Implementation of Diversity Policy

✧ Diversity Policy

According to the Sample Template for Procedures for Election of Directors released by TWSE, the Company has incorporated the concept of diversity into the Rules Governing the Election of Directors. Two major areas, namely basic requirements and values and professional knowledge and skills (e.g., law, accounting, industry, finance, marketing or technology) should be taken into consideration during the election of Directors. Directors shall commonly possess the knowledge, skills, general capacity and disposition required to perform their duties.

✧ Specific Management Targets and Current Implementation Status

The Board of Directors is set up with the specific aim of appointing Directors of different gender and age and with different professional knowledge and background, consisting of at least one Director with finance or accounting background and at least one Director with management experience in the steel industry. At present, the Board of Directors is composed of 11 Directors with 3 Independent Directors, including 1 female Director, 1 Director recommended by the labor union of the Company as labor representative, and 3 Directors holding a management position, whose professional knowledge and skills cover different areas, including steel, economics, machinery, mining engineering, electrical engineering, forestry and resource conservation, social science, business management, aerospace, materials science and accounting. Out of the current Directors, the numbers of those with finance and accounting backgrounds and management experience in the steel industry are 2 and 4 respectively.
Implementation Status is shown in the table below:

Core Diversity Element
Name of Director
Composition Business Management Decision-Making Industry Knowledge Steel Industry Management Experience Finance and Accounting Marketing Technology Risk Management Sustainable Development Climate Change Adaptation
Gender Employed by the Company Ages Tenure of Independent Directors
50 ~ 59 60 ~ 69 > 70 < 3yrs 4~8yrs > 9yrs
Chairman
Chien-Chih Hwang
Male     V         1 V 2 3   V     V V
Director
Chien-Hsin Lai
Male   V           V 1 V         V 2 3
Director
Wen-Chung Hu
Male     V         V 2 3         V 1 V
Director
Shou-Tao Chen
Male V   V         3 V 2 1     V   V V
Director
Jih-Jau Jeng
Male V   V         V 3 2 1     V   V V
Director
Cheng-I Weng
Male       V         2 V       1   3 V
Director
Kuan-Fu Chen
Male V V           1 V 2 3 V     V V V

Director
Chun-Sheng Chen

Male V   V         3 1 2         V V  
Independent Director
Shyue-Bin Chang
Male       V   V   3 V 2       1   V V
Independent Director
Min-Hsiung Hon
Male       V   V   V 3 1       2   V V
Independent Director
Lan-Feng Kao
Female   V       V       3   1     2 V  

Note: The directors' three primary areas of expertise are ranked in order as 1, 2, and 3. Other areas of expertise are indicated with a "V" and are not ranked.