6-K

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of April, 2024

Commission File Number 001-37928

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

No. 1, R&D Rd. 1, Hsinchu Science Park

Hsinchu, Taiwan

Republic of China

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐

 


 

Copies of notices of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.’s 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders and related materials are attached as Exhibits 99.1 through 99.4 to this Form 6-K.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 29, 2024

 

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

        (Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/S/ S. J. Cheng

 

 

Name:

S. J. Cheng

 

 

Title:

Chairman & President

 

 


 

Exhibit Number

Description

99.1

Depositary’s Notice of 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting for American Depositary Shares

99.2

2024 Voting Instructions of 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting for American Depositary Shares

99.3

Company’s Notice of 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting for the Shareholders (Translation)

99.4

2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Handbook (Translation)

 

 

 


EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

Time Sensitive

Materials

 

 

 

Depositary’s Notice of

2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

ADSs:

American Depositary Shares evidenced by American

Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”).

ADS CUSIP No.:

16965P202.*

ADS Record Date:

March 28, 2024.

Meeting Specifics:

2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting - May 30, 2024 at 9:00

A.M. (local time) at the Hsinchu Science Park Life Hub, Einstein Hall, 2F, No. 1, Industry E. 2nd Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan (the "Meeting").

Meeting Agenda:

Please refer to the Company’s Meeting Handbook which is available at https://www.chipmos.com/english/ir/info.aspx.

ADS Voting Instructions Deadline:

On or before 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on May 22, 2024.

Deposited Securities:

Common shares, par value NT$10 per share ("Share"), of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC., a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of China (the “Company”).

ADS Ratio:

20 Shares to 1 American Depositary Share ("ADS").

Depositary:

Citibank, N.A.

Custodian of Deposited Securities:

First Commercial Bank.

Deposit Agreement:

Deposit Agreement, dated October 31, 2016 by and among the Company, the Depositary, and all Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs evidenced by ADRs issued thereunder.

 

*ADS CUSIP No. is provided as a convenience only and without any liability for accuracy.

To be counted, your Voting Instructions need to be received by the

Depositary prior to 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on

May 22, 2024.

Note that if you do not timely return the Voting Instructions to the Depositary, the Deposited Securities represented by your ADSs may nevertheless be voted upon the terms set forth in the Deposit Agreement.


 

The Company has announced that an Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be held at the date, time and location identified above. A copy of the Company's Meeting Handbook which includes the agenda for such Meeting is available at https://www.chipmos.com/english/ir/info.aspx. Additionally, the Company's annual and financial reports are available on the Company's corporate website at https://www.chipmos.com. As set forth in the Section 4.10(a) of the Deposit Agreement, Holders of record of ADSs as of the close of business on the ADS Record Date, will be entitled, subject to applicable provisions of the laws of the Republic of China, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and the provisions of or governing the Deposited Securities, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Deposited Securities represented by such Holders’ ADSs.

Holders of ADSs wishing to give voting instructions to the Depositary must sign, complete and return the enclosed Voting Instructions prior to the ADS Voting Instructions Deadline in the enclosed pre-addressed envelope.

In accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 4.10 of the Deposit Agreement, upon timely receipt of signed and completed Voting Instructions from a Holder of ADSs, the Depositary shall endeavor, insofar as practicable and permitted under applicable law, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and the Deposited Securities, to vote, or cause the Custodian to vote (in person or by proxy), the Deposited Securities in respect of which Voting Instructions have been received in accordance with the instructions contained therein.

Please note that, in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 4.10(b) of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary agrees not to, and shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the Custodian and each of its nominees, if any, do not, vote the Deposited Securities represented by ADSs other than in accordance with the instructions of Holders as of the ADS Record Date or as provided below. The Depositary shall not exercise any voting discretion over the Deposited Securities.

Please also note that, in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 4.10(b) of the Deposit Agreement, if the Depositary does not receive instructions from a Holder as of the ADS Record Date on or before the date established by the Depositary for such purpose, such Holder shall be deemed, and the Depositary shall deem such Holder, to have instructed the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company to vote the Deposited Securities; provided, however, that no such discretionary proxy shall be given by the Depositary with respect to any matter to be voted upon as to which the Company informs the Depositary that (i) the Company does not wish such proxy to be given, (ii) substantial opposition exists, or (iii) the rights of holders of Deposited Securities may be adversely affected.

Please further note that, in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 4.10(b) of the Deposit Agreement, if the Depositary timely receives voting instructions from a Holder which fails to specify the manner in which the Depositary is to vote the Deposited Securities represented by such Holder’s ADSs, the Depositary will deem such Holder (unless otherwise specified in the notice distributed to Holders) to have instructed the Depositary to vote in favor of the items set forth in such voting instructions. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the Depositary shall represent all Deposited Securities (whether or not voting instructions have been received in respect of such Deposited Securities from Holders as of the ADS Record Date) for the sole purpose of establishing quorum at the relevant meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Depositary has given a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company to vote the Deposited Securities, that person shall be free to exercise the votes attaching to those Deposited Securities in any manner he or she wishes, which may not be in the best interests of the Holders.

Please also note that pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Deposit Agreement, the Company may restrict transfers of ADSs where such transfer may result in the total number of Deposited Securities represented by such ADSs owned by a single Holder or Beneficial Owner to exceed limits imposed by applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and may instruct the Depositary to take action including, but not limited to, the removal or limitation of voting rights with respect to any Holder or Beneficial Owner of ADSs representing Deposited Securities in excess of such limits.

Please also note that the Company has informed the Depositary that pursuant to Article 165 of the Company Act, the registration of shareholders of the Company will cease from April 1, 2024 to May 30, 2024.

The information contained herein with respect to the Meeting has been provided by the Company. Citibank, N.A. is forwarding this information to you solely as Depositary and in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement and disclaims any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of such information. Citibank, N.A. does not, and should not be deemed to, express any opinion with respect to the proposals to be considered at the Meeting. The rights and obligation of Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs, the Company and the Depositary are set forth in their entirety in the Deposit Agreement and summarized in the ADRs. If you wish to receive a copy of the Deposit Agreement, please contact the Depositary at the number set forth below.

 

If you have any questions about the way in which Voting Instructions may be delivered to the Depositary, please contact Citibank, N.A. - ADR Shareholder Services at (877-248-4237).

 

Citibank, N.A., as Depositary

 


 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

2024 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

 

Q: What is cumulative voting?

Cumulative voting is a method of voting for Directors of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (the “Company”) by a Holder(s) of ADSs as of the ADS Record Date. This voting method entitles you to as many votes as equal the number of ADSs held by you as of the ADS Record Date, multiplied by the number of Directors to be elected.

 

Q: How do I cumulate my votes in the election of Directors?

In connection with the cumulative voting feature for the election of Directors, you are entitled to as many votes as equal to the number of ADSs held by you as of the ADS Record Date multiplied by the number of Directors, including Independent Directors and Non-Independent Directors, to be elected. You may cast all of your votes for any single Director Nominee (whether an Independent or a Non-Independent Director Nominee). The votes can also be distributed to several Director Nominees whether Independent Directors Nominees and Non-Independent Directors Nominees.

For example, when nine (9) Directors, including five (5) Independent Directors and four (4) Non- Independent Directors, are to be elected, a Holder of 100 ADSs may cast all 900 votes for any one single Director Nominee (whether an Independent or a Non-Independent Director Nominee). The 900 votes can also be distributed to several Director Nominees in any manner by so noting in the space provided on the voting instructions card. Please note that Beneficial Owners should contact their broker, bank or nominee to cumulate votes for Director Nominees.

To exercise your votes cumulatively as an ADS Holder, you may either:

Exercise your votes “For All” or “Withhold All” with noted exceptions by completing Box A on the ADS voting card

 

OR

Allocate your votes to individual Director Nominees by completing Box B in the ADS voting card. Please note that the maximum number of votes you may allocate is calculated by multiplying (x) the number of ADSs you hold as of the ADS Record Date with (y) the number of Director Nominees (in this case nine (9) Director Nominees).

 


EX-99.2

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

 

The Voting Instructions must be signed, completed and received at the indicated address prior to

10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on May 22, 2024 for action to be taken.

 

2024 VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

 

AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES

 

 

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (the “Company”)

ADS CUSIP No.:

16965P202.*

ADS Record Date:

March 28, 2024

Meeting Specifics:

2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting - May 30, 2024 at 9:00 A.M. (local time) at the Hsinchu Science Park Life Hub, Einstein Hall, 2F, No. 1, Industry E. 2nd Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan (the "Meeting").

Meeting Agenda:

Please refer to the Company’s Meeting Handbook which is available at https://www.chipmos.com/english/ir/info.aspx.

Depositary:

Citibank, N.A.

Deposit Agreement:

Deposit Agreement, dated October 31, 2016.

Deposited Securities:

Common shares, par value NT$10 per share, of the Company.

Custodian:

First Commercial Bank.

 

*ADS CUSIP No. is provided as a convenience only and without any liability for accuracy.

 

The undersigned holder, as of the ADS Record Date, of the American Depositary Receipt(s) issued under the Deposit Agreement and evidencing the American Depositary Shares identified on the reverse side hereof (such American Depositary Shares, the “ADSs”), hereby authorizes and directs the Depositary to cause to be voted at the Meeting (and any adjournment or postponement thereof) the Deposited Securities represented by the ADSs in the manner indicated on the reverse side hereof.

 

Please note that, in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 4.10(b) of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary agrees not to, and shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the Custodian and each of its nominees, if any, do not, vote the Deposited Securities represented by ADSs other than in accordance with the instructions of Holders as of the ADS Record Date or as provided below. The Depositary shall not exercise any voting discretion over the Deposited Securities.

 

Please also note that, in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 4.10(b) of the Deposit Agreement, if the Depositary does not receive instructions from a Holder as of the ADS Record Date on or before the date established by the Depositary for such purpose, such Holder shall be deemed, and the Depositary shall deem such Holder, to have instructed the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company to vote the Deposited Securities; provided, however, that no such discretionary proxy shall be given by the Depositary with respect to any matter to be voted upon as to which the Company informs the Depositary that (i) the Company does not wish such proxy to be given, (ii) substantial opposition exists, or (iii) the rights of holders of Deposited Securities may be adversely affected.

 

Please further note that, in accordance with and subject to the terms of Section 4.10(b) of the Deposit Agreement, if the Depositary timely receives voting instructions from a Holder which fails to specify the manner in which the Depositary is to vote the Deposited Securities represented by such Holder’s ADSs, the Depositary will deem such Holder (unless otherwise specified in the notice distributed to Holders) to have instructed the Depositary to vote in favor of the items set forth in such voting instructions. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the Depositary shall represent all Deposited Securities (whether or not voting instructions have been received in respect of such Deposited Securities from Holders as of the ADS Record Date) for the sole purpose of establishing quorum at the relevant meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Depositary has given a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company to vote the Deposited Securities, that person shall be free to exercise the votes attaching to those Deposited Securities in any manner he or she wishes, which may not be in the best interests of the Holders.

 

Please also note that pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Deposit Agreement, the Company may restrict transfers of ADSs where such transfer may result in the total number of Deposited Securities represented by such ADSs owned by a single Holder or Beneficial Owner to exceed limits imposed by applicable law or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, and may instruct the Depositary to take action including, but not limited to, the removal or limitation of voting rights with respect to any Holder or Beneficial Owner of ADSs representing Deposited Securities in excess of such limits.

 

Please also note that the Company has informed the Depositary that pursuant to Article 165 of the Company Act, the registration of shareholders of the Company will cease from April 1, 2024 to May 30, 2024.

 

Please indicate on the reverse side hereof how the Deposited Securities are to be voted.

 

The Voting Instructions must be marked, signed and returned on time in order to be counted.

 

By signing on the reverse side hereof, the undersigned represents to the Depositary and the Company that the undersigned is duly authorized to give the voting instructions contained therein.

 


 

Proposals

III.
Matters for Ratification
1.
Adoption of the Business Report and Financial Statements for fiscal year 2023.
2.
Adoption of the earnings distribution plan for fiscal year 2023.
IV.
Elections
1.
To elect nine directors (including independent directors) of the 11th Board of Directors.
V.
Other Proposals
1.
Release the prohibition on the 11th Board of Directors (including independent directors) from participation in competitive business under Article 209 of the Company Act.

The Company has informed the Depositary that its Board of Directors recommends a "FOR" vote for all proposals.

 

A

 

Issues

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

 

Proposal IV.

Election of Directors

 

 

 

 

Proposal III(1)

 

 

 

 

 

A. For All or Withhold All

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR ELECTION OF

ALL DIRECTOR

NOMINEES

 

WITHHOLD VOTE

 FROM ALL DIRECTOR

NOMINEES

Proposal III(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposal IV.

 

 

 

 

 

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Except for Director Nominee(s) listed below

from whom vote is withheld:

 

 

Proposal V(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exception(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. Allocated Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To cumulate votes and re-allocate votes

among Director Nominees, please

indicate next to each Director Nominee’s

name the number of votes to be given to

each Director Nominee.

 

Director:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Shih-Jye Cheng

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Kun-Yi Chien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(representative, Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) David Chang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(representative, Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Silvia Su

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent director:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5) Yeong-Her Wang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6) Hong-Tzer Yang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7) Yuh-Fong Tang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8) Jyh-Chau Wang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9) Fu-Chen Lin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

Authorized Signatures - Sign Here - This section must be completed for your instructions to be executed.

 

If these Voting Instructions are signed and timely returned to the Depositary but no specific direction as to voting is marked above as to an issue, the undersigned shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to give Voting Instructions “FOR” the unmarked issue.

If these Voting Instructions are signed and timely returned to the Depositary but multiple specific directions as to voting are marked above as to an issue, the undersigned shall be deemed to have directed the Depositary to give an “ABSTAIN” Voting Instruction for such issue.

Please be sure to sign and date this Voting Instructions Card.

Please sign your name to the Voting Instructions exactly as printed. When signing in a fiduciary or representative capacity, give full title as such. Where more than one owner, each MUST sign. Voting Instructions executed by a corporation should be in full name by a duly authorized officer with full title as such.

 

Signature 1 - Please keep signature within the line

 

Signature 2 - Please keep signature within the line

 

Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-99.3

Exhibit 99.3

 

Meeting Notice for Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

(Summary Translation)

(This English translation is prepared in accordance with the Chinese version and is for reference purposes only. If there are any inconsistency between the Chinese original and this translation, the Chinese version shall prevail.)

The 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Meeting”) of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (the “Company”) will be convened at 9:00 a.m., May 30, 2024 (Thursday) at the Einstein Hall of the Hsinchu Science Park Life Hub (located at 2F, No. 1, Industry E. 2nd Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan).

1.
The agenda of the Meeting is as follows:
I.
Report Items:
1.
Company’s Business Report for fiscal year 2023.
2.
Audit Committee’s Review Report of the Financial Statements.
3.
Report of the status of distributable compensation for employees and directors for fiscal year 2023.
II.
Matters for Ratification:
1.
Adoption of the Business Report and Financial Statements for fiscal year 2023.
2.
Adoption of the earnings distribution plan for fiscal year 2023.
III.
Elections:
1.
To elect nine directors (including independent directors) of the 11th Board of Directors.
IV.
Other Proposals:
1.
Release the prohibition on the 11th Board of Directors (including independent directors) from participation in competitive business under Article 209 of the Company Act.
V.
Extemporary Motions

 

2.
The Board of Directors has approved the proposal for distribution of earning of fiscal year 2023 to provide the cash dividends of NT$1.8 per share to shareholders.
3.
The Company shall elect nine directors (including four directors and five independent directors) that adopts the candidate nomination system at the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting. The candidates of directors are Shih-Jye Cheng, Kun-Yi Chien (representative, Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.), David Chang (representative, Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.) and Silvia Su; the candidates of independent directors are Yeong-Her Wang, Hong-Tzer Yang, Yuh-Fong Tang, Jyh-Chau Wang and Fu-Chen Lin. Please review the candidates’ education and experiences on the public announcement of the Company posted in the Market Observation Post System.

