for the months from January 1 to December 31 of 2021 and 2020.
The accountant opinions are that the preparations of significant issues of the accompanying financial statements are made in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting Standards (IAS), and Interpretations developed by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) or the former Standing Interpretations Committee (SIC) as endorsed and issued into effect by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), which fairly present the consolidated financial conditions of the Group for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the consolidated financial performance and consolidated cash flows for the months from January 1 to December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Basis for audit opinion
The audit was conducted in accordance with the Rules Governing Auditing and Certification of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with The Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountant, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Emphasis of matter
As stated in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements, the Group has considered that its discontinued operations was resumed its operating substance. Such discontinued operations have been reclassified to continuing operations since 2021; therefore, when preparing comparative financial statements, it is required to restate the
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previously stated amounts as well as the financial statements for the comparative periods in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards No. 5 "Noncurrent assets held for sale and discontinued operations." The effects of restating the previously stated amounts of the comparative periods are set out in Note 12. As such, we did not modify our audit opinion.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance for the Group in our audit of the consolidated financial statements for the year 2021. 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.
The key audit matter identified in the audit of the Group's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 is as follows.
Authenticity of specific sales revenue
In 2021, the Group's sales revenue from specific customers increased year-on-year. Whether the sales revenue is properly recognized at the time of meeting performance obligations will have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements and is therefore considered a key audit matter for the current year.
For accounting policies relating to sales revenue and relevant disclosure information, please refer to Notes 4(17) and 27 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
We have carried out the main audit procedures for the above-mentioned authenticity of the sales revenue from specific customers as follows:
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Understand and test the effectiveness of the design and implementation of key internal control systems for the authenticity of sales revenue from specific customers.
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Check the transaction documents of sales revenue of specific customers, including sales orders, shipping documents and collection documents, to confirm the authenticity of the recognition of sales revenue.
Other matters
We have also audited the parent company only financial statements of USI Corporation as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 on which we have issued an unmodified opinion.
Responsibilities of management and those charging with governance for the consolidated financial statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of
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Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the IFRS, IAS, IFRIC, and SIC endorsed and issued into effect by the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those in charge with governance (including the Audit Committee) are responsible for overseeing the Group's financial reporting process.
Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the 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:
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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.
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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.
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Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
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Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's 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 auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.
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Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements (including the related notes) and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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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 in charge with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings (including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit).
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, (and where applicable, related safeguards).
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2021 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
The engagement partners on the auditresulting in this independent auditors’ report are Pi-Yu Chuang (Fiancial Supervisory Commission, Approval No. 1070323246) and Cheng-Hung Kuo (Securities and Futures Bureau, Approval No. 0920123784).
Deloitte& Touche Taipei, Taiwan
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Republic of China
Notice to Readers
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are intended only to present the consolidated financial position, financial performance and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such consolidated financial statements are those generally applied in the Republic of China. For the convenience of readers, the independent auditors’report and the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chinese-language independent auditors’report and consolidated financial statements shall prevail.
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USI Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| Code 1100 1110 1120 1136 1150 1170 1200 1220 130X 1410 1470 11XX 1517 1535 1550 1600 1755 1760 1805 1821 1840 1990 15XX 1XXX Code 2100 2110 2120 2170 2219 2230 2280 2320 2365 2399 21XX 2530 2540 2550 2570 2580 2640 2670 25XX 2XXX 3100 3200 3310 3320 3350 3300 3490 3500 31XX 36XX 3XXX |
Assets CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) - current Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVTOCI) - current Financial assets at amortized cost - current Notes receivable, net Accounts receivable, net Other receivables Current tax assets Inventories Prepayments Other current assets Total current assets NON-CURRENT ASSETS Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVTOCI) - non- current Financial assets at amortized cost - non-current Investments accounted for using the equity method Property, plant and equipment Right-of-use assets Investment properties, net Goodwill Other intangible assets Deferred tax assets Other non-current assets Total non-current assets Total Assets Liabilities and Equity CURRENT LIABILITIES Short-term borrowings Short-term notes payable Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) - current Trade payables Other payables Current tax liabilities Lease liabilities - current Current portion of long-term borrowings Refund liabilities - current Other current liabilities Total current liabilities NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Bonds payable (Note 20) Long-term borrowings Provisions - non-current Deferred tax liabilities Lease liabilities - non-current Net defined benefit liabilities - non-current Other non-current liabilities Total non-current liabilities Total Liabilities Equity attributable to owners of the Company Share capital Capital surplus Retained earnings Legal reserve Special reserve Unappropriated earnings Total retained earnings Other equity Treasury shares Total equity attributable to owners of the Company Non-controlling Interests Total equity Total Liabilities and Equity |
December31,2021 | December31,2021 | %12 7 - 1 1 10 1 - 9 1 - 42 3 - 23 29 1 1 - - 1 - 58 100 3 - - 4 3 3 - 4 - 1 18 7 5 - 2 1 1 - 16 34 14 - 4 - 12 16 - - 30 36 66 100 |
December31,2020 | December31,2020 | |||
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| Amount $ 10,365,353 5,742,266 145,921 349,137 875,745 8,515,477 511,725 8,931 7,599,843 1,009,420 243,222 35,367,040 2,286,817 382,501 19,335,554 24,471,011 727,341 711,345 270,211 43,983 651,568 577,842 49,458,173 $ 84,825,213 $ 2,498,041 279,635 3,380 3,528,998 2,894,818 2,618,632 73,065 3,059,116 28,630 565,262 15,549,577 5,989,773 4,453,323 136,375 1,417,922 387,502 1,151,009 94,771 13,630,675 29,180,252 11,887,635 366,185 3,343,086 375,127 9,881,214 13,599,427 84,358 475,606) 25,461,999 30,182,962 55,644,961 $ 84,825,213 |
Amount $ 9,637,007 5,511,683 164,922 348,450 671,576 6,810,340 293,459 29,231 4,296,228 766,824 9,834 28,539,554 2,393,734 390,828 20,170,030 23,169,313 704,951 753,220 269,026 10,807 573,850 349,203 48,784,962 $ 77,324,516 $ 2,726,270 656,704 20,724 3,406,837 2,216,533 1,211,350 75,284 1,999,233 16,390 374,501 12,703,826 4,995,069 7,590,000 136,375 1,434,806 384,402 1,292,053 64,342 15,897,047 28,600,873 11,887,635 321,798 3,109,625 781,059 5,606,462 9,497,146 240,195) 475,606) 20,990,778 27,732,865 48,723,643 $ 77,324,516 |
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USI Corporation and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per Share)
Code 4100 OPERATING REVENUE 5110 COST OF GOODS SOLD 5900 GROSS PROFIT OPERATING EXPENSES 6100 Selling and marketing expenses 6200 General and administrative expenses 6300 Research and development expenses 6000 Total operating expenses 6900 PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES 7100 Interest income 7010 Other income 7020 Other gains and losses 7050 Finance costs 7060 Share of loss of joint ventures accounted for using the equity method 7000 Total non-operating income and expenses 7900 PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 7950 Income tax expense 8200 NET PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 Amount %$ 71,755,542 100 54,001,841 75 17,753,701 25 3,163,322 4 1,277,631 2 429,830 1 4,870,783 7 12,882,918 18 79,601 - 627,387 1 57,628 - ( 167,097 ) - ( 727,995) ( 1) ( 130,476) - 12,752,442 18 2,672,991 4 10,079,451 14 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 Amount %$ 71,755,542 100 54,001,841 75 17,753,701 25 3,163,322 4 1,277,631 2 429,830 1 4,870,783 7 12,882,918 18 79,601 - 627,387 1 57,628 - ( 167,097 ) - ( 727,995) ( 1) ( 130,476) - 12,752,442 18 2,672,991 4 10,079,451 14 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 Amount %$ 71,755,542 100 54,001,841 75 17,753,701 25 3,163,322 4 1,277,631 2 429,830 1 4,870,783 7 12,882,918 18 79,601 - 627,387 1 57,628 - ( 167,097 ) - ( 727,995) ( 1) ( 130,476) - 12,752,442 18 2,672,991 4 10,079,451 14 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
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| Amount $ 71,755,542 54,001,841 17,753,701 3,163,322 1,277,631 429,830 4,870,783 12,882,918 79,601 627,387 57,628 167,097 ) 727,995) 130,476) 12,752,442 2,672,991 10,079,451 |
Amount $ 50,201,273 39,721,391 10,479,882 2,020,552 1,209,777 362,961 3,593,290 6,886,592 102,809 403,492 116,953 221,690 ) 165,161) 236,403 7,122,995 1,440,358 5,682,637 |
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Code OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: 8311 Remeasurements of the defined benefit plan 8316 Profit (loss) of equity instruments at FVTOCI 8349 Income tax relating to items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss 8310 Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: 8361 Exchange differences on translating the financial statements of foreign operations 8399 Income tax relating to items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss 8360 8300 Other comprehensive income for the period, net of income tax 8500 TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD Net income attributable to 8610 Owners of the Company 8620 Non-controlling Interests 8600 Total comprehensive income attributable to 8710 Owners of the Company 8720 Non-controlling Interests 8700 Earnings per share From continuing operations 9710 Basic earnings per share 9810 Diluted earnings per share |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 Amount %( $ 9,779 ) - 107,187 - ( 1,691) - 95,717 - ( 337,228 ) - 54,262 - ( 282,966) - ( 187,249) - $ 9,892,202 14 $ 5,191,394 7 4,888,057 7 $ 10,079,451 14 $ 5,615,597 8 4,276,605 6 $ 9,892,202 14 $ 4.84 $ 4.83 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
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| Amount $ 9,779 ) 107,187 1,691) 95,717 337,228 ) 54,262 282,966) 187,249) $ 9,892,202 $ 5,191,394 4,888,057 $ 10,079,451 $ 5,615,597 4,276,605 $ 9,892,202 $ 4.84 $ 4.83 |
Amount $ 19,250 350,419 6,122) 363,547 166,163 12,938) 153,225 516,772 $ 6,199,409 $ 2,409,778 3,272,859 $ 5,682,637 $ 2,875,537 3,323,872 $ 6,199,409 $ 2.25 $ 2.24 |
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USI Corporation and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars)
| Code A1 Balance as of January 1, 2020 Distribution of earnings in 2019 B1 Provision for legal reserve B3 Provision of special reserve B5 Cash dividends distributed to the Company O1 Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries D1 Net profit for the year 2020 D3 Other comprehensive income for the year 2020, net of income tax D5 Total comprehensive income for the year 2020 C7 Changes in equity of subsidiaries recognized by equity method C17 Other changes in capital surplus M1 Dividends distributed to subsidiaries to adjust capital reserve Q1 Disposal of equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income O1 Change in non-controlling interests Z1 Balance as of December 31, 2020 Distribution of surplus in 2020 B1 Provision for legal reserve B17 Reversal of special surplus reserve B5 Cash dividends distributed to the Company O1 Cash dividends distributed by subsidiaries D1 Net profit for the year 2021 D3 Other comprehensive income for the year 2021, net of income tax D5 Total comprehensive income for the year 2021 C7 Changes in equity of subsidiaries recognized by equity method C17 Changes in capital surplus M1 Dividends distributed to subsidiaries to adjust capital reserve Q1 Disposal of equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income O1 Change in non-controlling interests Z1 Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
EquityAttri | butable to Owners ofth | e Company | Total $ 18,659,503 - - 594,382 ) - 2,409,778 465,759 2,875,537 29,855 1,100 19,165 - - 20,990,778 - - 1,188,763 ) - 5,191,394 424,203 5,615,597 4,691 1,367 38,329 - - $ 25,461,999 |
Non-controlling Interests $ 20,517,444 - - - 519,048 ) 3,272,859 51,013 3,323,872 28,871 ) - - - 4,439,468 27,732,865 - - - 1,714,633 ) 4,888,057 611,452) 4,276,605 2,586 - - - 114,461) $ 30,182,962 |
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| Share Capital $ 11,887,635 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11,887,635 - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 11,887,635 |
Capitalsurplus | Others $ 18,840 - - - - - - - - 1,100 - - - 19,940 - - - - - - - - 1,367 - - - $ 21,307 |
Retained earnings | Unappropriated Earnings $ 4,346,640 ( 129,872 ) ( 350,533 ) ( 594,382 ) - 2,409,778 2,974 2,412,752 ( 65 ) - - ( 78,078 ) - 5,606,462 ( 233,461 ) 405,932 ( 1,188,763 ) - 5,191,394 ( 804) 5,190,590 - - - 100,454 - $ 9,881,214 |
Otherequity Exchange differences on translating the nancial statements foreignoperations Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Financial Assets atFVTOCI $ 602,871 ) ( $ 178,187 ) - - - - - - - - - - 19,016 443,769 19,016 443,769 - - - - - - - 78,078 - - 583,855 ) 343,660 - - - - - - - - - - 127,118) 552,125 127,118) 552,125 - - - - - - - ( 100,454 ) - - $ 710,973) $ 795,331 |
Treasury shares ( $ 475,606 ) - - - - - - - - - - - - ( 475,606 ) - - - - - - - - - - - - ($ 475,606) |
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Exchange differences on translating the nancial statements foreignoperations $ 602,871 ) - - - - - 19,016 19,016 - - - - - 583,855 ) - - - - - 127,118) 127,118) - - - - - $ 710,973) |
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| Treasury Share Transactions $ 245,482 - - - - - - - - - 19,165 - - 264,647 - - - - - - - - - 38,329 - - $ 302,976 |
Shares of Changes in Capital Surplus of Associates $ 7,291 - - - - - - - 29,920 - - - - 37,211 - - - - - - - 4,691 - - - - $ 41,902 |
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| Legal Reserve $ 2,979,753 129,872 - - - - - - - - - - - 3,109,625 233,461 - - - - - - - - - - - $ 3,343,086 |
Special Reserve $ 430,526 - 350,533 - - - - - - - - - - 781,059 - ( 405,932 ) - - - - - - - - - - $ 375,127 |
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$ 39,176,947 - - 594,382 ) 519,048 ) 5,682,637 516,772 6,199,409 984 1,100 19,165 - 4,439,468 48,723,643 - - 1,188,763 ) 1,714,633 ) 10,079,451 187,249) 9,892,202 7,277 1,367 38,329 - 114,461) $ 55,644,961 |
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USI Corporation and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
| (In | Thousands of New | Thousands of New | Taiwan Dollars) | Taiwan Dollars) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | the Year Ended | For | the Year Ended | ||
| Code | December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING | |||||
| ACTIVITIES | |||||
| A10000 | Net profit before tax for the year |
$ | 12,752,442 |
$ | 7,122,995 |
| A20010 | Income (expenses) items |
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| A20100 | Depreciation expenses |
2,272,146 | 2,279,397 | ||
| A20200 | Amortization expense |
63,774 | 73,804 | ||
| A20300 | Expected credit loss reversed on |
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| accounts receivable |
( | 1,426 ) | ( | 2,415 ) | |
| A20400 | Net gain on fair value change of |
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| financial assets and liabilities as | |||||
| at FVTPL |
( | 336,404 ) | ( | 376,857 ) | |
| A20900 | Finance costs |
167,097 | 221,690 | ||
| A21200 | Interest income |
( | 79,601 ) | ( | 102,809 ) |
| A21300 | Dividend income |
( | 390,903 ) | ( | 186,949 ) |
| A22300 | Share of loss of joint ventures |
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| accounted for using the equity | |||||
| method | 727,995 | 165,161 | |||
| A22500 | Loss of disposal and scrapping of |
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| property, plant and equipment | 64,669 | 37,249 | |||
| A23700 | Impairment loss recognized on non- |
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| financial assets | 39 | 27,901 | |||
| A23800 | Provision for write-downs of |
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| inventories and obsolescence | |||||
| losses | 32,415 | 24,765 | |||
| A29900 | Recognition of refund liabilities |
19,165 | 7,576 | ||
| A29900 | Gain on revised lease |
( | 660 ) | - | |
| A30000 | Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
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| A31115 | Decrease in financial assets and |
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| liabilities mandatorily classified | |||||
| as at FVTPL | 88,477 | 1,239,787 | |||
| A31130 | Increase in notes receivable |
( | 204,169 ) | ( | 37,141 ) |
| A31150 | Increase in accounts receivable |
( | 1,703,446 ) | ( | 396,848 ) |
| A31180 | Increase in other receivables |
( | 269,309 ) | ( | 6,149 ) |
| A31200 | (Increase) decrease in inventories |
( | 3,334,541 ) | 601,880 | |
| A31230 | (Increase) decrease in prepayments |
( | 196,431 ) | 15,898 | |
| A31240 | (Increase) decrease in other current |
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| assets |
( | 61,585 ) | 7,316 | ||
| A32150 | Increase in accounts payable |
122,161 | 649,469 | ||
| A32180 | Increase in other payables |
525,173 | 368,359 | ||
| A32200 | Decrease in refund liabilities |
( | 6,925 ) | ( | 19,407 ) |
| A32240 | Decrease in net defined benefit |
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| liabilities |
( | 140,684 ) | ( | 179,158 ) | |
| A32230 | Increase in other current liabilities |
190,761 |
111,543 | ||
| A33000 | Cash generated from operations |
10,300,230 | 11,647,057 | ||
| A33100 | Interest received |
79,222 | 92,630 | ||
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| Code A33300 Interest paid A33500 Income tax paid AAAA Net cash generated from operating activities Cash flows from investing activities B00010 Acquisition of FVTOCI B00020 Disposal of FVTOCI B00030 Return of capital from financial assets at FVTOCI B00040 (Acquisition) disposal of financial assets measured at amortized cost B01800 Acquisition of long-term equity investments using the equity method B02200 Net cash outflows from acquisition of subsidiaries (Note 32) B02700 Acquisitions of property, plant and equipment B02800 Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment B03700 (Increase) decrease in refundable deposit B04500 Acquisition of other intangible assets B05350 Acquisition of right-of-use assets B05400 Acquisition of investment properties B06700 (Increase) decrease in other non-current assets B07600 Dividends received BBBB Net cash used in investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES C00100 Decrease in short-term borrowings C00600 Decrease in short-term notes payable C01200 Issuing of bonds C01300 Repayments of bonds C01600 Proceeds from mid- to long-term borrowings C01700 Repayments of mid- to long-term borrowings C03000 Increase (decrease) in guarantee deposits received C04020 Repayments of the principal portion of lease liabilities C04300 Decrease in other non-current liabilities C04500 Cash dividends paid (Continued) |
For the Year Ended December31,2021 ( $ 159,354 ) ( 1,286,929) 8,933,169 ( 4,835 ) 203,458 52,244 ( 71,820 ) - ( 34,056 ) ( 3,622,312 ) 36,325 ( 6,401 ) ( 733 ) ( 25,567 ) ( 3,298 ) ( 280,145 ) 390,903 ( 3,366,237) ( 228,229 ) ( 377,000 ) 3,991,268 ( 2,000,000 ) 24,225,000 ( 27,277,000 ) 6,186 ( 70,349 ) ( 1,670 ) ( 1,188,763 ) |
For the Year Ended December31,2020 |
For the Year Ended December31,2020 |
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| ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( |
( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( |
$ 234,213 ) 689,753) 10,815,721 - 76,643 83,402 78,793 5,122,441 ) - 2,330,747 ) 25,612 14,836 113 ) - 85,673 ) 32,231 186,949 7,040,508) 1,532,710 ) 696,000 ) - 1,000,000 ) 13,380,000 15,283,200 ) 4,133 ) 68,659 ) 778 ) 594,382 ) |
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| Code C05800 Change in non-controlling interests C05800 Cash dividends paid on non-controlling interests CCCC Net cash used in financing activities DDDD EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON THE BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS HELD IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES EEEE NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS E00100 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD E00200 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD |
For the Year Ended December31,2021 ( $ 114,461 ) ( 1,714,633) ( 4,749,651) ( 88,935) 728,346 9,637,007 $ 10,365,353 |
For the Year Ended December31,2020 |
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| ( ( ( ( |
( ( ( |
$ 4,439,468 519,048) 1,879,442) 186,167) 1,709,604 7,927,403 $ 9,637,007 |
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Independent Auditors' Report
TO USI Corporation
Audit opinion
We have audited the Parent Company Only Balance Sheets of USI Corporation as of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the Parent Company Only Statements of Comprehensive Income, Parent Company Only Statements of Changes in Equity, Parent Company Only Statements of Cash Flows and Notes to the Parent Company Only Financial Statements (including the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) for the months from January 1 to December 31 of 2021 and 2020.
