Diversity of membership

2020-12-03

Diversity of membership The Company has it formulated in the “Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles” that the composition of the board of directors shall be determined by taking diversity into consideration and formulating an appropriate policy on diversity. Moreover, the Company’s directors are managerial officers with many years of experience in business practice, and have the necessary knowledge, skill, and experience to perform their duties. The diversification of the Company’s incumbent board directors is substantiated as follows: The Company's diversity policy and specific management objectives and achievements are summarized below:

Management TargetProgress
At least one-third of the directors have expertise in computer industry, marketing or technology.

Achieved
At least one-third of the independent directors have legal, financial or scientific expertise.

Achieved

The achieved diversity of the current members of the Board of Directors in 2022 is as follows:

Diversity Core Name of directors
ProfileIndustry experienceProfessional ability
NationalitySexEmployeeAgeIndependent director seniority (years)Metals and MachineryInformation and TechnologyInvestment businessNecessity consumption & dietingSports and LeisureOptical ManufacturingArchitecture and EngineeringTransportationFinancial securitiesTradingRisk ManagementAccountingLaw
40-5051-6061-70Less than 36-9
Hu, Shiang-Chi ROC Male ✔ - - ✔ - - ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ - - ○ ✔ ✔ ○ ○
Tong, Chun-Jen ROC Male - - ✔ - - - ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ - - ○ ✔ ✔ ○ ○
Tong, Chun-Yi ROC Male - ✔ - - - - ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ - - ○ ✔ ✔ ○ ○
Obara Masami Japan Male ✔ - - ✔ - - ✔ ✔ ✔ - - - - - - ○ ✔ ○ ○
Takahashi Yuya Japan Male - ✔ - - - - - - - ○ - - - - - ✔ ✔ - -
Sugiyama Shimpei Japan Male - ✔ - - - - - - - ✔ - - - - ✔ ✔ ✔ - -
Chen, Wei-Yue ROC Male - - ✔ - ✔ - - - - - - - - - ○ - ✔ ✔ ○
Lin, Tian-Song ROC Male - - - ✔ ✔ - - - - - - - - ✔ - ✔ ✔ ○ ○
Chen, Che-Sheng ROC Male - - ✔ - ✔ - ✔ - - - - - ✔ - - ○ ✔ ○ ○
Note:“✔” indicates ability; “○” indicates partial ability.

There are 9 board directors elected for the 2nd term of the board of directors, including 6 non-independent directors (67%) and 3 independent directors (33%), who are experienced in the overall business judgment, leadership & decision-making, business management, international market perspective, and crisis management, including industry experience and professional ability. Among them, the independent director Mr. Chen, Wei-Yue is a Certified Public Accountant with practical practice and management experience, and the independent director Mr. Lin Tian-Song was the CEO of Dimerco Group with experience in international business management and international transportation & logistics. Independent Director Mr. Chen, Che-Sheng graduated from the Department of Materials Science of the University of Tokyo, Japan with a Ph.D. and a master’s degree received and a master’s degree in Industrial Management from Stanford University in the United States with experience in industry management. All three independent directors are serving their first term of office with a nationality of Taiwan. Directors Mr. Tong, Chun-Jen and Tong, Chun-Yi are brothers, but the other directors have neither a spousal relationship nor a relationship within the second degree of kinship with one another. Therefore, there is free of any matter as stated in Article 26-3 Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 of the Securities and Exchange Act.

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