(Chinese website: https://mops.twse.com.tw/mops/web/t146sb10)

(English website: http://emops.twse.com.tw/server-java/t58query)

4.
According to the Article 172 of the Company Act, the main matters should be listed in the cause of convening. Please refer to MOPS. (http://mops.twse.com.tw)
5.
(Omitted — not applicable to ADR holders)
6.
(Omitted — not applicable to ADR holders)
7.
(Omitted — not applicable to ADR holders)
8.
(Omitted — not applicable to ADR holders)

 

1


 

9.
(Omitted — not applicable to ADR holders)
10.
(Omitted — not applicable to ADR holders)

Sincerely,

The Board of Directors

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

2


EX-99.4

Exhibit 99.4

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Table of Contents

 

A.

Meeting Procedure

1

 

 

 

B.

Meeting Agenda

2

 

 

 

 

I.

Chairman’s Opening Remarks

3

 

 

 

 

 

II.

Report Items

3

 

 

 

 

 

III.

Matters for Ratification

3

 

 

 

 

 

IV.

Elections

4

 

 

 

 

 

V.

Other Proposals

5

 

 

 

 

 

VI.

Extemporary Motions

5

 

 

 

 

C.

Attachments

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Business Report

6

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Audit Committee’s Review Report

8

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Report of Independent Accountants and Financial Statements

9

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Earnings Distribution Table

29

 

 

 

 

 

5.

List of Director Candidates

30

 

 

 

 

 

6.

List of Release the Prohibition on Directors from Participation in Competitive Business

34

 

 

 

 

D.

Appendix

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Rules of Procedure for Shareholders’ Meeting

36

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Articles of Incorporation

50

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Rules for Election of Directors and Independent Directors

57

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Shareholdings of All Directors

60

 

 


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A. Meeting Procedure

I.
Call Meeting to Order
II.
Chairman Takes Chair
III.
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
IV.
Report Items
V.
Matters for Ratification
VI.
Elections
VII.
Other Proposals
VIII.
Extemporary Motions
IX.
Meeting Adjourned

 

 

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B. Meeting Agenda

 

Shareholders’ meeting will be held by means of: Physical shareholders’ meeting

Time: 9:00 a.m., May 30, 2024 (Thursday)

Place: Hsinchu Science Park Life Hub

(Einstein Hall, 2F, No. 1, Industry E. 2nd Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan)

Chairman: Mr. Shih-Jye Cheng, Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

I.
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
II.
Report Items
1.
Company’s Business Report for fiscal year 2023.
2.
Audit Committee’s Review Report of the Financial Statements.
3.
Report of the status of distributable compensation for employees and directors for fiscal year 2023.
III.
Matters for Ratification
1.
Adoption of the Business Report and Financial Statements for fiscal year 2023.
2.
Adoption of the earnings distribution plan for fiscal year 2023.
IV.
Elections
1.
To elect nine directors (including independent directors) of the 11th Board of Directors.
V.
Other Proposals
1.
Release the prohibition on the 11th Board of Directors (including independent directors) from participation in competitive business under Article 209 of the Company Act.
VI.
Extemporary Motions
VII.
Meeting Adjourned

 

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I.
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
II.
Report Items

Item 1

Subject: Company’s Business Report for fiscal year 2023.

Explanatory Note:

Please refer to Attachment 1, page 6~7, for 2023 Business Report.

Item 2

Subject: Audit Committee’s Review Report of the Financial Statements.

Explanatory Note:

Please refer to Attachment 2, page 8, for Audit Committee’s Review Report.

Item 3

Subject: Report of the status of distributable compensation for employees and directors for fiscal year 2023.

Explanatory Note:

1.
Article 25 of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation provides that if there is profit in any given year, the Company shall set aside 10% thereof as employee compensation. The board of directors may resolve to pay said compensation in the form of shares or cash. Such compensation may be paid to the employees of an affiliated company who meet the conditions set by the board of directors. The board of directors may resolve to set aside no more than 0.5% of the above-mentioned profit as the remuneration of the directors. A proposal on the compensation for the employees and remuneration of the directors shall be presented at the shareholders’ meeting. If the Company has accumulated losses, the amount for making up said losses shall be reserved before setting aside the compensation for the employees and the remuneration of directors at the rates stated above.
2.
Company’s profit before tax prior to the deduction of the distributable compensation of employees and directors for 2023 was NT$2,501,810,716. It is proposed to set aside NT$250,181,072 as employees’ compensation, and NT$6,254,527 as directors’ remuneration, all in cash.
3.
The foregoing amounts have been adopted by the Board of Directors after being approved by the Remuneration Committee and is hereby reported at the annual shareholders’ meeting.
III.
Matters for Ratification

Item 1 Proposed by the Board of Directors

Subject: Adoption of the Business Report and Financial Statements for fiscal year 2023.

Explanatory Note:

1.
The Company’s 2023 Business Report and consolidated and parent company only Financial Statements have been approved by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. It is hereby submitted to the annual shareholders’ meeting for approval.
2.
2023 Business Report, Report of Independent Accountants, and the aforementioned Financial Statements please refer to Attachment 1 on page 6~7, Attachments 3-1 and 3-2 on page 9~28.
3.
Based on the foregoing, this proposal is hereby submitted to the shareholders’ meeting for approval.

Resolution:

 

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Item 2 Proposed by the Board of Directors

Subject: Adoption of the earnings distribution plan for fiscal year 2023.

Explanatory Note:

1.
The Company has earnings in 2023. The Company plans to distribute dividends in the amount of NT$1,309,032,227 at NT$1.8 per share pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and taking into consideration the factors including Company’s future needs of working capital, capital expenditure and shareholders’ interests. Earnings Distribution Table please refer to Attachment 4, page 29.
2.
The earnings distribution will be distributed in cash. If any future event affects the total number of Company’s outstanding shares (for example, Company buys back its treasury shares) and causes changes in the total number of Company’s outstanding shares, it is proposed that the Chairman be authorized to adjust the distribution ratio based on the total amount of earnings distribution approved by the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting and the actual number of Company’s outstanding shares as of the record date of distribution.
3.
The cash dividend shall be calculated to the nearest NT$1 based on the ratio of the distribution, and any amount less than NT$1 shall be discarded. The aggregate amount of fractions less than NT$1 of the distribution shall be recognized as Company’s other income.
4.
This item has been approved by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors, and is hereby submitted to the annual shareholders’ meeting for approval.
5.
Based on the foregoing, this proposal is hereby submitted to the shareholders’ meeting for approval.

Resolution:

IV.
Elections

Item 1 Proposed by the Board of Directors

Subject: To elect nine directors (including independent directors) of the 11th Board of Directors.

Explanatory Note:

1.
According to Articles 16 and 16-1 of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, the Company shall have nine to eleven directors to be elected by the shareholders’ meeting from among candidates of legal capacity. Among the directors, there shall be three to five independent directors, the total number of which shall not be less than one-fifth of the directors. The term of the directors (including independent directors) shall be three years. The directors (including independent directors) may be re-elected and re-appointed. The Company adopts the candidate nomination system under Article 192-1 of the Company Act for the election of the directors (including independent directors). The shareholders shall elect the directors (including independent directors) from the nominees listed in the roster of director candidates (including independent director).
2.
The three-year term of the 10th Board of Directors of the Company expires in 2024, and the Company plans to re-elect directors (including independent directors) at the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting. The tenure of the 10th directors (including independent directors) shall be extended until the time when new directors (including independent directors) have been elected and officially assumed positions immediately following the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting.
3.
Nine directors (including five independent directors) will be elected as the 11th Board of Directors and assumed their positions immediately at the 2024 shareholders’ meeting. The tenure of the newly elected directors shall be three years.
4.
The Company adopts the candidate nomination system for the election of the 11th directors (including independent directors). The list of director candidates (including independent director) for this election has been approved by the Nomination Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. Please refer to Attachment 5, page 30~33, for List of Director Candidates.
5.
Based on the foregoing, this proposal is hereby submitted for election at the annual shareholders’ meeting.

Voting by Poll:

 

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V.
Other Proposals

Item 1 Proposed by the Board of Directors

Subject: Release the prohibition on the 11th Board of Directors (including independent directors) from participation in competitive business under Article 209 of the Company Act.

Explanatory Note:

1.
According to Article 209 of the Company Act, a director who does anything for himself or on behalf of another person that is within the scope of the company's business, shall explain to the meeting of shareholders the essential contents of such an act and secure its approval.
2.
In compliance with legal requirements, following the re-election of directors (including independent directors) at the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting, shareholders are informed about the current positions held by the elected directors (including independent directors) at the other company. It is hereby proposed to release the prohibition on the 11th directors (including independent directors) from participation in competitive business. Please refer to Attachment 6, page 34~35, for List of Release the Prohibition on Directors from Participation in Competitive Business.
3.
Based on the foregoing, this proposal is hereby submitted for discussion at the shareholders’ meeting.

Resolution:

VI.
Extemporary Motions
VII.
Meeting Adjourned

 

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Attachment 1

Business Report

Following from the second half of the year of 2022 demand softness and customer destocking, it impacted our 2023 results, including revenue and profit both declined compared to 2022. By cautiously stable operating strategy, in line with industry trend and customer requirements, ChipMOS will keep moving forward expanding the core technologies and product developments, as well as investing in the automation and intellectualization of production lines to maintain growth momentum and improve profitability. The followings are the major operating results of 2023:

Business Results in 2023

Achievements of Business Plan Implementation

Consolidated revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 was NT$21.36 billion, which reflects 9.2% down from 2022. The consolidated gross margin for the year was 16.6%. In individual product lines, memory product revenue decreased 24.2% from 2022, and represented 34.9% of 2023 total revenue. The revenue of flat panel display driver IC (DDIC) related products, including gold bump increased 9.1% from 2022 and represented 56.8% of 2023 total revenue. Driven by automotive and smart mobile, Automotive panel and OLED panel driver IC revenue grew more than 27% and 125% from 2022, respectively.

Budget Execution

Regarding the soft end demand and customers’ destocking, we strictly control the capital expenditure related to capacity expansion except the necessary green energy investment, plant renovation, quality improvement and R&D activities. Our 2023 CapEx was NT$3.23 billion.

Financial Performance and Profitability Analysis

The profit attributable to equity holders of the Company and the basic earnings per share were NT$1.89 billion and NT$2.60. Till the end of 2023, the aggregated amount of ChipMOS’ consolidated assets were NT$46.16 billion and the cash and cash equivalents was NT$12.35 billion. The consolidated liabilities were NT$21.31 billion with the consolidated liabilities to assets ratio of 46.2%. The equity attributable to equity holders of the Company was NT$24.85 billion with the Return on Equity (ROE) was 7.6% for 2023. Overall, ChipMOS has strengthened financial structure.

Research and Developments

Single integrated device and the thinning & small foot print requirements are driving the packaging technology development with the rising of emerging applications such as AI and 5G, and the popularity of mobile devices. We completed the following technologies development results in 2023:

(1)
New Cu Pillar structure of tall bump height 100um development;
(2)
New structure of 2P2M Cu Pillar process;
(3)
High-density (>4000 Chs) multilayer COF bonding packaging technology services;
(4)
The next-generation Micro LED driver IC packaging process in high-resolution panels;
(5)
High density FC assembly for high-speed chip of Server;
(6)
High thermal conductivity compound application for UFS thermal enhancement.

Honors and Awards

ChipMOS is committed to improving the quality of corporate governance and perform corporate social responsibility. In the meantime, we integrated our core business and sustainability vision of ChipMOS to support the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) by specific solid actions. In the areas of environmental, social and governance (ESG), ChipMOS has continuously awarded 2023 TCSA “Top 100 Corporates” and “Corporate Sustainable Report - Platinum Grade”. And honored the ranked among the top 5% of all TWSE-listed companies for two consecutive years. Following the Tainan fab., Hsinchu fab. was also awarded the “Green Factory” label. Moreover, the Subsidy Program for Low-Carbon and Smart Upgrading Transformation of the Manufacturing Industry with Large Firms Leading Small Firms has been approved by Industrial Development Administration Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2023, and honored the “Occupational Health and Safety Indicators Disclosed in the Corporate Sustainable Reports Top 10%

 

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Outstanding Corporate in the Listing Electronic Companies Award” by Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor.

Outline of 2024 Business Plan

Business Policy

Continuing to focus on the strengths of technical services for packaging and testing products, accelerating the implementation of intelligent factory, and effectively enhancing productivity and quality through AI implementation. Meanwhile, we are also actively practicing ESG management and sustainable development for the Company. Based on the industry and market outlook, customers’ further demand and our capacity situation, the estimated sales volume in 2024 is listed as following:

 

Sales Items

Estimated Sales Volume

Assembly

Approx. 3.89 billion pieces

Testing

Approx. 2.69 billion pieces

LCDD

Approx. 1.64 billion pieces

Bumping

Approx. 1.09 million wafers

Key Production and Marketing Strategies

In response to the competition in domestic and foreign markets, we focus on niche and high-growth end-use markets, diversifying the application field scope of our products. Additionally, ChipMOS also actively implements cost reduction actions, including working to lower energy consumption of facilities and equipment, and controlling raw material consumption. Our efforts continue to help further improve product quality, enhance efficiency, reduce costs and continues to improve our product quality and enhance production yield.

Key Strategies of Future Development

Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond, ChipMOS will continue to focus on the niche market about automotive electronics, as well as high-growth markets about smart mobile devices which are driven by the automation and intellectualization in industrial. By offering leading edge and reliable semi-conductor back end turnkey solutions that integrated wafer bumping and assembly, to meet the industry demand and customers’ requirements. ChipMOS is also driving higher efficiency and profit through increased AI and automation to further reduce the operating cost to be able to drive growth in revenue and profitability.

Impacts of External Competition, Regulation and Macroeconomics

By catching up the industry trend and grasping the opportunity of product growth, ChipMOS will continuously focus on the core technology development and innovation to face more and more severe industrial environments and challenges. According to our global business strategies, we remain alongside our strategic customers for supporting their product development roadmap to make progress and grow with them. In response to the more and more stricter regulatory requirements for greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy such as green electricity, the Company not only actively practicing corporate sustainable development, but also participated in the CDP. And received the recognition for the leadership and management levels in the categories of climate change and water security respectively. Meanwhile, to maximize value for our shareholders is our endeavor goal. We thank you for your continuous support.

 

Chairman: Shih-Jye Cheng

 

President: Shih-Jye Cheng

 

Accounting Officer: Silvia Su

 

 

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Attachment 2

Audit Committee’s Review Report

The Board of Directors has prepared the Company’s 2023 Business Report, Financial Statements, and proposal for allocation of earnings. The audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan was retained to audit the Company’s Financial Statements and has issued an audit report. The Business Report, Financial Statements, and earnings allocation proposal have been reviewed and determined to be correct and accurate by the Audit Committee of the Company. According to relevant requirements of Article 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act and Article 219 of the Company Act, the Audit Committee hereby submits this report.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Convener of the Audit Committee: Chin-Shyh Ou

February 22, 2024

 

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Attachment 3-1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of other independent accountants, as described in the Other matters section of our report, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended, in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations, and SIC Interpretations that came into effect as endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Financial Statement Audit and Attestation Engagements of Certified Public Accountants and Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Independent accountants’ responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants of the Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. Based on our audits and the report of other independent accountants, we believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Group’s 2023 consolidated financial statements. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole and, in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key audit matters for the Group’s 2023 consolidated financial statements are stated as follows:

Measuring progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation

Description

Please refer to Note 4(27) to the consolidated financial statements for the accounting policies on revenue recognition; Note 5 for uncertainty of accounting estimates and assumptions of revenue recognition; and Note 6(18) for details of the revenue.