The accountant opinions are that the preparations of significant issues of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements are made in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers. They fairly present the accompanying financial conditions as of December 31 of 2021 and 2020 of USI Corporation and the accompanying financial performance and accompanying cash flows for the months from January 1 to December 31 of 2021 and of 2020.
Basis for audit opinion
The audit was conducted in accordance with the Rules Governing Auditing and Certification of Financial Statements by Certified Public Accountants and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with The Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountant, and keep independent of USI Corporation. We have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance for USI Corporation in our audit of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements for the year 2021. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
The key audit matter identified in the audit of the Company’s Parent Company Only Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 is as follows.
Authenticity of specific sales revenue
In 2021, USI Corporation's sales revenue of solar film products to specific customers increased year-on-year. Whether the sales revenue is properly recognized at the time
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of meeting performance obligations will have a material impact on the Parent Company Only Financial Statements and is therefore considered a key audit matter for the current year.
For accounting policies relating to sales revenue and relevant disclosure information, please refer to Notes 4(12) and 23 to the Parent Company Only Financial Statements.
We have carried out the main audit procedures for the above-mentioned authenticity of the sales revenue from specific customers as follows:
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Understand and test the effectiveness of the design and implementation of key internal control systems for the authenticity of sales revenue from specific customers.
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Check the transaction documents of sales revenue of specific customers, including sales orders, shipping documents and collection documents, to confirm the authenticity of the recognition of sales revenue.
Responsibilities of management and governance for the Parent Company Only Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements in accordance with Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, and such internal control as the management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Parent Company Only Financial Statements, 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 in charge with the Company’s governance (including the Audit Committee) are responsible for overseeing its financial reporting process.
Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Parent Company Only Financial Statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the 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 the Parent Company Only Financial Reports.
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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:
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Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
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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.
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Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
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Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the Parent Company Only Financial Statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
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Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Parent Company Only Financial Statements (including the related notes) and whether the Parent Company Only Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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Obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Company to express an opinion on the Parent Company Only Financial Statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Company audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with those in charge with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings (including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit).
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, (and where applicable, related safeguards).
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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 Parent Company Only Financial Statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
The engagement partners on the audit resulting in this independent auditors’report are Pi-Yu Chuang (Fiancial Supervisory Commission, Approval No. 1070323246) and Cheng-Hung Kuo (Securities and Futures Bureau, Approval No. 0920123784).
Deloitte& Touche
Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China
Notice to Readers
The accompanying financial statements are intended only to present the accompanying financial position,financial performance and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the Republic of China and not those of any other jurisdictions. The standards, procedures and practices to audit such accompanying financial statements are those generally applied in the Republic of China. For the convenience of readers, the independent auditors’ report and the accompanying financial statements have been translated into English from the original Chinese version prepared and used in the Republic of China. If there is any conflict between the English version and the original Chinese version or any difference in the interpretation of the two versions, the Chineselanguage independent auditors’ report and accompanying financial statements shall prevail.
March 16, 2022
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USI Corporation Parent Company Only Balance Sheet For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
| For the Years Ended December 31, | 2021 and 2020 | 2021 and 2020 | 2021 and 2020 | 2021 and 2020 | 2021 and 2020 | 2021 and 2020 | 2021 and 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code 1100 1110 1136 1150 1170 1180 1200 1210 130X 1410 1470 11XX 1517 1535 1550 1600 1755 1760 1821 1840 1990 15XX 1XXX Code 2100 2120 2170 2180 2200 2220 2230 2280 2320 2399 21XX 2530 2540 2570 2580 2640 2650 2670 25XX 2XXX 3100 3200 3310 3320 3350 3300 3400 3500 3XXX |
Assets CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) - current Financial assets at amortized cost - current Notes receivable, net Accounts receivable, net Accounts receivable, related parties Other receivables Other receivables, related parties Inventories Prepayments Other current assets Total current assets NON-CURRENT ASSETS Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVTOCI) - non-current Financial assets at amortized cost - non-current Investments accounted for using the equity method Property, plant and equipment Right-of-use assets Investment properties Intangible assets Deferred tax assets Other non-current assets Total non-current assets Total Assets Liabilities and Equity CURRENT LIABILITIES Short-term borrowings Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL) - current Accounts payable Accounts payable, related parties Other payables Other payables, related parties Current tax liabilities Lease liabilities - current Current portion of long-term borrowings Other current liabilities Total current liabilities NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Bonds payable Long-term borrowings Deferred tax liabilities Lease liabilities - non-current Net defined benefit liabilities - non-current Investments credits balances for using equity method Other non-current liabilities - others Total non-current liabilities Total Liabilities Equity Share capital Capital surplus Retained earnings Legal reserve Special reserve Unappropriated earnings Total retained earnings Other equity Treasury shares Total equity Total liabilities and equity |
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars) For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 Amount %Amount %$ 1,108,794 3 $ 991,966 3 2,595,881 7 2,096,700 7 61,149 - 60,893 - 119,379 - 64,154 - 1,964,107 5 1,364,308 4 106,468 - 94,080 - 106,418 - 41,932 - 593,853 2 220,189 1 1,252,391 3 776,109 2 204,395 1 172,471 1 - - 1 - 8,112,835 21 5,882,803 18 922,551 3 972,639 3 12,968 - - - 21,859,237 58 19,133,959 58 6,511,029 17 6,473,623 20 9,641 - 14,091 - 159,713 1 186,758 1 40 - 155 - 142,813 - 110,905 - 121,615 - 117,702 - 29,739,607 79 27,009,832 82 $ 37,852,442 100 $ 32,892,635 100 $ - - $ 499,000 1 2,492 - 11,522 - 1,019,778 3 712,367 2 394,449 1 188,290 1 532,320 1 364,098 1 16,195 - 11,906 - 779,227 2 196,426 1 31,336 - 30,974 - 2,999,199 8 1,999,233 6 189,951 1 76,012 - 5,964,947 16 4,089,828 12 5,989,773 16 4,995,069 15 34,310 - 2,300,000 7 100,769 - 145,390 - 115,187 - 146,523 1 172,677 1 213,608 1 1,195 - - - 11,585 - 11,439 - 6,425,496 17 7,812,029 24 12,390,443 33 11,901,857 36 11,887,635 31 11,887,635 36 366,185 1 321,798 1 3,343,086 9 3,109,625 10 375,127 1 781,059 2 9,881,214 26 5,606,462 17 13,599,427 36 9,497,146 29 84,358 - ( 240,195) ( 1) ( 475,606) ( 1) ( 475,606) ( 1) 25,461,999 67 20,990,778 64 $ 37,852,442 100 $ 32,892,635 100 |
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| Amount $ 1,108,794 2,595,881 61,149 119,379 1,964,107 106,468 106,418 593,853 1,252,391 204,395 - 8,112,835 922,551 12,968 21,859,237 6,511,029 9,641 159,713 40 142,813 121,615 29,739,607 $ 37,852,442 $ - 2,492 1,019,778 394,449 532,320 16,195 779,227 31,336 2,999,199 189,951 5,964,947 5,989,773 34,310 100,769 115,187 172,677 1,195 11,585 6,425,496 12,390,443 11,887,635 366,185 3,343,086 375,127 9,881,214 13,599,427 84,358 475,606) 25,461,999 $ 37,852,442 |
Amount $ 991,966 2,096,700 60,893 64,154 1,364,308 94,080 41,932 220,189 776,109 172,471 1 5,882,803 972,639 - 19,133,959 6,473,623 14,091 186,758 155 110,905 117,702 27,009,832 $ 32,892,635 $ 499,000 11,522 712,367 188,290 364,098 11,906 196,426 30,974 1,999,233 76,012 4,089,828 4,995,069 2,300,000 145,390 146,523 213,608 - 11,439 7,812,029 11,901,857 11,887,635 321,798 3,109,625 781,059 5,606,462 9,497,146 240,195) 475,606) 20,990,778 $ 32,892,635 |
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USI Corporation
Parent Company Only Statement of Comprehensive Income For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
| (In | Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per | Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per | Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per | Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars, Except Earnings Per | Share) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the Year Ended December | For the Year Ended December | ||||||
| 31, 2021 | 31, 2020 | ||||||
| Code | Amount | % |
Amount | % |
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| 4100 | OPERATING REVENUE | $ 16,034,251 |
100 |
$ 10,172,220 |
100 | ||
| 5110 | COST OF GOODS SOLD | 11,730,457 |
73 |
8,664,406 |
85 | ||
| 5900 | GROSS PROFIT | 4,303,794 | 27 | 1,507,814 | 15 | ||
| 5910 | The unrealized profits with the | ||||||
| subsidiaries | ( | 1,175 ) |
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( | 1,247 ) |
- | |
| 5920 | The realized profits with the | ||||||
| subsidiaries | 1,247 |
- |
842 |
- | |||
| 5950 | The realized gross profit | 4,303,866 |
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1,507,409 |
15 | ||
| OPERATING EXPENSES | |||||||
| 6100 | Selling and marketing | ||||||
| expenses | 390,366 | 2 | 235,617 | 2 | |||
| 6200 | General and administrative | ||||||
| expenses | 230,902 | 2 | 246,533 | 3 | |||
| 6300 | Research and development | ||||||
| expenses | 160,688 |
1 |
116,819 |
1 | |||
| 6000 | Total operating expenses | 781,956 |
5 |
598,969 |
6 | ||
| 6900 | PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS | 3,521,910 |
22 |
908,440 |
9 | ||
| NON-OPERATING INCOME | |||||||
| AND EXPENSES | |||||||
| 7100 | Interest income | 5,948 | - | 6,604 | - | ||
| 7010 | Other income | 202,579 | 1 | 152,304 | 2 | ||
| 7020 | Other gains and losses | 38,730 | - | 42,667 | - | ||
| 7050 | Finance costs | ( | 94,746 ) ( |
1 ) |
( | 105,041 ) ( |
1 ) |
| 7070 | Share of profit or loss of | ||||||
| subsidiaries accounted for | |||||||
| using equity method | 2,196,420 |
14 |
1,555,348 |
15 | |||
| 7000 | Total non-operating | ||||||
| income and expenses | 2,348,931 |
14 |
1,651,882 |
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Code 7900 PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 7950 INCOME TAX EXPENSE 8200 NET PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: 8311 Remeasurements of the defined benefit plan 8316 (Loss) profit of equity instruments at FVTOCI 8330 Share of profit or loss of other comprehensive income of subsidiaries accounted for using equity method 8349 Income tax relating to items that will not be reclassified 8310 Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: 8361 Exchange differences on translating the financial statements of foreign operations 8380 Share of profit or loss of other comprehensive income of subsidiaries accounted for using equity method 8399 Income tax relating to items that may be reclassified 8360 8300 Other comprehensive income for the period, net of income tax 8500 TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD EARNINGS PER SHARE 9750 Basic earnings per share 9850 Diluted earnings per share |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 Amount %$ 5,870,841 36 679,447 4 5,191,394 32 5,820 - ( 29,190 ) - 575,855 4 ( 1,164) - 551,321 4 ( 90,466 ) ( 1 ) ( 54,745 ) - 18,093 - ( 127,118) ( 1) 424,203 3 $ 5,615,597 35 $ 4.84 $ 4.83 |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
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| Amount $ 5,870,841 679,447 5,191,394 5,820 29,190 ) 575,855 1,164) 551,321 90,466 ) 54,745 ) 18,093 127,118) 424,203 $ 5,615,597 $ 4.84 $ 4.83 |
Amount $ 2,560,322 150,544 2,409,778 1,589 ) 107,870 340,144 318 446,743 11,182 10,070 2,236) 19,016 465,759 $ 2,875,537 $ 2.25 $ 2.24 |
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USI Corporation Parent Company Only Statement of Changes in Equity For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
| Code A1 Balance as of January 1, 2020 Distribution of earnings in 2019 B1 Provision for legal reserve B3 Provision of special reserve B5 Cash dividends distributed by the Company D1 Net profit for the year 2020 D3 Other comprehensive income for the year 2020, net of income tax D5 Total comprehensive income for the year 2020 C7 Changes in equity of subsidiaries recognized by equity method C17 Changes in capital surplus M1 Dividends distributed to subsidiaries to adjust capital reserve Q1 Disposal of equity instrument investments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income Z1 Balance as of December 31, 2020 Distribution of earnings in 2020 B1 Provision for legal reserve B17 Reversal of special surplus reserve B5 Cash dividends distributed by the Company D1 Net profit for the year 2021 D3 Other comprehensive income for the year 2021, net of income tax D5 Total comprehensive income for the year 2021 C7 Changes in equity of subsidiaries recognized by equity method C17 Other changes in capital surplus M1 Dividends distributed to subsidiaries to adjust capital reserve Z1 Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
Share Capital $ 11,887,635 - - - - - - - - - - 11,887,635 - - - - - - - - - $ 11,887,635 |
Capitalsurplus | Others $ 18,840 - - - - - - - 1,100 - - 19,940 - - - - - - - 1,367 - $ 21,307 |
Retained earnings | Retained earnings | Unappropriated Earnings $ 4,346,640 129,872 ) 350,533 ) 594,382 ) 2,409,778 2,974 2,412,752 76,278 ) - - 1,865) 5,606,462 233,461 ) 405,932 1,188,763 ) 5,191,394 804) 5,190,590 100,454 - - $ 9,881,214 |
Otherequity Exchange differences on translating the financial statements of foreignoperations Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Financial Assets atFVTOCI ( $ 602,871 ) ( $ 178,187 ) - - - - - - - - 19,016 443,769 19,016 443,769 - 76,213 - - - - - 1,865 ( 583,855 ) 343,660 - - - - - - - - ( 127,118) 552,125 ( 127,118) 552,125 - ( 100,454 ) - - - - ($ 710,973) $ 795,331 |
