Functional Committees

The Company has established the Audit Committee and its bylaws on April 11th, 2017, in compliance with Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act. and Regulations Governing the Exercise of Powers by Audit Committees of Public Companies. According to Article 4 of the bylaw, the Audit Committee shall consist of all independent directors and the number of committee members shall not be fewer than three. Committee members professional qualifications and experiences

Name Professional Qualifications and Experiences
Wen-I Lo Independent Director, Wen-I Lo, graduated from National ChengChi University with a Master of Business Administration. He is also the convener of the Company’s Audit Committee and has a CPA license. He was the President of China Venture Management, Inc. and the Vice President of CDIB Capital Management Corporation. He now serves as a director or a supervisor in other TWSE and TPEx-listed companies. He has vast experience and expertise in accounting, business management and risk management and is not a person of any conditions set forth in Article 30 of the Company Act.
Shi-Chern Yen Independent Director, Shi-Chern Yen, graduated from University of Wisconsin with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. He was the Professor of Chemical Engineering in National Taiwan University until retirement. He is now the honorary and adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering in National Taiwan University and a member of the Company’s Compensation Committee and Audit Committee. Professor Yen has profound knowledge in chemical engineering and environmental safety and health, which is beneficial to the Company concerning risk management of factory operation. Mr. Shi-Chern Yen is not a person of any conditions set forth in Article 30 of the Company Act.
Yung-Shun Chuang Independent Director, Yung-Shun Chuang, is an Honorary Doctorate of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He was elected as an Independent Director in the by-election at Shareholders’ Meeting on July 16, 2021. He is the convener of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. He is a chairperson in multiple TWSE-listed companies and serves concurrently as a director, thereby having vast experience and expertise in business and risk management. He is not a person of any conditions set forth in Article 30 of the Company Act.
 

The main responsibility of the Audit Committee is to supervise the following matters:

  • To formulate or amend internal control system pursuant to Article 14-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act.
  • To assess the effectiveness of the internal control system.
  • To formulate or amend procedures for significant financial or business activities pursuant to Article 36-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act; for example, acquisition or disposal of assets, derivatives transactions, lending funds to other parties, and provision of endorsements or guarantees to other parties.
  • Matters involving Directors’ personal interests.
  • Material asset or derivative instrument transactions.
  • Material loans to others or provision of endorsement or guarantees.
  • Offering, issuance, or private placement of equity-type marketable securities.
  • Appointment and discharge of CPAs or their compensation.
  • Appointment or discharge of a financial, accounting, or internal audit officer.
  • Annual financial reports which signed by Chairperson, managers and accounting supervisors, and the Q2 financial reports which audited by CPAs.
  • Other material matters governed by the Company or the competent authorities.

 

Operation of the Audit Committee

  • The Company's Audit Committee comprises three members.
  • Term of current Committee members: May 30th, 2023 to May 29th, 2026.
  • The Audit Committee convened 5 (A) meetings in 2024. The attendance status is as follows:
Title Name Attendance In Person (B) Attendance by Proxy Actual Attendance Rate(%)
(B/A)(Note)
Note
Convener Wen-I Lo 5 0 100% Appointed by the Board on May 30, 2023 (Re-elected at Shareholders’ Meeting on May 30, 2023)
Member Yung-Shun Chuang 4 1 80% Appointed by the Board on May 30, 2023 (Re-elected at Shareholders’ Meeting on May 30, 2023)
Member Shi-Chern Yen 5 0 100% Appointed by the Board on May 30, 2023 (Re-elected at Shareholders’ Meeting on May 30, 2023)
  • Other information:
    • When one of the following situations occurs, the date and session of the Board meeting, contents of motions, the Committee's resolutions and actions taken by the Company regarding the Committee's opinions shall be specified.
      • Matters specified in Article 14-5 of the Securities and Exchange Act
      • Except for above-mentioned items, resolutions which were not approved by the Audit Committee but was approved by two-thirds or more of all Directors in 2024: None.