Director's Professional Knowledge and Independence Status

Board MembersWhether possessing more than five years of work experience and the following professional qualificationsIndependence Status (Note)Number of independent directorships concurrently held in other public companies
Lecturer or above in business, legal, financial, accounting, or departments related to company operations at public or private colleges and universities.Judge, prosecutor, lawyer, accountant, or other professionals and technicians who have passed national examinations and hold certificates in fields essential to the company's operations.Business, legal, financial, accounting, or experience required for the company's operations123456789101112
Nelson An-ping Chang--✓--✓✓-✓✓✓✓✓✓--
Roman CHENG--✓--✓✓-✓✓✓✓✓✓--
Kenneth C.M. LO✓-✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓--
Yu-Cheng Chiao--✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓--
Eric CHEN Sun Te--✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓-1
Kang-Lung (Jason) CHANG--✓✓✓✓-✓✓✓✓✓✓✓--
Por-Yuan WANG--✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓-1
Kung-Yi KOO--✓--✓✓--✓✓✓✓✓--
Chien WEN--✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓--
Liz WANG--✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓--
Victor WANG✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓3
Lynette Ling-Tai CHOU✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓1
Sherry S. L. LIN--✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓-
Ruu-Tian CHANG---✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓-

Note: The independence status of each director during the two years prior to their election and throughout their term of office:

  1. Not an employee of the company or any of its affiliated enterprises.
  2. The individual must not serve as a director or supervisor of the company or its affiliated enterprises. However, this restriction does not apply to independent directors who also serve as independent directors of the company, its parent company, a subsidiary, or another subsidiary of the same parent company, provided they are established in accordance with this law or local regulations.
  3. The individual is not a natural person shareholder who holds more than 1% of the company's total issued shares, nor are they among the top ten shareholders, either in their own name or on behalf of their spouse, minor children, or others.
  4. The individual is not the spouse, relative within the second degree of kinship, or direct blood relative within the third degree of kinship of managers listed in (1) or personnel listed in (2) and (3).
  5. The individual is not a director, supervisor, or employee of a legal entity shareholder who directly holds more than 5% of the company's total issued shares, ranks among the top five shareholders, or has appointed a representative to serve as a director or supervisor of the company in accordance with Paragraph 1 or 2, Article 27 of the Company Act. However, this restriction does not apply to independent directors who also serve as independent directors of the company and its parent company, subsidiary, or another subsidiary of the same parent company, provided they are established in accordance with this law or local regulations.
  6. The individual is not a director, supervisor, or employee of another company in which the same person who controls the company and holds a majority of the director positions or voting shares. However, this restriction does not apply to independent directors who also serve as independent directors of the company and its parent company, subsidiary, or another subsidiary of the same parent company, provided they are established in accordance with this law or local regulations.
  7. The individual is not a director (director member), supervisor (supervisor member), or employee of another company or institution where the chairman, president, or equivalent positions are held by the same person or their spouse as in the company. However, this restriction does not apply to independent directors who also serve as independent directors of the company and its parent company, subsidiary, or another subsidiary of the same parent company, provided they are established in accordance with this law or local regulations.
  8. The individual is not a director (director member), supervisor (supervisor member), manager, or shareholder holding more than 5% of shares in a specific company or institution that has financial or business dealings with the company. However, this restriction does not apply to independent directors who also serve as independent directors of the company and its parent company, subsidiary, or another subsidiary of the same parent company, provided they are established in accordance with this law or local regulations, and where the specific company or institution holds more than 20% but less than 50% of the company's total issued shares.
  9. The individual is not a professional who provides audit services to the company or affiliated enterprises, nor a business owner, partner, director (director member), supervisor (supervisor member), manager, or their spouse, of a sole proprietorship, partnership, company, or institution that provides commercial, legal, financial, accounting, or other related services to the company or affiliated enterprises, where the total compensation received in the past two years does not exceed NT$500,000.However, this restriction does not apply to members of the Remuneration Committee, public tender offer review committee, or special committee for mergers and acquisitions who perform their duties in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Act or the Business Mergers and Acquisitions Act.
  10. The individual is not the spouse or a relative within the second degree of kinship of any other director.
  11. The individual does not have any of the conditions listed in Article 30 of the Company Act.
  12. The individual is not being elected as a representative of the government, a legal entity, or a representative thereof in accordance with Article 27 of the Company Act.