Otherequity Exchange differences on translating the financial statements of foreignoperations Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Financial Assets atFVTOCI ( $ 602,871 ) ( $ 178,187 ) - - - - - - - - 19,016 443,769 19,016 443,769 - 76,213 - - - - - 1,865 ( 583,855 ) 343,660 - - - - - - - - ( 127,118) 552,125 ( 127,118) 552,125 - ( 100,454 ) - - - - ($ 710,973) $ 795,331 |
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars) Treasury shares Totalequity $ 475,606 ) $ 18,659,503 - - - - - ( 594,382 ) - 2,409,778 - 465,759 - 2,875,537 - 29,855 - 1,100 - 19,165 - - 475,606 ) 20,990,778 - - - - - ( 1,188,763 ) - 5,191,394 - 424,203 - 5,615,597 - 4,691 - 1,367 - 38,329 $ 475,606) $ 25,461,999 |
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars) Treasury shares Totalequity $ 475,606 ) $ 18,659,503 - - - - - ( 594,382 ) - 2,409,778 - 465,759 - 2,875,537 - 29,855 - 1,100 - 19,165 - - 475,606 ) 20,990,778 - - - - - ( 1,188,763 ) - 5,191,394 - 424,203 - 5,615,597 - 4,691 - 1,367 - 38,329 $ 475,606) $ 25,461,999 |
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars) Treasury shares Totalequity $ 475,606 ) $ 18,659,503 - - - - - ( 594,382 ) - 2,409,778 - 465,759 - 2,875,537 - 29,855 - 1,100 - 19,165 - - 475,606 ) 20,990,778 - - - - - ( 1,188,763 ) - 5,191,394 - 424,203 - 5,615,597 - 4,691 - 1,367 - 38,329 $ 475,606) $ 25,461,999 |
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| Exchange differences on translating the financial statements of foreignoperations ( $ 602,871 ) - - - - 19,016 19,016 - - - - ( 583,855 ) - - - - ( 127,118) ( 127,118) - - - ($ 710,973) |
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| Treasury Share Transactions $ 245,482 - - - - - - - - 19,165 - 264,647 - - - - - - - - 38,329 $ 302,976 |
Shares of Changes in Capital Surplus of Subsidiaries recognized by Equity Method $ 7,291 - - - - - - 29,920 - - - 37,211 - - - - - - 4,691 - - $ 41,902 |
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| Legal Reserve $ 2,979,753 129,872 - - - - - - - - - 3,109,625 233,461 - - - - - - - - $ 3,343,086 |
Special Reserve $ 430,526 - 350,533 - - - - - - - - 781,059 - 405,932 ) - - - - - - - $ 375,127 |
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$ 18,659,503 - - 594,382 ) 2,409,778 465,759 2,875,537 29,855 1,100 19,165 - 20,990,778 - - 1,188,763 ) 5,191,394 424,203 5,615,597 4,691 1,367 38,329 $ 25,461,999 |
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USI Corporation
Parent Company Only Statement of Cash Flow For the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
| Code Cash flows from operating activities A10000 Net profit before tax for the year A20010 Income (expenses) items A20100 Depreciation expenses A20200 Amortization expense A20400 Net gain on fair value change of financial assets and liabilities as at FVTPL A20900 Finance costs A21200 Interest income A21300 Dividend income A22300 Share of profit or loss of subsidiaries accounted for using equity method A22500 (Gain) loss of disposal and scrapping of property, plant and equipment A23200 The investment loss of disposing with the equity method A23700 Provision for write-downs of inventories and obsolescence losses A23900 The unrealized profits with the subsidiaries A24000 The realized profits with the subsidiaries A30000 Changes in operating assets and liabilities A31115 (Increase) decrease in financial assets mandatorily classified as at FVTPL A31130 (Increase) decrease in notes receivable A31150 Increase in accounts receivable A31160 Accounts receivable – related parties increase A31180 (Increase) decrease in other receivables A31190 Other receivables – related parties (increase) decrease A31200 (Increase) decrease in inventories A31230 Increase in prepayments A31240 Decrease in other current assets A32130 Increase (decrease) in accounts payable A32160 Accounts payable - related parties increase A32180 Increase (decrease) in other payables A32190 Other payables - related parties increase (decrease) A32230 Increase in other current liabilities A32240 Decrease in net defined benefit liabilities A33000 Cash generated from operations A33100 Interest received |
(In Thousands of New Taiwan Dollars) For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 $ 5,870,841 $ 2,560,322 607,937 603,125 13,452 14,249 ( 93,217 ) ( 93,098 ) 97,352 107,540 ( 5,948 ) ( 6,604 ) ( 99,744 ) ( 50,630 ) ( 2,196,420 ) ( 1,555,348 ) ( 2,794 ) 161 - 527 22,935 23,413 1,175 1,247 ( 1,247 ) ( 842 ) ( 414,994 ) 179,435 ( 55,225 ) 9,772 ( 599,799 ) ( 134,952 ) ( 12,388 ) ( 4,330 ) ( 65,138 ) 18,918 ( 248,664 ) 164,574 ( 499,217 ) 249,773 ( 31,924 ) ( 14,046 ) 1 20 307,411 ( 57,045 ) 206,159 40,895 131,106 ( 16,322 ) 4,289 ( 5,965 ) 113,939 8,943 ( 35,111) ( 62,916) 3,014,767 1,980,816 6,600 5,829 |
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| Code A33300 Interest paid A33500 Income tax paid AAAA Net cash generated from operating activities Cash flows from investing activities B00020 Disposal of FVTOCI B00030 Return of capital from financial assets at FVTOCI B00040 Purchase of financial assets at amortized cost B02200 Net cash outflows from acquisition of subsidiaries (Note 27) B02400 Refund of stock capital from capital reduction of investee companies using the equity method B02700 Acquisitions of property, plant and equipment B02800 Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment B03700 (Increase) decrease in refundable deposit B04500 Acquisitions of intangible assets B05800 Other receivables – related parties increase B06700 (Increase) decrease in other non-current assets B07600 Dividends received BBBB Net cash used in investing activities CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES C00100 Decrease in short-term borrowings C01200 Issuing of bonds C01300 Repayments of bonds C01600 Proceeds from mid- to long-term borrowings C01700 Repayments of mid- to long-term borrowings C03000 Proceeds from guarantee deposits received C04020 Repayments of the principal portion of lease liabilities C04500 Cash dividends paid C05400 Acquisition of subsidiaries CCCC Net cash used in financing activities EEEE NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS E00100 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD E00200 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD |
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021 ( $ 87,865 ) ( 156,246) 2,777,256 - 20,898 ( 76,499 ) ( 34,092 ) - ( 518,149 ) 1,905 ( 1,947 ) - ( 125,000 ) ( 15,303 ) 149,837 ( 598,350) ( 499,000 ) 3,991,268 ( 2,000,000 ) 3,634,800 ( 5,900,000 ) 591 ( 30,974 ) ( 1,188,763 ) ( 70,000) ( 2,062,078) 116,828 991,966 $ 1,108,794 |
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$ 118,418 ) 133,648) 1,734,579 2,784 32,845 332 ) - 3,877 438,675 ) 2,483 6,951 113 ) - 23,054 89,489 277,637) 1,000 ) - 1,000,000 ) 5,200,000 4,850,000 ) 186 30,752 ) 594,382 ) 349) 1,276,297) 180,645 811,321 $ 991,966 |
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Matters for Ratification and Discussion: Proposal 2
Proposed by the Board
To ratify 2021 earnings distribution.
Description : 1. In 2021, the net profit was NT$ 5,291,044,242. After appropriating NT$ 529,104,424 as the legal reserve, the distributable net profit of 2021 is NT$ 4,761,939,818. By the end of 2021, the accumulated distributable earnings is NT$ 9,352,109,738 and will be distributed cash dividend NT$ 2,615,279,700, i.e. NT$2.2 per share.
The unappropriated earnings after distribution will be NT$ 6,736,830,038.
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Please refer to p. 38, “Profit Distribution Table”, for details.
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According to this proposal, the profit of 2021 will first be distributed, and the insufficiency will be distributed from the profit of previous years.
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The cash dividends allocated to each shareholder shall be rounded down to a whole
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dollar amount of New Taiwan Dollars, and the total amount of allocation will be subject to the actual amount allocated.
- Please authorize the Chairman to set a target date for the distribution of cash dividends after the adoption of this proposal.
Resolution:
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USI Corporation
2021 Profit Distribution Table
| Net profit before tax of 2021 Less: Income tax Net profit of 2021 Add: Measuring the Gains of equity instruments by fair value through other comprehensive gains and losses Less: Retained earnings adjusted for the defined benefit plan after re-measurement Earnings after tax of 2021 Less: Legal reserve Distributable net profit of 2021 Add:Beginning unappropriated earnings Accumulated distributable earnings at the end of 2021 Distributable items: (total issued shares: 1,188,763,500) Cash dividend: 2.2/share Total of distributable items Unappropriated earnings at the end of 2021 transferred to the next year Chairperson: Yi-Gui Wu President: Ke-shun Wang Chief Accounting Officer: Chuan-Hua Kuo |
expressed in NTD 5,870,841,666 (679,447,409 )5,191,394,257 100,453,754 (803,769 )5,291,044,242 (529,104,424 )4,761,939,818 4,590,169,920 9,352,109,738 2,615,279,700 2,615,279,700 6,736,830,038 |
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Matters for Ratification and Discussion: Proposal 3
Proposed by the Board
To approve the “Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets”.
Description : 1. Part of the “Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets” is amended in accordance with related orders of the Financial Supervisory Commission.
2.The amendment to the “Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets” is shown in the next page.
Resolution :
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USI Corporation
The Amendment to the “Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Dis osition of Assets” p
After amendment Before amendment Description Article 6:Professional appraisers and Text was their officers, certified public accounts, revised with attorneys, and securities underwriters respect to that provide the Company with appraisal Letter Jinreports, certified public accountant's Guan-Zhengopinions, attorney's opinions, or underwriter's opinions shall comply Fa-Zi No. with the following requirements: 1110380465 (omitted) I. (omitted) issued by the Financial (omitted) II. (omitted) If the company is required to III. If the company is required to Supervisory obtain appraisal reports from two obtain appraisal reports from two Commission or more professional appraisers, or more professional appraisers, on January 28, the different professional 2022. appraisers or appraisal officers appraisers or appraisal officers may not be related parties or de may not be related parties or de facto related parties of each other. facto related parties of each other. When issuing an appraisal report or opinion, the personnel referred to in the preceding paragraph shall comply with the following:
Article 6: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 shall comply with the following requirements:
I. (omitted) II. (omitted) III. If the company is required to obtain appraisal reports from two or more professional appraisers, the different professional appraisers or appraisal officers may not be related parties or de facto related parties of each other.
When issuing an appraisal report or opinion, the personnel referred to in the preceding paragraph shall comply with the self-discipline regulations of their own business associations and the following:
I. Prior to accepting a case, they shall prudently assess their own professional capabilities, practical experience and independence. II. When examining a case, they shall appropriately plan and execute the adequate working procedures, in order to produce a conclusion and use the conclusion as the basis for issuing the report or opinion. The related working procedures, data collected and conclusion shall be fully and accurately specified in the case working papers. III. They shall undertake an item-byitem evaluation of the comprehensiveness, accuracy and fairness of the sources of data used, the parameters and the
I. Prior to accepting a case, they shall prudently assess their own professional capabilities, practical experience and independence. II. When executing a case, they shall appropriately plan and execute the adequate working procedures, in order to produce a conclusion and use the conclusion as the basis for issuing the report or opinion. The related working procedures, data collected and conclusion shall be fully and accurately specified in the case working papers.
III. They shall undertake an item-byitem evaluation of the suitability
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and fairness of the sources of data used, the parameters and the information, as the basis for issuance of the appraisal report or the opinion.
information, as the basis for issuance of the appraisal report or the opinion. IV. They shall issue a statement attesting to the professional competence and independence of the personnel who prepared the report or opinion, and that they have evaluated and found that the information used is reasonable and accurate, and that they have complied with the applicable laws and regulations. Article 8: Operating Procedure for Text was Acquisition or Disposition of Real revised with 、 Property Equipment or its right-of-use respect to assets Letter JinI. (omitted) Guan-ZhengII. (omitted) Fa-Zi No. III. (omitted) 1110380465 IV. Real estate or equipment appraisal report issued by the In acquiring or disposing…, shall Financial obtain an appraisal report prior to the Supervisory date of occurrence of the event from Commission a professional appraiser (the items to on January 28, be noted in the appraisal report are 2022. identified in the appraisal report) and shall further comply with the following provisions: (I)~ (II) (omitted) (III) Where the professional appraiser's appraisal results meet any one of the following circumstances, unless all the appraisal results for the assets to be acquired are higher than the trading value, or all the appraisal results for the assets to be disposed of are lower than the trading value, 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 ROC Accounting Research
IV. They shall issue a statement attesting to the professional competence and independence of the personnel who prepared the report or opinion, and that they have evaluated and found that the information used is the suitability and reasonable, and that they have complied with the applicable laws and regulations
Article 8: Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Real 、 Property Equipment or its right-of-use assets
I. (omitted) II. (omitted) III. (omitted) IV. Real estate or equipment appraisal report In acquiring or disposing…, shall obtain an appraisal report prior to the date of occurrence of the event from a professional appraiser (the items to be noted in the appraisal report are identified in the appraisal report) and shall further comply with the following provisions: (I)~ (II) (omitted) (III) Where the professional appraiser's appraisal results meet any one of the following circumstances, unless all the appraisal results for the assets to be acquired are higher than the trading value, or all the appraisal results for the assets to be disposed of are lower than the trading value, a certified public accountant shall be engaged to render a specific opinion regarding the reasons for the discrepancies and the appropriateness of the trading value:
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The discrepancy between the and Development Foundation appraisal result and the trading (ARDF) and render a specific value is 20 percent or more of opinion regarding the reasons for the trading value. the discrepancies and the 2. The discrepancy between the appropriateness of the trading value:
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The discrepancy between the appraisal results of two (2) or more professional appraisers is ten (10) percent or more of the trading value. (the rest omitted)
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The discrepancy between the appraisal result and the trading value is 20 percent or more of the trading value.