The Group’s revenue is primarily generated from the assembly and testing services of high-integration and high-precision integrated circuits based on customer’s specification, and is recognized based on measuring progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation during the service period. The Group recognized revenue associated with assembly services, services for Liquid Crystal Display and other Flat-Panel Display Driver Semiconductors and Bumping totaling NT$16,961,502 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023. Such revenue is recognized over a period of time, during which the Group satisfied its performance obligations to the customer. The Group used an input method (input costs incurred as a percentage of total expected input costs) to measure the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation and determine the amount of related revenue. Since the measurement of the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation is complex and subject to management’s significant estimation, measuring progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation was identified as a key audit matter.

 

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How our audit addressed the matter

Our key audit procedures performed in respect of the above included the following:

1.
Testing the effectiveness of controls relating to accounting for revenue generated from aforementioned services, including the controls addressing the completeness and accuracy of the data utilized and the management’s process to recognize and measure such revenue.
2.
Validating the reasonableness of total expected input costs incurred on a testing basis relating to aforementioned services, and recalculating management’s estimate of the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation.
3.
Testing the reasonableness of management’s key assumptions to estimate the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation (including utilizing data from recently completed services to estimate the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation for in-progress services).

Other matters

Report of other independent accountants

We did not audit the financial statements of a certain investment accounted for using the equity method which were audited by other independent accountants. Therefore, our opinion expressed herein, insofar as it relates to the amounts included in the consolidated financial statements and the information on the investee disclosed in Note 13 is based solely on the reports of the other independent accountants. The balance of this investment accounted for using the equity method amounted to NT$277,076 thousand and NT$267,070 thousand, constituting 0.6% and 0.6% of the consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and total net comprehensive income (loss) including the share of profit and other comprehensive income of associate accounted for using the equity method amounted to NT$13,741 thousand and (NT$20,919) thousand, constituting 0.8% and (0.6%) of the consolidated total comprehensive income for the years then ended, respectively.

Parent company only financial reports

We have audited and expressed an unqualified opinion with other matters paragraph on the parent company only financial statements of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the consolidated financial statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers and the International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations, and SIC Interpretations that came into effect as endorsed by the Financial Supervisory Commission, and for such internal controls as management determines are necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance, including the Audit Committee, are responsible for overseeing the Group’s financial reporting process.

 

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Independent accountants’ responsibilities for the audit of the consolidated financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but it is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

1.
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls.
2.
Obtain an understanding of internal controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal controls.
3.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
4.
Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.
5.
Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the footnote disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
6.
Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group’s audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding the planned scope and timing of the audit, and significant audit findings including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

 

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From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.


/s/ Chien-Yeh Hsu

 

/s/ Yi-Chang Liang

Chien-Yeh Hsu

 

Yi-Chang Liang

For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan

 

 

February 22, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

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The accompanying consolidated financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. The standards, procedures and practices in the Republic of China governing the audit of such financial statements may differ from those generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. Accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements and report of independent accountants are not intended for use by those who are not informed about the accounting principles or auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, and their applications in practice.

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

Assets

 

Notes

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1100

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

6(1)

 

$

12,354,035

 

 

27

 

 

$

9,896,604

 

22

 

 1110

 

Current financial assets at fair value through profit
  or loss

 

6(2)

 

 

42,735

 

 

-

 

 

 

128,224

 

 

-

 

 1136

 

Current financial assets at amortized cost

 

6(3)

 

 

41,066

 

 

-

 

 

 

98,731

 

 

-

 

 1140

 

Current contract assets

 

6(18)

 

 

383,883

 

 

1

 

 

 

381,358

 

1

 

 1170

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

6(4)

 

 

5,326,381

 

 

12

 

 

 

4,381,563

 

10

 

 1200

 

Other receivables

 

 

 

 

44,576

 

 

-

 

 

 

131,863

 

 

-

 

 1220

 

Current tax assets

 

 

 

 

403

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 130X

 

Inventories

 

6(5)

 

 

2,568,648

 

 

6

 

 

 

3,210,409

 

8

 

 1410

 

Prepayments

 

 

 

 

120,273

 

 

-

 

 

 

123,377

 

 

-

 

 1460

 

Non-current assets held for sale, net

 

6(9)

 

 

4,278,658

 

 

9

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 11XX

 

Total current assets

 

 

 

 

25,160,658

 

 

55

 

 

 

18,352,129

 

 

41

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 1517

 

Non-current financial assets at fair value through
   other comprehensive income

 

6(6)

 

 

120,317

 

 

-

 

 

 

338,102

 

 

1

 

 1535

 

Non-current financial assets at amortized cost

 

6(3) and 8

 

 

37,411

 

 

-

 

 

 

37,362

 

 

-

 

 1550

 

Investments accounted for using equity method

 

6(7)

 

 

290,542

 

 

1

 

 

 

4,353,448

 

 

10

 

 1600

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

6(8) and 8

 

 

19,139,503

 

 

42

 

 

 

20,446,205

 

 

45

 

 1755

 

Right-of-use assets

 

6(10)

 

 

1,037,502

 

 

2

 

 

 

898,992

 

 

2

 

 1840

 

Deferred tax assets

 

6(26)

 

 

163,282

 

 

-

 

 

 

159,286

 

 

-

 

 1920

 

Refundable deposits

 

 

 

 

20,707

 

 

-

 

 

 

21,771

 

 

-

 

 1990

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

 

 

190,562

 

-

 

 

 

335,650

 

 

1

 

 15XX

 

Total non-current assets

 

 

 

 

20,999,826

 

 

45

 

 

 

26,590,816

 

 

59

 

 1XXX

 

Total assets

 

 

 

$

46,160,484

 

 

100

 

 

$

44,942,945

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

Notes

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2150

 

Notes payable

 

 

 

$

484

 

 

-

 

 

$

132

 

 

-

 

2170

 

Accounts payable

 

 

 

 

784,919

 

 

2

 

 

 

560,802

 

 

1

 

2200

 

Other payables

 

6(11)

 

 

3,479,045

 

 

7

 

 

 

3,796,481

 

9

 

2220

 

Other payables – related parties

 

7

 

 

58,549

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

2230

 

Current tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

419,993

 

 

1

 

 

 

202,026

 

1

 

2250

 

Current provisions

 

 

 

 

33,564

 

 

-

 

 

 

26,643

 

 

-

 

2280

 

Current lease liabilities

 

6(29)

 

 

251,668

 

 

1

 

 

 

160,955

 

 

-

 

2320

 

Long-term bank loans, current portion

 

6(12)(29) and 8

 

 

2,263,718

 

 

5

 

 

 

1,522,917

 

3

 

2365

 

Current refund liabilities

 

 

 

 

37,667

 

 

-

 

 

 

37,123

 

 

-

 

2399

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

23,611

 

 

-

 

 

 

22,318

 

 

-

 

21XX

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

 

 

7,353,218

 

 

16

 

 

 

6,329,397

 

 

14

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2540

 

Long-term bank loans

 

6(12)(29) and 8

 

 

12,648,001

 

 

27

 

 

 

12,444,884

 

 

28

 

2570

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

6(26)

 

 

122,345

 

 

-

 

 

 

188,812

 

 

-

 

2580

 

Non-current lease liabilities

 

6(29)

 

 

813,733

 

 

2

 

 

 

759,447

 

 

2

 

2630

 

Long-term deferred revenue

 

 

 

 

120,963

 

 

-

 

 

 

127,657

 

 

-

 

2640

 

Net defined benefit liability, non-current

 

6(13)

 

 

227,337

 

 

1

 

 

 

259,215

 

 

1

 

2645

 

Guarantee deposits

 

6(29)

 

 

21,235

 

 

-

 

 

 

21,600

 

 

-

 

25XX

 

Total non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

13,953,614

 

 

30

 

 

 

13,801,615

 

 

31

 

2XXX

 

Total liabilities

 

 

 

 

21,306,832

 

 

46

 

 

 

20,131,012

 

 

45

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity attributable to equity holders of the Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock

 

6(14)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3110

 

Capital stock – common stock

 

 

 

 

7,272,401

 

16

 

 

 

7,272,401

 

16

 

 

 

Capital surplus

 

6(15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3200

 

Capital surplus

 

 

 

 

6,064,637

 

13

 

 

 

6,064,637

 

13

 

 

 

Retained earnings

 

6(16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3310

 

Legal reserve

 

 

 

 

2,930,973

 

6

 

 

 

2,575,987

 

6

 

3350

 

Unappropriated retained earnings

 

 

 

 

8,532,433

 

19

 

 

 

8,657,696

 

19

 

 

 

Other equity interest

 

6(17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3400

 

Other equity interest

 

 

 

 

53,208

 

-

 

 

 

241,212

 

1

 

31XX

 

Equity attributable to equity holders of the Company

 

 

 

 

24,853,652

 

54

 

 

 

24,811,933

 

55

 

3XXX

 

Total equity

 

 

 

 

24,853,652

 

54

 

 

 

24,811,933

 

55

 

 

 

Significant contingent liabilities and unrecognized
  contract commitments

 

 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3X2X

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

 

 

$

46,160,484

 

100

 

 

$

44,942,945

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 


 

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except earnings per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

Items

 

Notes

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

Amount

 

%

 

4000

 

Revenue

 

6(18)

 

$

21,356,228

 

 

100

 

 

$

23,517,064

 

 

100

 

5000

 

Cost of revenue

 

6(5)(24)(25)

 

 

(17,806,803

)

 

(83

)

 

 

(18,605,007

)

 

(79

)

5900

 

Gross profit

 

 

 

 

3,549,425

 

 

17

 

 

 

4,912,057

 

 

21

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

6(24)(25)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6100

 

Sales and marketing expenses

 

 

 

 

(135,661

)

 

(1

)

 

 

(128,029

)

 

(1

)

6200

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

 

 

(497,742

)

 

(2

)

 

 

(538,684

)

 

(2

)

6300

 

Research and development expenses

 

 

 

 

(1,093,513

)

 

(5

)

 

 

(1,158,598

)

 

(5

)

6000

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

 

 

(1,726,916

)

 

(8

)

 

 

(1,825,311

)

 

(8

)

6500

 

Other income (expenses), net

 

6(19)

 

 

85,943

 

 

-

 

 

 

129,933

 

 

1

 

6900

 

Operating profit

 

 

 

 

1,908,452

 

 

9

 

 

 

3,216,679

 

 

14

 

 

 

Non-operating income (expenses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7100

 

Interest income

 

6(20)

 

 

193,189

 

 

1

 

 

 

57,199

 

 

-

 

7010

 

Other income

 

6(21)

 

 

77,583

 

 

-

 

 

 

66,991

 

 

-

 

7020

 

Other gains and losses

 

6(22)

 

 

135,501

 

 

1

 

 

 

386,567

 

 

2

 

7050

 

Finance costs

 

6(23)

 

 

(266,390

)

 

(1

)

 

 

(153,279

)

 

(1

)

7060

 

Share of profit of associates and joint ventures accounted
   for using equity method

 

 

 

 

219,891

 

 

1

 

 

 

453,715

 

 

2

 

7000

 

Total non-operating income (expenses)

 

 

 

 

359,774

 

 

2

 

 

 

811,193

 

 

3

 

7900

 

Profit before income tax

 

 

 

 

2,268,226

 

 

11

 

 

 

4,027,872

 

 

17

 

7950

 

Income tax expense

 

6(26)

 

 

(374,798

)

 

(2

)

 

 

(655,898

)

 

(3

)

8200

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

$

1,893,428

 

 

9

 

 

$

3,371,974

 

 

14

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8311

 

Gain on remeasurements of defined benefit plans

 

6(13)

 

$

10,699

 

 

-

 

 

$

222,234

 

 

1

 

8316

 

Unrealized loss on valuation of equity instruments
   at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

6(6)(17)

 

 

(217,785

)

 

(1

)

 

 

(46,419

)

 

-

 

8320

 

Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates
   and joint ventures accounted for using equity method
   that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

 

6(7)

 

 

12,993

 

 

-

 

 

 

(28,254

)

 

-

 

8349

 

Income tax effect on components that will not be
   reclassified to profit or loss

 

6(26)

 

 

41,417

 

 

-

 

 

 

(35,163

)

 

-

 

8310

 

Components of other comprehensive (loss) income that

   will not be reclassified to profit or loss

 

 

 

 

(152,676

)

 

(1

)

 

 

112,398

 

 

1

 

8361

 

Exchange differences on translation of foreign

   operations

 

6(17)

 

 

16,713

 

 

-

 

 

 

68,656

 

 

-

 

8365

 

Equity directly related to non-current assets held
   for sale

 

6(17)

 

 

(43,094

)

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

8360

 

Components of other comprehensive (loss) income
   that will be reclassified to profit or loss

 

 

 

 

(26,381

)

 

-

 

 

 

68,656

 

 

-

 

8300

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of income tax

 

 

 

$

(179,057

)

 

(1

)

 

$

181,054

 

 

1

 

8500

 

Total comprehensive income for the year

 

 

 

$

1,714,371

 

 

8

 

 

$

3,553,028

 

 

15

 

9750

 

Earnings per share – basic

 

6(27)

 

$

2.60

 

 

 

 

$

4.64

 

 

 

9850

 

Earnings per share – diluted

 

6(27)

 

$

2.58

 

 

 

 

$

4.54

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

Equity attributable to equity holders of the Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained earnings

 

Other equity interest

 

 

 

Notes

 

Capital stock –
common stock

 

Capital
surplus

 

Legal
reserve

 

Unappropriated
retained
earnings

 

Financial statements
translation
differences of
foreign operations

 

Unrealized gain (loss)
on valuation of
financial assets at
fair value through
other comprehensive
income

 

Equity directly related to
non-current assets held for sale

 

Total equity

 

Year 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2022

 

 

$

7,272,401

 

$

6,064,485

 

$

2,070,505

 

$

8,740,451

 

$

(86,025

)

$

324,069

 

$

-

 

$

24,385,886

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,371,974

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,371,974

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

6(17)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

177,886

 

 

68,656

 

 

(65,488

)

 

-

 

 

181,054

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

3,549,860

 

 

68,656

 

 

(65,488

)

 

-

 

 

3,553,028

 

Appropriation of prior year’s earnings:

6(16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Legal reserve

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

505,482

 

 

(505,482

)

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

   Cash dividends

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(3,127,133

)

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(3,127,133

)

Changes in associates accounted for using
  equity method

6(15)

 

 

-

 

 

152

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

152

 

Balance at December 31, 2022

 

 

$

7,272,401

 

$

6,064,637

 

$

2,575,987

 

$

8,657,696

 

$

(17,369

)

$

258,581

 

 

-

 

$

24,811,933

 

Year 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2023

 

 

$

7,272,401

 

$

6,064,637

 

$

2,575,987

 

$

8,657,696

 

$

(17,369

)

$

258,581

 

$

-

 

$

24,811,933

 

Profit for the year

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

1,893,428

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

1,893,428

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

6(17)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

8,947

 

 

16,713

 

 

(161,623

)

 

(43,094

)

 

(179,057

)

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

1,902,375

 

 

16,713

 

 

(161,623

)

 

(43,094

)

 

1,714,371

 

Appropriation of prior year’s earnings:

6(16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal reserve

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

354,986

 

 

(354,986

)

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

Cash dividends

 

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(1,672,652

)

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(1,672,652

)

Balance at December 31, 2023

 

 

$

7,272,401

 

$

6,064,637

 

$

2,930,973

 

$

8,532,433

 

$

(656

)

$

96,958

 

$

(43,094

)

$

24,853,652

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

Notes

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit before income tax

 

 

