Election of Independent Directors

    The Company adopts the candidate nomination system under Article 192-1 of the Company Act for the election of independent directors, which is set forth in the Company's Articles of Incorporation.
    The 13th term of three Independent Directors (Mr. W. K. Tai, Mr. Michael Chu, and Mr. Chun-Cheng Shi) were recommended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and submitted to the 15th meeting of the 12th term of the Board of Directors for consideration and approval. The nominations were submitted to the Company in writing with relevant supporting documents during the period when nominations for Independent Directors were accepted. The Board of Directors reviewed the list of Independent Director candidates after the nomination period and it determined in the 16th meeting of the 12th-term Board of Directors that the candidates satisfy all criteria for Independent Directors specified in Article 192-1 of the Company Act. The list of candidates was forwarded to the 2021 annual general shareholders' meeting for election and appointment.

   On July 28, 2021, the shareholders' meeting voted on the independent director candidates and elected as Independent Directors W. K. Tai, Michael Chu, and Chun-Cheng Shi. The results of the election were as follows:

Title	Name of candidate	Votes Number of Elected Rights Received
Independent Director	Chun-Cheng Shi	37,617,007
Independent Director	Michael Chu	32,526,104
Independent Director	W. K. Tai	32,501,551