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The discrepancy between the appraisal results of two (2) or more professional appraisers is ten (10) percent or more of the trading value. (the rest omitted)
Article 9: Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Investment in Marketable Securities I. (omitted)
Article 9: Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Investment in Marketable Securities I. (omitted) II. Procedure for determining trading terms and authorized limit
II. Procedure for determining trading terms and authorized limit
(I) (omitted)
(I) (omitted)
(II) In acquiring or disposing of marketable securities, … the Company shall additionally engage a certified public accountant prior to the date of occurrence of the event to provide an opinion regarding the reasonableness of the trading value. Notwithstanding, this requirement does not apply to public quotation of the marketable securities in an active market, or not apply where otherwise prescribed by the competent securities authority.
(II) In acquiring or disposing of marketable securities, … the Company shall additionally engage a certified public accountant prior to the date of occurrence of the event to provide an opinion regarding the reasonableness of the trading value. If the CPA needs to adopt an expert’s report as evidence, the CPA shall do so in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Auditing Standards No. 20 published by the ARDF. Notwithstanding, this requirement does not apply to public quotation of the marketable securities in an active market, or not apply where otherwise prescribed by the competent securities authority. The long-term investment in marketable securities referred to in the preceding subparagraphs less than NT$500 million (inclusive) shall be subject to approval by the Chairman of Board and reported to the latest Board of Directors’ meeting, while the investment more than NT$500 million shall be subject to approval in advance by the Board of Directors upon
The long-term investment in marketable securities referred to in the preceding subparagraphs shall be approved by the Chairman of Board on a case-by-case basis. The dollar amount of the investment is more than NT$300 million and less than NT$500 million shall be reported to the latest Board of Directors’ meeting, while the investment more than NT$500 million shall be subject to approval in advance by the Board of Directors upon resolution. (the rest omitted)
Text was revised with respect to Letter JinGuan-ZhengFa-Zi No. 1110380465
issued by the Financial Supervisory Commission on January 28, 2022 and
Company’s actual status of operations.
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resolution. (the rest omitted)
Article 10: Operating procedure for dealing with transactions with stakeholders
I. (omitted)
II. Evaluating and operating procedure
(I) When the Company intends to acquire or dispose of real property or its right-of-use assets from or to a stakeholder, or when it intends to acquire or dispose of assets other than real property or its right-of-use assets from or to a stakeholder and the trading value reaches 20 percent or more of paid-in capital, 10 percent or more of the company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more, except in trading of domestic government bonds or bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises, the company may not proceed to enter into a transaction contract or make a payment until the following matters have been approved by the majority of Audit Committee and passed by the board of directors:
- (omitted) 2. (omitted) 3. (omitted) 4. (omitted) 5. (omitted) 6. (omitted) 7. (omitted) (II) By meeting the standard stated in the previous subparagraph, acquisition or disposition of equipment valuing less than NT$500 million between the Company and the parent company, between subsidiaries, or between this Company and a subsidiary wholly owned, either directly or indirectly, by this Company shall be decided by the Chairman of Board, and then submitted to the latest Board of Directors’ meeting for
Text was revised with respect to Letter JinGuan-ZhengFa-Zi No. 1110380465 issued by the Financial
Article 10: Operating procedure for dealing with transactions with stakeholders
I. (omitted)
II. Evaluating and operating procedure
When the Company intends to 1110380465 acquire or dispose of real property or its right-of-use assets from or to issued by the a stakeholder, or when it intends to Financial acquire or dispose of assets other Supervisory than real property or its right-ofCommission use assets from or to a stakeholder on January 28, and the trading value reaches 20 2022 and percent or more of paid-in capital, 10 percent or more of the Company’s company's total assets, or NT$300 actual status of million or more (the trading value operations. shall be calculated in the manner 。 referred to in Paragraph 1 (7) of Article 15 herein. “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 Audit Committee and passed by the Board of Directors need not be counted toward the trading value), 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 majority of Audit Committee and passed by the board of directors : Paragraph and (I) (omitted) subparagraph (II)(omitted) seriation (III)(omitted) change. (IV)(omitted) (V)(omitted) (VI)(omitted) (VII)(omitted)
Supervisory Commission on January 28, 2022 and Company’s actual status of operations.
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recognition. Acquisition or disposition of equipment more than NT$500 million shall be subject to approval by the Board of Directors upon resolution at first.
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Acquisition or disposal of equipment or its right-of-use assets for business operations.
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Acquisition or disposal of real property right-of-use assets for business operations. (III) When engaging in a transaction stated in subparagraph (I) of the preceding paragraph with an amount exceeding 10% of the Company’s total assets, this Company or a subsidiary not publicly offered domestically shall submit all data as stated in subparagraph (I) to the meeting of shareholders to apply for approval before concluding the transaction contract or making the payment, except for transactions between this Company and the parent company, this Company and a subsidiary, or among subsidiaries.
III. (omitted)
IV. Acquisition or disposition of equipment valuing less than NT$500 million (inclusive) between the Company and the parent company, between subsidiaries, or between this Company and a subsidiary wholly owned, either directly or indirectly, by this Company shall be decided by the Chairman of Board, and then submitted to the latest Board of Directors’ meeting for recognition. Acquisition or disposition of equipment more than NT$500 million shall be subject to approval by the Board of Directors upon resolution at first.
(I) Acquisition or disposal of equipment or its right-of-use assets for business operations. (II) Acquisition or disposal of real property right-of-use assets for business operations.
The transaction amounts as stated in subparagraphs (I) and (III) shall be calculated according to Article 15, paragraph 1, subparagraph (VII); and “within the preceding year” as claimed in these Procedures refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. The sections approved by the meeting of shareholders or the Board according to these Procedures shall be exempted from the calculation.
III. (omitted)
Article 11:Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Intangible Assets or the right-of-use assets or Memberships
I. (omitted) II. (omitted) III. (omitted) IV. Expert’s Evaluation Report on Intangible Assets or the right-of-
Article 11:Operating Procedure for Text was Acquisition or Disposition of Intangible revised with Assets or the right-of-use assets or respect to Memberships Letter JinI. (omitted) Guan-ZhengII. (omitted) Fa-Zi No. III. (omitted) IV. Expert’s Evaluation Report on 1110380465 Intangible Assets or the right-ofissued by the
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use assets or Memberships use assets or Memberships Financial Where the Company acquires or Where the Company acquires or Supervisory disposes…, the Company shall disposes…, the Company shall Commission engage a certified public accountant engage a certified public accountant on January 28, prior to the date of occurrence of the prior to the date of occurrence of the 2022. event to render an opinion on the event to render an opinion on the 。 reasonableness of the trading value. reasonableness of the trading value, and the CPA shall comply with the provisions of Statement of Auditing Standards No. 20 published by the ARDF.
Article 12:Operating Procedure for Article 12:Operating Procedure for Amended Acquisition or Disposition of Acquisition or Disposition of based on the Derivatives Company’s actual status of I. Trading Principle and Policy I. Trading Principle and Policy operations. (I) (omitted) (I) (omitted) (II)(omitted) (II)(omitted) (III) Division of authority and (III) Division of authority and responsibility responsibility
Article 12:Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Derivatives
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Procurement Dept. and Business 1. Procurement Dept. and Business Dept. Dept. 2. Financial Dept. 2. Financial Dept. (1) Trading personnel (1) Trading personnel A.~C. (omitted) A.~C. (omitted) D. Where the trading D. Where the trading personnel determine personnel determine that the existing that the existing strategies shall not strategies shall not apply any longer due to apply any longer due to material changes in the material changes in the financial market, …, financial market, …, which shall serve to be which shall serve to be the basis for the basis for transactions after being transactions after being approved by Treasurer. approved by CFO.
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E. To make evaluation per E. To make evaluation per month and submit the month and submit the evaluation report to evaluation report to Treasurer. CFO.
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Level of (1) Transaction: Authorized limit
authority engaged per transaction
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| trading personnel million Financial Dept. managers Less than US$5 million |
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5. Performance evaluation (1) (omitted) (2) (omitted) (3) Financial Dept. shall provideCFOwith such |
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| (I)~ (V) (omitted) | (I)~ (V) (omitted) | Guan-Zheng- | |||
| (VI) Where an asset transaction | (VI) Where an asset transaction | Fa-Zi No. | |||
| other than any of those | other than any of those | 1110380465 | |||
| referred to in the preceding | referred to in the preceding | issued by the | |||
| five subparagraphs, an | five subparagraphs, an | Financial | |||
| investment in the mainland | investment in the mainland | Supervisory | |||
| China area reaches 20 | China area reaches 20 | Commission | |||
| percent or more than of the | percent or more than of the | onJanuary28, |
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| Company’s paid-in capital, or NT$300 million; provided, this shall not apply to the following circumstances: 1. Trading of domestic government bondsor overseas government bonds with credit ratings not lower than Taiwan’s sovereign rating. 2. (omitted) (the rest omitted) |
Company’s paid-in capital, or NT$300 million; provided, this shall not apply to the following circumstances: 1. Trading of domestic government bonds. 2. (omitted) (the rest omitted) |
2022. |
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Matters for Ratification and Discussion:
Proposal 4
Proposed by the Board
To approve the permission of directors for competitive actions. Description : 1. Referring to Article 209 of the Company Act,
“A director, who does anything for himself or on behalf of another person that is within the scope of the company's business, shall explain to the meeting of shareholders the essential contents of such an act and secure its approval.”
- Directors of the Company engage in business within the scope of business of the Company are tabulated below. Without harming the interest of the Company, it is proposed to allow their act in
accordance with the Com an Act. p y
| Name of Directors | Concurrent Employers | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Yi-Gui Wu (Representative of Shing Lee Enterprise (Hong Kong)Limited Ltd.) |
USI Green Energy Corporation 、ZhangzhouUSI Trading Co., LTD. |
Director |
| Independent Director ChongChen |
Vision Project Foundation | Chairman |
| Ke-Shun Wang (Representative of Taita Chemical Company, Limited) |
USI Green Energy Corporation 、ZhangzhouUSI Trading Co., LTD. |
Chairman |
Resolution :
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III. Extemporary Motions
IV. Meeting Adjournment
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Appendix 1
USI Corporation Parliamentary Rules for Shareholders’ Meetings
Amended on July 26, 2021
Article 1
To establish a strong governance system and sound supervisory capabilities for this Corporation's shareholders meetings, and to strengthen management capabilities, these Rules are adopted pursuant to the Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles for TWSE/GTSM Listed Companies.
Article 2
The rules of procedures for this Corporation's shareholders meetings, except as otherwise provided by law, regulation, or the articles of incorporation, shall be as provided in these Rules.
Article 3
(Convening shareholders meetings and shareholders meeting notices)
Unless otherwise provided by law or regulation, this Corporation's shareholders meetings shall be convened by the board of directors.
This Corporation shall prepare electronic versions of the shareholders meeting notice and proxy forms, and the origins of and explanatory materials relating to all proposals, including proposals for ratification, matters for deliberation, or the election or dismissal of directors, and upload them to the Market Observation Post System (MOPS) before 30 days before the date of a regular shareholders meeting or before 15 days before the date of a special shareholders meeting. This Corporation shall prepare electronic versions of the shareholders meeting agenda and supplemental meeting materials and upload them to the MOPS before 21 days before the date of the regular shareholders meeting or before 15 days before the date of the special shareholders meeting. In addition, before 15 days before the date of the shareholders meeting, this
Corporation shall also have prepared the shareholders meeting agenda and supplemental meeting materials and made them available for review by shareholders at any time. The meeting agenda and supplemental materials shall also be displayed at this Corporation and distributed on-site at the meeting place.
The reasons for convening a shareholders meeting shall be specified in the meeting notice and publi.
Election or dismissal of directors, amendments to the articles of incorporation, reduction of capital, application for the approval of ceasing its status as a public company, approval of competing with the company by directors, surplus profit distributed in the form of new shares,
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reserve distributed in the form of new shares, dissolution, merger, or demerger of the corporation, any matter under Article 185, paragraph 1 of the Company Act, Articles 26-1 and 43-6 of the Securities Exchange Act and Articles 56-1 and 60-2 of Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Securities Issuers shall be itemized in the subjects to be described and the essential contents shall be explained in the notice to convene the shareholders meeting. None of the above matters may be raised by an extraordinary motion.
If re-election of the complete board of directors is listed as the purpose of a meeting of shareholders and the inauguration date is stated, after the completion of the board of directors, the inauguration date shall not be change by a motion or other means in the same meeting of shareholders.
A shareholder holding 1 percent or more of the total number of issued shares may submit to this Corporation a proposal for discussion at a regular shareholders meeting. Such proposals, however, are limited to one item only, and no proposal containing more than one item will be included in the meeting agenda. A shareholder proposal proposed for urging a company to promote public interests or fulfill its social responsibilities may still be included in the list of proposals to be discussed at a regular meeting of shareholders by the board of directors. In addition, when the circumstances of any subparagraph of Article 172-1, paragraph 4 of the Company Act apply to a proposal put forward by a shareholder, the board of directors may exclude it from the agenda.
Prior to the book closure date before a regular shareholders meeting is held, this Corporation shall publicly announce that it will receive shareholder proposals, and the location and time period for their submission in writing or by way of electronic transmission; the period for submission of shareholder proposals may not be less than 10 days.
Shareholder-submitted proposals are limited to 300 words, and no proposal containing more than 300 words will be included in the meeting agenda. The shareholder making the proposal shall be present in person or by proxy at the regular shareholders meeting and take part in discussion of the proposal.
Prior to the date for issuance of notice of a shareholders meeting, this Corporation shall inform the shareholders who submitted proposals of the proposal screening results, and shall list in the meeting notice the proposals that conform to the provisions of this article. At the shareholders meeting the board of directors shall explain the reasons for exclusion of any shareholder proposals not included in the agenda.
Article 4
For each shareholders meeting, a shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend the meeting by providing the proxy form issued by this Corporation and stating the scope of the proxy's authorization.
A shareholder may issue only one proxy form and appoint only one proxy for any given
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shareholders meeting, and shall deliver the proxy form to this Corporation before 5 days before the date of the shareholders meeting. When duplicate proxy forms are delivered, the one received earliest shall prevail unless a declaration is made to cancel the previous proxy appointment. After a proxy form has been delivered to this Corporation, if the shareholder intends to attend the meeting in person or to exercise voting rights by correspondence or electronically, a written notice of proxy cancellation shall be submitted to this Corporation before 2 business days before the meeting date. If the cancellation notice is submitted after that time, votes cast at the meeting by the proxy shall prevail.
Article 5
(Principles determining the time and place of a shareholders meeting)
The venue for a shareholders meeting shall be the premises of this Corporation, 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 6
(Preparation of documents such as the attendance book)
This Corporation shall specify in its shareholders meeting notices the time during which shareholder attendance registrations will be accepted, the place to register for attendance, and other matters for attention.
The time during which shareholder attendance registrations will be accepted, as stated in the preceding paragraph, shall be at least 30 minutes prior to the time the meeting commences. The place at which attendance registrations are accepted shall be clearly marked and a sufficient number of suitable personnel assigned to handle the registrations.
Shareholders and their proxies (collectively, "shareholders") shall attend shareholders meetings based on attendance cards, sign-in cards, or other certificates of attendance. This Corporation may not arbitrarily add requirements for other documents beyond those showing eligibility to attend presented by shareholders. Solicitors soliciting proxy forms shall also bring identification documents for verification.
This Corporation 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.