 

$

2,268,226

 

 

$

4,027,872

 

Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation expenses

 

6(8)(10)(24)

 

 

4,779,333

 

 

 

4,751,902

 

Expected credit (gains) losses

 

 

 

 

(302

)

 

 

897

 

Interest expense

 

6(23)

 

 

265,957

 

 

 

142,439

 

Interest income

 

6(20)

 

 

(193,189

)

 

 

(57,199

)

Dividend income

 

6(21)

 

 

(6,592

)

 

 

(9,816

)

Share of profit of associates and joint ventures accounted
   for using equity method

 

 

 

 

(219,891

)

 

 

(453,715

)

(Gain) loss on valuation of financial assets at fair value through
   profit or loss

 

6(2)(22)

 

 

(39,254

)

 

 

69,404

 

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

6(19)

 

 

(18,431

)

 

 

(74,548

)

Gain from lease modifications

 

6(19)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(139

)

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

 

6(8)(19)

 

 

9,236

 

 

 

12,721

 

Deferred income

 

 

 

 

(20,839

)

 

 

(17,859

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes in operating assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

 

 

 

 

124,743

 

 

 

162,332

 

Current contract assets

 

 

 

 

(2,470

)

 

 

18,788

 

Notes receivable

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,035

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

 

 

(944,603

)

 

 

1,961,924

 

Other receivables

 

 

 

 

48,736

 

 

 

15,849

 

Inventories

 

 

 

 

641,761

 

 

 

(3,232

)

Prepayments

 

 

 

 

3,104

 

 

 

37,748

 

Changes in operating liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

109

 

Accounts payable

 

 

 

 

224,117

 

 

 

(451,589

)

Other payables

 

 

 

 

(90,786

)

 

 

(161,212

)

Current provisions

 

 

 

 

6,921

 

 

 

22,362

 

Current refund liabilities

 

 

 

 

544

 

 

 

27,274

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

1,293

 

 

 

8,097

 

Net defined benefit liability, non-current

 

 

 

 

(21,179

)

 

 

(21,839

)

Cash generated from operations

 

 

 

 

6,816,787

 

 

 

10,009,605

 

Interest received

 

 

 

 

194,136

 

 

 

42,170

 

Dividend received

 

 

 

 

10,327

 

 

 

26,416

 

Interest paid

 

 

 

 

(227,488

)

 

 

(107,210

)

Income tax paid

 

 

 

 

(186,280

)

 

 

(1,354,548

)

Net cash generated from operating activities

 

 

 

 

6,607,482

 

 

 

8,616,433

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

Notes

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of financial assets at amortized cost

 

 

 

$

(72,201

)

 

$

(133,182

)

Proceeds from repayments of financial assets at amortized cost

 

 

 

 

130,220

 

 

 

69,022

 

Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through other
   comprehensive income

 

6(6)

 

 

(12,500

)

 

 

-

 

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

 

6(28)

 

 

(3,073,881

)

 

 

(4,699,369

)

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

 

 

 

83,679

 

 

 

77,339

 

Decrease (increase) in refundable deposits

 

 

 

 

1,064

 

 

 

(493

)

Increase in other non-current assets

 

 

 

 

(160,703

)

 

 

(400,569

)

Increase in long-term deferred revenue

 

 

 

 

14,145

 

 

 

25,328

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

 

 

(3,090,177

)

 

 

(5,061,924

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

6(29)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from short-term bank loans

 

 

 

 

1,273,873

 

 

 

348,006

 

Payments on short-term bank loans

 

 

 

 

(1,273,873

)

 

 

(1,079,757

)

Payments on lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

(293,383

)

 

 

(237,869

)

Proceeds from long-term bank loans

 

 

 

 

2,430,224

 

 

 

4,567,672

 

Payments on long-term bank loans

 

 

 

 

(1,522,918

)

 

 

(54,000

)

Decrease in guarantee deposits

 

 

 

 

(365

)

 

 

(25

)

Cash dividend paid

 

6(16)

 

 

(1,672,652

)

 

 

(3,127,133

)

Net cash (used in) generated from financing activities

 

 

 

 

(1,059,094

)

 

 

416,894

 

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes

 

 

 

 

(780

)

 

 

19,025

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

2,457,431

 

 

 

3,990,428

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

 

 

 

9,896,604

 

 

 

5,906,176

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

 

 

 

$

12,354,035

 

 

$

9,896,604

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Attachment 3-2

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying parent company only balance sheets of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the related parent company only statements of comprehensive income, of changes in equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the parent company only financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

 

In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of other independent accountants, as described in the Other matters section of our report, the accompanying parent company only financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers.

 

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Regulations Governing Financial Statement Audit and Attestation Engagements of Certified Public Accountants and Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Independent accountants’ responsibilities for the audit of the parent company only financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Norm of Professional Ethics for Certified Public Accountants of the Republic of China, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. Based on our audits and the report of other independent accountants, we believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

 

Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Company’s 2023 parent company only financial statements. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the parent company only financial statements as a whole and, in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key audit matters for the Company’s 2023 parent company only financial statements are stated as follows:

Measuring progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation

Description

Please refer to Note 4(25) to the parent company only financial statements for the accounting policies on revenue recognition; Note 5 for uncertainty of accounting estimate and assumptions of revenue recognition; and Note 6(17) for details of the revenue.

The Company’s revenue is primarily generated from the assembly and testing services of high-integration and high-precision integrated circuits based on customer’s specification, and is recognized based on measuring progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation during the service period. The Company recognized revenue associated with assembly services, services for Liquid Crystal Display and other Flat-Panel Display Driver Semiconductors and Bumping totaling NT$16,961,502 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023. Such revenue is recognized over a period of time, during which the Company satisfied its performance obligations to the customer. The Company used an input method (input costs incurred as a percentage of total expected input costs) to measure the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation and determine the amount of related revenue. Since the measurement of the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation is complex and subject to management’s significant estimation, measuring progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation was identified as a key audit matter.

How our audit addressed the matter

Our key audit procedures performed in respect of the above included the following:

1.
Testing the effectiveness of controls relating to accounting for revenue generated from aforementioned services, including the controls addressing the completeness and accuracy of the data utilized and the management’s process to recognize and measure such revenue.
2.
Validating the reasonableness of total expected input costs incurred on a testing basis relating to aforementioned services, and recalculating management’s estimate of the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation.

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3.
Testing the reasonableness of management’s key assumptions to estimate the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation (including utilizing data from recently completed services to estimate the progress towards satisfaction of performance obligation for in-progress services).

Other matters

Report of other independent accountants

We did not audit the financial statements of a certain investment accounted for using the equity method which were audited by other independent accountants. Therefore, our opinion expressed herein, insofar as it relates to the amounts included in the parent company only financial statements and the information on the investee disclosed in Note 13 is based solely on the reports of the other independent accountants. The balance of this investment accounted for using the equity method amounted to NT$277,076 thousand and NT$267,070 thousand, constituting 0.6% and 0.6% of the total assets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and total net comprehensive income (loss) including the share of profit and other comprehensive income of associate accounted for using the equity method amounted to NT$13,741 thousand and (NT$20,919) thousand, constituting 0.8% and (0.6%) of the total comprehensive income for the years then ended, respectively.

Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the parent company only financial statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the parent company only financial statements in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, and for such internal controls as management determines are necessary to enable the preparation of parent company only financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the parent company only financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those charged with governance, including the Audit Committee, are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.

Independent accountants’ responsibilities for the audit of the parent company only financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the parent company only financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these parent company only financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing of the Republic of China, we exercise professional judgment and professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

1.
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the parent company only financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls.
2.
Obtain an understanding of internal controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls.
3.
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
4.
Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our report to the related disclosures in the parent company only financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.

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5.
Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the parent company only financial statements, including the footnote disclosures, and whether the parent company only financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
6.
Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Company to express an opinion on the parent company only financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Company’s audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding the planned scope and timing of the audit, and significant audit findings including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the parent company only financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Chien-Yeh Hsu

 

/s/ Yi-Chang Liang

Chien-Yeh Hsu

 

Yi-Chang Liang

For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Taiwan

 

 

February 22, 2024

 

 

 

 

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The accompanying parent company only financial statements are not intended to present the financial position and results of operations and cash flows in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. The standards, procedures and practices in the Republic of China governing the audit of such financial statements may differ from those generally accepted in countries and jurisdictions other than the Republic of China. Accordingly, the accompanying parent company only financial statements and report of independent accountants are not intended for use by those who are not informed about the accounting principles or auditing standards generally accepted in the Republic of China, and their applications in practice.

 

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY BALANCE SHEETS

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

Assets

 

Notes

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1100

Cash and cash equivalents

 

6(1)

 

$

12,107,413

 

26

 

 

$

9,719,007

 

22

 

1110

Current financial assets at fair

  value through profit or loss

 

6(2)

 

 

42,735

 

-

 

 

 

128,224

 

-

 

1140

Current contract assets

 

6(17)

 

 

383,883

 

1

 

 

 

381,358

 

1

 

1170

Accounts receivable, net

 

6(4)

 

 

5,326,381

 

12

 

 

 

4,381,563

 

10

 

1200

Other receivables

 

 

 

 

41,113

 

-

 

 

 

129,695

 

-

 

130X

Inventories

 

6(5)

 

 

2,568,648

 

6

 

 

 

3,210,409

 

7

 

1410

Prepayments

 

 

 

 

118,963

 

-

 

 

 

122,370

 

-

 

11XX

Total current assets

 

 

 

 

20,589,136

 

45

 

 

 

18,072,626

 

40

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1517

Non-current financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

6(6)

 

 

120,317

 

-

 

 

 

338,102

 

1

 

1535

Non-current financial assets at amortized cost

 

6(3) and 8

 

 

37,411

 

-

 

 

 

37,362

 

-

 

1550

Investments accounted for using equity method

 

6(7)

 

 

4,803,701

 

11

 

 

 

4,607,173

 

10

 

1600

Property, plant and equipment

 

6(8) and 8

 

 

19,137,687

 

42

 

 

 

20,445,571

 

46

 

1755

Right-of-use assets

 

6(9)

 

 

1,031,916

 

2

 

 

 

896,759

 

2

 

1840

Deferred tax assets

 

6(25)

 

 

163,282

 

-

 

 

 

159,286

 

-

 

1920

Refundable deposits

 

 

 

 

19,021

 

-

 

 

 

20,368

 

-

 

1990

Other non-current assets

 

 

 

 

190,562

 

-

 

 

 

335,650

 

1

 

15XX

Total non-current assets

 

 

 

 

25,503,897

 

55

 

 

 

26,840,271

 

60

 

1XXX

Total assets

 

 

 

$

46,093,033

 

100

 

 

$

44,912,897

 

100

 

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY BALANCE SHEETS

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

Notes

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

Amount

 

%

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2150

Notes payable

 

 

 

$

484

 

-

 

 

$

132

 

-

 

2170

Accounts payable

 

 

 

 

784,919

 

2

 

 

 

560,802

 

1

 

2200

Other payables

 

6(10)

 

 

3,445,144

 

7

 

 

 

3,777,177

 

9

 

2220

Other payables related parties

 

7

 

 

64,377

 

-

 

 

 

4,000

 

-

 

2230

Current tax liabilities

 

 

 

 

417,893

 

1

 

 

 

201,521

 

1

 

2250

Current provisions

 

 

 

 

33,564

 

-

 

 

 

26,643

 

-

 

2280

Current lease liabilities

 

6(28)

 

 

245,561

 

1

 

 

 

158,678

 

-

 

2320

Long-terms bank loans, current portion

 

6(11)(28) and 8

 

 

2,263,718

 

5

 

 

 

1,522,917

 

3

 

2365

Current refund liabilities

 

 

 

 

37,667

 

-

 

 

 

37,123

 

-

 

2399

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

23,591

 

-

 

 

 

22,279

 

-

 

21XX

Total current liabilities

 

 

 

 

7,316,918

 

16

 

 

 

6,311,272

 

14

 

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2540

Long-term bank loans

 

6(11)(28) and 8

 

 

12,648,001

 

27

 

 

 

12,444,884

 

28

 

2570

Deferred tax liabilities

 

6(25)

 

 

91,194

 

-

 

 

 

176,889

 

-

 

2580

Non-current lease liabilities

 

6(28)

 

 

813,733

 

2

 

 

 

759,447

 

2

 

2630

Long-term deferred revenue

 

 

 

 

120,963

 

-

 

 

 

127,657

 

-

 

2640

Net defined benefit liability, non-current

 

6(12)

 

 

227,337

 

1

 

 

 

259,215

 

1

 

2645

Guarantee deposits

 

6(28)

 

 

21,235

 

-

 

 

 

21,600

 

-

 

25XX

Total non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

13,922,463

 

30

 

 

 

13,789,692

 

31

 

2XXX

Total liabilities

 

 

 

 

21,239,381

 

46

 

 

 

20,100,964

 

45

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock

 

6(13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3110

Capital stock common stock

 

 

 

 

7,272,401

 

16

 

 

 

7,272,401

 

16

 

 

Capital surplus

 

6(14)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3200

Capital surplus

 

 

 

 

6,064,637

 

13

 

 

 

6,064,637

 

13

 

 

Retained earnings

 

6(15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3310

Legal reserve

 

 

 

 

2,930,973

 

6

 

 

 

2,575,987

 

6

 

3350

Unappropriated retained earnings

 

 

 

 

8,532,433

 

19

 

 

 

8,657,696

 

19

 

 

Other equity interest

 

6(16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3400

Other equity interest

 

 

 

 

53,208

 

-

 

 

 

241,212

 

1

 

3XXX

Total equity

 

 

 

 

24,853,652

 

54

 

 

 

24,811,933

 

55

 

 

Significant contingent liabilities and

  unrecognized contract commitments

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3X2X

Total liabilities and equity

 

 

 

$

46,093,033

 

100

 

 

$

44,912,897

 

100

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except earnings per share)

 

Years ended December 31,

2023

 

 

2022

 

Items

Notes

Amount

%

Amount

%

4000

Revenue

6(17)

$

21,356,228

100

$

23,517,064

100

5000

Cost of revenue

6(5)(23)(24)

(

17,806,803

)

(

83

)

(

18,605,007

)

(

79

)

5900

Gross profit

3,549,425

17

4,912,057

21

Operating expenses

6(23)(24)and 7

6100

Sales and marketing expenses

(

138,697

)

(

1

)

(

130,676

)

(

1

)

6200

General and administrative expenses

(

488,262

)

(

2

)

(

528,924

)

(

2

)

6300

Research and development expenses

(

1,093,513

)

(

5

)

(

1,158,598

)

(

5

)

6000

Total operating expenses

(

1,720,472

)

(

8

)

(

1,818,198

)

(

8

)

6500

Other income (expenses), net

6(18)

85,943

-

129,933

1

6900

Operating profit

1,914,896

9

3,223,792

14

Non-operating income (expenses)

7100

Interest income

6(19)

182,533

1

54,785

-

7010

Other income

6(20)

77,583

-

66,991

-

7020

Other gains and losses

6(21)

135,042

1

385,322

2

7050

Finance costs

6(22)

(

265,830

)

(

1

)

(

153,139

)

(

1

)

7070

Share of profit of subsidiaries,

    associates and joint ventures

    accounted for using equity method

201,151

1

436,790

2

7000

Total non-operating income

    (expenses)

330,479

2

790,749

3

7900

Profit before income tax

2,245,375

11

4,014,541

17

7950

Income tax expense

6(25)

(

351,947

)

(

2

)

(

642,567

)

(

3

)

8200

Profit for the year

$

1,893,428

9

$

3,371,974

14

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars, except earnings per share)

Years ended December 31,

2023

2022

Items

Notes

Amount

%

Amount

%

Other comprehensive income (loss)

