The company has established an ESG Sustainability Development Group, chaired by the CEO. The ESG team focuses on six key aspects of sustainable development and is composed of cross-departmental members who are responsible for promoting ethical corporate management.  In the fourth quarter of each year, the ESG team will reports to the Board of Directors about the policy of ethical corporate management and the plan to prevent unethical behaviors, and supervise the implementation regularly. In accordance with the Ethical Corporate Management Procedures and Code of Conduct adopted by the Board of Directors, Human Resources Department is responsible for the revision, implementation, interpretation, advisory services and notification of the operating procedure and Code of Conduct and supervises its implementation. The current execution status is as follows:

• The Company has established the Code of Ethical Corporate Management, the Code of Ethical Conduct and the Ethical Corporate Management Procedures and Code of Conduct, and has specified a disciplinary and grievance system in them. The Company adopts preventive measures for business activities with high risk of unethical behaviors.

• The Company's Code of Ethics for Employees have formulated provisions to prevent conflicts of interest. Every colleague has signed and agreed to comply.

1.  In October, arranging 3 directors to attend the Publicity Meeting on Preventing Insider Trading held by the competent authority.
2.   In Nov 6, the current 10 directors received a total of 3.5 hours of training and publicity. The content included explanations of insider trading regulations, prevention of insider trading, procedures for maintaining the confidentiality of material information, public operations, and handling of violations.
3. The company has revised Article 10 of the "Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles", adding that directors are prohibited from trading their stocks during the closed periods, which are defined as the thirty days prior to the announcement of the annual financial report and the fifteen days prior to the announcement of each quarterly financial report. During the annual education and training sessions for directors, this regulation will be specifically highlighted.
4. The company has proactively planned the board meeting dates for 2024 and notified all directors in early December 2023 of the meeting dates, as well as the closed periods prior to the announcements of the annual and quarterly financial reports. Additionally, one week before each closed period, reminders will be sent to directors via email to ensure compliance with these regulations.
5. The Company arranged education and training on prevention of insider trading for new employees. In 2024, 27 newcomer trainings 13.5hrs were completed.
6. The Company has conducted quarterly internal system promotions on prevention of insider trading in the internal system and published the relevant education and training briefing in the internal staff system for online training of all employees for a month.

• The Company has established a whistle-blowing system, including the whistle-blowing system for the violation of professional ethics behaviors in the external website and employee mailbox in the internal website. The whistle-blowing system and employee mailbox provide direct access to the senior management unit. Once the whistle-blowing is received, the senior management unit will work with the relevant human resources and auditing units to investigate and handle it. If it is illegal or serious, it will be transferred to the relevant government units.

• The Implementation Status of Integrity Management Education and Training in 2024
  
  External Training Courses
  1. Seminar on "Observations and Recommendations for Enhancing the Efficiency of Criminal Litigation in Trade Secret Protection."
  2. Taiwan Semiconductor Company Public Welfare Sharing Session: Introduction to the "Sustainable Intellectual Management Center for Trade Secrets" and Advocacy for the "Sustainable Smart Management Self-Evaluation Index for Trade Secrets."
  3. ESG Integrity-Related Course: Trade Secret Protection and Anti-Fraud Awareness Campaign.
  Internal Training Courses
  1. Compliance Training on "Integrity in Business" for New Employees.
  2. Quarterly Company-Wide Announcement System Advocacy: "What Are Trade Secrets" and "Compliance Matters Related to Integrity in Business."
  In total, these courses amounted to 330 participants and 170.5 hours of training.
  
  

• The Company carries out quarterly publicity of corporate confidential information protection policy, personal data protection, information security, and reveals the content of the publicity on its intranet and sends e-mails to all employees. The Company constantly promotes the ethical corporate management policy internally and has the obligation to help clients, partners, suppliers, service providers, agents, and consultants understand its policy and follow it together.