This Corporation shall furnish attending shareholders with the meeting agenda book, annual report, attendance card, speaker's slips, voting slips, and other meeting materials. Where there is an election of directors, pre-printed ballots shall also be furnished.
When the government or a juristic person is a shareholder, it may be represented by more than one representative at a shareholders meeting. When a juristic person is appointed to attend as proxy, it may designate only one person to represent it in the meeting.
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Article 7
(The chair and non-voting participants of a shareholders meeting)
If a shareholders meeting is convened by the board of directors, the meeting shall be chaired by the chairperson of the board. When the chairperson of the board is on leave or for any reason unable to exercise the powers of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall act in place of the chairperson; if there is no vice chairperson or the vice chairperson also is on leave or for any reason unable to exercise the powers of the vice chairperson, the chairperson shall appoint one of the directors to act as chair. Where the chairperson does not make such a designation, the directors shall select from among themselves one person to serve as chair.
When a director serves as chair, as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the director shall be one who has held that position for six months or more and who understands the financial and business conditions of the company.
It is advisable that shareholders meetings convened by the board of directors be chaired by the chairperson of the board in person and attended by the directors. The attendance shall be recorded in the meeting minutess.
If a shareholders meeting is convened by a party with power to convene but other than the board of directors, the convening party shall chair the meeting. When there are two or more such convening parties, they shall mutually select a chair from among themselves.
This Corporation may appoint its attorneys, certified public accountants, or related persons retained by it to attend a shareholders meeting in a non-voting capacity.
Article 8
(Documentation of a shareholders meeting by audio or video)
This Corporation, 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 9
Attendance at shareholders meetings shall be calculated based on numbers of shares. 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.
The chair shall call the meeting to order at the appointed meeting time, and announce relevant information of the number of non-voting shares and the number of shares in attendance, etc. However, when the attending shareholders do not represent a majority of the total number of
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issued shares, the chair 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 and the attending shareholders still represent less than one third of the total number of issued shares, the chair shall declare the meeting adjourned.
If the quorum is not met after two postponements as referred to in the preceding paragraph, but the attending shareholders represent one third or more of the total number of issued shares, a tentative resolution may be adopted pursuant to Article 175, paragraph 1 of the Company Act; all shareholders shall be notified of the tentative resolution and another shareholders meeting shall be convened within 1 month.
When, prior to conclusion of the meeting, the attending shareholders represent a majority of the total number of issued shares, the chair may resubmit the tentative resolution for a vote by the shareholders meeting pursuant to Article 174 of the Company Act.
Article 10
(Discussion of proposals)
If a shareholders meeting is convened by the board of directors, the meeting agenda shall be set by the board of directors. Any extemporary motion(s) and/or the amendment(s) to the original proposal(s) shall be resolved. The meeting shall proceed in the order set by the agenda, which may not be changed without a resolution of the shareholders meeting.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a shareholders meeting convened by a party with the power to convene that is not the board of directors.
The chair 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. If the chair declares the meeting adjourned in violation of the rules of procedure, the other members of the board of directors shall promptly assist the attending shareholders in electing a new chair in accordance with statutory procedures, by agreement of a majority of the votes represented by the attending shareholders, and then continue the meeting.
The chair shall allow ample opportunity during the meeting for explanation and discussion of proposals and of amendments or extraordinary motions put forward by the shareholders; when the chair is of the opinion that a proposal has been discussed sufficiently to put it to a vote, the chair may announce the discussion closed and call for a vote. The time for voting shall be sufficient.
Article 11
(Shareholder speech)
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
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order in which shareholders speak will be set by the chair.
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.
Report Items and matters unrelated to the proposals will not be put into discussion or vote. Except with the consent of the chair, 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 agenda item, the chair may terminate the speech.
When an attending shareholder is speaking, other shareholders may not speak or interrupt unless they have sought and obtained the consent of the chair and the shareholder that has the floor; the chair shall stop any violation.
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. After an attending shareholder has spoken, the chair may respond in person or direct relevant personnel to respond.
Article 12
(Calculation of voting shares and recusal system)
Voting at a shareholders meeting shall be calculated based the number of shares.
With respect to resolutions of shareholders meetings, the number of shares held by a shareholder with no voting rights shall not be calculated as part of the total number of issued shares.
When 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 this Corporation, that shareholder may not vote on that item, and may not exercise voting rights as proxy for any other shareholder.
The number of shares for which voting rights may not be exercised under the preceding paragraph shall not be calculated as part of the voting rights represented by attending shareholders.
With the exception of a trust enterprise or a shareholder services agent approved by the competent securities authority, when one person is concurrently appointed as proxy by two or more shareholders, the voting rights represented by that proxy may not exceed 3 percent 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.
Article 13
A shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share held, except when the shares are restricted shares or are deemed non-voting shares under Article 179, paragraph 2 of the Company Act.
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When this Corporation holds a shareholder meeting, it shall adopt exercise of voting rights by electronic means and may adopt exercise of voting rights by correspondence). When voting rights are exercised by correspondence or electronic means, the method of exercise shall be specified in the shareholders meeting notice. A shareholder exercising voting rights by
correspondence or electronic means will be deemed to have attended the meeting in person, but to have waived his/her rights with respect to the extraordinary motions and amendments to original proposals of that meeting.
A shareholder intending to exercise voting rights by correspondence or electronic means under the preceding paragraph shall deliver a written declaration of intent to this Corporation before 2 days before the date of the shareholders meeting. When duplicate declarations of intent are delivered, the one received earliest shall prevail, except when a declaration is made to cancel the earlier declaration of intent.
After a shareholder has exercised voting rights by correspondence or electronic means, in the event the shareholder intends to attend the shareholders meeting in person, a written declaration of intent to retract the voting rights already exercised under the preceding paragraph shall be made known to this Corporation, by the same means by which the voting rights were exercised, before 2 business days before the date of the shareholders meeting. If the notice of retraction is submitted after that time, the voting rights already exercised by correspondence or electronic means shall prevail. When a shareholder has exercised voting rights both by correspondence or electronic means and by appointing a proxy to attend a shareholders meeting, the voting rights exercised by the proxy in the meeting shall prevail.
Except as otherwise provided in the Company Act and in this Corporation's articles of incorporation, the passage of a proposal shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of the voting rights represented by the attending shareholders. At the time of a vote, for each proposal, the chair or a person designated by the chair shall first announce the total number of voting rights represented by the attending shareholders, followed by a poll of the shareholders. After the conclusion of the meeting, on the same day it is held, the results for each proposal, based on the numbers of votes for and against and the number of abstentions, shall be entered into the MOPS. When there is an amendment or an alternative to a proposal, the chair 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.
Vote monitoring and counting personnel for the voting on a proposal shall be appointed by the chair, provided that all monitoring personnel shall be shareholders of this Corporation. Vote counting for shareholders meeting proposals or elections shall be conducted in public at the place of the shareholders meeting. Immediately after vote counting has been completed, the results of the voting, including the statistical tallies of the numbers of votes, shall be announced on-site at the meeting, and a record made of the vote.
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Article 14
(Election)
The election of directors at a shareholders meeting shall be held in accordance with the applicable election and appointment rules adopted by this Corporation, and the voting results shall be announced on-site immediately, including the names of those elected as directors and the numbers of votes with which they were elected and the names not-elected as directors and the number of votes obtained.
The ballots for the election referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be sealed with the signatures of the monitoring personnel and kept in proper custody for at least 1 year. If, however, a shareholder files a lawsuit pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, the ballots shall be retained until the conclusion of the litigation.
Article 15
Matters relating to the resolutions of a shareholders meeting shall be recorded in the meeting minutes. The meeting minutes shall be signed or sealed by the chair of the meeting and a copy distributed to each shareholder within 20 days after the conclusion of the meeting. This Corporation may distribute the meeting minutes of the preceding paragraph by means of a public announcement made through the MOPS.
The meeting minutes shall accurately record the year, month, day, and place of the meeting, the chair's full name, the methods by which resolutions were adopted, and a summary of the deliberations and their results of resolution (including a record made of the vote); where there is an election of directors, shall record the number of the vote for each candidate who is nominated and the minutes shall be retained for the duration of the existence of this Corporation.
Article 16
(Public disclosure)
On the day of a shareholders meeting, this Corporation shall compile in the prescribed format a statistical statement of the number of shares obtained by solicitors through solicitation and the number of shares represented by proxies, and shall make an express disclosure of the same at the place of the shareholders meeting.
If matters put to a resolution at a shareholders meeting constitute material information under applicable laws or regulations or under Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation regulations, this Corporation shall upload the content of such resolution to the MOPS within the prescribed time period.
Article 17
(Maintaining order at the meeting place)
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Staff handling administrative affairs of a shareholders meeting shall wear identification cards or arm bands.
The chair may direct the proctors or security personnel to help maintain order at the meeting place. When proctors or security personnel help maintain order at the meeting place, they shall wear an identification card or armband bearing the word "Proctor."
At the place of a shareholders meeting, if a shareholder attempts to speak through any device other than the public address equipment set up by this Corporation, the chair may prevent the shareholder from so doing.
When a shareholder violates the rules of procedure and defies the chair's correction, obstructing the proceedings and refusing to heed calls to stop, the chair may direct the proctors or security personnel to escort the shareholder from the meeting.
Article 18
(Recess and resumption of a shareholders meeting)
When a meeting is in progress, the chair may announce a break based on time considerations. If a force majeure event occurs, the chair may rule the meeting temporarily suspended and announce a time when, in view of the circumstances, the meeting will be resumed.
If the meeting venue is no longer available for continued use and not all of the items (including extraordinary motions) on the meeting agenda have been addressed, the shareholders meeting may adopt a resolution to resume the meeting at another venue.
A resolution may be adopted at a shareholders meeting to defer or resume the meeting within 5 days in accordance with Article 182 of the Company Act.
Article 19
These Rules, and any amendments hereto, shall be implemented after adoption by shareholders meetings.
In case of any discrepancy between the English translation and the Chinese version, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Appendix 2
USI Corporation Articles of Incorporation
Section 1. General Provisions
Article 1: The Company is incorporated under the Company Act of the Republic of China and named “ 台灣聚合化學品股份有限公司 ” and “USI Corporation” in English.
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Article 2: The scope of the Company’s business is specified as follows:
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Manufacturing, processing and sale of PE plastic raw materials (including ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins).
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Manufacturing, processing and sale of PE plastic products (including products of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer).
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Manufacturing, processing and sale of catalyst and related chemicals required by the plastic industry.
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R&D of technology related to the plastic industry, and acquisition, sale and license of know-how and patent right thereof.
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Design, manufacturing, processing and sale of plastic processing equipment.
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General import/export businesses (other than those requiring special approval).
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ZZ99999 Other than business requiring special approval, any business not prohibited or restricted by laws or regulations.
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Article 3: The Company’s head office is situated in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, the R.O.C., and, when necessary, may set up branches locally or overseas considered by the Company as necessary or adequate for promoting its business.
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Article 4: Public announcements of the Company shall be made in accordance with Article 28 of the Company Act.
Section 2. Capital
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Article 5: The total capital stock of the Company shall be in the amount of NT$13,426,023,650, divided into 1,342,602,365 shares, at a par value of NT$10 per share, and may be issued in installments.
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Article 6: The Company’s share certificates shall be affixed with the signatures or personal seals of three or more directors of the Company, be assigned with serial numbers, indicate particulars referred to in Article 162 of the Company Act, and be issued upon the competent authority’s approval of the registration of incorporation and certification pursuant to the Company Act. For the shares to be issued to the public by the Company, the Company may be exempted from printing any share certificate for the shares issued.
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Article 7: The share certificates of the Company shall be registered and state each shareholder’s real name. Where there are two (2) persons or more that own the same share or shares, such co-owners shall select one of them to act on behalf of them.
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Article 8: Where it is necessary for the Company to re-issue new share certificates upon transfer of ownership or loss of or damage to the share certificates, the Company may collect sufficient printing costs or adequate stamp duty expenses.
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Article 9: The transfer of shares shall not be registered within 60 days prior to the convening date of a general shareholders' meeting, or within 30 days prior to the convening date of a special shareholders' meeting, or within five (5) days prior to the record date fixed by the Company for distribution of dividends, bonus or other benefits.
Section 3. Shareholders’ Meeting
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Article 10: The Company’s shareholders’ meetings consist of the following:
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General shareholders’ meeting
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Special shareholders’ meeting
The general shareholder’s meeting shall be convened by the Board
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of Directors once a year and within six (6) months after close of each fiscal year pursuant to laws. In the case of important motions to be resolved, a special shareholders’ meeting may be convened by the Board of Directors upon resolution of the Board, or upon written request by shareholder(s) who has/have been continuously holding 3% or more of the total number of the issued shares of the Company over one (1) year. The general shareholders’ meeting and special shareholders’ meeting may be held within/outside the territories of the R.O.C.
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Article 11: Convening of a general shareholders’ meeting shall be notified thirty (30) days ago, and convening of a special shareholders’ meeting to be notified fifteen (15) days ago. The causes of meeting shall be indicated in the notice pursuant to the Company Act or other laws.
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Article 12: Resolutions at a shareholders’ meeting shall, unless otherwise provided for in Company Act or other laws, be adopted by a majority of eligible votes of the shareholders present, who represent more than a majority of the total issued shares.The voting power at a shareholders' meeting of the Company may be exercised by way of electronic transmission. A shareholder who exercises his/her/its voting power at a shareholders meeting by way of electronic transmission shall be deemed to have attended said shareholders' meeting in person. The related matters shall be implemented in accordance with laws.
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Article 13: When the number of shareholders present does not constitute the quorum prescribed in the preceding article, but those present represent one-thirds or more of the total number of issued shares, a tentative resolution may be passed by a majority of those present. A notice of such tentative resolution shall be given to each of the shareholders, and a shareholders’ meeting shall be reconvened within one (1) month. In said shareholders’ meeting, if the tentative resolution is again adopted by a majority of those present who represent one-thirds or more of the total number of issued shares, such tentative resolution shall be deemed to be a resolution under the preceding Article, unless otherwise provided in the Company
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Act.
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Article 14: Unless no voting right or restricted voting right required under laws or the Articles, each of shares held by each shareholder shall have the right to one (1) vote.
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Article 15: Where any shareholder fails to attend a shareholders’ meeting, he/she may appoint a proxy to attend the meeting on behalf of him/her pursuant to the Company Act and exercise power on behalf of him/her. The proxy is not limited to the Company’s shareholder.
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Article 16: Unless otherwise provided in the Company Act, a shareholders’ meeting shall be convened by the Board of Directors , and chaired by the Company’s Chairman of Board. Where the Chairman is absent, the Chairman shall appoint a proxy to act on behalf of him/her pursuant to Article 208 of the Company Act.
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Article 17: Resolutions adopted at a shareholders' meeting shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting, which shall be affixed with the signature or seal of the chairperson of the meeting and shall be, together with the shareholders’ attendance book and proxy letter, if any, retained at the Company.
Section 4. Directors and Audit Committee
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Article 18: A candidates nomination system shall be adopted by the Company for election of independent directors and non-independent directors. The Company shall have 9~11 directors who shall be elected by the shareholders' meeting from among the name list of candidates. The total shares of the Company’s registered share certificates held by the whole directors shall be no less than the proportion prescribed by the competent securities authority.
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Article 18-1: The directors referred to in the preceding Article shall include at least three (3) independent directors.
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The professional qualifications, shares held, restrictions on concurrent positions held, method of nomination and election, and
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other matters for compliance with respect to independent directors shall be governed by the competent securities authority’s related regulations.
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Article 18-2: The Company shall establish an Audit Committee pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act, which shall consist of all independent directors of the Company. The Audit Committee or the committee members shall be responsible for exercising a supervisor’s power prescribed by the Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act, and other related laws.
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Article 18-3: The Company’s Board of Directors may establish other functional committees. The articles of association thereof shall be established by the Board of Directors.
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Article 19: Directors shall hold the position for three (3) years and may be reelectable.