8311

Gain on remeasurements of defined

    benefit plans

6(12)

$

10,699

-

$

222,234

1

8316

Unrealized loss on valuation of equity

    instruments at fair value through

    other comprehensive income

6(6)(16)

(

217,785

)

(

1

)

(

46,419

)

-

8330

Share of other comprehensive income

   (loss) of subsidiaries, associates and

    joint ventures accounted for using

    equity method that will not be

    reclassified to profit or loss

6(7)

12,993

-

(

28,254

)

-

8349

Income tax effect on components that

    will not be reclassified to profit or loss

6(25)

41,417

-

(

35,163

)

-

8310

Components of other comprehensive

    (loss) income that will not be

    reclassified to profit or loss

(

152,676

)

(

1

)

112,398

1

8361

Exchange differences on translation

    of foreign operations

6(16)

16,713

-

68,656

-

8365

Equity directly related to non-current

    assets held for sale

6(16)

(

43,094

)

-

-

-

8360

Components of other comprehensive

    (loss) income that will be reclassified

    to profit or loss

(

26,381

)

-

68,656

-

8300

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net

    of income tax

(

$

179,057

)

(

1

)

$

181,054

1

8500

Total comprehensive income for the

    year

$

1,714,371

8

$

3,553,028

15

9750

Earnings per share—basic

6(26)

$

2.60

$

4.64

9850

Earnings per share—diluted

6(26)

$

2.58

$

4.54

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

Retained earnings

 

 

Other equity interest

 

 

 

Notes

Capital stock- common stock

Capital

surplus

Legal

reserve

Unappropriated retained

earnings

Financial statements translation differences

of foreign operations

Unrealized gain (loss) on valuation of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

Equity directly related to non-current assets held for sale

Total equity

Year 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1,

  2022

$

7,272,401

$

6,064,485

$

2,070,505

$

8,740,451

(

$

     86,025

)

$

 324,069

$

   -

$

  24,385,886

Profit for the year

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

3,371,974

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

3,371,974

Other comprehensive

    income (loss)

6(16)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

177,886

 

68,656

(

 

65,488

)

 

-

 

181,054

Total comprehensive

  income (loss) for

  the year

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

3,549,860

 

68,656

(

 

65,488

)

 

-

 

3,553,028

Appropriation of prior

  year’s earnings:

6(15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal reserve

 

-

 

-

 

505,482

(

 

505,482

)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

Cash dividends

 

-

 

-

 

-

(

 

3,127,133

)

 

-

 

-

 

-

(

 

3,127,133

)

Changes in associates

  accounted for using

  equity method

6(14)

 

-

 

152

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

152

Balance at December 31,

  2022

$

7,272,401

$

6,064,637

$

 2,575,987

$

8,657,696

(

$

17,369

)

$

 258,581

$

  -

$

 24,811,933

Year 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1,

  2023

$

7,272,401

$

6,064,637

$

2,575,987

$

8,657,696

(

$

17,369

)

$

 258,581

$

  -

$

 24,811,933

Profit for the year

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,893,428

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,893,428

Other comprehensive

  income (loss)

6(16)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

8,947

 

16,713

(

 

161,623

)

(

 

43,094

)

(

 

179,057

)

Total comprehensive

  income (loss) for

   the year

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1,902,375

 

16,713

(

 

161,623

)

(

 

43,094

)

 

1,714,371

Appropriation of prior

    year’s earnings:

6(15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal reserve

 

-

 

-

 

354,986

(

 

354,986

)

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

-

Cash dividends

 

-

 

-

 

-

(

 

1,672,652

)

 

-

 

-

 

-

(

 

1,672,652

)

Balance at December 31,

    2023

$

7,272,401

$

6,064,637

$

 2,930,973

$

8,532,433

(

$

       656

)

$

   96,958

(

$

       3,094

)

$

24,853,652

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

Notes

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Profit before income tax

 

 

 

$

2,245,375

 

 

 

$

4,014,541

 

   Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation expenses

 

6(8)(9)(23)

 

 

4,771,113

 

 

 

 

4,743,449

 

Expected credit (gains) losses

 

 

(

 

302

)

 

 

 

897

 

Interest expense

 

6(22)

 

 

265,397

 

 

 

 

142,299

 

Interest income

 

6(19)

(

 

182,533

)

 

(

 

54,785

)

Dividends income

 

6(20)

(

 

6,592

)

 

(

 

9,816

)

Share of profit of subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method

 

 

(

 

201,151

)

 

(

 

436,790

)

(Gain) loss on valuation of financial assets at fair value

through profit or loss

 

6(2)(21)

(

 

39,254

)

 

 

 

69,404

 

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

6(18)

(

 

18,431

)

 

(

 

74,548

)

Gain from lease modifications

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

(

 

139

)

Impairment loss on property, plant and equipment

 

6(8)(18)

 

 

9,236

 

 

 

 

12,721

 

Deferred income

 

 

(

 

20,839

)

 

(

 

17,859

)

   Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Changes in operating assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

 

 

 

 

124,743

 

 

 

 

162,332

 

Current contract assets

 

 

(

 

2,470

)

 

 

 

18,788

 

Notes receivable

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

1,035

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(

 

944,603

)

 

 

 

1,961,924

 

Other receivables

 

 

 

 

49,358

 

 

 

 

17,340

 

Inventories

 

 

 

 

641,761

 

 

(

 

3,232

)

Prepayments

 

 

 

 

3,407

 

 

 

 

37,745

 

     Changes in operating liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

 

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

 

109

 

Accounts payable

 

 

 

 

224,117

 

 

(

 

451,589

)

Other payables

 

 

(

 

105,943

)

 

(

 

172,107

)

Other payables-related parties

 

 

 

 

1,828

 

 

 

 

800

 

Current provisions

 

 

 

 

6,921

 

 

 

 

22,362

 

Current refund liabilities

 

 

 

 

544

 

 

 

 

27,274

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

 

1,312

 

 

 

 

8,088

 

Net defined benefit liability, non-current

 

 

(

 

21,179

)

 

(

 

21,839

)

  Cash generated from operations

 

 

 

 

6,802,167

 

 

 

 

9,998,404

 

  Interest received

 

 

 

 

184,153

 

 

 

 

40,123

 

  Dividend received

 

 

 

 

10,327

 

 

 

 

26,416

 

  Interest paid

 

 

(

 

226,928

)

 

(

 

107,070

)

  Income tax paid

 

 

(

 

183,849

)

 

(

 

1,354,034

)

         Net cash generated from operating activities

 

 

 

 

6,585,870

 

 

 

 

8,603,839

 

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

PARENT COMPANY ONLY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Expressed in thousands of New Taiwan dollars)

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

Notes

 

2023

 

 

 

2022

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Acquisition of financial assets at amortized cost

 

 

(

$

37,411

)

 

(

$

37,362

)

  Proceeds from repayments of financial assets at

 amortized cost

 

 

 

 

37,362

 

 

 

 

37,539

 

  Acquisition of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

 

6(6)

(

 

12,500

)

 

 

 

-

 

  Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

 

6(27)

(

 

3,072,355

)

 

(

 

4,699,369

)

  Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

 

 

 

 

83,679

 

 

 

 

77,339

 

  Decrease (increase) in refundable deposits

 

 

 

 

1,347

 

 

(

 

408

)

  Increase in other non-current assets

 

 

(

 

160,703

)

 

(

 

400,569

)

  Increase in long-term deferred revenue

 

 

 

 

14,145

 

 

 

 

25,328

 

          Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(

 

3,146,436

)

 

(

 

4,997,502

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

6(28)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Proceeds from short-term bank loans

 

 

 

 

1,273,873

 

 

 

 

348,006

 

  Payments on short-term bank loans

 

 

(

 

1,273,873

)

 

(

1,079,757

)

  Payments on lease liabilities

 

 

(

 

285,317

)

 

(

 

229,860

)

  Proceeds from long-term bank loans

 

 

 

 

2,430,224

 

 

 

 

4,567,672

 

  Payments on long-term bank loans

 

 

(

 

1,522,918

)

 

(

 

54,000

)

  Decrease in guarantee deposits

 

 

(

 

365

)

 

(

 

25

)

  Cash dividend paid

 

6(15)

(

 

1,672,652

)

 

(

 

3,127,133

)

          Net cash (used in) generated from financing activities

 

 

(

 

1,051,028

)

 

 

 

424,903

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

2,388,406

 

 

 

 

4,031,240

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

 

 

 

9,719,007

 

 

 

 

5,687,767

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

 

 

 

$

12,107,413

 

 

 

$

9,719,007

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Attachment 4

 

 

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Earnings Distribution Table

2023

Unit: NT$

 

Item

 

Subtotal

 

 

Total

 

Note

Unappropriated retained earnings at January 1, 2023

 

 

 

$

6,630,057,657

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After tax earnings of year 2023

 

1,893,427,977

 

 

 

 

 

Add:Remeasurement of defined benefit plans

 

8,559,197

 

 

 

 

 

Add:Impact from investment accounted for using equity method

 

388,128

 

 

 

 

 

After tax earnings of year plus items other than after tax earnings of year

 

 

 

 

1,902,375,302

 

 

Less:Appropriation of legal reserve

 

 

 

 

(190,237,530)

 

 

Retained earnings available for distribution as of December 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

8,342,195,429

 

 

Distribution items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends to shareholders (NT$1.8 per share)

 

 

 

 

(1,309,032,227)

 

 

Unappropriated retained earnings at December 31, 2023

 

 

 

$

7,033,163,202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note 1: As of December 31, 2023, the number of the Company’s outstanding shares entitled to participate in distribution is 727,240,126 shares.

Note 2: The distribution of less than $1 (fractional share) cash dividends are recognized as other income.

 

 

Chairman: Shih-Jye Cheng

President: Shih-Jye Cheng

Accounting Officer: Silvia Su

 

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Attachment 5

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

List of Director Candidates

No.

Title

Name

Gender

Major Education and Past Positions

Current Positions

Shareholdings (shares) (Note 1)

1

Director

Shih-Jye Cheng

M

-MBA, Saginaw Valley State University

-Director of Mosel Vitelic Inc.

-Chairman of Advanced Micro Chip Technology Co., Ltd.

-Chairman of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Shanghai) LTD.

-Chairman of CHANTEK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

-Chairman of ChipMOS Logic TECHNOLOGIES INC.

-Chairman of ThaiLin Semiconductor Corp.

-Vice Chairman of Unimos Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

-President of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

-Director of ChipMOS U.S.A., Inc.

-Representative & Director of Hao Hsiang Investment Co., Ltd.

-Representative & Director of Hao Yen Investment Co., Ltd.

6,150,161

2

Director

Kun-Yi Chien (representative, Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.)

M

-EMBA, Tunghai University

-Deputy Director of Dah San Electric Wire & Cable Corp.

-Director / Chief Administration Officer / Senior Vice President of Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

-Director of Yann Yuan Investment Co., Ltd.

78,910,390

3

Director

David Chang

(representative, Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.)

M

-Master, Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University

-Deputy Director of Global Marketing Division of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)

-Senior Director of Europe & Asia District Sales Division of Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

-Vice President of Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

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No.

Title

Name

Gender

Major Education and Past Positions

Current Positions

Shareholdings (shares) (Note 1)

4

Director

Silvia Su

F

-Master, Business Administration, The University of Leeds

-Director of Thailin Semiconductor Corp.

-Senior Director of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

-Vice President / Corporate Governance Officer of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

-Chairman of ChipMOS U.S.A., Inc.

-Supervisor of Unimos Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

-Director of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (BVI) LTD.

-Representative & Director of Tsai Fu Investment Co., Ltd.

-Supervisor of ChipMOS SEMICONDUCTORS (Shanghai) LTD.

340,101

5

Independent Director

Yeong-Her Wang

M

-Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University

-Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University

-Associate Dean of the College of Engineering at National Cheng Kung University

-Director of Alumni Association Center of National Cheng Kung University

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Nomination Committee Chairman of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD.

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member of Darfon Electronics Corp.

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member of Giga Solution Tech. Co., Ltd.

-President of National Applied Research Laboratories

-Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Institute of Microelectronics at National Cheng Kung University

-Chairman of Foundation of NCKU Tainan Alumni Association

-Director of TSMC-NCKU Joint R&D Center

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member of Unictron Technologies Corp.

0

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No.

Title

Name

Gender

Major Education and Past Positions

Current Positions

Shareholdings (shares) (Note 1)

6

Independent Director

Hong-Tzer Yang

M

-Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

-Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chung Yuan Christian University

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member of Spirox Corporation

-Director of Taiwan Electric Research & Testing Center

-Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University

-Deputy Director of Research Center for Energy Technology and Strategy at National Cheng Kung University

-Director of Research Center for Energy Technology for Sustainability at National Cheng Kung University

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member / Corporate Governance Committee Member of Padauk Technology Co., Ltd.

-Director of AeroVision Avionics Inc.

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Risk Management Committee Member / Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development Committee Member / Merger and Acquisition Special Committee Member / ESG Execution Committee Member of Chailease Holding Company Limited

0

7

Independent Director

Yuh-Fong Tang

M

-Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, USA

-Vice Chairman of Pack-Link Management Corp.

-Independent Director of Yulon IT Solutions Inc.

-Supervisor of TrueLight Corporation

-Compensation Committee Chairman of Carnival Industrial Corporation

-Chairman & CEO of Myson Century, Inc.

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member of OPNET Technologies Co., Ltd.

-Chairman of Intelligent Silicon Solution Corporation

0

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No.

Title

Name

Gender

Major Education and Past Positions

Current Positions

Shareholdings (shares) (Note 1)

 

 

 

 

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

-Chairman of ZAVIO Inc.

-Consultant of Intelligent Silicon Solution Corporation

 

 

8

Independent Director

Jyh-Chau Wang

M

-Master, Materials Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University

-Associate Research Fellow of Material Research laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute

-Deputy Plant Director of Unipac Optoelectronics Corp.

-Vice President of Chi Lin Technology Co., Ltd.

-President of Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation

-Chairman & CEO of Innolux Corporation

-Director of Innolux Corporation

-Chairman of Innolux Education Foundation

-Director of InnoCare Optoelectronics Corporation

-Chairman & CEO of eLux Inc.

0

9

Independent Director

Fu-Chen Lin

F

-Master, Finance, National Central University

-CIO/Special assistant of CHANG WAH Electromaterials Inc.

-Head of Investment of WAH LEE Industrial corp.

-Director of Deloitte & Touche Financial Advisory Corporation

-None

0

Note 1: The number of shares held by candidates on the book closing date of the annual shareholders’ meeting (April 1, 2024)

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Attachment 6

 

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

List of Release the Prohibition on Directors

from Participation in Competitive Business

No

Title

Name

Current positions at the other company

1

Director

Shih-Jye Cheng

-Director of ChipMOS U.S.A., Inc.

-Representative & Director of Hao Hsiang Investment Co., Ltd.

-Representative & Director of Hao Yen Investment Co., Ltd.

2

Director

Kun-Yi Chien (representative, Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.)

-Director / Chief Administration Officer / Senior Vice President of Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

-Director of Yann Yuan Investment Co., Ltd.

3

Director

David Chang

(representative, Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.)

-Vice President of Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

4

Director

Silvia Su

-Chairman of ChipMOS U.S.A., Inc.

-Supervisor of Unimos Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

-Director of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (BVI) LTD.

-Representative & Director of Tsai Fu Investment Co., Ltd.

-Supervisor of ChipMOS SEMICONDUCTORS (Shanghai) LTD.

5

Independent

Director

Yeong-Her Wang

-Chairman of Foundation of NCKU Tainan Alumni Association

-Director of TSMC-NCKU Joint R&D Center

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member of Unictron Technologies Corp.

6

Independent

Director

Hong-Tzer Yang

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member / Corporate Governance Committee Member of Padauk Technology Co., Ltd.

