Dividend Policies
Article 27 of the Corporate Charter:
This Corporation shall set aside 1%-20% as employees’ compensation and the percentage lower than 2% as directors’ compensation if the Corporation has profit (means the Pre-tax Income before deduction of the employees’ and directors’ compensation) in the current year. However, the company’s accumulated losses shall have been covered, if any (including the adjustment of unappropriated retained earnings).
The Corporation may have the profit distributable as employees' compensation in the preceding paragraphs distributed in the form of shares or in cash to the qualification requirements of employees, including the employees of parents or subsidiaries of the company meeting certain specific requirements, the requirement and manner of distribution are authorized to Board of Directors for resolution. The remuneration of directors in the preceding paragraphs only can receive the profit in the form of cash.
The Corporation shall, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote at a meeting of Board of Directors attended by two-thirds of the total number of directors for the preceding two paragraphs distributed and such distribution shall be submitted to the Shareholders’ Meeting.
Article 27-1 of the Corporate Charter:
When allocating the net income for each fiscal year, the Company shall first offset its losses in previous years and set aside a legal capital reserve at 10% of the profits left over, where such legal reserve amounts to the total authorized capital, this provision will not apply. The Company would set aside or fund another sum as special reserve in accordance with the regulations of the Law or the rules of the Authorities, plus the rest of the and Accumulated Retained Earnings of preceding fiscal year (including the adjustment of undistributed earnings), and the meeting of Board of Directors would draft the Proposal for Distribution, and to authorize the distributable dividends and bonuses in whole or in part may be paid in cash after a resolution has been adopted by a majority vote at a meeting of the Board of Directors attended by two-thirds of the total number of directors, and in addition thereto a report of such distribution shall be submitted to the shareholders' meeting.
The Company distributing surplus earning in the form of new shares to be issued by the company in accordance with the preceding paragraphs shall follow the provisions of Article 240 of the Company Law of the Republic of China with a resolution adopted at a meeting of shareholders.
The Dividend Policy of the Company is in concert with the development plan of current and future, the environment of investment, funds requirement, and the competition condition of domestic and foreign, also considers the shareholders’ interest, as results, the Company shall set aside earnings available for distribution which is not less than 25% as shareholders’ dividends and bonuses, the stock dividends of share allocations will not be higher than 80% of the total dividends and bonuses.
Dividend History
Year |
Cash Dividends |
Stock Dividends |
Date of Shareholder Meeting |
Cash Dividends
from Retained Earnings
(TWD/share) |
Cash from Legal Reserve
& Capital Surplus
(TWD /share) |
Ex-dividend Date |
Payment Date |
Stock Dividends from
Retained Earnings &
Capital Surplus (TWD/share) |
Record Date |
| 2023 |
4.29279723 |
- |
2024/08/01 |
2024/08/21 |
- |
- |
2024/05/24 |
| 2022 |
2.48322465 |
- |
2023/08/30 |
2023/09/28 |
0.99328981 |
2023/08/30 |
2023/05/30 |
| 2021 |
3.04328605 |
- |
2022/08/12 |
2022/09/16 |
- |
- |
2022/05/24 |
| 2020 |
2.57013434 |
- |
2021/08/03 |
2021/08/20 |
- |
- |
2021/07/05 |
| 2019 |
3.97517365 |
- |
2020/08/03 |
2020/08/21 |
- |
- |
2020/05/28 |
| 2018 |
3.7490118 |
- |
2019/07/17 |
2019/08/09 |
- |
- |
2019/05/29 |
| 2017 |
5.52777179 |
- |
2018/08/02 |
2018/08/24 |
- |
- |
2018/05/29 |
| 2016 |
3.65 |
- |
2017/07/27 |
2017/08/25 |
- |
- |
2017/05/22 |
| 2015 |
4.3 |
- |
2016/08/10 |
2016/09/02 |
- |
- |
2016/05/31 |
|
2014
|
3.98857969 |
- |
2015/07/30 |
2015/08/28 |
- |
- |
2015/06/03 |
| 2013 |
2.66695709 |
- |
2014/07/22 |
2014/08/22 |
- |
- |
2014/06/04 |
|
2012
|
1.96 |
- |
2013/08/05 |
2013/08/28 |
- |
- |
2013/06/13 |
| 2011 |
1.082 |
0.418 |
2012/07/06 |
2012/08/10 |
- |
- |
2012/06/18 |
| 2010 |
2.2 |
- |
2011/08/01 |
2011/08/18 |
- |
- |
2011/06/24 |
| 2009 |
1.3 |
- |
2010/08/13 |
2010/09/10 |
- |
- |
2010/06/17 |
| 2008 |
1.8 |
- |
2009/08/12 |
2009/09/04 |
0.01998 |
2009/08/12 |
2009/06/22 |
| 2007 |
3.078089 |
- |
2008/07/24 |
2008/08/22 |
0.020374797 |
2008/07/24 |
2008/06/06 |
| 2006 |
3.5804 |
- |
2007/08/08 |
2007/09/20 |
0.04069 |
2007/08/08 |
2007/06/25 |
|
2005
|
2.2512 |
- |
2006/08/03 |
2006/09/22 |
0.030391 |
2006/08/03 |
2006/06/09 |
Stock Quotes
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