Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has raised the COVID-19 alert levels for Taipei City and New Taipei City to Level Three on May 15. The Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation (TDCC) is calling on all TWSE/TPEx-listed and emerging companies as well as their shareholder services agencies to fully implement the stricter measures for holding shareholder meetings announced by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) in a press release on May 15. Issuers and their agencies should impose name-based check-in systems, conduct thorough route planning and crowd management, design adequately distanced seating charts as regulated, and ensure a rigorous cleaning and disinfection regimen throughout their meeting venues.

Considering that attending shareholder meetings in person will need to adopt more pandemic prevention measures, the TDCC recommends investors to participate in the meetings and cast their ballots through e-voting. By voting electronically, attendees are joining hands to curb the spread of the disease while exercising their rights as shareholders. The action will also help TWSE/TPEx-listed and emerging companies convene smooth shareholder meetings.

Chu Han-Chiang, the TDCC President, said that investors can cast their votes on Stockvote through securities trading applications and the upgraded ePASSBOOK application on their smartphones, or the Stockvote website on their computers. The three e-voting channels have clear interfaces and are easy to use. Investors can choose the platform they are most familiar with to conduct e-voting.

The use of e-voting for shareholder meetings can protect investors’ rights and safeguard public health during the pandemic.

「stockvote」：https://www.stockvote.com.tw/evote/index.html?language=EN。