-Director of AeroVision Avionics Inc.

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No

Title

Name

Current positions at the other company

 

 

 

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Risk Management Committee Member / Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development Committee Member / Merger and Acquisition Special Committee Member / ESG Execution Committee Member of Chailease Holding Company Limited

7

Independent

Director

Yuh-Fong Tang

-Independent Director / Audit Committee Member / Compensation Committee Member of OPNET Technologies Co., Ltd.

-Chairman of Intelligent Silicon Solution Corporation

8

Independent

Director

Jyh-Chau Wang

-Director of Innolux Corporation

-Chairman of Innolux Education Foundation

-Director, InnoCare Optoelectronics Corporation

-Chairman & CEO of eLux Inc.

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Appendix 1

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Rules of Procedure for Shareholders’ Meeting

 

I.
Shareholders’ meeting of the Company (“Meeting”) shall be conducted in accordance with this Rules of Procedure for Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Rules”).

 

II.
The Company shall specify the time and place for shareholders, solicitors and proxies (collectively “shareholders”) sign-in and others noticeable in the Meeting notice.

The time of shareholders’ sign-in shall be 30 minutes or earlier before the Meeting begins. The place for sign-in shall be indicated expressly and operated by adequate staff. For the virtual shareholders meeting, shareholders may begin to register on the virtual meeting platform 30 minutes before the meeting starts. Shareholders completing registration will be deemed as attend the shareholders meeting in person.

Shareholders shall attend the Meeting upon the attendance certificate, attendance card, or other certificates of attendance. The Company may not arbitrarily add requirements for other documents beyond those showing eligibility to attend presented by shareholders. Solicitors soliciting proxy forms shall also bring identification documents for verification.

The Company shall furnish attending shareholders with an attendance book to sign, or attending shareholders may hand in a sign-in card instead of signing in.

The Company shall furnish attending shareholders with the meeting agenda, annual report, attendance certificate, speech note, ballots and other related meeting documents.

Election ballots shall be furnished as well in the event that director(s) will be elected in that Meeting.

Any government or juristic person shareholder which is a shareholder of the Company may designate more than one person as its representatives to attend the Meeting. When a juristic person is appointed to attend as proxy, it may designate only one person to represent it in the meeting.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, shareholders wishing to attend the meeting online shall register with the Company two days before the meeting date.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company shall upload the meeting agenda book, annual report and other meeting materials to the virtual meeting platform at least 30 minutes before the meeting starts, and keep this information disclosed until the end of the

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meeting.

 

II.1
For each shareholders meeting, a shareholder may appoint a proxy to attend the meeting by providing the proxy form issued by the Company and stating the scope of the proxy’s authorization.

A shareholder may issue only one proxy form and appoint only one proxy for any given shareholders meeting, and shall deliver the proxy form to the Company before five days before the date of the shareholders meeting. When duplicate proxy forms are delivered, the one received earliest shall prevail unless a declaration is made to cancel the previous proxy appointment.

After a proxy form has been delivered to the Company, if the shareholder intends to attend the meeting in person or to exercise voting rights by correspondence or electronically, a written notice of proxy cancellation shall be submitted to the Company before two days before the meeting date. If the cancellation notice is submitted after that time, votes cast at the meeting by the proxy shall prevail.

If, after a proxy form is delivered to the Company, a shareholder wishes to attend the shareholders meeting online, a written notice of proxy cancellation shall be submitted to the Company two days before the meeting date. If the cancellation notice is submitted after that time, votes cast at the meeting by the proxy shall prevail.

 

II.2
To convene a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company shall include the follow particulars in the shareholders meeting notice:

1. How shareholders attend the virtual meeting and exercise their rights.

2. Actions to be taken if the virtual meeting platform or participation in the virtual meeting is obstructed due to natural disasters, accidents or other force majeure events, at least covering the following particulars:

A. To what time the meeting is postponed or from what time the meeting will resume if the above obstruction continues and cannot be removed, and the date to which the meeting is postponed or on which the meeting will resume.

B. Shareholders not having registered to attend the affected virtual shareholders meeting shall not attend the postponed or resumed session.

C. In case of a hybrid shareholders meeting, when the virtual meeting cannot be continued, if the total number of shares represented at the meeting, after deducting those represented by shareholders attending the virtual shareholders meeting online, meets the minimum legal requirement for a shareholder meeting, then the shareholders meeting shall

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continue. The shares represented by shareholders attending the virtual meeting online shall be counted towards the total number of shares represented by shareholders present at the meeting, and the shareholders attending the virtual meeting online shall be deemed abstaining from voting on all proposals on meeting agenda of that shareholders meeting.

D. Actions to be taken if the outcome of all proposals have been announced and extraordinary motion has not been carried out.

3. To convene a virtual-only shareholders meeting, appropriate alternative measures available to shareholders with difficulties in attending a virtual shareholders meeting online shall be specified.

 

III.
Voting at the Meeting shall be calculated based on the number of shares.

With respect to resolutions of shareholders meeting, the number of shares held by a shareholder with no voting rights shall not be calculated as part of the total number of issued shares.

When a shareholder is an interested party in relation to an agenda item, and there is the likelihood that such a relationship would prejudice the interests of the Company, that shareholder may not vote on that item, and may not exercise voting rights as proxy for any other shareholder.

The number of shares for which voting rights may not be exercised under the preceding paragraph shall not be calculated as part of the voting rights represented by attending shareholders.

With the exception of a trust enterprise or a shareholder services agent approved by the competent securities authority, when one person is concurrently appointed as proxy by two or more shareholders, the voting rights represented by that proxy may not exceed three percent of the voting rights represented by the total number of issued shares. If that percentage is exceeded, the voting rights in excess of that percentage shall not be included in the calculation.

 

IV.
The venue for convening the Meeting shall be the location of the Company, or other appropriate place that is convenient for shareholders to attend, and suitable for the Meeting. The time to start the Meeting shall not be earlier than 9:00 a.m. or later than 3:00 p.m. Full consideration shall be given to the opinions of the independent directors with respect to the place and time of the meeting.

The restrictions on the place of the meeting shall not apply when the Company convenes a virtual-only shareholders meeting.

 

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V.
If the Meeting is convened by the Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Chairman of the Board shall be the chairman presiding over the Meeting. If the Chairman is on leave or cannot exercise his power and authority for any cause, he/she shall designate one of the directors to act in his/her stead. If the Chairman of the Board does not designate any proxy, directors shall elect one from among themselves to preside over the Meeting.

The director who assumes the acting chair of the Meeting pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall hold an office at least 6 months above and fully understand the situation of finance and business of the Company. The same applies in the case which the chairman is the representative of juristic person shareholder.

It is advisable that shareholders meeting convened by the board of directors be chaired by the chairman in person and attended by a majority of the directors, and Audit Committee convener in person and at least one member of each functional committee on behalf of the committee. The attendance shall be recorded in the meeting minutes.

If the Meeting is convened by any other person entitled to convene the Meeting instead of the Board, such person shall preside over the Meeting. When there are two or more such convening parties, they shall mutually select a chair from among themselves.

 

VI.
The Company may designate its lawyers, certified public accounts or relevant persons to attend the Meeting. Persons handling affairs of the Meeting shall wear an identification card or a badge.

 

VII.
The Company shall record on audio and video tape continuously the entire proceedings of shareholders’ sign-in, Meeting procedures, casting votes and counting votes.

The recording referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be preserved for at least one year. If, however, a shareholder files a lawsuit pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, the recording shall be retained until the conclusion of the litigation.

Where a shareholders meeting is held online, the Company shall keep records of shareholder registration, sign-in, check-in, questions raised, votes cast and results of votes counted by the Company, and continuously audio and video record, without interruption, the proceedings of the virtual meeting from beginning to end.

The information and audio and video recording in the preceding paragraph shall be properly kept by the Company during the entirety of its existence, and copies of the audio and video recording shall be provided to and kept by the party appointed to handle matters of the virtual meeting.

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the back-end operation interface of the virtual meeting platform.

 

VIII.
The calculation of the attendance of the Meeting shall be based on the shares represented. The number of shares in attendance shall be calculated in accordance with the attendance book or submitted sign-in cards, and the shares checked in on the virtual meeting platform plus the number of shares whose voting rights exercised in writing or by electronic method.

The chairman shall call the Meeting to order at the time scheduled for the Meeting. and announce relevant information such as the number of non-voting rights and the number of shares present.

However, when the attending shareholders do not represent a majority of the total issued shares of the Company, the chairman may postpone the time for Meeting. The postponements shall be limited to two times at the most and Meeting shall not be postponed for longer than one hour in the aggregate. If, after two postponements, the attending shareholders still represent less than one third of the total issued shares of Company, the chairman shall declare the meeting adjourned. In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company shall also declare the meeting adjourned at the virtual meeting platform.

If the quorum is not met after two postponements as referred to in the preceding paragraph, but the attending shareholders represent one third or more of the total issued shares, a tentative resolution may be adopted pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 175 of the Company Act; all shareholders shall be notified of the tentative resolution and another Meeting shall be convened within 1 month. In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, shareholders intending to attend the meeting online shall re-register to the Company in accordance with Article II.

When, prior to conclusion of the Meeting, the attending shareholders represent a majority of the total issued shares, the chairman may resubmit the tentative resolution for a vote by the Meeting pursuant to Article 174 of the Company Act.

 

IX.
Unless otherwise provided by law or regulation, the Company’s shareholders meeting shall be convened by the board of directors.

Changes to how the Company convenes its shareholders meeting shall be resolved by the board of directors, and shall be made no later than mailing of the shareholders meeting notice.

The Company shall prepare electronic versions of the shareholders meeting notice and proxy forms, and the origins of and explanatory materials relating to all proposals, including proposals for ratification, matters for deliberation, or the election or dismissal of directors and upload them to the Market Observation Post System (MOPS) before 30 days before the date of a regular shareholders meeting or before 15 days before the date of a special shareholders

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meeting. The Company shall prepare electronic versions of the shareholders meeting agenda and supplemental meeting materials and upload them to the MOPS before 21 days before the date of the regular shareholders meeting or before 15 days before the date of the special shareholders meeting. If, however, the Company has the paid-in capital of NT$10 billion or more as of the last day of the most current fiscal year, or total shareholding of foreign shareholders and PRC shareholders reaches 30% or more as recorded in the register of shareholders of the shareholders meeting held in the immediately preceding year, transmission of these electronic files shall be made by 30 days before the regular shareholders meeting. In addition, before 15 days before the date of the shareholders meeting, the Company shall also have prepared the shareholders meeting agenda and supplemental meeting materials and made them available for review by shareholders at any time. The meeting agenda and supplemental materials shall also be displayed at the Company and the professional shareholder services agent designated thereby.

The Company shall make the meeting agenda and supplemental meeting materials in the preceding paragraph available to shareholders for review in the following manner on the date of the shareholders meeting:

1. For the physical shareholders meeting, to be distributed on-site at the meeting.

2. For the hybrid shareholders meeting, to be distributed on-site at the meeting and shared on the virtual meeting platform.

3. For the virtual-only shareholders meeting, electronic files shall be shared on the virtual meeting platform.

The reasons for convening a shareholders meeting shall be specified in the meeting notice and public announcement. With the consent of the addressee, the meeting notice may be given in electronic form.

Election or dismissal of directors, amendments to the articles of incorporation, reduction of capital, application for the approval of ceasing its status as a public company, approval of competing with the company by directors, surplus profit distributed in the form of new shares, reserve distributed in the form of new shares, the dissolution, merger, or demerger of the corporation, or any matter under Article 185, paragraph 1 of the Company Act, Articles 26-1 and 43-6 of the “Securities Exchange Act”, Articles 56-1 and 60-2 of the “Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Securities Issuers” shall be set out and the essential contents explained in the notice of the reasons for convening the shareholders meeting. None of the above matters may be raised by an extraordinary motion.

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said meeting such inauguration date may not be altered by any extraordinary motion or otherwise in the same meeting.

A shareholder holding 1% or more of the total issued shares of the Company may submit to the Company a written proposal for discussion at an annual Meeting. However, each of such shareholders can only submit 1 proposal. Otherwise, all of his/her proposals shall not be included in the meeting agenda. In the event that any proposal made by a shareholder falls within the scope of the circumstances set forth in any subparagraph of Paragraph 4 of Article 172-1 of the Company Act, the Board may exclude such proposal from the meeting agenda. A shareholder may submit a proposal for urging a company to promote public interests or fulfill its social responsibilities and the number of proposal proposed is limited to one only and no proposal containing more than one will be included in the meeting agenda under Article 172-1 of the Company Act.

The Company shall, prior to the date on which transfer registration is suspended for the convention of an annual Meeting, give a public announcement regarding the period, method and places for shareholders to submit proposals in writing or electronically. Such period shall not be less than 10 days.

A shareholder’s proposal shall be limited to 300 words. Any proposal with a text length that exceeds 300 words shall be excluded from the agenda. The shareholder who submitted a proposal shall attend the annual Meeting in person or by his/her proxy to participate in the discussion regarding the proposal made by him/her.

The Company shall, prior to the date of Meeting notice issuance, inform the shareholders who submitted proposals the proposal screening result, and shall list the proposals that conform to this Article in the Meeting notice. At the Meeting, the Board shall explain the reasons for exclusion of any shareholder’s proposal in the meeting agenda.

If a Meeting is convened by the Board, the meeting agenda shall be provided by the Board, The meeting shall proceed in the order set by the agenda (including extraordinary motions and revision of original proposal) which may not be changed without a resolution of the shareholders meeting.

The preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the Meeting is convened by a person, other than the Board, who is entitled to convene such Meeting.

The chairman shall not announce adjournment of the Meeting until the agenda set in the two preceding paragraphs (including the special motions) is duly resolved by the Meeting. However, in the event that the chairman violates the Rules and Procedures and announces the adjournment of the Meeting, the other members of the board of directors shall promptly assist the attending shareholders in electing a new chair in accordance with statutory procedures, by

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agreement of a majority of votes represented by shareholders present at the Meeting to act as the chairman and continue the Meeting.

 

X.
A shareholder who wishes to speak in the Meeting shall first fill out a speech note, specifying therein the summary of the speech, his/her shareholder’s number (or the number of his/her attendance certificate) and the name of the shareholder. The sequence of speeches by shareholders should be decided by the chairman. Any shareholder who present at the Meeting submits his/her speech note but does not actually speak in the Meeting shall be deemed as no such speech has been made. If the contents of the speech of the shareholder are inconsistent with the contents of the speech note, the contents of actual speech shall prevail. Unless otherwise permitted by the chairman and the shareholder in speaking, no shareholder shall interrupt the speeches of other shareholders; otherwise the chairman shall stop such interruption immediately.

 

XI.
Unless otherwise permitted by the chairman, each shareholder shall not speak more than two times for each proposal. Each speech shall not take more than 5 minutes. In the event that any speech of any shareholder violates this provision or exceeds the scope of the proposal, the chairman may stop the speech of such shareholder.

 

XII.
A juristic person shareholder designates two or more representatives to represent it at the Meeting, only one of the representatives so designated can speak for one proposal.

 

XIII.
After the speech of a shareholder, the chairman may respond by himself/herself or appoint an appropriate person to do so.

Where a virtual shareholders meeting is convened, shareholders attending the virtual meeting online may raise questions in writing at the virtual meeting platform from the chair declaring the meeting open until the chair declaring the meeting adjourned. No more than two questions for the same proposal may be raised. Each question shall contain no more than 200 words. The regulations in Articles X to XII do not apply.

As long as questions so raised in accordance with the preceding paragraph are not in violation of the regulations or beyond the scope of a proposal, it is advisable the questions be disclosed to the public at the virtual meeting platform.