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Article 19-1: The amounts of remuneration to directors shall be determined by the shareholders' meeting based on the rate prevailing in fellow companies and the directors’ participation in and contribution to the Company’s operation, regardless of whether or not the Company operates of profit.
Article 20: Functions of the Board of Directors:
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Research and draft the business policy;
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Review important regulations and contracts;
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Appoint and dismiss managers;
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Set up and terminate branches;
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Review budget and final accounts;
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Propose the motion for amendments to articles of incorporation, change of capital and dissolution or merger of the Company at a shareholders’ meeting;
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Propose the motion for allocation of earnings or covering of loss at a shareholders’ meeting;
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Exercise the powers granted pursuant to laws, Articles of Incorporation and by a shareholders’ meeting.
Article 21: The Chairman of the Board shall be elected among the directors present at a directors’ meeting by a majority vote of the directors
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present the meeting attended by two-thirds or more of the directors.
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Article 22: The Chairman has the power to act on behalf of the Company and control the Company’s important business with power, whose power is only restricted by laws, articles of incorporation, and resolution made by a shareholders’ meeting or directors’ meeting.
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Article 23: Directors’ meetings shall be convened by the Chairman, except for the first meeting of each term of the Board of Directors which shall be convened by the director who received a ballot representing the largest number of votes at the election of directors. The convener shall notify each director of the date & place of the meeting as well as the agenda within seven (7) days prior to the meeting. Any director may waive the right to receive the notice in writing after or before the meeting. A directors’ meetings may be held within/outside the territories of the R.O.C.
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A directors’ meeting may be convened in writing or by electronic transmission.
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Article 24: If a directors’ meeting is convened by the Chairman, the meeting shall be chaired by the Chairman. Where the Chairman is absent, the Chairman shall appoint a proxy to act on behalf of him/her.
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Article 25: A directors’ meeting shall not start, unless it is attended by a majority of directors. Resolutions at a directors’ meeting shall, unless otherwise provided for in Company Act or other laws, be adopted by a majority of eligible votes of the directors present.
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Article 26: A director may authorize another director in writing to attend the directors’ meeting on behalf of him/her and exercise the voting right on behalf of him/her pursuant to laws, provided that a director may accept the appointment to act as the proxy of one other director only.
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Article 27: Directors shall exercise their powers per the resolution adopted by a directors’ meeting.
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Article 28: (Deleted)
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Article 29: (Deleted)
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Article 30: The Board of Directors has set up a Secretariat of the Board dedicated to handling the affairs related to the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Personnel
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Article 31: Job title, appointment, discharge and remuneration of the Company’s managerial personnel, if any, shall be decided by a majority of the directors present at a meeting attended by a majority of the whole directors.
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Article 32: The Company’s managerial personnel shall process the Company’s routine affairs per the resolution made by a directors’ meeting.
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Article 32-1: The Company may purchase liability insurance against the damages to be borne by directors and officers with respect to the scope of business carried out by them during their term of office.
Section 6. Financial Report
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Article 33: The Company’s fiscal year shall commence from January 1 until December 31 of each year. The Board of Directors shall prepare the following reports at the end of each fiscal year and send them to the general shareholders’ meeting for recognition:
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Business report;
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Financial statements;
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Motion for allocation of earnings or covering of loss.
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Article 34: If the Company retains earnings in the current year, it shall allocate the compensation to directors and employees. The compensation to directors shall be no more than 1% of the earnings gained in the current year, while the compensation to employees shall be no less than 1% of the earnings. Notwithstanding, if the Company retains accumulated losses, it shall reserve the amount to be covered in advance.
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Said compensation to employees may be allocated in the form of shares or in cash, including the employees of the Company’s subsidiaries meeting certain specific requirements entitled to receive shares or cash. The specific requirements shall be defined by the Board of Directors.
If the Company has net profits after tax according to its annual financial account, the Company may, after making up all past losses, set aside a 10% legal reserve from the remainder, if any. The remaining allocable earnings, if any, plus the accumulated unappropriated earnings for prior years and the balance after provision or reversal of special earnings required by the competent authority, shall be accumulated allocable earnings, which shall be allocated according to the proposal drafted by the Board of Directors and resolution made by a general shareholders’ meeting duly. The shareholders’ meeting may retain the earnings, in whole or in part, subject to the overview of business.
As the industry which the Company is engaged in refers to a matured industry, when resolving to allocate earnings, in consideration of the R&D needs and diversified business, the shareholders’ dividend allocable shall be no less than 10% of the allocable earnings, including the cash dividend no less than 10% of the whole dividends. Notwithstanding, no dividend shall be allocated, if the allocable earnings per share is less than NT$0.1.
Article 35: The Company’s total investment in other companies may be exempted from the restriction for no more than 40% of the paid-in capital prescribed by the Company Act.
The Company may make endorsement/guarantee externally due to the Company’s business needs or investment needs. The endorsement/guarantee shall be signed by the Chairman on behalf of the Company and comply with the Company’s operating procedure for making endorsement/guarantee.
Section 7. Bylaw
Article 36: The Company’s articles of association and enforcement rules thereof shall be established separately.
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Article 37: Any matters not covered herein shall be implemented in accordance with the Company Act and related laws of the R.O.C.
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Article 38: The Articles of Incorporation was established on May 15, 1965. (following content omitted) 49[th] amendments hereto were made on June 12, 2019.
In case of any discrepancy between the English translation and the Chinese version, the Chinese version shall prevail.
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Appendix 3
USI Corporation Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets (before amendment)
Amended on June 12, 2019
Article 1: Purpose
The Operating Procedure is established in order to protect assets and fulfill the information disclosure.
- Article 2: Legal basis
The Operating Procedure is adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article 36-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and “Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposition of Assets by Public Companies”.
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Article 3: Scope of assets
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I. Investments in stocks, government bonds, corporate bonds, financial bonds, securities representing interest in a fund, depository receipts, call (put) warrants, beneficial interest securities, and asset-backed securities, et al.
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II. Real property (including land, houses and buildings, investment property and rights to use land) and equipment.
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III. Memberships.
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IV. Such intangible assets as patents, copyrights, trademarks, and franchise rights.
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V. Right-of-use assets
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VI. Derivatives.
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VII. Assets acquired or disposed of in connection with mergers, demergers, acquisitions, or transfer of shares in accordance with law.
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VIII. Other substantial assets.
Article 4: Definitions:
- I. Derivatives: Forward contracts, options contracts, futures contracts, leverage contracts or swap contracts, whose value is derived from a specified interest rate, financial instrument price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates, credit rating or credit
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index or other variable; or hybrid contracts combining the above contracts; or hybrid contracts or structured products containing embedded derivatives. The term “forward contracts” does not include insurance contracts, performance contracts, after-sales service contracts, long-term leasing contracts, and long-term purchase (sales) agreements.
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II. Assets acquired or disposed of through mergers, demergers, acquisitions, or transfer of shares in accordance with law: Assets acquired or disposed of through mergers, demergers, or acquisitions conducted under the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act or other laws, or to transfer of shares from another company through issuance of new shares of its own as the consideration therefor (hereinafter referred to as the “transfer of shares”) under Paragraph 8 of Article 156 of the Company Act.
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III. Stakeholder or subsidiary: As defined in the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.
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IV. Professional appraiser: A real property appraiser or other person duly authorized by law to engage in the value appraisal of real property or equipment.
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V. Date of occurrence: Contracting date, date of payment, date of consignment trade, date of transfer, dates of boards of directors’ resolutions, or other date that can confirm the counterpart and monetary amount of the transaction, whichever date is earlier; provided, for investment for which approval of the competent authority is required, the earlier of the above date or the date of receipt of approval by the competent authority shall apply.
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VI. Mainland China area investment: Investments in Mainland China approved by the Ministry of Economic Affairs Investment Commission or conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations Governing Permission for Investment or Technical Cooperation in Mainland China.
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、Over-the-counter venue (“OTC venue,” “OTC”): “Domestic OTC venue” refers to a venue for OTC trading provided by a securities firm in accordance with the Regulations Governing Securities Trading on the Taipei Exchange; “foreign OTC venue” refers to a venue at a financial institution that is regulated by the foreign competent authority and that is permitted to conduct a securities business. -
VIII. The “latest financial statements” referred to herein shall mean the financial statements certified or audited by an external independent auditor as disclosed by the company in the most recent period before
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acquisition or disposition of assets.
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IX. For the calculation of 10 percent of total assets herein, the total assets stated in the latest individual or separate financial statements prepared under the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers shall be used.
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X. In the case of a company whose shares have no par value or a par value other than NT$10, trading values of 20 percent of paid-in capital shall be substituted by 10 percent of equity attributable to owners of the parent.
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Article 5: Limit of investment in real property for non-operating purpose and its right-of-use assets and marketable securities
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Limit on said assets acquired by the Company and each subsidiary is set as following:
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(I) Total investment in real property for non-operating purpose or its rightof-use assets shall be no more than 20% of the Company’s net value, and 100% of net value of the Company’s subsidiary. (No more than 150% of net value of the Company’s investment purpose subsidiary, if any.)
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(II) Total investment in marketable securities shall be no more than 200% of the Company’s net value, and investment in production and sale of any products other than petrochemical products no more than 100% of the Company’s net value. Total investment by a subsidiary shall be no more than 150% of the Company’s net value, including investments in production and the sale of any products other than petrochemical products for no more than 100% of the Company’s net value. (No more than 150% of the Company’s net value, in the case of investment purpose subsidiary.)
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(III) Total investment in individual securities of a subsidiary in which the Company holds more than 50% (inclusive) of its shares shall be no more than 150% of the Company’s net value, while total investment in individual securities of a subsidiary in which the Company holds less than 50% of its shares shall be no more than 100% of the Company’s net value. Total investment in individual securities of an indirect subsidiary in which the subsidiary holds more than 50% (inclusive) of its shares shall be no more than 200% of the subsidiary’s net value, while total investment in individual securities of an indirect subsidiary in which the subsidiary holds less than 50% of its shares shall be no more than 150% of the subsidiary’s net value. (No more than 200% of
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net value of the investment purpose subsidiary, if any.)
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Article 6: 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 shall comply with the following requirements:
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I. May not have previously received a final and non-appealable sentence of imprisonment for 1 year or longer for a violation of the Securities and Exchange Act, the Company Act, the Banking Act of The Republic of China, the Insurance Act, the Financial Holding Company Act or the Business Entity Accounting Act, or for fraud, breach of trust, embezzlement, forgery of documents or occupational crime. However, this provision does not apply if three years have already passed since the completion of service of the sentence, since the expiration of the period of a suspended sentence or since a pardon has been received.
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II. May not be a related party or de facto related party of any party to the transaction.
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III. If the company is required to obtain appraisal reports from two or more professional appraisers, the different professional appraisers or appraisal officers may not be related parties or de facto related parties of each other.
When issuing an appraisal report or opinion, the personnel referred to in the
preceding paragraph shall comply with the following:
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I. Prior to accepting a case, they shall prudently assess their own professional capabilities, practical experience and independence.
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II. When examining a case, they shall appropriately plan and execute the adequate working procedures, in order to produce a conclusion and use the conclusion as the basis for issuing the report or opinion. The related working procedures, data collected and conclusion shall be fully and accurately specified in the case working papers.
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III. They shall undertake an item-by-item evaluation of the comprehensiveness, accuracy and fairness of the sources of data used, the parameters and the information, as the basis for issuance of the appraisal report or the opinion.
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IV. They shall issue a statement attesting to the professional competence and independence of the personnel who prepared the report or opinion, and that they have evaluated and found that the information used is reasonable and accurate, and that they have complied with the applicable laws and regulations.
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Article 7: Where the Company acquires or disposes of assets through court auction procedures, the documentary evidence issued by the court may substitute the appraisal report or CPA opinion.
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Article 8: Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Real Property
、Equipment or its right-of-use assets
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I. Evaluating and operating procedure The Company’s acquisition or disposition of real estate and equipment or its right-of-use assets shall follow the real estate, plant and equipment circulation procedure under the Company’s internal control system.
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II. Procedure for determining trading terms and authorized limit
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(I) Acquisition or disposition of real estate or its right-of-use assets shall take into consideration announced current value, appraised value, and trading value of neighboring real estate. An analysis report shall be submitted to the Chairman of Board after trading terms and trading value are decided. In the case of value less than NT$500 million (inclusive), the acquisition or disposition shall be subject to approval by the Chairman of Board for approval and reported at the latest Board of Directors’ meeting. In the case of value more than NT$500 million, the acquisition or disposition shall be subject to approval of the Board of Directors upon resolution in advance.
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(II) Acquisition or disposition of equipment or its right-of-use assets shall be carried out in the form of price inquiry, price comparison, price negotiation or tender invitation. Acquisition or disposition of equipment valuing less than NT$500 million (inclusive) shall be subject to approval by level of authority pursuant to authorization rules. Acquisition or disposition of equipment more than NT$500 million shall be subject to approval by the Chairman of Board, and by the Board of Directors upon resolution in advance.
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III. Execution unit
The Company’s acquisition or disposition of real estate or equipment or its right-of-use assets shall be subject to approval by the level of authority referred to in the preceding paragraph, and completed by the requesting department and responsible unit.
- IV. Real estate or equipment appraisal report
、 In acquiring or disposing of real property equipment or its right-ofuse assets where the trading value reaches 20 percent of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more (the trading value shall be calculated in the manner referred to in Paragraph 1 (5) of Article 15 herein. “Within the preceding year” as used herein refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items for which an appraisal report from a professional appraiser or a CPA's
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opinion has been obtained need not be counted toward the trading value), the Company, unless transacting with a government agency, engaging others to build on its own land, engaging others to build on rented land, or acquiring or disposing of equipment or its right-of-use assets for operating purpose, shall obtain an appraisal report prior to the date of occurrence of the event from a professional appraiser (the items to be noted in the appraisal report are identified in the appraisal report) and shall further comply with the following provisions:
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(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 trading value, the transaction shall be submitted for approval in advance by the board of directors, and the same procedure shall be followed for any future changes to the trading terms.
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(II) Where the trading value is NT$1 billion or more, appraisals from two or more professional appraisers shall be obtained.
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(III) Where the professional appraiser's appraisal results meet any one of the following circumstances, unless all the appraisal results for the assets to be acquired are higher than the trading value, or all the appraisal results for the assets to be disposed of are lower than the trading value, 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 ROC Accounting Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) and render a specific opinion regarding the reasons for the discrepancies and the appropriateness of the trading value:
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The discrepancy between the appraisal result and the trading value is 20 percent or more of the trading value.
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The discrepancy between the appraisal results of two (2) or more professional appraisers is ten (10) percent or more of the trading value.
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(IV) No more than three (3) months may elapse between the date of the appraisal report issued by a professional appraiser and the contracting date; provided, where the publicly announced current value for the same period applies and not more than six (6) months have elapsed, an opinion may still be issued by the original professional appraiser.
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Article 9: Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Investment in Marketable Securities
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I. Evaluating and operating procedure The Company’s purchase and sale of marketable securities shall follow the investment circulation procedure under the Company’s internal control system.
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II. Procedure for determining trading terms and authorized limit
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(I) Responsible unit shall carry out the transaction of marketable securities traded in the Stock Exchange Market or a securities firm’s business place within the limit authorized by the Board of Directors after judging the market condition.
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(II) In acquiring or disposing of marketable securities, the Company shall, prior to the date of occurrence of the event, obtain financial statements of the object company for the most recent period, certified or reviewed by a certified public accountant, for reference in appraising the trading value, and if the dollar amount of the transaction is 20 percent of the Company's paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more (the trading value shall be calculated in the manner referred to in Paragraph 1 (7) of Article 15 herein. “Within the preceding year” as used herein refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items for which an appraisal report from a professional appraiser or a CPA's opinion has been obtained need not be counted toward the trading value), the Company shall additionally engage a certified public accountant prior to the date of occurrence of the event to provide an opinion regarding the reasonableness of the trading value. If the CPA needs to adopt an expert’s report as evidence, the CPA shall do so in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Auditing Standards No. 20 published by the ARDF. Notwithstanding, this requirement does not apply to public quotation of the marketable securities in an active market, or not apply where otherwise prescribed by the competent securities authority.
