The Board resolved the record date for distribution of dividend and period closed for conversion of the Company's first convertible corporate bonds

Date of the resolution of the board of directors’ or shareholders’ meeting or decision by the Company

February 24, 2025

Type of ex-rights or ex-dividend (please enter: “Ex-rights”, “Ex-dividend”, or “Ex-rights and dividend”)

Ex-dividend

Type and monetary amount of dividend distribution

Cash dividend for common shares NT$815,089,000

(NT$10.47151662 per share)

Ex-rights (ex-dividend) trading date

2025/03/27

Last date before book closure

2025/03/29

Book closure starting date

2025/03/30

Book closure ending date

2025/04/03

Ex-rights (ex-dividend) record date

2025/04/03

Deadline for applying the conversion of the debt voucher      

2025/03/06

The closure period for the conversion of the debt voucher will start from the date 

2025/03/10

The closure period for the conversion of the debt voucher will end on the date

2025/04/03

Payment date of cash dividend distribution

2025/04/22

Any other matters that need to be specified

1)  In order to proceed the matters related to ex-dividend and ordinary general meeting, the first convertible corporate bonds issued by the Company in the Republic of China is closed for conversion from March 10, 2025 to May 28, 2025. If the bondholders plan to apply for conversion, they should go through the conversion procedures with the stock agent no later than March 6, 2025.

2) The last date before book closure (March 29, 2025) falls on a holiday, so shareholders shall go in person to the Register & Transfer Agency Department of SinoPac Securities Corporation (3F, No.17, Bo-Ai Road, Taipei City 100, Taiwan R.O.C.) for share ownership transfer before 4:00 p.m. on March 28, 2025.  For registered mailers, the postmark date shall be March 29, 2025 (Last date before book closure). For those who participate in the centralized transfer procedure by Taiwan Depository and Clearing Corporation, the stock agent will directly handle the transfer procedures based on the submitted information.

3) The total amount of the outstanding common shares may vary subsequently as the result of the conversion of the Company’s Employee Stock Options Plan, convertible corporate bond or other laws or regulations, which then lead to adjustment on dividend distribution ratio. It is hereby proposed for full authorization on the Chairman’s decisions to adjust the ratio base on the actual outstanding common shares, and shall be separately announced.