 

XIV.
The chairman shall allow ample opportunity during the meeting for explanation and discussion of proposals and of amendments or extraordinary motions put forward by the

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shareholders; when the chairman may announce to end the discussion of any resolution and go into voting if the chairman deems it appropriate for voting.

 

XV.
The person(s) to supervise and the person(s) to record the ballots during a vote by casting ballots shall be designated by the chairman. However, the person(s) supervising the recording of the ballots shall be shareholders of the Company. Vote counting for shareholders' meeting proposals or elections shall be conducted in publicly venue of the Meeting. The voting results, including the total number of votes, shall be announced on-site immediately and recorded in the Meeting minutes.

The election of directors at a shareholder’s meeting shall be held in accordance with the applicable election and appointment rules adopted by the Company, and the voting results shall be announced on-site immediately, including the name and the number of voting rights by each candidate.

The ballots for the elections set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be sealed and signed by the persons monitoring the ballots and properly kept for at least 1 year.

However, if a shareholder files a lawsuit pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, such ballots shall be kept until the conclusion of such litigation.

 

XVI.
During the Meeting, the chairman may set time for intermission at his/her discretion. In the event of any force majeure, the chairman may suspend the Meeting temporarily and announce the time which the Meeting will be resumed subject to the actual situation.

If a Meeting cannot be finished with the agenda (including special motions) while the arranged venue of the Meeting can no longer be used, a resolution to find another place to continue the Meeting may be adopted.

A resolution may be adopted to postpone or continue the Meeting within 5 days according to Article 182 of the Company Act.

 

XVII.
A shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share held, except when the shares are restricted shares or are deemed non-voting shares under Article 179, paragraph 2 of the Company Act.

Shareholders of the Company should exercise their voting rights by electronic and in writing means. When voting rights are exercised in writing or by electronic method, the method of exercise shall be specified in the meeting notice. Shareholders who exercised their voting rights in writing or by electronic method shall be deemed as attended the Meeting in person. However, such shareholders' voting rights in respect to the special motions and amendments

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to the original proposals at the Meeting shall be deemed to be waived by such shareholders; it is therefore advisable that the Company avoid the submission of extraordinary motions and amendments to original proposals.

The shareholder who intends to exercise his/her voting rights in writing or by electronic method as stated in the preceding paragraph shall serve the Company his/her voting rights exercising result in writing (the “Voting Exercising”) no later than two (2) days prior to the Meeting. If two or more Voting Exercising is received by the Company from one shareholder, the first one received by the Company shall prevail, unless the later one is sent to revoke the previous one.

The shareholder who has exercised his/her voting rights in writing or by electronic method and thereafter wants to attend the Meeting in person or online shall revoke his/her Voting. Exercising via the same method he/she took previously to serve his/her Voting. Exercising to the Company by at least two (2) day before the Meeting. In the event that the shareholder fails to revoke his/her Voting Exercising on time, the Voting Exercising shall prevail. If a shareholder has exercised his/her voting right in writing or by electronic method but also appoints a proxy by power of attorney to attend the Meeting, the voting rights exercised by the proxy shall prevail.

Unless otherwise provided in the Company Act or the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, a resolution of the Meeting shall be adopted by a majority of votes represented by shareholders present at the Meeting.

At the time of a vote, for each proposal, the chair or a person designated by the chair shall first announce the total number of voting rights represented by the attending shareholders, followed by a poll of the shareholders. After the conclusion of the meeting, on the same day it is held, the results for each proposal, based on the numbers of votes for and against and the number of abstentions, shall be entered into the MOPS.

When the Company convenes a virtual shareholders meeting, after the chair declares the meeting open, shareholders attending the meeting online shall cast votes on proposals and elections on the virtual meeting platform before the chair announces the voting session ends or will be deemed abstained from voting.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, votes shall be counted at once after the chair announces the voting session ends, and results of votes and elections shall be announced immediately.

When the Company convenes a hybrid shareholders meeting, if shareholders who have registered to attend the meeting online in accordance with Article II decide to attend the physical shareholders meeting in person, they shall revoke their registration two days before

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the shareholders meeting in the same manner as they registered. If their registration is not revoked within the time limit, they may only attend the shareholders meeting online.

When shareholders exercise voting rights by correspondence or electronic means, unless they have withdrawn the declaration of intent and attended the shareholders meeting online, except for extraordinary motions, they will not exercise voting rights on the original proposals or make any amendments to the original proposals or exercise voting rights on amendments to the original proposal.

 

XVIII.
If there is an amendment or alternative for a proposal, the chairman shall determine the sequence of voting for the amended proposal and the original proposal. If any one of the above has been resolved, the others shall be deemed vetoed and no further voting is necessary.

 

XIX.
Matters relating to the resolutions of a shareholders meeting shall be recorded in the meeting minutes. The meeting minutes shall be signed or sealed by the chair of the meeting and a copy distributed to each shareholder within 20 days after the conclusion of the meeting. The meeting minutes may be produced and distributed in electronic form.

The Company may distribute the meeting minutes of the preceding paragraph by means of a public announcement made through the MOPS.

The meeting minutes shall accurately record the year, month, day, and place of the meeting, the chair’s full name, the methods by which resolutions were adopted, and a summary of the deliberations and their voting results (including the number of voting rights), and disclose the number of voting rights won by each candidate in the event of an election of directors. The minutes shall be retained for the duration of the existence of the Company.

Where a virtual shareholders meeting is convened, in addition to the particulars to be included in the meeting minutes as described in the preceding paragraph, the start time and end time of the shareholders meeting, how the meeting is convened, the chair’s and secretary’s name, and actions to be taken in the event of disruption to the virtual meeting platform or participation in the meeting online due to natural disasters, accidents or other force majeure events, and how issues are dealt with shall also be included in the minutes.

When convening a virtual-only shareholder meeting, other than compliance with the requirements in the preceding paragraph, the Company shall specify in the meeting minutes alternative measures available to shareholders with difficulties in attending a virtual-only shareholders meeting online.

 

XX.
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statistical statement of the number of shares obtained by solicitors through solicitation, the number of shares represented by proxies and the number of shares represented by shareholders attending the meeting by correspondence or electronic means, and shall make an express disclosure of the same at the place of the shareholders meeting. In the event a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company shall upload the above meeting materials to the virtual meeting platform at least 30 minutes before the meeting starts, and keep this information disclosed until the end of the meeting.

During the Company’s virtual shareholders meeting, when the meeting is called to order, the total number of shares represented at the meeting shall be disclosed on the virtual meeting platform. The same shall apply whenever the total number of shares represented at the meeting and a new tally of votes is released during the meeting.

If matters put to a resolution at a shareholders meeting constitute material information under applicable laws or regulations or under Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation regulations, the Company shall upload the content of such resolution to the MOPS within the prescribed time period.

 

XXI.
The chairman may engage disciplinary officers or security personnel to assist to keep the order of the Meeting. Such disciplinary officers or security personnel shall wear armbands bearing the word “Proctor.” or identification cards.

At the place of a shareholders meeting, if a shareholder attempts to speak through any device other than the public address equipment set up by the Company, the chair may prevent the shareholder from so doing.

When a shareholder violates the rules of procedure and defies the chair’s correction, obstructing the proceedings and refusing to heed calls to stop, the chair may direct the proctors or security personnel to escort the shareholder from the meeting.

 

XXII.
In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company shall disclose real-time results of votes and election immediately after the end of the voting session on the virtual meeting platform according to the regulations, and this disclosure shall continue at least 15 minutes after the chair has announced the meeting adjourned.

 

XXIII.
When the Company convenes a virtual-only shareholders meeting, both the chair and secretary shall be in the same location, and the chair shall declare the address of their location when the meeting is called to order.

 

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XXIV.
In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, the Company may offer a simple connection test to shareholders prior to the meeting, and provide relevant real-time services before and during the meeting to help resolve communication technical issues.

In the event of a virtual shareholders meeting, when declaring the meeting open, the chair shall also declare, unless under a circumstance where a meeting is not required to be postponed to or resumed at another time under Article 44-20, paragraph 4 of the “Regulations Governing the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies”, if the virtual meeting platform or participation in the virtual meeting is obstructed due to natural disasters, accidents or other force majeure events before the chair has announced the meeting adjourned, and the obstruction continues for more than 30 minutes, the meeting shall be postponed to or resumed on another date within five days, in which case Article 182 of the Company Act shall not apply.

For a meeting to be postponed or resumed as described in the preceding paragraph, shareholders who have not registered to participate in the affected shareholders meeting online shall not attend the postponed or resumed session.

For a meeting to be postponed or resumed under the second paragraph, the number of shares represented by, and voting rights and election rights exercised by the shareholders who have registered to participate in the affected shareholders meeting and have successfully signed in the meeting, but do not attend the postpone or resumed session, at the affected shareholders meeting, shall be counted towards the total number of shares, number of voting rights and number of election rights represented at the postponed or resumed session.

During a postponed or resumed session of a shareholders meeting held under the second paragraph, no further discussion or resolution is required for proposals for which votes have been cast and counted and results have been announced, or list of elected directors.

When the Company convenes a hybrid shareholders meeting, and the virtual meeting cannot continue as described in second paragraph, if the total number of shares represented at the meeting, after deducting those represented by shareholders attending the virtual shareholders meeting online, still meets the minimum legal requirement for a shareholder meeting, then the shareholders meeting shall continue, and not postponement or resumption thereof under the second paragraph is required.

Under the circumstances where a meeting should continue as in the preceding paragraph, the shares represented by shareholders attending the virtual meeting online shall be counted towards the total number of shares represented by shareholders present at the meeting, provided these shareholders shall be deemed abstaining from voting on all proposals on meeting agenda of that shareholders meeting.

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When postponing or resuming a meeting according to the second paragraph, the Company shall handle the preparatory work based on the date of the original shareholders meeting in accordance with the requirements listed under Article 44-20, paragraph 7 of the “Regulations Governing the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies”.

For dates or period set forth under Article 12, second half, and Article 13, paragraph 3 of “Regulations Governing the Use of Proxies for Attendance at Shareholder Meetings of Public Companies”, and Article 44-5, paragraph 2, Article 44-15, and Article 44-17, paragraph 1 of the “Regulations Governing the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies”, the Company shall handle the matter based on the date of the shareholders meeting that is postponed or resumed under the second paragraph.

 

XXV.
When convening a virtual-only shareholders meeting, the Company shall provide appropriate alternative measures available to shareholders with difficulties in attending a virtual shareholders meeting online.

 

XXVI.
In regard to all matters not provided herein, the provisions provided in the Company Act and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company shall govern.

 

XXVII.
These Rules and Procedures shall become effective from the date it is approved by the Meeting. The same applies in case of amendment. The Rules and Procedures were adopted on April 27, 1998. The first amendment was made on June 5, 2002. The second amendment was made on April 12, 2007. The third amendment was made on June 17, 2013. The fourth amendment was made on June 3, 2015. The fifth amendment was made on June 9, 2020. The sixth amendment was made on July 12, 2021. The seventh amendment was made on May 26, 2022.

 

 

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Appendix 2

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Articles of Incorporation

SECTION I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

The Company has been incorporated as a company limited by shares under the Company Act. The name of the Company is “南茂科技股份有限公司” in Chinese, and “ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.” in English.

Article 2

The scope of business of the Company shall be as follows:

CC01080 Electronic Parts and Components Manufacturing,

I501010 Product Designing,

F119010 Wholesale of Electronic Materials,

CC01120 Data Storage Media Manufacturing and Duplicating, and

F401010 International Trade (limited to the import and export of the registered business items)

The research, development, production, manufacturing, and sales of the products listed below:

1. Assembly and testing services for functional highly integrated memory semiconductors (principal products are DRAM with 64Mb, 256Mb and above).

2. Assembly and testing services for mixed-signal products and its modules.

3. Assembly and testing services for flat-panel display (FPD) driver ICs and FPD driver modules.

4. LCOS optical engine sub-systems.

5. Surface-mount technology and its related products.

6. Trading (import and export) of the products relating to the above.

Article 3

The Company may conduct investment which is necessary for its business operations, and may act as a shareholder with limited liability of another company by the resolution of the Board of Directors. The total amount of the Company’s investment shall not be subject to the restriction of the total amount of the investment provided in Article 13 of the Company Act.

Article 4

The Company may provide guarantee as required by its business operations in accordance with the Operational Procedures for Endorsements and Guarantees.

Article 5

The Company establishes its head office in Hsinchu Science Park, and may, when necessary, establish branches domestically or abroad in accordance with the laws and regulations by the resolution of the board of directors and with the approval of the competent authorities.

Article 6

Public announcements of the Company shall be made in accordance with Article 28 of the Company Act.

 

 

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SECTION II CAPITALSTOCK

Article 7

The total capital of the Company shall be in the amount of 9,700,000,000 New Taiwan Dollars, divided into 970,000,000 shares, of which the par value is 10 New Taiwan Dollars per share. For the shares not yet issued, the board of directors is authorized to issue such shares in installments based on the actual need.

970,000,000 New Taiwan Dollars included in the total capital under paragraph 1, which is equivalent to 97,000,000 shares at a par value of 10 New Taiwan Dollars each, shall be reserved for the employee stock options. The board of directors is authorized to issue such shares in installments based on the actual need.

Article 7-1

If the Company issues the employee stock options after the Company has been listed on a stock exchange, the Company may issue the employee stock options at a price below the market price; provided however, that such issuance shall be adopted by two-thirds or more of the shareholders present at a shareholders' meeting who represent the majority of the total number of issued shares. The employee stock options may be issued in installments within a year after the resolution of the shareholders' meeting.

In the event that the Company buys back treasury stocks and transfers them to the employees at a price below the average buy-back price, before making the transfer, the Company shall obtain the approval of two-thirds or more of the shareholders present at a shareholders' meeting who represent the majority of the total number of issued shares.

Article 7-2

The employees entitled to receive treasury stock bought back by the company in accordance with the Company Act may include employees of parents or subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain specific requirements.

The employees entitled to receive share subscription warrants may include employees of parents or subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain specific requirements.

When the Company issues new shares, the employees entitled to subscribe the new shares may include employees of parents or subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain specific requirements.

The employees entitled to receive restricted stock may include employees of parents or subsidiaries of the Company meeting certain specific requirements.

Article 8

The stock certificates of the Company shall be in a name-bearing form, and shall be made in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Company Act. The shares may be issued without printing share certificates; provided however, that the shares issued without share certificates shall be registered with a centralized securities depository enterprise.

Article 9

The matters related to the shares of the Company shall be conducted in accordance with the Regulations Governing the Administration of Shareholder Services of Public Companies and other related laws and regulations.

Article 10

Registration for transfer of shares shall be suspended sixty days prior to the date of an annual meeting of the shareholders, thirty days prior to the date of a special meeting of the shareholders, or five days prior to the record day for the distribution of dividend, bonus, or any other benefit by the Company.

 

 

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SECTION III SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

Article 11

Meetings of the shareholders are of two kinds: annual meetings and special meetings. Annual meetings shall be held at least once a year and shall be convened within six months after the close of each fiscal year in accordance with the law. Special meetings shall be held when necessary according to the law.

In case a shareholder is unable to attend the shareholders’ meeting, he or she may appoint a representative to attend the meeting by issuing a letter of proxy prepared by the Company in which the scope of proxy shall be indicated with the signature or chop affixed that comply with Article 177 of the Company Act.

Article 11-1

The Company shall notify the shareholders of the shareholders' meetings thirty days in advance of an annual meeting, and fifteen days in advance of a special meeting. The meeting notice shall set forth the date, time, place and purposes of the meeting.

Article 11-2

Shareholders who hold 1% or more of the total issued shares may propose a matter to be discussed at the annual shareholders' meeting in writing. The relevant matters shall be handled in accordance with Article 172-1 of the Company Act.

Article 11-3

The shareholders’ meeting of the Company can be held by means of visual communication network or other methods promulgated by the central competent authority.