The long-term investment in marketable securities referred to in the preceding subparagraphs less than NT$500 million (inclusive) shall be subject to approval by the Chairman of Board and reported to the latest Board of Directors’ meeting, while the investment more than NT$500 million shall be subject to approval in advance by the Board of Directors
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upon resolution.
III. Execution unit
The Company’s investment in marketable securities shall be subject to approval by the level of authority referred to in the preceding paragraph, and completed by Financial Dept.
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Article 10: Operating procedure for dealing with transactions with stakeholders
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I. When the Company engages in any acquisition or disposition of assets from or to a stakeholder, in addition to adopting the procedures referred to in Article 8, Article 9 and Article 11 herein, the Company shall also ensure that the necessary resolutions are adopted and the reasonableness of the transaction terms is appraised according to the following requirement. That is, if the trading value reaches 10 percent or more of the Company's total assets, the Company shall also obtain an appraisal report from a professional appraiser or a CPA's opinion in compliance with the provisions herein. When judging whether a trading counterpart is a stakeholder, in addition to legal formalities, the substance of the relationship shall also be considered.
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II. Evaluating and operating procedure
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When the Company intends to acquire or dispose of real property or its right-of-use assets from or to a stakeholder, or when it intends to acquire or dispose of assets other than real property or its right-of-use assets from or to a stakeholder and the trading value reaches 20 percent or more of paid-in capital, 10 percent or more of the company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more (the trading value shall be calculated in the manner referred to in Paragraph 1 (7) of Article 15 herein. “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 Audit Committee and passed by the Board of Directors need not be counted toward the trading value), 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 majority of Audit Committee and passed by the board of directors :
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(I) The purpose, necessity and anticipated benefit of acquisition or disposition of assets.
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(II) The reason for choosing the stakeholder as a trading counterpart. (III) With respect to the acquisition of real property or its right-of-use assets from a stakeholder, information regarding appraisal of the reasonableness of the preliminary transaction terms in accordance with Paragraph 3 herein.
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(IV) The date and price at which the stakeholder originally acquired the real property, the original trading counterpart, and that trading counterpart's relationship with the Company and the stakeholder.
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(V) Monthly cash flow forecasts for the year commencing from the anticipated month of signing of the contract, and evaluation of the necessity of the transaction, and reasonableness of the funds utilization.
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(VI) An appraisal report from a professional appraiser or a CPA's opinion obtained in compliance with the preceding article.
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(VII) Restrictive covenants and other important stipulations associated with the transaction.
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III. Evaluation on reasonableness of transaction costs
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(I) Acquiring real property or its right-of-use assets from a stakeholder, the Company shall evaluate the reasonableness of the transaction costs in the following manners:
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Based upon the stakeholder’s trading value 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 that it may not be higher than the maximum non-financial industry lending rate announced by the Ministry of Finance.
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Total loan value appraisal from a financial institution where the stakeholder 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 percent or more of the financial institution's appraised loan value of the property and the period of the loan shall have been one (1) year or more. However, this shall not apply where the financial institution is a stakeholder of one of the trading counterparts.
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(II) Where land and structures thereupon are combined as a single property purchased or leased in one (1) transaction, the
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transaction costs for the land and the structures may be separately appraised in any of the manners referred to in the preceding paragraph.
(III) When acquiring real property or its right-of-use assets from a stakeholder and appraising the cost of the real property or its right-of-use assets in accordance with Subparagraph (I) and Subparagraph (II) shall also engage a CPA to check the appraisal and render a specific opinion.
(IV) When the results of the Company’s appraisal conducted in accordance with Subparagraph (I) and Subparagraph (II) are uniformly lower than the trading value, Subparagraph (V) shall apply. 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 have been obtained, this restriction shall not apply:
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Where the stakeholder acquired undeveloped land or leased land for development, it may submit proof of compliance with one of the following conditions:
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(1) Where undeveloped land is appraised in accordance with the means in the preceding Article, and structures according to the stakeholder's construction cost plus reasonable construction profit are valued in excess of the actual trading value. The “Reasonable construction profit” shall be deemed the average gross operating profit margin of the stakeholder’s construction division over the most recent three (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.
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(2) Completed transactions by any persons other than stakeholders 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 or lease discrepancies in floor or area land prices in accordance with standard property market practices.
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Where the Company provides evidence that the terms of the transaction for acquisition of real estate or the right-of-use assets acquired by lease from a stakeholder are similar to the terms of transactions completed for the acquisition of neighboring or closely valued parcels of land of a similar size by any persons other than stakeholders within the preceding year. The completed transactions for neighboring or closely valued parcels of land referred to in the preceding paragraph in principle refer to the 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. The transaction for similarly sized parcels in principle refers to the transaction completed by any persons other than stakeholders for parcels with a land area of no less than 50 percent of the property in the planned transaction. The “within the preceding year” refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the acquisition of the real property or the right-of-use assets.
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(V) When the results of the Company’s appraisal conducted in accordance with Subparagraph (I) and Subparagraph (II) are uniformly lower than the trading value, the following requirements shall apply.
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A special reserve shall be set aside in accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 41 of the Act against the difference between the real property or the right-of-use assets trading value and the appraised cost, and may not be distributed or used for capital increase or issuance of bonus shares.
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Audit Committee shall comply with Article 218 of the Company Act.
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Actions taken pursuant to Item 1 and Item 2 of this
- subparagraph shall be reported to a shareholders’ meeting, and the details of the transaction shall be disclosed in the annual report and any investment prospectus.
Where the Company 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 or termination of lease of the assets it purchased or lease at a premium; or they have been disposed of; or adequate compensation has been
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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 competent securities authority has given its consent.
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(VI) Where the Company acquires real property or the right-of-use assets from a stakeholder and one of the following circumstances exists, the acquisition shall be conducted in accordance with the evaluation and operating procedure referred to in Paragraph 2 of this Article, while the evaluation on reasonableness of transaction costs requirements referred to in Subparagraphs (I), (II) and (III) of this paragraph shall not apply:
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The stakeholder acquired the real property or the right-ofuse assets through inheritance or as a gift.
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More than five (5) years will have elapsed from the time the stakeholder signs the contract to obtain the real property or the right-of-use assets to the signing date for the current transaction.
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The real property is acquired through signing of a joint development contract with the stakeholder, or through engaging a stakeholder to build real property, either on the Company's own land or on rented land.
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The rights-of-use of the real property for business use are acquired by and between this Company and the parent company, between subsidiaries, or between this Company and a subsidiary wholly owned, either directly or indirectly, by this Company.
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(VII) When the Company obtains real property or the right-of-use assets from a stakeholder, it shall also comply with the Subparagraph (V) if there is other evidence indicating that the acquisition is not an arm’s length transaction.
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IV. Acquisition or disposition of equipment valuing less than NT$500 million (inclusive) between the Company and the parent company, between subsidiaries, or between this Company and a subsidiary wholly owned, either directly or indirectly, by this Company shall be decided by the Chairman of Board, and then submitted to the latest Board of Directors’ meeting for recognition. Acquisition or disposition of equipment more than NT$500 million shall be subject to approval by the Board of Directors upon resolution at first.
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(I) Acquisition or disposal of equipment or its right-of-use assets for
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business operations.
- (II) Acquisition or disposal of real property right-of-use assets for business operations.
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Article 11: Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Intangible Assets or the right-of-use assets or Memberships
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I. Evaluating and operating procedure
The Company’s acquisition or disposition of Intangible Assets or the right-of-use assets or Memberships shall follow the real estate, plant and equipment circulation procedure under the Company’s internal control system.
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II. Procedure for determining trading terms and authorized limit To be based on the Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Equipment.
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III. Execution unit
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The Company’s acquisition or disposition of Intangible Assets or the right-of-use assets or Memberships shall be subject to approval by the level of authority referred to in the preceding paragraph, and completed by the requesting department or administrative department.
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IV. Expert’s Evaluation Report on Intangible Assets or the right-of-use assets or Memberships
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Where the Company acquires or disposes of Intangible Assets or the right-of-use assets or Memberships and the trading value reaches 20 percent or more of paid-in capital or NT$300 million or more (the trading value shall be calculated in the manner referred to in Paragraph 1 (7) of Article 15 herein. “Within the preceding year” as used herein refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items for which an appraisal report from a CPA's opinion has been obtained need not be counted toward the trading value), except in transactions with a government agency, the Company shall engage a certified public accountant prior to the date of occurrence of the event to render an opinion on the reasonableness of the trading value, and the CPA shall comply with the provisions of Statement of Auditing Standards No. 20 published by the ARDF.
Article 12: Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Derivatives
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I. Trading Principle and Policy (I) Types of transaction
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The derivatives which the Company is engaged in means
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the trading contracts (exclusively mean the forward contracts, options contracts, interest rate or foreign exchange rate contracts, swap contracts, and compound contracts combining the above products), whose value is derived from assets, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, or other interests. Any transaction involving other major derivatives shall be approved by a majority of all Audit Committee members and submitted to the Board of Directors for a resolution in advance.
- The Operating Procedure shall not apply to repurchase agreement (RP), if any.
(II) Business strategies
- For non-operating purpose:
In order to hedge against risk, it is advisable to choose the trading products capable of hedging against the risk derived from the Company’s business.
- For operating purpose:
Subject to flexibility and mobility.
(III) Division of authority and responsibility
- Procurement Dept. and Business Dept.
To provide the foreign exchange positions for next three
(3) months and related documents by 25th day of each month to help Financial Dept. calculate the Company’s overall foreign exchange positions.
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Financial Dept.
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(1) Trading personnel
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A. To be responsible for researching and drafting the derivatives trading strategies throughout the Company.
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B. The trading personnel shall calculate the positions, collect market information, judge trends and evaluate risk once per two (2) weeks to research and draft operating strategies, which shall serve to be the basis for transactions after being approved subject to the level of authority.
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C. To execute transactions per the level of authority and existing strategies.
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D. Where the trading personnel determine that the
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existing strategies shall not apply any longer due to material changes in the financial market, the trading personnel shall provide their evaluation report at any time and re-draft strategies, which shall serve to be the basis for transactions after being approved by CFO.
- E. To make evaluation per month and submit the evaluation report to CFO.
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(2) Personnel dedicated to settlement: To perform the function of settlement.
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Accounting personnel
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(1) To execute confirmation of transactions.
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(2) To review whether transactions are conducted per the level of authority and existing strategies.
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(3) Accounting.
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(4) To make declaration and disclosure per the competent securities authority’s requirements.
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Level of authority and authorized limit for derivatives transactions
(1) Transaction:
| Level of authority engaged in the transaction |
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| Authorized limit per transaction | |
| Authorized trading personnel |
Less than US$1 million (inclusive) |
| Financial Dept. managers |
Less than US$5 million (inclusive) |
| President | Less than US$10 million(inclusive) |
| Chairman of Board | More than US$10 million |
(2) Approval of transactions:
| Level of authority approving the transaction |
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|---|---|
| Authorized limit per transaction | |
| Financial Dept. managers |
Less than US$5 million |
| President | Less than US$10 million |
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Level of authority approving the Authorized limit per transaction transaction Chairman of Board More than US$10 million (inclusive)
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Performance evaluation
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(1) Accounting Dept. shall be responsible for providing Financial Dept. with the summary report on the Company’s stated foreign exchange rate, interest rate cost and income generated from derivatives transactions.
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(2) In order to completely control and express the evaluation risk over transactions, the Company evaluates the income through monthly statement.
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(3) Financial Dept. shall provide CFO with such information as evaluation on foreign exchange positions, foreign exchange market trends and market analysis for reference.
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Definition of total contract amount and maximum loss limit
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(1) Total contract amount
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A. Limit for non-operating purpose
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a. Foreign exchange rate hedging Financial Dept. shall control the Company’s entire positions to evade trading risk. Total authorized trading value shall be no more than the receivables/payables already held and expected to be generated from the Company’s business or net positions after offset of assets and liabilities.
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b. Any hedges other than foreign exchange rate Financial Dept. shall be no more than the position exposed by the Company to the given risk.
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B. Limit for operating purpose
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The total amount of any contract shall be no more than 10% of the net value referred to in the Company’s financial statements for the last
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quarter of the most recent fiscal year.
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(2) Definition of maximum loss limit
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A. For non-trading purpose: Limits on aggregate losses or losses on individual contracts are 15% of the total contract amount or individual contract amount.
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B. For trading purpose: Limits on aggregate losses or losses on individual contracts are 15% of the total contract amount or individual contract
amount.
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II. Risk management policies
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(I) Credit risk management
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Considering that risk over operation of derivatives might arise due to changes of various factors in the market, the market risk shall be managed in the following manners:
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Trading counterpart: Primarily domestic/foreign renowned financial institutions.
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Trading product: Limited to the products provided by domestic/foreign renowned financial institutions.
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Trading value: The value of transactions with the same trading counterpart which have not yet been offset shall be no more than 30% of the total authorized limit, unless with approval from the Chairman of Board.
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(II) Market risk management
- To be primarily the public foreign exchange market provided by banks, excluding futures market for the time being.
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(III) Liquidity risk management
- In order to ensure the market liquidity, the Company selects the derivatives with high liquidity primarily (to be offset on the market from time to time). The financial institution commissioned to engage in trading shall have sufficient information and ability to engage in trading in any market at any time.
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(IV) Cash flow risk management
- In order to ensure stability of the Company’s working fund, the Company’s source of fund for trading derivatives shall be limited to its own fund, and the operating amount shall take into consideration the funding need for cash income and expenditure
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forecast for future six (6) months.
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(V) Operating risk management
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To strictly comply with the Company’s authorized limit and operating procedures, and include internal audit to avoid operating risk.
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Personnel engaged in derivatives trading may not serve concurrently in other operations such as confirmation and settlement.
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Risk measurement, monitoring, and control personnel shall be assigned to a different department that the personnel in the preceding subparagraph and shall report to the Board of Directors or senior management personnel with no responsibility for trading or position decision-making.
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Derivatives trading positions held shall be evaluated at least once per week; however, positions for hedge trades required by business shall be evaluated at least twice per month. Evaluation reports shall be submitted to senior management personnel authorized by the Board of Directors.
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(VI) Commodity risk management
- Internal personnel dedicated to trading shall have complete and correct knowledge about derivatives and demand that banks should make full risk disclosure to avoid the risk over misuse of derivatives.
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(VII) Legal risk management
- Documents to be signed with financial organizations shall be signed officially after being reviewed by personnel dedicated to foreign exchange and legal affairs, or legal advisers to avoid legal risk.
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III. Accounting principles
Accounting and preparation of financial statements for the Company’s derivatives trading shall comply with the Statements of Financial Accounting Standards.
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IV. Internal audit system
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(I) The internal audit personnel shall periodically make a determination of the suitability of internal controls on derivatives and conduct a monthly audit of how faithfully derivatives trading by the trading department adheres to the procedures for engaging
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in derivatives trading, and prepare an audit report. If any material violation is discovered, Audit Committee shall be notified in
writing.
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(II) The internal audit personnel shall submit the audit report, together with details about the audit conducted in the year of internal audit, to the competent securities authority by the end of February of next year, and report correction of irregular circumstances, if any, to the competent securities authority by the end of May of next year, at the latest.
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V. When the Company engages derivatives trading, the Board of Directors shall faithfully supervise and manage such trading in accordance with the following principles:
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(I) A designated senior management personnel to pay continuous attention to monitoring and controlling derivatives trading risk, in the following manners:
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Periodically evaluate the risk management measures currently employed are appropriate and are faithfully conducted in accordance with the procedures for engaging in derivatives trading formulated by the Company.
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When irregular circumstances are found in the course of supervising trading and profit-loss circumstances, appropriate measures shall be adopted and a report immediately made to the Board of Directors. Where the Company has independent directors, an independent director shall be present at the meeting and express an opinion.