In case a shareholders’ meeting is preceded via visual communication network, the shareholders taking part in such a visual communication meeting shall be deemed to have attended the meeting in person.

Article 12

For shareholders of the Company, each share shall be entitled to one vote. However, shares held in accordance with Article 179 of the Company Act or relevant laws and regulations do not have any voting right.

Article 13

Except as otherwise provided by the relevant laws and regulations, the resolution of a shareholders' meeting shall be adopted by a majority vote of the shareholders present who represent the majority of the total number of the issued shares.

Article 13-1

In case the Company plans to revoke its public company status, the revocation shall be subject to a resolution of the shareholders' meeting. This provision shall not be modified when the stocks of the Company are registered with the Emerging Stock Market or the Company is listed on a stock exchange.

Article 14

The shareholders’ meeting convened by the board of directors shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the board of directors. In case of his or her absence, a proxy shall be designated in accordance with Article 208 of the Company Act.

Article 15

The resolutions of a shareholders' meeting shall be recorded in the meeting minutes, which shall be signed or stamped by the chairperson of the meeting and shall be distributed to the shareholders within twenty days after the meeting.

The making and distribution of the meeting minutes in the preceding paragraph may be made by electronic methods. The company which is a public company may distribute the meeting minutes by making a public announcement.

SECTION IV DIRECTORS

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Article 16

The Company shall have nine to eleven directors to be elected by the shareholders' meeting from among candidates of legal capacity. The term of the directors shall be three years. The directors may be re-elected and re-appointed. The Company adopts the candidate nomination system under Article 192-1 of the Company Act for the election of directors and independent directors. The directors and independent directors shall be elected by the shareholders from the list of candidates. The matters regarding the acceptance and the announcement of the nomination of directors and independent directors shall be handled in accordance with the laws and regulations related to the Company Act and the Securities and Exchange Act, and in accordance with the Company's rules related to the election of directors and independent directors.

Article 16-1

The Company shall have independent directors in accordance with Article 14-2 of the Securities and Exchange Act. Among the directors, there shall be three to five independent directors, the total number of which shall not be less than one-fifth of the directors.

The chairman and president or the same position are the same person or spouse or first-degree relatives. There must be at least four independent directors and more than half of the directors should not serve as employees or managers.

The professional qualifications, shareholding, term, restrictions on holding concurrent positions, and other requirements of the independent directors shall be handled in accordance with relevant laws and regulations promulgated by securities authorities.

Article 16-2

The Company shall establish an audit committee in accordance with Articles 14-4 of the Securities and Exchange Act, which shall consist of all independent directors.

Article 17

The board of directors consists of directors. The chairperson of the board of directors shall be elected from among the directors by a majority vote at a meeting attended by two-thirds or more of the directors. The chairperson of the board of directors shall act in his capacity to represent the Company externally and shall comply with Article 195 of the Company Act.

The chairperson of the board of directors shall preside over the shareholders' meeting and the board of directors meeting, and shall externally represent the company to perform his or her duties accorded by law. In his or her absence, a proxy shall be designated in accordance with Article 208 of the Company Act. If the board of directors meeting is held via visual communication meeting, the directors who attend the meeting via visual communication meeting shall be deemed as attending the meeting in person.

Article 18

Except as otherwise provided by the Company Act, a resolution of the board of directors is adopted if it is approved by the majority of the directors present at a meeting attended by the majority of the directors. The board of directors meeting shall be held at least quarterly. A director may appoint another director to attend the board of directors meeting on his or her behalf; provided however that a letter of proxy listing the scope of authorization with regard to the agenda of the meeting is issued. Each director may only act as the proxy for one director.

The stipulation regarding the meeting minutes for shareholders' meeting under Article 15 shall be applied to the board of directors meetings, mutatis mutandis.

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Article 19

The board of directors has the authority to:

1. review the business policy and mid-term and long-term development plan;

2. review and supervise the operation of the annual business plan;

3. review and approve the budget and review the settlement of accounts;

4. review plans for increase or decrease in capital;

5. review proposals for the distribution of profits or covering of losses;

6. review and approve material agreements;

7. submit the proposal to the shareholders' meeting with regard to distribution of profits, amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, change of capital, and dissolution or merger of the Company;

8. review and approve the charter documents and important business rules of the Company;

9. approve material project of capital expenditure;

10. appoint and terminate the president and vice president(s);

11. execute the resolutions of the shareholders' meeting;

12. hold the shareholders' meeting and prepare business reports; and

13. handle other matters required or permitted by the law.

Article 20

The scope of authority of the audit committee shall be the performance of the responsibilities of supervisors specified under the Company Act, Securities and Exchange Act and other relevant laws and regulations, and the authorities stipulated under the charter document in respect of the audit committee of the Company.

Article 21

The resolution of the audit committee shall be adopted with the consent of the majority of the committee members.

Article 21-1

The board of directors is authorized to determine the remuneration of all directors based on the level of involvement of and the value of contribution by the directors, taking into account the level of remuneration given by companies in the same industry.

Article 21-2

The Company should purchase liability insurance for its directors and independent directors in relation to the liabilities to be borne by them under the law for the performance of their responsibilities during the office term.

 

 

SECTION V OFFICERS

Article 22

The Company shall appoint one president and one or more vice presidents based on its business needs. The president shall be nominated by the chairperson of the board of directors and comply with Article 29 of the Company Act.

Article 23

The president shall act in accordance with the instructions of the chairperson of the board of directors and manage the business of the Company in accordance with the resolutions of the board of directors and shareholders' meeting and these Articles of Incorporation. Except for the vice presidents, the president may nominate other officers and has the right of performance evaluation. The vice presidents shall assist the president in the daily operation of the Company.

 

 

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SECTION VI ACCOUNTING

Article 24

The fiscal year of the Company shall commence from January 1 of each year and end on December 31 of the same year, and shall conduct the assessment of settlement of accounts after the close of each fiscal year. The board of directors shall prepare the following reports and shall send such reports to the audit committee for review thirty days before the annual shareholders' meeting, and then submit such reports to the annual shareholders' meeting for recognition:

1. a business report;

2. financial statements; and

3. a proposal on the distribution of profits or covering of losses.

Article 25

If there is profit in any given year, the Company shall set aside 10% thereof as employee compensation. The board of directors may resolve to pay said compensation in the form of shares or cash. Such compensation may be paid to the employees of an affiliated company who meet the conditions set by the board of directors. The board of directors may resolve to set aside no more than 0.5% of the above-mentioned profit as the remuneration of the directors. A proposal on the compensation for the employees and remuneration of the directors shall be presented at the shareholders' meeting. If the Company has accumulated losses, the amount for making up said losses shall be reserved before setting aside the compensation for the employees and the remuneration of directors at the rates stated above.

Article 25-1

Upon the final settlement of accounts, if there is net profit, the Company shall first set aside the tax payable and offset its losses before setting aside a legal capital reserve at 10% of the remaining profit. The Company shall then set aside or reverse the special capital reserve in accordance with the laws and regulations and as requested by the competent authorities. The remaining profit of that fiscal year, as well as the accumulated undistributed profit at the beginning of the same year and the adjusted undistributed profit of the given fiscal year, shall be distributable profit. If there is any surplus distributable profit after the board of directors sets aside a reserve based on the Company's operational needs, such surplus profit may be distributed in full or in part to shareholders as dividends, subject to the approval of the shareholders' meeting.

A proposal on the distribution of dividends shall be submitted by the board of directors annually to the shareholders' meeting, and be based on factors such as past years' profit, the current and future investment environment, the Company's capital needs, competition in the domestic and foreign markets, and budgets, with an aim to pursuing shareholders' interests and balancing the dividend distribution and the long-term financial plan of the Company. The distribution of profits of the Company can be made in the form of cash dividends or stock dividends, provided that the cash dividend shall account for at least 10% of the total profit distributed as dividends in the given year.

 

 

SECTION VII SUPPLEMENTARYPROVISIONS

Article 26

The internal organization of the Company and the detailed procedures of business operation shall be determined separately by the board of directors.

Article 27

Matters not provided for in these Articles of Incorporation shall be handled in accordance with the Company Act.

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Article 28

These Articles of Incorporation are agreed upon and signed by all the promoters of the Company on July 17, 1997. The first amendment was made on April 27, 1998. The second amendment was made on May 18, 2000. The third amendment was made on June 5, 2002. The fourth amendment was made on June 26, 2003. The fifth amendment was made on June 11, 2004. The sixth amendment was made on June 15, 2005. The seventh amendment was made on August 2, 2005. The eighth amendment was made on June 15, 2006. The ninth amendment was made on April 12, 2007. The tenth amendment was made on June 28, 2007. The eleventh amendment was made on December 17, 2007. The twelfth amendment was made on March 30, 2010. The thirteenth amendment was made on June 22, 2012. The fourteenth amendment was made on June 17, 2013. The fifteenth amendment was made on December 30, 2014. The sixteenth amendment was made on January 28, 2016. The seventeenth amendment was made on May 26, 2017. The eighteenth amendment was made on June 10, 2019. The nineteenth amendment was made on June 9, 2020. The twentieth amendment was made on July 12, 2021. The twenty-first amendment was made on May 26, 2022.

 

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Chairman: Shih-Jye Cheng

 

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Appendix 3

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Rules for Election of Directors and Independent Directors

Article 1

Unless otherwise provided for in the applicable rules and regulations or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the Directors and Independent Directors of the Company shall be elected in accordance with the Rules specified herein.

 

Article 2

Election of Directors of the Company shall be held at the shareholders’ meeting.

 

Article 2-1

The election of the Directors and Independent Directors of the Company shall consider the composition of the board of Directors. Members of the board shall possess the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to perform their duties. All members of the board of Directors shall possess skills in the following areas:

1.
Ability to exercise sound business judgment
2.
Ability to perform accounting and financial analysis
3.
Business administration skills
4.
Ability to conduct crisis management
5.
Knowledge of the industry
6.
A global market perspective
7.
Leadership skills
8.
Decision-making skills

More than half of the board of Director's members shall be Directors and Independent Directors with no spousal or familial relationship within the second degree kinship among themselves.

 

Article 3

In the election of Directors and Independent Directors of the Company, the single recorded cumulative voting system is implemented. Each share shall have voting rights equivalent to the number of Directors or Independent Directors to be elected, and such voting rights can be combined to vote for one person, or be divided to vote for several persons.

 

Article 3-1

The election of the Directors and independent Directors of the Company shall adopt the candidate nomination system according to Article 192-1 of the Company Act.

If the number of Directors falls below five due to the removal of one or more Directors of the Company for any reason, the Company shall elect new Directors to fill such vacancies at its next shareholders’ meeting. If the vacancies of the board of Directors reaches one third of the total number of the board of Directors' seats prescribed in its Articles of Incorporation, the Company shall call a special shareholders’ meeting within 60 days from the occurrence of such event and elect Directors to fill the vacancies.

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If the number of Independent Directors falls below the requirement under Article 14-2, Paragraph 1、Article 14-4, Paragraph 1 and 2 of the Securities and Exchange Act, or the Articles of Incorporation an election shall be held at the next shareholders’ meeting to fill such vacancy. In the event where all the Independent Directors are removed, the Company shall call a special shareholders’ meeting within 60 days from the occurrence of such event to elect new Independent Directors to fill the vacancies.

Correction should be made within three months of discovering a violation of Article 16-1 of Articles of Incorporation.

 

Article 4

The Company’s Directors shall be elected in accordance with the number of Directors to be elected specified in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, and the number of Independent Directors to be elected announced by the Company. The number of votes received by the Directors and Independent Directors shall be calculated separately.

Candidates will be elected sequentially according to their respective numbers of votes, starting from those receiving ballots representing the highest numbers of voting rights. If two or more candidates receive the same number of votes, which consequently exceeds the number of Directors or Independent Directors to be elected, such candidates who received the same number of votes shall draw lots to decide the elected person; if such candidate(s) is(/are) not present, the chairman shall draw lots on behalf of the candidate(s).

 

Article 5

The qualifications of Independent Directors of the Company shall comply with Article 2, Article 3 and Article 4 of the Regulations Governing the Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies.

The election of Independent Directors of the Company shall comply with Article 5, Article 6, Article 7, Article 8 and Article 9 of the Regulations Governing the Appointment of Independent Directors and Compliance Matters for Public Companies and Article 24 of the Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies

 

Article 6

The board of Directors shall prepare the ballots in the number equal to the number of Directors and Independent Directors to be elected, with the number of votes being noted on the ballots; and distribute the ballots to the shareholders who are present at the shareholders' meeting. The name of the voters may be represented by the attendance number printed on their ballots.

 

Article 7

Prior to the commencement of an election, the chairman shall designate ballot supervisors to supervise the casting of the ballots and ballot counters to count the ballots.

 

Article 8

The ballot box shall be prepared by the board of Directors and examined in public by ballots supervisors before voting.

 

Article 9

The ballot supervisors shall open the ballot boxes after the ballot is put thereinto.

 

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Article 10

A ballot is deemed void if any of the following circumstances apply:

1.
The ballot was not prepared by a person with the right to convene.
2.
A blank ballot is placed in the ballot box.
3.
The writing is unclear and indecipherable or has been altered.
4.
The candidate whose name is entered in the ballot does not conform to the director candidate list.
5.
Other words or marks are entered in addition to the number of voting rights allotted.

 

Article 11

The ballot supervisors shall verify the validity of the ballot when there is doubt. The void ballot shall be marked with the word "invalid", signed by the ballot supervisor in charge and affixed with such ballot supervisor's chop after counting of votes.

 

Article 12

After the sum of the valid and void ballots is verified and the valid ballots and number of votes are filled in the record form respectively by the ballot supervisors, the chairman shall announce on the site, including the list of persons elected as Directors and Independent Directors and the numbers of votes with which they were elected, and the list of persons unelected as Directors and Independent Directors and the numbers of votes with which they obtained.

The ballots for the election referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be sealed with the signatures of the monitoring personnel and kept in proper custody for at least one year. If, however, a shareholder files a lawsuit pursuant to Article 189 of the Company Act, the ballots shall be retained until the conclusion of the litigation.

 

Article 12-1

The board of Directors of the Company shall deliver a written notification to each of the elected Directors and Independent Directors.

 

Article 13

Matters on which Rules are silent shall be handled in accordance with the Company Act, the applicable rules and regulations and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company.

 

Article 14

The Rules and any revision thereof shall become effective after approval at the shareholders' meeting. The Rules was enacted on April 15, 1999. The first amendment thereof was made on February 26, 2003. The second amendment thereof was made on April 12, 2007. The third amendment thereof was made on June 22, 2012. The fourth amendment thereof was made on June 3, 2015. The fifth amendment thereof was made on June 10, 2019. The sixth amendment thereof was made on June 9, 2020. The seventh amendment thereof was made on July 12, 2021.

 

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Appendix 4

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Shareholdings of All Directors

Record date: April 1, 2024

Title

Name

Number of shares held at present

Percentage of issued shares

Chairman

Shih-Jye Cheng

6,150,161

0.85%

Director

Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

Representative : Kun-Yi Chien

78,910,390

10.85%

Director

Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

Representative : David Chang

Director

Silvia Su

340,101

0.05%

Independent Director

Chin-Shyh Ou

Independent Director

Kuei-Ann Wen

Independent Director

Hui-Fen Chan

Independent Director

Yeong-Her Wang

Independent Director

Hong-Tzer Yang

Shareholdings of All Directors

85,400,652

11.75%

Note: 1. As of April 1, 2024, the total amount of issued shares of the Company is 727,240,126 shares.

2. The number of independent directors exceeds half of the total number of directors of the Company and Audit Committee is set up pursuant to the laws. Therefore, the provisions of minimum percentage requirements for the shareholding of directors and supervisors shall not be applied.

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