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(II) Periodically evaluate whether derivatives trading performance is consistent with established operational strategy and whether the risk undertaken is within the Company's permitted scope of tolerance.
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(III) The Company shall report to the latest meeting of the Board of Directors after it authorizes the relevant personnel to handle derivatives trading in accordance with the procedures for engaging in derivatives trading formulated by the Company.
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(IV) When engaging in derivatives trading, the Company shall establish a log book in which details of the types and amounts of derivatives trading engaged in, Board of Directors approval dates, and the matters required to be carefully evaluated under
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Subparagraph (V) of Paragraph 2 and Subparagraph (I) and Subparagraph (II) of Paragraph 5 herein shall be recorded in detail in the log book.
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Article 13: Operating procedure for mergers, demergers, acquisitions, or transfer of shares I. Evaluating and operating procedure
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(I) When engaging in mergers, demergers, acquisitions, or transfer of shares, it is advisable for the Company to retain a CPA, attorney-at-law, and securities underwriter to research and draft the schedule for statutory procedures jointly, and organize a taskforce to execute the procedures pursuant to law. Prior to convening the board of directors to resolve on motions, the Company shall retain 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 approval. 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 percent of the issued shares or authorized capital. In case of a merger between subsidiaries in which the Company directly or indirectly holds 100 percent of the respective subsidiaries' issued shares or authorized capital.
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(II) The Company shall prepare a public report to shareholders detailing important contractual content 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 Paragraph 1 (I) herein 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 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
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meeting, the Company shall immediately publicly explain the reason, follow-up measures, and scheduled date of the next shareholders meeting.
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II. Other requirements
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(I) Date of board of directors meeting: A company participating in a merger, demerger, or acquisition shall convene a board of directors 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 competent securities authority is notified in advance of extraordinary circumstances and grants consent. A company participating in a transfer of shares shall call a board of directors meeting on the day of the transaction.
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(II) Written undertaking of confidentiality: Every person participating in or knowing 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.
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(III) Principles for changing share exchange ratio or acquisition price: The Company may not arbitrarily alter the share exchange ratio or acquisition price unless circumstances permitting alteration has been provided in the contract for the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares. The conditions on which share exchange ratio or acquisition price may be changed:
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Cash capital increase, issuance of convertible corporate bonds, or the issuance of bonus shares without consideration, issuance of corporate bonds with warrants, preferred shares with warrants, stock warrants, and other equity based securities.
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An action, such as a disposition of major assets, affects the Company's financial operations.
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An event, such as a major disaster or major change in technology, affects shareholders’ equity or securities price.
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An adjustment where any of the companies participating in the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares
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from another company, buys back treasury stock.
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An increase or decrease in the number of entities or companies participating in the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares.
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Other terms/conditions that the contract stipulates may be altered and that have been publicly disclosed.
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(IV) Contents to be referred to in the contract: The contract shall record the rights and obligations of the companies participating in the merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares, in addition to the following:
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Handling of breach of contract.
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Principles for 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.
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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.
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The manner of handling changes in the number of participating entities or companies.
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Preliminary progress schedule for plan execution, and anticipated completion date.
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Scheduled date for convening the legally mandated shareholders meeting if the plan exceeds the deadline without completion, and relevant procedures.
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(V) In case of changes in the number of participating companies: After public disclosure of the information, if any participating company 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. This is provided 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
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anew.
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(VI) Where any of the participating companies is not a public company, the Company shall sign an agreement with the nonpublic company whereby the latter is required to abide by the provisions of Subparagraphs (I), (II) and (V) of Paragraph 2 herein.
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(VII) The Company shall prepare a full written record of the following information and retain it for five (5) years for reference:
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Basic identification data for personnel: Including the job titles, names, and national ID numbers (or passport numbers in the case of foreign nationals) of all persons involved in any merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of another company's shares prior to disclosure of the information.
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Dates of material events: Including execution of any letter of intent or memorandum of understanding, retaining of a financial or legal advisor, execution of a contract, and convening of a Board of Directors’ meeting.
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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 of Directors meetings.
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(VIII) The Company shall, within two (2) days counting inclusively from the date of passage of a resolution by the Board of Directors, report (in the prescribed format and via the Internetbased information system) the information set out in Item 1 and Item 2 of the preceding subparagraph to the competent securities authority for recordation.
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(IX) Where any of the companies participating in a merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of another company's shares is neither listed on an exchange nor has its shares traded at a securities firm’s business place, the Company shall sign an agreement with such company whereby the latter is required to abide by the provisions referred to in the preceding subparagraphs.
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Article 14: Any transaction involving acquisition or disposition of major assets shall be approved by a majority of all Audit Committee members and submitted to the Board of Directors for a resolution in advance. With respect to the Company’s acquisition or disposition of assets that is subject to the approval of the Board of
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Directors under the Company's procedures or other laws or regulations, if a director expresses dissent and it is contained in the minutes or a written statement, the Company shall submit the director's dissenting opinion to each Audit Committee member. Where the Company has assigned the position of independent director, when a transaction is submitted for discussion by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinions. If an independent director objects to or expresses reservations about any matter, it shall be recorded in the minutes of the Board of Directors’ meeting.
Article 15: Procedure for information disclosure
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I. Standards for matter to be publicly announced and reported
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(I) Acquisition or disposal of real property or the right-of-use assets from or to a stakeholder, or acquisition or disposition of assets other than real property or the right-of-use assets from or to a stakeholder where the trading value reaches 20 percent or more of the Company’s paid-in capital, 10 percent or more of the Company's total assets, or NT$300 million or more. If provided, this shall not apply to trading of government bonds or bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises.
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(II) Mergers, demergers, acquisitions, or transfer of shares.
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(III) Losses from derivatives trading reaching the limits on aggregate losses or losses on individual contracts set out herein.
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(IV) Where the type of asset acquired or disposed of is equipment or the right-of-use assets for operating purpose, the trading counterpart is not a stakeholder, and the trading value meets any of the following criteria:
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For the company whose paid-in capital is less than NT$10 billion, the trading value reaches NT$500 million or more.
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For the company whose paid-in capital is more than NT$10 billion, the trading value reaches NT$1 billion or more.
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(V) Where land is acquired from non-stakeholders 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,
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and the amount the Company expects to invest in the transaction reaches NT$500 million.
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(VI) Where an asset transaction other than any of those referred to in the preceding five subparagraphs, an investment in the mainland China area reaches 20 percent or more than of the Company’s paid-in capital, or NT$300 million; provided, this shall not apply to the following circumstances:
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Trading of domestic government bonds.
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Trading of bonds under repurchase and resale agreements, or subscription or redemption of money market funds issued by domestic securities investment trust enterprises.
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(VII) The amount of transactions above shall be calculated as follows:
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Amount of any individual transaction.
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The cumulative transaction amount of acquisitions and dispositions of the same type of underlying asset with the same trading counterpart within the preceding year.
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The cumulative transaction amount of real property or the right-of-use assets acquisitions and dispositions (cumulative acquisitions and dispositions, respectively) within the same development project within the preceding year.
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The cumulative transaction amount of securities acquisitions and dispositions (cumulative acquisitions and dispositions, respectively) within the same security within the preceding year.
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(VIII) “Within the preceding year” as used in the preceding subparagraph refers to the year preceding the date of occurrence of the current transaction. Items duly announced in accordance with these Regulations need not be counted toward the trading value.
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II. Time limit for public announcement and report
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Where the Company’s acquisition or disposition of assets involves the items to be announced or trading value which meets the standards for public announcement and report referred to herein, the Company shall publicly announce and report the relevant information within two (2) days counting inclusively from the date of occurrence of the event.
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III. Procedure for public announcement and report
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(I) The Company shall publicly announce and report the relevant information on the competent securities authority’s designated
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website.
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(II) The Company shall compile monthly reports on the status of derivatives trading engaged in up to the end of the preceding month by itself 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 competent securities authority by 10th day of each month.
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(III) When the Company at the time of public announcement makes an error or omission in an item required by regulations to be publicly announced and so is required to correct it, all the items shall be again publicly announced and reported in their entirety within two (2) days counting inclusively from the date of knowing of such error or omission.
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(IV) When acquiring or disposing of assets, the Company shall keep all relevant contracts, meeting minutes, log books, appraisal reports and CPA, attorney, and securities underwriter opinions at the Company’s headquarters, where they shall be retained for five (5) years, unless otherwise provided in laws.
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(V) Where any of the following circumstances occurs with respect to a transaction that the Company has already publicly announced and reported in accordance with this Article, a public report of relevant information shall be made on the information reporting website designated by the competent securities authority within two (2) days counting inclusively from the date of occurrence of the event:
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Change, termination, or rescission of a contract signed in regard to the original transaction.
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The merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of shares is not completed by the scheduled date set forth in the contract.
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Change to the originally publicly announced and reported information.
Article 16: The Company’s subsidiaries shall comply with the following requirements:
- I. The subsidiaries shall also adopt the “Operating Procedure for Acquisition or Disposition of Assets” in accordance with the “Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposition of Assets by Public Companies”.
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II. Information required to be publicly announced and reported in accordance with standards for public announcement and report referred to in the “Regulations Governing the Acquisition and Disposition of Assets by Public Companies” on acquisitions and disposition of assets by a subsidiary of the Company that is not itself a public company in Taiwan shall be reported by the Company on behalf of the subsidiary.
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III. The paid-in capital or total assets requirements in the disclosure and reporting criteria of subsidiaries shall be subject to the paid-in capital or total assets of this Company.
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Article 17: Penalty
Where the Company’s employees handle acquisition or disposition of assets in violation of the Operating Procedure, the employees shall be reported for performance appraisal pursuant to the Company’s personnel management rules and employees’ work rules and disciplined subject to seriousness of the case.
Article 18: Enforcement and amendment
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The Operating Procedure shall be enforced upon agreement by a majority of the Audit Committee members, and subject to resolution by a board of directors meeting and approval by a shareholders’ meeting. If a director expresses dissent and it is contained in the minutes or a written statement, the Company shall submit the director's dissenting opinion to the Audit Committee and also state it to a shareholders’ meeting for discussion.
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Where the Company has assigned the position of independent director, when the Operating Procedure is submitted for discussion by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall take into full consideration each independent director's opinions. If an independent director objects to or expresses reservations about any matter, it shall be recorded in the minutes of the board of directors meeting.
Article 19: Bylaw
Any matters not covered herein shall be implemented in accordance with related laws and regulations
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Attachment 1
The appraisal report shall record the following:
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I. Notes to be recorded pursuant to the Regulations on Real Estate Appraisal.
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II. Notes about professional appraisers and their officers.
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(I) The name, capital, organization structure and staffs of professional appraisers.
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(II) Name, age and educational background & work experience (with related certificates) of the appraiser’s officer, and year and period for which they have engaged in appraisal, and number of appraisal cases undertaken by them.
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(III) Relationship among the professional appraiser, officer and client.
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(IV) Issuance of the statement certifying that “the appraisal report is free from any false or concealed statement”.
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(V) Date of the appraisal report.
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III. The basic information about subject property shall include, at least, the name and nature, location and occupied area of the subject property.
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IV. Comparable cases for transaction of real estate with the district where the subject property is situated.
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V. Where the appraisal adopts limited price, specified price, or special price, please specify the conditions for the limited price, specified price or special price and whether such conditions are met, and the cause and reasonableness of difference from fair price, and whether the limited price, specified price or special price can duly serve as the reference for transaction price.
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VI. The joint-construction contract, if any, shall state the reasonable allocation ratio between both parties.
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VII. Estimation of land value increment tax.
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VIII. Where the appraisal results given by the professional appraisers on the same date differ by 20% or more, whether Article 41 of the Real Estate Appraiser Act has applied.
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IX. The attachments shall consist of the statement of appraisal on the subject property, ownership registration information, transcript of cadastral map, urban planning scheme, location map of the subject property, land zoning certificate, and photos showing current status of the subject property.
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Appendix 4
USI Corporation
Stake of Directors
| Stake of Directors | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Name | Stake | |
| Chairperson | Yi-Gui Wu (Representative of Shing Lee Enterprise (Hong Kong) Limited Ltd.) |
173,776,546 | |
| Director | Jing-sho Yu (Representative of Asia Polymer Corporation) |
101,355,673 | |
| Director | Zhe-Yi Gao (Representative of Asia Polymer Corporation) |
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| Director | Guang-Zhe Huang (Representative of Taita Chemical Company, Limited) |
15,109,901 | |
| Director | Ke-Shun Wang (Representative of Taita Chemical Company, Limited) |
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| Director | Hong-TingWu (Representative of Shing Lee Enterprise (Hong Kong) Limited Ltd.) |
173,776,546 | |
| Independent Director |
Chong Chen | 0 | |
| Independent Director |
Tyzz-Jiun Duh | 0 | |
| Independent Director |
Ying-Jun Hai | 0 | |
| Total Stake of Directors | 290,242,120 | ||
| Stake byLaw of Directors | 32,000,000 |
Note: 1.The said stake is the number of shares registered in the List of Shareholders dated by the book due date (April 2) of the 2022 AGM.
- The total issued shares of USI are 1,188,763,500 shares.
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Appendix 5
The Impact of Stock Dividend Issuance on Business Performance, EPS, and ROE: No estimates should be disclosed as no finaincal forecast was made for 2022.
| Performance, EPS, and ROE:No estimates no finaincal forecast was made for2022. |
Performance, EPS, and ROE:No estimates no finaincal forecast was made for2022. |
Performance, EPS, and ROE:No estimates no finaincal forecast was made for2022. |
should be disclosed a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year Item |
2022 (Estimates) |
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| Beginning paid-in capital | NT$11,887,635,000 | ||
| Stock dividend of the year (Note 1) |
Cash dividend per share | NT$2.2 | |
Stock dividend per share for capitalization with earnings. |
0 share |
||
| Stock dividend per share for capitalization with capital reserve. |
0 share |
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| Impact on business performance |
Operating income | N/A (Note 2) | |
| Rate of increase (decrease) of operating income YOY |
|||
| Net profit after tax | |||
| Rate of increase (decrease) of net profit after tax YOY |
|||
| EPS | |||
| Rate of increase (decrease) of EPS YOY | |||
| Average ROI (reciprocal of average price- earnings ratio (PER) |
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| Proposed EPS and PER |
If issuing dividends in cash for capitalization with earnings |
Proposed EPS | |
| Proposed annual average ROI |
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| If no capitalization with legal reserve |
Proposed EPS | ||
| Proposed annual average ROI |
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| If issuing dividends in cash for capitalization with earnings without capitalization with legal reserve |
Proposed EPS | ||
| Proposed annual average ROI |
Note 1: Dividend distribution for 2021 is shown according to the profit distribution proposal resolved by the Board on March 10, 2022.
Note 2: USI does not conduct open financial forecast of any kind, and the information relating to the impact on business performance, proposed EPS and PER are not applicable.
- The company shall present all basic assumptions for estimates or proposed data.
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Proposed EPS for issuing dividends in cash for capitalization with earnings.
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= [Net profit after tax – Imputed interest for cash dividends x (1 – Tax rate)] ÷ [Total Issued Shares by End of Year – Number of Shares with Dividends]*
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Imputed interest for cash dividends* = Amount of capitalization with earnings x General interest rate for one-year loan
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Number of Shares with Dividends**: The number of shares increased from the stock dividends in the previous year.
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Annual PER: Annual Average Market Price Per Share ÷ EPA in the Annual Financial Statement
Chairman: Manager: Case Officer:
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Appendix 6
Description of shareholders proposals:
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Referring to Article 172-1 of the Company Act:
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“Shareholder(s) holding one per cent (1%) or more of the total number of outstanding shares of a company may make a proposal for discussion at a general meeting of shareholders, provided that only one matter shall be allowed in each single proposal of not more than 300 words.”
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The acceptance period of proposals from shareholders for the 2022AGM is from March 26, 2022 to April 5, 2022. Such information was disclosed on the Market Observation Post System by law on March 16, 2022.
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No proposal from shareholder was received during the said period.
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